The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-10

he wrote so many he explains TO us
that each one was written with dit |
fersnt purpose, has = different key
note and teaches a different line OF
truth. Romans speOks Of the higher |
Christian life, First and Second Co.
riuthians of justification By faith Ga, /
Iarians tells of faith in its various as
poets, Ephesians of riches, t1Ilness
and purpose. The key note OF Phil
tuuians is Joy. Of COIlossians Is full
ness. the theme Of First and Second
Thessalonians is the second coming
of Christ, while IN First and Second
Timothy and Titus the writer is CIV
ing kind, fatherIy advice TO the young
Bishops in the Church In Philemon
we have an example of Christian
business letter. The key note Of the
book Of Hebrews which does not
hear the name of Paul. but was Doubt
less written by him IS "BETTER"
and the whole line OF its argument Is
TO show that the religion Of Jesus IN
all OF its varied aspects is better than
the ancient religion of the Jew.
AT the second desk we find an aus
tere man, James by name, the great
Apostle Of Works, and the author Of
the book that bears his name. A.
the third desk is Peter, the teacher
Of Christian Duty in two Epistles that
bear mis- name. AT the fourth is the
white haired patriarch John explain
ing to US that his first Epistle was
written to show the mutual love OF
Christ and his church, that his sec
ond was a warning against deceiyers,
! and his third a little message on
Christian hospitality. At the fifth
desk sits Jude, the Apostle to 1911,
with his warning against apostasy.
For Of all the books in the Bible that
have a message especially to this
age possibly Jude is the most peril
nent of all.
\ Passing out of the Correspondence
Room and crossing a passage way
! our guide draws back curtain just
| a little ways and allows US to feast
our eyes on the dazzling splendors OF
the Throne Room, as revealed in the
book OF Revelation. We may NOT
see clearly all the wonderful beauties
, here for they are too bright for hu
| man eyes. but We can see enough u
. gain some clear idea OF the great
. purpose Of God with reference &c
; His people in the age that is soon tc
come.
J And looking back once more VS.
!. see that we have studied in the NeH
: Testament five books OF history
Z twenty-one Epistles and one book o.
: prophecy. twenty-seven in all which
) AIDED to the thtrty-nine of the 0.C
; Testament gives US total Of sixty
2 six. And these sixty-six books arr
. all tied firmly together by three
j fold cord that begins in Genesis anC
; runs all the way thru to Revelation
d 1t il the black cord of sin, the scarIe
4 cord of atonement by blood, and tbs
r golden cord of redemption BY faith ii
j Jesus Christ This three-fold corr
> is found in every one of these sixty
six books, uniting them all into 8
{ beautiful and harmonious whole, AMI
r binding them so firmly together thaI
a TO take any one of them away would
e mean to destroy the symmetry of the
e book
I And this book, this ancient stately
E Temple OF Truth, is the stronghold
+ against which the shafts OF unbeIieI
a and criticism have been hurled thru
I all the passing years OF time Blu
the result has always been and vii
q always be the same: The citade
b remains intact and unframed, the
: shafts aimed against it fall broker
4 and helpless beneath its walls.
i Il stood last eve beside the black
smiths door,
4 And heard the anvil ring the yespel
9 chime.
!. And looking round, l saw upon the
z floor,
2 Old hammers. worn with beating
; beating years of time.
+ How many anvils have you had"
I'll said.
oI To wear and batter all those ham
e mers sou
r Just one;" and then with twinklinI
I'll eve he said,
= The anvil wears the hammers out
81 you know"
r. And so I thought the anvil of Cod
l. word,
Is For ages skeptic blows have raine,