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the John xvi 49,.
The time is here when tho Son OF
Man is about TO take His. far Journey,
| and SO lot Jus contemplate the provision
which. He made for His absence; how
lie gave authority to His aervants
and to every man his work. and COM
manded. them all. TO watch" When
, any OF us. leaves home for a long period
there Is a double work to be done.
that of looking after our own require
ments for. our travels and that OF pro-
rtdinG for the welfare of our family
In our absence.;,. So; q
In our blessed Lords going from
this world to the bosom OF His Father,
He did1not require anything for Him=
Self. In His human form. He assembled
up on high, but lie was very God, and
as being God He needed nothing. And
set there was that which He-returncd
to heaven to prepate. He had. said to
His disciples. sln My Fathers house
are many mansions. u go,to prepare a
place for you. And ifrl go and pre- pare
place for you. Will come again and
receive you unto Myself, that where
am. there We may be also.''e
He. has left US awhile until Ills
work OF preparation is finished. The
same love which brought Him here TO
earth to suffer and die for us s,ill Is
with Him there. where He pleads and
intercedcs for us before His Fathers
throne. Meanwhile He has given TO
each of us our work during HIS alb
sencc. We are 10 prepare. too to pre-
pare ourselves with that's help by
place being made ready for us. What
the preparation for us is We do not
know fully now. but hereafter we shall
know. Eye hath not seen. nor can
heart conceive of It's blessedness. We
can be sure, however. that IL Will be
as far beyond what we now desire as
1t will be beyond all that We deserve.
What the preparation In us must be
we do not know. We know thatiir we
would be with Christ we must be IN ade
like Him. We must become the very
reverse of what our weak nature
makes US. We must become ooedient.
humble. devout. loving. true, pure and
truthful. Passions. tastes. tempers,
and desires must all be brought under
control; our hearts and dispositions
must be converted from sin to Eodt-
ness. To effect this is the discipline
of life. This is the work given US TO
do here; the one thing needful. II Is
thus we are 10 prepare to meet our
God. and it was to help US TO this
end that the Holy Ghost the Com
forter. was sent down from heaven
TO make LIS abode in human hearts.
and make them ready for their heav-
emily abode. s8 rs'.a
daily cross Is the Indispensable
possession ~ a servant or Christ And
what is 70 make UP for this, The
promise Of the Comforter; and never
has that help been found insufficient.
Our Lords eXhortation TO His disct-
pies, as recorded in our text. to "bc OF
good cheer must have seemed 10.
them almost impossible. They had
everything, humanity speaking. to de-
press and harass them. The world
was against them and for Chrlst's
sake they suffered the loss OF all
things. II was a bold venture OF faith.
but they made the trial. They endured
as seeing Him who is Invisible; and
they were not disappointed OF their
hope: they knew the peace In Christ
which had heen promised them, and
found II Insufficient
The more clearly we realize their
position. tho more we feel that not
one in thousand OF us would have
accepted the promise. or made the
same effort to prepare ourselves for
the heavenly habitation. Yet there Is
no other way than the way Of the
Cross, and VIC must be content to walk
that way and trust Christ's promise
simply if VIC would be received by Him
IT last Our helps and advantage
surpass theirs; IN this respect we do
not see through glass darkly; We
can use the -psalmist's words. fully
them. Il know, o Lord. that Thy judg-
ments arc right and that Thou Of
very faithfulncss hast caused me to
be troubled We must trust that
every cross has an office of love that
pain. or shame. Or sorrow, or>sidicule.
or II! ropor, must be good if they
drivc us from the world to Christ; if
they teach us to hate sin and walk in
holiness No tribulation can really
harm US IL We have christs legacy OF
peace within. Through the tender
mercy of our God. through the love OF
Him who died for us and rose again
on This blessed day, He who is rour
Peace" peace grows everywhere, too,
cd int" Him. Let US not allow our
love ot the world to drive out love OF