St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-16

long, to Christ, and he must have faith
if he would discover the secret spring
which opens the door to the rich, mex
haustible storehouse of God. Follow
ing the words in our text which de-
clare that "all things are yours" wa
have the very important and signifi-
cant statement that I'VE are Christ's."
This is one Of the conditions of pos
sessing ''all things" when the law
of the cross is the law of our being"
says F. w. Robertson, when we have
learned to surrender ourselves, then.
and then only, they are ours-not we
theirs. The Christian is Creations
heir He may say, triumphantly: The
world, the world is mine!' Surrender
means that the will of God is our will.
that His purposes are our purposes.
that His ways are our ways. And with
such relationship existing how could
It be otherwise than that "all things"
Of the Father belong to the son? God
in His infinite wisdom has chosen to
deal with the world through human in
strumentalities. AS sons Of God, as His
heirs, as HIS representatives in the
world. "all things" are ours to do His
will in the world, to carry out His pur-
poses, to perform his work. When a
great nation sends its ambassador up
on an important mission to another
country his power is only limited by
the power of the nation whose repre-
sentative he is; his resources are as
great as the nation is able to COM
mand. The ambassador has back OF
him to carry out the object of his mis-
sion all the dignity and wealth and
might Of the nation. And is it not so
with the ambassadors of Christ in the
world? We who are sons of
God and called to do His will
in the world, to carry out His
purposes, to execute His plans,
have behind us the unlimited power
and resources and wisdom of the in
finite God. Think Of it! Take cour-
age! Because, in your relationship as
son, you are entitled to "all things"
Only remember that to become pos
sessed Of the riches which are in thu
Father, you must be surrendered to
Him, and you must have the faith
which will expect great things from
God and attempt great things for
Him."
BECAUSE "all things belong to thu
Il u n~S~ - h sSrn
great, very great, responsibility. Great
possessions always involve great re-
sponsibility. The rich have weight
Of responsibility which will either
crush them down to hell or serve as
stepping stone to Heaven. Solomon,
the wise, exclaims: "Give me neither
poverty nor riches" He knew what
burden great riches were. In him was
exemplified the peril of riches. In
proportion as We have, SO is our re-
sponsibility towards those who have
not, whether that which we have is
worldly possessions, intellectual or
other attainments or talents, or spirit
ual graces. The possession Of them
obligates us towards those who have
not And if this is true in reference %
merely earthly possessions, how infin-
itely more SO is 1t true in regard to the
things of God. Where the inexhaust;-
bic treasures Of Gods love and mercy
are taken into the account what tre-
mendous responsibility rests upon the
sons Of God who possess these things!
Livingston, knowing that all things
were his from God, felt the RESPONSE
bility of the great continent of Africa
upon him, and he gave all that he had,
even to his life, even as his Lord and
Master had done for him, and to-day
Africa still feels the throb of that great
heart. Cary, filed with the conscious
ness Of the worldwide love and mercy
Of God, felt the burden of responsible
ty and must needs 60 and tell, and see
how God poured through him upon
heather India the glorious light and
blessing OF the Gospel. Because the
power and resources, the love and
mercy Of God are our possessions, and
are inexhaustible, SO is our response
bility tremendous.
A ND our privileges are great, and
II our opportunities manifold. The
possession of all things in Christ Jesus
gives to us the rare privilege of minis
tering unto others, and opens up many
which would not be ours
If our resources in Christ were not mex
haustible. Peter struck the key note
for every Christian life when he said
to the cripple at the Beautiful gate Of
the temple: "Such as have give pn-
to thee" The "all things" which he
gave him the privilege and
of ministering to needy
soul and body. "Such as have, such
as l have" but oh, think of what the
Christian has! "Such as have" may
be the. inexhaustible riches of Christ |
Jesus. II you feel you have naught it
is because you have not taken posses
sion of the "all things" which God
offers you to use for Him. Your pow
erty is due to lack of surrender on
your part to your Lord. You are not
in very truth Christ's. And until you
do become His in will and purpose and
desire you cannot be trusted with the
treasures Of God. But
when you do, think Of what your
privilege is! To minister on every hand
to those in physical and spiritual need
from the "all things which are yours
to give in His name. Think of the OPP