The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-02

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conquered on the cross. Therefore
He alone can give us power TO resist
temptations. For there hath no temp
tation taken you but sa,-- as we are
able 10 bear. or God is aithul who
will not suffer you TO be tempted
above that ye are able, but will with
/ the temptation also make the way to
/ escape that We may be able to bear
| t." An old negro who had formerly
I been n drunkard but had been convert
/ ed was once asked how he managed to
pass right by the open saloon every
/ day on his way to work. We'll it's
/ Just this wav, whenever ! gets TO the
saloon an feels the cal to go in, 7
says, good Master come and look
after your property, and right away
feel strcng enough TO go on by -"
Jesus gives us the power 10 resist In
all kinds oi temptations.
Then again. What snail | do with.
out Jesus In the hour of our final De.
parture? We must all sooner or lat.
er pass thro the portals of death. "
is sad to see one try To pass thrn'
without Jesus. IL Is glorious To see
one pass thro with Jesus. An infdel
lay dying about his bedside were his
friends of like 9th. urging him nos "a
recant, but 10 mold on. hold on
he cried, give me something to hold
on to and | will, and with that cry on
his lips he plunged into eternity. on
the other hand read once of n soldier
boy, dying on the field of battle,
A friend found him and was reading
to him to try to comfort him but with.
out much success till fnallyq he came
to this scripture. II knew Him whom
have believed and af persuaded that
he is able to keep that which ! have
committed unto Him against that day"
Then with a smile on his face ne pass.
ed away into the land of the unsettinc
sun II We have Jesus with us. we
may" hope TO see our Pilot face to
face, when we have crossed the bar.
How beautiful is the life that IL
thus hidden with Christ In God For
Just as the sun rises in beauty H.
the morning. grows greater, grander.
more glorious toward the zenith and
then sinks to sleeps in the evening.
bathing all the world In glary at the
close of day even so the life hidden
in Christ rises in the morning Of
life ascending in beauty and power
and usefulness and then sinking to
rest in the evening time leaving a
beauty and n splendor not seen or
earth or sea, radiance found on
" In Christ.
Finally. how may Jesus be crowned |
in the heart7
BY letting Him be the Master Of the |
heart. In the Geek of the New Tesla.
ment there are five words FOR Mas. |
ter" and all are applied to Jesus. The
first word is teacher-let Jesus be the |
teacher of the life; the second word |
is overseer, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Jesus
superintend the life; the third word |
f. leader-let Him be the leader in |
whose footsteps We shall follow; the |
next word is Lord-let Jesus he the |
owner the Lord of the heart, and the |
fifth word is best translated emperor |
Let Him be seved ana honored as |
the emperor OF the heart. There Is a |
pathetic story about a drummer lad IN |
the army OF Napoleon, wounded by n |
rifle ball. which had lodged danger |
ously near his heart. The surgeon |
was probing for II getting nearer and |
nearer his heart rlna-y he said |
looking the surgeon right in the eycs
probe a little deeper. sir. probe n |
little deeper, and YOU viii find the
May this entire congregation he able |
TO say-"Look little deeper. probe
q little deeper. and you will find |
Jesus the CtrP ,'the Indispensable \
Christ.
Members OF the graduating class, |
life is school: Jebus Is the teacher
in that school; 10 know God is the
course of study. The life that sue.
Ceeds in knowing Him tho Il NAV |
gain little else, will in the end be n
life. Therefore In your life
work, let love for God he the motive.
service to mankind be the end, well
pleasing unto God be the appreciation
sought for and Heaven be the goal,
Try TO find each OF you. the divine
plan for your life; for Just as the
architect mad a plan for this building
even so the great architect OF charac-
ter has a plan for each and every
life, and that life will be the happiest
and most successful that lives in tune
with the infinite Keep Jesus, the
Christ, crowned in your
Heart, and when you come 10 that
other commencement day. the com
OF that larger life
may you be worthy TO hear
rom the lips OF the teacher
those welcome words, well
lone good and faithful servants!" and
% receive from His hands diploma
having inscribed upon IL these words,
Heir of God and Joint Heir with
christ in an Inheritance that Is incor.
'uptible and undefiled and that fadetr
not away. reserved in heaven hor
'ou". Amen.