The Red Cloud chief., 1908-02-07

into eternity without hope no hope
beyond. Sin and not death destroys
men. The believer loves To sing,
''Soon the delightful day will come
When my dear Lord shall bring me
home,
And | shall see His face,
And there with my Savior, Brother,
Friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend,
Triumphant in his grace"
The believer rests from present sim
ming. Not Respondent and downcast
with the thought that with every
breath he sins. lie rests upon Gods
word, I John 3:6: "Whonoever abideth in
him sinneth not; whatsoever sinneth
hath not seer Him neither known
him" To say that the Chr istian sim
meth all the while is not scriptural.
by sin we mean MISUNDERSTANDING
transgression of Gods law. And a
person who deliberately and willingly
sins is not Il Christian, for his moral
attitude is wholly wrong. This is not
true of the believer in Christ. lie may
sins, and if he does sin he must repent.
Sins once forgiven are wiped out. gone,
buried 'AS far as the east is rom
the west, SO far has lie removed
our transgressions from us" The be-
lever is happy aud knows that Christ's
grace is sufficient for HIM Il become
more than II conqueror Again, the
believer rests from his own works.
"For he that is entered into his rest
he also hath ceased from his w
works as God did from bis" HEIR.
Mosaic ceremonies for justification
and happiness. lie is not saved by
his good works. But by grace is he
saved through faith and this not of
himself, for it is the gift of God
Again, he rests from legal bondage.
Wherefore thou art no more Il serv-
ant, but II son and il IA son then an
heir of God through Christ" The
Christian is not under bondage to any
man. but is free; no longer a slave and
under sins dominion, but a free man
in Christ Jesus. He is lifted above the
world and its power and becomes d
possessor of Christ and of the joys OF
the Christian religion. God with us is
the hope of glory. Hid with Christ in
God, we are free. Christ is a sure
refuge in the time of storm. Oh, wha'
an Inheritance! Again, the believer
rests from "A desire of a striking evi
= dence of his acceptance. He does no
look for an outside manifestation o
, his adoption into the heavenly family
! for a miraculous conversion like tina
= of Saul of Tarsus. He accepts God
I word; rests upon it and is at rest. IL
Z believes Christ, accepts the condition
= Of salvation and has true peace. II
has passed from death into life. Thi
. our brother, DR.. Tulleys, fully be
lieved, and he e%ndeavored to demon
= strate his love by his love for ali man
kind. Let me now show in what tn
: believer rests. He rests in the pres
u ence of God. That God is present i
all places, that He sees every actor
!" hears all our words, understands ever
= thought before it falls from u lips
is no strange thing to the Christian
- That God was present everywhere an
" knows MS all together was a firm b'
' lief of our deceased brother. TO hi
g the heavens declare the glory of Coz
He said he believed that God rcigr
" and lives in the hearts of his peopl
" He is especially present in the co
80 sciences of men by way OF judgmel
:, and testimony. He is there as a wi
"a ness and as n Judge to acquit or co
"a denim. Go where you will God Sc
you. He is the great eye of the worl
VI watching over our actions; the OPT
ear to hear all our words and the oi
nipotent arm ready to help his poop
i This thought is of great comfort
s the believer and Restraints n
~. from sin and stimulates him in t
~ path of virtue and truth. II is sw,
W. to know that God sees MS. He kno
~" our frame and remembers that we a
81" dust. Again, we rest in Gods 10
We feel that His love for His faith
~, followers is too great to permit al
Oh thing to befall them that is not
their highest good. He will never
" them want. He who gave His oil
nus bcgotten Son will with him freely g
y, MS all things.