The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-12

EF1eSrnood. IL - me Divine purpose to
prepare in advance Of the world a COM
paBy that Will DO able to instruct man
kind and to help them in every way
with respect to morals, and education
in things relating TO God. This espe-
cialIy prepared class Is the Church,
who a kings and priests viii also have
authority, under their great High
Priest, to rule the world during tho
thousand years Of the Messianic King
dom. Their work will be not only to
rule mankind for their good, but also
to uplift the ace of Adam from sin,
degradation and death.
The opportunity to be a member Of
this Royal Priesthood is certainly the
greatest privilege that has even come TO
any creature. 1t is to 1T and prepare
this class for 5oint-beirship with Jesus
in the Kingdom that God deals with
the Church as He does. He calls them
out Of the darkness Of the world into
the light Of the knowledge Of His own
glorious plans for the salvation of hu-
mainly.
Next the Pastor showed that this
matter Of sacrifice may be viewed from
either Of two standpoints-God's view
and mans. From the standpoint of
humanity, conservation seems to be
very hard. There Is NO slavery In the
world like that of being a child of God
and an associate Of Jesus, they think.
Everything must be given up. One can
not have anything Of his own; he may
not eat, drink, sleep, think. or do any
thing as he would choose. On the CON
trary, he must ask what the Lord
would have him do about everything.
He must have no will OF his own. Any
other slave would be allowed to cot
what he chose and to think what he
chose, at least; but the Christian can
not do so. He must say. Not my
thoughts, not my way, not my will,
but the Lords. This is the worldly
view Of conservation; 1t seems hard:
indeed, some will say, 1t Is too much.
The view from the Divine standpoint
is altogether different. We who look
at the subject from this standpoint
say, What have we, at best? We are
dying creatures. We have very little
strength, very little wealth; it requires
nearly all of our time to provide for
the necessities of life. We have very
little to give to the Lord. Therefore
W. do not see why the Lord should ac-
cept our sacrifice at all.
To c~orroborate this view, the Pastor
cited the case Of st. Paul. who de-
clared that he counted all things but
loss and dross for the excellency Of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus his
Lord. st. Paul had more than have
most Of the consecrated. A Roman
citizen by birth, he was also a men,
Der Of a noble family, and had every
advantage Of wealth and education.
He had good powers of speech and
reason, as his Epistles demonstrate.
Whoever will read his Epistle to the
Romans will see that the master mind
behind that writing could handle q
case at law anywhere. Yet, after
summing up all his advantages, the
Apostle considered these things as
mere dross. He willingly sacrificed
them all in order to win Christ; for
the things OF this present life are not
worthy to be compared with the glory
that shall be revealed. This, the
speaker declared, is the right view Of
consecration-God's standpoint,
Look Not at tho Things Seen.
The Pastor then discussed the expe-
riences of the Christian who is walk
ing in the narrow way Of sacrifice. He
has pleasures Of which the world
knows nothing. His trials seem, as
the Apostle says, light Affections.
which are but for a moment, and
which are working out for him a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory, while he looks at the things IN
seen. The Christian is looking at the
unseen things with the eye Of faith
the eyes of his understanding.
The Pastor made a practical applica-
ton of his point by declaring that
whenever an experience begins to be
rather hard, the Christian is then look
ing at the things that are seen, and for
getting to look at those that are invis-
ible-the things of the Kingdom. Such
should shut their eyes to the things
that are seen, and ask the Lord to help
them to set both their eyes Of under
standing and their affections on the
which God has in reservation for those
who love Him supremacy. These things
the natural man cannot understand; to
him they are foolishness. But to those
who love the Lord they are the most
wonderful realities and bring this
greatest blessings.
Next the Pastor drew attention to the
mad rush for pleasure which charac-
our day. The whole world il
searching for pleasure. He then asked
whether his hearers had ever known
any Of them who had found genuine
pleasure. He had not. With the Chris
tian,. however, it is different. The
has found an unfailing source
Of Joy. The peace of God, which passes
all understanding, rules in his heart.
In conclusion, the Pastor exhorted
his audience to rejoice in the Lord. All
the consecrated should rejoice always,
NOT only because they know the Lord,
but because they know that by and by
the worlds eyes of understanding viii
be opened. The glorifed Church will
have the pleasure Of giving this Di-
vine blessing.
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