Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-06-17
THE UPLIFTED FACE.
By Rev. G. B. F. Halo,


without spot" Job Il: 10
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 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 a figure Of
/ speech, and at the same time very ex-
pressive Of certain facts in religious
experience. 1t expresses the attitude
of 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
J dence in Him, but when you know
Him and are on terms of intimacy
with Him.
Furthermore, a degree CT happiness
and cheer is involved in the face up
| lifted without spot. The uplifled 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 hilltops, the tieecy clouds and
the blue heaven beyond, The fact is,
we all look down too much We look
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 lake a field glass with him
and study the habits of the birds. 1t
was the very counsel which Jesus
gave to troubled men of long ago.
Behold the fowls of the air"
A woman who had lost her first-born
and only child fell into an unsettled
stale of sorrow and melancholy. She
was a Christian, but she seemed to
find it impossible to be comforted A
wise friend told her to look up. to try
looking up into the sky often every
day. She testified that IL broke the
spell of her melancholy and that II
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: q 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. 1t 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 thoughts-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 II
I 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, God, and know my
| thoughts; try me and know my heart
and see II 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 10 God in the beauty Of hoN
ness, Holiness gives clear views Of
/ sin and leads men personally to alb
stain from all appearance Of evil and
1 TO teach others to do so. The holy