The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-14

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let your light SO shine before men
that thoy may see your good works
anil glorify your Father which Is in
Heaven"
We have heard persons say In giving
their Christian experiences. that they
were walking through the dark valley
and shadow OF death. Now, we ask
the question, did anyone ever sec a
shadow without light of some kind?
We say nay. Do we go down Into a
dark cellar to see q shadow No! You
have to havs q light or you won't SEQ
it. God 10 light and In Him Is no dark.
ness at ALL" John ], 5. III we wa k
In the light, as He Is In In the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ, His SOL,
clsanseth US from all sln." John. ], g.
He that loveth his brother abideth In
the light"
Christ IL the cum Of righteousness
and 'the light OF the world, John l, 8;
s, ~. The word of God is also ~
light" Thy word ia lamp unto my
feet, and light unto my path"
Psalms ll9. l05. A person cannot let
his or her light shine, unless they have
a light. We must keep supply Of
oil. or the light will go out, and not
barn. We must have good oil, or we
won't have good light. We must
polish the glass; keep the shade clean
II you let tho dust gather, and the
SIN oke make its sooty deposit, and the
wick become crisp and hard and black,
the light will flicker and BIO weak.
The lamp is our friend and we must
take care of 1t.
We must give 1t free ventilation, and
keep all distractions out OF the way,
or 1t will do no one else any good.
Now, by having plenty of oil. and coed
oil. and the lamp we'll trimmed and
clean, the light will shine brightly.
and others will be benefited by 1t. Tie
law reveals mans sinfulness, and
grace reveals his Saviour. and giys
him that true light that llghteth up
the world. The Kind OF light that takes
people to heaven la not the kind that
is hid under bushel. nor the kinI
that goes around Dragging on itself.
The Bible Will, in great measure. bring
light. by showing that Dong to
others, as you would have them to d o
to you" Ia one of the best proofs of u
light shining; If it don't, it is because
you are not treating 1t right.
There ara gold mines within 1t,
leaves; jewels 10 its mines; pearls In
its depth. II you want the jewels. you
must search them out, for il your light
burn at all, you must trim the wick
daily. When we sec man that Is
kinder to his mules than to his wife Or
children. he doesn't care how much
he let his light shine. or talk in class
meeting. When our light is blown
out, or goes out for want OF oil. the
fact shows US that the lamp contains
no oil. but gas. The above illustra.
lions can be applied to professors Of
religion. A great many, in these days.
light went out for want OF oil, and
gave nothing in the way of light only
gas, or in other words talk.
When you see professor of religion
who Is talker. and telling all of the
bad doings OF everybody else
you may set 1t down that there Ia
something the matter, for the wo rd
which is light to their feet, does not
uphold any such actions, for IL says
not to render evil for ev.l, Tor railing
for railing. for he that will love life
and see good days, let him refrain his
tongue from evil, and his lips from
speaking guile" Peter 8, $40. III
any man among you seem to be rell'
gious and bridleth not his tongue. but
decelveth his own heart, this mans
religion is In vain" James 1, 90.
Whoever Is guilty of such actions.
their light is certainly growing dim.
il not entirely gone out. There Is no
book that needs our attention as
much as the Bible. so let us study II
with patience and the labors will
bring surer and richer reward, II
the time ia spent on 1t. instead OF
talking about your nelghbota. Lot
your light shine. The devil has no
better friend on earth than hypocrite.