The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-05-27

NM WNVN beyond the grave
"ThOu art
priest forever after the order o.
Melchisedec." Not of the order OF
Aaron, or after the law of a carna
commandment. Christ's priestly worl
was not completed when He Offered
Himself as q sacrifice for sin upon
the cross. His microscopy work FOL
us Is continued In heaven. II is 20
Ing on now. The AarOnic priesthood
was earthly, temporary and imper
feet. 1t came to an end. Not so thu
priesthood of Christ. He is priest
forever, after the power of an eud
less life.
In Christ there is neither changing
nor aging. INCREASINGLY His worn
continues for us within the VET
whittier He has gone. HE ever liv
eth to make intercession for us" II
the power Of Ills resurrection lifi
Christ continues 70 intercede and 4
work for us, In Tur behalf, and ais,
within us.
Salvation Not Separate From thu
Savior.
Salvation is not an outward, objec
tive thing or possession. Eternal lif'
is ours only because Christ is livint
savior. He made atonement for on.
sins and Is now seated at the riga
hand of God as our high priest
but He also abides within US in tht
person and tire power of the Holy
Spirit. Only thus can He meet out,
needs, only thus can we know the
life more abundant, the life that IL
strong and victorious.
Through Christ we too may live
resurrected life, life that is MS end.
less as His. This implies, for us, flu
ture and endless development. We
can never attain unto inhnity but we
can always be moving towards IL
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, anG
natural and physical barriers will all
be removed. Present knowledge will
be added to indefinitely and bound
leSsly.
Every quality and capacity Of the
soul is capable of measureless deveA
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
pr ambition
No present life seems complete.
Think, too, Of all the inequalities, OF
all the hedged-in lives of all of those
lust beginning and suddenly cut off.
their chance is wholly In the future.
II right with God and Christ here
hey will have abundant opportunity
In the life to come. God is just
God. There will be great evening
np In the next life.
A young woman who was giving
sbundantly of her means, her time
and her strength to help a little mis-
sion church, was demonstrated with.
She replied: 1T is my investment.
Ny brother is a business man; works
lay and night Every cent goes intos
bis business. He thinks, eats, and
sleeps business. Why? He says that
some day 1t will pay him big divi-
lends. And that is what / am DOING"
she said. putting my life into that lit
lie mission" Don't you suppose that
she, too. will some day draw big divi-
sends?
The Present Life Resembles Studio.
The present life has seen likened
10 studio. with Its artists materials.
disorder perhaps. unfinished work.
mere suggestions Of the finished prod.
oct. We must visit the picture gal
lery to really judge the artist. Peo-
pie sometimes impatiently judge God
BY His unfinished specimens Of re-
1emption which they see here. Wait
and visit the heavenly gallery. where
Identifying processes win have abun,
dant time to come TO perfection.
II pays to do the right. to live nobly.
TO suffer wrongfully. 20 endure hard,
ship. II would pay II there we're no
future life. But there Is. and we ara
encouraged to keep It In view and to
live In its light.
FIN I'd each hour with what VIII last
Buy up the moments as they 90.
The life above. when this Is past.
Is the ripe fruit OF life below.
Jesus Christ was crueified 10 weak.
ness. was buried, but was raised in
the power OF an endless life. All whs
know Him and the power Of His resur.
rec:ion must also know the fellowship
II His sufferlngs. We must wall the
rath He walked untiI re too are re
f~.s. lie