The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-11-21

There are others who say that the ex-
preston means golden, and so we might
infer from the margin, which means that
it Is worthy of being written in letters Of
gold, and may have been in some conspicu-
Gus place in the temple. At any rate we
know that its truth is better than gold;
yea, than much fine gold. There are still
others who declare that its meaning is
precious, and certain it is that it is a pre-
cious privilege to walk with Christ ever
before US.
$50 on I 60, not knowing,
] would not if might,
I'd rather walk in the dark with God,
Than 60 alone in the light,
I'd rather walk by faith with Him,
Than 90 alone bv sight"
Some teachers say that the meaning Or
the expression is secret, and what follows
it is hidden truth Certainly it is true
that the Secret Of the Lord is with them
that fear Him" and there is a secret place
of the Most High. The first is learned
when we walk with Him. the second is
reached at the end Of the journey. But il
you put all these interpretations together
you have the golden Psalm of the precious
secret, which would seem to be a fitting
introduction to all that follows. This
Psalm is about Christ. We know it, be-
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corning Him, l foresaw the Lord always
before my face; for He is on my right
hand, that I should not be moved" Acts
2: % If David could have strength by
looking forward to Christ, what may ] not
have as look back at His history and life
IN the power of His presence by the Holy
Spirit.
1t is the instinct of human soul to have
an ideal. Every child has. The boy longs
to be like his father. The girl has desire
to resemble her mother. What a response
bility rests upon each. Men and women
have whether they will acknowledge it or
not. They long to be like some one else.
The musician has his Mendelssohn, the
poet his Shakespeare. the artist his Da
Vanei, the preacher his Spurgeon David
knew this and so he said. "I have set the
Lord always before me; because He is at
my right hand, / shall not be moved" To
initiate any one else in the world is to be-
come ridiculous. but it is remarkable that
people all over the world may seek to mi
tate Christ and be the better for it. Let
it De noted that this is a definite expe-
rience o. conclusion which David has
reached. insist upon the definition of it
because it is scriptural. Notice Romans 6:
l3, Neither yield we your members as in
struments of unrighteousness unto sin, but
yield yourselves unto God. as those that
are alive from the dead. and your members
as instruments of Righteousness unto God"
And also Romans y: !, 81 beseech YOU,
therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that We present your bodies a living sacri-
fee, holy, acceptable unto God which is
your reasonable service" The tense Of the
verbs in both verses indicate definite ac-
ton. 1t is really putting ones self over
into the keeping and control of Christ
a man has a threefold nature, spirit. soul
and body, and in this order / Cor 6: 90
For We are bought with price, therefore
glorify God in your body and in your
shirt, which are Gods" Romans 10: l.
''Let every soul be subject to the HIGHER
powers. For there is no power but Of God /:
the powers that be are ordained of God. !"
Romans II: /. 81 beseech you, therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God. that We
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reason
able service" All of which indicate that
He will fill the spirit, inspire the soul and
control the body if given the right to do it.
Then everything has become sacred in orr
lives and living itself is a sacrament do
not much believe in the worlds division
of all things into sacred and secular for
all things ought to be sacred to the child
of God, and all days ought to he holy, and
of the text. Some people meet temptation
and fly to Him. 1t is infinitely better to
fly to Him and then meet trial in whatever
form it may come. There is great power
in the word because" in the text This
is not just flash Of an experience, it is
the deliberate outcome Of a long and va.
| ried retrospect, and will not in any true
sense be before our face until we set Him
there. It is first decision and then prac.
tice, and the text must become the habit of
our lives. 1t certainly was in the expe-
Tience Of David, for. he said, i have set
the Lord always before me-" There are
certain Old Testament characters which
furnish us an illustration of this text.
First. Abraham. Christ said it, John s:
| 56, Your father, Abraham, rejoiced to see
my day, and he saw it, and was glad"
| The Scribes and Pharisees about Him when
He spoke Of Abraham answered with a
sneer, and the Jews said. John s: 81,
"Then said the jews unto Him, Thou art
| not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen
! Abraham! When the answer Of our Mas
| them, Verify, Verify, say unto you, be-
! fore Abraham was, am"
There is something pathetic about these
words of the Jews, '.Thou art not yet fifty
! years old" In fact, He was only about
/ thirty. His face must have been marked
/ with pain and suffering. How old is He
/ do you ask? There are different ways oil
answering. By the record He was thirty;
| in looks He must have been a thousand
! according to His work He is ages old. The
| inspiration of Abraham's life was that the
Lord was ever before Him. Genesis u:
! We deny ourselves for success in business
| apparently little caring whether this bust
/ ness will help OF hinder us in spiritual de
velopment. See the lesson in Lots case
/ He pitched his tent toward Sodom anC
then moved into the city His family be
came identified with the life of the city
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