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after which Mr. Vaus reasoned with the unconverted Jews who were present, from the standpoint of Messianic prophecy. This was followed by testimonies of Jewish converts among whom were some Jewish professional and business men. There were many highlights of special interest devel oped during the course of the meeting. One Hebrew- Christian told how Dr. White’s message at one of our Jewish meetings helped him to decide for Christ. A Jew ess, converted in one of our street meetings, said she felt emboldened to offer herself for baptism by the example of those Jewish women whose baptism she had just witnessed. Another Jewess who saw a notice of the meeting on the board outside the building, attended the service and ex pressed herself as desirous of having further spiritual light. A young Jewish man who had his faith in the Old Testament shattered by his course of study in a lib eral Jewish Rabbinical College, sought us for advice. A young Jewish man -who had previously been dealt with without success, was so impressed by the messages and tes timonies that he definitely accepted Christ as his Messiah at the close of the meeting. Reckless Words I would rather play with the forked lightning or take in my hands living wires, with their fiery currents, than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly re peat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies, You may often wonder, perhaps^ why your sick ness is not healed, your spirit filled with joy o f the Holy Ghost, or your life blessed and prosperous. It may be that some dart which you have flung with angry voice, or in an idle hour of thoughtless .gossip* is pursuing you on its way, as it describes the circle which always brings back to the source from which it came every shaft o f bitterness, and every idle and evil word. Let us remember that when we persecute or hurt the children of God, we are but per secuting Him, and hurting ourselves far more., —A . B. Simpson, DU . ■afe When the Fire Fell (Continued from page 457) pie were dying, went up to Mount Moriah where Abra ham, many years before, had gone to offer Isaac as a sac rifice. David said, “ Neither will I offer burnt offerings un to the Lord my God of that which cost me nothing,” and he bought the field, with the oxen and implements, from Araunah, the Jebusite, and offered them as a sacrifice to God. There again the heavenly fire came and consumed the offering. We read in Genesis that “ Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.” There must have been some way by which they both knew that Abel’s offering was accepted and Cain’s was rejected. It is evident that Adam and Eve were taught God’s law of substitutionary sacrifice. Tradition has it that when, in those early days, the people came to present their offerings, the flaming sword that guarded the way to the tree of life, would dip down
A Living Sacrifice O Thou who earnest from above, The pure celestial fire to impart, Kindle a flame o f sacred love, On the mean altar o f my heart. There let it for Thy glory burn, With inextinguishable blaze; And trembling to its Source return, In humble love and fervent praise. Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire, To work, and speak and think for Thee; Still let me guard the holy fire, And still stir up Thy gift in me. Ready for all thy perfect will, My acts o f faith and love repeat, Till death Thy endless mercies seal, And make, the sacrifice complete. — Charles Wesley.
and consume the sacrifice that was acceptable. Perhaps that was the token by which , both'Cain and Abel knew that A M ’s offering was accepted and Cain’s was not. Abel acknowledged his sin and his unfitness to appear before God, and through faith in God’s teaching concerning the “ Lamb'slain from the foundation of the world,” he offered the.life of an innocent animal in. the place o f his own life, forfeited by sin. Cain ignored God’s teaching, and brought of his own works, the fruit of the ground, to make a pres ent to the Lord which'He would not accept. Again, when Solomon dedicated the temple in Jerusa lem, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 7 :1, and'had concluded the dedicatory prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, and “ the glory of the Lord filled the house.” Solomon’s temple was a type of our bodies, God’s temples, for “ know ye not that ye are the temple of God, artd that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him will God destroy [or defile] ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” God can use in His service and for His testimony only clean vessels. Notice also that “ Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof.” The fat is the part of the offer ing that the fire would take hold of first. An iron and steel worker, in starting the fire in a big furnace, will soak a large bunch of cotton waste in oil and set fire to it in order to ignite the fuel in the “ open hearth” furnace which is often large enough to hold fifty or one hundred tons of melted steel. When you recognjzed that Jesus Christ had entered your life as your personal Saviour and Lord, and when you came to present yourself to Him, did you bring “ the fat” of your life—the richest and best that you have— your affections, your ambitions, your energies, your enthu siasm, a whole burnt offering, fat and all? If you did not do this, can you wonder that the fire of God did not cast a glow of light and love and zeal over your life?
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