Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-31

stract question OF service Is con-
cerned. one neither loses nor gains
BY accepting Christianity. Know ye
not" says the apostle Paul. that to
whom We yield yourselves servants 10
obey his servants ye are to whom ye
obey. whether of sin unto death or OF
obedience unto righteousness There
may be a change OF masters or
change in the character and the re-
ward. OF service. but so far as serv-
Ice itself is concerned there is no
change When. therefore. one Is en-
treated to take Christ's yoke upon
him II is not as II he had never worn
q yoke before. but only a question as
to whether he would remain in the
bonds Of iniquity or obey one In the
keeping OF whose commands there Is
great reward
(D Let US lay emphasis upon
choose Religion Is a matter OF
choice, for men may serve God or
not as they please OF course he may
compel a man TO serve him. but ordi-
narily he does no; do this. a man
would be merely a machine II he did
This liberty OF choice is mans glory
and also his peril. AS Whittier says:
Though Col - good. ana free r. heaven
No force divine can love compel;
And though the song % sins forgiven
May sound through lowest hell:
The sweet persuasion Of his voice
Respect. thy .anctity OF will
He Efve,h day. thou has, thy ehoies
To walk In darkness still
(5) Let US lay emphasis upon
you Judge therefore yourselves.
brethren, that We be not judged OF the
Lord Let every other personality
/ fade from your consideration and
consciousness. and think only Of your
own solitariness in the Divine pres
ence when Every one OF Us shall
give an account o, himself 10 God"
In every congregation where the Cos
pei is preached Satan entraps inti-
vituals in the snare OF self-deception
/ by helping them to lose themselves
in the mass. How is It with you,
You may have attended church all
your life and yet never personally.
consciously. definitely and irreversi-
bly, made choice to serve God
through Jesus Christ VIII you do
II now
| ca Let US lay emphasis on this
day" There is peril in delay. The
young prince. Napoleon. In the Zulu
war. was one day riding at the head
Of a squad outside the camp It was
a dangerous position and some one
said: We had better return or we
shall fall into the hands OF the enc
my" "Oh." said the prince. Let US
stay here ten minutes and drink our
coffee" Before the ten minutes
elapsed the Zulus were upon them
and the prince lost his life. When
his sorrow-strieken mother heard IL.
she exclaimed: -Ah. that was his
mistake from babyhood: he was ever
pleading for ten minutes more. On
this account I sometimes called him
Mr.. Ten Minutes" How many have
lost their souls II not their bodies by
a like procrastination.
God commands you 70 choose him
"
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ehee now. men. can We trihe Win
tne laE OF Eoa
ana 'nen thihk OF me privilege
Now II the accepted ume, To-Day is
the Gay OF saiFaloh- what tomor-
row may mean We 90 not Know nor
even that there snail De tomorrow
For millions tomorroW VIII not be-
wherefore, II Is written. today II ye
VIII hear his voice. harden not YOU
hearts
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What indeed. but to Weld our
Wills 70 him that he NAV have his
will IN Us in all things. That will is
revealed in his word and as we read
and mediate upon II. as II is preach.
ed and expounded unto us In the DOW.
or Of his Holy Spirit. IL is for us 10
follow where IL leads. His grace ia
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