The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06

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power be found and safety secure
Not by fleeing away but by draw
aear. Not by opposing him but
yielding to him. To the sinner
the backsllder the Lord appean
an enemy. To yield or surrender
my enemy seems like folly, the n,
ng into danger. But yielding 10 \
Lord means safety. And so hi,
20 surrender to the Lord Is also \
for the exercise of faith in the Lord
the protector from his own sure %
ing judgment. To human Rad
escape would seem to be lmpOSb
How can we escape the righteous IN
nent Of God after having incurred
by our own conduct? II is not pOssl
with man, but with God all things
possible. Failure Is not In him. t
In imperfect yielding to him.
n Possible Ihinq.
The text says: "Let him take h
Of my strength" There is no Obsl
10 be overcome except the inherent |
belief Of the human heart. Each
Is afflicted with this. II Is the hInd
Ing thing that opposes all safety 4
talnty or enjoyment. II is the one q
mon sin Of which Hll are guilty d
by which an the more or less bout
II is the sin which so easily besets
But 1t Is possible TO overcome
When we come to the place where
desire exists to escape the judgment
God, there are no real hindranCes;
may If we will, take hold Of
strength and in II find safety.
A Personal Thing.
"Let him take hold" live iOr 4
self and not another. sin for mysl
| am judged for myself. And III
safety, II I escape the judgment !
find for myself and escape for mys|
None else can get II for me. Il
q personal matter. In the center
my own will lies the answer as
whether ! shall 90 down to eternal
feat under the judgment Of God
whether | shall rise superior to oil
future holds of wrath. 60 down
opposing myself to God; | ts
yielding to him. find eternal %
by fighting him; eternal life g
rendering to him. 1t is my own cAd
which | shall have.
A Peculiar Thing.
LET him take hold of my SlFens
l cannot take hold of his strength
! let go of that which now hold
the things | have relied upon 70
me safely through the Judgment Ia
relinquish. | must have no nope
my good deeds, by religious aI
ences. my moral code, my hlgh @l
tions-yea, | must have no hopem
self. Like Job Of old | must eOnT
the Lord saying, 81 abhor myS
Like Isaiah. 81 am undoue'
Paul, "There dwelleth no gO@
In me-" Myself and my goodness
my weapons against him, ! @uN
them down and in full ana uuw
tional surrender of myself 10 ]"
will find safety in the SurTerue'
is therefore, as was said above
for faith in him. He can free ~
bondage, guard me from harm 0I
tect me from certain disaster ""
] trust him. Until do so w"
that he cannot do any work on u!
half because of my unbellet' Hs
belief which erects the barrier I"
case of the army facing cer'an'
| hllation. only one thing rell'a'as
done, and that is surrender u
be not preferred. As long as 'av
ons are used and battle offered "
struction Is certain. The SlnD,
certain perdltion-he fights aS,Ss TS,,
Judgment and wrath of GOu' ~
no escape, and can be none ~
the way of surrender. When ~
render Is made, he finds 'ha' "
posed enemy is really Il lIl'D'
what was thought TO De y" Ia,
| thing Is seen to be the Des' s"d,
of God desiring to iniure' Nv S.,m ~
of Gods desire is to pro'et' -" ana
jury. How strange that lDe Ds
jured should be the one WIN '" M
will guard the sinner frO'" "'
of the injury.
A Powerful Thing Il, s
With mans strength It "OuI % A
possible, hut the text says and
take hold of my streng'n Tber|
God all things are poSSlo'e' .,orpl
nothing too hard for his psI'SSIss pTalSas
for he has omnipotench, mr
deep for his understand'"s' hr
omnlsclept. n Nothing TOO far ~ "a
to reach. for he is omnlpI'ss,Is ~ Is I'd
belongeth unto God ana s"o,,lf ~ d
nay eager, to exercise on ~" and
who will cease fighting fllll' SSsn
themselves to him. iiV" .,oot d
escape If we neglect 81
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