SUNDAY READING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15504, 10 January 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

SUNDAY READING.

GOD'S STOREHOUSE. '4® m BT REV. HUBERT BROOKE. ■' is|f Oh how great is Thy goodness.' Thou hast laid up for them that fear Th#Ps. xxxi.. 19. Miff I want you to look into God's prories£ for making all that has been spoken st Keswick, real, practical, personal, -aril lasting. I know that some, here archil hanging about the door, not sure whetfe they are outside or inside. It was a ffljm sad last night to hear tome dear jofflt praying that they might kr.ow their site were forgiven, wlwn they had • thousands of people about them who could stand and testify that God had granted them fqrgfi| ness. Here, however, we have sometiiljj more than that; "Thy goodness . M laid up for them that fear Thee i . .:» wrought for them that trust ' in Thee* That is a picture of the Father's tr|m|| the store chamber iu the homo, to' wliioj: He has brought you; and I want voii f| enter it and to .bring with you a list|| your wants for there ,is enough. and || spare for all our wants, our difficulties, oar hindrances. It is "laid up" for f tta that fear Him, for He has prepared | long ago. None of it is stale; all is ; {reft and all valid. - Not one of you but cm 1

home with the rising conviction my aearts: In- my- ■ Father's . house therjv

bread enough and to spare for every need. ■ In- every well-ordered, storehouse Wj£& an inventory. , Many, 'of God's chfldreMW not get their wants supplied, because to do know that the supplies are written down in the Father'B>inveptorj;-.sute|iJj to'meke them full-grown Christians.^ M word "perfect," in ii Timothy mm weans full-grown, of, full stature; H wanting and nothing superfluous. what;* wonderful Christian life, with : - nptbrtg nuperfiuous and with nothing . lacking 1- j God's Inventory. :|u|H Now,the inventory. Where is it?. I bate a copy in my hand, arid Ho tells m it is an inventory. ' " All -Scripture « given by in spiration of God.";. .TJnWtakably read it like that. In every «g •* place where that form of sentence «cttt», thai form of translation is adopted,* jWM in to he deeply regretted that' the;, mm. left their ordinary custom here, in Tint, iii. 16-17. So lam going to follow, ordinary custom, and say* " All, ScnpjJß in given bv inspiration of God, and » m table.for" doctrine." . . J-'itWfm ■ We "have come here to learn th* doctr?» of holiness ax.d whole-heaytedness,.■anMw next thing we have to do is to learn a " reproof'—things to be topped off. us* a young treo that is planted, you, to<W lop off superfluities, and then fasten it « a strong stake for -growth.; W& wards comes-the "instruction inrighteossness," and the " correction," which AS W* pruning- and discinline which God has » giv3 to many of "His children - who:sM long known and loved Him. And tie, m come is this, "that, the i»n of ■■<*&ffl he perfect, throughly ■ furnished WW™. good works." It must he a pWjM storehouse,'and a largo inventory if it going to fit, out every man of Goa,\em child of God: fit them out so fcflg shall be throughly, furnished, Jtim wantingHor every good work He rMjB! pared for them to do. What a wondfßfc storehouse— child of God, UKiEH place all Steer the world, every neco M by the grace of God supplied! .&s£% 'You do' not wonder that you waßt<» long inventory. You. want it in the ma oi a concorca'nce; otherwise you would M find it. If von have. temptation, "T," and see what He Has prC'idcdl» temptations. Close by it you willl .»£ "trials," and a little further " troubl*So you can go on like that, whatever needs may ■ be. Here m. have ftfflM three thousand souls with different If we had 25,000 needs here to-wgW;-^ you suppose God's inventory of tA^\' is nod enough and to spare to »'«*',^jj ! all It is such a, supply that Ho-W»* I " Eve hath never seen, nor car-heajo,"^ I hath" it entered info the heart offWffi conceive." The most., wonderfully MP I native heart has never imagined JUffi&H j has written down clearly and plainly,''"**' every little child of «s can tike up;|l prove. - ! \) ' Enough and to Bpm..yw What wonderful proofs you bart'i") these days that the Spirit of God.oSW vet do von know there is not a single jfjjl thing of the Lord Jesus that Ws&s seen but it is a proof to you • that M Spirit of God is opening it oufc;tojM«« Let us have eyes opened, and heartvr*W? to take Him at His very word, and iM| go on comparing spiritual things ffft spiritual—lessons in one place a,ms»ys| lessens in another, until we begin itefjthat it is true. You are going outfit. place with blessing, and the xvholo fflm will wonder, because of the triumphconfidence that ycur Father's supply}?, enough and to spare "Ail tlungV*.J» yours, and ve are Christ's, and CftfWi God's." "He that seated not His.-® Bon . . . how shall He notwitkjs3| also freely give us all things!" j&H things," yes, God says it. , Thatis,« thing you can ever need is ~*||W in Christ Jesus, sinco you arc Christ s«* Christ is God's. ■■'mv£.

If you will stop outside the deor,'aMj Him'to forgive you, when He, on .«| part, asks you to take forgiveness, W wonder you do not know the fitoraM* and the" treasore-suppliee of tli»!.Wp| Why should there be ono soul go ft* this place continuing to ask fojsf|i| for the old sins! You would not W-M child to do that. Do you think you M joy to your Father, when. you 4 0il HMfl He has given you redemption tfcot'gfi, i blood of Christ, oven the foregivenesy sitiii? It is glorious to know ,m l 'M Father provided these thing? long - Wo needed. the bleed of Jesus;,to:e»fe our sins, but He was providod htyM Ho is. tho lamb slain befores»J|tf| lion of tho world. ' • ' YV^'?s