The Alaska citizen., 1917-01-08

powerful than all our enemies. Jesus
 was willing to bear the sins of His
 people and free them from the bur
 den too heavy for their lifting. The
 Devil could accomplish His death. but he could not hold Him in the grave. In the resurrection victory of Jesus
 all may have victory. There is an eternal consciousness of safety in the complete victory of Jesus over all His enemies. We were not of the
 battle but the prize of the victor" | His flock was His own-giyen to Him
 of the Father-no one could take them out of His hand, yet He must do His part to redeem them and give them d consciousness of saafety. So
 He slew our enemy and we are free. l It is a common sight in the north to see in out of the way places in the forests, two sets of antlers woven | together as mute evidence of a mortal combat the contestants have | given their lives to no purpose. But | our Captain though slain by the enemy, could not remain dead, for 1 God brought again from the dead
 the Shepherd" and in His resurrection we have safety from harm Who can lay anything to the charge of | Gods elect?" Who is he that con
 kenneth? It is Christ that hath died, yes. rather who is at the right hand
 of God, who maketh interccssion for
 us. Jesus, Oh, how sweet the
 name! Jesus every day the same"
 dwelling in safety the Christian sings
 the song of safety. The Lord is 1 thy keeper; the Lord is thy shade
 upon thy right hand and upon thy
 left; whom shalt thou fear?"
 2. SufIiciency of food is necessary
 for man and beast. A hungry sheep
 will not lie down, but wanders about in search of something to eat But what a difference with a fed sheep
 Neither will a man be satisfied until | he has plenty to eat for himself and 1 his family, nor can he be satisfied
 until he has provided for them spirit
 ual food. Strange men are so slow
 to realize this! They run the world | over looking for peace and rest and 1 quiet, and fail to realize that what 1 they desired was right where they
 were, for there is no peace or rest l to those who have not found them in Christ. The Word of God is the
 green pastures" without which the l soul is ever hungry. Unharmed by
 the weeds of criticism there grows
 the real stuff of life. All the floods
 of infidelity are as dry streams of ] Agnosticism may have it's attractions ! for the few but the Word of God 1 abideS in the hearts of the many. l False religions may live for a time l but they too must wither and fade ] in the sacred light of the Gospel of
 good tidings to all peoples. To the | hungry soul how deep is the longing
 to be in the house of God, to be | busy in the study of His Word, God l gives His sheep the pastures of the l summer holiday, the special revival
 services, the hours of song and wor-
 ship wherein they may be satisfied
 with Him. Sometimes he lays them
 on beds of pain and sickness that
 they may remember His mercies and l loving kindness. Men forget so eas- | fly. The world calls so loudly. There
 are so many responding to the call.
 It is not hard to move with the crowd
 or drift with the current. Any dead | IllAS VIII ilOdI dOHh olltStiIlI DuI IL | takes life real and earnestness to stem the current, and the greater
 the life the swifter the progress.
 8. There must be an obedience to
 the shepherds leading. The sheep get l into all sorts of trouble when they | follow their own inclinations. What
 tender of the flock has not pulled
 a wayward sheep out of the mire.
 or rescued another poor in flesh and | loaded with wool, from the rushing
 of the spring freshet?. "All we like
 sheep have gone astray, everyone | has turned to his own way True, too true, and our present discon- | tent and Encouragement is but the
 result of our waywardness. Where
 in the world do you find the happiest
 people but in the homes of the | Christians, and where do you find the wretched and sin besot but in the homes and avenues of the wicked l the unsaved There is a reason for | these things. Men will not follow | their leader, but like sheep who go