The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-21
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ALL OF GRACE: SAVED BY
 GRACE THROUGH FAITH.

faith" Eph 2:S
 Grace k the foundation head of our salvation. IL is not for any thing that is in Us. or ever can be in us. that We are saved, but because of the bound.ess love, good ness. pity, compassion. mercy and grace of God God is gracious therefore, sinners are pardoned, puri- fed. and saved
 Oh. the yastness of the grace of God, Who can measure it's breadth? Who can faJhom its depth? Who can scale its height? Like all the rest of the divine attributes it is infinite We find God full of love. tUr God is love" God is full of goodness for the very name God is short for good. It is because His mercy endureth forever" that men are not destroyed; because His compassion faileth not" that sinners are brought to Himself and forgiven,
  the distinguishing features between Grac. and faith. Grace is the foun- tain head; faith the channel of aaiyatica Yes, and grace even fhe source of faith itself Faith is the work of Gods grace in us. ON man can say that Jesus is the Christ except by the Holy Spirit. No man cometh unto me except the Father which sent me draw him" said Jesus. So that even tie faith that brings the soul to Christ is the result of divine draw ing. Grace is the first and last moving cause of salvation; and faith, essential as it is. is only all important part of the machinery tat grace employs. We are saved through faith" but salvation is by grace"
 Above one of the towns in eastern Washington is @ large spring whose sparkling waters are conveyed to the residents below by a conduit The spring is never failing, but sometimes the conduit needs re- pairing As long as the conduit is whole the residents are happy; let it get out of repair and serjcu- trouble threatens those who drink Of the clear waters. The spring represents Gods grace, and the conduit represents mans faith, Grace is the fountain and the stream; faith is the conduit down through which the waters are con veyed to the thirsty souls of men IL is great pity when the aque- duct IS broken; grace continues as before. but not to those who had depended on the conduit to bring sights n life is a man with his faith broken.
 Faith then being not the fountain head but the channel of blessing the soul must not exalt his faith above the divine source of the grace of God. It is a sad mistake to make a Christ out of your faith. The life is found in looking unto Jesus" not in looking to our own faith. All things are possible "to him that believeth," but the power is not in the faith. but in God from whom faith comes by grace Grace is the locomotive engine, and faith is the chain that connects thc cars 10 the locomotive wherein is found the power The moral excellence of faith does not rest in it's righteousness, but in the righteousness of Christ which faith grasps and appropriates. The peace that resides in the soul does not come from the contemplation of our own faith but it comes to us from Him who is our peace. We touch the hem of His garment and virtue comes out of Him to our souls
 It would be impossible for the weakness or soul 1dlln to Qe- stroy that soul. For a trembling hand can receive a golden gift. $f the conduit Is small it will carry water, and all that it can, but it will carry some water. If your faith is small it will bring you some blessings, but no faith will bring you no blessings, not be- cause there are no blessings of grace, but because there Is no conduit of faith. Great messages can be sent along slender wires or with no wires at all, but there must always be receiving sta tion or the message will not reach you. It may be that thousands of others are getting that same mes sage. and yet God is not impover- ished if you also receive the same r>nssage Look well to your re- ceiving station. If you stop to think you will realize that your wires are down and have been down for ysa-s Repair the wires and do 1t quickly Stop to think how many messages that you might have re- ceived all these years, and remem- Der that grace is waiting to use your faith.