Show NOON DAY MEETING I Held in the Parlors of the Young Mens Christian Association After the preliminary exercises in I prayer and song service participated in by Revs McMillan Canon City i Lockwood Collins and General Secretary I Secre-tary Axton Mr Varley made an address t ad-dress based on the words of Christ I when he said that I am come that ye might have life and that ye might have it more abundantly Jesus was speaking as though he was addressing those who were not possessed pos-sessed of life and that really was a fact They may have been as some in this company destitute of life A dog or a horse has an existence Let us I distinguish between existence and life between immorality and eternal life Every man is endowed with a personality person-ality tha cannot die Very few comparatively paratively are possessed of eternal life The devil will have life forever A great many use eternal as meaning mean-ing continuance of being Life Is the PCPsessipn of Jesus Christ himself I is not a possession of knowledge that he died for our sins that you possess his spirit that you are regenerate I you possess him you possess eternal lifeThe The great Question is this whether you have received Christ I you have you are 3 partaker of the divine nature na-ture When Jesus was speaking to Nicodemus he said to him Except a man he born from above he cannot seethe see-the kingdom of God This is a matter mat-ter of common sense Jesus came on purpose that ye might have life As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God even to as many as believe on his name Which were born not of the will of the flesh not of blood ncr of man but of God All human sacrifice is shut out When we arc born of God we receive Christ If you are not Christs now you are a reprobate There are men listening to me who have been discouraged discour-aged in the past because they have tried to live in Christian life and failed They are battling against appetites and passions They have not received Christ Receive him this afternoon God is the giver Jesus is the gift As many as believe and receive may have possession of the gift Gods gift to the sons of men is Jesus Christ Paul reveal the save I pleased God to son to me The old bigotted Pharisee passed away and the mighty apostle changed has come to the front The world is full of the religion of falsehood false-hood and corruption as it can be Make all men see the fellowship of this ministry min-istry of Christ He would rather part Istr with his right hand than have the absence ab-sence of Jesus from his life Jesus said I will never leave thee I will never fcrrake thee Repentance is a gift Jesus is exalted ex-alted to give repentance which means a change of mind Receive Jesus Christ Let him possess every power of your being Here the testimony of John Not I but Christ liveth in me It is easv to do right when you have I God in you I he is there you are not a slave to sin Say God is the portion por-tion of my soul Be not content with regeneration or faith Let nothing eat I isfy you but Jesus himself Have your permeated by him Then personality pemeated b3 you personalty freedom and redemption wl from sin Jesus is much stronger than he was he is an infinitely better man He wa supplies all the will power that is supple desired He would never lead him into the path of temptation He will never insist upon you entering the path of sin He makes the conscience like a set of knives when you do wrong you I miserable Do not are wretched and miserblc 10t drift en side issues God sent his son to give you life Have you received it petty denominaticmalism in Do not put pet denominatQnals place of Jesus JOHN ChrIst A BRADLEY 4 |