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SaiiaaH, VIII StSStNlJ eSaSi, 5hNS
and transform His people, so as to
enable them to apprehend Christ,
that thus souls shall be changed into
His image, from glory to glory by
the Spirit of the Lord. In sanctif-
cation, proceeding scriptnrally, the
Spirit enables the believer to see the
glory of God as revealed in HIS
works, and in His word; the holiness
and spirituality Of the law; the ex-
cecding sinfulness of sin; his own
guilt, pollution and helplessness the
length and breadth, the height and
depth Of the economy of redemption,
and the reality, glory and infinite
Importance of the thihgs unseen and
eternal. The soul is thus raised
above the world. 1t lives in a higher
sphere. 1t becomes more and more
heavenly in its characters and de-
sires. All the great doctrines of the
bible concerning God, Christ and
things spiritual and eternal are so
revealed by this inward teaching Of
the Spirit, as to be not only rightly
discerned, but to exert, in meas
ure, their proper influence on the
heart and life. Thus the prayer of
Christ, ''sanctify them through thy
TRUTH" is answered in the experience
of his people. See Hodges Theol.
vol. 3. The difference of opinion on
perfection, relates to the time when
this great work is complete, for all
denominations believe IN perfect sane
tification, as a doctrine, and a thing
to be experienced, at some period of
the christians history. A large ma
jority of the believing world, however,
hold that the disciples of Christ are
made perfect in holiness, not while
the battle of life RACES, but in the
hour of death, when the fight has
been fought, the faith kept, the course
finished and the soul ready to receive
the crown of righteousness, laid up
for it, which the Lord, the righteous
judge shall give. Gods purposes
seem, in the physical world, to be
developed step by step. He might
have created our earth by single
word, or In d moment, but He en-
| ployed six days in the creation. In
the natural world there is first the
blade, then the ear and after that the
full corn in the ear. There is the
rill, the river and afterward the ocean.
The light shines more and more unto
the perfect day. There is first the
child, then the youth and after that
the man. Hot a son or daughter OF
Adam has become mentally or phys
ically perfect in day. There are
lessons to be learned by the mind, to
the very end Of the race. This is
the way in which God works, where
body and thought are concerned.
Then why should the same omnipo-
tent worker so differ in His methods,
when the soul and its spiritual inter
ests are involved? Can this immor.
tai part, far more elastic than matter,
for more capable of refinement and
} advancement be brought to perfec-
ton in an hour or a day? Can any
| fallen creature, in this brief pilgrim.
age, reach a point where his SOU
takes i'll to perfection, to a degree
5 that is sinless, thai scheme of redemp
: ton, that in the wisdom of God wen
; on unfolding for centuries, until the
: fulness of the times had arrived? Il
there any half way house where tht
spirit can pause and rejoice in its owl
: perfection: If this be so, then sucl
, an experience would not only contra
dict every analogy of nature
but be directly in the face of intelli
= gent observation and christian testi
f mony in general. Those eminen
saints, in prophetic and apostolic
7 days, and since, looked to the houl
, of death and the heavenly land be
| yond for the realization of earth,
: highest hopes and Joys. David said
= Il shall be satisfied when l a1Cake il
thy likeness" Paul said: ''Tha
to depart and to be with Christ wa
4 far better" The same apostle tell
, us that we are children here, speak
r ing, thinking and acting as children
s and that in heaven. we are to pu
e away childish things. Paul, In de
d scribing to the Corinthian christian
e the final triumph of the believer owe
0 sin, death and the grave, tells then
S that ''in the twinkling Of an eye, W
e shall all be changed" He thel
: adds: "For this corruptible mus
f put on interruption and this morta
S immortality. The Greek word, trans
, lated corruptible and corruption
b means morally depraved. Blu
t this morally depraved nature is pu
e off Gin death) for interruption; 70
5 the perfectly pure.
f, L will close by quoting the dyin
| words of Samuel Rudgett, than whor
v the Methodist Church had never
n worthier member. Il sent for you
: to tell you how happy / am; not
= ripple, not fear, not a shadow G
# doubt. l didn't think it was posi-
$ BILE for man to enjoy so much of Go
= upon earth. I'm filled with God.
: like to hear OF the beauties of heaven
e but l do not dwell upon them. No
o what l rejoice in, is that Christ wi
d be there. Where He is there shall
e be also. know He is in me an
d l in Him. shall see Him as He is
e l delight in knowing that. How ou
k Heavenly Father paves our way dow
# tc the tomb. l seem SO happy an
e comfortable. 1t seems it cannot
G for me, as if it must be for somebod
a else. L don't deserve it. L hav
# sunk into the arms of omnipoter
, love. l never asked for joy, I a
e ways thought myself unworthy Of Il
o but He has given me more than
i asked. am going the way of a
!, flesh, but bless God, Pm ready.
4 trust in the merits of my Redeemel
q 1 care not when or where or how
/, glory be to God - The fruit wa
a ripe, the shock of corn ready to b
s garnered in its season. The battl
n was over and the crown awaited.
= They were out driving. Said The