Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-08
From MIR. HiIburn.
oCUsT COTTAGE, Ark,

June q, 1909.
Ed. Register-I have read with
some interest the articles from the
pen of Rev. w. w. Strother, and
have also examined some of his
references; and l also find other
references that he did not give.
Second Chron., 29:t5, reads as fol-
lows: "And they gathered their
brethren and sanctifed them
selves. :" How did they do it?
Leviticus, $3.50, reads, "And Moses
took of the amounting oil and of
the blood which was upon the
altar and sprinkled it upon Aaron
and upon his garments, and upon
his sons and upon his sons gar
ments."
To me this means conservation.
Moses sprinkled oil and blood
upon Aaron and his sons and their
garments and consecrated them to
the service of God. "Sanctify
unto me all the first born-among
the children of Israel, both man
and BEAST" Ex., 1872, eye shall
therefore sanctify yourselves and
ye shall be holy. Lew, 11:44,
"Sanctify the Lord of hosts him.
self and let him be your fear and
let him be your dread" Isah,
S:13. And sanctify the Holy One
of Jacob. Isah, 1928.
Webster gives consecrating as
one definition to the word sancti-
flying and consecrate means ded-
icate and dedicate means to devote.
Therefore he who sanctifies him.
self, devotes himself with all his
mental and moral power to the
service of God. whatsoever thy
hands find to do, do it with thy
might"
"For whosoever shall do the will
of my Father in Heaven the same
is my brother and my sister and
my mother" Matt, 1850.
Then what is the will of God?
Surely the doing of that which
meets with divine appreciation and
reward must be the will OF the
Heavenly Father.
"For | was hungered and ye
gave me meat, "etc. Matt, 25:34 :35.
"Pure religion and undefiled
before God and the Father is
this: To visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction and to
keep himself unspotted from the
world" Jas, 1927.
'Tis said there are ten million
people in this country who have
insufficient food, clothing and
shelter. They are hungry and we
give them no meat. They are
naked and we clothe them not.
They desire to labor for their own
support, but society, in its anxiety
to create millionaires and billion
aires, has fenced them off from
the opportunity to work; and
when they are finally driven from
home-if a rented shack could be
dignified by that name-they are
called tramps and hoboes and
scorned of all men, even church
members, Notwithstanding the in
junction-s'have not the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of
glory with respect of persons.
JAS, 2;23. All over the civilized
world there are suffering, sorrow
and death because of the great in
dustrial depression, and charity,
at all times inadequate, is not to be
considered in their cases--if char
ity be desired, but charity is not
desired by the great army of un-
employed. What they want is to
have the fences thrown down that
separate them from the opportu-
nifty to labor. We can not hide
our heads from these things, like
the ostrich, and justify ourselves
because of our ignorance. "For
as often as ye did it not unto these
ye did it not unto me-"
Poverty is the great source of
crime and causes untold suffering
and woe, and Socialism will abol-
ish involuntary poverty by OPEN
the door of opportunity to every
living human being. In this coun-
try the ballot puts the remedy in
easy reach. Then let us demon
strate our perfect love Of God by
our love for our fellow-men.
4 Abou Ben Adam-may his tribe increased
Awoke one night from sweet dream Of
peace,
And saw in the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich like lily in bloom,
An angel writing in book of gold.
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adam bold,
And to the presence in the room he said