News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-19

Thou art
priest forever after the order OF
Melchisedec." Not Of the order OF
Aaron, or after the law of a carnaf
commandment. Christ's priestly work
was not completed when He offered
Himself as a sacrifice for sin upon
the cross His microscopy work for
Us is continued in heaven. 1t Is 60
Ing on now. The Aaronic priesthood
was earthly, temporary and imper-
feet. 1t came to an end. Not so the
priesthood of Christ. He is a priest
forever, after the power Of an end
less life.
In Christ there Is neither changing:
DOR aging. Increasingly His work
continues for us within the veif
whittier He has gone. "He ever liv-
eth to make intercession for u.s." In
the power Of His resurrection life
Christ continues to intercede and to-
! work for US, in our behalf, and also
within US.
Salvation Not Separate From the
| Savior.
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tive thing or possession. Eternal life
is ours only because Christ is living
| savior. He made atonement for our
sins and is now seated at the right
hand of God as our high priest,
but He also abides within us In the
person and the power of the Holy
Spirit. Only thus can He meet our
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| life more abundant, the life that ts-
strong and victorious.
| Through Christ we too may live q
| resurrected life, life that is as end
| less as His. This implies, for US, fu-
ture and endless development. We
can never attain unto infinity but we
can always be moving towards it.
For those who are in Christ life is~
In store that is limitless in its unfold
Ing, possibilities.
That uncircumscribed life will have
unlimited possibilities Of knowledge.
In this life our knowledge is limited
upon every side. Over yonder we
shall know as we are known, and
natural and physical barriers will ALI
be removed. Present knowledge will
be added to indefinitely and bound
Iessly.
Every quality and capacity Of the
soul is capable of measureless devel-
opment. The endless life will afford
the opportunity. We carry with US
beyond the grave only memory, char
acter and capacity. Gifts that have
lain dormant here will be freed
there Opportunities that have been
denied us here will be granted US
there. Ample scope in the heavenly
sphere for every heaven-born longing
or ambition!
No present life seems complete.
Think, too, Of all the inequalities, Of
all the hedged-in lives. of all Of those
just beginning and suddenly cut off.
Their chance is wholly in the future.
If right with God and Christ here
they will have abundant opportunity
in the life to come. God Is just
God. There will be a great evening
up in the next life.
young woman who was giving
abundantly of her means, her time
and her strength to help little mis-
sion church, was demonstrated with.
She replied: 1T is my investment
MY brother is business man; works
day and night. Every cent goes into
his business. He thinks. eats, and
sleeps business. Why? He says that
some day it will pay him big divi-
dends. And that is what l am DOING"
she said, putting my life into that lit
tie mission" Don't you suppose that
she, too, will some day draw big divi-
dends?
The Present Life Resembles Studio.
The present life has been likened
to a studio, with its artists materials,
disorder perhaps. unfinished work.
mere suggestions of the finished prod
uct We must visit the picture gal
lery TO really Judge the artist. Peo-
pie sometimes impatiently Judge God
by His unfinished specimens of re-
demption which they see here. Wait
and visit the heavenly gallery, where
identifying processes will have album
dant time to come TO perfection.
II pays to do the right, to live nobly,
to suffer wrongfully, to endure hard
ship. 1t would pay IL there were no
future life. But there is, and we are
encouraged to keep 1t in view and to
live In its light.
Fill I'D each hour with what will last;
Ruy up the moments as they go;
The life above when this is past
Is the ripe fruit of life below.
Jesus Christ was crucified in weak
ness, was buried, but was raised in
the power of an endless life. All who
know Him and the power of His resur-
rection must also know the fellowship.
of His sufferings. We must walk the
nath He walked until we too are re-
49,, into Glory