The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-05-04
BY nEv. rnro. b. crYLEn.

Tho outlook from that summit carried the
eve from Lebanon. with its diadcm of gilt
tcring-ice southwark ~ the sHvory mirror
of Genncsaret; but il was aot that vision
oCnatural beauty that the dicplc1 looked
at chiefly; they saw Josu3 only" Two il.
mstrious prophets. Mjsos aud Elijah, had
Just made their miraculous appearance on
tie top Of tho mount but neither OF these
mighty men appeared any longer to the
disciples view they saw NO mon save
Jesus Saiy."
M this expression we find the clue TO-
the power Of apostolic prcuching. That
solitary figure on the mount became the
central figure to the eyes aud hoartS of the
apostles. One Person occupied their
thoughts one Person filled all their most
effective disconrscs. It was no such he
ncvolent oharlatnn az poor Rendri has lately
attempted to portray; it was the omnipo.
tent and holy Son of Cod. They saw IN
I him "God manifest in the ncsh;" they saw
in him an Infinite Redoemcr, II divine mod
cl, an over living inlercessor and friend.
| And they saw no one save Jesus only.
Paul gave utterance 10 tho heart OF the
whole apostolic brotherhood when lie said,
| 81 dolcrmined,to know nothing among you
save Jesus Christ aud him crucilied." Has
! not this been the key note to the best ser
mons OF tho best ministers ever since
Is not that the most powerful sermon that
! is the most luminous with Christi Dc.
pend upon II that the pulpit the Sabbath
| School aud tho volume which God hOnors
I with the richest success are those which
! present mo man save Jesus only."
| Here, too, is clue to tho best method of
dealing with awakened and inquiring hearts.
! We are to prone to send the unconverted
| a.. 10.
books, or to listening to some popular 30.
anerges. The experiences of many n
troubled inquirer have been somewhat like
those of the womail to whom a faithful
minister once said:
"IIave you been in the habit of attend
ing church 2"
"Ycs, | have been TO every church in
town; but the little comfort | get soon
goes away again, and leaves me as bad rs
before"
'Do you road the Bible ut home ?"
'Sir, am always reading the Bible;
sometimes get little comfort, but il
soon leaves me as wretche d as ever"
Have you prayed for pcace?"
"Oh! sir, am praying all the day long;
sometimes get II little peace after pray
ing, but soon lose it,, ! am miserable
| woman"
Now, madam, when you went to church.
or prayed, or read your Bible, did you re-
ly on these means to give you comiort3"
81 think did"
"ro whom did you pray?"
ITO God, siri to whom else should
prays"
Nov, read this verse, come unto me
and will give you rest Jesus said this
llavo you gone to jesus for restp"
| Tho lnRv lnolso1 n,nagnI nnd tnara ,vnIlnI
mp into her eyes. Light burst in upon hcl
heart, like unto the light that flooded Mount
; lIermon on tho traniguration morn. Ev-
orything else that she had been looking al
church. Bible, mercy seat and miNister--
all disappeared, aud to her wondering, be
, Lowing eyes there remained no man save
Jesus only She was liberated from years
of bondage on tho spot. Tho scales iel
from her eyes, and the spiritual fetter,
from her soul. Jesus only could do tina
work of delivcrancc, but he did not do i
, until she looked to him alone.
This incident--whioh has been given at
length in one of tho American Tract Socio
, tvs narratives reached us during the
first years of our ministry. With thi'
"open secret" in our hand, we approached
> the first Roman Catholic that ever ATTENDED
upon our preaching lIo had turned hi,
troubled eye for long time to the Holy
Virgin and to sainted martyrs in the calcn
dar. lie had been often to priest neve
to n Saviour. We set before him Jesus only
lie looked up and saw tho Lamb of Goo
that tnNcth away the sin of the world
"My RomiSh Mother said ho to us, "woul,
burn up my Bible ii she knew had one il
my house." But she could not burn ou
the blessed Jesus from his emanoipated ant
} hppDY heart
\ Next we took this simple revelation to,i
= poor invalid of threescore and ten. Hi
: sight was falling, and the vision of hi
mind was as blurred and din as tho vision
OF his body. We set before him, in on
Q poor way, Jesus only. Tho old man coul,
hardly see the little grandchild who rea,
! aloud to him But he could see Jesus witt
the eye OF faith. The patriarch who ha,
1 hardened undor seventy years of sin he
!. came a little child. The skcpticism of
|. lifetime vanished when the lIoly Spirit re
+, voaled TO his searching, yearning look tn
il divine form Qi n Saviour crucited.
/. We never forgot those lessons learned il
r our ministerial boyhood. From that tim
+ to this, we have found that the only sur
Il way of bringing light and peace to nm aax
: ious inquirer is to direct them away iron
5 thcmseVcs--awOy from ritualites and ate
i reotyped lorms-away from agencies O
every kind-awny from everything say
. Jesus only. John the baptist held tho es
sence OF the Gospel ON his tongue when h
cried out, "Bchold the Lamb of God VIII
taketh away the sin Of the world" NJ
, anxious friend, he assured that you neve
Will find pardon for the past aud hope TO
[ the iuturo You never will know how l.
/ live, or DO prepared TO diei until you lool
/. to jesus oNiI
Q Here isO hint too for despondng Chris
: tlans. You are harassed with doubts
Without are ttghtings, and within are fears
5 Whyg Because you have tried 10 live OF
. frames aud feelings, and they ebb and ioy
!, hike the sea-tido, Sou have rested on pas
, experiences and not on present Saviour
]. You looked TO yourself too much, and no
I to him who is made 20 you righteousness
aud full redemption, DO You long for light
peace, strength, assurance aud 10y?
al When the godly-mtnded Olphant was o,
his dying bed, they read to him that beau
) tiful passage in the seventh chapter o
Revelations, "And God shall wipe away al
9 tears from their eyes" (It is the passag,
{ which poor Burns could never read with
! dry eye9 The old man exclaimed, "Per
haps that is 50. Tho Bible tells mo tha
there is no weeping in nheaven; but know
h J shall cry she first time see my Saviour !
n lie was right. The 6rst object that woul,
r enchaan his view IN entering tho gates o
: glory, would not be the iewcled walls. o
: the Shining ranks Of tho scraphim |