The New York herald., 1873-09-29

We are IN q crisis again. Oh that the blessing or
1851 might be also renewed, and that souls might
be won, strong ones, like Saul of Tarsus What
shall be done to bring forth another such revival
OF Gods work. The time would be most oppor-
tune now. Through the Evangelical Alliance,
thousands Of churches would be opened to pour
out that spiritual life over the whole earth,
"Knowing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out OF Sleep" We will speak OF An awaken
Ing of charity. The primary meaning OF the word
charity Is not that Of doing good to the poor and
sick. The fundamental idea, the root sense, is love
poured into our hearts by the Holy Ghost. 1t is
divine ne in our soul, heavenly name in our
hearts. 1t Is that
which characterized the early Christian Church,
when even the world was forced to exclaim,
anotherI' That love must be revived, and
with 1t all will be renovated. Our text
speaks Of state Of life, state Of death and
Between iSsS life and recall what you said Al the
death bed OF friend. AS long as life lasted there
as soon as the last breath was breahed ali was
quiet; death had supervened. Now man is spirit.
9ally dead; He Is alive indeed for TINS world put
Creator In His works; ne does not hear the voice
Of Christ; he does not have true feeling OF bis
sins; he increases the sum OF them continually,
and ut the time he believes himself worthy Of
heaven. This is spiritual death. Rut
we hear, we feel spiritually. we know then that
we were under condemnation, but that now Christ
God s our Father, and that our fellow men are cur
brethren. We isel towards them and for them as
u.s. 'e Sleep Breaks All All Ose On
tion with the outward world; imaginatton
alone rs active. But imagtnation, without
sometimes pleasant, sometimes rrightful. We have
sensation In our sleep, but no action. We remain
mOtl0ness on our couch THIS shows the nature
OF spiritual sleep. The sleeping Christian does not
see right nor does he feel and act right. He has
Christian snn habits and he Keeps EEL them or
time alter the engine has ceased working. Sleep
resembles death; 50 the sleeping Christian is IKE
penn Spiritual ne Is faith; faith s produced y
seved s9s aoy rse soul h' becomes spirit died sa Ss
be watchfal Natural sleep is necessity; not so
spiritual sleep. The strength of the body Is lin
tied; the strength OF the spiritual life is the Holy
Ghost, and 1t Is unlimited. Let US look up to Him
new strength. The division OF day and night
shows that God has intended sleep spiritually
THE NIGHT OF DEATH AND SIN.
There was only one day. the day Of light and OF the
glorious sun Of righteousness. 1T Is high time to
was surely not then time to sleep Neither is It
anDeiIes worldness, "i superstition. 's Our work
Is great.nothinG less than the evan evan
Z IS Ssn timeS We ask our fse Servants to wake
us up for train, steamer and when we hear this
word, lit Is time" we shake on sleep; we awake
at once; ana we go about our duty. The soldier,
tace to face with the enemy, prepares at once for
the battle; he takes his arms and puts himself in
line the instant the signal Is given. God tells
us that it Is high time to awake.
Shall we not hear His voice Saliva
ton is nearer now than we believed
Salvation here means eternal blessedness. How
powerful should this motive be. The day Is lar
spent; our sands are ebbing. How much good we
have neglected to do which now cannot be done at
all. Let US redeem the time that remains. What
1s 1t to wake upi We awake when we see our
inndelity, when we are ashamed OF our
past lie OF idleness and unfathfulncss,
when we begin to pray more earnestly.
meetings Of Fulton street, We wake up when we
bring sacrifice to our God; when we break down
our idols; when we devote ourselves indeed to our
Masters service. Then only, when life has
become lie OF sacrifice and action have we truly
awakened. May God wake US nightly, even as he
woke Lazarus May He grant us new pardon, new
peace, new assurance oil His grace.