Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-05-23

out the ascension.
just as that event awaits the fruition
OF its purpose in his return again to,
the earth; for it is not till then that
the divine plan concerning his man
ifested kingdom will begin to APP
proach fulfllment.
But that which gives peculiar inter-
est to Christ's ascension is its bear
ing on our spiritual life today, for II
we are being established In the faith.
enlightened in the knowledge of God.
sanctified in our souls and anointed
by the Holy Spirit for service, all /
blessings are the result of our Sa-I
viour's presence in heaven as our in
terceding high priest at the right
hand of God
AT the ascension the body of Jesus;
did not vanish into nothing. for not
only did the disciples see him as he
went up. but Stephen beheld him af-i
forwards, standing at the right-handl
of God acts VII 55-56). Moreover,l
the angels on Mount Olivet said to the
disciples that he would so come in
like manner as he was seen to go
Acts. lid In other words, heaven
is a locality and Jesus Christ, the
gloriiied Goldman, is there We can
not understand how the original body
OF Jesus was transmitted into his res
direction and glorifed body, any more
than we can understand how heavy
waited is changed into light vapor. or
dark Hint into transparent glass, by
heat; but we know that he is in tx,
same body, although now in anotheu
form of existence and standing under
other laws How the thought dignii
fies our conception of human nature
and broadens our idea Of the scope
of the atonement! The presence OF
his glorifed body in heaven takea
away any vagueness as to our own
glorified bodies being there, II wd
have been united to him by living
faith-because he lives, we shall live
also.
Was it not the reward of his ODE
dience to the father in his sufferingi
and death on behalf OF guilty men
Was it not the JOY set before him foi
which he was willing to endure tn,
cross, despsing the shame? And ye
there is more to follow. when, in tn,
regeneration OF the heavens and th9
earth, he shall sit upon the throne 0
his power in the sight OF the whole
universe, and every knee shall bow e
him and every tongue confess that h
is lord to the glory of God the fathel
philippians H. Gid.
OF course we speak now, only of hi
human nature, of the Goldman consie
cred as the mediatorial prince. Sue
terms do not pertain TO his deity,
which sense his glory could not
enhanced and the thought of rewar
is entirely excluded.
But the ascension of Jesus Chris
means great things for us who believ
on him as we'll as great things &c
himself II means the Reinstatement
of our nature in all its lost honor
In reconciliation with God. 1t near
our reception into Paradise and pa
ticipation in endless felicity. II Chris
had risen from the dead and still r.
manned on earth, we might have bee
assured of deliverance from the gray
and possibly a protracted resident
here: but what we desire before
things is reunion with God, the ha
itation of glory and the communal
of his presence. The ascension S
cures this.
oh, you to whom these truths ha'
no meaning, in whose esteem they a.
as toolishnesses, think what you al
losing now. and shall forever lose,
they be true! | would have you
low the example of John Keble. VIII
conscious of his groveling though
which lay half buried, roamed lawle4
ly around this earthly waste.
claimed,
''Chalns OF my heart. avaunt. say
will arise, and in the strength OF loI
Pursue the. bright track ere 1t fade ava
My Savior's pathway to His Hot
above"
But it is useless 10 urge a man
do this without telling him how
do IT, When, or how, can one obta
this strength of love" of which I
poet speaks? How can he pursue I'll
right track whose eyes are blind
by sin other things of the presd
world" WI will seek the "hoi
above" unless he shall be awakenedl
its glories? 1t is God only who d
accomplish these things in human
perience. and he begins the work
weakening the ties of earth, ane
vealirg the loathsomeness OF sin
he perii Cf unbelief.