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So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been Icattered In the cloudy and dark day. -E:z:ek. 34:12. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.-Jer. 32:38. At evening time it shall be light.-Zech. 14:7. Volume XXXIV. THE PRAYER OF FAITH BY ~L\ liY .r. Hli;LPHINGSTINE Prn~'('l'F! of fail h, illIl!, reach tlw portnls, Comf' from 11l'!il'ls illHt yeal'1l, desire, Ht'llrtH 1l1:d; "ill lInt, 110 unamrwerc<1, HrutrtCl nglow \ri1li 1lonvC'nly fired HI'nrtH fh:;I' Jll'flJl. JlOt. mC'l'Cl words utter, I rflar1~ lint bill1 iug, douhtiIlg, 'Weak, H"arts that 7t'now thftt Gnil ha.th promised, And his fae,a eXpt!ctant seck. StHlh fU'C prayers that Teach the heavens; fro tlwHe, nod iH ulwnys noar: ''1':1'0 thpy rnll" he A('lHls the answer, It Whill:! tlwy're spanking" he doth hear. Many prnY('l'R .~ecm 1cft u;nuTlswered, For the }'nt:her knoweth hCflt; JI'enr not. flouI, but calmly trusting, On his hOf:\om sweetly rest. Somo drty thou shalt know the answer; And the pain aelny hath given ShaH lIe 're(~ompem!(!d with glory In this life or up ill liCawm. •• • IJooldng at the vast multitude without the f.!TIHpcl, at our wit's end we exclaim, 'as ,did the disdples, "I.lord, whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?" vVere there no other source than that which onr finite minds can calculate, w(' wonld be foreocl to the conclusion that all we ran do is to send them away to get bread for 'j hemselves as hest tl1ev can. But God is not so limited. "Give ye th~m to eat" is the part he h as assigned us; he ,,;ill furnish the bread. We llced not ask God how nor what, ,but simply do the work he bids us, and the :multitudes will be ahundantly supplied. The world laid the cross upon Jesus as if he 'were a criminal f,J'uilty of the grossest sins. The same sneering, envious spirit of the world places a cross of ridicule and scorn and even persecution upon every humble follower o~ ?hrist. . At some time in the life of every Ohn&tlan he must feel the weight of thi~ ignominious cross. But our Lord bore it before us) can we !tot bear it now 1 Why need we marvel if the world hate us' it hated him before it hated us. It hates us,' not because we are worthy to be despised, but because the hatred rankles in its own bosom and must find an outlet. It· persecutes because Anderson, Ind., U. S. A. Thursday, September 10, 1914. No. 36 . it has the spirit of murder which, though without cause, cries, "Away "\vith this mun. " The sinner seeks refuge in the world, hut alas, the floods of disconsolation eover even its high mountains· rrhe only place of safety is in, the ark. ' "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest awhile." J esns spoke these words to the discip1es after they had returned from their mission of labor. They had toiled,-they needed rest· So it is in the life of all ministers-they need rest. rroo often we overlook this and many times we press them with our burdens aI1d cares (many of i,vhieh we could dispose of ourselves alone with God), lUltil they are sometime.3 weary and worn in the extreme. We· must not do 1;11is. They need rest, and they must have it. Besides physical rest, they, too, need to be with Jesus. They need to spend time with him and, as it were, to talk over their work together. 'Ehey need his kind instruction concerning whom to "forbid" (l\1ark 9: 38-40) and ,,,hom to encourage. They need his gentle restraint to "rejoice rather becanse their names are written in heaven·" But all this they can not get unless we give them time to rest and to spend with him. God offers to every man life (spiritual life), peace, joy, contentment, in fact, all that he needs or that his being longs for. But man say~, "I do not need your offer, I will find all these things for myself." Life, he mistakes for abundance of possessions; peace, he. mistakes for ease; and joy, for selfish g:t:atification. All these together he thinks will bring l~im contentment. But alas! Who in all the world can testify that eonten1r ment ever came from these-that in his bosom has ever reigned for even one moment that pure, ealm, restful contentment which is the continual portion of the Christian Y , :Man can refuse God's- offers, but there is no substitute. Man may refuse tI1e cool, sparkling water, but he can not quench his thirst on delica:. cies·, water he must have or he perishes. Just so the thirst of man's soul can not be quenched by the follies of this world, but by the "water of life·" "Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to' the waters." "Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely. " --+-- The minist~y of the apostles was not a sub:. stitute for, but a perpetuation of, Christ'~ own .. ministry. "He that receiveth you," said Jesus, "receiveth me"; moreover, "He that rujecteth you, rejecteth me." Nor are the ministry whom God calls' and sends in our day inferior tq these; they have the same divine call and commission • which the early apostles had. rrhey have