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    TIIK NORFOLK WMKKLY1'NEWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY. DECKM1IKII 24. 1909.
OIL LAKES FATAL TO DUCKB.
In Oklahoma Wild Water Fowl Perish
by Thousande.
Ardmoro , Okla. , Dec , 18. Thousands
of wild ducks nnd other wntor-fowl
Imvo mot death this season In the oil
lakes In the Wheeler oil Hold , west of
thin place. The lakes nro used for
open storage for oil thnt escapes from
the derricks. The oil hns the appear-
nnco of water , which deceives the
ducks Into lighting , nnd tholr death
quickly follows. Not only Is the oil
fatal In Its physical effects , but when
the feathers of the ducks nro once cov-
crort with oil they nrc unnblo to fly.
The region Is n natural highway for
waterfowl In their annual flights. An
oil prospector hns written this letter
to nn Ardmoro nowspnper :
"While this mny not appeal to the
public at Inrgo , I nm sure it will rlvot
the attention of our sportsmen nnd all
who nro Interested In the protection of
the feathered tribe. Recently , while
In the neighborhood of Wheeler , upon
visiting the oil Holds , ns I stopped upon
the banks of n largo lake of oil I wns
ahocked at the sight before mo. I
stood there In ono place and counted
more than fifty ducks , many of which
wcro mallards , lying upon the surface
of that death trap , whoso shining bo-
nom , situated as it Is , attracts ducks
for miles around , and doubtless claim
ing ns many victims ns all the hunters
together bag In this country In n sen-
non. Once the ducks light upon Us
Biirfnco , they can never free them-
nolvos from Its death grip , nnd should
they make tholr wny to the bank , It Is
only to succumb In n few minutes to
the deadly effects of the oil.
"Does It not look ns If the legisla
ture should Investigate these condi
tions nnd see that laws nro pnssed to
the effect that these lakes ofv oil , not
only here , hut elsewhere over the
state , bo screened ngnlnst the whole-
Bale slaughter of not only harmless ,
but useful , birds ? "
Cotton Mills Close.
Lowell , Mass. , Dec. 18. In accord
ance with the curtailment policy adopt
ed by the cotton mills of Now Eng-
Inntl , the Fremont nnd Suffolk mills
of this city closed today. They will
reopen on December 27. The shut-
clown throws 3,500 operatives out of
employment for the week.
Business Changes.
Last week nt Gregory n deal was
made whereby R. J. McFayden became
the owner of Arthur Bauman's Inter
est In the hardware firm of McFayden
& Baumnn.
Jacob Kraft has traded his residence
property nnd stock yard nt Stuart to
\V. D. Pongo for the farm ho recently
got of Mr. Reichnrd.
CONFESSED AFTER FIFTY YEARS
A 70-Year-Old Convict Tells the Story
of His Crime.
Wethorsflcld , Conn. , Dec. 17. In the
dark state prison hero a bent septuage
narian is waiting , quivering with hope ,
for what the next few days may bring
him. Next Tuesday ho will know
whether ho will lonvo the prison a free \ I i
< l man , In answer to the eloquence of
ex-Governor McLean , who pleaded for
him , or whether he will again take up i
the burden of dull , hopeless days , such
as he has known for the last half cen
tury. I
The old man is John Wnrren , for
fifty years known ns Convict No. 1.
Governor McLean's plea wns only the
echo of the sentiments of many people
of Connecticut , who want to let the
old man go free to spend the few
years left him in freedom. I
At his trial so long ago nnd nil the
years that have followed , Warren has
leapt silence as to the reason ho inur- j
dered his wife. Only today , when ho
believed himself practically free , did
Tic decide to tell anything of his trag
edy. His was the old story. There
wore two women , and the man found
himself drawn into the vortex of his
emotions until ho attempted in des
peration to solve the puzzle by usurp ,
ing a right of the Almighty and take
a human life , his wife's , the woman
In the wny.
"You don't think I'pi wrong to tell
this , after so long n time , do you ? " ho
asked wistfully. "They're all gone
now except me. It cnn't harm them
for folks to know who It was , and
Bomo wny , I'd like others to know It
wasn't all my fault how the devil
gripped me thnt dny nnd why.
"There were two girls. One of thorn
I loved with all my strength and I was
engaged to be married to her. But I
was young and life was good , and 1
took whatever it offered me. Before
1 realized what had happened I found
myself entangled with the other girl.
Then her brothers nnd her father came
to mo and told mo I must marry her.
