River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-01-08

bring them less prosperity and more
adversely, more trials, more difficulties.
and necessitate more economies than
before they became His children. they
are instructed that, walking by faith
and not by sight, they shall firmly trust
Him, come what may.
Learning Lessons of Faith.
All who can lay claim to being chill
dren of God by faith can surely be-
heve that He who is able to provide
for the birds and the lilies is no less
able and no less willing to provide for
those who have become His children
through Christ-those for whom He
gave His Only Begotten Son. Would
He redeem them with that precious
Sacrifice and then have no care for
their future welfare? Would He beget
children with His Holy Spirit and then
be negligent in providing for their ne
cessities? Nay! God will not over
look the interests of His consecrated
children, and whatever may seem to be
an oversight and lack of provision is
to be understood to be in reality the
reverse-that which the Heavenly Fa-
ther sees to be for their highest and
best interests.
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The Master called attention to the
beauty of the lily Much is discernible
to the natural eye, and still more when
we examine the projections of the flow
er microscopically. Wonderful indeed
is the raiment of the lily. Solomon in
all his glory had no such seamless robe,
and no such perfect texture for his raj
ment.
Perhaps the Master had a deeper
thought respecting raiment than APP
pears on the surface by His words.
"Shall He not much more clothe your
While He assuredly meant that we
are to trust Heavenly provision for our
natural clothing, it would appear that
He may have meant a clothing for us
as New Creatures-the spotless seam
less robe of Christ's righteousness,
granted to us as a wedding garment.
in the merit of which we have access
to all the riches of Gods grace in the
present life and, if faithful. shall be
granted an abundant entrance into His
everlasting Kingdom.
"Take No Anxious Thought"
God takes thought respecting the Di-
vine plans and arrangements. Jesus
thought out carefully the course He
pursued; and He instructed those who
were DESTROYS of being His disciples to
sit down and carefully count the cost.
All these things show us that the Mas
ter would not have His followers
thoughtless, living merely moment by
moment, failing to make provision for
the seasons. the weather. the table.
etc.
What He meant, what the Greek
text fully bears out, is that His fol
lowers should have no worry respect
ing temperatures. Having exercised
thought, prudence, care, having done
to the best Of their judgment and
ability, not slothfully, but energetical-
ly, they are to rest the matter, realiZ-
ing that all their affairs are placed in
the hands of the Heavenly Father
through Christ, and that all the Heav-
emily powers are pledged to make al
things work together for good to them
because they love God and have been
called according to His purpose
"Seek We Chiefly the Kingdom"
While anxious care was not to be ex-
ercised respecting temporalities. great
care was to be exercised in respect to
anything appertaining to the Kingdom
The call of the Church is to member
ship in the great Kingdom of God, OF
which Christ is the Head, the Chief
King; we may be under kings and I'M
der priests, associated with our Re
deemer in His great Messianic work
Of q thousand years. 1t was to attain
share in that Kingdom that we made
conservation of our lives, our wills, our
all, to the Lord; and only through
great tribulation can we enter that
Kingdom. AS God is pleased to see
our restfulness respecting temperate
ties of life when He has agreed to pro-
vide for us according to His Wisdom
and in response to our efforts, so He
is pleased to see on the contrary, our
zeal. our perseverance, our almost wor-
rying that the great prize Of the King
dom should not be lost by us.
The reason for wishing us to thus
worry for the Kingdom. and not to
worry for earthly things. is evident on
reflection. To worry about earthly
things would be to show a faithless-
ness and doubt In respect to God and
His promised care. But our attaining
the Kingdom or our failing to attain
it is made dependent only on ourselves.
God has already done His part. He
has provided the Redeemer and the
forgiveness of sins. He has opened up
the way whereby we might return into
His family When we came unto Him
through Jesus. He accepted us and
gave us the begetting of the Spirit and.
with it. a right to all the great and
precious promises. and joint-heirship
with Jesus on condition of our faith
fulness.-Romans 8:17; 2 Peter 1:12
Hence. to agonize for the Kingdom.
to strive for the Kingdom. to run with
patience. to fight good fight. to en-
uure udIuHeSS-dli lheoe cAph CSoioho
indicate The great zeal and earnestness
necessary the part of those who
would be ccounted conquerors-yea,
more than conquerors. through Him
VINO loved US ana bought us with IT'S
precious blood"
Is it any wonder that God should
expect US to be very Jealous in striv-
ing to attain the Kingdom? Would
He give so great an hOnH to any who