The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-25

hcipeo nm on rne pcsr 4 could, ana sure,
he was a different man. Well. come Sun
day morning, Joe Healey called around to
pay his usual visit. He used to come
every Sunday and bring bottle of whisky
With him. and them two would spree u all
day until they turned the whole house into
a bedlam. Well, saw Heolcy corning last
| Sunday morning. and was afraid IL would
be all up with poor Murphy il he got with
him went down to the door, and when
he asked if Murphy was in ! said. No.
longer SO sent Healey off and saved
Murphy from temptation. But what.
want to know, your reverence, is this, did
I tell lie? i meant that the old Murphy
did not live there any more. You know
Mr.. Moody told us that when a man is
converted he is a new creature; old things
have passed away believe Murphy is
new creature, aud that the old Murphy
does not live any more in that attic
"If any man be in Christ he is new
creation. Old things are passed away; be.
hold all things are become new" After
man makes this discovery he begins to
learn important truths. He learns that he
must now walk, not after the flesh, but af.
ter the spirit. This is by no means an
easy thing to do. / wonder how many
have mastered this art? IT'S one that can.
not be acquired in a single lesson
sometimes think we shall never know per.
fectly how to walk after the Spirit so long
as we bear this body of flesh There is
much Misrepresentation on this point. Not
few have been sorey perpexed and
some have been quite disheartened i'm their
attempts to make the plain facts of their
experience fit certain doctrines taught
from the Scriptures. Here is a typical ex
L..
Christian life. There was no doubt as to
the genuineness of his conversion. He ac.
cepted Christ intelligently. and with an
earnest purpose to give Him loyal serv
ice. He had run the whole gamut of sin.
ful indulgence, but the change in his life
was radical one. He ceased to do evil
and tried to learn to do good. But he was
hinde cred by old habits and tendencies
which still lurked in his flesh. The strug.
gle w2s fierce and he faced it heroically
until one day more severely tempted than
usual he went to his pastor and said: cts
no use, ] might as well give up trying. |
have been guilty Of some of the same old
sins tha. [ used to indulge in, and | won't
be hypocrite, so you can take my name
of the record" The pastor made use OF
his Masters method, and answered the
young man with parable. 1t was the old
story of farmer who was plowing in a
meadow lot. He kept his eyes fixed on
Tree W Jnc idrtner enu OF tne nelu, ana ue-
termined to make his first furrow as
straight as possible. That was to be his
guiding line, and it was his intention to
make each furrow as straight as the first
He succeeded fairly well for awhile, until
q bird flew close to his face and startled
him so that he ierked on the rein with the
result crook in his furrow. Several times
in the course of his plowing he got off the
line, but Just as soon he discovered his
DETECTION he pulled back and got on the
straight line again.
How aptly this illustrates the initia! ex.
perience of child of God. He starts out
with the determination to walk in the
footsteps of his Master. That is the cen.
trail purpose of his heart. His new nature
throbs with single motive of loyalty to
Christ. But in his immature condition he
blunders. he flies into a passion perhaps
or lnduges some old sinful habit. forget.
ting his new relationship with God. and
he makes a crook in his furrow But in
the instant when he comes to himself he
repents of his DETECTION and, fixing his
eyes upon Jesus, he gets back on the line
and tries again. Such deviations from the
line of rectitude often dishearten young
Christians. Their blunders of immaturity
are mistaken for tokens of insincerty.
Walking with Christ in the school of expe.
rienee they will learn that the evidence OF
their LOYALTY to Him in whose footsteps
soute perfection of their walk. The real
test lies in their immediate repentance
and turning back to the line when a de-
Walton or DETECTION has been discovered.
A soul-inspiring truth that one ought to
grasp at the beginning of the Christian life
is that walking with God leads ultimately
to Gods house. A beautiful commentary
on this point was that made by little
girl, as related by DR.. Morgan. of London.
Her mother questioned her about the les.
son learned at Sunday-school. She had
been studying Enoch, and told her mother
that he was a man who used to take long
walks with God And one day they went
for an extra long walk and God said to
Enoch. You are long way from home.
Enoch, and YOU had better come in and
stay with Me-"
II has been truly said that: "Heaven is
sometimes spoken of as a place. admission
to which is gained by some lenient act OF
divine amnesty. People speak of going to
heaven as though it were a concert room
to enter which ticket only is required
Nothing could be more unscrptural
Heaven is not place into which we are
admitted. but place into which We grow.
1t is little short OF foolish the way some
talk of going to heaven when they die
They exclude God from their life on earth
They find no love in His presence here.
Heaven would be a place OF painful i'm.
prisonment."
The felicities of the heavenly country
will be conditioned largely upon our capac
ity to receive. And our capacity to re.
ceve will be determined by our ability to
serve. The service of heaven viii be a ser
vice of love / think we should stiHe in
the atmosphere of heavens love unless we
had learned to breathe in its purity and
live in its beauty here below. One must
learn to keep step with jehovah here and
now ii he would enter upon the Joys of the
divine presence hereafter. Learn to love
what God loves. and hate what God hates
Get in step with Him to-day and let Him
be your companion for life.
"They Shall See God"