September 1925
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to answer. Listen to His promise-: “ Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I.” Who is the “ am I ” ? He is the “ I Am,”—the Mighty One, È1 Shaddai. He loves to hear the voice of suppli cation from clean lips, and to hear the petition of sanc tified mouths as the cry goes forth for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. . What is a revival? It is the- manifest presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the church. He never fails to respond to such a call.. Pie waits today to baptize with His presence and power for service. He longs to work in and through His own in behalf of others. Are we so busy building buildings, devising new methods of getting people to attend our services, new places of entertainment, new clubs and societies, that our ears refuse to hear the voice of the Spirit? LOVE AND LOYALTY TO OUR LORD Where there is true love, there will always be loyalty; and where there is true loyalty, it will always be founded on love. “God so loved th e world th a t He gave His only begotten Son.” Why did God give His only begotten Son to fallen men? Because He loved them and in His love He mani fested His loyalty to His own law. What law? The law of sin and death. “ The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” God’s love is not a sentimental emotion, bu|§it is a loyal love; and it finds its antithesis in the published report of the action of the Governor of Texas, who, in the few months in which she has occupied a place, of authority, has pardoned 588 criminals. A good woman she is, too, but sèntiment has evi dently usurped her sense ' of justice. Had she had longer experience with criminal conditions, she would not have allowed sentiment to supersede loyalty to the best interests of the people. More and more we are confronted with this spirit of sickly sentimentalism in dealing with criminals. An organized effort is being made to eliminate capital pun ishment, their slogan being, “ The hangman must go.” If this be true, then God’s Word must go also, for its verdict is, “ Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” How can any one claim to love God and be disloyal to His Word? This same position is; held by many who profess to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ towards those who deny the fundamental teaching of the Bible con cerning the Virgin Birth of Christ, and all sorts of apologies are made for these, so-called, “ good men” who in the pulpit play the game, garnishing their mes sages with poetic word paintings,' claim the right to hold their own views of Christ and insist that they are entitled to have the right hand of fellowship from loyal followers of the Virgin-born Son of God. But,—there can be no true love for Christ without loyalty to Him and to His Word. The Scriptures must take the precedence of sentimentalism. God is love, but God is also loud in denunciation of the devil and devilish deceit. Satan is using the Modernists in these
but who, when it comes to outspoken proof of a new life with its new aspirations, new anticipations, new achievements, new devotion, new unselfish sacrifice, new victories over life habits and tendencies, new love for their fellow men,-—-all cults, all evolutionary and other Satanic theories, stand in the background and wonder. The Word is carved upon thousands of tombstones; written upon the pages of thousands of volumes in our libraries; interwoven with the laws of our land. Con trast the nations who are without it with the nations founded upon the Bible, and the evidence is over whelming. God’s Word works! All that is necessary is to give it its rightful place, fix our faith upon it, put it to the test as our fathers did and as so many are doing today. The human heart is the same in its need. The Word of God is the same in its power. The poor, deluded devotees of the devil must be compelled to see its fruit. They must be compelled to hear the testimony from regenerated lives and the new song from the lips of living saints. While we must do all in our power to throw the lime light on the works of Satan and fight against his subtle efforts to destroy our youth, yet we must bear in mind .that the chief argument against him and for the living and written Word of God is developed in those who can say to the world, “ Once I was blind, but now I can see!” GOD’S WORD WORKS! PRAYER THE PRECURSOR OF REVIVAL Conditions in church and state demand that every Christian citizen should carefully face the facts con fronting us. We are drifting—slowly but surely—from the moorings which once held us and are destined to shipwreck unless—what? Unless we are aroused from the slumber that has overtaken us. The atmosphere is permeated with a perfume that has filled our nostrils and overpowered our conscious ness. The man on the watch sleeps with his hand on the rope. The man at the wheel has loosened his hold. There is no stir. Here and there some passenger, half- awake, dreamily asks, “ Whither are we drifting?” but there is no reply. Up and down in the midst of the sleepers appears the form of one bearing a censer from which come the stupefying fumes,—soft, seductive, soothing—pervad ing the whole vessel. The ship drifts on. There are rocks ahead. Destruc tion is the doom of those on board unless some one is aroused. Listen! From above the boat a Voice rings out: “ Awake, thou that sleepest! Arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light!” Do you hear it? It is-a call to prayer! It is a call to service! It is a call to sacrifice! Open your eyes! Look on the great multitude of unsaved souls. Can you pray? Then gather others together and pray. For yrhat? Pray for a revival of love for the Lord, love for the church, love for the lost. Jehovah is waiting, longing
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