The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-12-24
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FULLNEss OF GODS TbvE.
Whist It Il and How the Christian
May Come to q Realiza-
ton Of It.

NiOW vi tnC iuiinCoo vi 0Ou tOtC IA
Christ? Paul said that he did not
apprehend all for which God had APP
pretended him. He, therefore, pressed
on toward the goal unto the prize of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
The soul which Is rooted and ground
cd in the love of God Is made wise to
apprehend the wonders of the love Of
God. Its breadth embraces all the
races and kindreds and peoples Of
mankind; graciously forbearing all
the human wisdom in comparative re-
ligions; gentle with all the vanities OF
human philosophers; spanning the ne
cessities of this sinful world with the
desire of the cross and the merciful
privilege of repentance. The length
of Gods love fills all eternity; it Is
the abiding refuge of poor and needy
ones from generation to generation;
Interchangeable, the same yesterday, to-
day, and forever; with no variation,
neither shadow that is cast by turn
ing. Gods love is wondrous deep, so
that the Gospel poet cried out:
o the depth OF the riches
Both Of the wisdom and the knowledge OF God:
How unsearchable are HIS Judgments,
And His ways past finding out!
Gods love is the mirror of Himself,
reaching down into the pit OF SIN.
finding the depths of human misery,
dispelling the darkness of human I'M
belief, and casting out our fear. Christ
has shown us this depth of Gods love.
He condescended to our low estate;
He left the excellent glory which He
had with the Father before the world
was; He humbled Himself amid the
heartless humanity; He experienced
sorrows and acquaintance with griefs;
he endured the contradictions of en-
emies; He suffered the travail of shame
and death: He trod the winepress
alone, even forsaken for a moment by
his Father; but He purchased redemp-
ton for us through His vicarious death
at Cavalry. Never until we reach our
home in glory shall we be able to scale
the heights of the love of God. His
love surpasses pureness; it is strong
er than death; 1t is supreme in pow
err: it is extraordinary in dispensation;
1t Is infinitely able to elevate the sin
ner to pardon and peace, to sonship
and heirship. into the power of the life
that Is endless because Christ the
Saviour is without end!
Christian experience is the fruitful
branch of the soul-tree. The entranc-
ing harmonies of Mozart are beyond
the hearing of the deaf The glories
of beautiful garden are beyond the
sight of the blind. So must the love
of Christ be beyond the spiritual hear
ing and seeing of the un-Christian
soul, says Arthur S. Burrows, In Chi
cago Standard The cross is upheld,
but the soul blinded by the god Of
this world cannot see anything In Cal
vary. The Word of God is read, but
the worldly beclouded mind of the sim
ner unsaved cannot hear the sweet
promise of salvation. But the eyes of
the blind are opened by the Spirit of
God the ears of the deaf are un-
stopped by the Spirit of God. The en-
trance of the Word OF God iEto the
soul gives light; the formerly blinded
sinner sees the manifestation of God
in Christ Jesus, and spiritual hearing
awakens to the beautiful song Of re-
demption until the life becomes
hymn of praise. God loves us uLto the
end. God exchanges moral poverty
with spiritual riches. God rewards
our humility with exaltation. Under
the covert of His wings, our weak
ness becomes almighty strength. The
tree that is well rooted and grounded
bears from its shoulders luxuriant and
myriad-numbered leaves; its fullness
is proved by its foliage. The Chris
tian soul-tree has such spiritual full
ness. The fullness of God fills the
life, and the foliage is shelter to a
weary brother, and beauty to nerve
worn traveller. God made His COM
mon tree complete. God makes His
Christian complete in Christ. Prayer
becomes power. Faith becomes forti-
tude. Trust becomes contentment.
Joy Is unconfred. Spiritual digestion
Is unimpaired. Soul health is wealth,
though the pocket has not dollar.
The Bible is the picture of eternal life.
Hope anchors the soul to the everlast-
ing God. His arm beneath the Chris
tian wayfarer means the wayfarer's
perseverance.
God takes the plain things Of this
world and makes them glorious
through His power. He summons from
the ordinary soil the matchless green
grass; He fills the thirst Of the flower
petal; He transforms the blossom into
luscious fruit; He changes the rough
carbon into the brilliant diamond; He
makes the raw metal live with cleo
trio life. Since He does such things
with the inanimate, how much more
will He do things Of loving kindness
and tender mercies with His willing
children. Shall not we all seek His
saving grace, that we may become
such willing children as will grow up
into Him in all things? After the
clouds have passed, and the storm has
ceased, then will God Who has loved
and led us ALI the earthly way. trans