The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-02

power Back Of n
stands the army
and navy, the wealth and prestige 81
the realm, the life Of every patriotic
citizen and all the alliances WITH
friendly powers The throne Of grace
means that God Is now ruling IN the
power OF his love and we have access
to that power righteousness, justice,
holiness, all combine In Christ to sup.
port the claim Of grace.
steadfastness Of Confession.
Let us hold fast to our comics
Sion. The lamp may be lighted, but
under a bushel ghe flag may be il
camp. but not in The breeze. We may
be doing business, but the sign oyer
the door has faileH aowB and we have
neglected to replace Il. The tree may
be alive, but without leaves. Through
lhe living Christ we hold fast our con
fessiOn.
sympathy with Weaknesses.
Jesus is touched with feeling ~
our innrmities' and his grace enables
Us to be touched with feeling OF each
others iniirmities Note the differ
ence between inhrmity and sin. ".
trinity ~ the WEAKNESS OF a gooa
thing, like weak faith, weak love, weak
hope a weak body. Sin is always an
evil, not to sympathize with but to de-
stroy Christ Is NOT touched with
feeling Of sympathy for cur sins,
though he has great compassion for
the sinner lie bore our sins in his
own body on the tree and they broke
his heart with their crushing weight
of guilt and pollution. Against all sin
and sinful tendencies he bears the
drawn sword There Is no truce IN
the battle between darkness and light,
sin and holiness. death and life.
slnless Temptation
Christ was tempted IN all points
as we are, yet without sin" He ded
that we might live, and he conquered
that we might conquer II evil assails
me, turn to Christ not to help me IN
the battle, but 10 fight Il for me.
Courage Toward Cod
Let Us come boldly more literally
with liberty Of speech When we
lose our liberty OF speech to men, We
have lost our testimony. When we
lose our liberty Of speech to God, oug
prayer life has declined We need
great holiness toward God in asking
all he has promised Whatsoever ye
desire when ye pray, believe that ya
receive It, and ye shall have t." II
ye shall ask anything in my name.
will do 1t, that the Father may be
gloriied "a the Son" Do you desire
anything that you may with 1t glorlfy
God? Ask for lt. MY God shall sup
ply all your need according TO his riches
in glory by Christ Jesus"
Willingness to Receive Mercy.
That we may obtain mercy" 4
learned man who had received honor
airy titles wrote after his own name
IS s., which he said meant Sinner
saved" We are quite ready to re.
oeive honors. but the proud heart
sinks from the confession Of sin.
which receiving mercy implies. a
king visited a prison and told the jail
er that he wished 70 slgnalize his
visit by giving at least one per.
son his liberty. SO he went around 10
al the cells and asked each priaoner
Why he was IN Jail They all asserted
their Innocence OF crime and blamef
others for their misfortunes. Finally
he came 10 a poor downcast felow.
who said: = am guilty Or the crime
for which / was convicted. and / am
getting my just deserts THAT f.
the man" said the king. . wish to Id
crate. He will do TO trust with lib.
erty." All the rest were willing to
receive a favor from the king, bnt
only this one was in an attitude Of
mind to receive bis mercy. .Only q
sinner saved By grace is not all there
is OF Christian experience, but II is The
foundation on which everything else
is built.
seasonable Supply.
That We may and grace to help N
The Time of need The literal trans
lation Is: THAT We may find grace
unto seasonable help" We need
grace, not only enough, but at the
right time and administered IN the
right way IN walking with God we
need grace for one little step at 4
time. The body needs only one breath
at a time For food We need onk
one meal al a time Eur living We
need just one heartbeat at a time.
The living Christ sees 70 Il that We
have all the grace We need az the tins
we need It and administered IN he
way we need it.