228 THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S but hearkening to the call to a life of worldliness, of ease, of luxury, while the cry goes up from restless souls for the peace and heartsease that can only come to those whose ears are attuned to the melody of that musical entreaty which is always saying: “ Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.” Beloved, thou who art reading this simple message, hast thou heard the Commander’s commission: “ Go” ? Dost thou know the sweetness of the “ Lo, I am with thee” ? He can never be with thee in the same sense or degree that He longs to be unless you hear the voice of command,—or, far better, His voice of entreaty: “ Go,, and Lo.” Have you known the life story of real missionaries? Have you ever heard their testimony? Have you felt the touch of their lives, strong, sturdy, stalwart for their Lord? Have you felt the thrill of inspiration as they have voiced with gladsome tones the joy of service in the field to which He who called them has led them? What is Heaven but His presence—His will—His “ I am with thee” ? Will you hear? Will you heed? Will you haste to obey? Will you yield to His will—His holy will—and then say: “ Here am I ; send me” ? If you do, you will know the secret of a real, happy Christian life—the conscious, constant presence of Himself, whose you are and whom you serve. T. C. H. m . '.¿i*. jMfc ¿4» s4> as THE LAMB AND THE LION God, the Father, is always revealed in the person of His Son. “ He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father.” To understand God as Father, then, we must have a clear vision of the character of Jesus Christ. There is a strong tendency in these days to mutilate the character of Christ by express ing constantly but one aspect of His Godlikeness. This has led to convic tions in the minds of men which are erroneous and has had a tendency to lower the standard of righteousness in the minds of both saints and sinners. We hear the expression constantly, “ God is too good to punish the sin ner; too good to create a hell; too good to create a devil. God is love.” Many good, well-meaning Christians fall into the same error and become purely sentimental instead of sensible. Christ is the LAMB of God, and Christ is the LION of the tribe of Judah, and these two phases of His character are manifested in His Life. As Lamb of God, He is led to the slaughter for sin. As Lion, He is announced as the One who will rale the nations with a rod of iron and dash them to pieces (Psa. 2:9). As the Lamb, with outstretched arms, He speaks in words of loving entreaty to a lost world, “ Come unto me, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). As the Lion, He says “ Depart from me, ye cursed” (Matt. 25:41). Over Jerusalem He wept and said, “ 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem,***how often would I have gathered you” (Matt. 23:37). To the Pharisees of Jerusalem He said, “ Ye generation of vipers” (Matt. 23:33). He fed the hungry five thousand (Mark 6 :41), but He drove the money changers from the temple court with a scourge of small cords (John 2:15). In reply to the centurion’s request on behalf of his servant, He said-, “ I will come and heal him” (Matt. 8 :7 ); to the Pharisees He said (concerning Herod), “ Go, tell that fox, I cast out devils.” (Luke 13:32).
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