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might as well talk to the tides as to address listless hearers. 6. It must be accompanied by a holy example. The fruits of the gospel should be manifest in daily life. We learn from the subject the immense responsibility of the ambassadors of Christ. Afternoon, John 19.30 - "It is finished". Nothing is so solemn, so awe-striking as the contemplation of death. The last words spoken, breathed when the departing soul is just on the verge of eternity are invested with a peculiar earnestness & force, "It is finished - were the last words of the most wonderful personage who ever appeared on our earth. The dying words of the Savior of a world. They are full of meaning, we may well consider their impact. Christ was dying to redeem a lost world. Two great ideas we should ever bear in mind. 1. Mankind have sinned and are lost. 2 There is full redemption in Christ. Ruin _ Redemption are the two great ideas. 1. Consider the work of preparation for this appearance of the Messiah on Earth. (There was a unclear sketch of the worlds history designed to show that all the great events were preporatory to the one - the coming of Christ.) To show his unclear of sin God sent his judgements. He destroyed the cities of the plain, he deluged the whole earth. Then he made a covenat with the faithful Abraham, making him the father of a new nation and establishing a law by which they should be governed. But still they sinned. Then these ceremonial observances were done away and Christ came. God's will, beloved Son, and gave himself "a ransom". 2. Consider what was finished, the toils & labors, the trials and sufferings of the Savior. The great work