The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-01-12

my soul. be on thy guard.
Ten thousand foes arise.
The hosts Of sin pressing hard
To draw thee from the prize"
Much Of our success In keeping our
Vow Of Conservation depends upon
two things:
a. The clearness OF our grasp of the
situation when we made our Vow and
The thoroughness of our intention; the
amount or weight thereof; the will
power exerted for righteousness.
e, An additional feature Of great |
weight In the matter Is the degree Of /
our knowledge. II Is In line with this |
thought that the Scriptures declare. |
My people perish for lack of knowI |
edge" God has given us his 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 and the
Scriptures are searched daily. not In
formal manner. but with Il desire to
know and to do the Lord s will and to be
guided In his way. strengthening OF
the will Is effected. Correspondingly
there Is weakening of the evil In
fiuences which oppose US as New Crea-
lures aud our Vow. The Word Of God
IL so arranged as to provide meat In
due season" for nil of his faithful peo-
pie. whether old or young, In every
time. AS babes In Christ" as young
men and rs full-grown sons Of God. 1t
Is for each of us IL storehOuse OF Grace
and Truth. 10 make us strong In the
Lord and In the power of his might.
Only by approprlating this spiritual
food can we have strength to fulfil our
Vow To finish our course with Joy and
To aftnin the Kingdom. Item by item.
AZ our minds are able to grasp its un-
folding prospects of glory, honor and
Immortality. we are thereby strength
ened bv the Lords might IN the inner
Gnan.
In proportion ms we realize the facts
Of the ease we may appreciate what
great dargnn The Lord has offered us.
We surrender In conservation our
fbiiiltA iiStifs ~ ~ iitStS anu Ibthobitos
and receive In return more happifying |
spiritual Dressings In the present life |
and the Inheritance OF the unspeakable
blessings and elories Of the future. Ii
should, therefore. become much more
easy IL pay eur Vows with II willing
heart ns sc srow IN grace and III
knowledge of the Lord and his Word.
Indeed. as The APOSTLE suggests. II Is
possible for us 70 reach the place where
we can rejoice In tribulation also
knowing that thereby our future bless
Ing II Increased
What Shall ! Renderf
As the conseerated believer consid-
ers 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 ren.
der unto the Ierd for all his beneiitsf' |
The more ns. Considers tho ,nattar. the
more he realizes that his talents and
opportunities are necessarily small. In
significant. Ii is from this standpoint
that the poet wrote. 20 for II thousand
tongues 10 sing my great Redeemer's
praise
Ii IL well indeed to show our nppre-
citation of Gods grace by songs o.
thankfulueSs and praise. but we are to
remember that not merely poetic ca
dences are our acceptable songs, hut
that from he proper standpoint lie
Itself Is the proper hymn Of praise TO
be continually rendered to the King
OF kings. Singing and making melody
In our hearts unto the Lord will imply
that our works will be In harmonya
song Of life" (iphesians V. l9,
Taking the Cup.
The rsalmist's answer, prophetically
represents the attitude of heart OF al
the faithful Each IL expected to say
u will take the Cup OF Salvation ana
call upon the name Of the Lord
psalm cxvi. l3l. The cup Of salvation
ut tie present time IL the Cup" which
our Lord profrered to his disciples. say
Ing. This ~ my blood of the New
Covenant shed for many for the remis-
sion of sins. Drink We all of II" Nlat-
thew XVI. 81. 2S,. II Ia n Cup" Of
suffering. self-denlal. self-sacrificc. rs
respects the earthly things which we
give up, surrender. that we may at
tain the heavenly things as joint-heirs
with our Redcemer There might be
danger however. Of some getting the
wrong thought on this subject There
Is peculiar pleasure rinking of
the Lords coup" of self ,hce. which
those who have never partaken Of can
not hope to understand. II Is the
pleasure Of fellowship In his suffer
lngs. rs st. Paul explains. And part
Of the pleasure connected with that
cup" Is the associated hope OF drink.
Ing with our Lord of his other cup Of
Joy and glory and blessing In the King
dom. MS he promised.
The necessity OF partaking Of this
Cup" of the Lord IL 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 they little realized what
this high privilege of sitting In the Mil
,enniai Throne with him would cost.
He inquired. Are We able 10 drink Of
the cup that shall drink or" tMatthew
Xxx. 22,-the cup OF suffering. ignominy.
dlshonor. death ?-"and TO be baptized
with the baptism that ! am baptized
withg"-not the baptism into water.
but into that which IN symbolized by
the water--a baptism into his death.
The apostles Indicated their willing.
ness. And we can do no more. II
left to ourselves. undoubtedly the con-
tract would be more th,l we would
be sufficient for. our sutiiciency Is of
Gods providence--our great ltedeener
Is our High Priest and Advocate. able
to succor us In every time OF need.
and able to provide ways of escape
from trials too hard for us: able to
strengthen us when weak: able 10 give
US the "meat III due season." abe to
make us strong IN his might: able Ia
hiring RI orr uffpnfinu the ursnt and