I did , but what happiness could there
bo when my whole heart , my life was
another's nnd I know she loved mo ?
God ! I have never forgotten how she
looked when I went to her nnd told
her I must give her up. But I honest
ly did my best to forgot her nnd to do
my best by the girl who was my wife.
The other girl cnmo nnd urged mo to
leave my wife. She said she still loved
mo.
mo."It
"It all came about so suddenly I
never have been nble to realize It ex
cept as n bnd nightmare. I never
meant to free myself in the wny I did
no , not thnt wny but the dovll got
In my blood nnd my youth thnt cried
out for the woman I loved had their
wny. The time nnd opportunity cnmo
unexpectedly. The day was hot nnd
ns I tolled In the field my wlfo snt on
the bank of the creek , splashing In the
water. She called mo to do likewise
nnd cool off. Why I did so I don't
know , but In a moment wo were sldo
by sldo In the brook. It was then that
the dovll camo. I looked In the water
and glanced around and saw thnt no
one was nenr , the wild thought thnt
ruined my life cnmo to mo. 'Suppose
suppose anything should happen to
her hero In the water. ' I seized her.
fiho laughed.
" 'I'm going to duck you. ' I told her.
She only struggled slightly ,
" 'You'll ruin my clothes , " she pro
tested. But I already had plunged her
| under the sparkling mirfnco long
enough to know how ensy It would bo
to hold her there longer.
" 'John , don't play so rough , ' she
protested as I let her up. Then I
looked nt the woman who hnd cnused
I nil my trouble. I thought of my sweet-
'heart ' , nnd the wild blood surged. It
blinded mo nnd stunned mo. I seized
her ngnln nnd held her bend under the
wntor. For a few moments only she
! struggled , then lay limp. As the real
ization of what I hnd done como tome
mo I cried aloud. I dragged her body
to the bank nnd laid It there among
the daisies nnd then , after vainly tryIng -
Ing to restore her to life , I fled.
"All was dark and I wns almost be
reft of reason. I never have spoken
of It since. "
GETS SEAT ; SPITS IN CAR ; FINED.
St. Loulsan Takes Chance Rather than
Relinquish First Comfortable Ride.
St. Louis , Mo. , Dec. 17. Having ob-
tnlncd n seat in a south bound Broad-
wny cnr during the rush hour for the
first time in thirteen ycnrs of riding
home to supper , August Eschelbnch of
Luxemburg preferred chancing arrest
to relinquishing it. So ho expectorat
ed on the floor of the cnr instead of
walking to the renr platform and leav
ing his sent to some strnphnngor.
But Eschelbnch wns not fnted to
bonst thnt nt least once in thirteen
years ho fully had enjoyed n seat. By
ill luck the fellow occupant of his seat
was Special Officer Relffelss of the
health department. The policeman ar
rested him in the midst of a chuckle
over his comfort.
Eschelbnch bennled as ho paid his
fine of $3 in the Wyoming street police
court.
"I'll take n chance of losing $3 nny
time , " he Informed Judge Klclbcr ,
"rather Uian lose n sent in n Brondwny
car , If I am lucky enough to get on In
the next thirteen years. "
SHE TRIED TO BE A MARINE.
A Lovesick Illinois Girl Blocked in the
Recruiting Office.
Chicago , Dec. 18. A remarkable ro
mance , almost like nn historical novel ,
came to a climax in Chicago. It Is n
story of a loyal and daring young wo
man , who , disguised as a man , sought
to enlist In the navy In order to Join
her wnrrior lover , who is now In Phila
delphia , waiting to bo sent with his
company to Central America.
The hero is Corporal James L. Dixon -
on , United States marine corps , who
recently inherited $100,000 upon the
death of his father in Toronto , Ont.
The heroine is Miss Adelaide Portwood
of Decatur , 111. It wns Sergeant Hoi-
man of the recruiting station who told
the story.
"Yesterday morning , " ho began , 'I
was awakened nt 2 o'clock by a tele
phone cnll at niy1 homo , 1236 West
Adams street.
" 'Hello , ' said a deep , ringing voice ,
'Is this Sergeant Holmnn ? '
" 'Yes.1
' "Well , well. I want to enlist right
away. I want to go to Nicaragua. Can
you come to your ofllce at once ? '
"I agreed to be nt the ofllce in Clark
street In about nn hour. I cnlled Captain -
tain Brackett and Doctor Daley and
they ngreed to join me. It was cold
and dark when I reached the ofllce.
