The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-25
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we are baf8sd, and scarcely
know what to do, he points the
way and the end is right, be-
canse his leading is unerring.
He guides US with his own dear
hand, for we are dearer to him
than the apple of his own eye:
The fact that we must travel
life's pathway is sufficient rea,
son why we need his counsel and
guidance. When we are de.
pressed and weary
"Why not take all to the Helper
Who has never failed Us yet?
Tell him about the heartache,
And tell him the longings, TOO:
Tell him the baHed purpose
When we scarce kuow what to do.
Then, leaving all our weakness
With the one divinely strong,
Forget that We bore the burden,
And carry away the song"
"We are floating on raft
upon an open sea-" said Plato:
whence we came or whittier we
60 we know not" Plato was a
heather, and it might have been
fitting that he should say such a
thing: but it is not so with the
Christian, for as he sails upon
the sea of life, with Jesus as his
pilot. he will come at last into
haven of sweet rest. None have
ever sought his counsel in vain,
neither has any ever had reason
to regret following it.
''AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALL
ED MIGHTY GOD"
Here is the doctrine of the
oneness of Jesus with the Faith
er. The Jews are rigid mono
theists-they hold teuaciously to
the doctrine of one God. Jesus
claim of divinity was the pri-
mary cause. of their rejecting
him as the Messiah. That he
made himself equal with God
was one of their chief accuse
tions against him. Jesus is God
himself. II and the Father are
one" He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father. Isaiah
must have believed in the divin,
ity of the Messiah. It does not
seem reasonable that he would
have called a mere man. mighty
God" he evidently shares in
the same belief of David when
be said: ''Thy throne, D God, is
for ever and ever: q sceptre OF
of equity is the sceptre of thy
kingdom" The same is true OF
Jeremiah, be proclaims the
Messiah as 'sJehovah our right
eousness.
:sAND HIS NAMES SHALL BE
CALLED EVERLASTING FATHER. y
Jesus is Father in the sense of
being our creator. He gave US
our being and it is unto him that
we owe our life. "AH things
were made through him; and
without him was not anything
made that hath been made u
John 1.3. "Have we not all one
Father? Hath not one God
created us?" Nal. 2: 10. He is
also a Father to US in that he is
our protector. In his life on
earth, Jesus rarely ever pro-
tested against any evil OF dis
courtesy shown him; but he
stoutly defended and protected
those who put their trust in him
He protected Mary, who anoint.
ed his body against his burial
with precious ointment. He de-
Tended her against the covetous-
ness of Judas, who was a thief
and a hypocrite. He defended
the woman against the criticism
of Simon, who washed his feet
with her tears and dried them
with her hair. When they came
to arrest him in the garden, his
one request was that his dlciples
be allowed to go away unmolest-
ed. His love and preserving
care is ever over US. He twill
not fail US, nor forsake u.s." He
is our "everlasting Father" and
ever liveth to make intercession
for US.
land HIS NAME SHALL BE CALL
ED PRINCE OF PEACE" !"
The Christians peace passeth
understanding: it is a joy un-
speakable and full of glory.
s'My peace I give unto you, not
as the world gives, give I unto
you" No, ISIS does not give as
the world g. The prince of
this world Ia, never given any
thing but shame, misery and
wretchedness. The world can
not give: it has nothing to give.
every good and perfect gift
comes from God" What satan
puts off on US is counterfeit.
Through the atoning grace of
Jesus man has come to have
peace with God. Being there
fore justified by faith we have
peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Our sins
have been washed away in his
blood. and we are reconciled to
God through the sacriticial death
of his Son. Jesus gives US peace