River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-16

80 rightly dividing
the word of
truth" And we have subtraction in
the words Cease to do evil" Ad-
dition in the ringing charge of
Peter: add to your faith vir-
tue, and to virtue knowledge.
and to knowledge temperance" The
word "also," which occurs in many
connections, has to do with addition,
though in the first text we shall study
it is an addition to be lamented.
You find it in Matthew 1914: Judas
Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
The name of Judas is among the
apostles, though the list is made out
after the betrayal. He had high
position and a great opportunity. He
was trusted with the money, and may
have done much good, but we know
him not as Judas the disciple, or
Judas the apostle, or Judas the work
er, but as Juras the traitor. 1t is
the also of shame, the black brand
which he placed upon himself, one of
the addition which we wish had not
been made.
And Christians of to-day may have
the "also' of shame attached to their
names 1t would not be slanderous
to write after the names of some
preachers, a minister who also denies
the deity of Christ and the inspiration
| of the Bible: a Christian who also
takes his social glass and sits be-
fore the footlights gazing at spectac-
| hnI Xuh m
are penurious and grasping. Bene-
dict Arnold was barve soldier, but
he is known to the world, not as
Arnold the brave, but as Arnold the
traitor Mr.. Gladstone said to Charles
| Stewart Parnell that he was the
greatest man he had ever known, and
| but for his divorce proceedings Ire
| land would have had her parliament.
The "also'' of shame neutralized and
destroyed the influence of his great
ness. And so with many Christian.
One false step, one sin committed I'M
der stress of temptation, may blacken
a fair name forever. God save us from
! the "also" of shame.
In another Scripture we have the
also of tribulatiOn. eve rejoice in
hope of the glory of God, and not
only so, but we rejoice in tribulation
also."-Romans 5:3. We are saved
now, but there is a salvation to be
revealed. Christ is ''the morning
STAR We face the east, watching
for the sunrise But have we learned
to rejoice in tribulation also," or
do we regard the sorrows and calam-
tiles of life as out of harmony with
it's joys and hopes? Such is the view
of unbelief A speaker once said that
man and woman have been ever since
creation fighting a duel, each one
striving for the pre-eminence. If we
have no faith in the experimenting
providence of God, there seems to be
a duel between sorrow and joy, pros
perity and adversely, tribulation and
jubilation, but to man who believes
that "all things work together for
good to them that love God" there is
no duel, but duet. The deep bass
notes of sorrow are in perfect har-
mony with the high exultant notes of
joy.
when Jesus went into certain vii
lage, a certain woman named Martha
received him into her house, and she
had a sister called Mary, which also
sat at Jesus feet and heard his
word This "also" is the vindica-
ton of Mary We are apt to think
of her as neglecting her household du-
ties that she might sit at his feet
and hear his words Martha COM
planned that she had been left to
serve alone, and Jesus took Mary's
part The "also" indicates that Mary
| had attended to her duties in receiv-
ing Christ and providing for him, but
she "also sat at his feet and heard
his word.' This "also" of devotion is
necessary for the fullness and COM
pletion of our Christian life. 1t is
the mealtime of the soul
Jesus said: IF 1 go and prepare a
place for you, l will come again and
/ receive you unto myself, that where
| am We may be ALSO" This "also"
binds us forever to Christ. Where
/ he is. we shall be also. AS l look at
this ALSO it becomes a chariot of
glory into which 1 may step and be
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Jesus will not be in heaven without
me. He is preparing place that |
may go and enjoy it "also." Let us
treat him here as we expect him to
treat us there. In my Fathers
house are many mansions" and the
word mansion" in this verse is the
same as the word abode" in another
verse. which says: I'VE will come
unto him and make our abode with
him." which, being interpreted, means.
while l am preparing an abode for
you, will you not furnish an abode for
me? While / am getting heaven
ready for you, give me a heaven in
| your hearts.
The Life in Christ