Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-11

spoken of there has reference 60 tho
people ihnt lived ina Nnah'a day. and
not 90 ua. who 1--we under lho now
oispone1iIun' NJ that ha true. what
business dld Paul have referring 10
II iho iHilh displayed h5 Nash Ga
ihe. building uf ihe ark las not lost
iia power to Inspire and cheer the
Christian 20 today, why sbaaid the
condemnation have spent ha f0roo
away back fhuruf 80. che world In
just aa much under condemnation be-
cause % Noah's faith On God to-day.
aa those were who lived tn mock him
! know there are some who would Hko
tp reltsuio 90 the far-off past the
teachings of TIE uid Testament cone
flderlng them aa an obsolete nropo-
Hltiun. hui iu DO ihiH. would ha io fis
rnuui enc New Testament ~ vol
The frocc ln a Christians ffo 81 found
in me fact that % condemns the world
Nnfdncai. The jew. was rehnfn 10
The blHoicd Hamnn King Ahah said
ho hoted Mlcalah. Che nraphrf ho.
cause be- always NFopheaiod orii Tor
MIN ard not good hut however much
no might have hated him Micainh'r
prophecy came irRa faaafliaa ma
miserable death that Ahab would dlo
The Christian whose llfa IL NOT a re-
doubted
Christ says. Woe unto sou. whon
hll men speak well 90 You so man
can nave the friendship ui everybody
and I'VE rlEnt Oppose a mar lu every.
ihlhs, az Micaiah did AhnD. the king.
aud ho VIII certainly learn 90 hato
you, as Ahab ala Micainh. Noah ln-
Cured the dlsp'caguro and criticism
oi the world ln hi1 dag. because no
butt the ark ON dry iana. claiming
that God had ordered d built Tho
utter disbelief ON the part of the poo
pie fcgafdlnr BIS project made bis
wafulnga seem the more ridiculous.
hui with all thls Noah prosccuio4 q
% completion "Aud became heir OF
lho Righteousness which la by faith"
Faith being tho ground or condition
ui Cody Inheritance aud Noah hO-
Ing in psagesainn of an unahaken
faith Ia God. ho became heir. or tho
recipient Of an that faith represents.
A. a reward Tor n hundred and twenty
years OF faithful obedience fo Gods
commands, ho saw tho world go
down, while no and hia family. with
every comfort OF liio. housed within
the ark which he had built with his
own hands. flOaiod grendly on the
boau mot the rlslnR waters. ll must
have been comforting thought GO
Noah, o. ho locked from the windows
uf the ark, and saw The world Of man-
kind struggling Ia tho throaa of death
remembering that an that was nonr-
81 and dearest 10 him was safe with.
In the vale. We would hardly aup-
pose that he regretted al that tlmo
the many years ton 80 build the ark.
and the many rebuffs with which ho
had mot Ia trying 90 warn lhe people
OF a deiuEe tQ come No doubt but as
be nohold the destruction on the
flc9d, that be folt that ho was doubly
paid for all the EFFORTS that no had
made
And that, TO my mind. WAS bat
prototype Of tho scene that win take
place on that great Gay. when wo
shall au appear at the Judgment bar
or Coz. This shall hg fhe, reMard ~
* ~ ~, ~. 80 lp thaf -istnh lpui. ft-r
their saviour. and vault into heaven,
Watching the world beneath az II
melis with forvent heat, and the un-
Fodly, o. they go down 90 rise no
more. Then achnll we regret our
tolls on aarth, and che contradiction
~ sinnoraI The answer ig. No. no,
oal Happy. too, viii be- che pRronia,
n they. liko Noah. can SEQ on board
the chariot their entire family. ~ n
result % their iab0ra Ny bfthern. lei
ua build according 10 the plan