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| tndl We want. GoO u-Nlll becomes
concrete and an aid most when il re-
solves itself into loving helpfulness.
A good round of applause may put
heart into the Christian who is work
ing hard for Christ, but ready assis-
| tance from the brethren who watch
SO sympathetically the progress of
his toll will be most benefit 10 the
| harvester OF souls. Love for men in
sin, and words OF approval for those
who are breaking Satan's shackles
from on their lives, arg all well
enough so far as they 60, but unless
the love and approval are expressed
| in willing aid, they are not most OF
use. God always felt and always
does feel for men. the Father ever
has good word for those who are
I, leaving sin behind, but the gift OF
Christ 10 point TO us the way, and
the sending OF the spirit who shall
send us on ahead toward God, are
! more necessary and grateful 10 our
hearts than all Jehovah 5 words of
praise. Appreciation, applause and
approval are good; we'll wishings
and godspeeds are full OF incentive 10
any man; but that goodwill which
assists and aids and helps 10 clear
God is the goodwill which most
brings us cheer. Goodwill is willing
helpfulness.
Faultless. truthful, graceful was
the Lord 80 our lives. And il is be-
cause He WAS without spot or blem-
ish or reproach; because He was the
| cause He showed grace that is suf-
crown Him King Had the Christ
not been without blame; had He not
been the living expression of the
truth that He was; had He failed to
evidence a helping grace, our hearts
could never hail Him as divine.
The first appeal of Jesus to our
| minds is His faultlessness in the dis
| semination of the truth of God; the
next appeal is the absolute consisten-
cy of His actions with His words
The spiritual facts which Jesus
brought TO men deserve and fasten
their attention. For depth In philos-
ophy, for insight into the furthest
reaches Of human life; for clearness
of application of divine truth TO the
needs of men: for explication and
unfolding of those words of wisdom
which point us TO fuller life in God
| the Master is Incompatible. Many
of the teachings of Jesus were not
new in substance, many of His ut
| terances may be paralleled in the
writings of the Old Testament and
| in the teachings OF not few philo-
| sophie leaders of the worlds great
| faiths. But Jesus magnified and
sanctified all the old material that
| He touched, by the way He spirit
! ualiZed ii and turned it up toward
| God. Many of the more prominent OF
| Jesus thoughts We're not new In sub
stance 10 the men and women of His
time; most of them felt and admit
| ted the force of His message no
doubt, so far as they went with Him ;
but the central facts are these: that
Jesus breathed new life and impart-
| ed new meaning TO their old beliefs;
and then lived entirely the life He
preached.
Jesus was faultless, full Of grace
and truth. His faultlessness implied
no blame at all. His was the fulness
of grace; that is to say, He not only
brought men assurance of His power
TO save, by word of mouth. but also
proved by deed His potency and ef-
ficiency. Full OF truth, He lived that
life we should expect. He demon
strated the worth Of His own teach
ings by His own allegiance to them.
Believing that sin was shameful, He
lived q blameless life. Preaching
free forgiveness and the possibility
OF a richer life through the grace OF
God, He proved His own possession
of the grace He claimed to be the
need of men. To Him truth is eter-
nal and Is TO be obeyed Claiming
TO know and to reveal entire truth
| Jesus never balks His own best
| words. How different are we. We
hate sin, We want grace, we love
| truth is fact. And We who have tried
truth. But yet We hug the wrong;
we shut the heavenly glory from our
hearts: we block and balk by action
| the truth we try TO preach. Jesus
| is faultless. His grace is real. His
truth is fact. And we who have tried
the power Of His grace to reform our
| lives and to renovate our souls are
sure that only as we live His truth
are we able TO be found without a
fault
| Full worthy was our Lord to be
| our Savior and 10 receive our trust
and faith The beauty of His mes
sage and His life are past compare.
Nowhere do We find another such a
man. On His divine side He is su-
preme. AS man He is the manifes-
tation of the humanity OF God. Christ
not only spake things but lived them.
The spirit of alteration that bound
the twelve TO Jesus should make US
learn TO love Him more. Entering
into union within Him we may pro-
gress into faultlessness and grow In
wealth of grace and the knowledge
Of the truth.
DR.. Parkhurst has said true word
when he calls attention to the fact
that Christians grow by addition,
not by subtraction" When first We
| think upon IL the statement seems
10 be but half the truth. But do we
/ consider for a moment We will find II
! fair. The accretion by the Christian
\ of spiritual power will drive sin out.
/ There will be no room for evil. The
! life that is drawing close 10 God has
/ no need TO subtract sin. Let tho
heart nav strict attention 10 the work