The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-02-05

he absolute insependsnss ~ Gol. su~ly.
the = not Gods idea.
The true way al looking upon our rsla-'
t.on g. Clh 81 - ;i,a' N> ffesfncc si'itn
our he-rs ss..f stht s'res. as"enSrsy 30
.6,ar sSE eai !y Sn.rSis,Ic SSisna.
u. vsahzIH \ sintil with Augustine We
,an say. Ne ~,li ou, tod works ne
willing; We work, but Go0 works The
working.
Philippians, ?; Il, Is has often been mis-.
understood Ii SAYS Work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling. For :
is God which worketh IN YOU both. 20 vi
and 10 OF His good pleasure To work
out does not mean 20 work .nto outward
expression what God puts within MS, hut
as Il literally means, 10 achieve Tor sa,-
walton Is an achievement a. well as being
az the same time 4 giit. Nor does Z mean
that We are 10 work in Pauls absence.
The possibility Of working out our saliva
tlon rests upon the fact that God = with.
IN. 50 that we can will and do ot HIS good
pleasure. Thus, viii = no; an l-strument
which we can turn from side 10 side. and
which when necessary God can use; 70 IS
ourselves acting That which God does is
not our act unless God works through our
wills.
The possibilities OF such an empowered
lie are divine. We need not be pertec-
uouists aud still believe as we ought that
Christs grace is sufficient for rs. Many
pretend 10 believe n. and do not live u.
They worry, they fret, they give up. The
most ol us seem 20 think that the normal
Christian life is 20 rise and iail Ike the
tides. Vet Paul says. There hath no
temptation beiallen you but such a. b. com.
mon 20 man; but God is faithful. who will
uot suffer you 10 be tempted above that
We are able, but Will with the temptation
also make way oi escape, that ye may
be able TO bear II,
Christ within also makes al living "a.
cred We have made sad divisions among
objects We have divided space into holy
and unho,y, and declared tnat God could
be found only IN certain places, which had
been oonseCrated. We have divided time
INTO holy and secular. declaring that We
would serve Goa on the sabbath and con-
duct our business and amGsements as We
pleased the rest OF the week. We have dI-
Nlded money into two parts. We have SAID
that the giving O. the one.tenth, or one
twentieth TO God justified MS m the claim
OF unlimited freedom IA the disposition
Of the rest. We have divided up persons,
and put a certain class OF peop.e called
priests, ministers, missionaries, upon ped
estals, declaring that the standard of con.
duct Tor them differed from the standard
for others, and that their work was espe'
cldily religious.
green grass may be the chancel carpet aud
the trees the massive pillars and the sky
the dome, II below there l. heart pray
ing IN spirit and truth An time - sacred.
The Monday should be as much devoted 90
Gods service as Sunday, and the Office and
the store should be az much shrmcs OF
devotion as the closet All money j. "a.
cred, and the money spent upon the nee
ossaries OF life, upon business and pleasure
should be spent with equal consciousness
as upon the church All Christians have
Christ within them, and they should ann
10 obJectity HIS life. There IS nothing We
need to-day quite a. much as the ChIls-
tianl2ation of the secular hie.
Then at last, the Christ within is the
source OF final holiness. Christ al last
is to present Us holy and unblamabc, and
lrIeprovab,e IN His sight,
SIN does two things for vs., separates
"a from God and dis lsts our LatuTc. When
we are forgiven we are restored 10 the d.
vine fellowship. But what about the ct
iects of sin upon our nature: See the
scars upon the tree .nd what the lie Of
the tree does for 1t. Listen TO what Paul
says: Il am perplexed until Christ be
formed within you As Christ had HIS
Betn,chem, His Nazareth, HIS Ohvet. so
does He again in His remCarnatIon have
HIS Bethlehem, His Nazareth, His Ohvet.
Who knows why one plant grows INTO the
gcIdnlum, ana the OlncI INTO the rose j he
type is something more than the ideal pre-
sented for the imitation OF the plant 1t
X an informing life.
think IL was the last thing that DR..
4 =. Gumbert wrote for the Examiner:
Among the Dutch the rose was sometimes
cultivated by planting an inferior rose
close TO rose OF superior variety. lhe
rose OF inferior quality w?s carefully
watched and anthers removed TO avoid
self pollenlzation the object being that
It should be pollenized by the superior
rose. Gradually the rose thus treated took
upon itself the characteristics ot the supe'
rlor life of its companion. So, our Ivos
are pollenzed as 1t were by lis righteous.
ness.
Thus Christ within becomes 20 us the
source Of divine companiOnshIp. of power
for achievement, OF the eXaltatIon of con.
duct, of final holiness lie who wishes
TO plant hope within ms own heart OF such
prospects, should begin and never cease
exercising faith IN Him who loved us and
gave Himself to die for ".