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by-productst4chas soap-makingand thc prep- a chechforn hundreddollarsand said:_Young 3. Peacew/th God Isreedy.Is them a moral and said"HeseP He was asked what itmeant,
oration of fertilizers. 'this is done in ordcr to man, I will give one hundred dollars to any man governor in the universe who is opposed to sin? ffc answered: "Tbey: were calling the roll in
make use of what _,ouki otherwise be wasted, who has the courage and faith to ask my father We know there is. Then there isno peace for the heaven and I wasanswering to my.namel" Friend,
Just here our attention may be called to the fact [or it. You deserve the money.'" 'tAsk and ye wicked. But "God was in Christ reconcilimt sin- will .they find your narhe in the Book of .Life?
thai feeling is a by-product. If feeling is studied shall rccei re. "' nets unto himself." "There is therefore now no Will you he able to answer: "Yes, Lord. by Tlly _
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." -saving grace and dying [eve. I'm here["
either psychologically or ethically this will be. . _ " _ .'" ..'_ 4. Peace in the soul is ready. God has written
l_ulod to be the ca_. The seeker who.comes to
the _ltar to get ftfeling will get nothing. He must 1 " ! _ His
_tisfied
law in
in
our
sin.
being.
Judgment
We are
is at
too
war
Godlike
with: desire,
to be
God's IdenlJ['y_ng Name for His. Way
first meet the conditions and get God nnd then ......... _ .. Conscience is at 'war with the will. The Spirit is By W/W. CL^Y
sooner or later be will get plenty o| feeling _ts a Cor_o at war with the flesh.' The sinner cries out: "O
direct effect of salvation. Tile Christlan who B_ A. M. HILLS wretched manthat I aml Who sliall deliver me T_:XT: "And it shall be called the way o] hellwould
have an'abundance
"
of feeling must
" '
keep T_xr: Luke 14:17. "Come, /or MI things are from the
body of. this
"
dcafh?
"
But through nest" (Isa. 35:8). "And they shall call them
Christ we may have "the peace o] God that pass. the holy people" (Isa; 62:12).
up Iris activities for God. These activities 'arc now ready." Ir_rRonucrmr_
such as praycr, Bible reading, church attendance, Jesus uses every kind of. Imagery to set forth eth understanding."
tittmlg, going out after the .lost. Tc fall here the preciousness of His salvation. ,He calls Him- 5. The presence of the Comforter is ready. I. Isaiah was pre-eminently the "prophet of
self "The Bread of Life," "The Water oI Life," We cannot make the world understand that. But re_temption. To other prophets were given'ruesmeans
to lose the glory. "The Good Shepherd," "The Way, the Truth'nod it is blessedly real to thuse wbo have Him. In sages concerning sin and its punishment, cnnccrnthe
L re," "The-True Vine," "The Door." In the temptations, in trials, In sorrows, [n bereavements, ihg fhe cap v ty of the Jews and their restoration.
It is reported of the late Bishop Basifford that text He likens His salvation to a great feast, O, If is so much to have lllml Some even caught a glimpse of the last days, of
he was prevented from becoming n Unitariafi by • All take a peculiar interest fn feasts. If there 6_ Life, spiritual life is ready, This is ardying its awful tribulation, and of the dawning of the
finding out tlmt the Unitarians conducted a mis- should be a great feast in a modern city the enter- . world.' Everything here is doomed to die, What millennial kingdom of Christ, But to Isaiah was
stun in Bosto'n (llashiord was at that time at- prising papers would prifit a full geeoant of It, humanity Is longing forts life. Jesgs' says to all. _[ven n addition to these themes, afull view of
tending Bosloli Ut_i_ef_ity)_ but al_vays employed and the people would read about it, though very "I came that they might have llfe, and that they God's redemption and salvation. .
a Mctllodist to carry'it on. Tile Unltarlans, ex- fewBut were a greater Invitedfeast to it, is made by "The l_ing Eter- might 7. Chrlst have itInyou more the abundantly." hope of glory, is all ready, holiness t. First (Chapter God gave 6), him'a then personal revcalcd experience to him the of
plaincd tbat Unitarlanism was not suited to that nal, Immortal, Invisible," The angels' are the. How peaceful is a Christian In view of death l way of holiness {Chapter 3_). Just as, during the
kind of Work, that while ifcould minister to the mlnlsterlng servants "sent forth to minister to How dark the end of one who dies without hope. Great War, observers.in airplanes cookie,co submarines
in the depths when tht;y weret nq[lb e to
intellectual and to the ldgher classes,, it had no: them who shall be the heirs of salvation." The " Two yoang_ people in-the same High School those near the s_rface of the water, _,_ook
power't'n saving such people as came tc the Sea- redeemed shall sit at the banquet, and blcased,IJe died. One, a moral young man but withou{
men's Bethel. The Unitarians in taking this post- God, every son and daughter of Adam Is urgently Chr/st. His dying screams could be heard a" Isaiah in His airplane.. 'He saw God's w_a_'-, I{eard
tion had to brcak with Christ, He came to seek Invited
The invitation
to be a guest,
is being accepted on every hand,
square.
ties, hut
The'other,
s Cheistlan_
a poor
She
girl,
divided
dying of
her
consumphumble
God's
Ion[dog
name
into its
for
depths,
his w_y
he saw
(Chapter
the Savior
35}.
