Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-24

fist, and at the time of Jesus trans
figuration, testifying audibly of the di-
vine good pleasure upon Jesus, This is
my beloved son, hear We Him.
But all the life of Jesus voices
God. Jesus was the word made flesh
and dwelling among men. The New
Testament writer's and leaders and
saints hear Jesus as God speaking.
Jesus is the everything voice and the
%eternally vital voice, essentially the
same, yesterday, today and forever, and
to be heard with honor and respect, and
needed with fidelity and faith, before
any or all other voices for human guild
ance, encouragement and salvation.
1T is%c supreme Importance to
know that God is speaking to the ages
through His son. Through Jesus. God
speaks of our sad human condition as
lost, declaring that Jesus came to seek
and to save that which was lost. Man
kind in sin is lost to Gods work and
glory, to the higher appreciation of
Gods grace and power; lost to Gods
heavenly kingdom OF earth and the en-
Joyment and gladness of the nobler and
hOlier living. To the lost world. Gods
voice in Jesus Christ is tender and ap-
pealing, as of one broken in heart Over
this condition of humanity.
God speaks through Jesus as a
great lover, and. a faithful lover. The
inviting voice is to all the sons of earth
who despise their heavenly heritage,
Come said Jesus sacred voice; come.
and make my path your choice; ] will
guide you to your home; weary pilgrim,
hither come.
To all who hear and heed the divine
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fatherly voice of assurance and prom
Use, 1 will care for you, every need
shall be supplied Incorporating suffi-
Gent good in material benefits; in men
tai inspiration, renewing the mind, and
clared the promise and proved it suf-
ficiently, My God shall supply all your
need. Therefore we need not fear to
yield our lives to the divine control,
but by doing our best, to 60 forward
toward the mark and goal and prize of
our high calling in Christ Jesus.
1T is said that of all the memorials
in Westminster Abbey there is not one
that gives a nobler thought than the
life lesson from the monument of Lord
Lawrence; simply his name and date of
his death. and these words, He feared
man so little because he feared God
so much The true fear of God is
reverent hearing of His voice in Jesus
Christ and the ancient saints of the
centuries preceding His advent.
ITO US Gods visit in Jesus is truly
royal and kingly, for He calls us to give
ourselves unreservedly to the promo
ton and establishment of His kingdom
on earth. heavenly virtues in the now
adays of life: a brotherhood of man on
earth: righteousness, peace n JOY in
a holy heart.
David Livingstone gave us the true
note of soul response TO this call of
God when he declared that he would
place no value on anything he had or
might possess except in relation to
that kingdom; it should be given away
or kept only as by the giving or keep
ing of it he should most promote the
glory of Him to whom Livingstone
owed all his hopes in time and eternity
1t is important that we remember
that God judges us upon our response
to His speaking. Jesus emphasizes the
sin of not hearing God willingly wher
He said, 'Ye will not come unto me
that We might have life: this is the
condemnation. that men love darkness
rather than light The exhortatiOn OF
the apostle is firm and stern. There
fore we ought to give the more earnes,
heed to the things which were heard,
lest happy we drift away from them
for if the word spoken through angels
proved ~steadfast, and every trans
gression and disobedience received a
Just recompense of reward. how shall
we escape if we neglect so great a sal
vation? Which. having first been
spoken through the Lord. was confirm
ed unto them that heard. God, also,
bearing witness with them. both by
signs and wonders. and by manifold
powers. and by gifts Of the Holy Spirit,
according 10 His own will.
Let us give good heed 10 the voice
of God and the heavenward CALL