The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-06

I 81 ~ 90 ~ Il e.
endless n variety men sus rs among st the
mass Of general and nonotonous tur-
mol, men stand out I'm shining con.
trast those whose warfare is against
SIN, ana for holiness. from pure love
This then Is the peculiar struggle
70 which Christ promises the victory;
eSs swo ssiS % oss sss par ha n
the Temple OF Ny God. and he shall
go no more out" The pillar In q tenn
pie stands for incorporation and per
Saiidins. ana and when ssl once pet set IN its
Place s., remains AZ long as the temple
Here Is . great solemn temple where
men come to worship. Its doors are
ever open; Its windows tempt the shy.
The winds come wandering In throagh
Its high arches. Perhaps birds stray
in and build their nests, and flit away
hold and play beside the open door.
Men and women with their burdens
and distress enter and kneel in pray
with reyerent tread. Generation after
All these are but transitory. They
come into the temple and depart, The
them all In turn. and yet OUTLYING all.
and with the temple the pillar stands.
It is part OF the temple from the
a!yy. Il was set there. ages ago. II
i DO you not see the meaning of the
hguref There are men and women
everywhere who have something to
ing or being Induced by Him. and His
vast purpose. They cross and reoross
the pavement of His providence. They
come to Him for what they want; He
away-but howf They ask for bread,
but carry 70 or, into the chambers Of
their own selfishness to "eat 1t alone
They ask Hin fer gSwe or aad ney
and use 1t for their own sordid evils:
They are forever going In and out Of
the presence OF God. They sweep
Ing i WIND, or like iips. chance worshipper
And then. there are. the other men
struggling to escape from sin by the
are! Their goal is to get 10 Christ.
put themselves in Him and stay there.
1t Is not so much to get to Christ
and SO get away from sin. as they t
may reach to Christ. God Is the sum
and substance of all their plans. and
the cry Of their heart Is, Lord, show
ana T d g sSa ssr ~sy Tsee When When
such soul as that comes to Christ.
It Is like taking the marble from the
quarry and setting II up into the aisle
VI buS tSlnpiC. ouCI a SOnl OoNO1tSb @
part of the great purpose OF God. 1t
can mo more go out" Men who be-
hold this soul think instantly of God.
They cannot picture that pillar outside
the fear, the love- the communion and
obedience OF God. ,t H-s
God does not treat the world a. as
S world frH Is MAGE ap Il es soa shs
of men and women. The world can
become like Him only by OBEDIENCE
just as the souls of men become like
and mine). must enter into that con-
summation. by Its own free submis-
sion, acting for itself by its own per-
sonal resolve. The struggle begins to-
ture-with those boys and girls around
you. What Is 1t to succeed in that
struggle? What shall you set before
Is It simply to get through life with
decency, and die without disgrace? Is
1t to lay hold OF Gods mercy, and
make our peace with HIM. This Is
obedient. we have been made like
Him, whom we obey--then, and only
then, have we ever come in the strug-
gle of life. To be pillars in His Tenn
pie. our Wills must harmonize with
His; our souls must act in sympathy
with His; no purpose left in us but
His purpose; thus we take our place
In afe w SiSM rrA World He carries 600 our
souls when they shall pass out of the
prison of these bodies. these souls
of ours shall find themselves a part
Of the same great temple---for 1t be-
longs not to this earth alone. There
can be no end of the universe where
God is, to which that growing temple
does not reach; the temple of crea-
feet uttarance of6sGods ,bysa peFfeotI
obedience to 9Godscc ..eAT ga2q1s I'd
on. dear friends. that Is The ytcsY
all the universe that Temple of God,