Evening journal., 1916-02-19

from bad habits. to break with the
old life. You have been gaining
great victory. and now you say. "I
can 80 back into my old surround
ings.' No, you must not To do so
would be dangerous. When you once
get ont OF Egypt stay out of Egypt
BE satisfied with nothing less than
pressing on clear into the Promised
Land
You VIII remember how It was with
the man out OF whom the evil spirit
was cast. We are told the house was
swept and cleaned and left empty that
he went and got seven other spirits
and came and took possession OF that
mans soul. and his second condition
was worse than the first. Be content
with nothing less than a definite sur
render to God. a life yielded to and
filled with the Holy Spirit. so that
when Satan comes he will find a full
house and no room for him.
Now the children Of Israel go
through the wilderness and they come
/ TO kadesh-Bar This was the
point In the wilderness farthest from
Egypt and nearest to Canaan. How
shall we designate this wilderness
life? Il lies between the life OF sin
and the life Of salvation. Il is the
neutral. the negative. the betwixt and
between life. Over in Canaan is the
land Of promise That is the type OF
the Christian life. There are three
thousand promises in the Word OF
God. for the soul who yields his life
TO God and receives Jesus as his Sa
viour. But show me one promise
rightly translated in its proper set
ting which gives the least ray OF
hope to the soul that willfully rejects
Christ Over in Canaan also is peace
There was no peace in Egypt There
was constant trial and trouble. hui
initiation and defeat There was no
peace in the wilderness. There was
constantly struggle and strife. One
day they would get the victory over
their enemies. and the next day their
enemies would get the victory over
them.
There are so many that are remain
ing IN this wilderness condition. They
have decided to turn their back on
ihe old life OF sin TO turn over a
new leaf and DO better. they are bat
tling along in their own strength.
Sometimes they seem to make prog
ress IN their resistance to temptation,
but before long they are defeated and
weld. There are but two ways OF
gaining even temporary peace. one
. is to yield TO sin. the other is to make
sin yield TO you. The only peace that
. is worthy Of the name comes through
. victory over sin This peace YOU
can obtain only through the power
which Jesus Christ alone can give.
Over the line in the promised land
Of salvation is also pleasure, prosper
ity and plenty. II was not i'm the FAR
, country that there was the Joy and
feasting, but il was in the Fathers
home. I'm the far country werc the
husks. the hunger and the hogs.
There is no happiness that Is pure
. ana permanent in the life OF sin,
while on the other hand in the Chris
tion life there are joys innumorablC
the world knows nothing or The
pleasures Of sin are purchased at the
~ he like a man mortgaging his house
! to get money for a pleasure trip A
: the time 1t seemed very pleasant. bu
. when the mortgage became due AM
I. he lost his home he found his enjoy
u ment was too expensive. The joys o
Canaan leave no regret. At Godi
: right hand there are pleasures To-
= evermore.
In the promised land also are prog
u ress and permanence. There is bu
! one end TO the Christian life. and tina
i. is the beginning When you receiv,
u Jesus. eternity has already begun. Tn
u der His divine leadership you will e
e on advancing. with constantly devel
oping faculties and powers and wide
opportunities than anything you ha,
a ever dreamed Of before. Death will
e have nc hold upon YOU only to SCI
you free. into a greater. broader eX
; perience.
d The life OF Gods Canaan also is
permanent life. The Jews have an OLE
a tradition that God said to Methuselal
n that he should build him a permanen
dwelling. for in those days the Jew
always dwelt in tents. Then Methus
selah asked the Lord how long he wa
o to live upon the earth. and He toll
is him nine hundred and siNty-nin
D. years. "Oh is that all ?" said Methuse
o lah "for that short time it wouidn'
e pay to build a house" This wor
lt is like a road-it is a good thing {
g travel over. but a poor thing to dwel
e in. Everything about us declare
o How temporary are the things o
% earth"
ie Frances willard was visiting in
ie certain home, when she was asked