The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-12-23

stats On salvation Inn which W6 nres
AccOrdfngiy, &C. Peter gay9s Ye
Priesthood, an holy nation, pecu-
liar people; which in time past were
not n people, but are now the peo-
pie Of God" Would that we were
always able to remember this; that
we never showed ourselves unmind-
ful of this, the vocation wherewith
we are Called" to be set apart,
separated from all unhRllowed,
worldly, and common uses" How
circumspect we should be. How
watchful ever of our thoughts, words,
and actionsl How pure in heartl
How clean in conversationi How
charitable and self-denying in our
every deedI
This brings us to the second of the
chief thoughts connected with this
idea of Holiness, or Consecration;
namely, that of Moral, or Ethical
Perfection. That which Is set
apart, or separated for the service
of God must be Holy in the sense Of
moral goodness; "sanctify your
selves therefore, and be ye Holy;
for / am the Lord your God and ye
shall keep my statutes, and do them;
u / am the Lord which sanctifieth
you." In this sense, of course, the
} Puritans were right in insisting that
the highest application of this idea
: of Holiness or Conservation must be
to living, responsible men, who
! alone can exemplify this species OF
Holiness in this moral life and con-
} duct. Wherefore grid up the loins
, of your mind, be sober, and hope to
, the end for the force that is to be
] brought unto you at the revelation OF
Jesus Christ; AS obedient children,
: not fashioning yourselves according
/ to the former lusts in your ignorance;
r But as he which hath called you is
+ holy, so be ye holy, in all manner
of conversation; Because it is writ
= ten, BE ye holy, for am holy"
' God is Holy. Whereas the gods OF
, the Pagans were either Indifferent
. ethically, or set above the moral law
r which was supposed to bind in some
sense their worshippers, "the LORD
r our God is Holy" Every moral per
4 fection finds itself exemplIfied and
y set forth in the character of Hin
= with whom we have to do. He is o.
purer eyes than to behold evil, ano
b. cannot look on iniquity. He is just
: that is to say, he treats all with
: eqnlty and righteousness. He II
9 faithful; he keeps his promises, anc
9 holds Himself bound to keep Hil
( word, He is merciful, dealing ten
derly and lovingly with US all. Ir
:, one word He stands on the side o.
:. moral goodness; and is eternally anc
: everlastingly opposed to that which
8 is q eil. The idea of Holiness is tina
9 which fuses into and with itsel
d every other good moral quality tina
d we can conceive: Purity, Justice
g and Righteousness, Faithfulness
!, Mercy, Pity, Lovlng-kindness, arr
. all in it blent and mingled as tbs
d myriad colors of the rainbow arr
b fused together in the glory of th'
e beam of pure white light; and more
Q over, when we mediate upon thi
8 Holiness as it appears, in the Per
n fection of the Divine Character, W,
Il must think of burning zeal 70
d moral perfection which would con
d sumo and destroy every evil thing
}, for "our God Is a consuming fire.
J; 1t is in this sense that we must en-
n deavor to understand words lik
% those fierce utterances of the ancien
s. prophet which have sometimes tries
d our faith. "G3d is jealous. and th
e Lord revengeth; the Lord reVengeth
e and is furious; the mountains quak
10 at him, and the hills melt, and tn
D, earth is burned at his presence: VIII
'r can stand before His Indignation
70 and who can abide in the fiercenes
le of his anger? his fury is poured on
Le like fire, and the rocks are throw
at down by him" So also, in the Wis
B. ion of Isaiah, when he saw Jehova
B. setting up a throne, high and lifte
If up, and his train filed the Temple
II Above it stood the seraphim: an
ls one cried unto another and sal
]" Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts
8, the whole earth is full of His glory.
d Finally, beloved, it is in both an
ID all of these senses that we are t.
le think of the City as Holy city whic
III the Lord our God is building and ha
J. been building for us these hundred
le of years in the place of the tabel
" nacles of the most High. 1t 10 sc
III apart-separated from all unhalloV
III ed, worldly, and common uses. Th
8, Holy City, New Jerusalem. comet
W down from God out of heaven. 1t
not of the earth, earthly. The schen
ing and corruptions of worldly pol
tics have no place in it. HE maket
wars to cease unto the end of th
earth; he burneth the chariot in tn
fire." Moreover, it is n Holy City
in the sense that the Lord on
at God is Holy; for we have the word
tv of our text here to remind US ths
a. its exclusive society is of the mos
ia unobjectionable kind. "There cha
a in no wise enter into it anything ths
re- deflleth, neither whatsoever worket
I'd abomination, or maketh a lie; bU
n they which are written in the Lamb
+ book of life.'
se "There shall never enter into
t: anything unclean or that defileth; !;
ID the simple lusts of the flesh can hav
ns no place there; for "flesh and bloc
d cannot inherit the Kingdom of Goo
IN neither doth corruption inherit il
lv interruption"