The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-23

the writer, founded on his own eXper-
fence. He had from experience evil
dence that the Lord is good, and he
now asks others that they would make
the same trial that he had made. II is
the language of piety in view Of per-
sonal experience. II is such language
as young convert, whose heart is
filled with joy as nope first dawns upon
his soul, would address to his compan-
ions and friends. Lessons derived
from our own experience we may prop
erly recommend TO others. The evil
dence which has been furnished us that
God is good, we may properly employ
in persuading others to come and taste
of His love.
David tasted frequently and partooll
freely from the fountain of the divine
goodness. He found such satisfying
and refreshing and he desired that
others should obtain similar blessings.
And he called to them 80, taste and see
that the Lord is good Put God to the
test by believing in Him and you shall
find that lie is good.
"'Oh make but trial of His love
Experience will decide
How blessed are they and only they
Who in His truth conlide.'
Notice first the cheering statement
of The text the Lord is good. Good
ness is Gods nature. He is good and
cannot but do good. Why does the
musician love to sing or play? Because
it is his nature. Why does the artist
love to paint? 1t is congenial to his
nature Why does the orator feel the
Joy of speech? Because his whole ma
ture is attuned To that operation. Why
does God love? Because it is His ma
turc, God is love- Why does He do
good TO us. unworthy creatures? That
is the way His mind works. His good
ness flows through innumerable
channels, in creation, providence and
grace. We see it in this beautiful
world which He has given as as our
! home. in the perfection of our bodies
| and minds and in the stream of mer-
cies He is constantly pouring into our
lap.
/ by the heat of summer and the frosts
of winter. but the stream of Gods mer-
cies never fail. His goodness is spe-
cially manifest in the gift of His son
as our Saviour and our deliverance
| from the guilt, pain and results of sin
; Notice second, the urgent invita-
| ton ., taste and see. To taste is TO
| try the havor of, to partake Of little
| to ascertain the natsre Of the whole
Job says, Does not the ear try words
and the mouth taste his meat" Applied
To the mind, il is u examine a thing
to find out what il is like. 1t is used
here i'm the sense of making trial oil
testing by experience, the idea is, that
| Nv putting trust in Colby testing the
comforts of religion one would so
| thoroughly perceive the blessings of II
and have SO much happiness in ii. that
he would be led to seek his happiness
there altogether. In other words" IL
we could but get men TO make n trial
Of religion, to enter ON it so rs to un-
derstand and experience it. we are GER
tain that they would appreciate ii ana
engage in Gods service.
IF people sought their all i'll God
they would so surely find what they
need that they would renounce all else
and trust God only. OF this the psalm
list was certain, of this all are sure who
have sought for happiness In religion
and in God. The great difficulty is to
get men to try religion and put God $
promises to the test, TO taste and see
that the Lord is Good. They VIII Try
every thing else instead, the nostrums
and vagaries of the world and neglect
that which alone can satisfy the true
longing of the human soul and settle
every problem that is disturbing hu-
man society.
go. taste and see that the Lord Is
| good This is the language of exper-
icnce David invites others TO taste OF
| the goodness of the Lord because he
tasted and found happiness hitherto
unknown. This invitation was prompt
cd by love. David loved his fellow
men and he desired that they should
he in possession of the blessedness he
knew. If we have found God good we
surely will want others to enjoy Him
| with us
But let us bear i'm mind that we
must taste i'm order to see. We may
read many books about honey without
knowing what the taste of honey is
like. The only way we can find out
what honey tastes like, Is to taste II
for ourselves Tasting is testing and
testing is knowing If YOU have any
doubt as to the blessedness of being a
| Christian and disciple of Christ LEI
me intreat you to put 1t to the test.
Become a disciple. That is the only
way you can find out. God is good
and 1t is beyond the power of words to
make known how good He is. Believe
i'm Him and find out for yourself. lie
is good IN the way He receives us, good
as d master and good as "a rewarder
\ His rewards are rich I'm this lie and
richer than words can tell in the life to
come. oh the goodness of God and
the blessedness of all that trust them