The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-05-02
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
The Worlds Sun.

l would call attention to the restora-
tive efficacy of the worlds sun. in the
world. A great doctor was accustomed
to enter the sick room with a smile
He was asked how he could live among
so many terrible diseases and not be
overwhelmed. His reply was, l al
ways look upon diseases from a cura-
tive standpoint.
The heart of Christ would have brok-
en- long before He reached the cross
had He not looked upon SHINING hui
mainly from the curative standpoint.
If we would have this joy let us take
the same view and be healers as is our
Great Physician.
Ignorance, darkness, gloom, hope
lessness and narrow vision which leaves
out God and hides the future, that sad
den living which only sleeps and revels
in low pleasures of the present, all this
began to yield to enlargement and up
lifting hopes when the light of the
world-the Sun of Righteousness arose.
This is true also of a country where
the light of this sun is not experienced.
Not many years ago the new Hebrides
Island were among the lowest in the
scale of civilization. The inhabitants
were cannibals of the fcrcest type.
John G. Patton, as the representative of
this divine sun went there. He lived
among them, as an illustration of the
efficacy of this light. He won them
from their evil ways and those morally
low and spiritually dark places were
transformed so that today church spires
from every island point heavenward, in
dicative of the faith of the people who
though they once sat in darkness now
walk in light of the sun of righteousness.
The efficacy of this light is confined
to those who are willing to receive and
walk in it. Such are spiritually illumi-
mated. All others are yet in moral and
spiritual darkness of the world.
Christ, as the Sun of Righteousness is
the center of the spiritual world. He
is also the source of light. That is our
justification, enlightment and happiness
are derived from Him. His attractive
power is beyond comprehension. His
justice is seen in the execution of the
sentence on the proud and wicked who
are consumed by the fire of His wrath.
While His righteousness and mercy are
seen in the preservation of the righteous.
There is healing in His wings. That
is the beams and rays of light emanat-
ing from Him bring health and strength,
delight and JOY, safety and security.
The healing from sin and soul maladies
comes to those who by faith touch but
the hem of His garment
''EIe is light after darkness; heat af-
ter cold; health after sickness; life after
death. AS His people went forth from
Jerusalem before the last siege, to a
place Of safety, so in THAT great day
OF the LORD, " Christians will be pre-
served and taken to d place OF absolute
safety and security, before the final and
awful tribulation can fall on the world.
1t was Amos who said "But unto you
that fear my name shall the Sun of
Righteousness arise with healing in His
wings; and We shall go forth and gambol
as calves of the stalls" Gambol, that
is leap. The word is used of a horse
galloping. That is the idea. The thought
is that the righteous are as happy as
the calves that have been shut up in
their stalls or the horse that has lust
been liberated after long confinement.
So the poor down trodden, despised and
neglected Christians who have been
hidden in this world in atfliction and
sorrow will one day go forth as free and
exulting as the horse from his stable to
the field where the eXuberance of his
pleasure is manifested by his gambols.
Yes, Christians will one day be filled
with the JOY of heaven itself they will
be in it; they will bask in the light of
His countenance. "They shall be like
Him, for they shall see Him as He is. -
JoANNEs.