The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-02-08
VOLUME 24-NUMBER II
God Must Have ALI.


Many persons under conviction for
sin would come into peace sooner if
! submission was made sooner. They
are sticking for terms. He must have
I It all and now. Immediate, entire,
unconditional surrender, is what he
asks for. If it We're granted, how
much shorter the road to peace would
/ be.
We have a case in mind illustrate
ing this point
In a strange congregation we were
preaching to, one Sabbath, there was
one who felt the trIth very keenly.
She came to the evening meeting un-
der conviction, tried 70 90 away, did
walk off little distance, but came
back in great emotion, and took her
scat again in the vestry for religious
conversation. We urged her to pray,
She felt too wicked to pray, vet en-
gagged to do so, and went home. The
very next morning that friend met Us
before leaving the place. She had be-
gun 70 rejoice in a new experience.
and a sunshine was in her face. 1t
was real sunshine, too, glory from the
shining Of the Sun of Righteousness.
Several years have slipped by since
then, and that soul has trusted ever
since without doubt. The experience
of the night, though, was instructive.
She did go home to pray, but it was
only treating with the Almighty for
terms. Sne could not give up the
fancied pleasures Of life. She could
not withdraw from the line OF rebel
entertainments, aud yield every
thing. Division, and not surrender
was in her mind. She thought she
would go to sleep, but God was going
TO let her sleepOn truce ground, where
she was deciding for eternity. All
night she was sending commission
ers to the throne Of the Almighty to
treat for terms. At last, toward morn
ing, she sent in an entire surrender.
Everything went, plans, pleasures,
earthly friends. Everything came,
pardon, peace, eternal life. And in
the long streamers of light thrown up
into the morning sky, she saw only
the lifting of a multitude of banners
of rejoicing.
He must have all.
But why should not hundreds and |
thousands of Others now under con-
yicLiOn, have as speedy peace just in |
a night OF day? Why this lingering |
in wretehedness? How much of it can |
be explained by this unwillingness to |
yield up all ? They want to keep a few
wrong habits, this pet sin, that world
ly pleasure, or their side of the line. /
As Christian workers, we need to pro- /
claim it more emphatically, HPne /
Lord must have all, and have iC now"
Some one may be reading this who
is under conviction of sin. Is there /
anything kept back Are you striking
for an armistice, time in which to
effect q settlement? ? /
You never can have peace on such 1
terms. God must have all and now.
| beseech you to examine yourself. 1t
may be some little thing that keeps
you out of peace.
Remember that ship, in order TO
ground need only to catch in some
one place. There she HANGS. The /
boats are out, bnt the men can not
draw her of. The sails swell with |
the wind, but they do not start her
She is not aground along the whole
length of her keel. Sne has only |
caught in one place, and yet as effect
ually as if laid upon a sand bank like
a toy ship on a shelf. There she
must hang till fuller tide shall tiOat
her off. Dear friend, you are catch
ing at some one thing and it IS just
as damaging as if you were holding
on TO everything. 1t is only a fuller
that will set you adrifU. /
-RsU. E. 4. Rand.