{Chelaand
to save the lost, the publicans and sinners as There wl)l be.a great multitude at the tcasl_, '_ol possessions among her brothers and sisters; picked ter 5J) nnt this-time as the Prince of Peace, but
Then
well as t_g aristocrat. The gospel el Christ was everY,tribe and kindred.and tongue and people," out the hymns she wished tnrhave sung st her" with bleeding back and marred eountsnante;'saw
just as capahle n'l meeting the need of the So- to sit down at "the marriage supper of theLamhY funeral and the,text from which I' should penni:h, Him bleeding, dying, silent and _ubmissive; saw
maritan woman as that of Nicodemus, a ruler of We heed not ask whether there are few to be and then commended her-soul to Christ In perfect Him lald a_y in a borrowed tomb and with,a
the Jews. • _ved. The question for us to ask is _'Will we be peace, and went to sleep In Jesus. When I saw it rich man's pity Yet he sc'es beyond that and
there?" I am a servant, confmlsslaned to say.to I said, "Let m_ die the death of the righteous." cries out, "He thall see his seed,":"He shall jusfify
- " . you all "Come for all things are now rcady." g. The joys n[ heaven are all ready, Jesus has many," and then there breaks in on his vision a
The Iollowing is a secbnd illustration taxes I. Norlc_ suez or "mr. _!AtLTm._ros" I_ane ahead to prepare them for us, The rest, the glimpse of the ,bloodwashcd. throng, the bride,
from' the life of Bishop Basbford written hy G_R. 1. Forgiveness of all sin is ready. ! once heard ' bliss, heavenly employments, heavenly Joys, heav- widie he heai's God give them the same name tlmt
Grose, During 1878 Bashford became pastor of n man say, who had Just been to the death of his only companionshlps_ Ilkenes_ to Christ and lileas- He gave to His way, "And they shall call them
the First 1'¢[,E Church in JamaicaPip, in, N.Y. father, "When I saw that he was so far gone that urns Iorevermore,. " the holy penple'_ (Chapter 62).
3. It is upon this remarkable name God g_ve
Therc were only thirty-five members, mostly he s#ould never speak to me again I would have II. Wren ARERV.A_Y?_. to HIs way and to His people that I denim to
women_ There was a heavy debt on the church givcri all I am worth to have had my father come Feasts are prepared by. some persons, focus your attention.
property. Bashford writes:. "I had-an impres- back and forgive r_e for.all the unworthy'thing_ I. God the Father, Who gave His Son for I. HOLtS_S rs Gun's NA_r_ run I-I_s WAYAm)
s_on that I ought to go to .see him (a .very rich I had ever said or done to him." Forgiveness is a " you. His PZOt'LZ,
. - wonderful thing for.a convicted and guilty heart. 2. God the Son wire died that you might 1. A challenging thought that It is not man's
mall m Boston). I was advised not to go_ _:s he And how wonderfully our Father in heaven live. name, hut God's, Man's names, whalher given in
would likely lose his telnl)cr and insult me. (Bash- forgives. He tells us that f 3. God the Spirit who does so much to get derislon.or seriously mean little.
ford went a_y way.) I told him tl_e desperate --"He puts our sins behind 'His hack," to be you saved. . 2. Look at tile tabernacle, God's symbolic decondition
in our church and that ][ had mi inward seen no more. .4. The angels---ministering spirit,, lineatlan of His plan of redemption. The name
convietion he ivou'[d not refuse my request. H_ --'_He buries them In the sea" of His love. S. The Church on earth. _holy" applies to both rooms of the tabernacle.
reply was: "I will speak to my son about the --He removes them "as far from us as the, East _ 6. The redeemed ht heaven, all waiting for _The only motto was that on the High Priest's
_" si_bject and answer you in the morning.' Bashf0rd . is ---_'He from the will West." remember them no .more for_:ver."
you to.come., forehead'. In Zcch. 14:20, 21 a time coming when
. took the train that night to a nearby town and 2. Jesus saves from'the bondage o] sin, He is Now are you toady to be saved, and become an it shall be the motto not only of the temple and
went to see tile son hod told him what his father the,Lion of the Tribe of Judah that breaks every heir
What
to
an
the
Insult
eternal
to God
inheritance
not to'be
prepared
madyl
for you?
"
the
from
spiritual
the clanging
leader,
bell
but sball
_f the
be
locomoflve
found everywhere
to the
had said. The son turned to his desk and wrote chain of ev'il habit and sets the captive |rca... ' tlI A soldier,was dying: he suddenly lifted his hand dl.shcs simracrlng, on..the kitchen range.
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