The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-08-06

s9&4nzz addressed to be.
lieving saints,
should have been known and loved OF
God, and called and chosen OF Hin
from before the foundation OF the
world. In the eighth OF Proverbs
Christ is personihed as wisdom, and
tells us he was set up from everlast.
Ing or ever the earth was, and adds,
MY delights were with the sons OF
men"
(2) II is marvellous in its nature.
expressed not merely or primarily, in
giving to man life, and the means to
enjoy II, but when man had turned
his back upon his Creator and rebelled
against him, in freely and undeserv.
ingly forgiving him, and this at the
sacrifice of Ills only begotten son
that whosoever believeth on him
should not perish but have everlast.
ing life"
(8 II is marvellous I'm its un.
changeableness. Wonderful Is II that
God should have loved us while we
we're sinners, and continue to love us
even while we continue to be sinners.
The new man within US who have be.
lieved on Christ does not sin, but the
old man Is still sinner But God
loves us Notwithstanding all. It
seems impossible 10 wear out his love.
Can a woman forget her sucking
child?" he asks, Yea, she may forget
but will not forget thse."
"a II is marvellous In its work
Passing from the thought of what
Gods loving kindness has accom-.
plished and will yet accomplish In
Christ on our behalf, consider what
It accomplishes within ourselves
through Christ, our sanctiflcation and
spiritual up-bullding. Listen to David,
as with the SHOWS OF seventy win.
ters on his head he e1claims to God,
They gentleness hath made me
great Or, transfer the thought TO
Paul, as in the stress OF his apostle
ship he declares, III we be beside our.
selves II is to God, II we be sober It
Is for your sake. For the love OF
Christ constraineth us"-the love
which Christ hath manifested toward
US.
The Need Of This Prayer.
Q We need to see Gods loving
kindness to remove our ignorance.
1t is dreadful thing to be ignorant
of the God who made and who re-
deemed us. (2) We need to see II to
awaken gratitude and enable us TO
love him who first loved us. (3 We
need II TO strengthen faith and to de-
liver us from fear. This was the rea
son David prayed this prayer: Show
thy marvellous loving kindness, o
thou that savest by thy right hand
all them that put their trust in thee
from them that rises up against
them" II is such a motive also that
moves Paul TO say, He that spared
not his son, but freely delivered him
up for us all, shall he not with him
also freely give us all things? Who
shall lay anything to the charge of
Gods elect? 1t is God that justlfleth!
Who is he that condemneth? 1t is
Christ that died."
In other words, the greater includes
the less, and II God hath loved us
enough TO do this on our behalf, he
loves us well enough to do anything
We need. Dry your tears; deepen
your trust: give room to hope; be OF
good courage and he shall strengthen
thine heart. Ask him to show you his
loving kindness.
An Illustration.
Some years ago | visited the White
Mountain Notch, and facing Mt. VIII
lard-is II called?-I overheard my
companions asking one another II
they had seen the old witch of the
mountain. THE old witch OF the
mountain" designates the outline OF a
woman apparently robed In white
which natures chisel has cut in the
face of the bald, bare rock. Some had
seen her and some had not. was
among the latter, and my friends did
everything they could to assist my
vision, adjusting powerful magnify.
ing glass, etc, but It was all In vain,
At length one in a few well-chosen
words, described the figure 30 accu.
rately In its relation to its surround.
ings, that saw It In a moment and
was able to join in the laugh at my
neighbors who had not yet been so
fortunate.
II is much the same In the region
OF spiritual truth. The loving kind.
ness of God stands out before men In
creation, in his word. In the trans.
formed lives of his people, and men
have eyes but they do not see. II
they but saw, how they would rejoice