Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-17

W1luOUL SQOl. JOU IL" L.
1t is a good thing to look up. God
Is in the heaven above us, and when
we see the clouds let US remember
that they are around about His throne.
There is a lesson in the Bible about
the uplifted face. Then shalt thou
lift up thy face without spot" This
phrase, found in the Book Of Job, is
extremely beautiful as figure OF
speech, and at the same time very ex-
pressive of certain facts in religious
experience. 1t expresses the attitude
of a soul at peace with God according
to the provisions and terms OF the
gospel Confidence is implied in this
utterance, for a man without peace
and confidence will hang his head with
guilt and shame, not lift it up with
out spot. 1t would be we'll for us to
cultivate more the grace of the up
lifted face the look of trust and con-
fidence in our Heavenly Father. He
is good; His attitude towards us is
loving; His acts are wise. Let us lift
up our faces toward Him without
spot, without any dark form Of dis
trust or doubt.
Again, in the uplifted face fellow
ship is involved We dare to look
steadily, with the uplifted face, upon
those we know and love and whom
we are sure know and love us. Then
shalt thou lift up thy face without
spot" when you have fellowship with
God; not alone when you have conf
dence in Him, but when you know
Him and are on terms of intimacy
with Him.
Furthermore, a degree OF happiness
and cheer is involved in the face up
lifted without spot. The uplifted face
implies a degree Of happiness, and in
creasing happiness results from the
uplifted race. Do we realize the fact
that there is hope and cheer in the
very state of looking up? If you are
sad or in sorrow Or burdened, try
looking up. Look up into the sky.
See the h1lltops, the f1eecy clouds and
the blue heaven beyond. The fact is,
we all look down too much. We look
down when we are at work, when we
are thinking, when we are troubled,
when we are ashamed.
A young man suffering from nerv-
GUS trouble was recently told by an
eminent specialist to get out into the
country, to take field glass with him
was the very counsel which Jesus
gave to troubled men of long ago,
Behold the fowls Of the air"
woman who had lost her f1rst-born
and only child fell into an unsettled
stale of sorrow and melancholy. She
was Christian, but she seemed to
find it impossible to be comforted. A
looking up into the sky often every
day She testified that IL broke the
spell of her melancholy and that it
had proven of immense help and had
brought comfort to her
Let us lift up our eyes and hearts
with them, to larger and nobler
things-to joyous things. David in
exile once exclaimed: Il will lift up
mine eyes unto the hills, whence COM
eth my help" What David saw was
the temple and the prayers that as
cended from it, the sacrifices there Of
fered, with the smoke ascending to
heaven He heard the music of the
temple choir He became conscious
of the truths there uttered, and they
became real and precious to his mem
DRY. Yes, he came into fellowship
with God Himself. This is the advan-
tage of the upward look. It brings us
both into consciousness of God and
into fellowship with Him. David was
an exile. but by the upward look he
saw these things, heard them and
fully realized them.
Purity is also limited at through
that casual reference in Job. The face
without spot is clean and pure. The
spots make il unclean and in need of
cleansing Lift up thy face without
spot" Cleanse your heart, your mind,
your houghts-cultivate purity that
you may be able to lift up the face
toward God.
A young Christian woman, speaking
of her mother, said recently in con-
versation: Mother always believes
in people who look her straight in
the face" There is honesty and purity
in the uplifted face without spot. 1t
is both indicative of honesty and con-
ducive to increasing honesty and pur-
ity of heart and motive. Let us learn
to lift up our faces toward God, say
ing:
Search me, o God, and know my
thoughts; try me and know my heart,
and see # there be any wicked way
in me, and lead me in the way ever
lasting"
Then, too, beauty is implied in this
phrase. The face that is covered with
spots or stains has its beauty marred
and perhaps really destroyed. Oh,
that we may be able to lift up our
faces to God in the beauty Of holt
ness. Holiness gives clear views of
sin and leads men personally to alb
stain from oil annoaranco of evil and