The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-07-03

ness. 1t is dDOul
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
ever this spirit of bondage is better
han 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: ut is a true
sewing 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. ever with the daily grace Lacks
ing. than we allow Christian liberty
to degenerate into license" A man
ruled by God requires no outward
control, but others. do. sQn3y the Cod
possessed man can bea II zee
the Christian senaa al
got his heartehe I'll st6H
behind Legal walls andKkeep a any
rate from dishonoring dfF rs
mot the true Chris lire, but Al Is
BOD fmftatio1l
Euf let n I'VE 49, Vi
d to stop bSiind legal Walls M pr
Der to be. safe, but can ta<116fh safe Z
and free. One hassputJt
ions The Gentiles are WI
the Jews are under law,
tia1s have the law of liberty, or I89H
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
illustration which we venture to quote
verbatim. It is from DR.. A. T. Scho-
field, the well-known English special
list on brain and nerve diseases, who
writes as helpfully on the life of the
spirit as he does on physical and men,
tai health. He says:
"Some time ago 1 was the proud pos
SCISSOR of a beautiful collie called Jock.
When he first came up to London, hav-
ing never seen a crowded city before,
he was wild with spirits, and would
have dashed away, and l would never
have seen him again had I not put him
under law by the purchase of a strong
orIJoH. With n dor ohain attached Now
there are in London, as in the world
of men, three classes of dogs: The
strong dogs which have liberty and nc
law, and end their lives at Sattersea;
there are the respectable dogs, like
mine, which have law but no liberty;
and there is a third class Of dog
which occupies, one might say, the
Christian position of law and liberty
combined.
The Law of Love.
"Jock, my collie, soon got to know
me, and one day after he had been
with me for a few weeks I went down
into the hall to take him out, and he
put up his head as usual to have his
chain fastened on his neck, but 1 said:
NO, JOcki no more cIdll. i Openeu
the door, and for the first time he
bounded out free. He dashed away
in the joyous possession of his new
found liberty as if I should never see
him more, but just then another law,
of which he himself was unaware
came into operation he looked around,
and then came trotting back to walk
behind me. l had got his heart, and
a dog will never run away from his
own heart. The law of liberty is the
law of love, and my dog was now
chained to my side by the affection
that he bore me-. All his actions hence
forth were governed by that glorious
principle which James calls the law
of liberty, which our Lord calls the
New Commandment"
"The righteousness" |. e. the right
ecus requirement "of the law (will)
be fulfilled In us who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit"