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He ended with saying how glad he was, that it had not yet taken wind, and that he had some hopes it might not be true, though the suspicions were very strong. His friend made him this reply: “ ‘You say, Susurrus, that you are glad it has not yet taken wind; and that you have some hopes it may not prove true. Go home therefore to your closet, and nray to God for this man, in such a manner, and with such earn estness, as you would pray for yourself on the like occasion. Beseech God to interpose in his favor, to save him from false accusers, and bring all those to shame, who by uncharitable whispers, and secret stories, wound him, like those that stab in the dark. And when you have made this prayer, then you may, if you please, go tell the same secret to some other friend, that you have told to me.’ ”
The M ind of th e Master "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 2:5). T HE mind of Christ is not something that can be imi tated. Without the indwelling Christ, there is no copying the mind of Christ. We become like those with whom we associate per petually and intimately. We become like Christ as we LET Him live IN us and as we saturate ourselves in His teachings. If we are like one in mind, we will resemble him in everything else. How shall we have the mind of Christ ? “Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom. 12:2). The only other occurrence of the word “renewing” in the New Testament is in Tit. 3 :5—“the re newing of the Holy Ghost.” The word means “renovat ing.” The Holy Spirit renovates the believer’s mind and insofar as we surrender our minds to Christ, the mind of the Master becomes the master of our minds. His thoughts begin to displace our own. We find ourselves thinking as He would think—thinking His thoughts after Him. Not only must we permit the Holy Spirit to think the thoughts of Christ and form His purposes in us, but we must seek the mind of Christ as it is mirrored in the New Testament Scriptures. The Apostle Paul tells us that we MUST give our consent to the wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to His doctrine, which is according to godliness (1 Tim. 6:3-5). Our Lord’s teachings, according to His own statements, are the foundations on which Christian character are to be built (Mt. 7 :24-26). They are to be taught to all believers until the consummation of the age (Mt. 28:19, 20). They are Spirit and life to the soul (Jn. 6:63). Love to Christ is demonstrated by acceptance of His teachings (Jn. 14:21), Abiding fellowship with Christ is made dependent upon constant practice of His teachings'^ Jn. 15:10). Not only the Gospels but the Epistles insist that only those who are obedient to His commands have the love of God perfected in them (1 Jno. 2 :2-5). We cannot pass, lightly over the words of Christ, or consign them wholesale to some other people or age, and hope to have the Master’s mind. Hang up the words of Christ upon the walls of the mind. Permit them to be Spirit and life to your soul, and you shall more and more become Epistles of Christ that shall be known and read of men. The Flood o f F ilth N EWSPAPERS, Reviews and Christian Journals have been stirred by reports of crime which one paper states have passed beyond all limits of decency. The Atlanta Constitution calls a halt. Many other papers have been led to hesitate and to change their policy, but announce it as an experiment which depends upon the public reaction to. their course. The Constitution, with a bravery which should command the praise of. every right minded citizen, states that they will print the news “only within sanitary limitations.” Another paper states that there is a section of the pub lic which enjoys questionable productions, and demands that the moral standard of this class be raised, without apparently realizing that the publisher raises or lowers this moral standard by the things he publishes. Still another states, “Public decency is determined and enforced by decent public opinion,” still ignoring the fact that it is log-
The M other’s G ift Lines Written by a Mother in Her Son’s Bible Remember, love, who gave thee this, When other days shall come; When she who had thy earliest kiss, Sleeps in her narrow home:
Remember ’twas a mother gave The gift to one she’d die to save.
That mother sought a pledge of love, The holiest, for her son; And from the gift of God above She chose a goodly one: She chose, for her beloved boy, The source of life and light and joy;
And bade him keep the gift, that when The parting hour should come, They might have hope to meet again In her eternal home: She said his faith in that should be Sweet incense to her memory.
And should the scoffer, in his pride, Laugh that fond gift to scorn, And bid him cast that gift aside, That he from youth had borne, She bade him pause, and ask his breast If he or she had loved him best.
A parent’s blessing on her son Goes with this holy thing; The love that would retain the one, Must to the other cling: Remember, 'tis no idle toy, A mother’s gift — remember, boy!
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