The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1919-02-07
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HASH Ih0us T0Isso9 9Ats AsAs 49, & 4
Well might we cry In the language
of our dying Savior. But God had not
forsaken Him. Even so, He still
prayed that Gods will, not His, be
done.
How can we expect 70 save the souls
Of men when we are slothfnl and care
less Of the will Of our Heavenly Fa-
Their? Dare we live to suit ourselves,
carelesgly, any net or though all right
in our estimation, and yet expect 70
do work In Gods name? How can we
expect to do Gods work In our own
way and be successful 7 There il no
wonder that our revivals are lsfeless,
no lost souls are saved or even seem
to care to be saved. when those who
would invite the sinner are his asso-
ciates and partners In sin?
1t ID marvellous that He, whose
name is holy, should labor with sinful
men. He. will dwell with sin that Is
condemned, but not for one moment
I with ain that ID allowed. Not for q
moment would Christ tolerate being
aaonored In talk or in creed when there
was no obedience in fact. why call
We me Lord, Lord. and do not the
Things ii which which I I sssy;?" So; lie asked no
aid in counsel from those about Him.
On one occasion, when He consulted
his disciples concerning d hungry mul-
1itude, He himself knew what lie
would do" Advice was often rendered
Him which He declined to follow His
mission was to do the will Of Gods
shersfaye it was not necessary 10 con-
i suit with noe aa to what that will was.
III any man will 10 Ills will, he
/ shall know of the doctrine whether It
lie OF Cod A feeling of the growing
loneliness OF the Christian life comes
from q sense Of the peculiarly per-
sonal interest which Christ takes in
those who seek 10 know His will. It
seems so strong as to almost make
him feel that his life is being detached
from, all other lives around him; that
it ID being drawn out Of the crowd Of
humanity, as If an unseen arm linked
in his were taking him aside for a
nearer intimacy, and a deeper and
more private Fellowship; not because
u he il In any way favorite Of heaven,
but because MS in coming to Christ at
first he felt himself the only lost, Sc
now i'm staying with Christ he feels
himself the only found. He feels that
Christ has all Of him. and ne has all
OF Christ. Christ has died for other
men, but In peculiar sense for him
God has love for all the world, but q
peculiar love FOR him. As Christ
prayed to His Father. = pray not fol
the world, but for them which thol
hast given me, for they are thine.
pray not that thon shouldst take then
out of the world, but that hou shouldsl
keep them from the evil. This instinct
of near fellowship IL true OF ths
universal Fellowship Of God with Hi
own people.
Oh, that men might come into this
close communion with God. Il ths
ministers of the gospel could really
know God, then indeed there might b
i lost souls gathered into the fold. Sain'
Paul says, abstain from ali appear
ance of evil. Prove all things, holt
fast that which is good. Let all things
be done decently and in order" There
are those who sin habitually and con
sole themselves with the thought tina
all people do likewise. They are ser
iously mistaken. There are many goo'
pei i In the world, who have princi
and are what they seem, but W
do not come in contact with them be
cause we do not believe they exist
Bad. people and deceivers think tha
the world is bad and deceitful. Let u
wake up and look about. 1t is tru
that one must be often alon6, becaus
he finds few companions in the mar
row path, as did Christian In Pilgrim
Progress.
There Ia Gods will IN mans ca
reer, just as In his life. The reasol
why 50 few have God ia their caree
I'll chat 10 few have really taken Go
into their life. No one will succee
in knowing even what God IN his ca
resr ean paean until he knows what
is to have ssod In The secret chamber
OF his heart. III requires a2weli-kep
life to know the will of God, and nen
but the ChrfsE-like In character ea
know the Christ-Iike In career.
Haying asked. Lord, what wilt Tho