The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-08-20


it, the atoneinent made.-
Jesus gathered around Him the seventy"
az Al IL power in heaven and on earth lS given
unto you. Go preach" II apenitent came TO
them. what could they says All, what can we
saw Let us gather around him now. The
tears begin to flew. We can say, brother,
Jesus died for you; He loves you; look TO
Him. Sing, now: any of You can sing
There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emanuel's veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
Faith begins to take hold. Sing again:
"Ere since by Faith, l saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeening love has been my theme,
And shall he till die"
Sing on now, TO your souls great joy; for
you cuTI sing. Jesus has made the aIonement
that you might rejoice. Sing then:
Bring that joyful promise TO this penitents s
heart, which the seventy could not bring.
You are coming 10 him now With the story of
The Cross: bring consolation, unknown To the
"Seyenty." Listen 10 tie one Hundred, when
they shall be assembled here. They will
preach of unseaTchable glorieS. They go To
support the weak. and accomplish greater
works than were any of the material miracles
of our Savior TO, again, with the .'Seyenty:r
remember, as they had not, We have the Holy
Ghost-encouraging, lifting. cleansing sup
porting us. Peter, before the gift, was not rs
Peter after the gift of the Holy Ghost. See the
world as il then was and a il now is.
The great work which the members of this
conference here assemble to forward has been
going on since the day cfthe 70. What are the
results of Christian achievement? Under
Christ's laws greater works have been accom-
pliShed than if we could have reproduced the
like of His works and personal achievements !;
because. until these laws govern "A people
they are barbarianS, and when these laws do
govern them they become civiliZed,-the wild
tame; the raging, calm. These laws repro
duce the Lords power of civilization, and do
to the world what He did to the blind, lame
and the dying who were brought to Him.
These laws rule, govern, and direct Christian
lty, Christianity climbs mountains, goes with
ARMIES. dwells among the dead and dying on
battle-1ieldS and in hospitals enters the how
els of the poor, pleads for the oppressed, visits
tIe detected, gives Joy to The sori owful, seeks
man everywhere and makes him better and
happier; gives a new manhood, with ability TO
do greater things than Christ did when He
opened the eyes of the blind, or bade the dead
take up his bed ami walk. Christianity may
not do just what Christ did; but. civiliZing
man, and developing all the nohlcr faculties
of his nature, she teaches him to prolong his
daVs. and to surround himself with real COM
forts, and To avoid those things which destroy
life or render it burden She teaches him
that his own enjoyment Is the happiness OF
Others, and, taught thus. man, through simple
love of doing good, searches nature for healing
elements, builds charities, lightens the load OF
the oppressed. and i'll act and deed initiates
Deity. Christianity is the good Samaritan OF
the world. Christ gave the law in perfection.
The law babe man do these things Christ
gave the authority TO go forth and do these
Bile us to do these works, and to-day in every
land stand visible monuments OF Christian
triumphS.
The material miracles were not, while moral
miracles are, reproduced Christ healed the
but the paralytic cured, could heal
no other. SO with all the others i'll whose IA
vor He interposed ana cured they could not,
in their turn, heal Others. Whatever | accom-
plish in the moral world Will go on increasing
when / am dead and gone.
They say Wesley il dead. Is il true? Who
hi 10, thrIS 81 &c G.lfn tf4.i
working silently at home, unseen and uns
known of men, gave him lessons which
she held in trust through Christ. And is
Charles Wesley dead: They are singing all
over this broad land,
Jesus, lover Of my soul" sc.
Charles Wesley is there.
.He breaks the power of sim"
Charles is there. Dead, is he: No, He is
reproduced in millions of hearts, and lives,
and will live through all time.
That patient Christian mother of his knew
not what she was giving when she lead him To
Christ. He struck the harp, whose tones will
be heard down through the ages to come. And
Charles Wesley's mother is singing, and Will
sing through him and his
.sThou of life the fountain art
Freely let me take of thee;
Spring, thou, up within my heart,
Rise TO all eternity"
/ remember seeing a boy, about twenty years
ago, in a church, weep ;ls though his heart
W, 'uld break Poor. he was, and ragged.
said TO him-''Don't you want 10 come 10 Je-
sus:" Yes" he replied; Yes l have no
one TO teach me. My father and mother are
dead" talked with him. giving such conso-
lation as | could. | kEelt at the throne of
grace and earnestly prayed with him, ming
ling my tears with his. Jesus heard our pray
ers, and spoke his ransomed soul at liberty
Soon after, We separated. Leagues have inter
vened between US since, and unbroken silence.
