Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-03-07
THURSDAY. MARCH !. 1901
A Little Discussion.

last two issues of the MESSAGE,
the latter for its wide, generous
and unbiased views, by printing
such articles. 1t seems very APP
propriatc to season up the columns
of our home papers by inserting
few such articles, to illuminate
and elevate the minds of the young
AS well as the old. Too little of
this class of reading in our county
newspapers; too much talent is
thrown away by contributing such
articles to our religious periodicals
exclusively, as they are not taken
by the masses. ] am almost GER
tain nothing will be lost by any
paper in publishing such litera-
ture. and its circulation will be
increased. | am not in sympathy
with the politics of the MESSAGE,
but | admire its unbiased princi
piles.
Now Just word on the subject
of DR.. IIindc's last contribution
to the MESSAGE. 1t does seem,
after nearly nineteen hundred
years of the Christian era had
passed, we ought to be able to look
upon Paul's writings with the
spirit they are intended to convey.
Paul says, II determined to know
nothing among You save Jesus
Christ and Him crucilicd;" which
is IA different line of thought from
that mentioned in the four Cos
pcls. There we find the uucruci-
fled Christ, here we have the cru
Gifted and risen Lord. Yet as Il
man he moulded and fashioned
character like unto himself by his
teaching, for we hear in his prayer
to the Father, these are not Of
the world, even as | am not of the
world, and the glory Thou gavcst
me | have given them, that they
may be one, as we are one. John
17:22-24. Father, | will that
they also whom Thou hast given
me, be with me where | am Did
not say, where | am going to be-
but where | am now.
Now it does seem as tho they
had met Jesus i'll spirit and char
actcr, because He wanted to make
companions out of them. They
We're good enough to be guests
with Him, Judas not being pres
cnt at that time
Jesus had been building charac-
ter in these men, because they
were in the flesh like Himself, we
cannot deny.
Lest we weary You we will turn
over to Paul, who comes preach
ing, not Christ in the flesh, but
spiritual Christ, crucificd and
risen. And he tells us in ID chap
ter, LIST Cor, that the Bible is
spiritually disccrncd. The things
of God are fOOlishncsS To the natu-
raj man. So we infer, To be able
to discern the word II preparation
is nccdful. 1t was ncedful in the
ease of the apostles,
Jesus received the baptism of
the Holy Ghost that He might be
able to build character by His
teaching He brcathcd it on the
disciples that they might he able
to interpret the word May We
not receive the same if we meet
the conditions!
OF course Paul was looking for
the coming of the Son of Man, in
his letter to the Thessaloniaus
But John, nearly II half century
aftcrward, saw the Holy City, New
Jerusalem, descending from God
out of Heaven to dwell in men )
hearts Rev. DIST. This was tn,
Christ, the Son of God, or the God
nature. Is John any better thar
those who meet the same condi
tions9 TO them that look for Him
lie will appear the second tim,
without sin unto salvation. Go,
help MS to let go of the materia
and cling to the spiritual, Future
are dangerous to deal in, let II
live in the present and eXemplif,
the life of our Master and Hi
apostles. Our work may not b.
the same as theirs, but our live
should grade us well. Don't le
us forget that Paul teaches a deep
err work in the heart MS he advance,
in divine life, until John, The
RcvelatUr, nearly n half centur,