The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-22

up into a mountain. and when He was set
His disciples came unto Him." lt would
be most instructive 10 gather together all
the mountain scenes and incidents of
Scripture and contrast them with those Of
the plains. In connection with this lesson
one might glance forward 10 the mountain
scenes In the life of Christ. the mount of
prayer the mount of transdguration the
mount of the ascension.
2 And He opened His mouth and
taught them, saying" Ii seems to me very
plain that He taught His disciples these
things and that this is sermon for those
who have received Him and are willing 10
be His disciples. All who truly receive
Him are saved, but 10 be disciple one
must be willing TO be given up wholly to
Him, 10 be taught by Him, and TO be an
apostle one must be willing TO go any
where for Him. There are few among the
saved who by word and deed proclaim
Jesus Lord TO the glory Of God the Father
(Phil ii, III Do your
B. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven" In
JAS ii, 5, we read of the poor of this world
rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom. In
Zeph. iii, IL. we read of an afflicted and
poor people WHO trust in the Lord But It
is not their poverty, but their faith, that
unites them TO Christ. Our Lord speaks
Of the poor and contrite spirit that trein-
bles at His Word the broken and contrite
heart that is acceptable to Him (Isa lvii,
Is; Xvi, 2; Ps Ii, I'D.
4. blessed are they that mourn, for
they shall be comforted " If we consider
the kingdom and the glory Of the King,
yet to be manifested, and then see Him rs
the Teacher sitting here in humiliation
uttering these words, we shall DO greatly
helped in our meditation thereon. OF all the
sorrowful people that ever lived on earth
He was prominently the man of sorrows
and acquainted with grief lisa lii, ~, and
yet He Is the Father of mercies and God
of all comfort Oh Cor. 1, 81, who comforts
US even here, that we may comfort others
while we wait for the fullness of comfort
at His coming Il Thess. iv, ls).
8. blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth" His glory shall be the
fullness of the whole earth, all the king
doms of the world shall be His and ours
with Him lisa vi, 3, margin; Rev. XII, l5
John xvii, 20 ; Rom. viii, IL, lS). None
on earth, not even Moses, meekest of men
of his time (Num. xii, 81, was ever as
meek as Him, who said am meek and low
ly in heart. Since the earth is ours we
can afford TO let others have it just now if
necessary and be miscalled and misunder-
stood for so doing
q. blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness for they
shall be filled" We must still keep before
us the kingdom when the earth shall be
filed with the knowledge of the glory Of
the Lord and the King who is righteous
ness itself, the Lord our righteousness, the
righteous Lord, who loveth righteousness
(Jer. xiii, g; Ps. XII, y. OF course there
Is in each case present application while
waiting for the kingdom, and every disci-
pie may daily be filed with tho Spirit
(Eph. v, 1S). E
z. blessed are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy" Part of His name is
the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and
gracious lex. xxxiv, o.. He delights to
exercise mercy or loving kindness (Jer tx,
80, 24), and the earth shall yet be filled
with it, but now He longs to find those
who will be the bearers of it to others.
Wherever any one is willing to show mercy
to others, they shall obtain freely an
abundance of it to pass on. 1t is great
mistake to desire anything just for ones
own use. Our Lord never lived unto Him.
self, but having all things in Him, if we
are willing to be channels OF blessing to
others He will see that the channel is filled.
8. blessed are the pure In heart, for
they shall see God" He alone was truly
pure In heart, and He was God. When we
see Him, we see God. Some day we shall
see Him and be like Him, even as to our
bodies Il John lii, 2; Phil. iii, 2D. Now
we are to behold Him in the glass of His
.,.I T..
as we do we shall be changed into His
image, so that others seeing Him In us
shall want to know Him.
o. Blessed arc the peacemakers for
they shall be called the children of God"
AS God is the God of Peace and tho Lord
Jesus the Prince of Peace, we arc acting
very much like children Of God when we
carry peace everywhere. When the king
dom comes, there will be peace on earth,
war no more. AS those to whom the king
dom belongs we are to carry samples of it
in our daily life-love, Joy, peace for all
We are children Of God by faith in Christ
Jesus (Gal. iii, 26), and there is no other
way to become a child Of God But being
such we are to manifest it and yield SO
fully to God that He may do all He desires
to through us to carry peace through
Christ to all people.
10. blessed are they which are perse-
cuted for righteousness sake for theirs Is
the kingdom of heaven" The world will
not tolerate this kind Of life any more than
it tolerated John the Baptist or the Lord
Jesus. In the eyes of the world even the
religious world, this life of tho kingdom
with its lowlincss, sorrow for sin, meek
ness, rightcousness, mercy, purity and
peace, is simply ridiculous. fanatical, not
fit for the times, may do well enough for
old people and little children, but men
and women who arc men and women in
deed Tin their own c3thuniion) win not
put up with IL. or even suffer it to be
taught II they can help it.
IL "Blc>s,i urc yc when men shall re.
vile you alu persocutc you ana shall INV
all manner OF evil ag;sinst you FALSELY. ioI
My sake. :" In other words. IT, FOR Christ's
| sake, you are lied about ,scc y arun) mis-.
represented slander,d, ialssly ac,.iiacd.
things said about YOU without "a pasticl., OF
| foundation, you arr blessed rerson. for
you are thus prit Il, t.Si tO LGse intimate
| and wondrous fellow hip with your I,or,!
| IL. "Rejoice and be csc,csling glad. for
| great Is your reward IN heaven. for so pcr.
secuted they the prophets which were be.
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