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knowledge of Ood which many pro
fearing Christians hove ia derived
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fo'te; public opinion and many
feioaooM keep them from net-
m what is fn their hearts. If
rirxinti which are placed upon
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ittwd td exhibit their true na
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pharaoh*Heart was not in any
(fed is able Co destroy hia SttU-
He banished fallen iugAs
Ih presence sod glory ; and so
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lose time in yonr spiritual course;
in short, walk hand in hand with
God through life (os a little child
walks hand in hand with its father
over some dangerous and thorny
fe fetor, that moment the heart
«d theHfcenr
eats would cease to low. It ia easy
neagh to aee why the righteoos
ft* They aro God’s own children,
iri, wfefeaU their imperfection*,
they are loving and serving him;
mi thric feaatae and liven aonedn
jtetafe bstamlif more in aonand
to pray as to live in
through faith {Acts xv). If we
or hoxqb,
Bai Farr for tl
(L) God lets impenitent mn live
hr their own taken He wants them
to come to the knowledge of the
hath. Christ says in hia word:
•done to me all ye that are heavy
laden, sad 1 will give you rest. Ho
every one that tkirsteth come; ye
dial have no money, come buy wine
m\ milk without mooey ami without
price.” Every day and every hoar
iriug* opportunities which, if rightly
improved, would insure the salvation
of their souls. God moves upon the
heart by his ministers, his Spirit, hia
people, his providences. He pieces
before it funeral processions, open
graves and open Bibles; in a thou
mad ways God is calling to men to
tern and live, that they may Anally
feed the heavenly voice; thus they
are suffered to live on the earth.
(2.) For the purpose or sake of bis
people God lets sinners live. Their
presence here helps to make the
vorkl a place of discipline for the
people of the most high God. The
^position which they make to God
and his people is fer the good of the
htter, by developing the noblest
powers of their renewed natures.
Ewy remind ns of the rock wheuee
** were hewn, end of the bole of the
ph whence we were digger]. The
mxieties and solicitude wbicb they
•ferish for impenitent friends, and
tot a world lying in sin, does much to
which the petitioner* approach God,
and the oouAdenoe with which they
expect an answer. As we read we
aro aauumd and hesitate to follow,
nod yet they are inspired and ap
proved examples for us. They show
that the words of owr Lord, “Ask
what ye will,* are to bn taken in
their fullest meaning. Not simply
for Hie supply of our wants may we
nek, bat for the talAllmeoi of the
highest desires of the soul and the
gift of what we can neither oompre
heed nor define, but for which the
eanfou, te sadly out of sharanSer m
feeding the prayvrs of a cuugregn
tfeu.
for earthly moralities, however tm
portaet, is blindly preferring thu
body to the soet, the thing* of time
to the reetttM* of eternity, the few*
of men to rife commands of God.
And then the only sure wny to sere re
the complete fulfillment of all earthly
duties is to bring the soul under the
control of God’s holy few, and life
the preacher mast strive te neeem
plimh by urging the sanctions of
that law and the motives of the
gospel, and then all earthly movali
ties will sorely follow.
But will not doctrinal preaching
plfeity than In prayer And them
ahoald be rarisKy aa In preaching, as
(hero always will ha If appropriate
to the sahfest and oaeeafen. Thera
wm alia ha rsmparatlvs Warily hi
prayers if governed by this role.—
r*the*KWHS, which la moving In the
right direct l es—toward positive,
Km literal, evaacrikml Christian itv.
—fiyfep IMferf, D. f)., is the lnde
spiritual life. Not simply according
to our asking, but fer more exceed
ingly above all that we cun ask or
think does God giro. Not by onr
need are we limited, but only by the
riches of Godte grace and his power
to enlarge oar capacities and to fill
them with himself. Thus the apos
tle prays the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ that hie Ephesian
brethren may be Ailed “with all the
full ness of God.*
These prayers sbow as, also, with
what bold sees we may come to Hie
throne of grace. David, penitent,
promote and trembling, cries to
and the thoughtless who nerd Its
ministrations, and leave the shnroh
n mam of dead orthodoxy f Wilt A
nOk if P* *700 v.|00|| |00IXIlg, f* f X<J F1n^f ,,
de von t emotion, end prevent ex ten
rive revivals Y The eery opposite.
M t am only e poor tramp." he arid,
“but I'm dreadfully sick and dfe-
tresesd j may I ait by year Ate I*
* "Sick and diatrised V* fife hud
her brother oust bass hi a South
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Gad, and If Ha only abalt then serve."
This in always (ted* order; true
worship followed by lowly service.
And thn nnrvlre which he delights
In Is the ontAow of e gfei and grate
is the agency Ood earn te wake np
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suit in mighty and feeling revivals.
This preaching shook Europe under
Lather tad Koox and Whitedeid;
onr fend under Edwards end Nettle
ton and Grt®n In pnat years j and
the great awakenings that, an a tidal
wave, are sweeping onr disrobes
machine,
preys, te the foil confidence of one
who known his Father’s loro Moses
eaters the cloud and talks with God
“feoe te fees, ae a man with bn
friend.” Paul prays aa one who has
been In the “third heavens.” Nor ia
there hi this slight of irreverence or
presumption. With all humility in
their boldness the petitioners stand
before God in their son ship, and
know they do not intrude upon n
What could she do 1 Ifev nest dear
neighbor, a half mile away though It
feh>g the hearts of Christians tute
sympathy with him whose tears
Awed over the inhabitants of Jern-
wtem, to whom he said: “O Jerusa
lem, Jerusalem, thou that kiliest the
Popbets, and tannest them which
«e mot onto thee, how oftcu would
1 fees gathered thy children togeth
BEOATtfAT,
Cities of *fe
earing in proportion as they aro
prodneed by and founded apon the
vital doetrioee of God* word. Wit
ness the smasiog work of grace In
progress ia the staid oM city of
Edinburgh.
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great things, bat they know that
they ask of a great God who has
illimitable riohee for Ms pnople. they
come aa accepted in the Beloved,
and Msfewfiy plead bin merits and
hia promiatt. mt ' “ ^ ^ ‘
U ii riao to bo observed that at
toeir ingnfst point man prayers ul
aaoo^ a ooaxcaosi dcrire to know
and enjoy God. w For this David
thirsted. It waa the one supreme
preachiog. The Iwlaibur^ij te n » .•; <»
are not afraid to prea. h doctrine,
and what la called ‘hard doctrine.
They have not felled to declare the
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still. There is no coaru^g puupi«
to church with sensational subject!;
no offering of sugar plam preaching,
very iituc nortn rnetoric; no isn
truth in Christ Jesus. And what is
the result f Oo Sundays in Edlo
burgh the streets at service hour,
vets™*
[vclgfs
V« AfOl'S
three times a day, are crowded as
onr streets on Fonrth of duly. The
feet stroke of the bell and the strosta
arena deserted aa midaigbt. These
mighty throngs have JMl into the
house of God to hear ‘sound doe-
trine.’” '** ‘ ^ P‘ ,
And thousands am ooming to
Christ under that prenehiag of the
cross, which is the very “power of
God”—American Jfmsrwfsr.
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Meat.! of bemositltig out IfanDcs* and
wknmn, we should delight our
staves in Christ; sad strong to the
Lord, and te tbs power of his might,
we Should be ready and able to do
his wtt, is ran with patience, or to
|)||f' 1 draughts, and watched him
through the sight Days asta sights
same sad went, end still he was
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