Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-29

God In vain. whether more or less III
Corinthians vi. u.
Gods people not only give thanks
for the blessings Of the future which
they receive 10y faith. but additionally
they appreciate blessings granted to
them i'm advance in the present life
and give thanks for these. The first
Of these is the knowledge. the appre-
citation. of the goodness of God in
granting us Il release from sin and lis
penalty by faith. so that we can with
out waiting for actualities' now re-
joice In the mercy which has justified
us freely by Divine grace through faith
in the blood OF Christ. The reAiza.
ton Of the rolling away of our load
of sin. realization of our forgiveness
by the Father. calls for gratitude. TOR
Thanksgiving. and this cause cuntinn-
ing. our thanks continue. We were
lifted from the horrible pit and he
miry clay of sin and condemnation
and our feet were placed upon the
Rock Christ Jesus. 1t was in conSe-
quence of this that new song WAS
put into our mouth. even the loving
kindness of our God. And this is the
first cause for our thankfulness. All
other blessings rest upon this blessing
and all other thanksgivings should
properly. therefore. include thanks for
this blessing
Additionally after being justified we
were inducted into still further grace
or privilege. namely. the privilege of
becoming members of the Body of
Christ. members of the mystery
class The Invitation to this class the
Apostle expresses thus. Il beseech you.
brethren. by the mercies of God (your
Justification, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice. holy. accept
able unto Cod. which is your reason
able service" (Romans xii. II. Through
this grace or privilege. if accepted. we
gain the opportunity Of change of
nature-from human to Divine. Our
human nature justified. cleansed, made
acceptable to God as sacrifice
through the merit of Christ, If Sdcrt-
feed by as faithfully. will be replaced
by spirit nature and glory, honor. i'm
mortality. joint-heirship. with our Lord
and Head. What cause we have in
this for thanksgiving! What shall we
render unto the Lord our God for all
his benefits towards us? I'VE will
take the cup of salvation (his cup, the
cup of self-sacrifcei and call upon the
name of the Lord for assistance to
drink of the Masters cupl. We will
pay our vows of conservation unto the
Lord-publicly before all his people"
psalm cxvi 12-14i.
Every joy he sends me
Comes a sweet and glad surprise
The very fact that we do not know
everything: the fact that we are ever
learning ms pupils in the School of
Christ. so far from being u cause of
disappointment. is Il source of pleas
ure. The heart that has come into
faith-uniOn and communion with the
Lord learns something more daily re-
specting the Heavenly Fathers love
and care. and each fresh item of
knowledge is Il new well-spring OF
pleasure. He satistieth the longing
soul" blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they
shall be filed" "Goudness and mercy
follow me all the days of my life.
These are the experiences of those ripe
Christians called upon by the Apostle
to give thanks unto God in every mat
ter and to know that this is Gods will
In respect to all those who are mem-
bers of Christ-"in Christ Jesus
psalm evil. o; Matthew V, 4; Psalm
xiii. o..
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