Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-19

he was permitted to bear in his
body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
And further, in the twelfth chap
ter of Hebrews, he takes up the
analogy of sonship and shows the
generality of this principles: "FoS
whom the Lord loveth He chasten-
eth, and scourgeth every son whom
he receiveth If We endure chast-
ening, God dealeth with you as
with sons; for what son is he
whom the Father chasteneth not.
But if We be without chastisement,
whereof all are partakers, then are
We bastards, and not sons" Going
on to say: 1--WE have had fathers
of our flesh which corrected us
and we gave them reverence; shall
we not much rather be in subjec-
ton to the Father of spirits and
live? Now no Christening for the
present seemeth joyous, but grew
Gus; nevertheless afterward ii
yieldeth the peaceable fruits of
righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby" The early
Christians, and our forefathers
were want to detect the hand of
God in affliction: discern its pur-
pose, and reap the benefit.
1t seems to us that this SCRIPTURE
al doctrine is unduly neglected in
our day. In our era Of prosperity
and ease we have been prone to
think more"-as Bishop Neon
nell reminds us-"of the grand
fatherhood of God than of his
fatherhood," AS the prevailing
sentiment OF the youth and child
hood of our generation Is to ex-
pect of their parents. coddling,
when they cry for it; so the major
conception Of God is that he should
generously supply all our whims
and fancies. AS tho boy or girl
who has been petted and pampered
and spoiled, is generally sre-
spectful, disobcdient, and too often
disreputable while the son or
daughter who has known due dis
cipline and the demands OF duty.
is generally devoted and upright
so the world could we have stood
on sCme heavenly battlement some
years ago and looked down upon
the world Of men. we would have
seen mankind daily losing in re
spect for things Divine; daily be-
coming more disrcgardful of Gods
laws. and daily increasing in the
righteousness OF wealth and pleas
ure. Then the war clouds became
dark and lowering. And ere we
could realize, the worst war of his
tory burst upon us. The hearts of
many were embittered the faith
of many suffered shipwreCk. Put
for the most part, their eyes
cleansed by n baptism of tears. ana
their hearts softened by sorrow.
God was seen to be more real. Ana
the folly Of spurning His com
Enthusiastically appa
rent. And, could we have better
mans inability to abide
prosperity and his nepr
of reverses betimes, the shock
would not have been so great ana
the consequences far more favor
able. And the same is true in our
lives.
Our text uses the figure Of the
clouds to bring home to us the
meaning of our darksome expert
ences Clouds have too often been
held in ill-repute; when, in truth,
they are expressive of the true
balancings Of nature, and are
among earths greatest blessings
They give their WATERS to revive
the earth. They are veritable ex-
pressions OF the Divine solicitude
The clouds fill the soul with loftl-
est sentiments. Whether we medi-
tate upon the lingering cloud that
drapes the pine at sunrise, or the
longdrawn cirrus clouds, wildly
playing with the winds. Whether
we behold the dark-gray nimbus
clouds spread over the entire heay-
ems, or whether we follow the lone
cloud in the clear, blue sky; or
the flocks OF Apollo driven across
the azure blue. The clouds have
always fed the souls of men with
beauty and stirred them to deep
thoughts of the power and prov
idence of God. One cannot long
look sSyward and not feel In a
deep and real sense the Psalmist's
meaning when he sang; 1.-THE
heavens declare the glory Of God
and the armament showeth His
handiwork. Day unto day uttereth
speech and night unto night show
eth knowledge"
The Bible begins with an ac-
count of Gods dealings with the
clouds. There on the second day
Of creation: God said let there be
a armament in the midst of the
waters and let It divide the waters
from the waters" etc. And in the
following chapter comes the pic
ture of the Garden of Eden, with
the description of the river which
went out OF Eden to water the
garden" Throughout the Scrip
lures we find that life is depend