The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-25

10. Love worke,h no IN TO his neiEhbor;
therefore love is The fulfilling of the law.
H. and that. knowing the time, that
now it is high time TO awake out OF
sleep. for now is our salvation nearer
than when sc believed.
u The night is far spent; the day is
at hand; let us therefore cast of the
works of darkness. and let us put on the
armor Of light.
-. Let us walk honestly. as in the
day; not in riotiug and drunkenness, not
in chambcring and wantonness, not in
strife and envying.
IA. But put We on the Lord Jesus
Christ and make not provision for the
flesh, TO fulfill the lusts thereof
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235. 237. 239, 246,
Parallel Passages.
Isaiah Iv.7; Romans xiv:l7-1S; / Cor
inthians xv:34, Galatians VIA; Ephe-
SLAMS. v-1f-16; Ephesians iv:32, I Thes-
salonians We; II Peter Hi:11-12; ! John
iv:21; Jude zl-23.
We need TO learn and TO keep on learn
ing that a revival Of religion anywhere
at any time. among the heather or at
home, involving the conversion of the IN
converted, as well as the refreshing Of
Gods people. does not happen arbitrarily
or by the mysterious operation of the
Spirit with which We have nothing 10 do
and can by no means foresee. but. on the
contrary, is ever and forever plainly with
in the reach Of any Christian church. be
ing promised upon the fulfllment of GER
tain plain conditions. the chief Of which
is that the people prepare their hearts
for the OutpOuring Of Gods Spirit. So OF
Old were priests and people commanded
to "sanctify'' themselves.
And in preparing our hearts we are to
measure them by the law. Love is that
law, love TO God and love to man How
are We TO know that we love God fully,
that We have passed from death unto
Hfe2" Because We love the brethren"
how can the church be awakened 10
sense Of its own and others need Of
spiritual rcviving when ii is entirely oc-
cupied with petty chickering's and jeal-
ousies2 she may be well enough for those
who like her" says one member OF
church about another. but she and I do
not speak. ] don't approve Of the way
she does in a good mary things" And
the work Of the church ceases where these
two chance TO meet On love, where art
thou gone wandering? II the great and
coed God can love them. cannot we afford
TO overlook their faults And does not
God peTChance see worse in our hearts
than even in those whom we so despise?
Can the day Of God ever come with such
a state Of things in the hearts Of Christ-s
followers And suppose these our breth-
rem are at fault? Does the prize runner
in a race stop to parley with a rival by
the way because he has tripped him up
and put him back pace or twO2 No, he
but redoubles his efforts TO make up for
it. il is because Of the end he seeks. the
victory, the prize, which he always keeps
in mind. And so God has given US
great end to keep in view that We may
forget the petty things by the way. and
only observe the fulfilling Of the law that
the prize may be ours. Our salvation is
nearer than when we first started and
The day is at haDd,' Is not this enough
20 awaken anyone whose faith IS set on
Jesus2
How pitifuI it is that soldiers Of such
a King followers Of such a Christ, must
be cxhorted to leave of such things as
drunkenness and reveling, And yet We
are all that Jesus Christ has 10 depend
upon on earth for witnesses. We. so full
Of weakness and folly
And the only possible way IN which
we can ever be Of any use in the fight.
the only chance We have of conGuering
is by putting on Jesus Christ" To be
like Jesus in our everyday life, living
under an open heaven" looking for and
fastening to the day when our Lord shall
appear and making no provision IN our
lives for the fulfilling OF the desires that
have hitherto urged US on through life
What, not plan for the round Of pleasure
Were not our desires given us 10 be full
filled? Not I'll our days with seeking
after gayeties2 Not even those things
about which there is no question OF right
and wrong in themselves No. make no
provision for them You have more i'm
portant things 20 do. There may come
an idle moment now and then which you
can spare. but il you are keeping 10 mind
the end the day, that is at hand. you
will have little thought for other things