The Penn's Grove record., 1903-02-13

same Spirit we have been quirkened, and
by the same Spirit nave been sealed or
anointed as Gods own special treasure. If
we have not allowed Him to use us we
have robbed Him of his right, and at the
great day of awards shall be called 10 q
strict account.
"And he that is the high priest among
his brethren. upon whose head the anoint-
ing oil was poured, and that is consecrated
to put on the garments, shall not uncover
his head, nor rend his clothes; neither
shall he go in to any dead body, nor dehle
himself for his father, or for his mother;
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary,
nor p~rofane the sanctuary OF his God; for
the crown of the amounting oil of his God
is upon him; j am the Lord" (Leviticus
xxi: 1912. How close this teaching is,
and how completely many of us are con-
demued as we apply it to our own lives,
And yet there is no reason for discour-
agenent. In the olden times, when the
priests or the people were in touch with
sin, the ashes of the red heifer were
sprinkled upon them for cleansing, and
Immediately they stepped back into fel-
lowship, and God clothed them with DOW
err. In the New Testament > better provi-
sion is made-Hebrews TX: Is. IA: For il
the blood of bulls and of epats, and the
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctiieth to the purifying of the flesh;
now mucl more SQdli the OIOOQ Oh &DTiSls
who through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without spot unto God, purge
your conscience from dead works, tn serve
the living God?"
/ have not been able to find in the New
Testament, with the exception of the
Lords Prayer. any place where it is said
that the Christian must ask for forgiveness
of sins, but / do lead in l John i: 7. 8, 9:
eff we walk in the light, as He is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanseth US from all sin. If We say that
we have no sin we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us. If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive US
our sins, and to cleanse MS from all un-
righteousness" ] learn then that if |
confess my sins He is faithful and just to
forgive them and cleanse me perfectly, and
when He ~forgives sin He always forgets It.
God Sees the Best.
God does not set the less against the
greater, as we do; He sets the greater
against the less; that is His way. Who
will n i say. Blessed be His love? Man
being small, being petty at the klngiiest,
finds a flaw. Thus the wise fool talks: He
is honest, he is wise, he is gifted; he is, on
the whole, a man of notable Intellectual
stature and influence; but-man thinks be
is clever when he discovers a but. He
gathers himself up into Pharisaic perpen-
dicularity and says: / discovered that. [
pointed out that frailty, / saw it. Thers
can be no pit deep enough for a wretch
like that. How doth God speak? Thus,
hear the music of infinite love: He has
gone astray, he has been unfaithful. he has
turned aside from Me a thousand times,
he has done the things he ought not to
nave done; yet-that is the difference be-
tween human Judgment and divine judg.
ment in relation to that greatest of all
mysteries, human character. 1t is better
to fall into the hands of God than into the
hands OF men. You brethren like to
| speak against you, to have discovered a
| peccadillo, one little sin and to have fin
| gers dainty enough to pick out that lite
| hair and to be able to say: "Ive got it"
| The Lord saith: "You have wounded Ne
| and disappointed Me and gone AWAY from
Me, yet-how can l give thee up? Re
turn" That is the difference between
your human theories and the great Di-
vine idea Of redemption-God always see
ing the best, fixing His eyes upon the sal
vable points. looking to those elements
that are still left out of which He can
| rear manhood. He viii not quench the
| smoking fax. He will not break the bruised
reed.-Joseph Parker, ID