Long years passed away. Last fall went to
conference, and among tire preachers there,
stood up one who said that had led him TO
Christ. L can not describe what | felt then
words can not express it; but that thrill of JOY
which took possession of my soul will never
cease. L said then;-I know not whether
shall ever accomplish any thing in my life,
or whether / have yet accomplished any
thing; still, when am dead, and the names
of me and my pOsterity are blOtted fiom the
rolls of time, my words, spoken to this poor
one, when he was IA poor, seli-condemned,
sinner, will, through his plead
ing. and those whom he and his followers
called to Christ, shall go sweeping down
down-down-throughu unborn ages.
q, tell me not Of the grandeur and glory OF
of garments rolled in blood Tell Inc not of
decking the warriors brow-cover-
ed DER with orphans tears. Ihese all pale IN
as time sweeps on il viii spring up in golden
harvests. Then let us labor in the great vine
yard of our Lord. Let us do all we can, tho
we travel from place TO place-though our
walks be humble, let us work for God. We
shall receive our reward.
Zen though they forget the singer,
They will not forget the song"
In your house you have poor, blind girl !!
God pity the blind! How your heart yearns
TO relieve her, and yet you cannot help her
"Oh papa, Oh mother, why can't sees" You
can not give her sight. You can not reveal TO
her the beauties of nature. You can not lift
the vail, that she may look up and even
see your own face. But you can bid her
look where the blind can see. You can teach
her to lift the veil, and, with the telescope of
faith. contemplate the beauties of the heav-
eniy world.
You can not heal the withered arm You
can not bid IL be put forth as Christ did but
you can do more. You can teach him 10 reach
out with the other and grasp God. You can
teach the souls AIMS to clasp the Almighty
To hold the INFINITE God until He saws ..rhy
name shall be called Israel" We may not
With Gods lightning, snite the temple oi
Dagon, but We can use weapons mighty 10
cast down the strongholds. We may lead iD,-
Tgild,iOa captive 10 Christ.
The sea of Galiiee was boisterous; at His
it bacam calm. He cured the tree
i withered. He called the dead Ia life but
heir eyes grew dark again iE death, and they
passed from earth forever. But mind and
heart never die. They shall live when the sun
IS blotted out, and the stars have faded from
the heavens, and the good that Christians do
will endure with them. So if | have ever
led, even an humble child to Christ have
lone a work that will last when the heavens
are rolled together rs n scroll. Go to POM
peii. View the glorious touches of the paint
er's pencil These shall yet fade. But the
touches of holy love shall never fade but
yrOW brighter and brighter as ages roll away |
Look up to the heavens TO see the fruits of
Christian achievement They are gemmed
with souls purchased with the blood of Christ |
Lit up your eyes!
An artist, when employed in finishing a |
grand cathedral, after lie had painted the va
'ious figures upon the wall, arches and dome,
hrew, as by magic, a halo of mist over the l
thole that hid his work for a time. But as
Tou look upon it, and the gaze becomes set /;
led and fixed, one by one figures and faces
anne out, till a throng, beautiful and grand. |
,f angei-faces, gazes down upon you, from
So as We look up to the starry dome above, |
We see angel-eyes beaming with love for us, |
We know that it is in our power. not
,nly to place ourselves there among that re- |
ieemed throng, but in the power Christ gave
Is to bring 10 life those dead in sin and raise /
hem to a canopied seat at Gods right hand, |
iothe them in garments whose beauty shall /
lever pale, inspire them with joys increasing /
brewer And this we do by the power he gave
Is when he said, 'Go forth and preach" In |
he breadth OF the work, We exceed that of the
oul, when / think of being called a worker
or Christ-a soldier in His vast army of he
oeS.
L once knew a yonng girl lost in sin. Ipray-
d for her through many years. / conversed /
With her, and used all the means in my power |
o bring her 10 Christ. She was conYerted.-I
Ifterwards, fifteen miles she walked, alone
nd unattended, to visit Sunday School,
he came hack, pleased and inspired. and /
pened up small school in her fathers kitch-
IA. The school prospered, and, after few
5eeks, the kitchen became too SMALL
Father" said she, ''Ill build a church if you
i've me the ground" There was a beautiful
noll, surrounded by tall naples, just where
he road curved. "Pll give you an acre there"
aid he.
Neighbors gathered together, hewed out the
uncheons for foers, rived the shingles, and
Don a chapel was built and dedicated TO God.
was not there when it was dedicated. My
olleague officiated at the ceremonies, and the
title log church, with its backless seats, iTS