Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-07-17
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Though the varieties of insects arc more |
numerous than the different kinds of ish
and birds yer h-reabouts there is only one
Fghi giving and light making insect-name-
~ the firpiy that sends forth every second
or 50 . light in shape of far distant stars as
they appear {" ths naked eye on clear night.
People hecp-ne almost 50 accustomed 70
firefiies as they DO TO the stars, mighty suns
and worlds that move and go tcsir courses
from ace 70 aEe. Fire flies car be best OBJ
ssrved on dark nights. snd they IN sle no ef-
fort TO conceal the light nature has given
them People born again for the kingdom
OF God have The light 20 salvation the new
birth through the Lord JESUS. and should
permit their bestowed lights to shine.
A verse reads Of the redeemed "Arise
shine for thy light is come and the glory of
God i risen upon thee On account OF the
birth OF Christ testover OF hight to repent
ant. beh,ving sinners, God caused a star
likely a world, to be guide
30 the birth place for the wise men OF the
( east, who followed in the direction of the
star until its light streamed over the birth
place OF the Saviour. Likely God used
this Star of Bethlehem" because of the
? greatness or Jesus Christ, whom an angel
/ previous TO his birth said 10 his mother
I that he should be called the '.SOn OF the
! Highest - az whose TRANSPORTATION voicc
from the heavenly cioud said : ''This is my
beloved Son SC. and AT whose baptism with
water and then visibly by the Holy Ghost
a heavenly voice also said /: This - my
. beloved Son &c, doubtless meaning the
-.SOu Of the Highest so called BY the angel
and who became God and man 'sby being
conceived by the power OF the Holy Ghost
in the womb Of the Virgin Mary and was
born oS ber vet without sin" Further
those whom Christ was sent into the world
70 redeem, and especially the Apostles, the
Lord Jesus said OF aye are the light of the
world. He also said 81 am the Light ol
the world He truly Is such, beiug the
Light" from whom believers receive theii
lights and thereby may be lights 10 Others
- the planets Mercury, Venus, the Earth
snd Moon obtain their lights from the Sun
80 do the children Of God obtain their
lights through the Lsrd jesus the Son OF
Righteousness. who in himself and in hi'
teachings is lamp TO their feet and lighI
70 their paths. The foreruoner of Chris'
said to his followers 81 indeed bsptixc
You with water unto repentance, but h'
that come;h after ne i mighiier than
whose shoes / am not worfhv to bear HI
shall bsptiza YOU with the Holy Ghost ans
with tire - From Revised n. Testament
This proves the light of the nobiest Chris
tiaus in the Ta-t and in the present
from the miEhner on, Christ. Again fire
uie- send forth rtr'T lights on the dArkes
night of the warm e-aspn. aud the dsrke
tie night, the brighter their hight. A
dsrknrsS does not ouien their heatless
but nevertheless genuine light SO faithfu
people endowed with hgh: from the ior
Jesus Will not lose IL nor have il -xsinguish
ed in their varied experiences OF lite, sine
the light bestowed. will light them to tn
gates OF Heaven into which they wit, be ad
tnitted Snd have Christ 1.-The Light of th
world, 3" in ine hravenly kingdom forevei
Be- thou faitbfCl unto death and ~iii CIV
thee 4 crown of life - Ia revelations one {
the twelve Apostles saw by revelation 4 nes
Heaven and new Earth. and the hJty Jerusa
lem descending out OF Heaven from God
verse further on reads: And the Cit
had no need of the Sun neither
the Moon TO shine in il for the glo=
of God did Tighten it and the Lam
Is the light thereof " Thus Chr ist al who's
entrance into the world the morning star
sang together and the sons Of God shouie
for JOY. j. a light alvays for those justitisa
through his righteousness \ song reads
"COme TO she Light It Is shining for YOU"
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