Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-06-01

| able, he has had
enough Of the oil Of the Holy Spirits
Influence on his soul to make him &c
cept our Lords company in such
place, but he will not accept OF eterhal
life rs gift Outwardly he mas
Joined the Apostles Band, but, Inward
ly he Is thief Good company, but
a thlcf's heart!
His choosing to 'join" before he
had received" may have cost him his
soul. If he had humbly insisted upon
not Joining until he had accepted our
Lord Jesus Christ rs the one who
would fulfill all sacrihclal types for
sinners then he might have ranked
with John or Poul.
Ho knew the place. Those trees
could talk to him. He could gather
messages from the footprints and
paths there. The very air was elo-
Quent, to him. On. there are records
which do not fit into music boxes or
conform to machinery. They are
heard at most unexpected times. AS
If started by unseen hands, In the
dark Of tho night, they compel us to
listen Just ns some who read this
can hardly help thinking Of the path
up to the old schoolhouse, where. In
the winter revival, they sang. Come
ye sinners poor and needy" or Of the
old kitchen III the old farmhouse
where family prayers were conducted
once day. How often the Spirit Of
God whispers, Forget not nil his ben
eflts." But Judas had sinful heart
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sin-bearer. The place was outside the
man, the heart Of sin was close with
In. Groom over tho place, he might,
but like soldier on guard, he would
fight Jesus away from that citadel Of
the heart.
And why should Judas be one Of
the twelve7 To be sure, he is later
substituted by Matthias but why was
he ever admltted2 II have chosen
you twelve and one Of you is devil"
are the words so startling. And that
one the treasurer Yes for when God
Is manifested fighting sin, he asks for
on Its own ground and out In the
open. Tho apostles are In the thick
Of the centuries-old conflict with hu-
man sin. So far as the record states
there could not have been much money
for Judas to handle anyway. But he
can be allowed to add and subtract
and have flrst-hand information,
where, II there had been any trick
cry advised. ha would have known
about It,
Now this Is the man who sells Jesus
for few cents more than five dollars.
Yes, but this is the man who through
out the whole known record never
states that he finds any trace Of decep-
tion or trickery on Jesus part. This
"son Of perdition" on the inside, with
frst-hand information. this devil"
cannot find flaw or a fleck In all the
structure Of Jesus conduct. He OBJ
1ects to Mary amounting him. but re-
member, he nowhere calls him
Lord"
Do we not see that today men and
women, wayward and guilty, will say
that they do not criticize Jesus7 His
enemies admit, By tho ten thousand,
that they "flnd no fault in him." Yet
they refuse him their hearts. How
could Jesus Christ be such true
teacher, leader Of men and example
II his repeated declaration Of his
savlor-ship were false7 How can
man properly appreciate his teaching
and his wonder works and at the same
moment reject his shed blood7 You
admire him. but you do not receive
him; beware lest, for price, you sell
him.
There Is another place mentioned
III tho account Judas went to "hIs
own place." He had heard Of that
place from Jesus himself ITO be
cast into hell' had doubtless rung In
his ears more thnn once. No garden
with olive trees there. No Jesus to
tench one there. The sale Judas made
and that place are closely associated.
II he Will hear him teach and even
endorse his greatness, but yet have
the heart to sell him, that one place
Is his destiny. Soul. do not reject the
Lord Jesus as Saviour today, lest, to.
morrow tho heart that so rejects
proves to be the heart that sells. and
you enter that--"place." Like garden
whose trees and flowers all speak OF
blessing, so Is his grace today, but,
II you reject that, l would that you
might realize that you turn toward
Judas place Judas had, as It were,
a decd In hand to that place when he
was right in the company Of Jesus.
He had fully realized 1t, doubtless the
very possession Of 1t would have been
IN him