Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-03-19
THE GOSPEL is
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
By c. X. eHUBBUcK.

The word gospel in its most
wonderful and spiritual sense. is glad
tidings, the good news concerning
Christ, and kingdom of God and saliva
ton. Hence the teachings of Christ
and the Apostles as body or system,
the Christian faith, revelation or dis
pensation is the light of the world.
Why How is it the light of the
world There ale various kinds of
lights. Why are they lights and howI
There is little bug that emits a light
by his God-given power, insomuch
that he is called the lightning bug
and is very active. Gods power pro-
duces a phosphoresoent light that is
without sensible heat. Man, through
the God given power, produces an ar
tificisl light for their temporal use,
but does man produce or maintain any
lights along the great thorougbfare
that leads to the Kingdom of God
First. let us fully understand what
light is. First it is the opposite of
darkness. An emination from a
light-giving body. Anything that
comes before the vision, giving knowl-
edge or touches anyone of the five SEN
ses in manner to give knowledge.
The Gospel is the light of the world
Now then. understanding what light
is, what causes the Gospel to be the
light of the world, or thru what
meansS think all will acknowledge
that we get knowledge of the Gospel
through all the five senses. And if so,
we will soon see why and how the
Gospel is the light of the world, the
teachings of the life and death of
Christ being the Gospel, and the &C
ceptance of it the life of all that &C
cept it ''In Him was life and the
life was the light of men and the light
shineth in darkness. " But there has to
be an energetic life to give light The
Sequachee News performs its mission
by the energetic way in which it
serves its subscribers and treats the
public, and it depends on the editor.
We get light or knowledge, by
means of the eye as our vision comes
in contact with that around us. And
from our feelings as the hornet hits us
just over the eye. which is the win
dow of Gods temple, which we are if
we let the light of the gospel shine.
If we were blind and led into flower
garden we would know it by the sense
of smelling, for God wants us to enjoy
His handwork. If we enter here the
great church organ is sounding that
glorious old hymn, "Jesus, Lover of
my Soul" our whole being is vibrat-
ing with the light of the gospel of the
love of Jesus as we listen to those
strains and we get foretaste of the
Kingdom OF God, where all our SEN
ses will be exercised to their fullest
capacity as we stand before the throne
in the light of Gods love and sing the
praises for the Gospel of Christ, which
is the true light of the world.
Everything that is of value is gain
cd only by those that are energetic.
The great spiritual dynamo is running
with great speed, and all those who
are attaches must of necessity be filled
with that light-giving energy, that
but the gospel of Jesus can
give. The love for the family altar.
the prayer meeting, the preached
Word, and that great training school,
the Sunday school, are only kept up bv
that light-giving energy. And we
can praise God for such men as VIM.
Loach, that they are through their en-
ergy and zeal and the help Of the good
editor, spreading the good news Of the
Sunday School Convention, which is a
great light shining along the Gospel
way. The Gospel lie the light that
lights the way to the Kingdom Of
GoI. And Jesus came and died to give
us that light And we are to perpet-
uate that light by being attached to
Him. Are we turning the light up
or down? Are we leading into the
that are we'll lit or into
the dark alleys. Oh, listen to the
song.
SIS my heart right with Cod
Washed in that crimson food3
Cleansed and made holy,
Humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God. !"
His greatest work was charity for
,ne another. and what peculiar light |
,harity is. 1t lights the way out of
lark places for lost brother or sister.
Oh. do we see the sin of our brother
% be smaller or greater than our own
Oh. friends if we look thru the eyes
# Jesus, what would we do for our
,rother9 What did the good Samari-
an dor Oh, the wonderful light of
be gospel of Jesus. because it lights
is from earth to Heaven, through the
,reat church of God. Oh, friends, let
Is stop and think. If we are not per-
the light and sunshine Of