The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-29

triarcns oy name, one ny one, ana then.
standing silent IN the pulpit waited for an
answer. The silence was voiceful. Then,
words.
Brethren. there is no RESPONSE"
Alter calling these names he would call
the names OF kings, the names of apostles
the names of famous historians. the names
OF artists, of scientists. of inventors, Of
phiianthropists. and after the roll call
came again and again the answer:
brethren there is no response. These
men are dead"
! could call the names. too. if would
Here is the name of one who was once the
superintendent of Sunday.school. and
VINO answered not at the roll call. Here is
another who once stood as an officer in the
church, but his voice is silent. Here is
enother who was, once honored in society
TOR his professed faithfulness unto God
but there is no response to his name. And
on, the sadness! here is another whose
name was once a household word ms an
honored minister of the gospel, and there
is no response to his name. What is the
reason! Because, like the Nazarite, they
have come in contact with the dead Their
o.d SINS have come up again. like bones
from the grave. defiling their memory and
robbing them of their power. 1t is be.
cause the very atmosphere they have been
Obliged to breathe, like ours, is against
God and in enmity to Christ, and it is not
easy to keep unspotted from the world.
Inc Jews counted every open vessel un.
clean.
But one is still left to us. God is still
love. lie still loves you, and having loved
you will love yor unto the end. His New
Testament provision is far better one
than the old. "For. if the blood of bulls
and Of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
shall the blood of Christ, who through the
Eternal Spirit offered Himself without
spot to God, purge your conscience from
dead works, to serve the living God?
Hebrews tx: 10, lD. We need not stay
out OF fellowship. or be deprived of power.
God Is love. and He will give us all things,
II we but fulfill His conditions.
III.
"And thou shalt take the other ram,
and Aaron and his sons shall put their
hands upon the head Of the ram. Then
blood. and put it upon the tip of the right
ear of Aaron, and upon the tip OF the
right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb
of their right hand. and upon the great
toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the
blood upon the altar round about" Ex.
xxx: 10, 20.
Another part of the Offering of Ahram
was the ram: This, like all the rest, sheds
light upon the gospel, and the understand.
ing OF it is the secret Of peace for many a
life.
When the blood was sprinkled on the ear
and the thumb and foot it was sign they
were henceforth to be separated from all
worldly purposes. In this we get deep
lesson touching conservation. We have
been told that we must forsake all for
Christ, and some of us have done it, We
have been counseed to give mp the things
that really we have enjoyed, simply be-
cause they are questionable or contrary to
the teaching of Gods word, and when we
have done this the evil bird comes to us,
saying:
You have forsaken these things, but
what have you got in return"
Not infrequently we find persons who
stand in this position, who are of all per-
sons the most miserable. This is because
they have taken only half the step. They
have separated themselves from something,
but have failed to consecrate themselves
to anything. In other words, there are
two sides to the doctrine of separation.
We are to be separated from the world
but we are at the same time to be separ.
ated unto Christ, and that place which
once the world filled is now to be occu.
pied by Christ Himself
placed upon the ear first. This is very sig.
nifcart to me. So many people get an
idea that il they are converted they must
Immediately do something for Christ, when
in point of fact service comes last. The
blood placed upon the ear first teaches the
lesson that we are to hear what the Lord
has to say to us. If we could but cultivate
the habit of going alone each day and sit.
ting still just to commune with God what
q source Of strength it would be to u.s.
God only tells His secrets to those who
shut out the world, and thus come close to
Him.
The blood was placed upon the hand
next, from which I learn we are not only
to hear what God has to say to us. but we
are to reach out and take what He offers.
God has promised us the Holy Ghost. He
Is gift. Reach out and take the gift.
The blood was placed upon the foot last.
This many stand for service, but notice the
divine order.
We have reached time when rules of
service are hardly necessary; when the
methods adopted for soul-winning, we feel
sure, must grieve the Holy Ghost. In
point of fact, il one is to be used of God
he must certainly surrender to God, and
give Him the right of way in his life, and
then service comes naturally, and results
are sure.