Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-02-22

NHNHx knees bend. God
9s"01 ~HA Is present.
Let us look off upon that great day
Of bowling, in the future. When that
time comes. then what q spectacle |
II every knee shall bow" and If the
territory represented is "heavcn and
EARTH" what contrasting intelltsenccs
will be there. High angels, whose
purity and glory have never been
stained or dinmed, shall bow. Vic
torlNS men, who have been once gn'tty
but are forever condemned, shhli bow.
Children redeemed and glorified. they
shall bow. Men obdurate and unthank-
full and guilty, they shall bow. Meas
ure, If 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 10
which he descends Is indesCribnbe but
it only suggests the height from
which he came and the height to which
He ascends. When he says, "Ali pow
er Is given unto me in heaven and in
earth," there is no mortgage on tho
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
camoutiaged In the Bible. Moreover,
God is here represented as long-suirer-
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 of the throne" Forms aud 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and are superseded, but Jesus Christ
und His own church are. rs cure as
the almlghtlness Of His power t.ord
Of ALL" that is His title. t4 I'll
! Like q diseased body, dressed IN all
beautiful garments. 30 is the: soul
! when it puts forth many deeds QaElnd.
nass and benevoence, but al tho
while to Gods "Comc," 1t replies. 81
Will not" There 1t is feeding life In
the body day by day on food God-giv-
, ell. and dressing the body day by day
with garments produced by Gods prov.
ldence, and also greeting with the
mind day by day many pleasing won.
ders Of Gods works as we'll as the
tokens Of His grace In saved people.
and the measure Of protection they
guarantee, but that same soul Is say.
Ing, II will not" to Gods, "Thou
shalt" 1t may continue throughout
a few nights Of darkness, but it must
end. Refusal to bow now means com.
pulsion to bow then.
There Ie UntImely Bowling.
! Out -onder it will be bowing to
! doom. ere (and now we may bow
! to His "Come." One may not realize
! the contrast between men saved and
men lost today, bu' 1t will be lmpossl.
! BILE for Him to mistake 1t then. To.
| duy 1t Is bow and be received; to-
morrow, bow and he 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,
and to bow because Of the sense Of
His ineXpressibe worthlness; or, to
bow. saying, "Yes. 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 courtroom. suggests the con.
trast.
The program succeeds. The Cap.
tain Of our salvation wins In the pro-
longed war against sin. Tho 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 u.s. but He
passed through death and arose and
ascended. No man after that can
claim the right to stand erect as II ab.
solved from considering what has been
done. and why. Ah 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 Ills sacrifice and received as His
own. Then, out yonder, we will bow
because Of the very glory we share
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