The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-26
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30. Then began He to upbraid the
cities wherein most Of His mighty works
were, done because they repented not"
Before He chose the twelve He had been
about al the cities and villages teaching,
preaching and healing, and after He had
chosen and instructed them He continued
to teach and preach In their cities (chap-
ters X, So; ri, y. He never seemed to
rest except when He had to because night
had come, but even then He sometimes
spent the night In prayer. Being anointed
with the Holy Spirit and with power He
went about doing good and healing all
that were oppressed Of the devil, for God
was with Him (Acts K, 88). God Is not
willing that any should perish, but that
all should come to repentance (II Pet. III,
%. Even the awful judgments Of the
period of the great tribulation will be
poured out In order that men may repent
according to Rev. IL, 90, 81; xvi, 8, IL.
1874. 1t shall be more tolerable for
Tyre and Sidon, for Sodom and Gomorrah,
than for the cities In which He had done
His mighty works The people of Ninevah
and the queen Of Sheba shall condemn
those who heard q greater than Jonah or
Solomon, yet repented not (chapter xii,
Al, Az. But when will this bef He an
swers at the day Of Judgment, and He
knows, for He Is the appointed Judge.
"God commanded all men everywhere to
repent, because He hath appointed day in
the which He will judge the world In right
eousness by the man whom He hath or
dained, whereof He hath given assurance
unto all men In that He hath raised Him
from the dead" (Acts xviii 80, 81. Not
only will every one Of us give account OF
himself to God but God will bring every
work into judgment with every secret
thing, whether 1t be good or whether 1t be
evil. Every idle word that men shall speak
they shall give account thereof In the day
Of judgment (Rom. xiv, l2; Eccl., xii,
II; Math. xii, 36). Yet we must not think
of a SO called general judgment day when
all who have ever lived from Adam to the
kingdom shall appear at one grand assize,
but rather let US get the mind Of God,
which is briefly this: All who are saved
by Jesus blood can see on Calvary that
xiii, %; John v, 24), but all saveds ones
must appear at the Judgment seat of Christ
that their service as such may be tried
with the possibility of loss or approval
from. xiv, 10; III Cor. v, 10; l Cor. iii, IA,
16).
25. "At that time Jesus answered and
said, thank thee, o Father, Lord of heav-
en- and earth, because thou hast hid these
things from the wise and prudent, and
hast revealed them unto babes. " Thank
God for all the babes who are willing to
believe every word their Heavenly Father
tells them. The wise and prudent In their
own estimation must continue to walk in
the light Of their own fire and in the
sparks that they have kindled lisa. l, III,
because they are too wise to accept God s
light. The world by it's wisdom knows
not God q Cor. 1, 21).
26 Even so, Father, for so 1t seemed
good in Thy sight" In the French this
verse reads, "Yes, My Father, this is so,
because that Thou hast found 1t good. !"
We must remember that the words lat
that time" of the last verse direct us TO
the time when servants were doubling
Israel hooking and men despising. They
had called Him a glutton and n winebib-
Der, friend of publicans and sinners
Even John the Baptist in his lonely prison
seemed to be listening to satan's doubts
| lido not condemn him till you have tried
to put yourself in his place., and under all
these and much worse as the time of His
awful agony drew nigh He was content to
have it so, If only the Father might be
| glorified in Him.
GT. Ali things are delivered unto Me of
NV Father, and no man knoweth the Son.
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man the Father, save the Son, and he TO
whomsoever the Son will reveal Him. "
| The Father loveth the Son and hath given
| all things into His hand (.Iohn ill., 35). 1t
| makes us think of the words of Abraham s
servant concerning the only son, unto
| him hath he given all that he hath" (Gen.
xiv, 36) No one but the Father in heav-
| ell ever fully understood the Son of God,
| and no one but the Son knows the Father
| or can make Him known. If therefore you
| would know God, it must be by knowing
| Christ for His words still hold good, "He
| that hath seen Me hath seen the Father"
| (.Iohn xiv, 81. "All things" include 'all
| power in heaven and on earth" Math.
| xviii, 49,, power over all enemies, so that
| He need not have submitted to single
| thing unless He chose to.
| 20. Come unto Me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and will give you
rest" Unless we consider, as we have
sought to do, the circumstances under
| which He uttered these words we will
miss much of their force. He was, hui
| manly speaking, weary and heavy laden
because of the unbelief and ingratitude OF
those He sought to help and He found His
rest in the will of God and His meek ac-
ceptance of the same, manifested in His
Eyes, My Father" Mr.. Sturgeon used
to say that he saw I'm this verse great
proof of our Lords divinity, for when he
| tried to comfort even a few heavy laden
ones i'm his congregation he soon found
himself getting burdened, so that any one
who could give rest to all the heavy laden
of earth must be none other than God
Himself
20. Take My yoke upon you and Learn
of Me; for am meek and lowly in heart
and We shall find rest unto your souls. .
Not in crying and striving, not in endless
doing, but in Him and in His love is rest
not in running from Him, but i'm running
to Him. In returning and rest is saliva
! Al. L. lot, nd