wer, for more of his
grace, that they may be more deeply fortified in the life divine. The
slight victories of the evil one become slighter and less frequent. The
individual thus increases in faith, in humility, in gentleness, in
kindness, in love according to the additions required to make our calling
and election sure. 2 Pet. 1. By giving diligence the soul ere long will
gain such power in God as to authoritatively command the perfect obedience
of every member of the physical being. The body will be kept under
subjection and every member used as an instrument of righteousness unto
God.

Any diseased condition of the outward man is an advantage to Satan.
Shattered nerves strengthen his temptations to impatience and
discouragements. That Satan may have no advantage over us, God in his plan
of redemption made provision for the healing of the body. If the soul
through prosperity or otherwise becomes slothful, disease may be permitted
to attack the body, or other afflictions may come to awaken to greater
watchfulness. To become more hasty of speech, to become less grave, to
become less humble and meek, less patient, is to be correspondingly losing
the power of God, and is called backsliding. There are those to-day who
have been claiming to be sanctified for some years, and they are no more
patient nor sober-minded nor sound in speech, no more humble, nor have
more faith than they had the first year of their experience. In all
probability they are backslidden and have naught but an empty form. By
diligence, careful watching and incessant prayer, the soul can reign
triumphant. Every look, every action, every word, and thought will be
under the direct influence of the divine life, and soul, body, and spirit
be preserved blameless until the coming of the Lord.

We wish to give in parallel columns nine scriptures, describing man raised
to the plane of justification, and nine describing the state of the wholly
sanctified. Also a few texts expressing God's will to the sinner, and
parallel texts to the justified. And in conclusion a few texts showing the
provisions God has made for the justification of the sinner and the
sanctification of the justified.

State Of The Justified. State Of The Sanctified.

1. _In Christ._ "For we are his 1. _Perfect in Christ._ "Whom we
workmanship, created in Christ preach, warning every man, and
Jesus unto good works, which God teaching every man in all wisdom;
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