, 1873-01-20
THE "BAPTiSM OF FIRE"
Sermon by Rev. DIR. Goodwin to
His Burnt-Out Con-
grcgnti0l.
q Courageous View of the Situation
---The Things Which Wore
Not Burned.

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nart;nn ,xaro rasa fro1n +,o r,ators ~ TIM pII.
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G,',ro, - n,ora,.nd tha prosh.torinn nhnrol,
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pros,,rtor,",, m nhnroh - poor;a. rom thu non-
.,rana t,c,,a1 nn,,ro1, ~ soudna1,v md f,om Dov
r. Ss0 nar-,aa o ~ 1ro1,no NJ 'rho roai,inr of
t. ttaso ' nnial,oa NV nTr Goodw;n nrocco7od
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nn, ta.t a,'o',o,, rrop Aha aoco, rsn,s+,a n +,o
oox,,+,,;nns Az, ,,,nrta, commencing NJ t}o
eovonth vorao INIT ro fsro t1a trans,,rc. oto.
T,,;a aid IN ,,stor 10 . nict,ra NJ Tho co.ta
- d;.non,;r1 +io noane1 ,vhich. not,vithstnnd-
;na IT, ,oT,ot,o1, r. r,,,,,na giving n,0bt
md hoa-;nr 1,fo and hroath il nat to bo on
9ovod Int ea ,ccomnonic1 with coHta. 5uat in
nronort,on to tho dov6tjon Of a mans life to
God thu h,owa fall thicker md faster, and tic
man WIN ia most weldod to Christ IL tho most
aa. sas, s-s 4.n1,d ,,nor;r,r, o,out T., lin
cast Gown auo ttou'ioo' ount4hs aoous ~ n'1'
the dying OF Chrlst'-hlmsef l'Vlns cruoinS-
work of Tim aospo1 that church muet accopt as
Nun ~ W. 'n r. .;",, ~ nro and ~ ,,at
.. noonn'o' a,loN 80 oas'.'1 ~ , ~ w 49, 'ss
its proportion OF auiet1ng VAL oo tne 'noasato
all good blossoms and benrs fruit.
r. ~, ~ oro.t ,;voa ~ uaoy,,nosa thcra 1oa hmm
ta,4ia., a. sAes ~ aosta sna ~ a11 +ha eaos ovorv
paptlstn OF coA1s, anu !" an 'no asoa u'oty
with Paul, 80 with other faithful followers of
Jesus. Ono Nuns llf0 H.. is the tho nfa M Of al, and
man h1e Ii 1yp,oal VI tno nle VI sno onuton'
never snceosetu was INC onufoa OF 1oa 10 "non'
under niliction and trouble, Its people were
~ IN c,oc, or 80 cTond in thu rnnrch at its
.on,t S', 80 .sou ,,ddon oxav ~ IN tho % fastnoaaas
snouen1, 10 "hon nuaon ."Ay @ ~ 'no las.uesaos s
to escape persecution. We stand in tho limo
Of that experience troubled, porploxod, tho
tonin1o 1,;a ,ov tho wealth that woa ootborod
.vnto .Io ~ .o"I ~ ,s;.,. "en :. suinaa
up sono al s1noho ~ hhine,o uBh'. ~ s'salAoA
that we aro in tho limo OF tho true conservation;
aud that this shall bo an hour Of tho highest OK
porionco Of Gods presence. The Church that
hoa ,,ovor nrowr auch trouh1aa cor al,o,v b,t
uAo 4., "o'e- 4Ao'A -, r1'u.4l,. - s' NV
little progress IN ohriste work. Wo should DO
false to our history il no did not
accept the baptieu. The Church WAS
born out Of peraecution, aud in tic
midst OF porBocutlou it has hourishol.
Lot nobody imagine that NO have been reduced
mud crippled to such point that wo must fold
up our arms aud loaye tho work to other
churches. Wo have lost nothing. The walls,
tho interior, wore not tho church. Whom tho
artists studio burnB, dooa his art perish Tho
workman may die, the house In which ho works
tavo t%n nr.vors wo w. ttored tia y soa wo va