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Subject. Clothed With Christ.

may be, is essentially Christly. The
apostle advises us to be Chrlstllke
when he points US to Jesus. Neces-
sarily and logically, therefore, we Will
be men who act and live like Jesus
Christi The hymn which runs, Jesus
Christ is my all and in ALL" states the
situation perfectly. Self is glorified
through the losing of self in the
Saviour.
To put on Jesus Christ and to be
clothed upon by Him is to be saved,
to grow from grace unto grace, to be
one of that strong, f~ull-blooded, sane
titled host who. under God, live ana
preach the Christ life. You will no
tice 1 say live and preach, for the
only preaching that is OF value or
that, in the long run, will count for
anything very much, is the preaching
that flows rich and full and free out
of q life that is consistent, that rings
true; out of a heart rich with expert
ence of the glorious joys and POSSIBLE
tiles of the life within Jesus. And
as with the preaching, so also with
all the means by which Gods Gospel
is mediated to men. The only testi-
mony which secures results is that
which springs from a trusted source.
The only word which will strike home
is that which has behind it a conVic-
ton and an assurance that is born OF
experimental knowledge. To preach
Christ with power we must be &C
counted sincere and sure.
The Christ man will be a strong
man. That is to say, he will be full
of force. He may be warped and
drawn physically, as n mighty mes
senger. Of God whom I know, but his
heart is pure, and his mind is clean,
and his soul looks out toward Heaven
through windows thatare not dimmed
by sin.
The man who is clothed by and
with Jesus is a full-blooded man.
His heart beats powerfully, his eye
is clear, his head works quick,
his hand is ready and his step
is firm when sin is to be met
and battled to the death. Without
a culver, a quaver, or even the slight
est fear will he fight against the
wrong. To be sure, he may not be
blue-blooded, as the social standards
of our day set the term. He may
quail to force the unjust combat. He
may refuse to pick a quarrel merely
in order to despoil a people. But
there, there where the fight is hottest
and sin is strongest ~entrenched; there
where the odds are against him and
It seems his God must fail; there, on
the Lords own side, will you find
the man who is clothed upon with
Christ.
But, above all, the man who puts
on Christ continually is sanctifed.
He is being perfected in holiness.
He is in process of attainment In
growth in goodness. Sanctifcation is
not only ~perfectness, but the process
and way to holiness entire. The aim
of the man who is serving is or the
goal. His hand is ever i'll the hand
of God. He w let's policy give the
sidetrack to principle. With him
truth has the right of way and the
clear road always. His motives are
above suspicion. If he falls in the
ace he is still undaunted. For him,
to be we'll up at the end, is ambitions
hope. To keep the faith is his en-
deavor. For Christ and the world"
is his motto.
Put We on the Lord Jesus Christ
and be ye clothed progressively with
Him. Thus shall We learn the high
est service, thus shall We enter into
knowledge of the finest life.