December 1931
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(Srumbs from THE KING’S TABLE .. By THE EDITOR
hearts as He was to be born as a Babe in Bethlehem of old. He stands waiting even now to become to all an indwelling Lord and Saviour; and as songs of glory attended His advent in the one case, shouts of joy shall not be wanting in the heavenly places over His advent in the heart of a sinner. Then let us; on this Christmas Day, take a long look through faith’s telescope. This may be. our last Christmas on earth. We may not be here another year. Do not think for a moment that we are expecting
■ m for all time, ever true and ever new. The angelic procla mation is sounding still for all people and for all ages. The outshining of the glory of God into earth’s darkness shines on continually, and the praise of the heavenly host has not Ceased to ring. It comes to us this very hour as really and truly as ever it came, telling of the blessed things which a
gracious God. has brought about for us, assuring us that a Saviour has been born, and that He even now lies in hum ble and lowly waiting to re ceive our homage, and to make us partakers of His eternal kingdom of peace. Let us, with the Shep
to die. We have made no ar rangements for such an event.
God never told His people to look for death ; it may over take some of us. But if it does, we ,know, the sting is _____ removed. •We can look out into the future from this . -•JiB llIH Christmas Day with a glo-
herds, pay our early visits to Bethlehem’s manger today to establish ourselves in the blessed story of salvation, and to refresh our souls with new visions of God manifest in the flesh—H i s wonderful person, and His unspeakable grace. There is no limit to the riches that lie
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” ous Pjospect. There is a . possibility, if not a great probability, that we shall spend next Christmas with our Lord Jesus Christ in the glory- Oh* what a prospect ! To be like Him whom we have long
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V loved, when dimly seen from afar! W To he with Him and to be like Him ! What an inspiration this is' to a better ser vice while we wait! What an inspiration for a happier life, and for a more Christlike walk! Oh, Saviour mine, by birth divine! Upon this natal day of Thine
hidden under those swaddling bands, nor to the blessedness of them that kneel at the feet of the Son of God with hearty adoration. As the years come and go, it is well for us, in imagina tion and in ardor of spirit, to go to Bethlehem to gaze anew on the thing that has come to pass, to refill our minds with the vision of wonder, and to drink ever deeper and deeper of the heavenly consolation, loVe, “on earth peace, good will toward men.” Let us go on our way with joyous song and radiant ar ray and highest thanksgiving to God that He has thus vis ited and redeemed His people. Let us believe and feel that we have in Christ the fullest outpouring of the infinite goodness of the Infinite God. Let us seek to embody in ourselves the cheerful condescension and good will and interest in the outgoing of God’s gracious plans of good to earth’s sinning, suffering humanity. And let it be our constant delight to ascribe to the almighty source of grace and mercy and power all the praise and honor and glory of that climax of love which took first form in the infant Jesus, and which reached its highest height in His substitu tionary sacrifice. Let not the world forget today, as it thinks of Bethle hem, that another birth of Jesus is required of men, the pangs of which we must bear, and without which His first birth cannot avail. It is the birth of that selfsame Saviour in a still darker and impurer grotto—the grotto of our dark and wicked hearts. We need Him there to reign in Sacred empire, to give light and peace to the disordered world of our erring vision, unruly affections, and perishing souls. He is as ready to make His advent into men’s unworthy
Dwell with our stress of happiness. Count not our reverence the less; Because with glee and jubilee Our hearts go singing up to Thee.
Love and Humility ~ JT ET TH IS MIND be in you, which was also in Christ JM Jesus,” says Paul to the church at Philippi, and if you would read the context, you would find that what he has in mind concerning the mind of Christ is love and humility. Never in the history of the church have there been greater opportunities for the Christian to get results in humble, loving service; but it seems to us that never has there been more variance, strife, evil speaking, and lapk of love linked with egotism among the professed' children of God, than at the present hour. At a time when God’s redeemed people should be serving as living exam ples of what Jesus Christ can do in and through a yielded life, the great starving multitudes are failing to see Jesus, and instead, they see the very opposite of Christianity among His professed followers, and even among those who would be leaders in the church. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and malice . . . and evil speaking, be put away from you,” and “grieve not the
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