The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-15

mon faith is found, and common hope, and common love. All other re. lationships become pale before this. This is the kinship of souls, and in it's rare intimacies we discover the finest delights. This is the sort of kinship which every soul is privileged to have with the Lord. We can be related to him at the very springs of our being.
 Fostered by Obedience.
 Now my text tells me that this pro- found kinship with the Lord is foster ed by obedience to the will of God To do the will begets and assures the kinship. Now see what this implies. If I am to do the will of God and be- come one of the intimate relations of Christ, l must know what the will is How am 1 to know? By seeking for it. must become pupil, and "medi- tate in his law day and night" And to what kind of school shall the punil go in order that he may apprehend the divine will? Let him go into the school of history. Ask now of the times that have been?' Let him make his quest in Babylon, and Jerusalem and Rome. Let him study the lives of men, their policies, and their des. tinieS. Let him watch the great move ment of the centuries, and see their majestic drift. And let him also make inquiry in the sacred Scriptures. But let him make serious business of it To make inquest into the will of God is not like saunter down a country lane: 1t is more like the passion of a man who is digging for hidden treas. ure. Our business with the Word is often painfully superficial. We find nothing of any sterling worth. It is here as elsewhere, he who loses his life shall find; acquisition is propor- toned to sacrifice. And let the pupil further ascend the observatory of his own day, and watch for the signs of the times" What are the suggestions of the Lords will in the movements of my own day. And let him mark the flashing guidance of his own con- science. Let him watch it as a mar iner watches the lighthouse Let him kneel in the oratory of prayer And while he kneels let him speak to the Lord, but let him also listen! Too much of our prayer is mere speech. The lips are engaged, but the the ears. With what measure ye hear it shall be measured to you again" Be silent unto the Lord" and in the si- lence the Lord will find way to speak to thee. and make his wishes known. In all these many realms of promise 1 can come to know the will of God.
 Doing the Known Will of God. Yet to know the will cannot make me a kinsman of the Lord. Now that I know it. I must regard it with un- shaken reverence. Let it be to me as though my Lord had appeared in per son and spoken the words directly to my own soul Let me refuse to him me be on my guard against the se- | auctions of the devil Let me not be ensnared to lower and cheapen the moral ideal. Let me remember that my peril is never so grave as when l have discovered my Fathers will. For it may be that time for obedience has not yet come. am therefore to wait in the attitude of reverence. With what majestic patience our Mas ter waited for the hour to strike! Mine hour is not yet come We too often spoil our labor by rash and precipitate action. Your hour is al ways ready" There is no fine rever- ent restraint. We anticipate the clock. But when the hour does strike then let me do the will with imme- diate and unswerving obedience. Yes, let me set out "on the tick of the clock" And let no one make me budge from my sacred mission.
 And whosoever shall do the will of God is of royal lineage, one of the
 intimate relations of the Lord Jesus. We are in the deepest fellowship be- cause we are his kinsmen in the spirit We are tuned to the same pitch And we shall be able to under stand him as he is able to understand us. Then shall I know even as also am known" There will be perfect correspondence between the soul and and the Lord.--J. H. Jowett. in The Standard.
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