There was a tall , well built figure in a
long overcoat , with the collar turned
up and n fur cnp pulled low. It wns
my recruit. I ordered the recruit to
go Into another room nnd undress him-
self. We waited fifteen minutes and
when we Investigated wo found the
recruit was gone.
"This morning Sergeant Seeley of
the recruiting station at 6315 South
Halstend street called up , saying ho
wns bringing down a splendid recruit.
A few minutes Inter he arrived. The
recruit was with him. It was the wo
man who had tried to palm herself on
us. She broke down and cried like a
baby.
| "It seems that she is n sweetheart of
i Corporal Dixon. A few dnys ngo he
I was transferred to Philadelphia to join
the Panama brigade. But to make the
story short , Captain Brackott decided
that since she was so plucky she de
served our help. Out of a private-fund
wo got her a ticket to Philadelphia. "
LOVELY WOMAN THE LURE.
That's the Secret of Catching a Hus
band , a Spinster Says.
Chicago , Dec. 18. The Kilo asso
ciation , composed almost entirely of
young working women , was Instructed
in the nrt of catching nnd holding
husbands by Dr. Helen Kellogg , who
acknowledged herself a spinster , but
stopped impertinent inquiries as to
her qualifications as an authority by
declining to say whether she hnd
. "refused a chance to bo otherwise. "
| "Possibly Margaret Illlngton has
solved the adjustment of martial con
ditions , and consequently husbands , "
Doctor Kellogg said , "but the query
that constantly comes to mo from
young women Is : 'Toll us how to got
.husbands who will keep us ; any woman -
' man can get a husband if she will
, keep him. '
I "It Is these conditions thnt have
bred the working woman. An old
Norse philosopher said that a woman
18 who hnd not married would dwell
In the infernal regions until the earth
was shattered , but the woman who
, works has found a substitute nnd
sometimes she works , although mar
ried.
"But even the working woman cannot -
not substitute wisdom for sentiment ,
nnd though she should cense to bo a
womnn , yet she could not bo a man.
If working , she desires the courtesy
duo weakness and the laurels duo her
prowess.
"Tho young man of today is not a
marrying man. Ho Is fond of his crea
ture comforts and docs not like to
make the sacrifices necessary to start
ing a homo. Therefore woman must
make herself so lovely nnd so neces
sary ns to lure him from his Bullish
ness.
"Mnny rcfoims nro needed In the
matrimonial structure , but such re
pairs nro not for the philosopher-
theorist ; only for the Incondlnry , nnnr-
chlst , mndtnnn or fool. "
Battle Creek.
Gottlieb Morkt of Knlnmnzoo pre
cinct wns hero Friday and sold his
property In East Battle Crook to Mrs.
G. C. Hunter for $000.
C. II. Grocsbeck of Norfolk wns hero
Saturday on business. Ho gave us n
few pointers on Chrlstmns nnd how
to mnko the poor , feel happy.
Prof. Cy. Henuurson was hero Sat-
urdny from Norfolk nnd mndo another
homo happy with n now piano.
Chns. Thomas wns hero the fore
pnrt of this week from Pierre visiting
old friends.
Joe Lnrapo was hero Tuesday on
business from Norfolk.
Mrs. Charles Werner and Mrs. Will-
lam Selffort were Norfolk visitors
Tuesday.
John L. Malone of Manhattan , 111. ,
was hero about two weeks visiting
relatives. He is a nephew of County
Commissioner John Malone of Madi
son and Tom Malone of Enola , nnd n
cousin of John Magner of Battle Creek.
Ho has gone back this week , well
pleased with our people nnd country.
Peter Fitch wns hero the middle of
this week from Mnrrlman visiting rel
atives and friends.
The funeral of James Clark was
well attended Thursday morning , de
spite the bad weather. Rev. Mr.
George preached the funeral sermon
at the Methodist church. Free Ma
sons from all surrounding towns were
in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schacher and
two youngest children were visiting
from Sunday till Wednesday with rel
atives nt Council Bluffs. They also
took In the corn exhibition at Omaha.
Chns. Janko of Blakely , south of
Meadow Grove , has Just received his
pnpers from Washington for a now
invention , a "re-trnp. " He can catch
anything from a mouse up with it.
Eastern firms have made him offers
already. The boy Is a nephew of Mrs.
Henry Stoltenberg.
McKay Held Without Bail.
