The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-03

oAtnnce, E1oy and acceptable Unto Tod and
your Removable SerMce' (Romnn, ri. j. |
2 ooO-s-s-s-s-~s-s-.-s-s-s-.
Once made and accepted By the Lord
through the importation Of the holy
Spirit. 1t cannot be annulled But why
should we wish to nnnul the Vow?
Why should anyone who puts his hand
to the pfow look bnck? To use the
Apostles illustration. why should the
| sow that was washed return to wal.
lowing In the mire? Why should we,
| after having renowned the world and
received the begetting Of the holy spir.
1t. and after having TASTED Of the good
Word OF God and the powers of the
Age to come. lose the precious taste
and appreciation Of these. and return
In craving to the beggarly elements Of
the world? Surely there nre no good
reasons for so doing. Surely the Joys
! OF the present life. as well MS The hopes
OF the Kingdom to come. nil should en-
courage us to fully ''set our affections
on things above and not on the things
beneath" scr.
The world. the flesh and the Adver-
sary-all exercise influences contrary
to our Vow or Resolution to the Lord
to BIO dead to the world and to SELF
that VIC may be nlIye with Christ and
share bis Elory-suffer with him. TINT
we may reign with him. The poet has
expressed the proper thought here. say
Ing, II.
my uoul. be on thy gunrd.
Ten thousand foes arise:
Tho hosts OF Elm are pressing hard
To draw thee from the prize
Much Of our success In keeping our
Vow OF Conservation depends upon
two things:
u The clearness OF our grasp Of the
situation when we made our Vow and
The thorouEhness Of our intention: the
amount or weight thereof; the will
power e1crted for righteousness.
(2) An additional feature of great
weight III the matter Is the degree of
our knowledge. 1t is In line with this
thought TINT the Scriptures declare.
MY people perish for lack OF knowi-
edge" God has given us bis Word
and informed us that 1t Is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof and for cor.
rection In Righteousness. that the man
Of God may be thoroughly furnished"
He has advised us to search the Scrip
lures and TO forget not the assem-
bling of ourselves together. And
where his advice Is followed aud the
Scriptures are searched daily. not In
a formal manner. but with desire to
know mud to do the Lords will and to he
guided In his why. strengthening Of
~ Co MI Vt-.f 1T -.
there liz weakening Of the evil In
fiuences which oppose us rs New Crcn-
lures and our Vow. The Word Of God
Is SO arranged MS to provide meat In
due season. for all of his faithful peo-
Pile. whether old or young III every
time. AS babes In Christ" MS young
men and rs full-grown sons OF God. 1t
Is for cnch Of us storehouse OF Grace
and Truth. to make us strong In the
Lord aud In the power of his. might.
Only by nnproprIatins this spiritual
Vow. to finish our course with Joy aud
to attain the Kingdom. Item BY Item.
as our minds IRE able to grasp Its un.
folding prospects OF glory. honor and
Immortality. we nre thereby strength.
ened by the Lords might In the inner
man.
In proportion Us we realize the facts
OF the case we may appreciate what n
great bargain the Lord has offered us.
We surrender In conservation our
earthly rights. privileges and pleasures.
and receive In return more happifying
spiritual blessings In the present life
and the Inheritance of the uuspeuknble
blessings aud glories Of the future. 1t
should. therefore. become much more
easy to pay our Vows with wiliu:
heart. MS We grow In grace and In
knowledge of the Lord and his Word.
Indeed. as the Apostle suggests. 1t Is
possible for us to rench the place where
we can "rejoice In tribulation also
knowing that thereby our future bless
Ing Is increased.
"What Shall Render1"
As the consecratcd believer consid.
ers what God has already done. aud
what he proposes yet to do for Ills
faithful. gratitude wells up III his heart
and his inquiry Is, what shall / reu.
der unto the Lord for all his benetits:'
The more he considers the matter, the
more he realizes TINT his talents and
opportunities are necessarily small. i'll
Significant. 1t is from this standpoint
that the poet wrote. 20 for a thousand
tongues TO Sing my great Redcemer's
praise" a
1t Is well indeed to show our nppre.
citation OF Gods grace by songs OF
thankfulness and praise. but we are to
remember. that not merely poetic ca
dences are our. acceptable songs. bur
that from the proper standpoint %life
Itself Is the. proper hymn Of praise to
be, continually rendered 10 the. King
Of kings. Singing and making melody
In our hearts unto the Lord" Will Imply
that our, works Will be In. harmony;
song OF life" (Ephesinhs W 10y. ~
Taking tho Cup.
The Tsalmist's answer, prophetlcnlly