El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26

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 xvii, 30, 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 it be good or whether it be
evil. Every idle word that men shall speak
they shall give account thereof in the day
of Judgment (Rom- xiv, IL; Eccl., xii,
IA; 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
the Judgment for their sins is past Elsa
xiii, 25; John v, 24), but all saved ones
must appear at the Judgment seat of Christ
that their service as such may be tried
with the possibility of loss or approval
(Rom. xiv, 10; II Cor. v, 10; Cor. iii, A.
15).
g. "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. q" 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 Isa !, ~,
because they are too wise to accept God s
light. The world by its wisdom knows
not God Il Cor. i, 2D.
e6 "Even so, Father, for SO it seemed
good in Thy sight" In the French this
verse reads, "Yes, My Father, this is So,
because that Thou hast found it good. >
We must remember that the words sat
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 a 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.
81. "An things are delivered unto Me OF
Ny Father, and no man knoweth the Son,
but the Father. Neither knoweth any
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 John Iii, 35). II
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, S6). No one but the Father in heav-
en- 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
(John xiv, o. "All things" include "all
power in heaven and on earth" (Math
xviii, 1S), power over all enemies, SO that
He need not have submitted to single
thing unless He chose to.
28. 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 40
ceptance of the same, manifested in His
"Yes, My Father" Mr.. Sturgeon used
to say that he saw in this verse a great
proof of our Lord s divinity, for when he
tried to comfort even a few heavy laden
ones in 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
go. "Take My yoke upon you and learn
of Me; for am meek and lowly in heart,
and ye 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 in running
to Him. In returning and rest is saliva
ton, and in quietness and confidence is
strength lisa Xxx, 15). Whosoever will
may take the water of life freely and be
saved (Rev. xii, I'D, whosoever will may
take His meek and lowly fellowship and
find perfect peace, but there is no other
way If one will insist upon his own
way, his own will, his own rights, he can
never find rest. There is no rest but to the
meek and lowly in heart who are willing
to humble themselves to walk with God
and be agreed with Him Mic. vi. 8; Amos
iii, 81.
30. "For My yoke is easy and My bur-
den is light" Do you not find it SO?
Then you want to know Him better and
find out how much He loves you Is not
His will the wisestp Is not His way the
best, and in perfect acquiescence is there
not perfect rest? With confidence in His
love and in His wisdom accept all as from
Him who gave Himself for you, and learn
to say "Yes, My Father"