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; One of the most faithful in the church.

: One of the most faithful in the church.
loyal to the pastor, foremost In missionary
work and one of the most noble souls 1
knew, and I am not sure but tnat there -
the relation of cylse and effect. Is not
that wooden man the cause of the beauty
of her character? Has not his imperfec.
ton of nature, his coarsenes7, driven that
soul to communion with Him who is the
chief among ten thousand and the One al
together lovely? And has not her contact
with His transformed her into His like
ness, whom she loves, not having seen? .
May it not be that we grow in spite OF
our weights, and that these deprivations.
these Affections, this hard disposition, if
YOU please, may it not be that they are
weights intended to develop US into the
larger manhood and the greater nobilities
of the soul? Look at Jesus Christ. The
story in brief is the incarnation, ls the
ministry. is Gethsemane, is the cross, is
the grave. Would Jesus ever have become
the worlds Saviour had He not known
Gethsemane and the agony. of the, CROSS!
Could He have touched the heart, the sore
heart of the world, had He not gotten
down to the very lowest depths and felt
again and again the iron in His sensitive
It NAV be, fellow sufferer, it may be
gentle woman, that your deprivation, that
your losses, your heart dlsappolntments
will minister to your TRANSFORMATION and
to your final exultation, until you snail
be in spiritual stature able to stand even
shoulder to shoulder with the Man who
was acquainted with sorrows and grlets.
Now. in conclusion, there is O time com.
ing when we shall have the perfect vision:
"For now We see in mirror darkly, out
then face to face"
A young girl fifteen years OF age,
| laughter loving, happy Christian girl, was
| suddenly thrown upon a bed OF severe SICK
ness; indeed, all one side was totally par
alyzed and she was stricken into almost. TO-
tai blindness. Her family physician, aiter
| making very careful examination, said to
the sorrowing friends. "She. has seen her
hest he's davs, Door child" And this laughter
loving maid responded, doctor, now that
| 10 not true: nv best days are to come when
| shall see the King in His beauty" And
50. beloved. our best days are to come.
Your best days and mine, the days wheIn,
| ali the mists have rolled away, when all
| the clouds have been dissipated by, the
shining of His face, the day when all the
enigmas of life shall be solved. the day
when we shall see the King in His beauty.
ycHn E cd Nd l. now % no aFe vet w9 made 5
manifest what we shall be-" We. know
that if He shall be manifested we shall be
| like Him, for we shall see Him even as be
| is. You and 7 to be like Him who needeth
not to be told about man, for He knew
what was in man. You and to be like
Him, who was independent of gravity OF
all material substances and forces! You
and / to be like Him who on the Mount OF
| TRANSPORTATION shone SO that the dlselples
were dazzled even of the spiendor OF His
garments? You and I to be like HIM
Whom John saw in that divine theopany
recorded in the last book of the Bibie, Eon'
| der in glory. You and l to be like Him
who has overcome aud is now sitting on
the throne of the universe. That is what
He has said. "He that overcometh will
give to sit with Me on My throne, even as
[ also overcame and am sat down with MY
Father on His throne" We shall see Him.
| We shall see Him face to face; Every
problem will be solved. We shall be with
| Him forevermore.
Beloved, we will never all meet. together
here, but we may all meet together XIon-'
der. We will never all see each other,
| therefore, here. Let US so live that we
shall all see each other yonder, when we
have come up, like Him, to meet the hosts
out of great tribulations, it may be, having
our robes washed and made white IN the
blood of the Lamb. Till then, goodbye.