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Toric How anwc Ind Godg Job xSin. 4
Luke Il. SIR Missionary meeting surgcssedJ
The Bible passages chosen as the texts
for our topic are specially appropriate.
The one isa wild cry Of an afflicted soul
anxious 10 know where God may be
found, and the other Is the response.
Placing them side by side. this feature
can be made manifest TO all. In job
xiii. 3. we read, -0h. that knew where
| might find Him. that might comceyen
to His seatl' In Luke ii. o. the Saviour
answers Seek. and yc shall find.
!. Job'scrs doh xxiii, 81 Jobis introu-
bic. The faec Of God for tho time seems
hidden fromhiin. All efforts to comfort
him fail His friends contend that he
has committed some SIN which lie re
fuses TO confess This he denies. He
believes his cause is Just. aud that IL he
could only find God Hewould right il
for him, So in agony and anguish he
cries out, "0h. that | knew where
might ffid Him. th:lt nigh come even
10 His seatlr This cry finds an echo in
every human heart It is the cry Of ey.
cry heart borne down with trouble and
adversely. Il Is the cry Of every soul
that haswandered from God. Saw YOU
Him whom my soul lovctts oh, that i
knew where might find Him!r Ii Is the
cry Of every sin sicksoui. a0h. wretch
ed man that am, whoshall deliver me
from the body Of this deathy' is the
cry Of the heather as he bows to the sun
the moon and stars and the revolving
workmanship OF his own hands, illus.
trated IN the words OF Paul's dream.
Come over into Macedonia and help
u.s. Paul answered that call He
opened the way for the Macedonians To-
find God The heathen world calls to us
today. Come and help us. VIII we,
like Paul. do all we can 10 make them
able to find Gods
?. Tho Saviour's reply. ASH in answer
to Jobs cry, Jesus says, Seek, and ye
shall find" This Is the Sayiour's opin.
ion--seek God, and 70 shall find Him.
But how mnst we seek that we may finds
This the Bible tells us. Seek him with
all the heartand soul "Ifthou wilt seek
the Lord, thou shalt find himif thou seek
him with all thy heart aud all thy sonir
(Deut- ". cal There must be no half
heartedness in searching for God. Seek
him early in life. They that seek ME
early shall find me- PROV. viii, i9).
Many have the idea that Religions only
for the aged and gray; that tits not to
live by, but simply to die by, and there.
fore Of no value to those youngin years
These arc serious mistakes. The Bible
also says, Remember now thy Creator
in the days Of thy youth, while the evil
days come not and the years draw nigh
when thou shalt say. Ihave no pleasure
in them" (Eccl. xii. ~.
g. Seek him through the Lord Jesus
Christ for Jesus says. II am the way,
tho truth aud the life Christ isnot
only the way. but also the only true and
successful why TO God.
Bible Rcforences-Deut. xii, s; job
viii. 5. 9; ri. xvii. s;lxxvii. q cxix, 9.
Oh eiiron. xii. 10; xviii. 8; II Chron
XXX, 10; Prov viii, n: Hos K, l2: Zeph.
iii, 2; $. Of Sol iii. .; Math. vii. 81. 90;
Mark x. q; Heb. xi, O; James |. O.