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OBEDIENCE
God'sWiII Must be Done
in All Things.
SO THE BIBLE TEACHES
Sermon by Reverend John C. Hay at
the Christian Church Yes
terday Morning.

~ IN. Christian Church I'm. nas,o-
1ohn Z. Hay, preached at n o,clocl,
learning Obedience to the VIII of coa,,
WIS MT Hays subject. He read tho
e'sh,h chapter OF Deuteronomy. from
"hich the following is taken:
Thou shalt remember all IN. 49,.
,scn the Lord thy God hath led thee
IL lvlV years In the wilderness that
Know .h. humble thee, TO prove thee, to
n NN what was In thy heart whefber
.nou wouidst Keep His commandments
or no. And thou shalt cons,,,er a. ,St.ss
so ~. 'ha. as man chasteneth his SON.
ware lest thou forget the Lord Inv go
~ not Keeping His commandments onJ
',s Juusnents and His statutes, which
mast eaten and art fun and hast bn1,,
s1oulS houses and dwelt therein. and
MI MN NJ, WY Hooks multiply and thy silver
anu my gold Is multiplied: then thinc
neart be lifted up and thou forget ~
l.oru thy God which brought the. forth
CIV OF The land OF Egypt. out OF the
mouse OF bondage" -"
some or the truths set forth. bv Nfr
nay nre herewith presented:
me principal lesson to be learned in
,,na,. IRE is the obedience OF faith-affec-
,l"uste obedience. springing from faith
in the love of God TO man and I'M Iesns
Onrist as the revealer OF the Eather,s
NIL NIL me effect of the gospel received
INTO good and honest hearts Is this CHA
IKE obedience. Some of the characteria-
tics OF true cbeI'erce. we'll nisasins' "a -
God. are as follows: ~
frst IL Ii ODeoiencs in all thinPs
The believing children OF God do NOT &c
lect from Christs commandments what
their erring Judgments may approve and
reject what they see nt 10 reject Eor
lie IL TO them the infallible Teaches
Leader. Commander and Sovereign
second. IL is unquestioning: such az
". s9od soldier, having implicit conf
dence IN his commander. yields: express
ed by the child samuel IN response 10 the
call on the Lord when he said Speak
Tor my servant hearsth."
Third. u " exact. II would avoid all
little acts OF disobedience so-caIled ~
SHOWS no such thing as white lies, and
would use only fun weights and meas
. usss. As the switch by the smallest de-
passing train and finally heads u In the
opposite direction 20 which Il had been
pursuing. so many lives are turned away
from God AID heaven by very eight
and right
Fourth. II ~ cheerful and eager n
has been said that " two angels we've
sent from heaven to earth the one 10
rule "a city and the other TO sweep its
streets. both would set about their tasks
with equal alacrity. because OF their un-
bounded confidence IN the wisdom and
love OF God.
Fifth. u IL sincere. II is the trus, and
love OF his children that makes thor
obedience 80 pleasing TO God Hence II
love be wanting, outward acts, which in
themselves are good, fail to commend
the doer to God. Therefore Paul wrote:
And though / bestow all my Foods TO
Seed the poor. and though I give my
body u be burned, and have not charity,
10 prohteth ms nothing" ..
Sixth. ~ is constant-not. spasrnocrc or
occasional. but steadfast and continuous
Iesus would not consider for a moment
any deviation from the Fathers will
"a hen, at on time, Peter. in his is,nor-
aflCe OF the divine plan OF salvation
through the Death OF Christ for the sins
% mankind and His victorious resurrec-
tiDu, would have dissuad.-l Jesus from
going To Hts crucihNion at Jerusalem,
the Master rs-buked Him. "IIe turned
and said unto Peter. Gst thee behind me
IA tsn. thou art an offence unto me. for
thOsl savourest not the things that be Of
Gcsi. but those that De OF men. And
when In the garden OF Gethsemans, His
agony of 'pirit as He prayed became so
appalling and His sweat became. as IL
were. great drops OF blood falling down
upon the ground. yet His devotion TO the
Fathers will triumphed, and He said,
Not my will hut Thine be- tone"
The Sswards OF obedience are abund-
ant In this life. For Goodness rs profit
able FOR the IN. waich now - as well
as for that which ~ 70 come Love, 10Y
ana peace are the blessed fruits OF the
Spirit In the hearts OF the obedient: they
share tn. indwelnnC OF the Holy Spirit.
The path OF the obedient IL that pathway
OF the jiiss which shines more and more
unto the p.rfect day. Those who follow
Christ do not walk In darkness, but have
me light % life. The eternal salvation is
assured To those who. having learned to
delight In Gods government. are htted
10 DO citizens Of His everlasting Kingdom.