The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14

the works OF darkness. We may notice Ia
contrast :" the armor of light" IL. We may
call attention to the things which work mo
evil" 10. These are stated very briefly in
the paragraph We study. Only two items are
mentioned 20, 1o), love and honesty. ID.
Notice:
a. Right is simpler than wrong.
b. Love is q debt. 3.
c. Love fulfills tho law. 10.
d. Love worketh no ill., TO-
Love explains all that is right; lovslessnsss
explains all that is wrong.
1t is plain to see that Love is the All Of ethics.
II man love his neighbor he will not wroD Z
him BIZ violation of either one of the Com
mandments. Love is guarantee Of q man .
good conduct.
Put on the armor Of light. 10. Having cast
of the old garment. replace ID with new. What
We wear in the light is more apparent than
what we don IN darkness. The deeds Of the
righteous are such that they can be consistently
seen. We should clothe ourselves in holiness
aud then We would not fear the light. Light
is our arnior, in sense. The consciousness our
conduct Is transparent makes US more careful
as to its character. Christ is Light. We are
chrldren of the Light. Eph., 5: 8; Th., 3; 5.
The aFmoT TO be worn by every Christian is de-
seribed in Eph,, 8: li-17. A man tbRs clothed
is as in an armor. Verse II helps in our ex-
PLANTATION. Put on the Lord Jesus; try to act
y
Jesus in conduct; put on the same garments.
graces, lovely traits of character, as those we
find in Christ. Be clothed as be was in armor
defending from evil attacks; so act as not to
fear the light
A. Salvation nearer than when we believed.
ii. We believed some years ago. Time Is dash
ing along. The more final acts in the process
OF salvation are nearer at hand. In fact, every
moment the interval between life and death is
narrowing. the space between time and what
Is called eternity is lessening. Tho climax Of
human events is approximating every day.
). Awake out Of sleep. V. II. bIen are sup
posed to be asleep when inactive in Christian
duties, People sleep at night, and so their
works are considered works OF darkness.
Indeed. night is the time when evil generally
prevails Sleep represents a condition OF sins
of commission or omission. When sleeping,
persons have night apparel. So comes in the
figure of casting off night-clothes and putting
on garments for the daytime. The works of
the day arc considered as works of the light.
Men when in the glare Of light-when seen by
peop'e--are moro apt to conduct properly. 1t
is not right to continue in the sleep of inaction.
The world is vineyard, and calls for wide
awakeness and energy. Lethsrgy is shameful.
It is daytime, and late Of the day, SO yawRipg
and stretching are out of place.
Rev. n. S. McFetridge has put this idea into
verse thus:
90. sleep but my spirit IL waking;
And / dream Of the land of the blest.
On whose shores rough pillows are break
ing.
Where the weary and worn are at rest.
And see what earth's glory transcendeth.
And hear what no mortal can tell,
Ofthe beauty and bliss that ne'er endeth.
In the land where the glorifed dwell
And sigh for the light OF the morning.
When the night. with its fears. shall have
fed;
And my soul, In her righteous adjoining,
To that beautiful land shall have sped
o, the peace and the glory surpassingi
o. the thrill Of SURPRISING delight!
On the darkness the light Is arising.
And the morning is chasing the nishtf
Then arouse. o. my soul seek Gods blessing.
md rccfiue in thy siun bers no more;
For the work and the moments are pressing,
And hear Jesus knock al the door"
Christ has gone away, but He is to return.
He wishes TO find Us doing as he taught A
mere Guild can understand this. If mother
go away giving her children several duties to
perform in her absence, she will be Justly quite
displeased If. when she come back. she finds
her children have paid no attention to her re-
quests and have left undone the duties she re-
qured.