The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-20

IN other words, he is baptized with the
Holy Ghost aud with fire. This opens
III the way to the next heading.
Ill. The woody hbres produced in
the interior of the palm tree are reg
ularly pressed outwards. giving uni
formity Of thickness throughout. 1t is
therefore straight and very lofty, al
ways growing upright. and has not
failed to attract the attention of writ
crs in every country where 1t Is in
digenous.
II the palm tree Christian is saved,
sanctifed and baptized with the Holy
Ghost, he must work this salvation out.
so that there may be uniformity of
thickness between his profession and
possession. He must therefore be
straight in all his dealings with the
children of men. \ great many Chris
tans are in doubt as to whether their
lives are straight or not; now the only
way 4 man can tell whether he has n
yard of cotton or not is to place the
supposed ward of cotton alongside of
the yardstick, and il the one is Just as
long as the other he comes to the con-
clusion that he has yard of cotton.
The only way man can tell whether
his life is straight or not Is to place
himself alongside Of the Word of God.
Take for instance the passage found
in Matt. 5;44: Love your enemies"
Now someone will say. Il can forgive.
but l never can forget" Well, then.
you are not straight. Another viii say:
II can forgive and forget but | can
but | can never love them" Well,
then, you are not straight. Love your
enemies" Someone says 1T does
not mean that" \ minister. while
preaching. quoted the verse: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart" etc, and then said: 1T
does not mean that, for no man can do
that; but it means we are to try and
do It," How would that brother like
to put "try" before all the other COM
mundments? Would he be willing
next Sunday TO get up before his peo-
pie and say the Bible says: Thou
shalt not kill" but of course it does
not mean that, sor no man can live
without killing; but it means YOU are
to try and not kill. The Bible means
what 1t says or else it does not mean
anything.
". The palm tree is an evergreen.
at grows slowly but steadily, unin-
fuenced by those alterations of the
seasons which affect other trees" 1t
does not REJOICE overmuch in winters
copious rains. neither does it droop
under the drought ana burning sun of
summer, nor can the importunate
urgency of the winds sway it aside
from perfect uprightness
Someone has said there are four
Glasses of Christians: 1st The sleepy
| Christian, who wakes up to everything
when it is too late 2d. The fair
weather Christian, who serves the
Lord when the sun shines Sd. The
grasshopper Christian. who takes a
leap every revival 4th. The palm
tree Christian, whose path is as the
shining light. which shineth more and
more unto the perfect day. One of
tie great troubles in the Christian
Church Of to-day is that there are too
many grasshopper Christians who are
greatly warmed up in Il revival meet
ing, but after the meeting is over be-
come cold and Indifferent. The palm
tree Christian must set his face like
n flint" for he processes to be follow
ing Christ and doing as Christ would
do under every circumstance, and
while it is true that everything
/ changes he must never change from
/ the highway" to the broadway"
/ When he is plowing and the plow-point
strikes stone, he is a Christian
When the COW gives a pail of milk and
then kicks it over, he is a Christian.
When he is putting up stovepipes in
the fall, he is n Christian. When they
are taking up the missionary collec-
tion, he is a Christian. In all places,
at all times without a single holiday,
not even election day. under all cir
cumstances, and at all costs, he is a
Christian.
V. From antiquity the palm tree has
been regarded as the choicest of fruit
trees. 1t has been known to produce
600 pounds Of dates in a year. Its
fruit is abundant, pleasant, medicinal
and eXhilaratlng;" those who only
know the cate from the dried specimen
shown beneath labelin shop windows,
can hardly imagine how delicious they
are when eaten fresh Piny says:
when they come from the trees they
are so delicious thatthey are eaten most
greedily." 1t is staple article of COM
merce, and n MOslem tradition says:
"They are the chief of all the fruits
Of the world"
Ii the life of the palm tree Christian
testfes to the fact that he is saved
and sanctitied, and that there is moth
ing more transient about it. he Will
not only have the fruits of the Spirit,
but shall teach transgressors the ways
Of the Lord and sinners shall be con-
yerted. During the last few days
have read so much about the palm
tree that | have a perfect hunger for
dates, and it seems as though l cannot
wait until 90 to town and get some.
The palm tree Christian has hunger
for souls Moses said "If Thou wilr
not forgive their sin, blot me- 1 pray
Thee, out Of Thy book" Paul said:
He could wish himself accursed from
Christ for his brethren" John Knox
said: "Oh God. give me Scotland. or
| die" Is there any fruit so delicious
TO our souls as leading others to
Christ? Oh, brother, sister, Lift up
your eyes and look on the fields, for
they are white already unto harvestw
Begin to-day and gather this fruit unto
life eternal.
/ VI. The palm tree grows under
heavy weight and pressure. Natural.
lists say it grows when it is most
| pressed down. You cannot keep 1t
down, OF make It grow crooked, even lf
/ you lay heavy weights upon it.
/ So il lis with the palm tree Chris
tian; the more you try 10 keep him
/ down. the more he grows. Inc Jews