Neligh , Neb. , Dec. IS. Special to
The News : The preliminary exami
nation of Joe McKay , wno is charged
with the murder of A. G. Brown of
Brunswick , on the morning of Decem
ber 7 , was held yesterday afternoon
before Justice McAllister in the Ante
lope county court house. Owing to
the limited quarters of the justice's
office , the case was heard in the court
room , which was crowded to its ca
pacity. Long before the case was call
ed every seat In the large room was
taken. Many people were compelled
to stnnd in the hallway and the aisles.
Only four witnesses for the state
were placed on the stand to give tes
timony. That given by Mrs. Eddie
VanKlrk and William Wooley wns
damaging evidence against the ac
cused. The former stated that she
noticed smoke ascending from the
chimney of the Brown home before 7
o'clock on the morning that the mur
der is snld to have been commtted.
Mr. Wooley swore ttint he saw Mc
Kay coming from Brown's residence on
this fatal morning. Witnesses also
testified that tracks around the house
were those made by the defendant
After all the evidence had been sub
mitted the court promptly bound the
prisoner over to the next term of the
district court without bail. The next
regular term will be called the second
week In February.
During tne entire proceedings of
the hearing McKay appeared uncon
cerned ns to what was transpiring ,
nnd paid very little attention to the
testimony of the witnesses or the ex
amination by Attorney Rico , Harring
ton and Williams.
There were about twenty-five people
ple from Brunswick in Neligh yester-
dny to bo present nt the trl.il. They
were brought over by three four-horse
bob sleds. The driver Inst night stat
ed thnt he would not nttempt the re
turn trip until morning , on nccount of
the nlmost impnssnble condition of
the ronds.
Why Meat Is Higher.
New York World : The stntoment
submitted by Armour & compnny In
connection with the listing of n bond
issue of thirty million dollars on the
stock exchange shows the packing In
dustry to bo even more profitable than
hnd populnrly been supposed. The
company by Its own showing made a
gross profit of $10,582,000 for the year
on a capital stock of twenty million
dollars and earned a surplus of $7-
127,926 , or the equivalent of a divi
dend of 35.6 per cent.
Here is something more than the
potentiality of wealth beyond the
dreams of avarice. It is avarice Itself
in the manufacture and sale of a ne
cessity of life. Armour & company
by tholr own admission have justified
the charges of extortion brought
against the beef trust.
In the light of tills enormous profit
the explanation of the high prlco of
meat recently made by the chairman
of the packers' committee requires
modification. That explanation was
In effect that the packer , being obliged
to pay a higher prlco for live stock ,
passed on the additional cost to the
dealer , who in turn shifted It to the
consumer , This , however , Is not the
whole story of the rise of mess beef
from $8.85 a barrel in 1906 to $13.20
In 1908. For its full understanding
there must bo tnken Into account the
millions in surplus profits reserved by
the packers to convince Wall street
of the safe and lucrative nature of
tholr business.
It is the necessity the consumer IB
under payment of 35 per cent profit
nnd 'guaranteeing ' bond idsuoa that
makes moat dear.
Ice Harvest Begins.
Nollgh , Nob. , Dec. 18. Special to
i The News ? The ice harvest hns begun -
gun in this city. II. S. Palmer , the
wholesale butter nnd egg dealer , was
the first to have his cold storage filled.
It Is reported thnt the quality Is the
best In years , is clear as crystal and
cloven Inches thick in the main chan
nel of the Elkhorn.
DAKOTA EXPRESS WAR.
Wells-Fargo Company May Tike New
Rate Case Into Court.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dec. 18. The
new schedule of reduced express rates
which the stnto board of railroad com-
mlbsloncrs has ordered shall go into
effect In South Dakota on January
15 , was prepared by George Rico , a
member of the board , nnd P. W.
Dougherty , assistant attorney general
and counsel of the railroad commls-l
I slon , who were appointed a committee
by the board for the purpose. The
| now rates are very materially lower
than the rates at present in effect.
The last legislature enacted a law
requiring thnt all express in effect
January 1 last should bo reduced 20
per cent. The Wells-Fargo company
did not take over its present express
business in South Dakota until the
first half of this year , and therefore
has steadily maintained that it is no
object to the provisions of the now
| law. If the company still thinks it
is correct in taking this view , the
new schedule probably will bo resisted
I in the courts. The railroad commls-
I sloners , It Is stated , are proceeding
1
on the theory that they have full
Jurisdiction over the express com
panies doing business In South Da
kota.
