Milford chronicle., 1909-05-07

ne possesses, Lne WOflu Woulu StFdlSuL-
way be comparatively a Paradise.
True. many things would still be
amiss. but the win. the most important
factor. If right with God, would bring
a measnye Of peace to every heart. 70
every home to every land.
A New Heart Needed.
Create within me a clean heart. o
Lord. and renew a right spirit with
IN me" PsSlm II. 10 The man or
woman who begins reformation Of life
( by rOuingNfO himself to live according
/ to his best natural ability viii lind
/ himself disappointed still; because OF
/ the impossibilities Of harmonizing all
( the various qualities Of his mind under
/ present conditions connected with the
reign Of Sin and Death in the world.
He viii find that to iCiH may be pres
ant with him. but to perform the will
Of his nObler mind will be an impOssi-
bility; because through heredity, and
through commercial customs, and
through his own habits Of life, his
lower organs are fully developed and
stronger in their combination, while
the organs representing his nobler sen
timents are relatively weak, inexperi-
enced and out Of accord with the Sin
and Death conditions which prevail on
every hand.
Is it asked why this is so? The
Scriptural reply is that we were born in
sin and shapen in iniquity; and in sin
did our mothers conceive US psalm Ii,
81. The Bible tells US Of the origin Of
sin in the disobedience Of Eden. 1t
tells us Of the sentence of sin And
we see how that sentence has bound
and enfeebled our race on its way to
the tomb The effort TO live righteous
ly. soberly and justly in this present
world is SO great that If there were no
future prospects. no Divine promises
of future life. we might well consider,
as the Apostle suggests, whether we
might not better eat drink and be
merry and die. rather than fight a con
tinual warfare against so heavy an odds F..
Give the Will to God.
The Scriptures inform us Of the Di- /
vine pity for our race in its fallen con- /
dition; yea. that God perceived all OF I
our distressed conditions before he ere I
ated us and even then planned a rem
edy, The Lamb slain from before the /
foundation Of the world" The Bible
shows US that Jesus was that Lamb of
God, to take away the sin Of the
world. 1t shows that before he can
deal with the world, according to the
Divine arrangement. he must purchase
own perfect life. In our Lords sacri-
fetal experience these two things were
accomplished He kept the Law and
had a right to all Of its blessings as a
man. He sacrificed those rights in the
interests Of the world Of mankind. He
received a reward Of life eternal on
the higher spiritual plane. The next
thing in order is TO give to mankind
the blessings secured by his sacrifcial
death.
Our Redeemer might have cOnsum-
mated the entire work Of uplifting hu-
nanity from sin and death back to all
hat was lost and which be redeemed :
higher and a grander message which
would still further Illustrate the length
md breadth and height and depth OF
lis justice, wisdom. love and power =
This plan. which God is pursuing, calls
rom among the redeemed race those
Who have hearts hungry and thirsty
or righteousness and harmony with
iod. BY various processes these are
called and chosen" instructed and
ested and made ready as the members
+ Christ Gods jewels. They are
close relationship with
heir Lord in the future, represented
v the picture Of bride and queen in
elatiOn to the King of Glory. 1t is t,
hese, after they have believed that
he Lord makes known his gracious
Such Of them as respond
'ith zeal have the Apostles exhorta.
lon TO take upon them a Vow Of full
onsecration to the Lord unto death
nd then to live up to the terms Of G
hat Vow to the best OF their ability
ntll the close Of life. Il
This Vow. unlike the other we sug-
ested. is not TO themselves, not to T
ther men or congregations, lodges or
ocieties. but TO God only. While it is
ne that the Vow to the Lord will not
nd our responsibilities. but merely be-
in them, 1t is also true that we can n
OF come into relationship with the
ord at all, except by making a CON n
scration Vow 1t is the Vow IN ad- -
ance that the Lord accepts and re-
londs to by the begetting Of the holy
pirit Whoever, therefore, has failed
Vow unto the Lord with consecra-
on has failed to be begotten OF the
ply Spirit and viii have no share
lth the Churchs glory. He may not
ave called It Vow. he may not have Z
He'd it conservation, he may not have D
lied it anything; but the Vow Of con- 4
Grafton must nevertheless. have
,en his-uttered or unexpressed, be-
re be could become a member Of A
DDS Spiritual family. A
Thus our Lords Vow Of consecrat tion
as expressed in the words, 10, | P'
i've come, as In the volume Of the n,
,ok 1t is written OF me-to do thy -;
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