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for the soul. except a. we learn to-day
20 stand before some grea. eternal
Lord. Where is the master who. as
we come and stand before him. and
enter into his presence 10 receive our
freedom. can give freedom 10 US. who
first OF all can give what you and
need. conscience ia freedom. The
Master unto whom all hearts are open.
from whom 10 secrets are hid, who
Knows il all-the whole story OF our
life. the secret sin and shame. con-
cealed perhaps from others. but not
concealed from Him. from whom no
secrets are hid: the Master who. like
no one else. can give conscience acquit-
tai and start Us afresh in life. grant
Us pardon OF the conscience. or sin and
wrong. Men have always wanted that
forgiveness. and in Jesus Christ they
have found il. and they md IL in Him
to-day. The poor outcaSt sinner upon
the streets of the city goes 10 stand
before Him. not like the servant in the
story OF the text. 10 condone and ex-
cuse his sin. but 10 acknowledge his
fault and to receive forgiveness. And
that voice speaking TO man. ringing
down through all the ages. is speaking
to them to-day. saying. "Go in peace.
and TO the SHINING woman. Neither
do l condemn thee. go and sin no
more"
With us ordinary and commonplace
persons. is there not some little spot
In our hearts where. in loneliness. we
dwell where the heart cries out for
sympathy for some one tn stand beside
it: and il Is not until il learns TO co
aud stand before Him. unto whom
all secrets are known-Jesus Christ
the Master-that this sympathy and
fellowship is found. Conscience free
dom giving. heart freedom giving. and
then soul freedom giving. where the
soul seems to reach the home to which
il belongs and 10 find its greatest lib
erty in the bosom OF the Eternal
When once We come upon the limita-
tons of a person. some one has said. IT
Is all over with him. Has he knowl-
edge. enterprise. ability, it boots not;
no matter how attractive he was yes
terday. how great an inspiration, he
seemed like a limitless sea: but we
have found bis shore, and found it a
pond, and we care not IL we never see
him again. Not so with Jesus Christ.
We never fnd Him out. He is always
beyond us. and the nearer and closer
we come to Him. He il still beyond us,
like some great path of golden light
shining down upon US across the race
of the dark and troubled waters from
some far off horizon line where earth
and heaven seem to meet and where
the soul finds its true liberty, It's free
dom its true dwelling place in Jesus
Christ the Master Is it not so? Let
human experience testify end answer
| how 1t is that Jesus Christ has seemed
to raise up the soul that is cast down
| to its freest fellowship in God.
That is true human freedom, and
| not until we find it there will we fnd
it anywhere--not until we go in and
stand before the Master. Thus you
and |. if our Christian life is TO have
sincerity and honesty Cf purpose. III
| il is TO have growth and development
| in it-yea. more, If it is to have peace
| and power and freedom in it. that is
what you and must try to do. day
after day. through all our life on
| earth. until at last. when the day of
| life is over and the busy world is
huShed and the evening shades come
and the twilight gathers around us
| and lifts us into the cloud TO be seen
| Of men no more. then If any one should
! ask: Where is he? Where did h,
| go" the answer will seem to come
"He went in and stood before his
! Master.