The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-25

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dress at Elite hall last evening. 1t
was another of his sermonic Bible
talks for which he is noted. He said:
Entering the Christian life is far
more receiving than it is giving.
Many are deluded, as we have said
before, in thinking that the Christian
life is going to cost too much, and l
am certain that many of us who are
Christians are living along with the.
idea that we made a great sacrifice
when we entered the Christian life.
Fact is, | labored under that false de-
fusion a long time myself, but one
night my eyes were open to the fact
that when l became a Christian, | re-
ceived a thousand times more than I
ever ave up. was in a meeting in
Michigan. We We're using then a
very popular song, Sweet Peace, the
Gift of Gods Love- After l had
gone to my rest one night, the. words
of that chorus were running in my
mind, and like a flash, four verses of
Scripture stood out in the darkness
of the night, and each of them re-
ferred to some gift of God to me per-
sonally, as well as all others, and one
of them was that verse most familiar
to more people thar any other-John
3-16, God 50 loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that who
soever believeth in Him, should not
perish, but have everlasting life,'
which clearly stated that Christ Him
self, was a gift of God to me, and
while 1 had realized the theory of that
statement, the great fact nevertheless,
had 1nta> ,laprnn1 ,n,,, no -, ;+. cal
ness.
"A second one of the great verses
was, BY grace are, We saved, through
faith, n that not Of yourselves, it
is the gift of Cod Ephe. IS. Saliva
ton is here declared to be a gift from
God. I had been so preaching, but
did not realize it fully up to that time,
but | do tonight n praise my God
for it.
"A third gift I saw that night is
suggested by Romans, 6-23, The.
wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ, our Lord Thank God, I had
nothing to fear from the first part
of that verse, because, having accept
ed Christ as a gift, l had also re-
ceived eternal life.
THE fourth promise I saw, is con-
tanned in the words of Christ, when
He said, If we being evil, know how
to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask Him. Luke lib. In some
regards l realized then, as I 10 now,
that that was and is Gods most
precious gift to mantle Holy Spirit
ever present to take of the things of
Christ and make them known unto
us.
gifts to men, and the question | ask
them" Some fail to appreciate their
value. They laugh at the idea of
their being the most valuable things
in the world as they surely are. All
such are among the spiritually blind
Of whom we recently spoke. Others
in a sense realize their value, but treat
them carelessly and often fail to re-
ccive them until it is too late, while
others for some reason cannot realize
that they are gifts, and feel that they
must merit them, or carr them or buy
them. Nothing is more untrue.
Christ Himself is a gift, and When one
receives Him, they also receive saliva
ton, peace, hope, eternal life. and gifts
too many to number. God help you
to receive Him tonight"
Announcements.
Evangelist Smith will conduct an
hour of prayer from 3 to 4 p. m. to-
day and urges all Christians to be
present and TO bring written rprucStS