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"A PURE RIVER OF WATER OF
LIFE," AMD "THE TREE OF
LIFE."
The Bible, as we see it, is highly
figurative. Sdme of the grandest truths
are represented in beautiful symbols
quite foreign to its actual wording.
Many years ago, when some of us were
Sunday school teachers, we were very
familiar with those delightful old
hymns, such as: "In the Christian's
Home in Glory."
Cho.?"There is rest for the weary,"
On the other side of Jordan,
In the sweet fields of Eden
Where the tree of life is blooming,
There is rest for you!"
Another hymn was:
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Write for sample policy stating age at
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THE PRESBYTEBIi
I "Shall we gather at the river,
Whert bright angels' feet have trod;
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God."
Cho.?"Yes, we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river.
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the throne of God."
Many souls have left this world fully
expecting to see this literally fulfilled.
And there may be some conditions of
things in the Paradise of God?of which
this is the representation. But the
writer thinks there may be a different
interpretation.
In Revelations 22:1-2, we read as
follows:
"And he showed me a pure river of
water of life; clear as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb.
"In the midst of the street of it, and
on either side of the river was there
the tree of life, which bore twelve man
uci ui jli ui>.o, u.uu yieiueu uer irun every
month; and the leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations."
The tree of the knowledge of good
and evil was the means by which sin
entered into the world, aind it appears
to this writer significant that "the
tree of life," which has an actual fruit
of some kind, is so early spoken of, by
which Adam and Eve could have been
restored to their former condition of
purity had they "taken also of this
tree of life." But God prevented it by
driving them out of the Garden of
Eden and placing cherubims, and a
flaming sword to keep the way of the
tree of life. This typical tree had its
start, its root, in thiB first Paradise. It
began in Genesis, developed gradually
under Moses the great law giver and
writer, as he was taught by God's Holy
Spirt. Then this tree of life continued
to grow under Samuel, David, Solomon,
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Malachi. Under
the Old Testament dispensation
these writers were upon one "side of
the Btreet of It," the King's highway?
"The way of holiness," along which the
redeemed shall walk. This tree of life
bore twelve manner of fruit, representing
writers from the twelve tribes of
Israel. j
Then, in this street and upon the
other side of the river, the Gospel side
as the street runs and the river flows;
the tree of life grows rapidly under the
Divine training of Jesus Christ. Afterward
of his writers and followers, Matthew,
Mark, Duke, John, Paul, Peter,
James and Jude. Then the Holy Spirit
brings this tree to perfection in the
last chapter of Revelations. The tree
bears twelve manner of fruit upon the
Gospel side, the work of twelve Apostles,
and yields her fruit every month,
every day the yield is perennial. And
the leaves of this tree?this Book, this
Bible, as we have it now?are for the
healing of the nations.
Now, this wonderful Book, thiB Holy
Bible, this Tree of Life, must receive
its life from a Divine source. "And he
showed me a pure river of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lam!b."
The day our first parents sinned
against God by eating the forbidden
fruit. When God said to them that "the
seed of the woman shall bruise the
serpent's head;" this fountain opened
for sin and uncleanness, gushed forth,
proceeding from the throne of God and
the Lamb, clear as crystal, pure as
Christ himself, this message of grace,
announcing the redemption, purchased
by Christ, to the sinner, who has to receive
it by faith alone, as it is offered
to us In his Gospel. This water of life
was given to Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and his children. It
followed them with Moses In. their
wanderings.
"There is a river, the streams whereof
shall make glad the city of God, the
holy place of the tabecnacles of the
i N OF THE SOOTH
Most High." David, Elijah, Daniel and
the Prophets drank of it Our Lord
Jesus Chnst said to Nlcodemus, Except
a man be born of water and of the
Spirit." The water of lie, the Word of
life?the regenerating power of this
Holy Gospel, sealed and applied to the
believer's heart by the direct power and
influence of the Holy Spirit. "He cannot
enter into the Kingdom of God."
Baptismal regeneration was never effected
through the outward application
of material water, and Christ never intended
it to be understood so. "For
there are three that bear record in
heaven. The Father, the Word, and the
Holy Ghost, and these three are one."
"And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the SDi'rit." God's Snirit
which bears witness with our spirits."
And the water, "That he might sanctify
and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the Word." "And the blood."
The blood of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, whi'ch cleanseth us from
all sin." Tae tree of life sends its
roots down deep Into this pure river of
water of life, from which it received its
own life, strength and nourishment,
spiritual growth and knowledge?and
may it be in each of us, a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
The tree of life as John Baw it in this
Revelatioon may have resembled a
running vine in its growth and progress.
Jesus said, "I am the true vine."
Tor "the testimony of Jesus is the
Spirit of prophecy."
