Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-18

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-; --;--'===S= fountlest and most
mysterious utterances of his whole
ministry. We have not time nor space
to dwell on these, important and SOL
emn as they are, but feel led to turn .
attention to another thought. Instead
of considering the effect Of this in
quiry upon Jesus, let US consider Its
source in the aspiration of those
Greeks as the same aspiration arises
in our own hearts.
When Our Souls Are eurdened.
(1) We would see Jesus when our
, souls are burdened With a sense of
guilt. What other name can bring us
peace, and what other presence can in
spire hope, "for he hath made him to
! be sin for us. Who knew no sin :;
that we might be made the righteous
ness of God in him." It is not teach
err. nor an example, nor u ruler that
we need so much as Savior and Re-
decmer, an intercessor and daysman,
and that is what Jesus is for every
one of us who puts his trust in him.
He can remove our disability before
God and release us from our fears and
reconcile US to him.
(2) We would see Jesus when we
are engaged in his holy worship. An
other draws an impressive picture of
, the blind, the halt, the weary that |
, roamed the streets of Jerusalem where
, Jesus stood comparatively unknown,
, and he contrasts their unhappy and
, destitute condition with it's magnifi
: cence, it's boosted righteousness and
- outward observances of devotion. And
!, he employs this contrast to illustrate
the worthlessness Of the hottest of re-
]igions without Christ. For example,
of what benefit is the church. the Sun
day school, the family altar, the holy
| sacraments If Jesus be not In them
! every one? jealousy therefore should
! we watch against the spirit of formal
ism and ceremonialism that creeps into
both our private and public worship
Jesus must be there or these things
become a hollow mockery.
(3) We would see Jesus in the de-
tails OF our daily life as the Lord Of
our affections, purposes and pleasures.
What are the charms Of friendship un-
less sanctified by the thought of him?
Our prosperity becomes a curse with.
out him, and in our sorrow and af-
fiction he is the one who alone can
comfort us in all our tribulation. Life
without him is the river bed without
it's stream and the day without the
sun.
When in the Valley of the Shadow.
az We would see Jesus in death
That is sad story which Severn tell
Of the last moments of the poet, Keats
Shelley and Hunt had deprived him
his belief in Christianity which n
wanted in the end, and he endeavore
to fight back to it, saying if Sever
would get him Jeremy Taylor
thought he could believe. But cop
Of Jeremy Taylor was not to be foun
in Rome. Another time having bee
betrayed into much Impotence by boz
ily and mental anguish, he cried wit
p'c an oath, so, Severn, a man ought
se. have some superstition that he may d
.a decently"
'ers There is a marked contrast betwee
ue' this pitiable wall and the triumphal
" paean of an aged saint of my a
III uuaintance, who falling. accidental
'He' upon the floor one day and supposil
'"s' that her time had come to be gather'
'"v" into the eternal storehouse, bro]
forth in the happy refrain,
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3" When We Are in Glory.
ereo (5) We would see Jesus in glo
This is the consummated desire OF
cry awakened soul and has the supp
>Ez of the word of God which says: 18th
II shall see his face and his name sh
be in their foreheads." Indeed the e
of Christ's microscopy prayer for
disciples was, ''Father, I will that IL
de- also whom thou hast given me, be W
the me where I am, that they may beh
sored my glory which thou hast given me.
have Even at this long period of time
' ere almost envy those Greeks who came
Philip saying "Sir, we would see
rinci- sns." but q blessed day is coming WI
that in q sense not capable of being unt
. that stood lust now, tive shall see him
= he is, for we shall be like him. l
him that is, if we have believed
him and confessed him before n
q. in these awful days of war, W
)idery .s,,,o,+s of God are in the ca
7 find IN. .Noa ,r;t,, NV fe1low-men to hear
suits - a,r,,g VOICE and before
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