The Newtown bee., 1901-05-31

purpose in all these varied scenes of human existence. So much of love, so much of hate; so much knowledge, and so much ignorance; so much wisdom and so much folly; so much of selfish ness, and so much of self-Sacritice; such wonderful inventions, such nobil- ity of character; so much that is good and so much that is bad; such longing and striving for perfection, such dis appointment and despair-there must be some fruitage of earth as the result of all this mortal tribulation in which there is so much of happiness mixed and mingled with misery.
 THE FUNDAMENTAL FACT OF DIVINE
 REVELATION
 is that God the Creator, Preserver and Saviour is Spirit; and that man, who was made in the divine image, is also spirit; and that the spirit in man lives, and can live only by the inspira- tion of the Father Eternal. The Lord Jesus Christ has simplitied the problem of human life and perfection by re- ducing it to it's highest terms in the single relationship of parent and child. The chapter from which our text is taken is full of this thought: "Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me-"
 "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.''
 "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world can not receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him; ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you."
 Because I live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that l am in my Father, and ye in me, and 1 in you."
 Let us not think of ourselves, then, as mortal creatures, but rather let us dwell upon the fact that in Christ we are the children of the Eternal Father, and the heirs of the everlasting king dom of heaven. This is the plain teaching of the Gospel throughout. God looks upon us as spiritual beings and not as mere offspring of mortal flesh. The Bible illustrates the truth in all the successive generations of the worlds history, that what God values most in men is righteousness and holi- ness of character. No matter how rich or how poor man may be in the eyes of the world, the Word of God ex- alts the man of faith, hope, and love. It is not how great things one may have done to win the praise and ad- miration of men; but the inspired writer looks only for the good he has accomplished, for that alone is worthy in the sight of heaven. Knowledge is good, and power to shape the affairs of the world is an element of greatness; but the fruits of the Spirit are more precious in the sight of the Father than all the most brilliant and startling attachments of men as seen in the records of the worlds material progress.
 What then is the true end and aim of life? To do the will of God in all things. What is the true standard of our conduct and character? It is the culture of the spirit in all our powers, that we may be partakers of the di vine nature. What is the measure of 1he stature of our manhood that we nay be perfect before God? It is that We may be like Christ, the express mage of the Father.
 T IS ONLY AS THE CHILD BECOMES A
 MAN,
 having the spirit and the understand ng of man, that he can comprehend lis own father, and realize what he is, md what he is to him: and it is only IS we grow up into the manhood of Christ, and are conscious of the true pirit of sonship in our hearts that we ,egin to realize the fellowship of God nd the Fatherhood of his unspeak- ble love. The natural man is under he law, and there is dread and fear, { nd a sense of impending wrath, or at l est there may be a sentiment of re- | pect and gratitude; but when the soul ' 5 born into the Spirit of Christ, which $