El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-07

9 knocked him down because the liberty
Z Of the one ended where the nose OF
Z the other began
Leaving God out
True freedom is the power 10 real
Z ize all the best and highest capabili-
tiles Of our nature. From the cradle
I 70 the grave, self is in the process Of
formation and the only thing that
matters 4, is that one should have the
power 10 become what his creator in
TENDED him to be. enjoying TO the full
est extent Of his capacity the happi-
mess and blessedness that IS to be
found only where the spirit Of the
{ Lord is" The cause OF failure in the
search after happiness and self reali-
ZaIOn is that God has been left out OF
I the calculation. and emancipation
freedom, liberty can only be reached
through him who said 4 am the
Truth He is the freeman whom
the truth makes free"
Paul exclaimed. who shah deliver
ne from the body OF this death- the
chains" 10 use Rousseau's phrase
This is the work OF the Holy spirit
land his alone. he enables the peni-
tent believer to make the gospel
truth his own and then enters into
4 the liberty Of the sons OF God" John
+ It brings liberty from guilt and FEAR,
from doubt and shame, from the law
I OF sin and death and all OF its hate
ful bondage
Helping Out OF Sin
Henry Ward Beecher. IN his autobi-
ography, describes the gladness Of the
day when he found out that, 1T Is
Gods nature 20 love man in his sin
for the purpose o. helping him out
Z OF q. just as mother loves her boy
when he IS in trouble TO help him out
OF that trouble and 70 set MIN nee
but omniDotence itself cannot compel
one TO enjoy that for which he re-
fuses 10 care and to strive after
Yet the man who walks by the
Spirit is not entirely freed from de-
sires "The flesh lusteth against the
Spirit, and the spirit against the
flesh, and these are contrary one 70
the other" Gal v. H. one false strai =
in the character may be OF itself SUI
ficient TO bring into bondage the
whole OF the otherwise emancipared
life. One tongue Of flame is enough
70 show the house IS on fire. one spot
Of tu1ercle viii show the disease that
threatens the life. One crack IN the
Elephant Butte dam may let loose the
waters that would sweep Fl Paso into
oblivion Lancelot the noble. the
lpure" fell by one fault Yet liberty Is
Iobtainable through, and only through
the Holy Spirit which Is given unto
US that we may become the sons Of
Holding Firm Morale.
It may well be asked il these thing
be so. why should the Christian ever
7 suffer defeat in a spiritual conflict.
The answer plainly is that the Chris
tan fails to realize his privileges %
utilize the resources available Of
what use would all OF the vast re-
sources OF this nation have been 20
the allies had they failed to use
them, or n the rank and file q the
army had lost their morale. believed
That no matter what they did, they
Inevitably faced defeat The plans Of
Foch. however mastery they may
have been conceived. would have
failed. II was the confidence in uiti-
innate victory that sustained and kept
1.-THE Belgium. the French, the English
3 hard ar II during those lonE war
weary years until the Americans came
to the rescue.
I The resources Of our Father are un-
limited they are at the disposal o.
1.-THE believer. whereby are given unto
lus exceeding great and precious
promises that by these We may be-
come partakers OF the divine nature.
These are made available BY the Holy
Spirit which IS given unto us. and i
we live by the Spirit. let rs walk by
the Spirit, then we may realize that
liberty"