The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-30

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S,3o 40 nothing" Ifyou look up this page of His
NE, you will find it Just as manifest as God can
make 1t, that He was with Him. And so He ie
with every Christian.
Believers are said to be like Him; there is the
@ pOant mat want you specially to look at. This
page III the lie OF Christ is beautiful plorioug
ana consistent from beginning to end: IL is
Wuhout detect, or single flaw in it. It is a life
%mch mothers and fathers should continually
keep pelore the minds Of their children.
brethren, IT half the time usually spent by
Christian parents in reading insignificant stories.
nan OF which are fictitious, was devoted TO the
.tea0ng OF the lie of Jesus Christ, we would
6as,. 6aye race OF men coming up looking like
GOd's Son. | have said TO YOU MANY n time
over and over again, brethren, that we do not
make enough OF His life and character
we want the children 10 know about Jesus.
we want our young people to know how He
llved and died here upon earth how He as
cended to the right'hand of God, there to pre-
pare home for those who love and serve Him.
Let That be impressed on their young minds
every day. Let it be impressed upon their
mmds as 1t Is upon our own. We are not our
own. We are bought with price. Not with
Christ
In that inimiiable SOD verse of the 9Th cbanter
oil Romans, Paul says:-'He that spared not his
own son, but delivered him up for us all now
shall he not with him also freely give us all
things W
.NOMs We Cbu Iedully perceive the ground upon
which the great God wanted to put us into the
moral and spiritual condition from which we
have fallen, and that in order 10 bring us back
INTO thAt condition, in which we must be, He
gave His Son, His only begotten Son. Reve-
renty ask you what could God do, for YOU
and me, more than TO give His only begOtten
Son? If, then, He did that greatest Of all great
things VIII He not also freely give us all things
mat we may be more like unto that Son. In
the 9th verse OF the 8th chapter, Paul says:-
But ye are not IN the flesh; but in the spirit
etc.
What was the spirit of Christ? The character.
lstlcs, the lovel1ness, the truthfulness, the dig
nifty, the honor of Christ and everything that
distinguishes Him as He was seen in The world
this is that spirit 1t was a spirit OF tenderness
and love. Nothing, therefore. can be more mani
fest than that the followers OF Christ must i've
as be lived; and think Paul settled this oues-
tlon beyond the power of dispute: and he brings
1t out III full view in the chapter which ] read to
you this afternoon in the 9th chapter Second
Episte TO the Corinthians, in which he declares,
as you remember very distinctly, IN the I4tb
verse of that chapter:-"For the love of Christ
constrainelh us" etc. This is what the record
says:-''He went about doing geod.D You and
l are to go about in the same way.
In our business transactions, in everything
that we do, we must do good. Not being guilty
OF tale bearing and tattling, but in the elorious
characteristics of our Lord we are to 60 about
DONG good. Supposing, then, say brethren
IN order that we may come to a practical con-
clusion OF this matter, we should ask ourselves,
as Christian men and women, what has been
our life for the past week? What have we
been doing in all the walks and business rela-
tlons OF life, in our homes, in our social inter.
course, in our relations among men? We have
been going about. We have visited MANY of
our friends and acquaintance.
We have been transacting business. How
have we lived? What have been the character
lsucs OF our lives Have we in all these rela.
tons gone about doing good? Because good
DONG is not confined TO the sanctuary, or the
!ectuIe-room, nor the room at home. The Lord
Jesus Christ was just as good out of the syna-
gogue or temple as He was III it.
In the wilderness as in the populous civ
what did we do? How much good have we
done? was impressed very much this past
week by statement made by Christian
woman. | know that that Christian woman
had succeeded in prevailing upon some persons
70 come to Gods sanctuary, and that she was
engaged in making the souls of some happy.
we have done good or evil We are not mega.
I'VE. The life we lead will tell III the bissful-
ness OF heaven or the lamentations of hell
The standard of holiness is true godliness.
The godly life OF Christ is just the gody lie that
ou and L are to eXempnfy to the worl I. In
our various pursuits, whether professional or
whatever it may be, you are to go about doing
sood. My brethren, the home circle is tue
i've Ike Christ. / beseech you to rest not give
lot sleep to your eyes until, with your hand
upon your heart you can say, Lord Jesus thou
knowest all things, Thou knowest that | am
Jhme."