The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-13

yos frye, ye shall be free indeed"
II means much that the promise
OF liberty comes from One who has
authority to fulnll His word. Some
Of the ancient 0secasn Quilts. which
denied the reality Of matter. and In
sisted that mind In ali. bade q man
believe that he was happy when he
was unhappy. or Iaat he was well
when he was iil. but they had not
the power 10 fulall their promises.
II In OF NO avail 20 BID Q simmer an
nc more, unisss he be given the
force for the fnldlmsut q ehat en-
junction. Now Gods commands
are Gods ensblinss." what He
bids us do He helps ~ d. There
Ia supernatural power Impaired to
the weakest life that seeks to obey
the win Of God. In oussf wor1s. II
II by the SONS misAs. - vvll - ~
the Sons right that We srs freed
from sin.
Right hors Christiaaity wins OF
loses. II either delivers the race
from the old thnldoms, o. else n
does not, In which case n n the
grandest doiusion a the sgss. n the
Gospel II not adequate 20 NEST Ill
the needs Of this nav day. II u not
equal 30 any OF than. Conversely.
II the Gospel oan save ono SINNER
from his bondage. and make Q new
man OF him. II can DO the same fDr
ell the sinners on earth. And Whist
Christ has done In the making over
OF life is proved In oourtlsss cases.
In all the ages. The latest drunk
ard saved down In the rescue Mis-
sion. and the heather Korean made
ever into q shining saint. are con-
elusive evidenee that the Son IN
still able 10 make all men free.
The Truth and the Fscts.
A third great principle In laid
down by Jesus In this Lesson, and
IL underiies the practical considera-
tons Of the temperance question.
This Is the eternal pre-existense OF
the Son with the Father. Before
Abraham wss, Am" What has this
got TO do with deiiversnce from
drink for the individual and for so
eiety? Everything. In the heart
Of the agoloss Almighty resides the
love OF Christ II God forever 10
all that Jesus showed Him to oe.
then the Inenable Deity has no
greater business on hand In all His
universe than the saving OF men
and women.
The greatest truvn Is net too
large a shelter for the weakest and
most harried Of spirits. heeing COR
refuge. That Jesus is and was with
the Father from before the fopnda-
lion OF the world II a matter Of ST.
preme interest to every one OF us,
for II assures US that all the tender
ness and patience and forgiveness
and loving heipf'Ilness which He
showed In Judea and Galiiee arc
sim employed for the last man on
earth
Inls statement was drawn from
Jesus by the snobbishness Of the
Jews. They were syasting that they
had Abraham for an ancestor. In
that they rested Now II was n fact
that they were by blood descended
from Abraham. But greater than
the mere fact was the supreme truth
that all who have the spirit OF
Abraham are his heirs. There arc
tome descendants OF the Maynower
Pilgrims who have none OF tho spirit
Of those great pioneers whereas
there are others. recent immigrants.
who are true TO the NAY flowe- y DO
The best citizens OF a country are
those most loyal 10 It's laws and
genius; and the truest children ci
Abraham are those who share the
privileges impaired by Christ. who
was before Abraham, and wnoso
spirit was that patriarch's equip.
ment. Il 10 better 10 be a son in
trUeh than son in fact.