The Raymer enterprise., 1912-04-18

William Carey brought another
great thought from heaven, and Rob-
ert Raikes another. In our own land
Dwight l., Moody and Francis E. Clark
and Frances Willard have each been
the bearer Of rich messages from God.
All these have met with stout opposi-
tion, for "My thoughts are not your
thoughts. saith the Lord" and yet
eventually their message has been re.
ceived, and has been Incorporated in
to the life of the church.
One accent OF the Holy Ghost,
The needless world hath never lost.
That God has messages for the
church of today no one can doubt.
Never was there an age which needed
divine wisdom more than ours. Great
problems confront us, great dangers
threaten us. Many of Gods people
seem dazed by the difficulties before
them, and cry out in pitiful tones,
Who is sufficient for these things?"
Instead OF waiting upon God for a re-
newal of their strength, they resort to
all manner of worldly expedients to
gain the attention of the tickle crowd.
Others recognizing clearly the same
difficulties and dangers are clamoring
oudly for "A man with message"
Why should not every Christian be
"A man with a message?" Was 1t not
said Of our day, q will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions
and your old men shall dream
dreams?" Was it not said Of all be-
levers, "Ye shall be witnesses unto
me?"
How to o5tain Message.
There are grave difficulties in the
way of even those who are busiest in
the service of God. This is an age Of
hurry and worry, and unless we are
very careful we shall fail into the spr-
1t of the age, and allow ourselves TO
be robbed of that quiet and repOse
which is essential to a deep acQuaint-
ance with God Somehow we must
get time to be alone with God, time
10 let the truth as it is in Jesus filter
down through our being until our
whole life is saturated with its spirit.
So shall We come forth from our
closets each day with the dew Of
heaven upon our hearts, and with a
fresh message upon our lips. "lIe that
hath an ear TO hear, let him hear what
the spirit saith unto the churches"
Avoid the Danger.
1t is a dangerous thing to know
Gods will and not do 1t. And one of
the most perilous things a Christian
can do, is to try to hold his own sim
ply, and not 90 forward into the deep
things of God when thus led by the
spirit. have read Of Christian man
who became so engrossed in his busi-
ness that he largely lost his fellow
ship with God. After while his busi-
ness began to fail; he found that in a
few weeks the vein of coal from which
he had been drawing his supplies
would be exhausted, and all his invest.
ment would be useless. He was also
impressed that his business troubles
were due to his departure from God,
and this led him TO much prayer.
One night In dream a voice seemed
to say to him, go deeper" 1t seemed
to him to be the voice Of God, and it
led to an entire transformation of his
life. As he entered upon a closer
walk with God his heart was filled
with new Joy and power. But still the
voice kept speaking to him SO per.
slstently that he began to think 1t had
something to do with his business
And so one day he proposed to his
foreman that they should abandon the
old vein Of coal, and sink a new shaft
with view Of finding a deeper store
The foreman ridiculed the idea for all
the Indications were against 1t. But
he insisted and at length a shaft was
sunk, and after they had gone down
a reasonable distance they struck, not
a vein of coal, but 10, an immense
vein OF iron, and suddenly the bank
rupt miner found himself a million
aire.
Is not this Gods message to us to
day. Go deeper?" II we have ex
hausted all the satisfaction and power
there Is in our present knowledge OF
truth. let us enter into the deep things
of God, depths Of wisdom.
Dwell deep, o my SOUL deeper yet. hour
by hour.
Dwell deep. deeper yet, In his fullness Of
power.
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