Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-27


hide them from the eye Of felloWman.
4 child can deceive its parents, but the
all-seeing eyes Of God can gaze
through the darkest darkness of Il
human soul. and fathom the deepest
deep of human deprayity.
Put what is the purpose Of these
questions? Why are they set forth by
God who sees all and knows ali?
My friend. God desires by these
means to bring you before himself
before the time. as it We're. lie wishes
nothing with greater t~ervor, than that
the lighthearted. the sinner. if even
for a ONE only. should place him
self in the presence of God and His
holy law. Then his joking and his de
fiance would soon end.
Right View
Also. in Gods presence we re
ceiye the right view Of our relation to
the brethren. There our failings be-
come visible. There we become quick
to forgive. Gods voice is calling you
in order that you might awake, Per-
haps you have been iii IN int~oxication
of your feelings, hurled hither and
thither by them.
My friends, be men. saith the Lord.
and consider in your hearts my words.
When the prodigal son returned to his
father it was necessary for hin first
to come to himself. And the great
apostle speaks to the congregation in
Rome about their reasonable service.
He desired with his question to cause
you to stop and to consider who you
are ana what You are doing. That is
also the purport Of this
Some people imagine that before
they become godly they must become
stupid and foolish. but we claim than
a man needs all his understanding to
become d Christian. and more too,
God desires to be reconciled with
the sinner. He desires to cast al his
sins into the sea of oblivion and to
cleanse him as He himself is pure.
You are a stranger from God. if you
are in your sin. and yon will never be
able to wash them away. But our
merciful Father has placed I'LL our sins
upon His son, in order that we might
be without bIenlish and without spot,
Here is the great and wonderful ore
of Gods council Of salvation.
Beggar Called
The king is calling the beggar from
the filth of the gutter to enter the
royal parlors. attired in princely robes.
This is the thought and purpose of
God with every human being.
Permit your vision TO glance over
the world events. What do Won find in
them? Does not the voice of millions
of murdered human beings Gull from
the earth? Do NOT whole nations lie
on the butchers bench? . that the
rules of this world and their i~ntrigu-
ing servants might feel the respon-
sibility Of their callings,
I'VE are boaSting a good deal about
the age of missions, aud the success
thereof, but how empty does not our
Dragging become when we place our
selves face to face with the holy word
Of God? Let us be honest and con
fess our sins, More than one soul has
through the neglect Of the Christian
church lost the kingdom of God. The
cares about ourselves have made many
an eve blind and many IN ear deaf
10 the needs and tears Of the suffer-
ing.
FINALLY, my beloved. these ques-
lions demand our honest answer.
Christian. what shall We answer?
What do you answer? Are you going
to leave your dear ones to die in their
sins, and are you going by means of
Il poor example to thrust the weapon
of condemnation into their bosom?
What answer will you give. you who
have received the grace and the call
ing Of God to proclaim the gospel?
Let us pray that God may kiudle the
heavenly flame in Il hearts, so that
our life may be lost in the great
thought about the saving Of souls.
May He make us willing to seek the
pitiable. the naked. the poor, in order
that we might Save them from tempor-
al and eternal need.
Make Decision
".And now Il word 10 you who are
vet wandering far away from God and
the Savior. What answer do you in
tend TO give to this question? Are you
going to close your heart and return
to your old life in doubt and sin! For
the sake of Him who poured out His
blood that sin might be forgiven, your
sins, stop and hear the voice of God,
You will never 10 all eternity pardon