The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-08

people, as illustrated by that word pie ture of His own: T am the vine, ye are the branches The same spirit permeates every part from the root to the outermost point, helping the young est and most tender member to say, For me to live is Christ" The mod ern cry.of Back to Him." is not al- together an unnecessary one. We recall method of testing which He laid down one day. Herein is my Father glorifed, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples" By what standard do we measure the Christian of to-day? We hear not a little-and rightly too-about membership in the true church. Is it saying over much that those who make it their boast that they certainly belong thereto should make it their care to see that their lives-gauged as above-corrobor- ate the statement? In other words, should not those who make the claim of the closest relationship show forth the closest likeness to Christ? Our Lord i came to manifest the Fathers will to the world, and we cannot help noticing how pre-eminently He declared Him. self. A person, not a proposition-I am the way, the truth and the life-I am the light of the world-I am the bread of life, and so on. St. John re-echoes the truth in the first chapter of the gospel bearing his name when he said, ITO as many as received Him to them gave He power to become the sons of God''
 How fully He entered into the life and varied experiences of men when he was on earth True, we find Him now and again seeking the mountain-top and spending the time alone in prayer, but this in preparation for service amongst those to whom He would minister. Is there a cheerful occasion when we may get a glimpse of Him? Yes, wonder at Cana of Galilee, when He graces the marriage feast with His presence and Eparticipates in the joy of the guests Is it a sad occasion, and we may find Him-for answer-behold Him in the chamber of death where lay the maiden for whom he wrought such work oi restoration. Watch Him as one day he i sees a funeral procession vending its solemn way out of the city of Main I Does He turn away Is there any sign
 of a desire to avoid it? No, to the con
 trary, his place is there and He draws
 near. Look at Him yet once again as
 He stands and weeps by the side of
 a grave. It is the tomb of Lazarus
 We know that He was to be seen where men rejoiced and where they mourned
 where they were sick and where they
 were sad, where they toiled and where they were weary, and where they were
 wayward and sinful and all these con. ditions were made better by His pres ence. His coming intensified pleasures already existing. He gave comfort to the sorrowing and health to the sick and life to the dead as well as for
 giveness to the sinful. We find Hin
 with the rich and with the poor-witf the well and with the weak-with tho young and with the old. There was nt
 place where His influence could no
 penetrate not even the sealed sepul
 chre was proof against it.
 Is He in the world to-day? Yea, yer fly. He who is with His own always must be with them everywhere. The.
 are His whether in life or death. Thei
 day by day rejoice in His nearness, ant
 when you anticipate the future, let n'
 fear possess you. Listen to His graci
 ous voice and have nope full of i'm mortality. CT am the resurrection ant the life; he that believeth in Me thougl he were dead yet shall he live" H. would have us think of Him often, ant submit to Him willingly. trust Him i'm plicitly, rely upon his love and care al ways, and by so doing it shall not b difficult to say:
 Whether we live therefore or die : we are the Lords"