The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-01-20

lect. IL is the deyotement OF a life
/ IL is the devotion TO Christ that was
expressed by the Spartan mother
when she handed the shield TO her
3 warrior son. saying: Return with
IL. or upon it,. II was expressed BY
Paul: For TO me TO live Is Christ. ="
This is what il means TO believe that
/ Jesus is the Son OF God.
But how does such devotion make
world conquerors OF His followers
God breathes into the devoted
souls His own Spirit and they become
His children We know human chill
dren partake OF the nature OF their
Darentage. Would il not be strange
il Gods children had no marks Of
80 divine parentageg Peter SAYS
BY these precious promises We
have become partakers OF the divine
nature. SO We read OF Jesus; He
is not ashamed To call them breth-
ern." What. this Son OF God. deelar-
ed TO be by the resurrection from the
dead; He not ashamed To call the
children of God His brethren, One
! is reminded of gideon. questioning
Zebah and Zalmunna: What man
ner OF men were they we slew at
Tabor" They answered: As thou
art. so were they; each one resAm-
bled the children OF king And
Gideon said: They were my breth-
ern. the sons of my mother; as Je-
hoFah liyeth, il ye had saved them
alive. | would not Stay you" What
pride and devotion In that SENTENCED
An elect race. royal priesthood. a
holy nation are We. formed
for Himself. that ye might set forth
His praise"
There are three distinct character
istics that are peculiar TO Gods chill
dren. First. they are the children
or knowledge.
would not say OF all knowledge
but OF that particular knowledge
which Is at once the most valuable
and the most to be priced in the
world. We know that the Son OF
God has come. and has given us in
sight @ know Him that is the real
God: and we are in Him who is real,
even In His Son. Jesus Christ" This
is the real God: this is life. eternal
The Spirit Of God was promised first
OF all To be a great teacher. and as
the spirit OF truth to teach all
things. No wonder Gods children are
wise in the things OF God. Pharoah
was a heather king. but he placed
Joseph at the head OF Egypt because
he was wise, since the Spirit OF
God dwelt in him" and when Nebu-
chadnezzar wanted to develop great
statesmen in Babylon. the Hebrew
children in whom the Spirit OF God
dwelt. passed their examinations
1000 per cent aboge the heather com ;
petitors. Was IL an accident2 BY no
means. When we hear ministers
quoting Pauls great words: Eye
hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither +
have entered into the heart of man.
the things which God hath prepared
for them that love Him." have them
continue: But God hath revealed
them unto us by His Spirit; for the
Spirit searcheth all things. yea. the /
deep things OF God. Which things al 7
we speak in words which the Holy
Spirit teacheth. No wO lder then.
the Christian is son of knowledge.
Adam Clarke. the great commentat-
or. said: Il could learn more In one
month after | was converted than
in one year before" Gods Spirit
quickens the Intellect and sends boys
and girls TO college. Every great
revival turns multitude toward
higher learning. God is no foe of
education. The Wesleys and the
came out OF college halls.
Think not the Spirit OF God in His
child. I'm world written over with
the wisdom OF the infinite Father,
will be other than a teacher of the
truths OF God. God is never jealous
Of devoted students who seek to
learn His truths.
The second characteristic OF Gods
-~'id Is that he Is child OF love
The love of God hath been shed
aDruau m our hearts by the Holy
Spirit which has been given unto us
riot spirif is the spirit OF love a.
we'll as OF wisdom. When we think
nat All SIN Is violation OF love, we
IAN see at once how the Christian
5 world -conquercr OF the evil forces
II the wicked. Self-love must never
axe the place o. that holy love TO
God and humanity which is at once
10 God-like. There is not a sin In the
Whole catalog of sins but is a viola
ion of the law OF love Just as an
Illustration OF a Christian who had
his spirit OF love In remarkable de-
Tree. let us think OF David Living
tone. He was the first white man to
lisit multitudes of the native Afri-
ans Perhaps IL were truer TO say.
he first European. He found the
lave trade In full swing. He was
lone with pagan Africans. but he
lept his word 20 them as sacredly as
lie could have kept IL TO the queen
4 England He never was known To
'e immoral or unkind or in any way
o belle his high profession II Jesus
yer walked with a man upon this
arth and pointed TO him with pride.
hat man was David Livingstone
Thy is all the missionary and benevo-
ent work In the world today carried :