Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-07
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cnurcn enter tne eio'ster 70 serve Al
HIgnsy ooo' piuu,ns sooopye 70 nome
anu Anu irienus anu enc nope Oh married
nIe ana cnlloren, ana its pleasures, 70
serve Aimishty uo9 IN tne Quietness
VI tne ciois.er VI ~ the iever- laden
ar OF pestiientiai oistricts. put the
man VINO possesses this Iaith sees IN
the step tney tahe someone VINO mas
neard the higher call from above and
VINO wishes 10 give willing obedience
10 HIM VINO sara, Come unto Me,
Wnen death comes TO the man with
out talth IT comes as q dark and ter-
rible mystery, freezing up the very
fountains OIL the soul, but TO the man
OF 1aith IL comes as friend Whisper
ing OF STRIFE and trouble over and rest
and peace ABOUT TO begin IN the bosom
OF God the Father
SOUL GODS CREATION
This faith then, my friends. is GER
tainIy gift OF God. We must not
conclude that because it is a gift of
God that, II we do not possess 1T or
if We once had it and lost il, we are
not 10 blame or that God will not
give it to US IL We seek it. Since God
calls all men to be saved He is obliged
to give them the gift OF faith but they
must come to Him in humility before
they can receive the gift Why is it,
friends IL 1t is such necessary gift,
that we find so many people who
possess it not? Why is it that we can
find so many people who once pos
sessed IT and have thrown 1t aside In
the days of their proud and self-re-
liant manhood as something too cheap,
too insignificant, to be bothered with
When the SHOWS of winter pass away
and the warm rays of the sun stir
Mother Earth into life we watch the
little plant as 1t coming shooting forth
from the ground. Little by little it
unfolds one leaf after another it
srows Jay py ga! untll the blossom
ana the fruit are almost IN sight. but
even then IT may die, because the sun
may drive up the earth about it, alb
sorping an It's moisture and little by
niue the leaves tade one by one, the
staik troops over and the plant is
uead.
sucn a piant Is the human soul in
,ne saruen Oh tiod creation, ana faifh
is tne ROVER that crowns 1t, ripening
on 10 tne iruit OF sooo WORKS. But TO
possess tnat glit OF RAIN there must
oe humility or mind and heart. We
must De wiling TO bow and acknowl-
eose our hitiehess IN the slght OF GOO,
pc Wiling 10 lay at HIS rect the prize
Jewels OF our Ire, and those are In
teihgence ana free Will, and that Is
nara Tor human fiesh and blood TO
pear, Tor there IS ever whispering IN
the heart or fallen man the voice OF
the tempter trying 10 urge him to say
as dio Lucirer OF OLD. VIII not serve.
Woe be to the soul that hears that
silent voice and hearkens to IT, be
cause u ne does the softly 1aillng
dews OF GOD grace IN the heart are
not heard and the little gift of faith.
mat tender plant placed IN the soul
In baptism, Will die away.
GIFT OF MIRACLES
Have we proof of this? Way back
in history, in the days of Pharaoh. we
read Of the call of Moses. God called
him and told him to go to Pharaoh
and ask for the liberat ton of the
lsraelites, and that Pharaoh might
know that he was divinely sent God
gave to him the gift of miracles. You