Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-12-24


the Following text;
X ,',','ekt,is tcast not away
therefore your con-
fdenoo which hath great ree0mpense Of
rewnrd"--febrews X. 3.
ofr I,nei 81, word con,gdsges d . syn
onynl for faith 1t Is very pretty
tlionkilt that We s',ouid not cast away
our faith. bnt iha firmly to lt'and
gain a reward. This thought 10 ex.
pressed clsewbegc in the Scriptures,
but 1t Is not the thouslit Of our text
Here the word confidence more proper
~ MeniIlea assu3aHec or oaf-spokeHaess.
co,irn eeous presentation Of message
notnlways kindly received The Apes
tic Is urging the followers Of Christ TO
be 6f good courage. or. in the'language
Of the savior. tAatthey should not ppt
their eight under o busheI. but on a
cantilestick." where II would shine out
forlthefblcssing Of men. rN
There Is q practical side TO the Cos
peig Everything enjoined upon the fol-
lowers OF Christ aud all their trying
experiences IA life are wisely Intended
to work out for them character-devel-
opnent OF good. firm, fine texture. It
Is d mistake 70 think. aB some OF us
bare thought In the past, .thatsit Is the
win OF God that we should merely
hedr OF Christ and give a nominal as
sent to the message Of his death as our
Redeemcr aud turn from outward
forms OF sin--and then, contented with
our progress. help others to the sane
low standards
The Father Does the Drawing.
Quite to the contrary. the teachings
OF Jesus aud his Apostles ignore the
world as whole and merely seek for
special class with hearing ears and
appreciative hearts. The Gospel mes
sage set forth In the Bible knows
nothing OF the ordinary mission work
Of resculng drunkards and harlots and
the profane. While not refusing pub
Iicans and harlots It did not 20 about
seeking them. IL waited for them to
seek for righteousness and, AZ the
Master said. mo man can come un-
to me except the Father which sent
me draw him; "and whosoever cometh
unto me ] VIII In no wise cast OUT
John vi. 81. "A. 05). AS a matter
Of fact. those who came to the Mas
ter and those who have been interested
10 his message ever since, have not
In any large proportion. been the rich
the great. the learned. the noble, &C,
cording to the course Of this world.
but chiefly the poor, rich Ia faith 70.
ward our God.
Take as an illustration 81. Pauls,
course when he went to Athens. We
do not 1nd that he started q mission
Sunday School and offered the chill
dren the prospects OF picnic or o
Sunday schoolitreat. IN order TO gather
them for a half bonr's talk abou. moth
ing. ITO keep them on the street"
Neither did he seek out the drunkards
Ia the slumg and establish a slum mis-
sion. On the contrary he sought the
ear OF the intelligent classes, the think
Ing classes. Irrespective OF their wealth
or station. Why7 Because he bad q
message-a message which children
could not understand; a message
which drunknrds were incapacitated
from understanding. n message which
should appeal, II at all. TO the best
people OF Athens. whether rich or poor.
Have we not had. to considerable
extent. the wrong ideaf Are we wiser
than the Lord aud the Apostles and
able to give them pointers as to meth
ods instead OF following their exam
pie. as we were instructed TO doy
They proclaimed the Second Coming
Of Messiah and the establishment Of
his Kingdom They preached that the
very object OF his Reign OF Righteous
nets for a thousand years viii be the
putting down Of sin IN its every form
and the lifting yup Of poor. fallen hu-
manity. rhsy taught that there was
danger OF Attempting to make a prcse-
lyte and roaIiy doing more harm than
go0q thereby They taught that the
special work 20 which Gods people are
now commissioned a. ministers or sery-
ants OF Christ IA the prociaiming Of
the Gosnel~"lhe Good Tidings Of the
Klugdoms- the pfoclaiming Of eter
nal torment nor the attempt to drive
the world OF mankind from sin through
fear they inught that the work Of
TINS present Axe Il the selection from
au,ongst inankind OF the Bride class. 10
be MeSeiah's associates IN bis King
dom. FOR the blessing OF all ths world.
II u this message OF the goodness Of
God that our text declares stouid be