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DoesYour ENGLISH Help unto me, but all things are not expedient,” says Paul. Athletes strip off everything that would lessen their speed; even so must we strip our lives of those things which im pede our progress in the great work of spreading the truth. This principle settles many questions, especially among young people, concerning what is right and wrong. A runner in a race could very lawfully clothe himself in a uniform, wear hip boots and a high hat, but if he did so,, little success in the race would be his experience. In the heavenly race, we need to put off everything which impairs progress and suc cess. Instead of asking, “Is this or that right or wrong?” “Can I do this or that?” better would it be to ask, “Is this expedi ent?” “Will this help me in the race?” When a Christian regards his life as a race, he will see the importance of laying aside every weight that hinders spiritual progress. The power for such an enterprise is found in “looking unto Jesus the author and fin isher of our faith.” Thus we have not only the example of the saints of chapter 11, but also the example of the Lord “who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame.” To follow them and Him may bring us a measure of the persecution that they suffered, but we too shall be assured of a reward in glory. The threefold secret of the spread of Christianity by the early church was first, a clear grasp of truth; second, a firm con fidence in the truth, and third, a full sur render to the truth. In the measure with which the church, today, possesses these, will Christianity spread even as it did with the early church and its believers. Teachers should notice the translation of Hebrews 2:1 in the Revised Version: "Lest haply we drift away from them.” The statement presents a more accurate pic ture of the writer’s supposition than the common version, “Lest at any time we should let them slip.” Since the great facts and truths of Christianity are under con sideration, it is better to think of these things as a great immovable rock of refuge rather than things which we can hold in our hands. Men may indeed “drift away” from these facts, but the facts themselves do not “slip.” Like the driftwood of the sea, men may be brought into contact with these things, and then drift away forever Points and Problems 1. driven by the winds of human opinion, but the foundation of God standeth sure. 2. Some people may be perplexed by the statement that under the Law “every trans gression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward” (v. 2). This seems to suggest that every sin in Old Testament days was punished, that every sinner re ceived his due reward under the hand of divine justice. But this would contradict the unmistakable teaching of the Word that God passed over many sins in the Old Testament (cf. Acts 17:30 and Rom. 3:25, R. V.) The meaning is that under the Law provision was made for the punishment of all sin, and this “just recompense” must at sometime be fulfilled, either at Calvary or on the head of the individual law-breaker. Z. ?“IIow shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” To understand this warning, the historical problem should be kept clearly in mind. The writer is speak ing to Hebrews who had professed belief in the Messiahship of Jesus. Some of them were wavering in that profession, and were about to return to the Law. The warning is terribly severe. For those who turn from Christ to the Law, from grace to legalism, there can be no escapeig Furthermore, it was to be and must be understood that be tween Calvary and Sinai there is no middle ground. For all who reject grace there remains nothing ^save a Great White Throne and judgment according to works. Golden Text Illustration It was when the last grains were run ning through the hourglass of his life that Dore painted for us his magnificent “Vale of Tears,” now hanging in the Royal Acad emy at London. When viewing it, one is held in worshipful wonder at the depth of its meaning. There is a deep valley in which the world is gathered. Its life is represented by the king and conqueror, by the humble and the poor and the suffering. A beauti ful light floods the valley with a glory as from the throne of God. The light is celestial, for at the head of the valley stands the Christ, and all the light of the picture shines from Him. 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