Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-07-04

know that his will does not love sin
Should his will ever change and pre-
fer sin, he would not be sorry after
the sin was committed.
How to Be an overeomer.
1t was then shown that every con
secrated child OF God must be an over.
conner in fighting the good fight Of
faith and in obedience to God mist
put down everything that pertains to
sin and unrighteousness in himself.
and stand for that which is pleasing In
the sight of God This Is the test Of
our loyalty to Him and to the prncl
pies Of His righteous Government
Many sins are really weaknesses of the
flesh which overcome the will momen-
tarily. Just here the New Creature
must conquer in the fight. He must
set the victory over the flesh. II we
sin, If we trespass we must 20 to the
Fountain of Grace ana be forgiven.
The great difficulty, the Pastor de-
clared, seems to be that after we have
had some experiences of this kind, we
properly enough feel ashamed that We
have not done better This is the
time when the Christian is in danger.
He Is liable to fail to ask forgiveness
ut the Throne Of the Heavenly Grace;
for he feels that already he ms been
forgiven perhaps many times for the
same trespass. Therefore he may try
TO forget the spot, to forget the robe,
almost to forget the Lord. Gradually
veil comes between him and God;
the Father Is not so near and so dear
us once He wls While He is still his
Heavenly Father, while still the erring
one trusts in Him, nevertheless there
is Il lack of the fellowship Of the SpIr-
It, Earth-born clouds have hidden the
Fathers face.
This Is the experience of hundreds of
the people Of God; for they cannot be
in His presence with spots upon their
robes, and they do not resolve that
they will not live away from Him.
They cannot have fellowship with the
Lord while their robes are spotted, nor
can they have proper Christian life
while absent from the Lord The les.
son on this point, the speaker decar.
ed, is that we watch aud keep humble
To come to the Lord and say, 20 Lord,
another time ! have failed. How
ashamed ! am" is to take the right
step. Humility Is one Of the very
foundations upon which all other
graces must be built. So the Apostle
Peter says, Humble yourselves there
fore under the mighty hand OF God.
that lie may eXalt you in due time"
Tho Cleansing Blood of Christ.
The number of those without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing is very
small. said the Pastor. Many Chris
tians have not kept their wedding robes
with sufficient care, and thus have
shown their lack Of appreciation OF the
wedding and OF their invitation TO at
tend. If the attention Of such be call
cd to the spots, they try to put them
out of sight, to ignore them, to declare
that everybody has spots on his robe
This Is an unwlse procedure; for the
robe Is our passport into the Kingdom
II the spots are not removed, they
gradually become more and more
hindrance TO those who seek to be &c
counted worthy Of place In the Bride
class.
The Pastor then reminded his audi.
ence that when the Christian first re-
ceired his robe. It was pure white.
with certain design stamped thereon
and that he was expected to embroider
II with the character-ikeness OF the
Lord. II he has gotten the robe spot.
ted and bedraggIed. he should 90 to
the Lord In prayer. and persist until
he has assurance OF forgiveness and
cleansing. We read. "If we confess our
sins, He Is faithful and Just TO forgive
us our sins. and to cleanse US from all
unrighteousnesS." II Is not merely n
matter OF love. but Of justice. on our
part The Heavenly Father made the
Arrangement; Jesus hns died, paid our
penalty and imputed OF His own merit
sufficient 20 clealise all unintentional
spots Forgiveness IL TO be had for