The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-19


! forgetfulness the becoming obiivious
! to those desires and donorndr Of vour
nature. the remembrance OF which
make YOU selfcontained and ,l at
! ease. even miserable and sinful To
become SO. nossess faith. belief In
some personality greater thar vour.
self Belief in anv objective fact or
! person moro imDortant than Yourself
and thev all are. for you are very
| insignificant factor In tho life nroh.
lem. mere atom in the midst of the
sensualities. will produce self.forget
fulness. The greater the object ~ faith
the greater the oblivion NJ self, for
" gives self CHANGE tn expand
along the line of the other person's
excellence. and gradually newer.
larger self takes the place of the old
in your consciousness. II is n fore.
gone conclusion that faith in God
through Jesus Christ. enlarees and
regulates the life as can no other per.
son, for Won are Immediately given
the worthlest Dossihle object on which
TO fix vour attention
Then trust Do not be afraid 70
trust somebody Test. then trust.
More loss comes to us mortals through
under trust than through over trust.
II is hard to believe II. inst as hard
to believe as to believe that sins Of
omission oro more :lnpardonable nj
the hand Of God than sins Of commits.
sion Sins Of omission are so vague
and attenuated that thev cut little or
no figure in our consciousness. We
need to he preached to that these are
the great lack among mortals In the
consciousness Of Almighty God. The
higher and grander the object Of your
trust. the more beautiful the charac.
ter fashioned Really remarkable that
we are so constructed that we can
trust beyond sense perceptions. Il
shows us tn be spirit more than aught
else. The heart in us all was destined
before the foundation Of the earth to
be Gods guest chamber Forbid him
entrance entertain less important
guests. and the spirit is burdened,
and the heart Is sad It Is His resi-
dence, by both creation and redemu.
ton. And still we are such foolish
children not to yield to God and find
rest. eternal rest infinite calm. that
no turmoil in time or eternity can
overthrow. All this helps us to ses
why trust in Jesus produces beauty
in the life. lie was the beautiful life
par excellent" All the virtues bios
somed and emitted fragrance in Him.
Of course, selfforgetfulness is en-.
HANGED and made more sure through
love. And faith and trust always
blossom into love exercised toward n
spiritual object. Love is the peerless
transformer of our life. All else is
medal Lo<c only is ultimate. Love
only is all-powerful to mold like unto
itself. Love God and you become Cod
like Self slips out the same door
that God comes in. They pass each
other on the threshold The evicted
tenant goes out bruised, defeated.
frieudless The victor ruler of our
fate. comes in with all strength of
cheer and grace of ceuntenance. and
all wealth of blessing in His out.
stretched hands. No trouble hence.
forth to forget self. and no difficulty
to be beautiful. In forgetting self
we forget our weakness and failures.
our disappointed hopes and sorrows.
Then the soil is ready for the good
seed to be sown, for truth and right
eousness to grow, for beauty to bios
som.
This array of foundation principles
is hardly complete without self-sur-
render. The give-up principle in life
counts for all. The reason we do
not find is because we are afraid to
lose. We fail to take hold of truth
because We fail to let 90 of ourselves. /
Through obedience we become divine.
All you say, you are beguiling us into
religion. Just so. Did you dream
You could possess beauty Of character
without being religious? We desire to
proclaim nothing other than the old
gospel. But to set it before you in
new dress and under an attractive,
beTitching title A man hearing the
second sermon of this series forced
his way to the pulpit after 1t was
done, and exclaimed u thought you
would be sensational. The subject
looked it, but you everlastingly
preached Christ tonight I am both
disappointed and pleased" Yes. That's .
where the effectiveness of the gospel (
comes in. 1t refuses to be suppressed. /
No topic If the preacher be true. can
strike home, however roundabout the |.
journey 1t takes, without meeting
Christ somewhere in the way. And .
when the meeting takes place, Jesus
always gains the central place, and I
glides into our consciousness as the /
hope Of glory Christs place OF resi- /
dence is in the heart He is the God /
destined Master of Ceremonies. He |
directs the life issues that emanate
from that citadel of attack and de-
fense Let Him in and all is we'll /
Then n Is easy to keep the heart /.
with all diligence. Remember, the (
hearts emphasis is always right. .
Emerson said another lasting thing. !
What the heart deems great is great.
The Master of Men as our Master |
will see to it tha. all the life issues .
will be true and beautiful Sorrow .
win not corrode those outgoing tides .
of affection. Sin will not weaken I
them. Death will not obliterate nor 4
overwhelm them Nor eternity eX- .
haust them God will recognize the |
beauty and exclaim, well done; en-.
ter into the joys of thy Lord"
Wesley's Motto.
John Wesleys motto: Get all you .
can; save all you can; give all you
can" should De taken to heart by .