The Presbyterian of the South : [combining the] Southwestern Presbyterian, Central Presbyterian, Southern Presbyterian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1909-1931, June 16, 1909, Page 5, Image 5

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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 ? 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.