821 gives a ring of reality to our wit ness of Christ. And unless the profes sion of our holiness is steeped in the fulness of the Spirit, and our life with all its experiences be borne onward like the early disciples, “ in the power of the Holy Spirit,” there will be a danger of our testimony to sanctification and other Vital truths dropping out of our life and ministry altogether, for the reason we shall have lost the vision of them (Acts 1 :8).— Thomas Payne, D. D. 1 §&» a » VICTORY Soul of mine, ’tis not enough For thee to linger nigh The cross that stands on Calvary’s hill, And watch the Savior die; ’Tis not enough for thee to see The crimson life-blood flow, The thorns, the nails, the pierced hands, The look of pain and woe; ’Tis not enough for thee to weep In sorrow for thy sin, To feel remorse and keen regret, And make resolves within, But go thou forth and follow Him Who’s bleeding there for thee, And reckon thyself wounded, slain With Him upon the tree; Shun not the thorns, the piercing nails, Nor heed the mocking throng, Draw close to Christ and in that hour He’ll give thy heart a song, And, soul of mine, behold, He lives, The grave was not His goal, He’s risen, yea He lives with power, He reigns, and oh, my soul, Thou must not stay upon the cross. Or in the grave when He Hath wrenched the chains, hath paved the way To glorious victory; As thou hast reckoned thyself dead With Him when He.was slain,
THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NESS 11. Avoid seriousness, alarm, and earnest efforts to pull sinners out of the fire, and the old-fashioned idea that the church is a rescue mission. These principles and practices have been tried and the results are sadly apparent. Keep It Up The prophet’s message is an ancient institution, not a passing incident of human history. Though preachers have been ignored, scorned, opposed, perse cuted, and slain, preaching goes on. Only the Omniscient Himself knows the extent to which it has shaped human history. This or that sermon may fail, but, viewed at large, the massed utter ance of the preachers of the truth of God have profoundly moved the race. What would a world without sermons be like, and what would become of it? Let every sermonizer take heart and do his work never so prayerfully and care fully; he is a contributor to one of the molding forces of Christian civilization when he lays hold of the truth for him self and then utters it in love and sym pathy, but without fear or favor.— Biblical Review. Limiting the Spirit Dr. Owen, and later, Dr. Horatius Bonar and others, held that the constant limitation of the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit is the sin of the Church in these last days, just as it was the sin of the Jews in despising the per son and ministry of Jesus Christ in the days of His flesh. As remarked one of our stalwarts in the faith: “ We dread the drift of the present unbelieving thought. Only the Spirit of God can lift up a standard against it” (Isa. 59:19). Wherever there is failure to recog nize the gift of the Comforter as the Supreme Gift of the Age, and to render uncompromising obedience for the re ception of the gift, there will be sure to be a felt loss of that something which
So reckon thou thyself alive With Him who rose again.
—Katheryn Finchey— ’ 16.
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