The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-28

MAN
heir In His Kingdom-the class which
is to be associated with Him in the
judging and blessing of the world of
mankind in general Corinthians
vi, 2.
aye See Your Calling, Brethren"
st. Paul, pointing out the privileges
of those who are now being called,
says, "Ye see your calling. brethren,
how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many no.
BILE are called" but chiefly 1.-The poor
of this world, rich in faith, heirs Of the
Kingdom" q Corinthians i, %; James
ii, 81 Those who possess the blessings
of the present life in great abundance
are thereby disadvantaged respecting
this great High Calling, while the poor
of this world have their compensation.
for the things Of the present time hav-
ing less attraction for them, their ears
Outstanding" are more ready to discern
the glorious things of the Divine reve-
lation. which the natural eye hath not
seen nor the ear heard-things which
God hath in reservation for those that
love misrepresentation those whose
love for God manifests itself in a full
conservation of mind and body to know
and to do the Divine will.
Our text tells us of the possibilities
Of our '.calling''-of what God through
Christ Is able and willing to do for us
even bringing us to perfection of no.
illness and faultlessness in the Divine
presence at the end of our race course.
But there are conditions, our text de-
clares. namely: IF We continue in the
faith, grounded and settled. and be not
moved away from the Hope of the Cos
pei, which We have heard and which
was preached to every creature which
was under heaven."-Verse %.
Since there are conditions. we must
give them earnest heed; for how could
we be careless or Indifferent in re-
spect to so high a calling. so heavenly
Prize as this set before us? Care
lessness, neglect, Indifference in respect
to the terms or conditions, would be
manifesting a lack of appreciation of
the gift, the privilege, the opportunity;
and this in turn would mean that
thereby we mark ourselves in the
Lords estimation as unworthy of the
preferred honors and glOries.
IGTh> hona IS $ha HosnaIU
1t should not surprise US that the
Apostle lays great stress upon the
Hope of the Gospel" God is not work
ing in us with tools of iron and steel
or gold or silver to transform or to
polish us. His fashioning and trans
forming tool is the Hope of the Cos
pei. 1t is this Hope which the Apos-
tie declares we should "have as an
anchor to our soul. both sure and
steadfast. entering into that which is
within the veil, whittier our Forerun-
ner is for us entered" (Hebrews vi.
10, 2O) Thus we will be settled and
grounded and safe in all the storms OF
life, great and small. Our anchorage
of faith will give us the assurance of
the Divine promise. that "all things
shall work together for good to those
who are the called according to His
purpose" to those who are the
Happy objects of His grace.
Destined to behold His face
But the Divine arrangement is that
in order to continue in the faith we
must feed continually upon the prom
Uses of God. and must allow them to
have sanctifying power in our minds,
in our hearts and over our words and
conduct, making US more and more
copies of Gods dear Son. AS our text
intimates and other Scriptures tell US,
the Adversary will seek to move us
away from the glorious promises OF
the Gospel. putting fear as an incen-
tive instead Of love, or attracting US
by worldly pleasures or pride or 1.-The
love of money" which is "a root of all
evil" Our worthiness to be Of the
New Creation will be demonstrated by
the faithfulness, the persistency with
which we will hold on and strive
against the oppositions Of the world,
the flesh and the Adversary, and more
and more seek and enjoy the fellow
ship of the Father and of the Son..
If we know these things, happy will
we be IL we allow them to exercise us
both to will and to do the Fathers
good pleasure. to the extent Of our
ability as new creatures in Christ. If
we do so, He who began the good work
will complete it in the Day of the
Lord Jesus Christ-in the Morning Of
the New Dispensation, in the First,
Resurrection. This means a gradual
growing in grace and in knowledge
and in the fruits and graces of the
Holy SpiritIto the extent Of our ability.
The merit of our Redeemer compen-
sating for all our unintentional short
cOmings. He will eventually present
us holy, faultless. unreprOyable in the
Kingdom.
Statement Of the Condition of the Man
kato State Bank, Mankato, Mimi, at
Close Of Business on June a., 1912.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $3.50, 1856 81
Overdrafts .......... SIS. 26
Other bonds, stocks
and securities 49,. SO, 667 so
house, fur
niture and fixtures. 16, 200. 90
Other real estate. BITS. SO
Due from banks. ST, 994. 81
Cash on hand Gtems
peioW) .....:.:. 4,492.3 81