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responsive chords OF the being yield to the
voice of the spirit that calls to sacrlhce
and service.
The mind of the flesh, like the crane
in the old fable, is content with snalis. a
beautiful swan alighted by the banks, OF
Il stream in which a crane was Wadlng
about seeking snails. For few moments
the crane viewed the swan MIN in stupid won
der, and then i INQUIRED whsgs Sssxen do you
piled the swan. "And where is heaven"
"Heaven," said the swan, "have you never
heard of heaven~ And then the beautiful
bird went on to describe the grandeur OF
the eternal city. She told of streets or
gold, of gates of pearl and walls of jasper,
and the river of life, Clear cs crystal:
In eloquent language the swan sought to
portray the hosts who live in the heavenly
world, but without arousing the slightest
there any snails there" "Snails!" re:
peated the swan; mo! OF course not"
''Then," said the crane, as it continued its
search along the shiny margin Of the pool,
"you can have your heaven. l want
snails." There are thousands of people to-
day who are meeting the appeals OF the
church of Jesus Christ, if not with the
snail's, answer, at least with the snaifs
Sssituusi Wsnt snals" D And and Why Why? Because they
have yielded to the mind of the flesh and
allowed the lusts of the flesn to atrophizze
the spiritual nature. "Be not deceived;
God is not Knocked; for whatsoever 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 sun"
saws the Rev. w. L. Watkinson, "but
ray of daylight. reduces the pretentious
IL: - ba rlyc of he
mans stretcher, the workhouse ambulance,
the prison van, the hearse that bears men
to the grave ere they have lived out half
their days"
spirit is life and peace" Christianity
comes to men telling them Of a divine
Saviour in whom is life and Who came
that we might have life and have it more
ut The wbaS BRe esa1 tst u; is OF es
living Cod" 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 go
| far as testimony and observation 60 life
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
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 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
connected with and minister to the king
dom of Jesus Christ, of which we are
citizens.
If 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 permanent miracle. You are
not only a new man, but a live man. The
dictionary defines a top as "gyroscope."
A gyroscope may be made to spin. But it
is q dead thing, nevertheless. 1t won't 60
without string or a spring attached to it
and maniDulated by the hand of the spin
ner. If you have been regenerated, you
are more than gyroscope;; You will not
subject to moods and modes. You will
run without having spring or string at:
tached to you. The love Of the Christ will
"const1ain you" and RESTRAIN YOU" In
the workshop, in the store, behind the
counter and in the office your associates
will 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 kindling eye,
the quivering lip and the. softened and
the feshly.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
placently 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
My peace ! give unto you; not as the
world giveth, give I 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
will 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
tains, at the club? One continuous round
of pleasure. Society? Don't you go in for
it9 Don't you have your teas, your card
parties, your games and chit chats? What
you want is peace-peace of mind and
peace of conscience. And You will never
get it until YOU get life-the life that
throttles and binds and sets its heel upon
this miserable carnal creature that whlnes
and frets and burns with an abnormal
thirst that nothing can satisfy? And why
do you get peace when you. get, eternal
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
lis can do. He who follows the mind OF
the spirit" will find the deepest satisfac'
ton, for he has Sin him well OF water
springing up into everlasting llte." H.
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 and
sang MY Watermelon Queen" When he
came came to the line in the chorus, "she's all
the world to me-" he broke down, turned
and walked into the wings, to the surprise
of the audience Just before he walked
to the foollghts he received telegram say.
ing that his wife was dead in their home IN
Buffalo. And when he came to that line
which touched the deepest chord in his
soul, footlghts and faces, all save one,
| wore foruotten. Love yearned to clasp
love. The supreme grace that was born
in heaven and which finds cts wavering
image here" swayed the heart of he great
| aanand;nn The corrnIu in the soul Stihed