The Penn's Grove record., 1903-09-11

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responsive chords OF the being yield to the
voice OF the spirit that calls to sacrifice
and service.
The mind of the flesh, like the crane
IN the old fable, is content with snails. A
beautiful swan alighted by the banks of
a stream in which a crane was wading
about seeking snails. For a few moments
der, and then inquired, "INhere do you
come from!" Il came from heaven" re-
Piled the swan. And where is heavoN?"
Heaven said the swan, 'have you never
heard of s~eaven?" And then the beautiful
bird went on to describe the gra,deur of
the eternal city. She told of streets Of
gold, OF gates of pearl and walls of jasper,
and the river Of life, clear IS crystal"
In eloquent language the swan sought to
portray the hosts who live in the heavenly
world, but without a~rousins the slightest
interest. Finally the crane asked, Are
there any snails there" "Snailsi" re-
peated the swan; mo- Of course not"
Ihen," said the crane, as it continued its
search along the Shiny margin of the pool,
you can have your heaven. / want
%snails." There are thousands of people to-
day who are meeting the appeals of the
church OF Jesus Christ, If not with the
snalls answer, at least with the snail's
attitude. You can nave your heaven. [
want snalls." And why? Because they
have yielded to the mind OF the flesh and
allowed the lusts Of the tiesn to a~trophize
the spiritual nature. "Jse not deceived;
God is not Knocked; for whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap. For he that
soweth to his flesh shall OF the flesh reap
corruption" Fancy may figure the wick
ed as borne aloft in chariots OF the sum-"
says the Rev. w. J.. Watkinson, 'sbut a
ray OF daylight reduces the pretentious
things to the monstrous forks of the police
mans stretcher, the workhouse ambulance,
the prison van, the hearse that bears men
to the grave ere they have lived out half
their days"
On the other hand, sthe mind Of the
spirit is life and peace" Christianity
comes to men telling them of a divine
that We might have life and have it more
abundantly. The Bible tells us Of "the
spirit of life," which exerts its power
among men. Jehovah is spoken of as "the
living God" and the Holy Spirit as His
living agent. by thy spirit God hath
garnished the heavens" "Thou sendest
forth thy spirit; they are created. In SO
springs from life. The Spirit of God is
manifest in all His methods and works.
This same spirit, whose activity is exerted
IN creation and the sustaining of life. Is
also the spirit of truth, of holiness, OF
wisdom and grace. The Spirit of God
"renews the face of the earth" turning
winter into spring, calling forth life,
beauty, fragrance and song. The same
Spirit transforms the human soul. The
Spirit of God touches our hearts; the
great transaction is done. Behold a new
creature In Christ Jesus. We pass from
death unto life. We are alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord, and the
things which are all in all to the sensuous
wording are of value to us only as they are
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dom of Jesus Christ, of which we are
citizens.
II you have passed from death unto life.
you are not a piece of moral tinkering and
ethical cobbling. Regeneration is a live
wire. 1t is a permanent miracle. You are
not only a new man, but a live man. The
dictionary defines a top as a "gyroscope."
A gyroscope may be made to spin. But it
Is a dead thing, nevertheless. 1t won't go
without a string or a spring attached to it
and manipulated by the and of the spin
ner. If you have been regenerated you
are more than a gyroscope. You will not
run down" like a top. You will not be
subject to moods and modes. You viii
run without having a spring or string at
tached to you. The love of the Christ will
"constrain you" and RESTRAIN you" In
the workshop, in the store, behind the
counter and in the Office your associates
viii know that you have been with Jesus
and received life. "The mind of the flesh"
has been buried, and no flowers were laid
on his casket. "The mind of the spirit"
lives and speaks through the kindline eye,
the quivering lip and the softened and
sanctified heart. The grazing grounds of
the leshly-minded are the lotus meadows
of pleasure and ease. The grazing grounds
of the spiritually minded are the green
pastures" beside the "still waters" led
and fed and satisfied by the Shepherd OF
Life. The difference between the carnally
minded and the spiritually minded is the
difference between the stall fed OK com
p~laeently chewing his cud and the Great
ure created in the image of God agonizing
to be worthy of wearing the white stone
and bearing the new name.
With life comes also the gift of peace.
peace be unto you," said the Saviour to
the disciples. My peace | leave with you;
My peace | give unto you; not as the
world giveth, give | unto you" What is
it you are longing for this morning?
Home? You have that. Business? You
have more than you can attend to. Al.
ready you are worried nearly to death
over business. Tomorrow mornings mail
win bring you a large bundle of letters.
Perhaps some of them will read, please
remit" Head over heels in business.
Pleasure? Aren't you surfeited with pleas.
ure? Aren't you at it every afternoon and
evening, by the seashore, in the noun
tains, at the club? One continuous round
of pleasure. Society? Don't you go in for
it? Don't you have your teas, your card
, parties, your games and chit chats? What
you want is ~peace-peace of min and
, peace of conscience. And you viii never
| get it until you get life-the life that
throttles and binds and sets its heel upon
this miserable earnal creature that whines
and frets and burns with an abnormal
thirst that nothing can satisfy? And why
J do you get peace when you get eternal
/ life? Because You have anchored to do
something within the vale, and wind and
, wave and tempest shock cannot disturb
: the calm and constant peace of the mind
| and heart that wait upon the Lord. You
, get peace because under the strenuous up
! lift of this new life you live a simple life
! nobly, which is the ~grandest thing any Of
| US can do. He who follows "the mind ol
| ton, for he has Sin him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life"
, The other night George Primrose, the
; minstrel, was amusing an audience at the
!. Masonic Temple Roof Garden in Chicago
: In response to an encore he came out anc
} sang MY Watermelon Queen" When he
5 came to the line in the chorus, "She's al
and walked into the wings, to the surprist
l Of the audience. Just before he walked
. to the foollghts he received a telegram say
! ing that his wife was dead in their home II
: Buffalo. And when he came to that line
which touched the deepest chord in hi
t soul, footlights and faces, all save one
were forgotten. Love yearned to elasI
+, love. The supreme grace that was born
in heaven and which finds cts waverins
t image here" swayed the heart of he grea
t comedian. The sorrow in the soul stifiet
the song on the bps. So it is when th'
: mind Of the spirit o'ermasters the mind o
: the flesh. The STACEY mannerisms of so
: ciety, the baubles, the trinkets, the Bac
5 chanalian banquets, are forgotten, or the,
E cease to allure. The soul turns away from
! the hollow handclapping and the vulga
] throng into the wings to live with Hin
| who KS all the world to me"
e How God Remembers Us.
I When the spring comes the oak tree witt
Z its thousands OF leaves blossoms all over
The great heart of the oak tree remember
every remotest tip of every farthest brancl
5 and sends to each the message and tn
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