The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-17
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i Eye are my friends. John 15-14 e.
j. "My Friend-the Master" In =
! this simple way a topic touching =
i the Christ was framed for me- +
= And in this simple speech l should &
= like to present My Friend-the +
4 Master" And while my Friend !.
j. is out Of sight, though rot out of j.
j. hearing, | hope, as | try to testify i
j. Of His worth-let me commend :
j. His friendship to you by telling +
j. somewhat of its benefit to me. 4
4 Let US being at the beginning +
= Do seem presumptuous and +
= over-bold, like some unworthy +
+ wight trying to claim familiarity j.
.with the great, as | call Jesus "My+
4 Friend? My warrant is His word. i
eye are my friends" When any :
i one so good, 50 great, so incapa- l.
I. BILE of deceit and double dealing i
+as He, calls me His friend, He +
\ must be my friend. He has no +
+ favor to claim of me, no gain, as j.
*men count gain, to get by fatter +
j. ing me with the name Of friend i
: 1t must be pure good will on Els 2
+part that prompts Him to take !
T. me up and endow me with all the i
= wealth of His wondrous friend j.
j. ship. | am not His patron. But j.
+ He is my gracious Friend. in +
y fer this from His words. j.
\ But it is not a mere matter of +
+ precarious influence. If you have j.
4 patience to read and see, there j.
*will be exhibited such plain <
*pledges and proofs of friend J.
+ ship on His part that che that !
*readeth may run" j.
i The sense of this friendship al +
*most overpowers me because it is +
tat Of One so great. 1t is of =
+ "the Master" Master of what ? +
j. Of all things. Master of the ele- +
+ments, so that the winds and the i
:. seas obey when He simply says +
:. peace, be still" Master of nat =
4 ural processes, so that at His +
i sheer willing, the sowing, grow =
+ ing, reaping, threshing, winnow- +
IL ing, grinding, kneading and bak- \
= ing are crowded into a moments 4
4 time as the five loaves of the lit &
4 tie lad became food for thous- +
4 lands, with basketball to spare. +
+ Master of men, so that the best i
i. and brainest Of earth bow at +
+ His feet and call Him Lord. +
i They will acclaim Him, in Pas +
+ calls words, as "the hottest among i
i the mighty, the mightest among +
+ the holy" Aye, His friendship =
+ is that of One so great that | had +
+ not had courage of myself to seek i
+ it. And my will was against it +
+ l ran from it. And when l could =
*no further retreat, | stopped and i
+ turned and spurned His rendered +
j. love. 1t fills my heart with +
i shame and my eyes with tears, j.
+now, to remember what | did j.
j. and said then. When a beloved +
+ one entreated me to meet the /.
*Master and let Him be my friends
j. l met the loving entreaty with :.
i language | could not quote here. !
+ No, l did not begin our friend +
j. ship. He began it. That is my +
+ recollection of it. And He tells +
+ me that is the way of it. Here +
j. is what He says: "You have not =
+ chosen me, but have chosen +
9you," That's the way of it. He =
+ tells the truth of it. +
+ 81 have a Friend, o such Friend,s
+ He loved me ere | knew Him. i.
+ He loved me ere | knew Him. I.
+ He drew me with the cords of +
+ love +
+ And thus He bound me to Him" T.
J. NJ. B. +
I. =
+ - $1,000 1900