angels." By seeing and knowing the evil there is in us, we are to be cured of it. Herein we see that what appears evil can become the means of greater ultimate good. Herein we see the infinite love of the Father penetrating into the griefs, woes, and wrongs of life. Thus shall anguish and remorse prepare the way for blessings. Thus shall the dark background of human depravity be transfigured and transformed by the divine radiance of truth. Thus shall men be brought to repentance and life, and at last every knee bow to the divine truth, and God become the all in all. XIII. EVERY "NOW" THE DAY OF SALVATION. I SUPPOSE we have all heard earnest sermons preached, the object of which was to prove the importance of the particular "now" in which we then chanced to be. "It is the end of the year," said the preacher; "perhaps we shall never see another year. Now is the only time we have for repentance." Or perhaps he said, "You are now serious; you now feel the importance of a religious life; this may be the last time God may move your heart. Begin, therefore, to obey and love him now." Or he may have said, if he were a revival preacher, "This season of religious awakening is possibly your only opportunity. Use it now." It was this particular now which was the day of salvation. But let us go further, and consider a larger doctrine concerning "the now." Not any particular "now," but all "nows," are days of salvation. Every now; now everywhere; now always, is the important moment. All that is interesting and vital is concentrated in the present hour. Not by dwelling |