The Newtown bee., 1901-08-30

Picts and Scots from their British homes. Now the nations guard them selves not by external walls but by garrisOns mobilized from the natlOn's capital at the center. So many people would guard themselves from pain by eliminating danger, from weariness by doing no toll, from trouble by under taking nothing, from loss by making no ventures, from sorrow by knowing no risky joy, from sin by avoiding the activities Of the world. But the wall of Christian peace is within, faith is the power of victory. Peace is quiet- ing, a harnessing of power in victory by the indwelling of Christ's spirit. ssBut the Paraclete, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and shall bring to your remem- brance all that I said unto you. Peace l leave with you; my peace l give un- to you, not as the world giveth, give unto yOu." Thus the spirit of truth sends their mind backward and for ward.
 THEY ARE TURNED BACKWARD
 to see how Christ lived. His peace in storm came by doing Gods will. Be- hold him before Pilate. This govern or had seen in some the cringing of conscious guilt, and in others the bold face of the criminal. Here was one in quiet self control, who said no word "DOSt thou not know that have DOW CT to release thee and power to cruelty thee," he burst out in astonishment. t. But he dealt with one now whose life was part of the current of God from the beginning unto the ending also. '"ThOu wOuldst have no power against me except it were given thee from abOve.'
 And the spirit sends the mind for ward to the cross and beyond to the glory. When the soul of guilt heard II forgive thee" what a peace! And when they faced bowling tempest of persecution, He was with them. As the mothers touch quiets her feverish boy, as the fathers confidence urges the lad to an effort that brings snc- cess, so does the spirit empowering give peace in power. And beyond the warfare will end. Paul writes in your hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus" Beyond the cross is their King. He has asked that "they might behold my glory" and "be with me where l am.'
 Still fights, Enters at last
 With glory more, and more rejoicing rites
 Than always y.s conquering Joshua where his The frightened walls of Jericho down cast; Of peace beyond surmse,
 More than in common saints. foreve in his eyes,"
 3. The third wave of power In the soul as the result of the Spirits pres ence is "witness," But when the Paraclete is come whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me; and ye also bear witness be- beginning" This word is preceded and succeeded by warning of impris- onment and persecution. If their friend and lord, perfect among men. was to die because hated of them to whom he spoke, what could they, fear full and ignorant, accomplish by their speech? And if helpless when at lib- erty, what could they do in prison? Theirs was a forbidding outlook! But he assured them, "the Spirit will instruct thee, and the spirit will convince them of the truth of my cause. So ye are not alone, but God is thy co-partner within and without.
 But before they uttered word, they were to wait; then would their minds be illumined to understand
 THE CROSS AND HIS aLoR1FICAT1oN. "We are witnesses of these things Fand so is the Holy Spirit.' When they comprehended, fire nor sword could not silence them in Jerusalem, Samaria, or all the world. "A fisherman who habitually drank to excess" says a writer in Our Boys and Girls, "used to sail from small cove on the Scottish coast, to the fish ing grounds, several miles out in the ocean. There was no lighthouse to guide him, not even beacon light. and the channel was intricate. When the fisherman had taken drop too much and night had fallen, it was dan gerouS work entering that cove, for the breakers ran high and the sharp rocks would cut the boat asunder at one fell stroke. "His little son used to watch for his fathers coming, and soon as he saw him he would run down to the point and cry out, "Steer safe home!' 1.-The boy died; and one evening the father was sitting at his lonely tireside. His conscience troubled him, for he had been thinking over the sins of his life. As the night Nnf Ia ftn H0 LII l.