Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-18

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Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission OF II. S, Hoffman, publisher, Philadel.
phia.
rs. "And there went great multitudes with
Him" Such a teacher and worker of mira
cles would naturally have great following
some from curiosity, some because of the
loaves and fishes, some because OF His mira.
Giles Of healing, some because they really
enjoyed His teaching even IL they did not put
1t in practice; but D how few followed Him
as true disciples, accepting Him as Israel's
Messiah and joining themselves to Him for
life or death till the Kingdom come Even of
those who profeSsed to be His disciples we
read that after certain discourse ''many of
His disciples went back and walked no more
with Him. John vi, 60. And Of the twelve
chosen out OF all the rest, one possessed by the
devil sold Him for thirty pieces of silver and
IN the time Of His sore trial all forsook Him
and fed Matt XVI, H. So. Knowing the
hearts Of all men, and reading easily the in
ward purpose Of every orc of this great null
titude, He turned and SAID unto them:
~. ''Ir any man como to me, and hate not
his father, and mother, and wife, and chill
dren, and brethren and sisters, yea, and his
own life also, he cannot he my disciple -
1t was written In the law that If any one
hated his neighbor unto death the cities Of
refuge were to give no refuge to him Deut.
xix, lib; and the Spirit through John
writes that "Whosoever hateth his brother Is
a murderer and that IF man say, love
God, and hateth his brother, he Is a liar" Il
John iii, Is; w. 90. Yet here are the lords
own words to the effect that we cannot be
His disciples unless we hate even father and
Emother, wife and children. The explanation
IS found In the fact that the word ''hate" is
ssolnetimes used to signify Slowing less" 1t is
written that Jacob loved Rachel more than
Leah Gen. xxx, so, and in the very next
verso this is called hating Leah.
a. "And whosoever doth not bear his
cross and como after me, cannot be my dis
ciple.n The cross of Christ was that cruel
instrument of death on which He died when
he bore our sins and made peace for us Il
Pet. II, "a; Col. /, 2O. Paul said that by it
the world was cruciiled to him and he to the
world Gal. vi, l1. And on the four differ
ent occasions on which Jesus gave utterance
TO this saying Matt. X, 80; xvi, "a; Mark X,
81; Luke xiv, 20, lie seems to mean nothing
less than death to all that is against Him.
1--WE who live Il, e., true belevers) are Away
delivered unto death for Jesus sake, that the
life also of Jesus might DO made manifest in
our mortal fesh' Oh Cor, iv, ~. We are
SO selfish and unchristlike that we are apt to
think every little trial "a cross, and too often
complain about our crosses
$3.50. This man began to build, and was
not able to ilnish.n Such might DO said of
one who having laid the foundation was not
able to complete the building, and therefore
he might be made sport Of for not counting
the cost beforehand Christ is not of this
world, and His Kingdom is not Of this world,
therefore those who identify themselves with
Him should consider we'll beforehand what it
may possibly mean to he mot of the world"
John xviii, 3G; xvii, II, 49, A Christian is
one who is given to Christ tout of the world,n
and then sent back Unto tho world" to stand
in Christ's name against tho world while
seeking TO rescue MS many as possible from it
John xvii, q, lS). If ono confesses Christ be-
fore men as his Saviour, and identifies him
self with body Of Christians, then continues
just as much mixed up with the world and
worldly ways as before, such an ono has evil
IDENTIFY not counted the cost, nor understands
what it Is TO bo n disciple of Christ, The
Christian life consists of self remuneration,
separateness from world lying in the wicked
one, patient endurance of trial, patient con
tinuanco in well doing, and n determination
to know nothing but Jesus Christ cructied,
risen, ascendod and returning.
81, 50. "Or what king going to make war
against another king, sitteth not down first
and oonsultetb whether he be able, etc. In
the previous illustration the disciple was
looked ut rs II builder and his life u building
here he is compared to warrior and his life
n warfare. Jesus Himself is the great builder,
A, al. I..l, ~
laid the foundation OF the house and shall
also finish it (Zech iv, o. lie is also a man
Of war, captain of the host Of the Lord QGx
XIV, 8; Josh. Y, l4I, aud lie has considered well
the cost and the ability necessary to build His
kingdom Oh this earth and overcome and cast
out the enemy. He saw tho contamination
and tho why TO It before He ever left the
Glory which He had with the Father before
tho world was; and for the joy set before
Him, He endured tho cross, despising the
shame, and Is set down at tho right hand of
the throne Of God Heb xii, 3), where He
ever hveth to make intercesson for us
tHeb. vii, 25), while we continue the daily
warfare waiting with Him for the time
when the kingdom shall DO His and
ours. We do well to remember that we
have great adversary, and that TO contend
whole arinor Of God Eth, vi. ~. II we
would receive tho crown of Righteousness, We
must war n good warfare md fight the good
fight of faith, md the great inspiration is the
Joy before us at His appearing Il Tim. l, Is;
vi, l2-l0 ii Tim iy, :, g. 1t is interesting
to notice that the service of the Levites In
connection with tho Tabernacle, taking it
down, setting it up, transferring it from place
aNt NIX ~ l,lplspI
but only as God pleased and directed, is called
1.-the Warfare of the service of the tabepna-
rlen Mum. viii, "A, %, margin)
80. 80 likewise, whUsoever he be Of you
that forsakcth not all that he hath, he can
not bo my disciple All that one has is
summed mp in tho relations mentioned in
verse rs, the nearest and dearest earthly
friends. aud then our own selves, our very
life How can one possibly forsake, or as in
the II. V. rcnouncc, all these SO as to hold
and love them not ms our chief good, but only
as minor things in comparison Of Him whose
disciples we profess 20 bet How can we learn
to say with Paul: Il count all things but loss
for the excellency OF the knowledge of Christ
Jesus my Lord" In Pauls case it was
brought about 10y sight of the risen and as
cended Jesus as his own personal Saviour,
and ms ISrael's true Messiah TO sit on Dayid's
throne and restore the kingdom TO Israel at
His Glorious appearing. Thus made Paul TO
live on earth as citizen Of Heaven, willing
TO bear anything In his body of humill
alton while he waited for the glorious
immortal body like unto Christ's phil ill., :,
20, IN Paul was a master builder, and a
master warrior but in reference to his life
and service, he says: ~ live, yet not l, but
Christ liyeth I'm mc;n and II labored more
abundnntly than they all. yet not ]. but the
grace of God which was with me- gal. II, 20;
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