Baptismal regeneration is: "Now are
ye clean through the word which I
have spoken unto you," which now is
sealed and applied to the believer's
heart by his Holy Spirit.
j.uib luimyreLuiiuu muy ue rigu?r, or
may be wrong?God knows. But if any
one else has ever viewed it in this light,
the writer does not now of it.
What does his old friend Dr. Pitzer
think of it? We is strong in the faith.
W. C. C.
A QUESTION ANSWERED.
By Rev. James B. Converse.
Please permit me to answer a question
asked by your New York correspondent.
Since we have, he said, a Department
of Church and Labor connected
with the Home Mission Board, why
not have a department of Church and
Capital?
Why not have a department of Church
and Capital? Because we have one already.
Nearly all ministers, except a
few ordained in middle life, are its
agents. Nearly all pulpits and pastors'
studies are its offices.
Look at the factB. From seventeen to
twenty-five are the formative years of a
man's life. In them he outgrows his
childish and boyish feelings and adopts
the 'principles that will last throughout
his life and govern all the years that
follow. At sixteen or seventeen our
candidates for the ministry begin a
seven or eight years' course of college
and seminary studies. During this
period they necessarily and invariably
imbibe the prejudices and views of
life that fill the collegiate world. At
the same age the laborer youth goes to
work in shop or field. At twenty-five
the two classes are as far apart as they
can be in the same world.
There is nothing in the minister's life
to root out the prejudices of his college
life. He gets not wages; but a
salary, that goes on in sickness; and he
takes a vacation when he needs it withAGNES
SCOTT v
COLLEGE J
Decatur, (? mile* frem AtUata) Get.
[May 22, 1912 I
out a loss of income. He does not go
to work at the call of the whistle, but
governs his own hours. He wears black
clothes and not overalls. He goes in at
the front door and not the back door to
cut wood or to the barn to fork manure.
He looks at the country through the
window of a passenger car and not from
the top of a freight. In his Btudy he
converses with the men of former ages
and of foreign lands with whom the
laborer has little to do. The minister
and the laborer live in different worlds;
and the minister's world is that of capital.
If one or a dozen departments of
"Church and Labor" can bridge the gulf
they would be worth all they cost. For
the gulf must remain. The ministry
must be educated in order to teach and
must have leisure in order to study.
r?ui we win ao wen to reraemDer
that the gulf exists, and that there Is
as much truth and honesty and honor
on the other side of it us there are on
our side. The view from the top of a
freight car or from the cab of a locomotive
Is wider than that from within a
Pullman. Nature, animals, trees, plants
are better teachers than works, and the
laborer is a closer student of them
than the scholar. But there is a greater
teacher than books or nature?Love.
DRUMMER MAKES DISCOVERY
Some years ago a South Carolina
drummer whose health had failed and
who was suffering from a severe case
of dyspepsia, complicated by a kidney
disease was forced to give up his position
as traveling salesman. He had
wasted in strength and flesh until he
was little more than a walking skeleton.
He could eat nothing without suffering
agonizing pain. Having tried many
remedies with little benefit he learned
of a mineral spring the waters of which
were attracting a good deal of attention
at the time. He decided to give
it a trial.
From the first day he began to improve.
In a week he had gained five
pounds. In three weeks he had gained
18 pounds. His appetite and digestion
had returned. His sleep was restful
and refreshing. He felt that he was
well again. That was five years ago
and he is sound and well today. And
then he began to think. He knew that
there were hundreds of thousands of
sufferers .from dyspepsia, Indigestion
and kidney trouble. Would this water
cure them? He determined to see. He
bought the spring and published that
he would ship the water free to all who
Hllffprp.rt T.pMprs nnnraH Intn Kla nfflpp
from all over the country. He shipped
twelve thousand gallons the first year
absolutely free. The water cured others
just as It had cured him. There was
hardly an exception.
Realizing the marvelous curative properties
of tho water he decided to devote
the remainder of his life to the
spring. Every mall brings him letters
from physicians and patients praising
the curative properties of the water.
The drummer's name is N. P. Shlvar,
and he has given his name to the spring.
Tf there is any reader of this article
who suffers with dyspepsia, indigestion
or disease of the liver, kidney or the
bladder. Mr. 'Shlvar makes you this
offer. Deposit $2 with him as a pledge
to return the demijohns, and he will
ship you ten gallons of the water. If
it fails to benefit you, return the demi
jonn and he will refund your $2. If tne
10 gallons benefits you It costs you only
$2. It If doesn't benefit you it costs you
nothing. You aire to be the Judge.
Address iN. F.? Shlvar, Shlvar Springs,
Shelton, S. C.
The advertising manager of this paper
Is personally acquainted with Mr.
Shlvar and knows him to be perfectly
reliable. You run no risk In making
the deposit.
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