The new rate that the board has de
creed shall go into effect January 15
starts nt 35 cents per 100 pounds , the
minimum for five miles , nnd fixes 05
cents ns the rate for 100 miles , $2 for
400 miles and $2.50 for 500 miles. The
following comparisons of the old and
new rate will give nn illustration of
the extent of decrease in rates which
is provided for in the new schedule :
American , 200 miles , $1 ; Wells Far
go , $1.75 ; new rate , $1. On a distance
of 300 miles : American , $2 ; Wells
Fargo , $2.50 ; new rate , $1.50. On a
distance of 375 miles : American , $2 ;
Wells Fargo , $2.50 ; now rate , $1.85.
The rates of the American Express
company are the lowest in the state ,
while those of the Wells Fargo com
pany nre the highest , this having been
ascertained by the investigation of the
committee.
FROZEN , BUT REFUSED AID.
Agony Did Not Shake Nebraskan's
Faith in Christian Science.
Kansas City Star : Cnn Christian
science cure a frozen face and restore
a mutilated ear ? 1
U. S. Apple , a Christian scientist of
Wlnfield , Kan. , sat in the union depot
this morning , suffering agony. But ho
refused every offer of medical assist
ance , because he said he felt the pow
er of prayers , offered up hundreds of
miles away , working a cure of his
frozen face.
With his eyes almost closed , his
face swollen and one ear withered
from the blasts of a Nebraska blizzard ,
Mr. Apple left a Missouri Pacific train
from Omaha this morning. He sat
three hours in the depot , waiting for
a train for Winfleld.
Some one cried "smallpox" as he
came in the door. The crowd drew
away from him as if from a scourge.
Then he told his story.
He had been traveling in Nebraska
for the Peerless Steam Washer com
pany of Chicago. With the thermom
eter 15 degrees below zero , his face
wns frozen last Tuesday while he was
walking from a depot to a hotel. Yet
his faith in Christian science remained
true. A doctor he would not see and
when sympathizing friends tried to
make him go to a hospital here he
would reply in n voice choking in
agony :
"My faith will make me whole.
Bring no doctors for me. I do not be
lieve in them. There is only ono sure
cure , faith andscience. , My belief will
make me whole.
"Tho body can freeze , my face is
frozen , but I can feel the prayers of
my healers working n cure now. Those
prayers are being made hundreds of
miles nwny , but I feel their strength
and help here , right here In this de
pot. "
The depot authorities tried a physi
cian , but he refused absolutely. He
was so weak from pain that ho had to
be helped on a Santa Fe train to Win-
field. Ills wife , who lives there , Is a
Christian science healer and Is praying
for him as is a healer in Chadron , Nob.
Bury Red Cloud Under Ground.
Omaha , Dec. 18. "Rod Cloud , Sioux
Indian wnrrior , who died last week on
the Pine Rldgo agency , will be buried
according to the ritual of the pale
face , nnd not above ground , as he re
quested , " snld Major John R. Bren-
nan , Indian agent nt Pine Ridge , S. D.
"Tho old Indian was 87 years of
ago , " added Major Bronnnn. "For
four years , however , ho showed signs
of falling health nnd wns fnst losing
the senses of sight nnd hearing. Ho
lenves ono son , Jnck Red Cloud , who
insists thnt his wnrrior fnther bo bur
ied Indian fashion above ground , but
this method Is no longer permitted on
the agencies. "
Stanton Crooks Are Set Free.
Stanton , Nob. , Dec. 18. Special to
The News : The case of state vs.
Bradley , Shea and Knoles was tried
nnd submitted to n jury yesterday.
The jury after being out all nlglit and
all forenoon returned a verdict acquit
ting Shea on the charge of grand
larceny and finding Bradley and
Knolos guilty of petit larceny. Shea
was thereupon discharged and loft
Stanton at once , Bradley and Knoles
were sentenced to three days on
bread and water in the county jail.
The case of Henry Matthea TO. the
Northwestern 'was tried and - ( submitted -
ted to the Jury.
Ooo ooo
PEOPLE'S PULPIT. . .
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL ,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
O . . Qoo
Sunday , December 11 ! . Pastor HUB-
sell of Brooklyn Tabernacle preached
today from the following text to a
packed house :
"Work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling , for It la God which
worketb in you both to will and to do
of his good pleasure" ( Phlllpplnns II ,
13) ) .
