The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-07-25

need. and since. then trtai ana pcrSe-
cution have seemed to follow you.
How is II that you are so cheerful and
swec; In the face Of Il all." And Eliza
tried TO tell her mistress so she would
understand how Il vas Jesus helped
her: how. as shs walked In the will
OF God. all things worked together for
her good. even though she could not
understand II all. Eliza dwelt In the
Land of Uprightness. II was where
God was. 1t was where human expert
ences were lost In His eternal pur-
poses II is the only land where true
Joy and peace and contentment are
known. Do you not want to go into
that land?
IF 1T Is such q desirable summer land
of the soul. II must be worth the
Journey to reach It. You do not hesi-
tate to undertake the trip to the summer
resort. where you expect to spend your
vacation. You do not ask to know all the
experiences and delights Of the place be-
fore you have reached II. You know
you must take the Journey first before
you can prove all the attractions and adj
vantages which nave been ascribed to
the place. knowing this. why should
you be so unreasonable as to demand
that you experience the Joy. and peace.
and contentment of the Land of Upright
ness, before you have taken the journey
thereto? You cannot enter the land.
you may not prove its charms. until you
q fVou al he 4 ~ No ..v
Self over the route which God has
laid out The first step in the journey
Is looking into the mirror of Gods per-
feet righteousness, and realizing that
you are a sinner in His sight. For all
have sinned and come short of the glory
OF God" The next step is realization
of the lost condition of the soul. "For
the soul that sinneth. It shall die" The
next step in the journey to the Land of
Uprightness is true repentance for sin.
Repent! Bring forth. therefore, fruits
meet for repentance" The next step
brings one to the cross. where the de-
spairing look of the soul is turned to one
of joy as 1t beholds the Christ bearing
its sin in His body upon the tree. AS
with Bunyan's Christian. the vision
loosens the bands which have bound
the terrible load of sin to the soul, and
1t drops out of sight, forever. Then,
with the lighter step of faith in the
only begotten Son of God, Christ Jesus
our Lord, the journey to the Land of
Uprightness is quickly completed, and
then, and not until then, is the soul pre-
pared to understand or enjoy the bless
edness of that wonderful land. Then
It Is that the sun shines brighter, the
birds carol more sweetly, the flowers are
arrayed In more gorgeous hues. and all
the appearance of the world and the
aspect of life are changed.
COME wonderful things take place as
" one gets over into the Land of Up
rightness. There was that person whom
you never could like while you dwelt
in the Land of Natural Self You even
hated him for some unkindness or
wrong. but when your feet rest within
the Land Of Uprightness. and your
prayer is: Teach me to do Thy WILL"
| then your bitterness is changed to love,
and you hear Jesus whisper in your ear:
Love your enemies. do good unto them
which despitefully use you" In the
town of M. were two merchants
in the same line of business. Their
stores were within a stones throw of
each other. These two merchants dwelt
in the Land of the Natural Self. and
great bitterness had sprung up between
them, as their rivalry in business gave
rise to real or imaginary wrongs be-
ing suffered on the part of each from
the other Each would have been glad
to have seen the other swept to bank
ruptcy and ruin, and each would have
done what he could. that was short Of
the really criminal, to bring this to
pass. Thus matters stood, when, by the
mercy and Providence of God, one Of
| these merchants travelled the road which
| led to the Land of Uprightness. And
there, after a struggle with his old ma
ture, and the bitterness which had ruled
his conduct toward his rival, he found
| the hatred changed to love, his desire
to see his rival ruined changed to a
longing to have him saved, too. The
| slOry Is 100 lOuB 10 tell III Cetdll, Dut
the result of It was that from the Land
of Uprightness this man dealt with his
rival, ard won him over at last to the
same blessed relationship to God and
Jesus Christ. And this is only one Of
the manifold changes which take place
when the soul enters the Land Of Up
rightness.
A ND do those who enter the Land OF
n Uprightness never stray? Yes.
sad to say! they do. There are those who
leave the paths OF uprightness to walk
In the ways of darkness" Faiths VI
sion becomes dimmed, the eyes are
taken from the onward, upward look
towards God and the Eternal City.
! whose spires may always be seen from
the Land of Uprightness, and, like the
backward gaze Of Lots wife. the soul
turns toward the things Of the world
The Lust of the eye. the pride Of life. =
are allowed to rule the life, and lead the
feet into the ways Of darkness. And
those who have wandered from the Land
OF Uprightness, are they left to perish
No. The Lord never forsakes them that
are His. He goes out after the wander