The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
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 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, say ing, Command the children of Israel when ye come into the land of Canan -" Your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin, along by the coast of Edom and as for the western border. ye shall ever have the great sea for a border And this shall be your north border from Mount Hor unto the entrance of Klamath. And ye shall point your east border from Iasan Enon to Shephan, and the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea."--Num. xxxiv. 1-12.
 Life is marked all over with boun- dary lines. Very subtle and delicate things are these boundaries often times. They are invisible Are not the greatest things invisible. as well as the best and most delicate and tender? Show me the line of love! There IS no line to show. Here the conscience comes into active play. When the con science is dull or selfish there will be much dispute about boundaries; but where the conscience I sanctitied by the power of the cross and alive to God, large concession. noble interore- tation and willingness to give or take, to arrange and settle. will be the rule.
 We put imaginary lines upon the globe itself; the points of the compasE cannot touch them, yet there they are. and present to the spiritual sight. Rights Of a powerful and enduring kind are based upon what may be called Imaginary lines. sSometimes we are brought very near to the territories naked eye to distinguish between mine and thine.
 What a difference in boundaries One is from the great sea-" There is so much sea" in some peoples lot, and what a boundary it is! We cannot cut 1t up into acres. nor reap from 1t harvest, 1t is great, melancholy un- responsive, pitiless. Is not this the case with many? Another is toward the SGnrising." That is an inheritance where all is growth and pleasantly. We cannot wholly cut of the north and southeast. Some one must have that outlook. Yet, even here, Gods foot prints may be found Yield not to ioice, that our brother live at the south, and that on their garden eff not on ours) the morning sun shines with a joyous benediction.
 We cannot get rid of boundaries. Entire equality is impossible. "one star differeth from another star m glory and one man differs from an- other in mental scope and power. God has made 1t so. But hold out for all the bright spots in your life; add up all the excellencies of your lot; sum up all the adVanta ges you possess. and YOU will be astonished at the result
 Boundary is disciplinary. Who would not like to expand? But to be kept within our own lines strictly: to bulla and tend our altar steadily there, and to confess that "the. earth Is the Lords and the fulness thereof" and that whether. man has much or little, he may be Gods child. Gods servant. and Christ's faithful tollower-that IS the highest discipline. and 1t Is possi- ble for every ono.
 Boundaries are suggestive. Every boundary simply means your last es- tate will be a very little one--- a small grave in the cemetery will be your final dwelling place. 1t is impossible to exclude the thought from our best reckoning. There Is an appointed time to man, as well as an appointed place, on the earth. And he Is a wise man who remembers this fact. and conducts himself accordingly. He who would live Godly let him fetch his last day with him." truly said the wise divine For the grave can be made beautiful. A man may he so live that when he is dead, men may see how he gloriheA God. and desire to follow in his steps For he has entered the boundless land where every man shall have as much as he can receive. and still feel that he has not begun to receive the In. 6nife possibilities of the eternal life
 There are boundaries in time. This year is speeding away to join those al. ready gone. The long and full reeorH is almost compl lete-hoW will we stand when the Book Is finally closed? We are one year nearer to eternity; when shall that eternity be spent?