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Comforting Assurances
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a. "For the which cause, 1 also suffer these
things; nevertheless 1 am not ashamed; for 1
know whom I have believed and am "persuaded
that he is able to keep that which I have committed
unto him against that day." 2 Tim. 1:2.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy, hath begotten lis again unto a lively
(living) hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled, and that fadetli not away, reserved
in heaven for you."
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faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last day." 1 Peter 3:5.
c. "And I give unto them eternal life; and
they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand." Jno. 10:28.
These three texts in the order named, a, b, c,
were chosen in simplicity, and committed to
memory and repeated at the daily meal, for three
successive weeks. Mention is made of them because
of their forcefully cumulative character,
in their application to the believer who seeks
instruction in the most holy Scriptures. They
are especially applicable to one who hesitates,
through ignorance, at the threshold of the Chris
tian career. The word of God is the vadc mecum
for the soul under conviction, or the believer
seeking instruction. "Search the Scripture."
This is a trite and timely suggestion. Commit
them to memory, is equally essential. Ponder
prayerfully that which you find written here,
for Jesus says: "They are they, which testify
of me." These blessed assurances found in the
most Holy Word are based by the Spirit upon
the finished work of Christ; hence, we read that
"he was delivered for our offences and raised
again for our justification." This must be the
spring of all our action, the ground of all our
hope. If then, we desire to build for eternity
an enduring structure, we will be.sure to rememKor
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basis of all Christian endeavor. "For other
foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.' Do not then trust your
frames and feelings, these are delusive. Your
peace with God "was made by the Sinless One."
The peace of God is shed abroad in your heart
through the most holy Scriptures, by God, the
Holy Ghost, whose business it is to testify of
him. He only is our guide into all truth. Do
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ness of the Spirit, for he witnesseth alone
through the word of God. There would be fewer
vagaries to distract and disturb if all questions
urged were weighed in God's inerrant scales.
The Holy Spirit has made Christ the center and
circumference of all that is written by inspiration
of God, and unless we do, we are as a ship
at sea without rudder or compass. The issues
of the day are often the misleading deductions
of the unsaved and ill-taught.
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of the Holy Scriptures
A. Wilson
There are two elements, unique in their relation
to the Son of God, of paramount moment
in their application to man. ''Blood and water."
The blood first, for when "the Roman spear
pierced his side, forthwith came there out blood
and water." Blood first. "The blood once for
afl." "But this man after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down." Under the
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for a seated priest, for his work continued.
(Heb. 10:10.) Jesus "died unto sin once."
"Once for all." (Heb. 10:10.) Now while the
Scriptures count but one application of the
blood, the \yater which followed the blood speaks
of cleansing, with "the washing of water by the
word." This provision for the daily cleansing
preceded by confession, is followed by restoration.
The Psalmist seems to have had this
thought when in tender reference he said, "He
leadeth me beside the still waters, he restoreth
my soul."
Man slew him, man buried him, God raised
him; this is the foundation on which the believer
is building, through which our texts become am
ply assuring.
a 1. The faith of Paul centered in a Person,
not in a creed.
2. Paul believed that the object of his faith
was not only able to save but also to keep what
in Ikitli he had committed unto him.
r' *Bfri>there was nothing involved in "that
^m, with fear now, or make him
aul, believed that the keeping
of thelsSj rested in God.
2. That tltfe only way of salvation was through
faith.
3. That the revelation at the last day had
no terrors for the believer, for with John, Peter
and the believer could say, "We know that when
he shall appear we shall be like him."
c 1. Eternal life "is the gift of God."
2. The power that saves is able to keep.
3. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature
shall be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Jesus our Lord.
Perchance a look will suffice to clear
The cloud from a neighbor's face,
And the press of a hand in sympathy
A sorrowful tear efface.
One walks in sunlight; another goes
all weary in the shade;
One treads a path that is fair and smooth,
Another must pray for aid.
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We give it so little thought;
A smile-?kind words?a glance?a touch?
What magic with them is wrought 1
The attitude of a true believer: Thankfulness
for all the past, hopefulness for all the future.
EBfAN
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NEW LIGHT ON AN ACCEPTED FABLE,
OR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN MARYLAND.
BY DOCTOR JUAN ORTS GONZALEZ.
Before entering into the discussion about religious
freedom in Maryland, I beg to be allowed
to make some remarks as necessary preliminaries.
That a Catholic should accomplish something
not according to, but in spite of, the Romish
system and openly against the orders issued
by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and then to
charge the thing dune to the Catholic Church,
as such, is neither fair nor right.
On the other hand, a Protestant may perpetrotn
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spite of, Protestant doctrines and principles and
then charge the results to Protestantism, as such,
which is neither fair nor right.
Let me illustrate the point by a plain and
homely analogy, since the consequences involved
are very important and far-reaching.
Suppose that because there are some Catholics
who have been convicted of theft and murder,
should I accuse the Roman Catholic system of
the crime of teaching and recommending theft
and murder since there are some nominal Catholics
who have been convicted of both crimes?
Catholics would frantically resent the injustice
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^ auciwauuu ttuu very correeny accuse me
of abusing the Roman Catholic system.
They would undoubtedly reply to me something
like this: When a Catholic murders some
one or steals something he does not commit such
crimes according to, but on the contrary, in spite
of, the Roman Catholic system, and therefore
he does not do that as a Catholic but as a man.
I call the attention of my readers to this clear
distinction in order that they may understand
many of my words and statements and to harmonize
the fact that I can abhor with all my
might the Roman Catholic system and at the
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uiui uiiu uu uccjjiji iove miu
revere Roman Catholic people at large. God
knows how profoundly concerned I am with the
enlightenment of Roman Catholics and how
ready I am to do my very best to help them up
and out from Romish errors, and how gladly I
am willing to risk all things, and to endure all
kinds of toil and persecution, to give them an
opportunity to'enjoy the blessedness of the pure
gospel of our blessed Saviour. The more I realize
the sweetness, Christian freedom, heavenly
peace and celestial happiness of the gospel of
Christ, the more I long to preach and write and
do everything in my power to bring Catholics
into this close and beautiful relationship and the
more I feel a deep pity and a profound compassion
for them. No, I do not intend to find fault
with Roman Catholics, but only to disclose and
expose the Roman Catholic system against which
I feel some of the Christian anger whieh movpd
the Apostle Paul when he wrote, "Beware of
dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of concision,"
or when he wrote "circumcision is that of
the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter,
whose praise is not of men but of God."
I can not remedy existing evils with the same