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and has blessed him with all Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly places in Christ. (John xvi. 27, Luke xii. 22-23, Eph. i. 3.) 2. BECAUSE he has a Great High Priest in Heaven to sympathize with him, succor and support him, and to conduct him into Heavenly things. (Heb. ii. 17-18, iv. 14-16, viii. 1-6.) 3. , BECAUSE he has a Great and Good Shepherd to lead him and to feed him all the way home. (Psa. xxiii., Heb. xiii. 20-21.) 4. BECAUSE he has an “ Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the right eous,” who pleads his cause, and always prevails. (I. John i. 8-10, ii. 1.) 5. BECAUSE he has a “Wonderful Counsellor” to go to for advice at all times. (Isa. ix. 6.) (See Micah iv. 9, middle of verse.) 6. BECAUSE he has an Abiding Comforter (The Holy Ghost) to guide him into all truth, to teach him all things, and to take of the things of Christ and show them unto him. (John xiv. 16-17, 26, xvi. 13-14.) 7. BECAUSE he has a “ Throne of Grace” to go to, where he can “ obtain mercy and find grace to help in every time of need.” (Heb. iv. 16.) 8. BECAUSE he has The Holy Scriptures to search and study, which testify of “ the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow,” (I. Pet. i. 11.) 9. BECAUSE Angels Minister unto him, being an heir of salvation. (Heb. i. 14.) 10. BECAUSE he is an Heir to an Inheritance “ which is incorruptible, un defiled, and that fadeth not away, re served in Heaven,” and is kept by the power of God until he comes into pos session. (I. Pet. i. 3-5.) 11. BECAUSE he has the Interests of Christ to engage him “ a little while,” until the return of his Lord. (Refer Eph. vi. 18-19, “ All Saints,” and I. Tim.
ii. 1-6, “ All Men.” See also Luke xix. 12-19 and I. Cor. xi. 23-26.) 12. BECAUSE he has before him the bright and blessed hope of the Lord’s appearing in Glory, when all His Saints will appear with Him, and be like Him, and reign with Him for ever and ever. (Titus ii. 13-14) (I. John iii. 2.) — Selected. Cease From Man Isa. 2:22 1. The pride of man. Psa. 31:20. 2. The help of man. Psa. 60:11. 3. The wisdom of man. 1 Cor. 3:18: Psa. 94:11. 4. The fear of man. Prov. 29:25. 5. The praise of man. Jno. 12:43. 6. The doctrines of man. Mk. 7 : 7-8. 7. The way of man. Jer. 10:23. (See Psa. 118:8) —K. L. B. m CHART AND COURSE Henry Ward Beecher was crossing the Atlantic, and had an interesting talk with the mate of the vessel, who showed him the charts, and explained what each detail signified. Presently, near the Newfoundland banks, they ran into a dense fog, and it was feared that they had drifted out of their course. It was impossible to rest, and Beecher again sought the mate in the chart room. He was looking at the same maps, but with such a difference. He was looking now with the eyes of a man who had but one chance, and when he had a word for Beecher, it was an intense expressive word, “ We’ve got the course!” . It is all very well to examine the Bible in a detached, critical and interested spirit when all is going smoothly, but when one of the crises of life is upon us, then we search it eagerly, intensely, as the mate searches the chart.
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