The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-19

aiming light That nhlneth more ana
more" This e o picture of the way we
should walk. "He that doeth the Val d
God shall know" This is Christa chal
lenee 10 those who are In difficulty And
as lie sat thus on the well curb lie said
30 the woman, Co call thy husband, ag
much as 20 say How about your own life"
and Tie puts this sharp, cutting question
tO her, which opens up the secret of All her
past lile and brings her face 20 face with
her sin, for she has no husband. She was
o sinner Of the deepest dye. just remom-
Der when you stop at the noon bour 70
meet with Jesus that sin must be uncOv-
cred. 'Iie that coyereth his sin shall not
prosper" 10 must be confessed who
sooyer coniesses his sin God viii receive
him" and it must be iOrsaken, for who
soeyer forsaketh his transgression shall
find mercy" Then there Is victory, and
the story Of this woman running back 70
her city 10 tell al the city OF the marvel
Gus works Of Jesus win be q picture Of
your own life and mine. t
III. -'e8
Evening. "Then the same day at even
inR-came Jesus and stood in tho midst Of
them" John 90: 10. What a wonderful
day that was, for this evening. mentioned
With the resurrection Of Jesus. This IL
che first meeting OF the disciples after
they had heard the story, and the door i
ehut for fear Of the Jews. lt is not neces-
sary that / should describe the empty
tomb nor the shining face Of Mary as che
told Of her meeting with Him, nor yet
again 10 speak Of Christs special meeting
With Peter, to meet him in spite Of his de-
NAL, but only that ye should see this Won
derful SAVIOUR like the Jesus OF olde99
times, and that only while He eats and
drinks with them, yet He can pass through
the door while the door is yet shut.
Note first that It was at the evening.
This Is the time for the squaring OF ac-
counts. No man ought to close his eyes
in sleep until he has gone over every hour
Of the day, made note Of every lnconsist-
dncy, and presented it all to the great
High Priest, who waits to make lnterces-
sion for US. Note second that the door
was shut. Alas, there are many things
that have closed the door of our hearts,
and the difference between the hearts
door and the door of this room is this, that
Jesus came into that room Of His own
will. He will not come into our lives
against our wills. There are certain things
that close the door of the heart. First, in-
consistency. Let no man think that he
can be an inconsistent Christian and walk
| in fellowship with Christ.
Second, selfishness. Let no one imagine
| have Christ rule in His being.
! Third, an unforgiving spirit. Tender
| hearted, forgiving one another even as God
| for Chrst's sake has forgiven you" Is
! the spirit that should control US. Throw
open the door this evening hour and let
! the light Of the Son of God come in, and
! He will say to you Peace" and in the
very saying of it there is rest.
Fourth, He showed them His hands and
] HE ofda That gtu a hint tn HIa
atonement and what lie means, for our
Saviour saves lis not only from the pens
atty Of sin but from the power of sin, from
the penalty when He died upon the cross,
from the power as He sits to-day on Gods
right hand with barred side and outstretch-
ing hands. Let the evening hour be the
time when you meet Him. Mr.. Meyer
gives an illustration of the mother who
goes about the room at night gathering up
the playthings of her children, putting
away their books and clothing and saying,
II always straighten up the room at night
after they are asleep, and this IS what
Jesus does for us, He straightens up the
affairs of the day if we viii but let Him.
Fifth, GAS the Father has sent Me even
so send I you" This is what Jesus said
to the disciples. We must realize that we
have a divine commission to work. and
we must also realize that we have a divine
promise Oh strength. j IKE JuC llluSJLdllOll
used by the Rev. f. B. Meyer of the old
artist who toled away during the day
upon his model and finished it at night
as he supposed, but there were the marks
of imperfection, because his hand had LOST
its cunning, but when he has gone from
his work his son, real artist takes away
the marks of old age and makes the mode
as it should be, and the old artist comes
in the morning to look at it and say
"Why, I can work as well as ever did,
and this is but picture Of what Chris
will do if we will but yield ourselves t.
Him.
Sixth. "And He breathed upon them
He will come as near to. us as that: AMI
as the breath of God made Adam living
soul and His breathing upon the disciple
= sent them forth to conquer, so His breath
ing upon us will change our lives if W
; will but breathe in Of what He breathe
out, and we shall have power in proper
; ton as we do it. For all that will com
, to us as the result of a three-fold expe
rience, am most devoutly thankful.