Perfection

election, Thaodorc Roosevelt had made- get rifle came out from thb middle of the temperament; r_rne rejoice with Joy.w_lch" so as though aceom_ded .with, outward
the race for the presidency .on thd Bull big. bei-rel. That has happened to a seeks to "valee itself in ecstatic shou.ts of m mnifastatians It is a conseiousass wrought
Moose or PrngrekSlveflcket. _He carried ._ preacher also. And'when it happens to - prnlse_ and others may weep for joy, but in theseul, that a change is effceted,"
on. a noisy and far-reaching c_mpelgn, you or me, .what shall We do? 'There is . hone of these, manifestations constitute A Wz_,_'H 0_"ASSlmANCE
and he and his friends claimed that he was ' just one 'thing for '_ns to do. 'We must" the witness of the Spiritl they ore resultant
going to _-Weepthe countcy and be elected, build the altar more carefully. We must " • " " effecis_ "_ While the nature of the witness is thot
But when the yotcs were counted in NO- arrange the" wood with greater concern. • ¢- " ' of an inner persu_iofl, yet it is not withL
vembar. Theodore did not rc:Ceive enough. We must make more certain, that th_ "Th_ witness consequently ls not arty par- out a very do/L-rite certitude. Some who
. ticular.form of emotional satisfaction. Do" , like Naaman Of old Would desire to see
electorel v_tes.to-make his candidacy look sacrifice is in place, • .Then we must ap_ not: mistake; we would Sot infer that it seine great thtns, um_ be disappointed at
serious. The cartoonist pictured Roosevelt preach the next contest wtth'firmar faith, does_not produce emotional satisfaction; it its simplicity, but tl_ose v_hd are -more
as a gunner "holding the firing sh-lng of And. parations we must,continu_ and lift u9 "to the mak_ r.all the for lpre- fire " ., • most • surely does, But by cenfu_ing'the interested In facts than insigns or Wonders
:a Thelarge-hutted, bore of the sho_-ldarreled gun reprasented cannon, the" until the fire comes dt)wn._ For Jttst as
cause and effect in this ease some have recognize the substantiality of mlC_ a witpro-election
predictions. The. moment of the contest on ,Carmel depended upon.th_ erred. -Same have experienced' a. certain nbss In the verse, or r,thar, part"thereof,
the election came. Teddy pulled the string; coming.,of the fire_ so certainly does" the sense of emotional relief nn_ they. have Which we have' chosen..the expression is
But instead of the big BOOM!.which, the force and effectiveness of our preaching i ' inferred that this whs the _vitneas of the all wealth of full "assurance." The phrase"
cannon promised v a llttio'_ag, such as dapendnpon the unction and pewar, of the _dtrit .only to lind'.out intar that. "they is redundant In denoting the Iflentitode of
" not real_y ancnoreu me_r sam m dl_ this as._urnnse,. In the statemen_ all
might be_'expects_i'.. from a 22--caliber tarL Holy Spirit. upon na. . vine truth, wealth, there is the indication that no to=
" " . .. . . - . - . "What then_'is _Lssurnnce?" askedJohn edbqnacy exists;,lt:is, complete and "full,
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