The Washington times., 1913-03-22

Me. The very prayer for forgiveness
and new life that We nave mentioned
above as necessary to the making over
of the old life into the new or vital life.
must have belief in the deity OF Jesus
and faith in His power 70 save back of
It all. In the Epistle Of James DO we
read, But let him ask (for wisdomD in
faith. nothing wavering: for he that
wavereth Is like a wave Of the sea
driven with the wind and tossed" Yes,
faith that God will grant our just de-
sires, coupled with a strong belief in
God. in the divinity of our Lord Jesus.
In His power to forgive sin, to renew
cessity In our evolution from the old to
the new or vital life.
Works.
But. inasmuch as we have learned,
again quoting from the Epistle of
James, that we should be "doers of the
word. and not hearers only, deceiving
our own selves" and again. that "as
the body without the spirit is dead. so
faith without works Is dead also"
something more Is necessary to vital
living than mere faith and belief. for
verify THE devils believe, and trem-
BILE" That other requisite to vital liv-
ing, the team-mate Of faith Is works. =
II business man merely believes that
there are large profits in certain COM
modities. but does not attempt to buy
or sell such goods: If the honey-bee
should be able to reason that a su-
perior sweetness would come from red
clover, but persists In remaining away
from the blossoms and in another field; ;
II man is convinced that God rules
over all, and that Jesus Christ died to
save men from their sins, and yet does
not give his life to Him, the profits
will not be made, the honeycomb will
be unconstructed, the soul of the man
will not be saved. In the words, man
and realize his sinfulness and repent
and receive his certain answer OF for
giveness and blessing, but then he must
go ahead and DO SOMETHING about
It. In other words, again, he must
add to the requisites for the vital life
works
The Vital Life Constant.
But vitalixed life is but of little
avail IL merely begun and not contin-
ued That the life may continue vital
lied. one needs to keep close to the
influence, Jesus Christ, and
to maintain eternal in his heart the
without ceasing the water of life. How
may the continuity of the vitalized life
be assured? By the same tokens men
toned SO often In our Christian En-
deavor societies, and which form SO I'M
portant a part in the Christian En-
deavor pledge-DAILY BIBLE READ
ING and PRAYER BY these We may
learn how to perform sweet and last
ing service for the King. and how to
keep the vital life constant.
Conservation.
There is but one more thought to be
brought out here. and that is-consecra-
ton. As the grains and flowers of the
field and even the giants Of the forest
need constantly to draw from the fos-
.ering earth nourishment and moisture,
so must the Christian who would con-
tinue in the vital or living life derive
power and strength from tine fountain
hcad-the source OF all power. from
Him who gave the life and who alone
Is able to make 1t pure and holy and
acceptable on high. Shall not there
fore our Christian EndeavoTers-nay. all
Gods people-turn their faces At this
Easter time to the Crosa of Calvary. be-
holding there the Great Sacrifice for