, 1875-10-25

ably guiding and comforting thobe IIe has
already Ri1eo us II aos, whAs AssurApco do
to wham to int1uht larger abuodanco Of young
spsr.uxlty7 Lot this Chuscl 10 t4a beat at
all pacaa Tor Christian growth subsetl tent 10
conversion.
HOW TO PROMOTE A REVIVAL.
SERMON III THE RET. o. 3, cuzSEy.
Tho ito1. y. n. theney, pastor Of tho Fourth
Baptist Church coruer Of ,Paul,na and Washing
ton stteets. delivered \ sermon on "Tho Means
fur Promoting a lser,vai o! Religion. last even
ing, Tho fo!loSing IL the text Of .he dis-
cousre, which wRS ona Of Aesies;
Prepare 10 tht way Of the 1,ord t.4afa Hia NTH
atEs9ht.--AauttM, Ill., :.
Isst Sabbath ovoning our subject Of discourse
waa: "a revival OF religion the great want Of
our time. from tho tezA 1t is timo for Thee,
Lofd. to work, for they have unade void Thy lsws.
! In that discourse NO endcayored to define what
was meant by = revival Of relig,op and to set
| furth tue one Eeatou for = reriyAl presented In
the text. riz,, that meu arc nou making void tho
| laws OF tho Lold. Taking up tho subject nstu-
rally vhere VIC loft It week ago, VIC propose this
evening to conei1er tho meauy for promoting =
revival Of religion. Our definition Of = revival
showed clearly that 1t MAS the work Of tho Lord
On Garth: Shat gond men could not produce
ravival ,,naidad and Alone, though they would
prevent revival, though lhey might encompass
| 1t With ditticultios aud embarrs4smenss. We
now eay, that while true aud genuine revival
il peculiarly the vork Of the Lord, aud must
bear tho Divine imprint alike in It's oEgul, prog
| rosa, aud fruits; still God does not acheye
| this work simply by the exercieo Of Ills own on
| pipotent power. lie work1 rather. through sec
ondary sgeuta and fnstrumenal!sios:' Thia 1es
aon IL read everywhere 10 the Dbo. alike III tho
| Old Testament aud tho New; aud NO Aopo
to chow in thus discourse whit SONS Of t1esc
agencies and iuhtrumentalities arc As we
shal proceed 10 speak Of these, let no ono infer
that revival ceases to be tie work OF the Lo1d
because lis chooses to accomplish 1t in this way.
Tho analogy Of this kind Of work ia easily traced
iu tho most common experiences Of life. iIan
cannot produce Beed-t!me aud harvest; with all
his Inventive ingenuity and skill, ho cannot
mako einge blade OF g1a4a or kernal Of
| curp much Ier1 the beautiful flowers that
dock hilltop and valley IN thels scasou.
LII xll these recognize the hand Of God they
| are Ills hanliiwork. Without Him, thare IL no
seed-t,nc or harvest; 10 epringpg grain; no
blooming tsowets, no tipenlnR fruit. This we
all conccdc. hut what DO men infer from II
SINCE thcse are tue works Of God. do meu infer
thu. theS have only to ult down aod wait for
linn to work. Not at ait. They rAshor break
up thelr fsow ground: they gather out tho
stooes they oon tho seea shay culture, tho
| growing grain kQeY HhlL AuG IQ0k 1oI. Anu OK
pect tho barsess, aud mako themselves seady to
gather II. aud do gather 1t 1t tho appointed tms.
Inta Is their part Of the work. necessary sud
indsspenshbse part.-And yet eyesy shonBhtfu'
J and cunsi4elate man kuons and IL ready TO con-
fcsa that be csuuot produce harvest tho ha1-
yest IL from God. Human AGENCY works to-
Rethcr with DIVINE roNer 10 produce the results-
30 it is with the fruit Of tue Goepel. Paul plants
| and Apollos watots, but God gives the iucfeAno
So, ~ Paul roasons = neither il ho that plant
eth spythlng, neither he That watereth, but iod
that E,yeta Tho increase" 1t ia His work, aud
| tho praise Of It belongs 70 Him. We ahAll not
then be misuuahrstpo4a. Nhiis we prooeod 10
upesk Of tha ueaps for promoting revival Of
rsllgion. The work ia tho Lords u4o means
pats to Him.
When John Tho Baptist began bis ministry tho
| peoo}o of JudeA wets on The eso Ut I Rrpst re-
ylvsl Of religion. Jesus wAa coming 70 do suct
works % nah had ueyer dope. Aua such works
u man had never seen aone before. Whlt did
| John coupsel the people to do III yjew OF IL ;
Did ho tel tho people 10 ut down and walt tho
e.fui, He would como and do His own work In
His own time and wAyf Did Ho tell
them thet 1t wsa we'll enough for
them to coutinuo IS they we're. In
du,e1px ia catuAl security aud In making void tbs
divino lAw2 Not at al. H,a clarion notes Wa1a
heard in shs ringing words of tho te1t roasias
| tha people from taeir elumbera and cs,iing them
Ia inmedlato and hctoic efforts. d.. ''Props1a "a
| kho way OF tic Lord mako Hla pAthe straight"
Hore yas uoueth1n0 for tue people to do, aud
thnv ware summnned to tho dong Of It without
! delay,
In now. il we arc to cujoy revival of 1ellg-
ion ia this church nud III tis city there Ia some.
thing Tor VI and for thoao we represent TO do:
Thera nra tneana TO bo employed; ageaclea and
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