Jackson County journal., 1919-08-29

::::::::::::l the one oAlIeut
W !sees of living in bond.
| V=" age to the law
= ezAI they pass to the
t other Of turning
S 49, the grace of God
< into lascivious'
'-ss:==:==== az> ness" It Is about
this danger we would speak.
Let it be clearly understood that
Christians should not live in bond
age to the law, for as Paul says, they
"are not under the law but under
grace" (Romans GID. Many, alas,
do not understand this and pass their
days with the spirit of slaves rather
than with the spirit of sons.
Christian Liberty Only for Slaves.
We are bold to say, however, that
even this spirit Of bondage is better
than a spirit of laxity which brings
dishonor to the name Of Christ. Here
are words which might well be writ.
ten in letters of gold: cit is true
saying that Christian liberty belongs
only to slaves, and that none can safe
ly be set free from law until they
have become, under grace, the slaves
of God. Better far remain in the
! barracks hedged in by law on every
side, even with the daily grace lack
! ing than ever allow Christian liberty
to degenerate into license" A man
, ruled by God requires no outward
. control, but others do. "Only the Cod
t possessed man can be truly free in
the Christian sense, and if God has
! not got his heart he had better stop
! behind legal walls and keep at any
) rate from dishonoring God. This is
: not the true Christian life, but it is
good imitation"
{ But let US rejoice that we do not
b need to stop behind legal walls in or
:, der to be safe, but can be both safe
= and free. One has put it in this fash
5 ion: The Gentiles are without law,
t the Jews are under law, and Chris
: tans have the law of liberty, or love.
y That is, Gentiles have liberty and no
; law, Jews have law and no liberty,
: while Christians have both!
The Doctor and His Dog.
:" We recently came across a hOmely
e illustration which we venture to quote
verbatim. 1t is from Dr. A. T. Scho
Y, field, the well-known English special
e isl on brain and nerve diseases, who
writes as helpfully on the life of the
q spirit as he does on physical and men
tai health. He says:
p 'Some time ago I was the proud pos
y SCISSOR of a beautiful collie called Jock
When he first came up to London, hav
In1 oft hnfn
=. he was wild with spirits, and would
- have dashed away, and I would neve
20 have seen him again had I not put hin
:, under law by the purchase of q strons
collar with dog chain attached. Nov
there are in London, as in the Worlt
= of men, three classes Of dogs: Th
=, strong dogs which have liberty and n
- law, and end their lives at Battersea
~ there are the respectable dogs, lik
= mine, which have law but no liberty
u :, and there is a third class of do
. which occupies, one might say, tn
Christian position of law and libert
is combined
d The Law of Love.
"Jock, my collie, soon got to kno1
me, and one day after he had bee
u, with me for few weeks I went dow
~ into the hall to take him out, and b
put up his head as usual to have hi
az chain fastened on his neck, but said
.'s NO, Jock no more chain I opene
ny the door, and for the first time h
iio bounded out free. He dashed ava
e' in the joyous possession of his nev
III, found liberty as if I should never Sc
GU him more, but just then another lay
s. of which he himself was unawal
came into operation; he looked aroun
. and then came trotting back to wa
II behind me. I had got his heart, ar
a dog will never run away from h
II own heart. The law of liberty is Il
II law Of love, and my dog was no
Il chained to my side by the affectit
II that he bore me- All his actions henc
II forth were governed by that glorio1
. principle which James calls the la
of liberty, which our Lord calls Il
New Commandment
!. ''The Righteousness j. e. the rigf
49, ecus requirement "of the law (wil
- be fulfilled in US who walk not aft
~ the flesh, but after the Spirit
taa "
oc+ True Wayfaring Christian.
:. He that can apDrehend and consiG