The Newtown bee., 1908-03-13
The Newtown Bee
 Newtown, Friday March l9, leos,
THE HOME CIRCLE.
 A SERMON
BY REV A. LOCKE OF THE EAST
 ON BAPTIST CHURCH.

"Acquaint now Thyself with Him and
 be at peace." Job 22:2l.
 In these words We have a short ser
 mon preached to one of the most re-
 markable men that ever appeared on
 the pages of History. An actual per
 sonality. an actual individual, an actual
 man as real man as any man that
 ever breathed and one who looms be-
 fore the generations of men as second
 to none in the march of the centuries.
 In the same peerage with Abraham,
 Moses and Paul.
 And if we are to identify him with
 Melchiseds the famous King of ancient
 Salem or Jerusalem and the Priest of
 the Most High God and as the famous
 builder of the famous pyramid in the
 land of Egypt which was to stand as a
 witness for God in the latter days which for centuries was sealed but
 when eventually way into its interior was discovered, its marvelously con- structed, scientifically constructed, chambers and series of prophetic sym
 bolism amazed every beholder and
 baffled the interpretation of scholars and scientists for a long period which
 when at last its symbolism became un- travelled it proved to be a wonderful message of God in stone to the people of the world in these last days.
 Modern scientists have tried to dupli- cate its solar and astronomical value but thus far they have failed to con- struct pyramid on which the suns rays falling upon it at noon should not cast shadow or fraction of shadow on any part. In this Job not only looms up before us as a spiritual man. man of God but also as an architect, a builder, a scientist unsurpassed in modern times. Notwithstanding the attempts of the modern rationalistic school of Theology to reduce the char acter and personality of Job and the Book of Job to the realm of fable, and represent him as myth and nothing more whereas Satan recognized him as a man that had no equal in his day and generation, that "there was none like him in all the earth. Job Is. ..
 Gods assertion, Satan questioned it not, "The devils believe and tremble. ," But as doctors differ, so do Theologi- ans; and those who are away from the pure teachings of Gods word and the absolute authority of the scriptures differ among themselves and to such an extent as to be found hacking and decimating each other in their divided ranks like the allied kings that came up against Judah in the days of good Jehoshaphat. Il Chronicles XIX. That while the King and his subjects with the ministers of God praised the Lord, the allied forces of Moab, Am more and Mount Seir fought and hew- ed one another until none was left, and all that Jehoshaphat and his people had to do was to gather the spells. which took them some days to accomplish But whatever may be said pro and con about the Book of Job, it is one of the most instructive books in the realm of literature and the life of Job set be- fore us one of the most remarkable characters of sacred history. A char acter and life that bears the Divine impress and the testimony of human and divine reality. This is seen not only in the intrinsic value of the book and the life. But Gods witness ing to the fact and the conclusive tes- tlmony of the Holy Ghost as we read in Ezek IA IA Though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in it they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousnss." For thus saith the Lord God. Here God Himself classifies Job with Daniel and Noah. | Do we say that the lives of Noah and Daniel were mere fancies? Mere pro- auctions of human genius that never existed in reality.-not bit of it even if some scholaristic fools may think so. In the Inspired record the reality of Jobs life is made one with the actual lives of Noah and Daniel. It is also stated in the New Testament James V IL, fe nave heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord" Jobs patience would not be worth a grain of sand to any of us if there was no real Job as an example of real patience. But there is no room for speculation. Gods word is conclu- sive. The story of Jobs life is the story of a real life worthy of emulation and attainment.
 And for this cause the story of his life has been recorded in the c. T., and endorsed in the New Testament. Every life has its trials, every life has it's needs, every life is sinful and re-