The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31

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Consciousness of God.
"With the incoming of the Christ
life. the fact of God is brought from the
realm of the speculative into that of
personal consciousness, sis a thought
brought out by Rev. G. Cambell Nor
gan. 'sThe one overwhelming truth is
God, and all other experiences are
Judged and placed by their relation
thereto. The fact of God may not al
ways be the uppermost in the mind
of the Christian. He will not neces-
sarilv always be mentally repeating
his belief. nor will he be constantly re-
minding himself Of that belief. These
exercises prove weakness rather than
strength of conviction. There will be
a constant consciousness of God
which will fash out into restrictive
and expansive application through all
the various circumstances of the ever
changing days.
"How wonderfully this was true in
the life of Jesus may be discovered by
reading through the Gospels, especial
" those of Matthew and John, and tab
ulating His references to His Father.
II will be discovered that He lived a
life conscious Of the presence of His
Father. submissive to the authority of
His Father. and confident in the wis
dom and power Of His Father. All the
circumstance of the days, and all the
values of words and deeds, and all the
issues of life were tested and tried in
that consciousness. To all those in
whom Christ lives there ONE the
same consciousness, and it produces
like effects.
"The life thus homed in God enters
upon new views and new feelings. The
first and basal change is intellectual
The God consciousness proves much.
Remembering that the God of whom
the Christian is conscious is God re
vealed in Christ, II VIII at once be seen
how the enlightened intelligence rests
in the fact of his perfect justice
Mists and mysteries may still en-
shroud the appearance of the hour
but the Christian knows that eterna'
Justice holds unceasing vigil ano
metes out answering truth. Though
the method may seem strange, the is
sue is assured. "The Judge of all the
earth will do right Yet this is moi
all. Christ has spoken to men from
the bosom of the Father and thu
heart of the Christian knows tina
mercy is as truly the way of God as is
Justice; knows, moreover. that in tn
great mystery of the cross these hav'
met, so that now Justice operates il
mercy and mercy delivers in Justice
This issues in the assurance that il
spite of all the appearances of tn
things that are near Gods victory j
assured. and so there Is ever in TIL
heart Of the Christian the triumph
song Of the day that is coming, anC
through all the conflict of to-day h
endures as seeing him who is invisi
BILE The result of this is a new mora
consciousness. All life being set il
this new relation to God, then man be
comes keen Of scent in his fear. Tn
beauty of holiness and the deformit,
Of sin are clearly seen. Righteousness
is now seen in its larger issue in tn
victory Of God. and sin in its deepe
doom as defeated by God. Then al
conduct is measured. not by the salts
faction Of the moment, bu
by its relation to the eternal v%erities
Now the things that appeared onl.
harmless and Of little account to near
s~iphtedness are seen to be of might.
mcr7eo+ when seen in the perSpectiv