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the story of David and Nathan, when Da-
vid forgets thai he Is a king and a father
and sins, and Nathan Is the messenger OF
God who comes % rebuke him with the
touching story OF the eve lamb. When
David Acknowledges his SIN Nathan lmme-
diately responds. The Lord also hath put
away thy sin" and there Is IN this express
sion a reference to the seapegoat OF the
Old Testament on the dav Of Atonement.
when the priest confessed the sins of the
people. and the goat was represented as
staggering away under the load of Jsraers
sins. down through the valley, up the
mountain wonder until he Is lost 10 sight,
and then finally. according 20 tradition IL
nushed over into the abyss where no man
is He can nut away our SINS on whom
the Lord hath Lard our inqulty.
Second be clean This refers 20 inner
cleanness. which is only brought about Nv
the indwelling of Christ God puts away
our sins, il is true. when He forglves MS,
but IL IL one thing 20 be set right concern
ing the guilt Of sin aud onite another thing
10 be set free from the pollution of sin This
second privilege Is ours when Christ comes
in 70 dwell with Ms We are very much
afraid of the word holiness, IN preach.
ing and teaching yet we have as much OF
holiness ns we have of Christ. no more or
no less Let us be clean in heart. This is
possible bv the word OF God which is
cleansing in ,ts very touch. Let rs he
clean in what We saw making a covenant
with Christ 20 guard our hps. asking HIM
10 keep our eyes. Let us not do the things
that Will grieve the spirit, remembering
that God can only use that which IL clean.
Third let US change our garments This
must refer 20 the outward practices of our
life IN other words. our habits What ~
the garuent we are wearing to-day! with
some Of us It ~ a robe OF our own weaving,
- r Ii g.l... Ia "a aVls
YOU this, where self comes into life Christ
passes out There is another robe which
we may wear to-day woven IN the loom OF
heaven hearing the red mark of the blood
OF Christ
Do YOU remember the story of the father
OF the prodigal where the boy returned
from his wanderings clad in rags, and the
father said TO his servant. Bring forth the
hest robe and put IL on him ] used To
think that IL was "A robe beautifully EN-
hroidered. but not so One of our best
Greek scholars has said It means, Bring
forth the same old robe he used to wear
end prt it on him the robe he wore when
he was as my son, living up to the privll-
eyes of his position, 40 that he may know
that ne is restored again and tins Is what
we need 20 have put around Us, the robe
--e wore at Bethel when we walked in fel.
lowship with God and had vision OF
Christ.
IN Ephesians Paul SAYS, Put of the old
man, put on the new man, and then te!,s
rs 90 Keep putting away SIN lhls ~
the position for us to-day Oh, tina, we
might change our garments. In the 2ld
chapter of Matthew and the llth verse,
when the king came into the wedding feast
he rebuked the man without wedding
garment. He who had been rebrked was
speechless. How can we stand before bim
without the robe of His righteousneeS'
Never until Jacob came back 10 the
place where he had slept with the pillow
of stones underneath his head. to the very
gpot where he had seen God. DID he re
ceive blessing And 1T ~ interesting 10
-ote IN the 9th verse that when he cane
his family came with him. As the head OF
the house goes the family will usually 90.
I Travelled the other day with mission
ary from Wisconsin. who told me now ne
had reached drunken man IN the woods
OF Wisconsin, told him the story ot ,hrist
and won him and later had the 10Y oil re,
ceiving the man and the SIX members OF
his household into the felowship OF the
church When Noah entered the ark his
family went with him. Let us arse ana
90 up to Bethel.
Reults In the 9Th verse We read that
the people were afraid OF Jacob and ms
company. for the terror OF the Lord was
upon them Matthew Henry has said that
when sin was IN Jacobs house ne Was
afraid OF his neighbors, but when the
idols were put away his peighbors were
afraid of him. When shall we learn the
Io.son that we have power over men py
The wav of God The world does not rear
a worldly Christian, nor does the deVli,
and we need expect no TRIUMPH, over men
until we have prevailed with God hr,t' 80.
Second God appeared and talked with
Jacob This we read in verse, nlne ana in
ten or course no man can see God as lie
- and live Moses asked this OF God and
he said. Il will put thee IN the cleit OF
tho rock and cover thee with Nv hand
vvhiA 7 pass by" and he saw the glory oi
tho garments OF God and HIS face DID
shine but we can see Christ and when we
behold Him in His tenderness wlth NIUE
children and Ills ministerins to the ,lck
md suffering everywhere we near TN
cav ne that hath seen Ne bath seen My
Father also" God still speaks 10 ns' u
we did but have our ears open we should
End Him speaking in nature. can remem'
her AZ a bov out i'm the country putting
nv ears up against the telegraph pole ana
listening 20 what I was told was the
whirr of the messages flashing from CITY 70
CITY. and I used 10 wonder " II might oe
possible for some one 70 hear what mlVh,
even then be passing through the ar. ana
row today we have accomplished thiF IN
the wireless telegraphv. and VI we did but
have our ears open ! am sure that win
every rising sun. with every running
stream. with every Sin zinq bird, with every
thing in nature we should hear bod SPEAK
And He speaks 10 us IN the Bole' but the
difficulty with us j. that we have not
faith II has long been my desire 20 own
ono OF the large Old fashioned clocks used
bv our forefathers. and recently " became
possible foi me % gain possession OF one
The works are perfect. the pendulum ~
perfect and the who.p clock is a thing OF
beauty. and started D.. but the pendulum
would swing for a moment and then stop,
and ! thought ! had made poor bargain
in the purchase of my clock. but az last
discovered there was little eaten by
means OF which the pendulum was united
20 the works. and started the clock once
more. and 10 T. keeping perfect time mere
is this Od Book trusr than ever, II that
were possible. certainly more precious tnin
ever We have called u unlnterestingi We
have let u alone when we might have been
listening 10 IT, hea"en corn messages none
other than the voice Of God II we had out
had faith God SAID % jacob, am ,iod
Almighty and thar was enough Tor HIN
20 saw Il will walk with thee IL God
be for us who can 0e against u.s.
Third in this 3jth cHtp'sr Ot Genesis are
four bIrials. There D. The burial OF the
idols. the buria, % Deborah, the buriai OF
Pachsl and the bHria' l. Isaac. y u a
chapter % sorrow. bot what diherence
Bethel must have made in the way that
sorrow wa endured ! stood not long
ago in the home of a man whose child was
dead. and 7 heard him say. although ne
had once been n Christian. that he al but
hated God and I recall another experience
where . womon With a breaking heart said
with the tears flowing down her face tnat
was shining. The Lord gave and He hath
tsfen away" and che was dwelling az
BstbaI n il 5eaut.fu. thing 20 know