The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-01

BY WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.
Few persons actively reject and OPP
pose Christ. He has not many pro-
nounced enemies in the world. Men do
not cry out against Christ as did the
rabble at the CrucifxiOn. Nevertheless
they just as truly reject him by ignoring
him. It is a real rejection of Christ to
be Indifferent to him, to give no heed to
his will and no consideration to his
claims If we are crowding Christ out
Of our life by petty, temporal interests,
if we have no time for him, we must be
c1assed in the company of those who
reject the Lord of life.
They who reject the Son must reckon
with the Father.
There are no halfway choices in mat
tiers of the kingdom. We must be for or
against. We cannot be undecided
Strikers and towards, time without
number, have tried to follow this course,
but without avail They who will not
stand up for Christ must stand against
him
Satan counts the undecided as on his
side.
How may we know God? There are
many schools in which this knowledge
is to be gained; indeed, all of life is but
an opportunity for finding out about
GOD. Inc pest kllOWlE0SG VI 1OQ
though, comes through Jesus Christ
who is the image of the invisible
God We cannot know the Father
Alright except through the Son. He
came to be the revealer of God. to
manifest himself in manner that
make the acquaintance of Jesus Christ
is to arrive at a knowledge of the
Father.
The eyes of the naughty are holden,
that they may not see God.
Black and white cannot be mingled
without destroying the character of
both Ink and water mixed lose their
distinctive Offices, both as ink and as
water. So worldliness and spirituality
are incompatible in Christian. We
cannot walk the way of the world and
live the life of heaven. knowledge of
God is a boon reserved for the spirit
ually minded, for spiritual things are
spiritually discerned.' When we seek
the acquaintanceship of God, we must
do so to the exclusion of all that is not
IN harmony with that purpose World
~ aims must be surrendered, worldly
ideals be crucif1ed, before we can at
tain the bliss that belongs only to
friends of the living God
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One of the most suggestive pictures
in sacred art portrays the Saviour as
SIanOlnR at the door OF q human nSdII,
knocking for admittance. There he
stands, knocking and waiting, with an
ineffab1e sweetness on his brow. He is
not driven away-but he is not admit
ted He is truly rejected and despised
when we refuse to let him in. Inaction
is a positive reputation.
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When we spurn the Saviour we gain
nothing and lose everything.
Think for an instant of the things we
accept instead Of Jesus. The room that
belongs to him we give to foolish
pride, to vain pleasures to worldly
ambitions and to petty seldshness=all
trihes of a day. The insignificance and
unimportance of the interests for the
sake of which We reject Christ should
Startle US.
Even this worlds vineyard is never
won by spurning its true Lord.
It may seem slight thing to refuse
to accept him who pleads for entrance
into our hearts. Yet the worst of sins
is this rejection Of the Saviour It is the
one sin that shuts men off from saliva
ton. We cannot commit a greater
wrong to our soul or to God than to
shut our life against our true Master.
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Our need is not for more opportuni-
ties, but for clearer vision.
# we saw Christ better we would
serve men more.
After the vision must come the SER
vice. God does not give us special priv
ileges without reason. They are meant