Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-12-30
THE EpWoRTH LEAGUE.
Topic for Dec. 81, with Comments BY
Vim. Il. Fisher.


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IN vision John saw the books
opened If We colld see the part that
interests US Our record as II is now,
would VIZ not, gnans Of us live differ
emit lives from what we do now AS
the keeper OF the books looks upon
our record now does he say to lis. II
know thy works, that thou hast a
name that thou Invest. and art dead,
flor | have not found thy works per.
feet before Cod If Jesus should
come to-day would we hear the well
done. OF would our doom be depart
from meg These are searching ques-
lions, and important ones. What are
tIiG TRUE ditoWGio W LtiG4H
A great comfort in facing questions
along these lines is that BY good
works and self righteousness can no
man be JUSTIFIED Our ability to stand
\ In the last great day, when our heav-
emily record shall be opened depends
On how fully we trust Jesus to be our
al and 10 ALL Then we can only stand
before God as we trust IN his dear
Il l7uf nj on
standing on the Solid Rock
What Is failure TO lis may mean
great success to others, and the same
I in our own lives, we may not have
done as we'll as others; our duty may
not have led us out where others have
seen our conflicts and victories. We
may not have been led out into con-
spicuous field of labor In the details
our lives differ very much, but in our
fidelity to the Master they should all
agree.
We shall not be judged by the re-
cord of another, but by the deeds done
| in our own body. OF our actions now
we shall reap reward hereafter.
What shall the harvest be-
Time, as we understand it in com
parison with eternity, moves so slowly
| To us Llldl WE uO fiOL 5Gblu W hnutl-
stand how quickly the days and years
are passing away, and before we know
| it our race will be run, or the such an
hour as we think not will be here.
and Jesus will no longer stand as our
Saviour, but will appear as our Judge.
| If the year 1900 should never be; II
the last day of 1889 is God time for
the grand contamination of all things,
how shall our record stand?
Through conversion our names are
entered in the Lambs Book of Life,
and by our obedience they are retain
ed there. BY living life hid with
Christ in God" is to have the past un-
der the blood, to be free from con
domination now, and to trust him for
all things in the future.
DR.. Watson says: so then to be
written in the book of life is to be in
Guided among those who truly live
ST John, in his gospel and epistle,
dwells with even more emphasis than
the other writer's of the New Tesla
ment on the great central thought that
the deepest conception of Christs
work for men is that he is the source
OF life. He that hath the Son hath
| life: he that hath not the Son hath not
| life. In his character of the Lamb
that is, for the Sacrifice for the sins
of the world slain for us all. he has
made it possible that any name should
be written on that page.
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