Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-01-06

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our Vow, to finish our course with joy
and to attain the Kingdom. Item by
item, as our minds are able to grasp
its unfolding prospects of glory, honor
and Immortality, we are thereby
strengthened by the Lords might in
the inner man.
In proportion as we realize the
facts of the case we may appreciate
what great bargain the Lord has Of
fered us. We surrender in consecra-
ton our earthly rights. privileges
and pleasures, and receive in return
more happifying spiritual blessings in
the present life and the inheritance of
the unspeakable blessings and glories
of the future. 1t should, therefore,
become much more easy to pay our
Vows with willing heart, as we grow
in grace and in knowledge OF the Lord
and his Word. Indeed, as the Apostle
suggests, it is possible for Us to reach
the place where we can rejoice in
tribulation also"-knowing that
thereby our future blessing is in
creased. --t
"What Shall Rendered.
rs the eonsecrated believer con
siders what God has already done,
and what he proposes yet to do for his
faithful, gratitude wells up in his
heart and his inquiry is, What shall
i render unto the Lord for all his
benefts?"N The more he considers the
matter, the more he realizes that his
;alents and opportunities are neees-
sarily small, insignificant. 1t is from
thiss standpoint that the poet wrote:
'O7for a thousand tongues to sing my
great Redeemer's praise.
1t is well indeed to SHOW our appre-
;iation Of Gods grace by songs OF
hankfulness and praise, but we are tc
remember that not merely poetic ca
iences are our acceptable songs, but
that from the proper. standpoint life
itself is the proper hymn of praise to
De continually rendered to the King
If kings. Singing and making mel
ody in our hearts unto the Lord will
imply that our works will be in har-
mony-a song of life" (Ephesians V,
1871
Taking the Cup. -.
The Psalmist's answer, prophetic
ally represents the attitude Of heart of
all the faithful. Each is expected to
say, Il will cake the Cup of Saliva
ton and call upon the name of the
LORD psalm cxvi, .13). The cup of
salvation at the present time is the
Cup which our Lord proffered to
his disciples, saying, This is my
blood of the. New Covenant shed for
many for the remission of sins. Drink
We all of it, (Matthew XVI, u, 28).
1t is a cup" of suffering, self-dehial,
self-sacrifice, as respects the earthly
things which we give up, surrender.
that we may attain the heavenly
things as joint-heirs with our Re-
deemer. There might be danger, how
ever, of some getting the wrong
thought on this subject. There is a
peculiar pleasure in drinking of the
Lords cup Of self-sacrifice, which
those who hvae never partaken Of can
not hope to. understand. 1t is the
pleasure of fellowship in his suffer
ings,4 as St. Paul explains. And a
part of the pleasure connected with
that COUP is the associated hope of
drinking with our Lord OF. his other
cup of joy and glory and blessing in
the Kingdom, as he promised.
The necessity of partaking of this
Cup of the Lord is shown by the
Savior's words to two Of his disciples
who inquired; saying, Lord, grant
that we may sit with thee, the one on
thy right hand and the other on thy
left hand in the Kingdom. Our
Lords reply was that tehy little
realized what this high privilege of
sitting in the Millennial Throne with
him would cost. He inquired, "Are
We able to drink Of the cup that
shall drink off" (Matthew Xxx, 22)-
the cup of suffering, .ignominy, dis
h nnor doafh 9-tt on6 t0 no hanfiZnd
with the baptism that am baptized
with" -not the baptism into water,
but into that which is symbolized by
the water-a baptism into his death.
The apostles indicated theiR willing
ness. And we can do no more. If
left to ourselves, undoubtedly the
contract void be more than we would