Evening journal., 1909-09-29

is for the Gentilos as well as for the
Jews. He tells them Of Gods revela-
tion to him, that the Gentiles should be
heirs and of the same body and par
takers of his promise in Christ by the
gospel. This must have been glorious
news In those days even as we rejoice
in II now. II is the simple story Of all
the gospels, How Christ died that man
should be free" And man included jew
and Gentle alike, all are in Johns one
word, 'Whosoever"
Paul draws a beautiful picture in the
second chapter where he speaks of the
apostles and prophets as the founda-
tion. and Christ as the corner stone.
Every building must have its founda-
tion, whether good or bad. and the
foundation Of this building that Paul
Is erecWng is very strong. But every
thing depends on the corner stone. II
| Is the most important stone i'm the
building; SO Christ should be the one
all important to us. As the building
falls when the corner stone is taken
away. so do our lives go to ruin as soon
as Christ steps out. or other Is driven
lout for Christ never goes willingly
Paul says here that We are a holy
tion OF God through the spirit God has
entrusted MS with an habitation foi
His spirit, and He depends on MS keep.
ing those habitations NJ for such
Prince to abide. II is one of the great.
est sins man can commit to violate tina
fruits and in any way do harm L
these temple Of God. As we keep on
houses clean where we live. how mucl
more ought we keep clean the housl
lwhero He dwells who gave His only be
gotten Son that we might live.
Another thought is where Paul state,
that we have access with confidence b,
the faith i'm Him. There are no fof
lmalities necessary in reaching our God
We do not have any special temple IN
which He must be worshipped as tn,
Jews had. We may speak TO Him an,
time at any place without anyone
knowing IL. While we are on the street
we may commune with him and ash
him for help the same as we do IN
the inmost shrine Of sanctuary. And
we have faith in Him. II is through
this faith that we are saved
A little further along I'm the epistlC
we are beseeched 10 walk worthy OF
the vocation wherewith We are called
We may NAAtnN ANlt 10 our thtTNudA
lives in "A very practical manner. II
we work in a store we can do thai
work IN such a way that we will lift
the vocation of a store keeper 70 q
/ higher level, and at the same tim,
5 glorify God. Whatever we do We car
d do our very best. and thereby max,
our vocation worthy one.
And be he kind one 10 another. ten.
derhearted, forgiving one another. eve,
d. as God for Christs sake hath forgiven
lyou.' This TO me is the whole secre
of the Christ life and the Christia,
! religion. We are living this life If w
are doing all in our power for ou
brother. When a fellow Is having
hard struggle for il and is trying Il
100 the right thing often just a worI
of encouragement viii give him III
! necessary strength 10 put forth tn
nnal effort. Even though he has sin
ned time and time again we should no
II. despair. but remember that Chris
lcame to bring sinners. not the right
: leous 70 repentance Never i'm Christ
ministry on earth do we read OF Hi
having spoken harsh word 10 anvon,
. When sinners were brought 10 Hir
He dismissed the multitude and tol
the sinner to go and sin no more. Thl
Is the kindness that counts We don
always realize what we are saying whe
Z we repeat the Lords prayer and sa,
J. Forgive US our debts as we forgiy