Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-08-02
witness that God can and does purify us and
give his riches for our property, aud his glory

witness that God can and does purify us and
give his riches for our property, and his glory
for our shame.
ID, There is also blending power in the cross.
Opposite natures are brought together by 1t;
those who were once enemies are madefFiends
the old had q heart given them TO mingie with
The young. and the young a heart to minele
with the old opposite nationalities were
brought into a common level in one house
aud ali kindreds, castes aud coicrs were mace
'!one III Christ.
4,b. The cross had also 4 developing power
over the intellect. The intellect. once rude,
becomes a Jewel, a diamond Of the priest
Kind. Thus The spirit took Dir. Adam Clark
while his intellect was rude, and developed il
into that ofa most pc, fee, christian man; and
the mass OF profound and valuable knowledge
contained in his mastery commentary was
! evidence enough of the kind and extent Of the
training the spirit gave him. The cross was
eminently fitted to bring out oil there " IN q
man. Ill rave also d benevolent heart. Wesley
was an example Of this. Ii gave the missions
airy spirit to i,r. Cooke whose body now Hes
i'm lie Indian ocean. Some one had SAID that
a man heart never was converted unless his
pocket was MISC. Grace Influenced not only
the heart bul the purse TOO. ltteok tins grace
10 ueteI0p the nome NbitHcNu, anu
made the true pulpit orator.
And in the 9Th place; The cross gives all
con1uering power. "Wc can do all things
through Chris, helping us" God supplied all
the implements OF our warfare. II gives the
power by which christians have rcfuscd the
doctrineso of infdelity, and given many OF them
fortituac to die at the stake. 1t overcaine all
difficulties aud was aptiy illustrated by ''Sher-
mans march to the sea-" 1t gave power 10
successfully assault all the Notifications of
hell, and finally to conquer. Then why should
any fear. And finally it gave the victory over
the las. great enemy death.
A collection amounting TO nearly fourteen
dollars was then aiken up, aud while the choir
sang tie hymn
Jesus we thus obey,
Thy last and kindest word, Sc IL
those not remaining as commuicants retired.
The congregation was large and listened With
delighted attention.
In the 2. NJ. the S. 5. was attended by 60
male and 50 female pupils, - teachers, Wis
itos and 8 officers, making a total attend
ance Of IA. Addresses were delivered TO the
school by Elder Freer, and Rev. Mr.. Sherman.
a. iiE 4 rSb !LhIa SalSnSu,
There vas no sermon in a. m, on account of
Rev. Mr.. Martyr being at luka. s.. S. was
held at the usual hour with the attendance OF
81 pu, lis. : teachers and > officers. We could
gagement TO attend at the organization Of q
Sabbath School at Iuia.
After singing the hymn "Stanl up my soul
shake of thy fears, &c," the sermon was de-
liyered by Rev. Mr.. Martyr from the Sd, chap.
and 2fst verse OF Revelations. aTo him that
ovcrcomstli will I grant to 81, with me in my
throne. even as l also overcame, and am set
down with my Father in his thone.'
For lack Of space we must give only a very
brief outline. The speaker said:
1t was rue that nothing valuable was at
tanned without labor and patience. This was
true, rs a general rule, in the acquisition of
wealth. and prominently true in the ~acquisi-
ton Of human knowledge, so that there SEEM
ed 10 be d fixed law. imposing earnest and
constant eNertion to attain anything valuable.
Nor was religion an exception, except. per-
haps, IN this, that there was a greater likeli.
hood of success in the department Of grace
than in angotIIer. But success in anything
presnpposel something to he overcome; and.
Isl, what were those obstacles There was a
trinity OF them, viz: innate depraviiy; outer
influences; and old corruption r~cinging in our
nature.
ID, The Ground of assurance that the chris
tan would finally overcome. God had begun
a work in Ike sonl and he would surely COM
riete il. Christ had also ovtreeme and was
set down with his Father on his throne: and
not only so. but be was there as an interccssor
and representative tor his people.
3dly, TIE means 10 be used IN order that
we might overcome, rs no END could De gained
without the use Of means. And finally: When
the victory i attained. The christians whole
life was a series Of Victories, bur death and
the resurrection were tile grand eonsammation
of his victories. From these il was inferred
that the christian has something worth living
for, and tIat Heaven would not fail to howard
him fer al his tolls privaiions and hardships.
Closed by singing Am | a soldier Of the
cross, &c.
FRoM TIE Coz, REGATIoNAL CauRcH,
we have a few notes, kindly furnished us by
Judge Graham. Sermon in tive a. m, at I0a
o'clock by Rev. P. Brakeman from Galatians
9th chap. and 10th verse: "As We have there
fore opportunity, let us DO good unto all men,
Sabbath School at . p. Ia. With an attendance
of abon, 40 pupils.
Service again in the evening with sermon
from Ecciesiastes. Oh, chap. 1871. verse. But
one sinner destfoyeth much good !
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