The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
By DOLLY
DALRYMPLE

tabernacle be dissolved, We have build
ing of God. an house not made with
hands eternal in the heaven He posi-
lively claims that our citizenship is in
heaven now. from whence we look fol
the Saviour, Who will change our vie
(corruptible) body that it may be fash
toned like unto His glorious body (Which
body Paul had seem. SO it is not surpris-
ing that with such assurance Paul de-
olares that to depart and be with Christ
is far better or that the epistle to the
Hebrews declares, Now they desire a
better country that is an heavenly
wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God. for He hath prepared
for them city which city is declared
to be a city whose architect and builder
is Cod
Can we appropriate for ourselves the
Easter fact the Resurrection Of Jesus
Christ, with all that it will mean to
our own souls? The temptation is great
and almost overpowerlng oftentimes TO
allow the good things God gives us IN
this present world to shut out of view
the better things. Our present day reia-
tionships are often very precious and
very tender, and sometimes they become
a snare to faith and prevent our best
development. We are too often narrow
and shortsighted and live only for the
present. But God knows no such break
in life. He does not divide it into sections
and compartments. All life is one 10
Him. Circumstances change. We i've
here today and there tomorrow BUT
life gees on through all the change, and
personality persists and God is deallns
always with personality, not necessarily
TO round it up here and now. On earth
the time is too short God does not
think of natural death as the end Of lie.
1t is the last enemy The battle with
death must be fought out sooner or later
and death is for Gods children, with the
Easter fact in their souls, the entrance
| into the better country In His plans
for us God cannot allow the restricted
viewpoint OF earthly friends to change
those plans God is not cruel He IS
not thoughtess. but God knows that
there is better country and he knows
when the time has come to 60
us it better country? Like Heze-
kiah, we turn our faces to the wall
and cry. is anything better than this
world? Better than mother and father,
better than wife and husband, better
! than that great strong vigorous
Astounding useful life, which is sud
denly cut off from our midst, leaving
us all shocked and bewildered?'
Better? Better? Here we must fight
out our battle and win never-ending
vicory or go down in everlasting de-
feat. We must trust God for every
thing, or we really cannot trust him
for anything. We must find and hold
| on to God. We must trust in the
Lord forever. or trust Him not at all
We may lose all else and holding on
to Him, life is still full of great
i eternal purpose. But IL we lose God.
are waits of vanity tossed to and fro
upon stormy boundless ocean. He
hath key of hell and of death and He
can open for us the mysteries of the
eternal ages and the gates of Joy and
glory.
IF life is to be powerful, peace
full, triumphant. 1T must be dominated
by the assurance that Christ has gone
to prepare place for US in His Faith
er's house of many mansions
little troubles and innermost thoughts of