Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-22

the meStHsge upon Il: your relatives
turned against you In the hour Of your
need. and since then trial and perse-
eution have seemed to follow you
How Is IL that you are SO cheerful and
sweet in the face of il ALP" And Eliza
tried to tell her mistress so she would
understand how II was Jesus helped
her: how. as she walked in the will
OF God. all things worked together fol-
her good. even though she could not
understand IL all Eliza dwelt in the
Land OF Cprightness Ii was where
God was. IL 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?
1T is such u desirable summer land
"a the soul. IL must be worth the
tourney 10 reach il. You do not hest
tate TO undertake the trip 10 the summer
resort, where you expect To spend yosr
vacation. You do not ask to know all the
experiences and delights of the place be-
iore you have reached IL. You know
you must take the journey first before
YOU can prove all tho attractions and ad-
NahtaSes which nave been ascribed &c
the place. Knowing this. why should
you be so unreasonable as to demand
that you experience the joy. and peace
ana 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
nave Travelled from the Land of Natural
Sell over the route which God has
laid out. The first step In the tourney
is looking into the mirror of Gods per
iect righteousness, and realizing that
you are sinner in His sight. For all
nave sinned and come short OF the glory
OF COO. The next step is realization
OF the lost condition OF the soul. For
the soul that sinneth. il shall die" The
next step in the journey 10 thef. of
uprlghtness is true repentance for sin
Repent Bring forth. therefore, fruita
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 il beholds the Christ bearing
its sin In His body upon the tree AS
with Bunyan's Christian, the vision
ioosens the bands which have bound
the terrible load of sin to the soul and
II 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 10 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
II 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
y one gets over into the Land OF In
rightness. There was that person whom
you never could like while YOU dwell
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 IL changed to love.
and you hear Jesus whisper i'm your ear:
Love your enemies. do good unto them
which despitefully use you" In the
town OF NJ were two merchants
in the same line Of business. Their
stores were within stones throw OF
each other. These two merchants dwelt
in the Land Of the Natural Self. and
great bitterness had sprung up bet ween
them, az their rivalry in business gave
ri N ar ifnu Pm, h.
ing suffered on the part of each from
the other. Each would have been glad
10 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 10 have him saved, too The
story is too long 10 tell In detail. but
the result Of II was that from the Land
Of Uprightness this man dealt with his
rival. and won him over al lost 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
fe,hf e4r
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
tal.en 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
hnck u,nrd paze of nf's wife the ennl