The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-29
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ana is become His kindtedS Ills nearest
and dearest. II "A 4 e. 81 s V!
Hank ana RELATIONSHIP ore lghtly = ret ll I
bned things 81 iiioniert. Il They involve OF
much hot only u privilege. but 81 81 Il
lfeption and synipntliysrc be8srelate 81
Itoithe great of this world TO have foy y115
|btopd M our veins, tiia is ono of mans -
Highest boasts How lruch more, theii,
Ito be related Il to the King % Kings e
Earthly relationships fade away but THIS
wifi last foreveri,ore. is At, last
tng ana eternal bond. III \, n IA gt
f It'll delivers from I'LL that is earthly ana ana
vun. It ID only by tn fcrtiat 81 OF the
higher knstnanstip that are severed by s'1
from the drag Of tho cartinl and common.
We are ny It set free from the bondage s
and tolls ana vanity Of earth. II brenks
tho very chains Of hell and fts$ ils con-
tisua1ly higher. 5I s 5SssSt9
AI1t is d grating into the living stem q OF
the vine. It not only saves us from de-
struction but y links us to life and JOY
lie whose kinsnan we become qulok tens
ana euvesyus. All TINT He has becomes e, i
Ours. HIS rank property, rights lionorts.9
future. W Our interests are l,encefor'ttll1i33
bound up with Ills foroverrlore 1s He He
IA Son /? So do we become. Is I1o m heir?
So do we become He Is a Kin 81 and we We
shall reign with Him w Jnro made
partakers with Christi II, 81 things, hin a
AS many DIS received Hin, to them 171
gave no power to become the. 4s sons i, OF Of
God, ever, 40 them that believe on 4 II 37A
Name. .'IIe that believeth y i1at 4 Jesus
"a the Christ ID born OF God 23A Thus We
have the format Ion Of the new tlo de- y
clared TO- Us Not pra yer nor n re- rlf1fl-
ton, nor even repentance, but Sin. simply 4
our reception OF Christ; this is nlliT q
rest swillsfolow as surel as day follows 1,,A3
night. This viii introd uce Tie Ct once
Into the new relationship the new y' RANK ran
tho new position ana glory The 8recep74
ton Of JESUS as theS Son of God 5is the
one link that binds us to God and tbrin g
u.s. into His family making 1l l partakers g
Of the household OF faith, wIth5snl tle|r5
privileges and llonors.
Acceptance Of Jesus Dost thou know
that, o MANI Accept nceSo ~ sua, sac-}l
a cc,onrdlng to tho Fathers testm thu 3iss
all Hast thou received Film, the Lamp
Of God God manifest In he flesh
not thou art not His kinsman
And Ii ow is this klnshp Tested y 7 BY
d life Of service. doing the Father 9 w u
our first act OF faith was our first' doing
Of that will. Our whole subsequent 9a l u,
is doing 1t, and In doing It, we make
manifest whose We are and 70 " HON y 9
belong. I. & ys j3 " Ss
Il n ere jSthen, we / have tho test stof our
Ghristianity--a life OF Divine well ON g.
Let & us try ourselves, and thus openly
identify ourselves with our Father II & n
|{TIeaven. II 81 7s .sSl5..
Are our hearts doing the Fa Tiers will !?
l5Is that viii our will 33ssi.. & IA EgS
Are our; intelle cts doing Ills vii? At In
|. the present day mans Intellect s8utterly
In revolt against God. 8 Has ours, l' been 1ss!'t
brought into glad subsection
a re q ur purposes doing His will !? ach3
|5day is Full Of purposes and schemes ss
What are these Earthly or heavenly 'e'rll
Holy or unlioly? 5s n
lis. our life doing His will Life be jitf
long or short, Is made up of many parts.
What the nature Of these u myriad
things which make up what We call on
daily life il III II,
rs our family life doing the Fathers
will? And dc we, by the way we reeu'-
Late It, show that we are kinsmen Of the
! ,.iuf2
Is our business y life doing Ills WHIP
Have we taken God into partnership
with us Are all our methods and trans
actions regulated by a sense OF His pr s-
fence ana a desire for His upproyal 5Fss
Thus let us test oursel yes. And iremem-
Der, not he that, saith Lord, Lord, but
he that doeth the VIII Of our Father in
Heaven. Of him It is said, the same is
my brother and sister and mother
Tho July numbe T. Of the Old Jan,est own
Digest contains as its leading article a
paper on the Colonial History Of Yir-
ginla," illustrated with appropriate pic
lures, "Recollections OF q Chlld's Life
on a Cotton Plantation Before the War
| by Mrs. j. IL Too,ner. Is thor eontrt-
butlon Of note. a poem descriptive
article dealing with the cities Of Tide
water and suburban resorts. an account ' t,
! of the dedicatioH!5ot a nemoral column
and some editorials complete the num- num-
Der. The Old James owl, Digest Is pub
llshed at Portsmouth under the editolt
ship of Mrs. Roderick Trlpllcct Z.
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I've are for cunningham tor good and
sufficient rcusons, and are a. ways ready
bur We hayosfiielther5 the intention nor
| the inclination 10 Initiate the Atlanta
newspapers whatever other Alabama
contemporaries may do. IN ont gomoryfA "a :
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