The proper relationship between faith
and works and between God's work
and ours are matters apparently not
clearly understood by the majority of
Christian people ami , of course , not at
;
all comprehended by the worldly. It
Is not only worth while , but very 1m- ;
portant , that each Christian entering '
Into covenant relationship with God
should understand distinctly his own
responsibilities , the assistance which
God Is willing to grant him through
the merit of Christ , and what Is re
quired of him Individually In the mat
ter of good works. A great stake , a
great prize is Involved. Carelessness
or Ignorance might jeopardize this
prize might lose us n place amongst
"the very elect. " who shall be Joint-
luslrs with their Itedeemer In his Mil
lennial Kingdom soon to be Inaugurat
ed for the blessing of the whole world.
Mark well that we purposely avoid ,
the error which so long had beclouded
our spiritual vision. Note that wo do
not say that a failure to be amongst
"the elect" would signify to be with
damned millions in eternal torture. No
such unreasonable proposition Is rep
resented In God's Word. The question
of this Gospel Age is to gain or not
to gain eternal life and glory and hon
or as members of the Body of Christ.
In a word , not pleasure or misery , but
life or death , Is the alternative.
Who are addressed by the Apostle in
the words of our text ? He Is not ad
dressing the wilfully or Ignornntly
wicked the world. lie Is addressing
those who had been such , but who re
pented , reformed , turned to God and
saw a great light. They have seen
themselves to be sinners under just
condemnation of the Creator , and have
seen also that Jesus , the Sent of God.
has provided reconciliation with the
Father through his blood his sacri
fice. More than this they have by
faith accepted this proffered grace of
Gpd. , and through a full consecration
of their nil , made acceptable through
their Advocate , they have been re
ceived of the Father as his spirit-be
gotten children. They have been ad
vised that as children they are "heirs
of God , joint-heirs with Jesus Christ"
their Lord , their Head , their Redeem
er , In the glorious Millennial Kingdom
which the Father has foretold shall
be his for the blessing of all the fam
ilies of the earth. Hut nil these bless
ings they have received through faith
and not actually. They must wait for
the actualities until they and all of
their brethren of the same class , "called
of God In the one hope ofthelr callIng -
Ing , " shall have been tried , tested , per
fected. In character. In heart , "Copies
of God's dear Sou. "
How God Works In Us.
Our test declares that we should
work out our own salvation , because
It is God that worketh In us. This
puts God's work first and ours subse
quently. Let us therefore consider the
matter In this order. How , In what
sense , does God work in Ills people-
not In the world ; not in the repentant
sinner ; not In the merely justified ; but
in those who have passed those stages
of approach to God and , by the be
getting o"f his holy Spirit , have en
tered his family as children , as sons'J
"Behold what manner of love the Eft
ther hath bestowed upon us , that \ \ .
should be called the sons of God" ( I
John ill , 1) ) . "And if children , then
heirs ; lieirs of God , and joint-heirs
with Jesus Christ our Lord" ( Romans
vlll , 17) ) . How does God work In sucli
ns have thus become his children
his sons ?
We reply that he works In them
through his spirit the spirit of the
Truth ; the spirit of holiness ; the spirit
of consecration ; the spirit of sonshlp.
That Is to say , a certain holy power
or Influence operates in and about the
spirit-begotten children of God In har
mony with this relationship. It has to
do with all of their experiences in
life home , family , business , Joys , suf
ferings , pleasures , sorrows.
But God's special way of dealing
with his spirit-begotten children Is
through their Intellects communicat
ing with them through the holy Scrip
tures. As the Apostle says , "God who
spake In time past unto the fathers
by the prophets hath in these last
days spoken unto us by his Son" ( He
brews I. 1) ) . The twelve apostles whom
the Father specially gave to him , ho
particularly accepted as his representa
tives , his mouth-pieces , the channels
through whom would come to the
family of God the instructions neces
sary for their development In holiness
the Instructions necessary for their
attainment of the hope of their calling
glory , honor and Immortality In Joint-
helrshlp with Jesus their Redeemer as
the spiritual Seed of Abraham for the
blessing of the world ( Galatlans 111,20) ) .
Our Lord Jesus refers to this work
of God In his people through his Word ,
Baying , "Sanctify them through thy
truth. Thy Word Is Truth" ( John
xvll , 17) ) . St. I'aul refers to the Scrip
tures as the power of God , saying ,
"All Scripture Is given by inspiration
of God , and is profitable for doctrine ,
for reproof , for correction.for Instruc
tion In righteousness ; that the mun of
God's Work
and Ours.
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God may be perfect , thoroughly fur
nished unto all good works" (11 ( Tim
othy 111 , It ! , 17) ) .
