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OUR CHRIS
Topic for Sunday, Deceml
Matthew 2:1-11.
DAILY i
Monday: God's Gift to us.
Tuesday: Christ's gift?Hi
Wednesday: The heart to
Thursday: The life to ser
Friday: Substance to the
Saturday: Ourselves to Cfc
"Thanks be unto God for
the greatest gift, God's gift t<
he not freely give us all thin
'IT.von qo Pliriot nlcn lnvorl
it, that he might sanctify ar
gift?himself. There could bi
"My son, give me thine hi
God. It will please him. "A
God, thou wilt not despise."
O God."
"Now the God of patience
he likemlnded one toward anc
This is the finest gift of belie
like spirit.
"I beseech you that ye pre
flee, holy, acceptable unto Got
ice." The gift of faithful se
right to it. The world ha$ a :
"Freely ye have received, 1
spirit of the giver. Moved bj
in receiving freely, he shouli
hand. The appreciative, grati
"It is more blessed to give
spirit which should animate
a feast, call the poor, the m
thou shalt he blessed, for the
thou shalt be recompensed at
i ney nrst. gave ineir own
the Macedonians method of
his church. They threw ther
heart, and life. This made
their substance as well.
The Christmas season has
son. Doubtless the idea an
thought of God's gift to men
would try to conform to the d
out and make the season sue
The joy of giving is the
Prompted by high motives,
soul and enlarges It. Giving
A joyous Christmas will not
will not hurt the one who hat
The Wise Men from the E
at the infant Jesus' feet. Th
them not. The interruption
back. The poverty of the L<
his surroundings cast no shai
deemed Christ wQrthy of tl*e
The shepherds left their fl
at his manger cradle. The t
canopy over the earth and Jo
on earth; good will to men.'
to him as well, and let our vi
angel's song and bear it ou
Vioor Uo molnHv unH crrnrA?
I felt once that I was respo
sal affairs, but I have recent!
long as I tried to run the wor
happy now to trust In God.?!
THE PRESBYTERIAN
le's Societies
iTMAS GIFTS.
oer is; uur onrisimas urns.
HEADINGS.
2 Corinthians 9:15.
mself. Ephesians 5:25-27.
God. Proverbs 23:23 26.
vice. Romans 15:1-5.
poor. 1 John 3:17-19.
irist. Matthew 4:18-22.
his unspeakable gift." That is
o us. And with him, "how shall
gs?"
the church, and gave himself for
id cleanse it." This is Christ's
e no richer gift."
eart." This 's our best gift to
broken and a contrite heart, O
"Create in me a clean heart,
s and consolation grant you to
tther, according to Christ Jesus."
iver to believer, a loving, Christssent
your bodies a living sacrii,
w*<ch is your reasonable servrvice
is reasonable. God has a
right to witness it.
!reely give." This is the proper
r a sense of his own blessedness
3 dispense with an equally free
sful heart will want to give,
s than to receive." This is the
all givers. "When thou makest
aimed, the lame, the blind, and
;y can not recompense thee; for
; the judgment of the just."
selves to the Lord." This was
making offerings to Christ and
Qselves into the collection, body,
it very easy for them to give
come to be a great giving sead
habit were developed by the
It would be well for us if we
ivine method and spirit throughh
as he would have it.
sweetest that man can have.
it reacts upon the giver's own
time ought to be a happy time.
. offend the heavenly Giver. It
3 it.
last brought gifts and laid them
e length of the journey deterred
at Jerusalem turned them not
>rd's family and the humility of
dow upon their expedition. They
very best they could bring,
locks and came and worshipped
leavenly hosts filled the vaulted
Ined in a mighty chorus, "Peace
' May not we bring our hearts
Dices catch up the refrain of the
t to the world which needs to
nsible for the conduct of univerly
come to believe otherwise. So
'id I was miserable; it makes me
Lyman Beecher.
OF THE SOUTH.
