The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-16

home Of nclGhlor. brother. ana he
Is bereaved and Il reflex shadow falls
upon our hearts; and further. the
thought comes that og hume niny be
Invaded by the ercnt i.neniy which has
already swallowed M twenty thou
sand millions or our r.ice-and HAT by
Divine peruission because we are sin.
neri-and because sinners are un.
worthy Of everlasting life
The Fear OF the Lord.
In our troubles we. sooner or later.
realize the lack of human sympathy
or ut least. its impotency. Feeling
our helpessness. we instlnctlvely look
to our Creator. In the hour of trouble
remarkably few doubt the existence OF
God AS Jesus said. "Ye believe IN
Sod" But us we look to the Almighty
for protection and consider Divine
Justice and realize our own weakness.
es und shortcomings. the heart Of man
fails. How could he think thnt the
Omnipotent One would hnve interest
In or care for such n worm Of the dust
as he feels himself TO be? How could
Divine Justice look with any sym
pathy upon the course Of selilslness
which he recognizes stretches out be
hind him IN full view of the All-Seelng
Eye?
"1he fear of the Lord is the begin
ming of wisdom" is the inspired Mes
sage Surely many have this begin
ming of wisdom come to them az some
period IN their life's experience. But
such fenr * the start To wisdom only
when II leads the fearful one 10 great
or carefulness Of living and TO u dc
sire for the Heavenly Fathers apppov
ul II this be the lending Of the fear
II is indeed the precursor of. the lead
er TO- wisdom Az proper fear or rev
erence for the Almiality comes Ia. II
acts ns restraint up0u ain II tends
'o mnlo QUE more ,hourl'''''l "',r"
careful more wise. In seeklng for d
better way
cor.o by The Marrow Way.
Jesus addressed the words Of our
test to Jews who. under the lnstruc-
tlen Of the Law given by Moses. had
learned of Divine righteousness aud
tie Divine requirements of all those
who would come into hnrmony with
Him. 1hcy believed In Cod They
recognized Iiis Justice. They were de-
string TO he His people: they had heard
Of JcsGs; they had Travelled with Him
as Ills Disciples In a general way
they believed IN Him. To q large de.
gree they accepted Him as Tie prom.
iscd Messiah aud yet they found II
difficult to exercise fulrcss OF faith.
Probably there are luuuy IN this same
attitude Of mind tuday-sOme IN this
audience and some In the larger audi
Gice Of millions which viii he reached
hy this sermon IN the public press.
would like 10 bear home upon the
hearts OF these the very Message that
Jesus gave 10 those who heard His
Voice: LET not your heart be troublcd;
sc believe IN God. believe also 1T Me"
Hear Him saving To us today. You
alre dy believe IN the Greater and His
Jus ice. You already have the rever-
ential fca&. You already desire to
draw near to God You have heard
that He has sent His son into the
world. You have heard that this Is Il
manifestation Of His love and gym
pathy for you. You have heard that
while You are condemned as imperfect.
rs sinners. as unworthy of eternal life.
Divine provision has been made for
your recovery through Redeemer.
As you believe IN the Fathers Justice
which condemned YOU and which just
ly holds YOU at Il distance from Him
rs unworthy Of His favor. 80 now be
lieve also I'm Me. Relieve that the
Father hath sent Me. Believe Tint II
IS His Love for you that prompted the
sending. Believe that His Love Is as
strong as His Justice Believe that
His Justice ana Love will cooperate
for your eternul comfort and blessing.
IL you will accept the Divine terms.
Losing Our Heart Troubles.
The Father knows your heart tTOu.
bles. He wishes the burden to be
there until you shall appreciate It's
weight until YOU shall be reudy 10
cry To Hin that you are sin.sick,
weary. troubled. and above all hunger
Ing and thirstlng for righteousness and
desiring reconciliation TO Him the
smile OF Ills Face. He has not waited
for nll OF this 70 tgkc .ace hefore