Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1921-12-16

VI DOWink, IN the future. Wnen tnat
time comes, then what a spectacle
II every knee shall bow" and If the
territory represented Is "heaven and
EARTH" what contrasting intelllgences
will be there. High angels. whose
purity and glory have never been
stained or dimmed, shall bow. Vic
torius men, who have been once guilty
but are forever condemned. shall bow.
Children redeemed and glorified, they
shall bow. Men obdurate and unthank-
full and guilty, they shall bow. Meas
ure, IL you can, the range Of that COM
pany bending the knee to Jesus. the
Christ. Every knee, not one excepted
Jesus Christ, the Victorious Christ.
In the account OF the humiliation
and suffering Of Jesus, the depth to
which he descends is indescribable. but
II only suggests the height from
which he came and the height to which
He ascends. When he says, "AlI pow
or is given unto ME In heaven and in
EARTH" there is no mortgage on the
possession. Yesterday we saw Him
bow in the garden, but tomorrow we
shall see Him sway the universe. The
subtlety of sin and Its power are not
camoufiaged In the Bible. Moreover,
God is here represented as long-suffer-
ing, but there is no uncertainty. per-
haps or maybe about the outcome of 1t
all. One day. He that suffered for our
sins must appear as "the Lamb In the
midst q tho ..h-c-c." Ferns end ex-
pressions and organizations may be-
come paralyzed during the passing Of
the years; they fall by the way
and are superseded, but Jesus Christ
and His own church are as sure as
the almightlness of His power. Lord
Of ALL" that is His title.
Like a diseased body, dressed In all
beautiful garments, so Is the soul
when 1t puts forth many deeds of kind
ness and benevolence, but all the
while to Gods Come" 1t replies, 81
will not" There II is feeding life In
the body day by day on food God-giv-
en-, and dressing the body day by day
with garments produced by Gods prov
idence. and also greeting with the
mind day by day many pleasing won
1ers Of Gods works as well as the
tokens Of His grace In saved people,
and the measure Of protection they
guarantee, but that same soul is say
ing, Il will not to Gods, .sThou
shalt" 1t may continue throughout
a few nights Of darkness, but 1t must
end. Refusal to bow now means com.
pulsion to bow then.
There Is untimeIy Bowling.
Out yonder it will be bowling to
doom. Here (and now) we may bow
to His Come" One may not realize
the contrast between men saved and
men lost today, but 1t will be impossi.
BILE for Him to mistake 1t then. To.
day 1t is bow and be received; to-
morrow, bow and be sentenced. There
the redeemed bow because they love
Him, but the lost bow because they
must. To have the tribute from the
depths Of the soul to offer Him then,
aud to bow because of the sense Of |
His inexpressible worthiness; or, to
bow, saying, Eyes, He is worthy, but / |
am LOST that is the contrast / ask you |
TO observe. Yes, that is the contrast |
God calls us to estimate. To bend the |
knee to express devotion at the bed
side of godly mother when death
is claiming her. or to bend the knee
to receive sentence on account of guilt !
in a courtroom, suggests the con-
trast.
The program succeeds. The Cap
tain of our salvation wins In the pro.
longed war against sin. The angel.
song, Peace on earth" comes true.
What He said beforehand becomes ex-
perienced fact. He should win. He
alone is worthy. We expected Him to
win. He has then made good the |
pledge. We bow to Him today with
the understanding that He shall win;
we do not bow in vain. On the cross
He bowed His head for us. but He
passed through death and arose and
assembled. No man after that can
claim the right to stand erect as IL alb
solved from considering what has been
done. and why. All no, the debt is
against us. We pay nothing; He paid
all. OF us, He is man above us, He
is God; for us, He is Savior; before
us. He is majesty. 1t is ours to bow
and accept Him as Savior and Lord
now. captured by His love, constrained
by His sacrifice and received as His
own. Then, out yonder, we will bow
because of the very glory we share.