Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-09

"How shall l give thee up' l,pii
rain? How shall I deliver thee,
Israel? How shall make thee as
Admah? How shall l set thee as
Zehoin? Mine heart is turned
within me, my repentings are KIN
d1ed together. I will not execute
tha fierceness of mine anger,
will not return to destroy Ephralm'
for 7 am God, and not man. (do-
sea 1880
Hosea, a prophet, not much read
less understood, yet he gives us
pictures of spiritual mountain
neaks. The central idea is Gods
love. revealing His motive, char
acter. grief, hope and longing. HIS
language seldom equaled' never
surpassed. Where can we ma
ANYTHING sweeter apart from the
marbles of Jesus. And 1t should
not seem strange since the love OF
Hosea was the same as the love
of the NaZarene.
How did it ever happen that
mankind conceived the idea or
Cod as relentless and vindictive?
Although this was written 700 Is.
c.. our text contains the same sweet
message of a fathers love thls
has been called the prodigal son
in miniature), as well as Gods
character of justice, for God Is
Justice as we'll as love Neverthe-
less it is forever true, that the
repentant sinner and can never
change. God never changes. Turn
to the New Testament and you VIII
find the same yearning love in the
terms of Jesus, He came to seek
and save the lost"
His yearnings, 30! Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how oft
would have gathered thee beneath
my wings as hen gathereth her
brood, but We would not" He sat
with publicans and sinners, He
tells of the lost coin, the lost sheep
the losst son, nowhere in the world
can we find such yearning, only In
God "our Father" All down
through the ages God has sought
to reveal Himself to man by His
love. Jermiah giving expression &c
the spiritual impulses said: u
have loved thee with an everlast'
ing love, therefore, with loving
Kindness have ! drawn thee" The
same idea controls Hosea, and II
is left for the New Testament writ
err to say, "God is love" And fol
the first time it is revealed tina
the real difference between Coo
and man is not His almightines
appalling our impotence, His omni
science amazing our ignorance, bu
His love shaming our lovelessness
There is the pinnacle of Goodness
This is the mark of difference
between the Christian and the un
believer, to know that in the hard
est trials and difficulties, God il
drawing him with the cords o
love and seeking to make MAJ
strong in his confidence and trus
in heavenly Father. Standing oil
the hillside by the sea, fathe
sought to impress his son with tn
yastness of Gods love, pointing
north, he said: Look then to tn
south, and to the east and ives
over the sea" Then sweeping hi
hand around the whole circle, h
said: Johnny. my boy, Gods low
is as big as that" "Why, daddy,
said the boy with childish glee
then we must be in the middl
Of it,"
The divine law of love Is no
merely good nature, it is the low
of goodness. Gods love does no
impel Him to overlook our of
lenses against the moral law, an
accept good intentions on the par
of men in the place of positiv
performance. While Gods love
strong enough to lift them fror
sin into the holy life, it must nc
be forgotten that He is a jus
God" All the laws of nature ar
for man as long as we obey then
but relentless and crushing whe
we rebel; we ourselves are tn
cause of turning their goodneS
into a relentless foeman. It ha
been said Mature never forgive
abuse your powers in early If
and an early death pays the pena
ty.' This is the teaching OF jest
in that passage, Whatsoever
man sows that shall he also reap
1t may not be at the end Of tn
week. month or year. but you wi
certainly reap. BE sure your 81
will find you out" Don't make tn
mistake some make.
In the book Romola, we find tn
principle. The adopted orphan 7
to Is lavished upon by his fostt
parents, but when grown up !
robs them and fees. In a foreie
land he acquires a wife, positio
and fame. then for time he seen
ingly prospers, until one day h
wrong becomes known, and Il
mob set upon him: being stror
swimmer, he leaps for the rive
Far down the river he seeks
land upon the opposite shore, on
to find his onetime benefact
waiting with hatred blazing in
eyes, keen knife flashing in h
hand. What Tito had sown
was now about TO reap. VIII
Weakness forced him to land
looked for mercy. but found ju
tice. With a wild and bitter c
i Tito reaped his harvest.
a Men and women, that is sir
VI program. obey, and thou shalt liv
X l is the word; disobey, and thu -
that in their mighty pow
n for good, become in the
tRree a fearful nemesis. Tt
OF God grind slowly, but they T.
exceeding small, while with =
thence He stands waiting, with c
actness grinds He all.
Our Father waits to bless ma
kind; yes. God waits the mott
sof men. Our text and many otht
teach this. 1t is only because
have not lifted our eyes from @
playthings, daily cares and fr
tfngs, that we have not seen {
face of God bending over US
Tenderness and longing. Our e;
are confused with the noises Of
world, that we cannot hear
voice of God and all this waiti
involves suffering.
But how can God suffer? y
Il ask. / don't know, but belle
He does. A stone cannot suff
the oyster suffers little. 1t has OF
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