The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-21

salvation through the expiatory death of
Christ 1T is hard" said he ITO get the
of a man who thinks his own coat good
enough and so the apostle desires that the
Father of glory may give unto US an in
teligent faith, thus enabling us to see clear
ly that it is not by works which we do our
selves but according to His mercy He saves
us, through the washing Of regeneration and
renewing of the Holy Ghost. which He
pours out upon us richly through Jesus
Christ our Savior, that being justified by
His grace we may be made heirs according
to the hope of eternal life Paul de-
sired for the saints at Ephesus a spirit of
revelation. or, as Conybeare translates it,
a spirit of Insight; a spiritual PERCEPTION,
disclosing to us the hidden mysteries of re-
demDtion; a clearneSS of vision which comes
only to those who. through dwelling in the
secret place of the Most High, acquire
precise and accurate knowledge of God.
Paul desired that the eyes of their hearts
might be enlightened. The heart as we'll
as the head has eyes. The heart discovers
and apprehends. When the eyes of the
heart are filled with light we obtain such q
vision of God as purifies and sanctifes the
inner life; and when our soul is suffused
with a holy radiance people about us will
see an outstreaming glory manifesting itself
In conclusion the preacher said that this
bit of PaulS eVangel contains also three
known things, the hope of Gods calling, the
riches of His inheritance, and the greatness
of His power. Hope, it has been said
he continued, lis the breath of the soul.
He who ceases to hope ceases to breathe
you this hope of full salvation, of perfect
peace, of eternal glory? Do you know the
hope of Gods calling? In the days
of Spain's prosperity the Spanish ambassa-
dor visiting a French official, was invited
to see the treasures of France. He was
shown the royal repositories lavishly sup
piled with earth's rarest and most costly
things. Gould YOU the Frenchman asked
with pride, show Us gems SO rich, or aught
the like of this for magnif1cence of possess
sions in all your sovereigns kngdom?'
Call your master rch? said the Spaniard
as he thought of the mines of Peru and
Petrosa. Why, my masters treasures have
no bottom What he said in Boosting we
may say in truth--our masters treasures
have no bottom.
"a final thing to be known is the exceed
ing greatness of Gods power to us who be-
lieVe. The measure of this power is the
working of the strength of His might which
He wrought in Christ when He raised from
the dead. Creation, said Monod, is an ema-
ma ton; resurrection is victory. The power
which we are to know, therefore, is a vic
torious power. 1t is power to save, power
to transform, power to exalt. This saving.
transforming and sexaltng power of God
that brought back from the gates of the
dead our Lord Jesus as a victor with sin
and death chained to his chariot wheels, the
power that seated Him at the right hand
of the Father far above all rule and au-
thority and dominion, the power that quick
ened us together with Christ when we were
dead through our treSpasses and raised us
up with Him and made us to sit with Him
in the heavenly places, this power let US
seek to know"