Prayer N
"HE THAT HATH THE S
Week Beginning December 1
This pvnnppliat wac irrnoiniiclv c
insight into spiritual truth. He do
riving at truth so much by argum
He perceives it clearly, grasps it w
concise and positive terms. Inste
he appeals to Christian consciousne
His appeal is to the record that Go
affirms that he that believeth not
God a liar," a consequence from wh
Lord's true divinity may well recoi
phemy.
In the passage selected for our
Clares that the central truth of this
given us eternal life, and this life
announces the ultimate and vital t(
in the words, "He that hath the S
hath not the Son of God hath not li
This repetition of the same cardii
nthor fnrm hn/^onon vl#rr?m onr
and solemnly suggestive. It is as tt
a point which marked the dividing <
men make a decision between life s
subjected to a test that is crucial a
or he in error on minor questions <
being sincere they may yet be reckc
here is a question of doctrine and <
Eternal life is in Christ and if we h;
deemer we have that life and if we
not eternal life.
We are living at a time when t
assailed. Such is the state of libe
tion of glaring error that professei
good standing in the churches, are
atonement through the infinite merl
are teaching another gospel of peri
eration of the natural laws of ethlci
phase of the philosophy and vain (
trama whan Ho anva* "Tolfo Hoori
one that maketh a spoil of you th
vain deceit, after the traditions of m
the world and not after Christ, foi
fullness of the Godhead bodily; an<
who Is the head of all principality a:
"He that believeth on the Son hs
life Is a present, as it is a permanei
As a present possession it is not p<
perishable, but it is immature ant
and blemishes. It may be called
awaiting gradual development and
that is beyond. It pertains to the
that is the spiritual and not the
abode of that life and is therefore
body perishes. This spiritual life d
donment of the natural life of the si
qualities and phenomena may dwell
it independent of natural bodily atl
Rao IHaqa on/1 AAnanArotAa iKam
uvo utvob auu iu?iu ti/
In verse 13, John tells why this e;
ly, that In the reception and experi
he made known, the true believers i
eternal life and that they might b<
In the Son of God. Here are some
gested. One is, that it Is our prl
duty to know that we have eternal
lives In trepidation or doubt on'th
ideal life in John's opinion. He i
words, "That ye May Know" and "
in the doctrine of assurance of grac
Another thought is that instruct!
December 8, 1909.
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leeting
ON HATH LIFE."
2. 1 John 6:11-14.
mdowed with remarkable
ies not impress us as arent
as by holy intuition,
ith vigor and states it in
ad of assembling proofs
ss and says, "We Know."
d gave of his Son and he
this record "hath made
ich all who challenge our
ll as from a fearful biasstudy
the evangelist derecord
is "that God hath
is in his Son." He then
ist of Christian character
on hath life, and he that
fe."
oal truth expressed in an)ther
angle, is exceedingly
tough he had here reached
>f the ways; a point when
tnd death. Here they are
nd final. They may differ
f faith and practice, and
?ned among the saved, but
if faith which is decisive,
ave Christ as a divine Rehave
not Christ we have
his vital doctrine is being
rty of opinion and toleraily
Christian teachers, in
repudiating the gospel of
Its of the Son of God and
sonal merit under the opil
development. This is a
lecelt against which Paul
lest there should be any
rough his philosophy and
ten, after the rudiments of
r in him dwelleth all the
i ye are complete in him
nd power."
ith everlasting life." The
it and eternal, nossession.
erfect. It is real and imI
attended with inftrtnity
geomlnal in character,
final maturity in the life
superior nature of man;
bodily. The body is the
i holy but the life of the
loes not involve the abanoul.
Natural and spiritual
[ together and do. Nor is
tributes but rather sanctlriirhteoiis
nurnoses.
pistle was written: Namelence
of the truths which
might know that they had
3 confirmed In their faith
important reflections sugIvilege
and therefore our
life. The Christian who
is point is not living the
rang the changes on the
'We Know." He believed
e and salvation.
on Is in order to this as