The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-28
Sermon to the People
BY THE REV. c. c. BRUCE.


He iS not acquainted with the geo. logical formation of the rock, but he Clings He can cling. and he has found something to cling to. and that is all the knowledge he needs for salvation. It is the sin ner's life to cling to Jesus. as it is the limpet's life 10 cling to the rock. Many people have no more faith than this. but God supplies as men have need. C1inging faith i~ tho first faith you need; you will get other faith as your needs de
 cop. Sinner, can you clingo Then cling to Jesus
 Faith is seen when one man re lies on another because of the su- perior faith of the other There is higher faith; the faith that knows the reason fol it's dependence. and acts upon it. A blind man en- trusts himself to his guide because he knows his guide can see: he ts eyes to the blind If the poor man was born blind he has never seen the light and does not know what sight is. light possessed by his friend is enough light for him; but he must trust to his friend. "There is q Friend tNa. sticEcth closer t@an brother.a That Friend knows a'l the temptations of life. for he was tempted in all points" That Friend can be trusted for He has pass ad through all the rooms of life and as We open the doors of life We find his foot prints there before us Such Friend can te trusted. for He never betrays confidence re- posed in Him. Will you trust Him
 Every school boy who begins tho happy road of learning must exert faith in those who instruct him The boy does not know the thing, are true but he believes the teach CT and the books that are placed into his hands. Almost everything that you and I know has come to us through the eye of faith \ scientific discovery has been made and We are sure of it, for We hava confidence iu the name of the man who made the discovery We read what he says. but do not under stand all about what lie says. yet We 20 on believing and publishing the words he has uttered. confident that they are true So is the faith to be e&ercised in Jesus. You do not understand all of the atOnement. but you know you have need of atonament You do not understand how Jesus can die for your sins, but you fully realize that you ought to die for thnm, so foul and heinous have they been. Jesus is infinite ly superior to you and He knows, and your part is to believe in the merits of His grace. If you are willing to receive Him and His words you will be saved.
 A still higher form of faith is that faith which grows out of love. Why does a hoy trust his parents? For & very simple reason: because he loves them. Blessed are they who have a deep, sweet faith in Jesus and ale resting upcn that confidence, TOT theirs is a happy faith These lovers of Jesus are charmed with His character, and delighted with His nission to the world; they are carried away With the loving kindness of His person. and so they cannot help trusting Him, for they so much admire, re- were and love Him.
 Here is a lady who is the wife of a most eminent physician of the day. She is seized with dan gerous illness, and is smitten down by it's poison; yet she is wonder fully calm and quiet, for she has full confidence that her husband will give her relief and save her life Her faith is reasonable and natural, for Ter husband fully de- serves such confidence from her. This is the kind of faith which the happiest believers exercise toward Christ For their is no physi"aH like Him; none can save to the uttermost as He; therefore, they put their trust in Him, and are not disappointed in their trust Those who put their trust in Him know that He will not permit them to snf- fer a needless pang, but will bring them all the joy that their trust will permit from Him. He loves us too well tc permit us to perish, if we are His. It is your fault if you are not His, for He has often called you.
 As faith grows it learns to trust
 As faith grows it learns to trust ing. An old Christian al' avs marked certain texts that he had read with a "T' and "P" IL was filled with joy 10 him tpt it meant tried and proved" To such the Christian life is filled with ev. quisite joy for every promise to them some tried and proved. You may not be able to experience this ,,ot hut vol, will do cn E'vervtI r in CT