"Y Are Qod't Workmanship. "
Wo have seen that God does n work
In his consecrated people , using his
providences in connection with the ex
periences of life , and that he specially
uses his Word for their Instruction in
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righteousness. We are to remember
Incidentally that our Lord Jesus who
j
' redeemed us and reconciled us by his
blood is still our Advocate with the
Father and our Instructor ns the Fa
ther's representative ; Mn\t \ through him
we may be all taught of God In the
School of Christ Next we should note
the Divine method in this work of
grace being carried on In our hearts
from the time we fully submitted
them Di full consecration , In faith.
Our text declares that ( Sod's work In
us is divided Into two parts to will
and to do. Let ns examine first
How Cod Works In Us to Will.
The will Is the real person or ego.
The body Is merely responsible as the
agent or servant of the will. With
the world the will and the body are
usually at one sympathetically co-op
erative. But in those begotten of God's
Spirit as his children matters arc dif
ferent. Their wills by consecration
are developed along lines quite antag
onistic to the natural preferences of
their tlesh. so that the Apostle wrote ,
"With the mind I myself serve ( or
desire to servet the Law of God , but
with the flesh I serve ( or desire to
servo the law of sin" ( Romans vll ,
25) ) . Hence every spirit-begotten per
son has a warfare between his new
mind , with Its holy aspirations and de
sires and Its opponent llesh with Its
nnlmnl propensities , some good and
some bad. Hence the Apostle exhorts
all these New Creatures to "war a
good warfare" against their own flesh
and to bring It Into subjection to the
New Mind and to the Divine Law.
He urges that wo "Bring every thought
Into captivity to the obedience of
Christ" ( II Corinthians x , 5) ) . This , of
course , would mean absolute' perfec
tion , so far as the New Creature would
be concerned and a complete dcadness
so far as the tlesh Is concerned. With
every thought captivated to the Lord
the Individual would never In any
sense commit sin other than the din
of Ignorance or imperfection.
God works in the minds of his people
ple not along the lines of enslavement
of the mind after the manner of Satan
and those who are subject to his de
lusions by hypnotism , etc. God's op
eration Is the very reverse of this. He
cnHuhtrns tup mind to do his work. He
displays to our minds gradually light
and Truth , purity and goodness In their
true colors. In contrast with sin , ig
norance and delilement. And In the
same words he sets before us the great
prize of glory , honor and immortality
and jolnt-liclrshlp with our Redeemer
In his Kingdom. The power of these
hones working In a consecrated mind Is
wonderful. It can make the naturally
weak strong , the naturally timid bold
as a lion.
This operation upon the mind is a
gradual one from the time of our be
getting of the holy Spirit until our
change not all nt once , but gradually ,
little by little , the Lord displays to us
one feature after another of his won-
'piful Plan of salvation. Step by step
he shows to the appreciative and obedi
ent heart the riches of his grace , his
loving kindness , his tender mercy , the
boundlessness of his love and the ulti
mate outworking of his Divine powers
for the blessing of all of his creatures
who will accept his favors on his own
terms. All the while he leaves us free
agents to will in harmony with his
proposition or to reject It. He will
coerce no one. Our Lord Jesus ex
pressed the Father's sentiment In this
matter , saying , "The Father seeketh
such to worship him ns worship him in
spirit and In truth" ( John iv , 23) ) .
How God Works In Us to Do.
Endeavor to do right naturally fol
lows right willing. But this does not
signify that God completes a work
upon our wills llrst and then begins a
fresh work upon us , stimulating us to
do right to the best of our ability. On
the contrary , as through his providence
and Word God exercised an Influence
upon our wills through the knowledge *
of his Truth , little by little each new
point of Truth was expected to bo acknowledged
'
knowledged by effort's on our part to
do God's will to the extent that the
new will was able to control the Im
perfect body. We may safely con
clude that each step In rlght-tof/lf/ip /
must bo followed by a step Inrlght \ -
doing bcfotv another Item of grace and
Truth would be granted as n basis for
addl'Janal ' willing and then additional
doing. Thus , as we walk by flrsL put
ting one foot forward nnd then the
other repeatedly , so the New Creature
walks or progresses by tlrst willing
nnd next doing the Lord's good pleas
ure to the extent of his ability.
