FAITH ’S EXPRESSION F ully ollowing A ctively ccepting I ntently m itating T horoughly ru sting • H ourly onoring
THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 4. P leasure. “ In Thy presence is fulness of joy; a t Thy rig h t hand th ere are pleasures for evermore”— Ps. 16:11. “ I take pleasure in infirm ities, in re proaches, in necessities, in persecu tions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake” — 2 Cor. 12:10. 5. P asturage. “He m aketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still,w a ters”— Ps. 23:2. “By Me if any man en ter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find p astu re”— John 10:9. 6. Productiveness. “W hat have 1 to do any more w ith idols? I have heard Him, and ob served H im : I am like a green fir tree. Prom Me is th y fru it found” —Hosea 14:8. “He th a t abideth in Me, and I in him, th e same b ringeth fo rth much fru it” — John 15:5. 7. Power. “ God is my stren g th and power”— 2 Sam. 22:33. “Ye shall receive power, afte r th a t th e Holy Ghost is come upon you”— Acts 1:8.— London Christian. GOD’S INSURANCE POLICY The Best Yet. W H Y ? 1. It guarantees everlasting life. Jno. 3:36. ■ 2. It saves from fire. Matt. 25:34, 41. 3. I t guarantees to supply your every need. Phil. 4:19. 4. It provides employment. Mark 16:,15. 5. I t pays wages to th e faithful. Luke 19:17. 6. It excludes no one. Jno. 3:16. 7. It is free. Rom. 6:23. Will you sign up? No option guar anteed. Not for a day.— Contributed.
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THE NEW HEREDITY “V isiting the iniquity of th e fathers upon the children” (Num. 14 :18 ), The bane of hum anity is bad here dity. We cannot get rid of it. “The fath ers have d runk th e cup of sinful pleasure, and the children have drunk th e dregs.” The wondrous th in g about th e Gospel is th a t it gives us a new heredity. I count th a t the very high est and sublim est statem en t of th e doc trin e of regeneration. A m an g rafting trees saws off a limb to p u t in th e scion. If the limb is ro tten , he h as to saw it off n earer to the tru n k . We are grafted in Adam, bu t it was dis covered th a t th e branch was ro tten , and then God began a t th e very begin ning, and grafted us in to Jesu s Christ, th e Divine Son of God. As from Adam we had th is h ered itary tendency to do wrong, so when we are grafted into Jesus Christ, and given th e etern al life, we have th a t influence impelling us to holiness.te-A. J. Gordon. ate m THE BROKEN SEAL If th e seal . th a t was placed upon the tomb of Joseph of A rim athaea had remained unbroken, death would have been to th is w ar-scarred, sin-cursed world a n endless sleep. “But now is Christ risen from th e .dead.” And be cause He lives, all who believe in Him are made free from the law of sin and death.
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