Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-29
INTRODUCTORY.

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redemption.
INTRODUCTORY.
''This year also" The gracious
Lord has spared Us, and brought US to
the close Of another year CT grace. in
the which He has given us special
nurture In divine truth and righteous.
ness.
These have been IL months Of pro-
baton and high privilege In the Cos
pei. We. went~the first six Of them In
particular and successive study of the
Gospel according to John-an advan-
tage indeed in the ministry to faith
and salvation and holiness. Perhaps
no book Of the Bible has more in it for
the culture Of spiritual life and up
building on the most holy faith. The
last half of the year we have had the
privilege of studying history ami
prophecy of the closing period Of ma
tional Isreal-the sad time of relg-
ious degeneracy; and by this history
Gods servants have been warned
against ,presumptuous sins-particu-
larly the presumption that grace SO
covers sin that the Lord will take no
notice of 1t. We have learned that
grace gives no license to sin; and that
the truth of Gods law continues In
force. even among His elect people.
THE soul that sinneth, 1t shall die"
But while we have been warned by
the derelictions of Gods people and
the consequent Judgments we have
hnop ohaara6 and CT OFT hnnQd the
biography Of holy men who continued
to shine as lights in the midst of
crooked and perverse generation, en-
couraging -us that we too may keep
| ourselves unspotted from the sinful
| world; also the blessed fact that If
backsliders will but return to the Lord
He will have mercy upon them, and
will abundantly pardon them. and heal
all their backslidings, and love them
freely. We have also been lifted up
by the prophecies concerning the Com
ing One-the One who came in the end
of the age, who Is always coming to
seek and to save that which was lost,
and ever coming to His own in special
blessing. and is yet to come to re-
ceive His own unto Himself, that
where He is there they may be also.
Unto thee do l lift up mine eyes.
thou that sittest in the heavens.
Intense aspiration to the God Of
heaven. When Jesus prayed to the
Father. He lifted up His eyes to
heaven; and to the same God and
Father we lift our weary, longing eyes.
2. Behold, as the eyes Of servants
look to the hand of their master.
AS the eyes of a maiden unto the
hand OF her mistress;
So our eyes look unto the Lord our
God.
Until he have mercy upon us.
For salvation, for direction, for pro-
lection. for correction, in subsection, do
! we look unto our God whose we are
and whom we would serve.
8. Have mercy upon us, o Lord,
have mercy upon u.s.: +:
For we are exceedingly filled with
contempt.
Others look down upon us, have no
word Of grace or kindness for us; and
when we consider what we have been
and what we have done. we have su-
preme contempt for ourselves; and we
look to Thee for mercy alone. We
have no other plea.
4. Our soul Is exceedingly filled
With the scorning of those that are
at ease,
And with the contempt Of the proud
Careless ones and proud ones
breathe out contumely upon those who
make no claims of righteousness for
themselves, who renounce all goodness
Of their own, and who trust alone to
divine grace for anything of merit
who say:
I'm a poor sinner, and nothing at all;
but Jesus Christ is my all in all.
II 1t had not been the Lord who wa.
on our side,
Let Isreal now say
Oh. to be privileged to say that! And
is 1t not the privilege of those who are
Of Gods Isreal to make such claim
when the Lord himself not only per-
mits but directs Isreal to do SO?
2. II 1t had not been the Lord wh'
was, on our side,
When men rose up against u.s.
Yes. men have arisen against Isrea
ever since there has been an 1sreal
II any man will live Cody in Christ
Jesus. he shall suffer persecution. San
ballats, and Tobians. and Ben-hadads
and all OF their tlk adown the ages
have risen up against the Lord and Hit
own. Only God takes side with those
!. who takes His side.
8. Then they had swallowed us W
alive, -
When their wrath was kindlet
against u.s.
; what do these feeble Jews?" in.
quired the haunting haters Of God''
people; and indeed we are but feeble
They who array themselves with
righteousness and holiness End HEAVIER
: and Colby their very profession put
up their sword. and surrender all car
nal weapons; and IL left to themselves
thus disarmed. the worldlings coul:
defeat them and chase them Utterly ou
Of the world. Only God IL able t.
: make us stand; only steadfastness ir
God can keep us from being devouret
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