also the same work to perform that the apostles did -to preach salvation from sin to a l.)st and ruined world. God honors them as the ministers of righteousness, and as such we must respect and esteem them· The world, in many iU!ltances, looks do\\'n upon them as weak, but not so with God. He esteems them so· highly that he honors even those wIlO minister to their needs, counting it as done unto himself and they as deserving a share 6f the ministers t rewards. Christ to the troubled, weary soul is a refuge, refreshment, and rest. ,The stOl"IDS of life may beat fiercely upon him, but in Christ'11e always has a refuge, a hiding-place, a safe retreat. There he may fiee, and there he is safe. There his spirit is refreshed; God feeds him there. And there he' may rest. To the weary, troubled soul, oh, how mnch is comprehended in that sweet word "rest-" But were it not fOr the storms, how seldom we would fly to our Retreat, how seldom partake of his consolation alone, and how little we would rest in him. Thank God for the storms of life! As yet OUr vision of God is beclouded. As yet we can not pierce the mysteries of his nature. As at Sinai, when he doscended) so today his appearance seems to the finite mind as "a smoke. " He· moves in the cloud, in the tllick mist-emblems of mystery. "What I do thou knmvest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." "I have yet mnny things to say unto you, hut ye can not bear tl1em no""v." "Now we see through a glass darkly," But it shall not always be so. Some day we shall ~ee him face to fac:e, and then shall we know even as also we are known. 0 what comfort to the pure in heart, when at last he sllall see his God 1 .... To obtain· salvation, one must first realize that he is a sinner; then in open confession of his sins to the Lord and with a contrite heart .he must repent and :forsake his evil way-his sins. Having done this, he· must believe on the Lord J esns as his only Mediator and. Savior, trUsting not morality, but the blood. of Jesus. .;..-Anme Parker Strautker.
Object Description
Title | The Gospel Trumpet - 34:36 |
Published Date | 1914-09-10 |
Editor | Byrum, E. E. |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 36 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Publisher | Gospel Trumpet Company |
Subject | Newspapers -- Indiana -- Anderson ; Newspapers -- Church of God (Anderson, Ind) |
Media Type | Full-Text Digital Object |
Original Physical Format | Printed Newspaper |
Language | English |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Repository | Anderson University and Church of God Archives |
Copyright | Copyright 2011, Anderson University |
Formatted Title | Gospel Trumpet, The |
Description
Title | Page 1 |
Published Date | 1914-09-10 |
Publication Name Change Note | Gospel Trumpet 1881-June 3, 1962, Vital Christianity June 10, 1962-Sept. 1996, One Voice June/July 2004-Apr/May 2007 |
Subsequent Title | Replaced by Vital Christianity |
Collection | Anderson University Church of God Digital Library |
Full Text | So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been Icattered In the cloudy and dark day. -E:z:ek. 34:12. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.-Jer. 32:38. At evening time it shall be light.-Zech. 14:7. Volume XXXIV. THE PRAYER OF FAITH BY ~L\ liY .r. Hli;LPHINGSTINE Prn~'('l'F! of fail h, illIl!, reach tlw portnls, Comf' from 11l'!il'ls illHt yeal'1l, desire, Ht'llrtH 1l1:d; "ill lInt, 110 unamrwerc<1, HrutrtCl nglow \ri1li 1lonvC'nly fired HI'nrtH fh:;I' Jll'flJl. JlOt. mC'l'Cl words utter, I rflar1~ lint bill1 iug, douhtiIlg, 'Weak, H"arts that 7t'now thftt Gnil ha.th promised, And his fae,a eXpt!ctant seck. StHlh fU'C prayers that Teach the heavens; fro tlwHe, nod iH ulwnys noar: ''1':1'0 thpy rnll" he A('lHls the answer, It Whill:! tlwy're spanking" he doth hear. Many prnY('l'R .~ecm 1cft u;nuTlswered, For the }'nt:her knoweth hCflt; JI'enr not. flouI, but calmly trusting, On his hOf:\om sweetly rest. Somo drty thou shalt know the answer; And the pain aelny hath given ShaH lIe 're(~ompem!(!d with glory In this life or up ill liCawm. •• • IJooldng at the vast multitude without the f.!TIHpcl, at our wit's end we exclaim, 'as ,did the disdples, "I.lord, whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?" vVere there no other source than that which onr finite minds can calculate, w(' wonld be foreocl to the conclusion that all we ran do is to send them away to get bread for 'j hemselves as hest tl1ev can. But God is not so limited. "Give ye th~m to eat" is the part he h as assigned us; he ,,;ill furnish the bread. We llced not ask God how nor what, ,but simply do the work he bids us, and the :multitudes will be ahundantly supplied. The world laid the cross upon Jesus as if he 'were a criminal f,J'uilty of the grossest sins. The same sneering, envious spirit of the world places a cross of ridicule and scorn and even persecution upon every humble follower o~ ?hrist. . At some time in the life of every Ohn&tlan he must feel the weight