As surely as the right-willing Is the
result of Divine operation In the re-
rcallnc of Truth , so also is the rfchr-
dolng. Of the Divine Influence in om
hearts working In us both to will nnd
to do God's good pleasure , St. 1'eter
gives us a word right to the point ,
snylng , "Whereby nro given unto UH
exceeding great nnd precious promises ;
that by these ye 'might ' bo partakers of
the Divine nature" ( II Peter 1 , 4) ) .
Work Out Your Own Salvation.
Wo have heard many Improper.prny
era presented at the Throfto of Grace
"by wclI-mtenUoflctl but tolalnformed
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children of God. Many Christians re
quest God to do for them that which
he tells them they muni do for them
selves. The one who askn amiss mime-
times leaves the Throne of Grace con
fident that God will do for him what
God has never promised to do for any
body , but him told UH each must defer
for himself. Many pray , "Abandon ua
not in temptation , but deliver us from
the Evil One" and then walk straight
Into temptation , wholly neglecting the
directions of God's Word. Indeed ,
many so neglect the study of that
Word that they are not aware what
nre its teachings , UK counsels , respectIng -
Ing Satan nnd the temptations from
the world , the flesh and the devil , to
which nil must be more or less ex
posed for their testing nnd character
development.
Some prny to God to nave thoin by
his Divine power nnd expect him to
work miraculously In them , while they
nrc glvhig the best of their time nnd
talent nnd Influence to business or to
pleasure or to self-gratification. Such
need to learn the meaning of our text ,
"Work out your own salvation with
fcnr and trembling. " They need to
learn the meaning of the Apostle's
words , "Keei > yourselves In the love of
God. " God absolutely refuses to deal
with us as machines. More than this ,
ho refuses to coerce , to push , to pull ,
to drive , those whom he Is now callIng -
Ing to sonshlp and Jolnt-helrshlp with
Christ In his Kingdom.
During the Millennium the world
will receive all sorts of pulling , pushIng -
Ing , driving , "stripes , " for their correc
tion In righteousness , to make them
all eventually see , to ultimately force
nil to take their stand for right or for
wrong , intelligently. But now It Is
different. God is "calling. " "drawing"
nnd accepting through faith In Christ
ns "members" of the Body of Christ ,
only such as have a willing mind only
such as can bo moved to energy and
devotion by the enlightenment of their
minds through the Truth. None others
are wanted for this "elect" class.
Those who rightly undcrstnnd our
text could never have so misunderstood
the Savior's words to the dying thief ,
"Thou shalt be with me In Paradise , "
as to suppose that lie meant that the
penitent thief would be n member of
the "elect" Church , his Joint-heir In the
Kingdom. Indeed not ! That thief had
not worked out any salvation ! Ho
will Indeed be in Pnrndlso eventually.
Paradise will be restored and the whole
earth become as the Garden of Eden
under the Millennial reign of Christ
and his "members , " the Church. But
he was not "begotten of the holy
Spirit. " He was not "transformed by
the renewing of his mind , " that he
might prove the good , acceptable and
perfect will Of God. He never added
to his faith fortitude ; and to fortitude
knowledge ; nnd to knowledge temper
ance ; nnd to temperance patience ; and
to patience godliness ; and to godliness
brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly
kindness love , as the Word assures ns
nil must do who would make their callIng -
Ing and election sure ( II Peter I , 10,11) ) .
We will not , however , discuss the
tblef further , as we did so on a pre
vious occasion and that sermon is In
print. I will be pleased to mall It free
on post card request.
The spirit-begotten children of God
must work out their salvation ns New
Creatures In Christ by growth In grace.
And growth in grace means growth In
knowledge not general knowledge , but
the special knowledge provided by the
Lord In his \Vord. It Is in full accord
with what we everywhere observe of
the wide-spread ignorance of the Word
of God , even amongst Christians , that
the Scriptures declare , "My people per
ish for lack of knowledge" ( Ilosea
iv , 0) ) .
Development in heart , in character ,
is necessary to lit us for the future
service as "members" of The Christ ,
associated In his glorious Kingdom
work. Our call Is to bo kings and
priests that we may serve the world
of mankind. To prepare us for that
service Is the object of our present
call and the trials of faith nnd pa
tience , that by all these , character-like
ness of Christ might be developed In
us. If we do these things we shall
never fall nnd nn entrance will be
granted us Into the everlasting King
dom of our Lord nnd Savior. If we do
these things heartily they will prove
that we are copies of the Lord Jesus
and It is the Divine predestination that
only such ns nre copies of God's dear
Son shall be his joint-heirs In the King
dom ( Romans vlll , 17) ) .
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