The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-07-03

Il n a. WH resemble a great
~A 49, and strong wind
like that which
ronds the mountains and breaks ths
rock In pieces. The Holy Spirit is not
limited TO any mode OF operation. As
the wind bloweth where Il listeth. so is
everyone that Is born OF the Spirit.
The essential thing TO remember Is
that which Peter states VI his second
Epis1ie. chapter /. veree 4. 'Ye might
be partakers Of the divine nature. hav-
Ing escaped the corruption that is in
the world through lust" Human ma
ture. as Il has come 10 US from our
first parents. ia fallen and corrupt.
From the power OF this nature thu
child OF God Is delivered by being
made a recipient OF new nature,
divine life impaired 10 the soul. The
words OF John :12-i3 make this IN
mistakably clear-"To as many ar re-
ceiyed Him. 10 them gave He power TO
become the sons OF God. even to them
that believe on His namo: which were
born. not OF blood. nor OF the WIN OF
the flesh, nor OF the win OF man, but
Of God"
The elements entering Into this life
and giving II distinction Of character
from all other life. may be found in
what y known as the Beatltudes con
tanned In the Sermon on the Mount. In
these Beatitudes Matt 5;1-l2) our
Lord gives a picture OF the person who
alAIIIH h4. he 81 a.Aa
tive work. Such an one would be
poor In spirit" that is. he would have
a real sense OF his own insufficlency
and OF his need OF dependence on God.
He would mourn" over the disordered
condition OF the world through sin. He
would be meek, rather than self-as-
sertlve. A hunger and thirst after
Righteousness" would characterize him.
He would be "mercIful" towards eth.
ers He would be pure Of heart" that
IA. his heart would be dominated by /
singleness and sincerity OF purpose In
Its attitude towards God. He would
be a "peacemaker". promoting peace
and avoiding all that causes friction
and discord In the varied relationships
OF life. Moreover, he would be patient
and firm IN any persecution that may
arise because OF the principles govern
ing his life. In this picture we have
tho outstanding features OF the new
llfo. or the qualities that enter into II.
To all who possess this life there
romos tho message OF the text "Ye are
he salt OF the earth" The purpose OF
salt IL to preserve from decay and cor
-uption. Only through tho influence
md power Of such life as pictured in
hese Beatitudes II the world preserved
rom moral and spiritual deterioration
md decay.
Il Il Of supreme importance that the
qualities OF life which make the pos
essors thereof "the salt OF the earth"
70 preserved. The loss OF any one OF
hem Ia serious. for the SAVIOR OF the
alt IL diminished In proportion to that
PISS. If the salt loses It's SAVIOR. ot
That use Il TT let the Master Him :
Ell answer IT Is thenceforth good for :
othing. but 20 be cast out. and TO be
roddeu under foot OF men," Such loss y
ray be considered as personal. univer. =
al and permanent.
II Ia personal In that the Christian
ises the richness and fullness Of life
hieh faith makes possible. The per !
,ual NE Of the individual believer 10
BY the loss OF any one OF
10 qualities mentioned In these Beatl-
ldea. For this reason. they must be y
'ad and rendered In order that Chris v
an experience may be reviewed and
,nsidered In tho Light OF them. De
rioration Of life Is Inevitable unless
proper amount Of watchfai care be
iercised. such deterioration always =,
ours personal and serious loss
The loss Is universal. Tor others are n.
essei In proportion as the Christian
alntalns IN fuli measure the qnali.
- presented In these Reetltudcs. The q,
erasion q salt for good depends upon IA
saitness The power % the Chris
IN HE FOR good depends upon It's
,rlsi likeness. that peculiar quality h,
thous which Il falls In It's God given =,
ssica and parpose.
In very real sense the loss Is also
rmapens. Deterioration and decay xr
u Be arrested; the baeksllder may al
resrored but the loss Incurred. both no
oneself and others during the period an
drifting and carcls<sncss. Il pertns.
NJ. In the day ~ reckoning such
: win sunsr icSs-uot the loss % co
rial ufe. which Il Gods frce gift-- "a
the loss of the reward that Is u. 10