of thi~ ignominious cross. But our Lord bore it before us) can we !tot bear it now 1 Why need we marvel if the world hate us' it hated him before it hated us. It hates us,' not because we are worthy to be despised, but because the hatred rankles in its own bosom and must find an outlet. It· persecutes because Anderson, Ind., U. S. A. Thursday, September 10, 1914. No. 36 . it has the spirit of murder which, though without cause, cries, "Away "\vith this mun. " The sinner seeks refuge in the world, hut alas, the floods of disconsolation eover even its high mountains· rrhe only place of safety is in, the ark. ' "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest awhile." J esns spoke these words to the discip1es after they had returned from their mission of labor. They had toiled,-they needed rest· So it is in the life of all ministers-they need rest. rroo often we overlook this and many times we press them with our burdens aI1d cares (many of i,vhieh we could dispose of ourselves alone with God), lUltil they are sometime.3 weary and worn in the extreme. We· must not do 1;11is. They need rest, and they must have it. Besides physical rest, they, too, need to be with Jesus. They need to spend time with him and, as it were, to talk over their work together. 'Ehey need his kind instruction concerning whom to "forbid" (l\1ark 9: 38-40) and ,,,hom to encourage. They need his gentle restraint to "rejoice rather becanse their names are written in heaven·" But all this they can not get unless we give them time to rest and to spend with him. God offers to every man life (spiritual life), peace, joy, contentment, in fact, all that he needs or that his being longs for. But man say~, "I do not need your offer, I will find all these things for myself." Life, he mistakes for abundance of possessions; peace, he. mistakes for ease; and joy, for selfish g:t:atification. All these together he thinks will bring l~im contentment. But alas! Who in all the world can testify that eonten1r ment ever came from these-that in his bosom has ever reigned for even one moment that pure, ealm, restful contentment which is the continual portion of the Christian Y , :Man can refuse God's- offers, but there is no substitute. Man may refuse tI1e cool, sparkling water, but he can not quench his thirst on delica:. cies·, water he must have or he perishes. Just so the thirst of man's soul can not be quenched by the follies of this world, but by the "water of life·" "Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to' the waters." "Let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely. " --+-- The minist~y of the apostles was not a sub:. stitute for, but a perpetuation of, Christ'~ own .. ministry. "He that receiveth you" said Jesus, "receiveth me"; moreover, "He that rujecteth you, rejecteth me." Nor are the ministry whom God calls' and sends in our day inferior tq these; they have the same divine call and commission • which the early apostles had. rrhey have also the same work to perform that the apostles did -to preach salvation from sin to a l.)st and ruined world. God honors them as the ministers of righteousness, and as such we must respect and esteem them· The world, in many iU!ltances, looks do\\'n upon them as weak, but not so with God. He esteems them so· highly that he honors even those wIlO minister to their needs, counting it as done unto himself and they as deserving a share 6f the ministers t rewards. Christ to the troubled, weary soul is a refuge, refreshment, and rest. ,The stOl"IDS of life may beat fiercely upon him, but in Christ'11e always has a refuge, a hiding-place, a safe retreat. There he may fiee, and there he is safe. There his spirit is refreshed; God feeds him there. And there he' may rest. To the weary, troubled soul, oh, how mnch is comprehended in that sweet word "rest-" But were it not fOr the storms, how seldom we would fly to our Retreat, how seldom partake of his consolation alone, and how little we would rest in him. Thank God for the storms of life! As yet OUr vision of God is beclouded. As yet we can not pierce the mysteries of his nature. As at Sinai, when he doscended) so today his appearance seems to the finite mind as "a smoke. " He· moves in the cloud, in the tllick mist-emblems of mystery. "What I do thou knmvest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." "I have yet mnny things to say unto you, hut ye can not bear tl1em no""v." "Now we see through a glass darkly" But it shall not always be so. Some day we shall ~ee him face to fac:e, and then shall we know even as also we are known. 0 what comfort to the pure in heart, when at last he sllall see his God 1 .... To obtain· salvation, one must first realize that he is a sinner; then in open confession of his sins to the Lord and with a contrite heart .he must repent and :forsake his evil way-his sins. Having done this, he· must believe on the Lord J esns as his only Mediator and. Savior, trUsting not morality, but the blood. of Jesus. .;..-Anme Parker Strautker. |