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err When Paul nd reached the lowest
| depths OF Romans, the seventh chapter,
aud sees that he must SIN and eNCia.ns pa
thetcal,y, Who shall deliver me from the
body OF. thus deathl be can oniy answer
himself lNlth humility and rejoicing. |
thank Gsf through Jesus CHRIS, our Lord.
/ Watch tlie repetition Power in the
power OF the Holy Spirit in the demon.
straiion oi the Sutrt and OF power.
able 10 do exceeding shuIdanth owe
/ all that we ask or think according TO the
mower that worketh m us, that " nay
know what Is the exceeding greatness ot
! His power 10 upward who believe accord
ing TO that working OF HIS might which
| lie wrought IN Christ, wEen tie raised Him
| from the dead. and made HIM 20 SIT at
| lis right hand IN heavenly p.9ces.
But power comes through faith. Watch
the priests a. they put their feet IN the
brink of that swollen stream What con-
gong 10 happen. Some say that a. We
grow older we gam more wisdom and
sherefore need not accept less and less the
| revelation by faith Great thcolcglans ac-
| ccording 10 this might hive with very little
] faith. In much the same spirit n rs sup
| posed by many that as we obtain more and
more strength we need less and less OF di.
vine interpostisn and have less and less
need of faith. But let HIM that siandeth
take need lest he fall - A. long a. We i've
on this earth there will be new ,errtory
of wisdom and power TO reach, and new
! Jordans TO cross. w. cannot, Paul de-
elares in Galatians, begin by faith and
| then be perfected IN the flesh. Faith as
| the stretching out OF the hand toward
| Christ must always be a Christian priy-
| ilege
Take your own condition, If YOU are not
a Christian. Ii YOU JOIN a lodge YOU mako
up your mind after examination that YOU
can keep all OF the requirements of the
constitution and pledges You know your
own ability and strength. But when You
| come 10 Christ, YOU do not began by say
ing, Can i or can | not hold out 20 the end,
taking into consideration the powers that
| l now possess. Rather you say. lie has
promised 10 keep that which | commit
unto Him, and therefore | shall hold olt.
lou viii make the conclusion OF Charles
c. tiBney as he went out INTO the woods
| engaged IN a life and death struggle with
| the Holy Spirit. The voice was saying,
| "Nit YOU accept now-,o-dayy' lie went
| ont determined TO give MS heart 10 Christ
| before he came out, and he did But lt
was q promise which he laid hold OF That
promise was: "Ye shall seek Me and find
| Ne when We shall search Tor Me with all
your heart" ils answering faith sad:
| Lord, Thou oanst not lie, | take Thee at
! Thy word, | do search with all my heart
| and | know therefore that ! nave found
| Thee And as he continued IA prayer the
peace OF God came into has heart
Then there are commands and promises
connected with your burdens. Christ said,
! DO not worry over the morrow Can we
keep from worry You have read again
aud again the words. Cast thy burden on
the Lord and He will sustain thee but
note that the margin Of the revised version
says as the other reading for thy burden
that which lie hath gwen thee. aud also
notice that God sustalns not the burden
! but thee" Cast upon God what lie has
| given you 10 bear and He will bear-thee,
and IN bearing thee the burden Will bc a
| blessing, not a curse.
l. prayer a farce Or can the limit Of
endeavor IN prayer be also Gpd's promises!
| "Whatsoever We shall ask III Ny name, It
| shall be done unto you.' Christ declared
TO the disciples as they had stood helpless
before the demoniac boy, This kind COM
! eth not forth save by prayer Beyond
! the reaches of human strength aud wisdom
| ls the domain OF prayer er-achlevement. DIR.
! David Gregg when he was pastor IA Bos-
| ton presided at the iiftieth anniversary of
DR.. Cyrus Hamlin. long of Constantlnople.
! In the year 1851 Mshmoud had issued an
| edIct ordering the expulsion OF all mission.
aries from the empire. The British and
American ambassadors told them that they
must go. William Godell replied 20 Ham.
| Inns statement, "Eamln the Sultan of
| Heaven can change this, let us appeal TO
| Him IN prayer" Together, like IlezekIah
of old, they spread the edct before the
Lord and prayed all night. The next day
Mahmoud died and the edict was never
mentioned. Robert College II the monu-
ment OF the work OF DR. sIiamlIn.
| You, to-day, are thinking especially of
| the work before you How much dare yos
attempt for God2 We must often begin
our duty before we feel conscious OF the
strength. But God gives grace for living
| and dying both and always when we need
IT. Thank God we are coworkers with
| Him. winch means vastly more than that
we are engaged IN the same work or the
same kind OF work. Christ Sald. MY
| Father worketh hitherto and ] work.
| showing that He was SIMPLY carrying out
! the work which His Father was doing.
But lie also said. My Father which
worketh IN Me He doeth the work So
we mean when we say that we are CO.
workers with God, more than that We are
| doing God. work, but that lie Himself -
IN us working an us both 10 will and do
oi HIS good pleasure" Professor Peabody,
OF Harvard. declares that there are three
classes that make problems for ne in so
clety, the "can't.vorkf" " the aged, sick and
defective who must receive gentle and con.
tlnuous consideration; the ont al. works.
able 10 work but temporarily unemployed;
the won't works, ;he professionally ldle.
vagTant. mendicant poor.
In the church there are bat two classes
10 make problems; for there are no cant
works" - every one who cannot take
Sunday-school class or do some other
church service. does work by Christian tes-
timony and Christian living, fret, the
ont OF works" who are willing 10 work
hut cannot find employment, and Tor this
neglect the church - responsible and sec
ond the wont works and God pity the
church that has many Of them. Let us
the will works"
And does some one ask what are the
prospects of success, Let them listen 10
Adonlram Judson. as he says, Tell ts.m
~ much a. there j. an Almighty and
faithful God. who will perform HIS prom
lses. and no more Let us believe tina.
we have but two limits to al of our en-.
deavors, Gods commands and Code prom.
Iscs.