River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-27

IF&S N N99aa&&2sss%sS$#S A throne means
t. power. Back of it
stands the army
and navy, the wealth and prestige Of
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 confess
sion.' The lamp may be lighted, but
under a bushel The flag may be in
camp, but not in the breeze. We may
be doing business, but the sign over
the door has fallen down, and we have
neglected to replace it. The tree may
be alive, but without leaves. Through
the living Christ we hold fast our con-
fession.
Sympathy with Weaknesses.
Jesus IS touched with feeling of
our infirInities" and his grace enables
us to be touched with feeling of each
others infirmities. Note the differ
ence between inGrmity and sin. In
trinity is the weakness of a good
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 a
feeling of sympathy for our sins,
though he has great compassion for
the sinner. He 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 sir
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.
Sinless Temptation.
Christ was tempted in all points
as we are, yet without sim" He died
that we might live, and he conquered
that we might conquer. If evil assails
me, turn to Christ, not to help nae III
the battle, but to fight it for me.
Courage Toward God.
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, our
prayer life has declined. We need
great boldness toward God in asking
all he has promised. Whatsoever We
desire when We pray, believe that we
receive it, and We shall have it." IF
We shall ask anything in my name,
will do it, that the Father may be
glorified in the Son." Do you desire
anything that you may with it glorify
God? Ask for it. 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" A
learned man who had received honor.
airy titles wrote after his own name
IS. ST." which he said meant Sinner
saved We are quite ready to re-
ceive honors, but the proud heart
sinks from the confession of sin,
which receiving mercy implies. A
king visited prison and told the Jail
err that he wished to signalize his
visit by giving at least one per-
son his liberty. So he went around to
all the cells and asked each prisoner
why he was in Jail. They all asserted
their innocence of crime, and blamed
others for their misfortunes. Finally
he came to a poor downcast fellow
who said: 81 am guilty of the crime
for which was convicted, and am
getting my just deserts" "That is
the man." said the king, Il wish to lib
crate. He will do to trust with lib
erty." All the rest were willing to
receive a favor from the king, but
only this one was in an attitude of
mind to receive his mercy. "Only a
sinner saved by grace" is not all there
is of Christian experience, but 1t is the
foundation on which everything else
is built.
"That we may find grace to help in
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 a
time. The body needs only one breath
at a time. For food we need only
one meal at time. For living we
need just one heartbeat at time
The living Christ sees to it that we
have all the grace we need at the time
we need it and administered in the
Way we need it.