The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-12-06

who have chosen rather to believe the
lie of the father of LIARS, to under
stand what Truth is. Jesus declares?
II am the Truth" He was the Truth,
because He was in the beginning with
God and as the Word was the express
sion of God Sand the Word became
flesh and dwelt among u.s." and He
was still the Truth, because He was
the perfect manifestation of God TO
the world. The foundations of the
universe were laid in Him, and before
the foundations of the worlds were
laid the eternal purposes of God GEN.
tered in Him, so that He was indeed
the Truth. Oh, Eternal Rock on
which to plant the purposes of God
and the hope of the human race! No
truth apart from Him. The world
gone mad in its quest Of Truth, and
Truth in it's midst unseen and un-
known!
The Samaritan woman had doubt
less argued the point as to the proper
place to worship with many a way
faring Jew, and when Jesus came her
way she brought out the same old ar
gument and tried to start discussion.
But Jesus guided her erring Judgment
with infinite wisdom and patience to-
ward the thought of the coming Mes
siah, the One Who when He came
would tell them all things, and then
with sublime simplicity declared I'M
to her: 81 that speak unto thee am
He." The world stands to-day with
the readiness Of the Samaritan wom-
an to argue the question as to which
is the proper place to worship, at the
Mount Gerizim of this school OF
thought, or at the Jerusalem OF that
advanced learning and thinking, and
while the argument goes desperately
on, and while the learned searchers
are delying down deep and taking the
four winds of heaven to gather their
knowledge, the lowly presence OF the
Eternal Truth of God stands in their
midst. As He spoke to the Samaritan
woman so He will speak to every
heart and make His presence known.
oh, that the world would turn its gaze
from the Mount Gerizims and the
Jerusalems and see the mighty rock
of Eternal Truth in its midst!
The Bright Light of Hope.-"lt is
case of life and death. The doctors
say there is no hope for me in this
climate, that 1 must get away as quickly
as possible and spend the rest OF my
days in the sunny, flowery land OF Cal
ifornia." And off the poor, sick, worn
out body goes in quest OF life. Sweet
life! A new hope burns brightly within
the feverish heart, and the change,
and the soft breezes and the gentle sun,
seem to give new grip on life, and the
days may be prolonged. All, how far
the journey will be taken If the bright
hope of renewed life burns in the ais
lance. Seas will be crossed, CONT
nents covered, mountains-soaled in the
ceaseless search for the fountain OF
life and youth. This shows how pre-
cious life is. 1t is the boon that money
cannot buy. 1t is the vital spark in
the house Of clay. which is chung to
with such piteous tenacity as to make
deathbed scenes narrowing memory.
And IL life is so sweet and precious,
the life that is but span, that covers
a possible three score and ten or a four
score and ten, and then disappears into
the grave, what must It mean to come
into the presence of Him, who said:
~ am the Life" Who is there who can
take in the scope Of a life in all OF it's
detail at a single stretch of the mind?
II cannot be done. And yet Jesus
comes to you and me and says: Il am
| the Life" 81 give to you Eternal
Life" Don't try to grasp the thought.
don't try to understand it. You can
not. You must just believe It, and
when the ages Of eternity roll beneath
your feet, as they rest within the
eternal city of God, you will only begin
to understand something of the match
less gift of Eternal Life.
Count Ponce de Leon sought the
springs of perennial youth in the ever
glades and garden spots of Florida.
He braved the perils of the almost
unknown sea and faced the hardships
of a sojourn in n wild and unbroken
country that he might search out the
tabled spring and drink of its miracu-
lous waters. He died in disappoint-
ment. Old Mother Earth has been
lavish in her gifts of health-giving
waters, but none have the power to
restore the vigor of youth or ward off
the stroke of death. No, the Hand
which nodded the earth and caused
the gushing springs to burst forth has
done better than that. He has given
to all the world the Eternal Life of the
Son, and whatsoever will may drink at
the Divinely-appointed fountain and
never thirst again; for the draught Of
Living Water, which Christ the Life
will give, will "become well of water,
springing up into Everlasting Life"
Jesus the Way, and the Truth and the
Life; no one cometh unto the Father
but by Him. Is it strange that when
God has so wondrously provided for
the needs of the soul in Christ, the
Way, the Truth and the Life. that It
should be absolutely the only way into
the presence of God aid the eternal
glories of Heaven? o soul, DIS you look
down into the unmeasured lengths of
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