The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-06-24

unto Ne al We that labor and are heavy
laden and i VIII give yea rest II Is lie
who saws, i am come that We might have
lie and that We might have Il more abun-
daatiy' IL : He Who speaks 20 rs IN our
sorrow and SAYS. Come with your sin and
shame. come with your sadness and d.ssp-
polniment. come with your heavy trial aud
God with us, now - give MS the victory.
God with Us. now, 10 forgive our sins. God
with rs now. 70 give Us heaven IN our
conseorated labor FOR Him.
! would that these words OF Jesus which
We are considering might live IN your
heart, as | try 10 have them live IN my
heart as words spoken now. tonight, by
the everything. ever-loving Father, How
common u Is Tor Us 10 think of God our
Father as far removed IL may be because
OF our training. bat however we may ac-
count for il. the fact remains that many OF
- fail 10 realize that God - dealing with
Us now Just a. intimately md just as gra-
ciously as He dealt with the great prophets
OF old. How many OF Us carry about with
us the sense OF Gods Do we have the con.
viction OF Gods abiding nearness wherever
we arey Ii not, the greatest blessing OF
hie has been missed. There i nothing
more needed to-day than truer, larger,
more Scriptural idea OF God. We need 20
realize HIS abiding nearness. But We need
10 forget the old idea OF an unapproach-
able God. j recaa the words oi Henry
Drummond. that great teacher. who, dur
lng his short HE. won so many men 20
Christ. Il remember very well. he saws,
the awful conception of God j GOT wnen
] was a boy. ! was gwen a book of
Watts hymns. which was illustrated, and.
among other hymns there was one about
God. and u represented a great black,
scowling thunder cloud, and IN the mld>t
Of that cloud there was a piercing eve,
That was placed before my young magma
ton as God. and | got the idea that God
was 4 great detective. paying the spy
upon my actions and. as the hymn SAYS,
writing now the story OF what little chi..
dren do. That was bad lesson. II has
taken years 10 obhterate n, And | :ear
most OF u have had 20 go through s,m-
liar experience before we have been rid OF
the terrible God OF childhood. the far
away God OF childhood. and come into the
spiritual conception of the everywhere
present God OF the Bb.e.
Now u Is tins verywheTe-present God,
our Father, who seeks our life 20 save Il.
He wants our life now, tor without God
life j. a living death. With God. life l.
growth, development - heaven now and
heaven hereafter Without God II is De.
teroration, atrophy, death. Here are two
facts which our own experience confirms
as true. We need 10 realize, therefore,
that there Is never a time when God the
Father is not near us 10 lead US INTO HIS
lie. In the hour when YOU feel the stir OF
divinity within YOU, IN the hour when con-
science speaks and says, be a nob,er man.
4 purer man. truer man, IN that hour 1T
Is God which worketh IN you Possibly
1t was but yesterday that YOU spoke the
unkind word that wounded devoted
heart, or gained your point IN business 10y
running your fellow man, or committed a
sin that leaves q bot on the scutC heon, but
aiterward, unless your heart IS already
dead, you heard still small voice plead
ing with you 10 repent your evil way and
live better, higher life. IL was God
which worketh IN YOU
Multiplied are the experiences in which
God j. speaking 10 our souls and many OF
us have never heard the voice. Ears have
we but we hear not. We have eyes but we
fall TO see. There are great crowds who
tramp,e upon the beautiful violet. never
thinking that they have one OF Gods
sweetest thoughts under their heel. There
are myriads OF stolid eyes which look up
ward 10 the stars but see not Gods glory
IN the robed beauty of the sky. There are
multltudes who stand beneath the magnih-
cent blue vault OF heaven, gazing upon
some gorgeous sunset, never dreaming that
God lighted the fire. And beyond number
are they who fail 10 feel the presence OF
God IN the ordinary experiences OF life
Ny friends, God wants our life. Do some
thing with your life. Let your energy,
your talent, your service be for God your
Father. BE not so concerned TO save your
soul rs to save your life. Give God your
lie and He will sanctIiy your soul.