St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-03-07


gels, as they proclaimed the birth OF
Saviour, which was Christ the Lord
All of the promises of God fulfilled
| and established in Christ! Let us fix
| our eyes upon Him! Let us under
stand Him, for in Him alone can the
the promises of God claimed and full
filed. %fs
The sun glass in my hand catches
the many rays of the sun, binds them
together by the power of its curved
crystal sides and gives them out
again on the other side with an in.
tensity and perfectness that will
scorch and blister the skin or set
the finder in a blaze. This may serve
in some degree at least to illustrate
Christ's relationship to the promises
of God. The rays of each and every
promise found in the Old Testament
are caught up and concentrated in
Christ, and then stream forth with
new intensity and new meaning as
they burn out and cleanse from all
sin, and clothe with the righteous
ness which is of God. The promises
of the Old Testament center in the
Christ and through Him spread out
into the glad Gospel message of the
New Testament! "For all the prom
Uses of God in Christ are yea, and in
Christ Amen, unto the glory of God
by u.s." -5
The Divine Certainties. Enoch
walked with God three hundred and
sixty-fve years, and then mounting
up on the certainties of Gods prom
ises he passed, unscathed by death OF
the grave, on into the eternal pres
ence of God. Abraham, knowing the
promises of God and hearing His
call, left the land of his fathers and
went into land which God showed
him. Gle sojourned in the land OF
promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in, tabernacles with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise; for he looked for a
city which hath foundations. whose
builder and maker is God" And
take the long list of other worthless
whose names Paul chiseled in the
wonderful corridor of fame of the
eleventh of Hebrews. Every one
whose name is there recorded laid
hold of the promises of God by faith
and obtained that sure reward. which
lies. like the sweet meat in the nut,
within the heart of every promise.
Do you fear, and hesitate to stand
upon them? Take your Bible and
search it's pages from lid to lid and
find one single instance where Gods
promises have failed. In the lives
that people the avenues of it's faith
full human record every promise has
had it's testing. Pick your promise
and then search out your character
that tested and proved the promise.
It can be done. Gods record is per-
feet and the Holy Spirit did not cease
writing until every word and sylla-
BILE of God had been tested and
proved faithful.
There are some Old and New Testa-
ment promises which have not yet
fallen due, notably those in the Old
Testament, and repeated in some de-
gree in the New, regarding the res
toration of the Jewish nation and
the glory of God which is yet to
shine out through them. And in the
New Testament the promise of the
second coming of Christ shines out
as the brightest and most glorious
gem in all the magnificent collection.
To it the church has directed its en-
rapt gaze since the words fell from
the lips of the angel on Mount Olivet,
and in it's fulfillment is to be realized in
the twinkling of an eye the changing of
the mortal bodies into those of immo or
tally, and the union of Christ to His
bride, the church, which He is to meet
in the air as He comes in the clouds of
glory. And because every promise
which has fallen due has been fully and
blessedly fulfilled, we are confident
that the things which God has declared
shall yet come to pass are absolutely
sure of realization.
The little boy stood on the busy
corner of the city street. His CHEEKY
little face showed no trace of anxiety
or care. And yet there he stood as the
long moments dragged by and the hur-
rying throngs passed him on either
hand. No one seemed to have any
claim on the youngster. He was all
alone. By and by the unusual sight of
such small boy standing on the street
corner all alone attracted the atten-
ton of the big policeman stationed at
the crossing. Fearing that the little
fellow was lost, and yet perplexed
that he did not see fearful eyes and
quivering lips, he stopped down and
questioned him. ooh, no, sir" he said.
I'm not lost; I'm waiting for my
papa" "But you have been waiting
long time, my little man; are you
not afraid your papa has forgotten all
about you, and won't come back?"
The little boys frank blue eyes grew
big with wonder as he exclaimed:
"Why, no, indeed, he never failed me
yet" And he didn't then, for at that
very moment the faithful father re-
turned and the hand of the confident
little son was lovingly clasped in his
as they trudged off together.
And God has never failed His children
yet. He keeps us waiting on the cor
ner of earnest seeking and needful
preparation sometimes, but if med
ding Small Faith does not come along
and destroy our confidence and get us
to go off with him into the hurrying
crowd of unbeEef, and we stand fast a t
our post, like the little fellow whose
father had never failed him, wexwill
find that God will not fail us either,
but in the FITNESS of time will come
bringing the fulfllmeRt Of the prom