St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-29

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ANl IN ever since til.
guilty pair in thu
.3M ~ garden sought t.
2S4N kYk cover their naked
&RNl1f ness by the fig-lea1
aprons. What one
~ wears is to grea,
ora,s .. extent a guide. ia
ones station in life and to the occnns.
.lou pursued for livelihood. Tha
matter OF dress and fashion Il az an
preme Importance to vast multitude. =,
people. and more time is devoted - tha Z.
SUBJECT than to any other one +h,re
Styles change and the dress az to-da =
mas little to remind one OF the earn,ar,.
wnicn were worn by our forefathers
Inc people OF the different nations NAV
De distinguished by their dress. Il Il
supposed that, with the multiplying az
the languages Of the earth NJ thu tove-
OF Babel and the scattering of The 49,
PIE, there came change IN stvia' "a
dress. and soon each nation had adanted
TO Its own peculiar tastes the raiment
OF It's people. Scripture employs the
term OF garment in q ,figurative senae.
ine psalmist declares Of God: .Thou
ART clothed with honor and maiestv.
who coverest Thyself with light as
with q garment" In another place he
describes the wicked by saying that
violence covereth them as garment.
and in still another place God declares
that He will "clothe In shame" the enc
mics Of His children. The priests OF the
Lord are urged to ''be clothed with
Righteousness" and He gives His prom
Use that He will also clothe them with
salvation" Paul tells M that e..as many
rs have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ that Ii Theoretically and
by outward sign, and then begins the
practical experience Of putting "off the
old man, which Is corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts." and the putting on
"the new man. which after God Is Gre
ated in Righteousness and true holi-
ness" The command to the one who
has put on Christ in baptism is: .Put
ye on the Lord Jesus Christ" BY q
daily exercise Of the will and heart. |
And then Paul particularizes when he
says: "Put on, therefore, as the elect Of |
God, holy and beloved. bowels Of mer-
cies. kindness, humbleness OF mind,
meekness, longsuhering, forbearing one |
another. and forgiving one another II
any man have quarrel against sany:
even as Christ forgave you, 20 also do
ye. And above all these things put on
love, which Is the bond Of perfectness.'
THE raiment Of the Christian Is to
! be Of such . character as to unmis-
takably identity him with. the Lord
whom he processes. At the immigrant
station at New York It ID not difncult
to distinguish the nationality Of the
men and women landed there. by their
different styles Of dress. The garments
they wear are characteristic Of the
countries from which they. have come.
It should be 80 with the Christian. He
ought to have so put. on Christ as to be
easily distinguished from the people Of
the world. The face should be illuminate
ed with the light and peace Of the Christ
who sits enthroned within. The eyes
should be quick to see the places of
need, should be channels through which
he good, and never evil. reach the SOU.
rhe ears should be keen to hear the cry
Il distress, should be open to receive
he gooily message, but deaf to the Inn
,ure and vainglorious. The lips should ,
move under Divine Inspiration. should {
,peak clean and true, and never be l
tained with impure, unkind or {
word. The hands should be
,usy In kindly. loving ministry. for
,atan finds mischief for idle hands to
d The feet should be ready to travel q
4 the pathway Of duty and not be eager /
O. run in the byways Of sin and pleas =
re. The eyes, the ears, the lips, the /
ands. the feet would thus all. bear the l
istinctive livery of the Divine Lord.
he ..put-on'' Lord would be the light 8
\ the candlestick giving light to all p
bout: It would be the salt OF the q
arth, which, not having lost It's SAVIOR. r
,ould Be able to season the unsaved a
nd unsavory masses. y
~HE beautiful transforming quality Z
OF the raiment of the redeemed is s.
nj It makes of one all people. NO q
after OF what nationality those who q
1t on Christ may be, they bear like a
,ss one to the other, and each to JESUS
brist. The Chinaman is easily dis y
ne,,ishable from the Hindoo. and the
nssian peasant from the son OF sunny q
alv hut the Chinaman and the Him
"a the Russian and the Italian, who al
.va nut on Christ, who have clothed VI
emselyes in the raiment OF the re- 81
emed, all possess Divine graces =
hfch mark them as members OF the 81
nsehold Of God. One has but to read re
mt Cooks graphic accounts OF the "
varery and RIGHTEOUSNESS which dis "a
,pnished the natives Of the South Sea VI
ands. and then to listen to the tesu- | go
INV Of the missionaries as to the ~
,nsformation which took place when N
! Gospel as q garment clothed the ca
pple. to realize how all peoples are -
,de one in Christ Jesus. The Chris W
I in Asia. In Africa. Europe, In the -
,er,cas. or In the isles OF the sea. II tul
he wearing the livery Of the Lord f>pl'
,rs Christ. ID easily distinguishable nls
N the people Of the world. The world =.
mt slower to-day to observe the fol- y. ms
vsra a. Christ and take knowledge IA
It they have been with Jesus. than ~ ~
was At Jerusalem when the disciples u.'
re- being accused before the san -. '
irin. ixe
ND this raiment OF the redeemed It
a something Of which the world the
mot deprive the, soul. It can strip OF col