The herald., 1893-01-30

we are not to overlook the fact that a
difference in degree may amount to q
difference in kind. l take drop out OF
the ocean. The drop is like the ocean
but it ia swayed BY no tides, it bears no
chips on its bosom, it does not unite
continents. take grain of earth from
the mountain. The grain is like the
mountain, but can dig no quarries out
of its bowels, / can cut no forests on its
slopes, do not see it lifting it's summit
to the first light of day. Man may be
like God, but locate Jesus not in the
drop and the grain, but in the ocean and
the mountain. | search among the sons
of men of all tine, and look in vain
for one who had the consciousness of
life in himself. | hear no words from
the lips of any man touching his own
life: Il have power 20 lay it down and
have power to take it again. This COM
msndment have 1 received from my
Father / hear no propecy like this
from any man concerning the power of
his life, if only he can pour it out in sac
rifce: And l, if 1 be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men unto me-
grant the mystery of the incarnation,
but prefer mystery to insufficiency in
my faith AS | watch the process by
which men are made to become sons of
God, as l follow the stream of human
redemption in its ceaseless and widen
ing course, | can trace it to no other or
nearer source than the eternal sonship
OF Jesus Christ"
A second thought is closely related to
this. 1t is that the method of Jesus in
redeeming the world is not to leave the
world merely the inspiration of His
words and His living, but to pour into
the hearts of men His own life. We
have not begun to get at the full mean
ing of His giving His life for men. We
have confined it too much to one speci
tic act on Calvary and do not appreciate
that He is giving His life to the race to-
day. Religion is poor and barren that
is built on dead Christ. The religion
that catches all it's impulses from the
broken fragant of life in the flesh can
not get far beyond the flesh. AS mere
example He does not satisfy. 1t is
weary task following Him as we see Him
only thro' the dim perspective of His
earthly life, with no help save the inspir-
alton OF His ideal. | question whether
there is not more disbursement than
incentive in it. 1t is life the world
wants, not precepts. And the world
Will 10 boNCu HUH lto ellis anu WchH-
ness, not by silver-tongued oratory on
the beauteous ideal of life, but by
touch of its cold, dead heart with the
life-giving heart of Jesus Life first and
the living will take care of itself.
nally, there is thought of the
power of the Christ in our own personal
experience. Jesus said, am come to
impsrt life, and it means loving pur-
pose to enlarge our spiritual experiences.
The purpose to bestow lifo involves the
willingness to pour it into our souls. We
are not to strive and cry for larger life.
The great purpose of Jesus is to give us
this very thing. 'He that hath the Son
hath life." We cannot receive it any
other way. The church is learning it
slowly. The call of the age, drawing
men away from debates and traditions
and ecclesiasticism, is the call to life
"Back to Christ" Beloved, do you
want life and abundance of it7 "God
hath given unto US eternal life, and that
life is in His Son." Not as our ideal
only, but the living power to reach the
ideal as we'll. When certain Greeks
asked for the Master, it is written of
Andrew, "He brought them to Jesus"
Happy for us, beloved, If we are per-
suaded out of our experience with Him,
that it is He, and He only, that we
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