Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-06-14


spread through the whole earth. while
the making OF many books goes mer'
rily on and much study Is u WEAKNESS
to the flesh, Il may he timely to can
attention 10 the importance oil know
ing 0od.
While man 10 In this mundane lie
there are many things which owing 10
the limitations OF this life no shall
never know. It 10 not for him to
know the time and the seasons. but
n he be wise. he may understand the
signs OF the times. Yet We are ef
pressly told that far away above even
the imaginations OF the human MIND
In Its ghostic flight In the one great
indestructible truth that a man may
may. that a man must-.know God.
II man would cease his moleike Ter
reting after the mysterious earth
worms of philosophy. and come out
Of his pessimistic darkness. and Try
TO know God and to serve him now,
many of his doubts would resolve
themselves. II n man does not know
God he has missed the one great. I'm
portant thing: he has not yet found
the key by which he may enter the
holy place OF his own life.
How he came here, why he came
here. why. he goes from here ana
whittier he soes-these things lie
knows not.
The work OF God speaks In no un'
certain tones on this subject |, tells
us that knowledge OF God Is de-
pendent upon spiritual awakening
aud revelation from God himself
We are told that there was a time
when Samuel did not know the Lord.
for the word OF the Lord was not ye'
revealed 10 him" We are further
told that there came a time when
Samuel did know the Lord. and all Is
rae knew that Samuel knew the
Lord. And the knowledge OF God 50
impressed itself on the lay mind that
the servant of Saul testified oil him
Now, there II a man OF God In this
city" 4 man who knew God; who
walked with God: who made himself
felt In the national and individual life
OF Israel
The KEY which David handed 10
young Solomon was the key Of Di
vine knowledge. And thou, Solo
mon my son. know thou the God OF
thy father, aud serve him with u
perfect heart aud willing mind :"
Jeremiah told the men Of his day
that worldly wisdom might and rich.
~ never would bring man to glory;
that II any man would glory. Let him
glory In that he knoweth the Lord"
Gods controversy with Israel
through his prophets was concern.
ing their lack OF knowledge Isaiah
goes so far In his rebuke as TO ac
cuse them of the densest stupidity
and calls upon the heavens To hear
and the earth to give ear He Is
astOnished that the OK knows his
owner ana the ass the place for his
fodder, hut Gods people do not know
The depravity OF that day was not
on account OF the lack of religious
observance The smoke from the
morning and evening sacrifice went
up AS regularly as the days came and
Went
II was time OF decent. decorous
esthetic. eye pleasing. ear tickling
service. but II had no core. there
was no heart In IT, II was all exter,
malt was something which the Lord
could not get away with II was
abomination 10 him. and We have no
reason to think that God has changed
his mind In this year OF grace They
offered incense; God wanted clean
hearts and pure lives, and these come
from knowing God. The apostle
Paul denounced the church al Cor
lnth for this very thing, and a strange
denunciation II Is 10 come In his
matchless argument for the resurrec,
ton
Awake TO righteousness and sin
NOT, for some have not the knowledge
Of God ! speak this 10 your shame "
Is II any less disgraceful In any Chris
'isn community In any Christian
land. not To know God? We trow not 4,
Hut The great reason given by the
matchless Son OF God ought To set all
men seeking for God. II Is given not
10 the disciples. though heard by
them. II Is spoken 10 the holy place
OF prayer Any man, be he sin.
cere man, Is most sincere. Is at his
best, IL approaching his zenith. when
IN his closet. after shutting the door
he prays 10 his Father. This Is no
hitting place for cant. dilettantism or
sham II 10 the one real moment OF
his life. and the Son OF God tells HIS
Father that: 1T Is life eternal ia
know the true God. and Jesus Christ
whom he had sent"
Friends, what an opportunity, To
grow In the knowledge of the Father
and the Son; this Is worth while. To
know God experimentally--hls Dur.
poses In creation aud In redeeming
grace - this Is life eternal And
Jesus Christ" The knowledge Is
yet one, for there Is no saving knowl
edge apart from him. just as there
was without him nothing made that
was made. All men know him. but
all men do not know him. What does
this knowledge mean?
II We set before ourselves the high