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June i6, 1909.
places do not seek such n
out the most successful met
than giving out.
union wr
Too little is made, in our
of the great fact that f*h
"I am the vine; ye are-the
flows through both vine ai
can do nothing severed fro
no fruit except they abide ii
ye shall live also." The be
are one. The source and ce
life are found in Christ's life
Son of God.
This union is such that
trials and difficulties. He i
their infirmities. He is n
respects. "Saul, Saul, why
the Lord's words when h
stroyer of believing men an<
pain which was inflicted i
center is thrilled by all thi
tremities. The head and tl
The point at which the i
together is the toughest pa
union of Christ and believ<
nothing can break it up. "\
us from the love of Christ
or hell can break that unio
Christ's grip on us, happily
its endlessness. Ours is a
holds on forever. None sh
of his hand. Having lov<
unto the end. His love for
secret of the union and of it
This union bestows upon
it gives to him all that i:
righteousness. This is imp
him. It mef>t<j /tot"""''
V.IV V1V I1KUIVI
in full all the judicial as;
"This is his name whereby
Our Righteousness." "He
knew no sin, that we migh
of God in him." It also i
to live. It involves the al
Christ. The Spirit makes
The Christian is not simph
copying does not touch th
Christ.
Through this union Cl;ri
to live aright. The Spirit
to an who are Christ's, and
up him from the dead sha
bodies. The gift of thie S
converting, sanctifying, exa
"union gift." And when th
tions come, this union witl
to be the true source of li
assurance that Christ is tl
that will give light to the
passage. And in the judgm
will be upon the judgment
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THE PRESBYTERIAN
nen. They invariably hunt 1
i, men who are rising, rather
TH CHRIST. 1
thflliorlltc I" 1
--.wv.f,.. ..o H11VI III OUI wort IS,
rist and believers are one.
: branches." The same sap
id branches. The branches
m the vine. They can bear
11 the vine. "Because I live, i
liever's life and Christ's life i
nter, then, of the Christian's t
*
. We live by the faith of the <
1
Christ feels all his people's .
is touched with a feeling of i
lade like unto them in all 1
persecutest thou me?" were
e stopped the ruthless de- i
J women. The head felt the (
upon the foot. The nerve ]
it happens, even at the exle
body are one. 1
fine and the branches come j
rt of the whole plant. The ,
?rs is of such a nature that .
Vho shall be able to separate ]
? Nothing in heaven, earth
n when once formed. It is
not ours on him, that insures
n ever relaxing grasp. He
tall be able to pluck us out j
id his own, he loves them
us, not ours for him, is the
ts power and endlessness. ?
us all that is Christ's, while \
5 ours. He has a spotless
uted to those who believe in
s of God's law. It satisfies (
pects of man's redemption,
he shall be called, The Lord ^
was made sin for us who
t be made the righteousness (
imparts the practical power
)ility to grow in the life of 1
us "new creatures" in him. ,
/ to imitate Christ. Simply (
le life. He is to reproduce
st imparts grace and power j
who dwelt in him is give*1
that Same Spirit that raised
11 also quicken their mortal ,
pirit, with his regenerating,
lting power, is Christ's own
e last great test and declara
i Christ will again be found '
fe. At death it will be the
le resurrection and the life
believer's soul in that dark
lent it will be because Christ
seat that those who trusted
f OF THE SOUTH.
him will feel secure. They
Deliverer there, for the
authority to execute judgnv
Son of Man." But they wil
their other part as it were,
away.
THE AMORITEJ
Who Wei
The books of Moses speal
temporary nation: the latei
rnent refer to the Amorite ni
past. The Bible dictionarie
3f small tribes." Modern cr
the name from secular hist
such a kingdom, assert thai
merely "hill-men," and that
king of the Amorites," ever <
There is a difficulty in tl
tention. But in the May 1
dent"% (86 Bible House, Ne
light upon it drawn from the
from cuneiform tablets. T
that the references of Moses
ites" are correct; and, 2, tha
quest of Canaan, such a pi
anachronism. They beautif
rative. ?
In this article Dr. Sayce
Hammurabi the land of Can
as "the land of the Amorite
this people, was called "the
ries the king of Syria was n
Hadad. And in Babylon,
Abram lived for some time
"land of the Amorites." Dr.
the days of Abraham an Ar
Babylon and that Hammura
Amorite nationality, and in
calls himself "king of the lai
In Genesis 15, God tells 1
the Amorites is not yet fu
years it became full. With
of northern Syria conquere
Egypt gained control of tl
this time on, Hittite influenc
er, and the Amorites mcnti<
the conquests of Joshua w<
not capable of recognition i
Thus we see how the Wo
in perfect correspondence v
light through the inscriptioi
four thousand years ago, ai
deciphered and interpreted:
Meditate daily on the thii
grace of God do something
wish to have done when the
Dr. Pusey.
I have so ruled my life
might face it without fear.?
5
will see their Friend and
Father "hath given him
ent also, because he is the
II see more. They will sec
and all fear will be driven.
S) Uf CANAAN,
re They?
c of the Amorites as a con
books of the Old Testa-"
ation only as a thing of the
:s speak of them as "a set
itics, noting the absence of
ory, deny the existence of
t the word Amorite means
no such person as "Sihon,.
existed, save in fiction,
lis matter which needs atlumber
of the "Bible Stuw
York) there is valuable
; Tel el Amarna letters and
hey show two things, I*,
i to "the land of the Amorit,
subsequently to the conlirase
wnnld
..v. V VV.VII (I I I
ully verify the sacred narshows
that in the days of
aan was known in Babylon
;s," and Hadad, the god of
Amorite god." For centuamed
"Ben-hadad"?son of
the city of Harran, where
was spoken of as of the
Sayce says that just before
norite even became king of
ibi (Amraphel) was of this
an inscription Hammurabi
id of the Amorites."
Vbram that "the iniquity of
ill." Within four hundred
in those years the Hittites
x\ the Amorites, and later
le land of Canaan. From
e annihilated Amorite pow
5ned in days subsequent to
ere mere ragged remnants,,
is a kingdom,
rd of God again appears as
/ith the facts that come to
is that were made three or
rul that recently have beenngs
of eternity; and by thedaily
which thou wouldst
clay of Judgment comes.?
that when death cpmes, I
Henry Havelock.