Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-07

On. HfSt rate Nobody at the shop
even suspects that | am Christian. .
The world would not be very long In
suspecting the real Christian. 1t is
impossible that We should he true
Christians and others not find II out.
DIR. J. Campbell Morgan some time ago
met young man who told him that
he had worked side by side with an
other yonng man in the factory and ~
the five years neither OF them had
found out that the other was pro
Tossing Christian. and as he told aIr.
Morgan. he said. Wasn't that funny?'
Funny" said Mr.. Morgan. Go and
get the other man. and let us get
on our knees before God. Yon have
never been born of the Spirit" one
OF the first evidences OF conversion
is desire to win others to Christ
and this can be accomplished only, as
we confess Him, John ala. I'VE
know that we have passed out OF death
into life because we love the breth-
rem"
Join the Church.
Let every one of you new converts
join the church the very first oppor-
tunity that is given you Acts 2:47,
And the Lcii added to the church
day by day those that were being
saved ! would not expect to hear
anything very good OF you ii | should
hear that you had refused to unite
yourself with the church Just like
doing Christian work. we unite our.
selves with the church because We are
saved, After our conversion, then, of
course. we desire to associate with
those who are Christians. The only
thing that represents Jesus Christ In
this world is The churches. You and
would have never heard of Jesus
Christ or the Bible if 1t had not been
for the church and certainly no true
Christian would refuse to identify
himself with that which represents
Jesus Christ on earth Make IL a habit
of life TO read Gods word every day.
Acts 17:1l, "These were more noble
than those In Thessalonca In that
they received the word with all readi-
ness of mind and searched the Scrip.
lures daily" Peter said In his first
eplstle, .'As new born babes desire the
sincere milk OF the word that ye may
grow thereby" q Pet. 2:2).
! have never heard of n Christian
growing in grace who neglected the
reading of Gods word Neither do
| think II possible for one ~ be kept
out of sin and worldiiness very long
who does not read and study Gods
word The Bible Is different from any
other book ON earth Matt 4;l. Man
shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedcth out OF the
mouth of God" The Word of God
is to the Spiritual man what bread
is to the body You could not expect
to grow physically without food, neith-
er can you hope to grow spiritually
without the Bible. Not only read the
Bible but memorize It, Ps. 1871. Thy
word have hid in my heart, that l
might. not sin against thee" One of
the greatest mistakes that made
when / first became Christian was
that / neglected to read and mem.
orize Gods Truth. / count second to
but one blessing in my life. and that
my conversion, the blessing that came
to me when begun to memorlze Gods
Word. Then II is n splendid plan in
reading the Bible devolionally to read
1t upon your knees, praying the prayer
of the Psalmist (Ps 1i9:IS, Open
thou mine eyes that I may behold
wondrous things out Of thy law" /
endeavor TO make IL rule of my life.
not to let any day pass without read
Ing portion of Gods word upon my
knees, praying before each chapter
this prayer of the Psalmlsi. Then I
would suggest that you begin every
day and close every day with prayer.
lisa. 40:31. But, they that wait upon
the Lord ,ahaii renew their strength. .
they shall mount up with wings as
eagles. they shall run and not be
weary; they shall walk and not faint p
Paul said in Thes. 5:I7. pray with.
out ceasing." Make it habit of life
to pray about your work. about your
business, about your home duties, God
Is interested In every detail of our
lives. When you find that you have
done anything wrong. confess 1t In
stanily TO God. | John l:9. "If we
confess our sins. he is faithful and
Just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse up from all unriehteousness, /"
and when you have confessed sin
TO him. don't be reconfessing 1t. God
says If We confess our sins that he
does forgive us. So do not dishonor
His Word and make Him a liar by
coming back and confesslng a sin
over and over again. If my boy comes
acknowledging come act of disobedi.
ence or wrong done. and asks me TO
forgive him. and ! tell him that I
do so. suppose he comes back In a
week and confesses this thing the
second time and asks me again to for