The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-04


mount. were not dominating. He a.
or most expert tent-maker. He a.
pired not to Amass crest wealth IN tA,t
Or any other labor or business. He
lived not fer his belly. nor did he. as Q
sluGgArd. waste valuable time In sleep.
Every hour. every energy. had been
devoted to God and his servtce-And
Wa % spilled. not Of eompulsion. nor
Of slavish '>ar. bet out OF . faithful
heart. approaching the privileges and
anxious to .Aow 70 the Lord his loving
devotion Il II 80 with Us. II II has mot
been 90 With all Of US in the past. shalt
II not Be our resolution now for the
yeaS - Se0lnaAaS-esf v0v - ne
Lord renewed? SHALL vs not cast as11e
and fprget The earthly aims and Ugot
ects xAluA eecsyted - aA1 Asvoee oar
u0e and soeey Al strength and
thought 70 ne LORD! ohall We net ~
aside every weight and wAatsvsr nay
b our bssett1DS sin. a1a resolve q
Wv to ~ Lord tcSay 10 IN With
pauGaoe the raoe that = oet boooro
us"!-AaD. l3:l.
WAoevor AlvsAes Ais AeAet WAogvep
Ate0Dks 70 serve The interests q ~.
crai equasly. win surely III. Net aaly
aoss such . hak.way c0Wse fall %
meet WITH the Divine auDr0vAl -
vestAy a joaatlAsieship In Tie mag
don With Christ. but IL fails also 70
msst the worlds approval and 70 Gain
the aAvaataoes Of this present ME.
Each q ~. therefore. aAealA ~ down
and oount the cost. md reap The boa-
e1ts assruiag. II Ne believe that q
would Day - best - serve DAm0oo.
then We soo1ll serve mamNo0 WITH al
oar hearts. Dat II expesisnos end DE
Wora q God bring - 70 the cooeiu-
sioa that oaly the service Of Cod can
bring ~ tEusst hasDansss b tie Dsos-
the Aastee's words - m. "Ye cannot
dotesmins % serve tie Lord and not
serve 1ammoa. but merely use mann
mon and aAvaatasss a iife n special
asotstances leading @ 70 God. TO Right
eoasness. to sslf-sacri1ces for joint
hsirsh.p IN die Kingdom With our Lord
and al the faithful.
Some Things 70 d NemeWseoeo6.
The Apostle surely never meant
that everything behinA should - Tor.
gotten; for. In that event. all the val
liable lessons of life. which We have
learned in the School Of Christ. wosld
be lost to N. We want 70 rsmembsr
LIES expsfieness. We want 70 profit
b. them. We desire that every failure
shall b discerned. and it, cause. thai.
~ remembering the same. Ne sAasl
net frem similar weaknesses q the
AssA. fall again into the same snare
Of the Adversary. We desire that all
the lessons Of NE. Which have oost
VI - much In the School Of Christ.
shah b Cherished and grow more val
uaAle to NJ every day. Let this aaso
Be our sndeavor during the year hat
10 Just beGinning-to see 70 Il that NO
valuable lesson II lost. and tAat tho-s
lessons Of the past are clearly ana
APmly held
But. on the other hand. there are
certain things connected With the eI-
psriencss Of Code children IN the pas:
that they &re invited 70 fosgoG and 70
remember that God has forgotten them
and NOTED them ost. In % faf ~
there was . record against %.
But all this 10 faith: Gods dealing
with the Elect Church during this 0oe-
pei Age 10 On that basis. We walk by
faith. and not b. sight" whoever
cannot exercise faith cannot have Tho
blessings now profRered TO the believer.
but must walt for the nsxt Daspousa-
tioa. n wbSch sight viii b gFa1ted
and works viil be required. And there
are different degrees Of faith: those
standing the sevsesst tests thereby EVIL
dsnee their preparation for 0od's "a
voes Of the future life bsyoe1 Tie vail.
Let -. then, learn to exercise faith n
all the gloYious promises Of 0od's
Word. but not cfedulity In the words
Of man. One u de most beasoosnt
uses Of faith II In eonneetieo VIII the
realisation q Our "sosgsvsasn ~ cur
sins that are past, By the f0Tbea1ance
q God" In proportion - - can real
ize this aad oct 1poa II. II stves nc
confidence and soy end peace and prep
aration for further Divine leadinSs
and blessings.
So then. lot -. With the Apostle.
remember M Of Gods fsS09s d the
past. ~ we'll - q ths present. and re-
member the lessons learned through
our experiences. inciudinS oar ssrn-
! blin0 end failures. Bat Let - put
sway every Sssling q cca1sm1AfSon.
- respects tie sene vetsA 0oa 1As
| froely 1orglvsa. that we DAy oAoufo
our hsasts beSoss AAn n 1--we" soa Let