River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-11-02

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own. but He finds nothing to Ills
satisfaction and leaves it. Leaving
it, He leaves the holy city too' TOT
Bethany, "the house of humillatloh'
where alone He can abide.
/. This scene recalls another, IN
blessed contrast, and described I'D
| John 2O:19-23. The disciples are
gathered and the risen Lord, with
| infinite blessing, is in their midst. III
is a picture of what every gathering
of the saints should be-a gathering
| round the Lord How blessed 10 De
| therel But what if He is not seen
What if there is something, as often
there is, that keeps Him away, and
He cannot have the place He joys TO
take, as minister of blessing to his
own-what then?
All, then He comes as He came to
the temple, in silent majesty.
And what does He see? He sees
perfect order and decorum He sees
a comfortable and attractive building
with well-dressed and ,well-behaved
people. But He sees oratorlcal
pyrotechnics, instead of the proclama-
ton of His Word, or hears It's
authority and finality denied. He
hears a feeble song purporting to be
to His praise, and sees the choir
entertaining the congregation with an
anthem, but hears not what they say.
Looking deeper, He sees hearts I'M
exercised by His Word nor filled with
love to Him. He sees men who think
more of business than of Him and
women whose pleasures are dearer
than He. He sees no souls bowed with
a sense of sin coming to accept Him
as the only Savior and Lord. And He
goes out
oh, Jesus, stay! Look round again
and let those eyes search US through.
Fix that gaze upon our inmost heart
and let us see what it beholds. Plat
again the scourge and drive out the
things that offend Thee. But tarry
with us We shall be with Thee for
ever yonder: we must have Thee
now!
2. In Mark 1888 another Of those
silent looks is recorded "When he
had turned round about and looked
upon his disciples, he rebuked Peter"
When He must rebuke one He will
look upon all. When He administers
the necessary Christening of the
| Fathers house to one whom He loves,
His eye is on the others. When, by
great sorrow or affection, He must
break the heart of one He thinks of
| the rest. And the reason for it APP
pears in Paul's words to Timothy:
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that
others also may fear Yea, at such
| a time, we see those eyes fastened
upon us in loving admOnition.
3. In Luke 22:61 we are told of
another of these. 'And the Lord
turned and looked upon Peter" Did
He speak? Not word No word was
necessary. He looked and broke the
heart of his SHINING disciple and ''he
went out and wept bitterly" Those
bitter tears show what that look con-
veyed to Peters soul. He has looked
in that way at you as He has at me-
A look of loving rebuke and plying
compassion and melting grief. We
have seen it in the midst of our de-
malls of Him among His enemies, in
the midst of our careless and unholy
ways or our sinful indulgences. How
often has it recalled us from these
and sent us ont to weep! But blessed
be His name! If He search us out
thus. it is only to restore the fellow
ship with Him which sin has broken
4. Still another of these silent
looks: "And when Jesus had looked
round about on them with anger, be-
ing grieved for the hardness of their
hearts" Mark 3 %. When grief turns
to anger and love becomes wrath,
who can abide its coming? What so
terrible as ''the wrath of the Lamb?"
How shall His people return those
looks? BY docking unto Jesus" in
turn! 1--WE all, gazing on the glory
of the Lord with unveiled face, are
changed into the same image"
stephen looked steadfastly toward
heaven, and said see Jesus" "And
all they that sat in the council, be-
held his face as it had been the face
Of an angel" Oh, return the look and
it shall make you like Him.
How shall the sinner return those
looks of the Savior? He has told how
Look unto me and be We saved"
Look, not at yourself, but It Him,
dying, risen. pleading now with theel
Look with all the conscious need of
vour sinful hart Look with the eve
of faith that says, "He died for me-"
One such look and you are His, saved
and safe fOreveri
There is life for look at the Crucified
One,
There is life at this moment for thee
Then look. sinner, look unto Him and be
saved,
Unto Him who was nailed to the tree"