The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-03-09

} w. B. Wright. For they shall be
} filed" not by the destruction of the
desire, but by its satisfaction They
shall be filled with that for which they
hunger.
Lesson v. Fifth Beatitude.--Y. 4
Blessed are the merciful." Mercy is
near Of kin to love. 1t is love to the
needy, the troubled the sinful even
those who have wronged us. 1t re-
lieves spiritual want and darkness as
well as temporal; would give the Cos.
pei to the heather as well as food to
the hungry. For they shall obtain
mercy" From man and from God.
Like begets like. The echo is like the
original voice. But most of all do we
need Gods mercy. And showing mercy
to others proves that we have state
OF heart which makes 1t safe for God
to forgive us.
Lesson vi. Sixth Beatitude.-V. 8.
Blessed are the pure in heart" Pure,
sincere, unmixed with evil or imper-
fection in motive, purpose and love
Seeking Gods kingdom with undi-
vided heart" For they shall see
God" There must be a likeness Of
nature and feeling, in order to under
stand another. So only the pure can
see a pure God. The impure, the bad,
cannot even see him, much less enjoy
him. They do not understand his ma
ture. They do not know the meaning
Of his character. They are color
blind. The selfish do not believe that
unselfish love exists The vile do not
believe there is real purity. They can
not see. Seeing God, understanding
him, realizing his character, in perfect
sympathy with him, and hence dwell
ing in his presence Is blessing
whose full meaning is beyond concep-
ton.
Lesson VII Seventh Beatitude. ".
8. Blessed are the peacemakers."
The active, heroic promoters of
peace in world full of alienation,
party passion, and strife /" Exp.
Greek Test. This does not mean that
we are not to oppose that which is
wrong or disturb the quiet of corrup-
tion and crime. Nothing is settled
till it is settled right. There can be
no peace to the wicked Our first
duty, therefore, is, at any cost Of dis
turbance, to get things where peace is
possible, So the Gospel, Matt 1924,
but always with peace as the object.
They shall be called the children"
(better sons, full grown "of God"
Because they are like the Father.
They inherit his nature, and being
children. are also heirs of God, of his
home, his joy, his blessings, his love.
God is ever seeking to bring peace
to men. The very song Of the angels
at the birth of Christ was Peace on
earth" Jesus and the Holy Spirit |
are ever seeking to reconcile men to
God. The Gospel ever brings peace, |
restoring the lost harmony Of the soul
with God and with nature and with /
itself The reign Of the Gospel will
be the reign Of peace, peace that
passeth understanding"
Note That the virtues of the Beat
itudes are manly and heroic virtues.
They pertain to genuine manhood, and
require muscular Christianity"
The rewards are not arbitrary, but
are the fruit of the characters to
which the reward is given. Grapes
will not grow on thistles"
Lesson VIII A Lesson of Comfort
and Courage for those who try to live
the Beatitudes in an evil world.-Vs.
1nl10 Tb0co xx,bo live tta noati+,doc
are almost certain to receive some
kind of persecution. 10. BLESSED are
they which are prosecuted for right
sake" who are such posi-
tive factors in making the world good
that they arouse the hatred and OPP
position of bad men, as described in
verse II.
Note that there are two conditions.
G) 1T must be for righteousness
sake for my (Christs)
sake" (v. 11) So far as we use bad
methods, or censorious language, or
passion, or false denunciations. we
lose the blessing. Many person has
been prosecuted more for his un-
Christly way Of reform than for the
reform itself. (2) 1t must be false
W." The charges against us must be
Untrue. Persecution and suffering in
themselves do not inherit the bless
ng.
10. For theirs is the kingdom of
u. Great is your reward in
heaven" They have proved that they
lave the kind of virtue which belongs /
o heaven, which makes heaven, here i
md hereafter. After the battle comes t
he crown of victory, afteie faithful
less in doing well comes the benedic- {
ion, Well done; enter into the joy Of j
our Lord. The larger part of their t
eward must of necessity be in the !
uture. Their cause will succeed. {
their endurance Of persecution proves Il
heir fitness for the reward. The per y
ecution itself developed their char 4
cter, enlarged their goodness, made J
higher heaven possible. For so 4
ersecuted they the prophetr which Q