, 1875-03-29

and to modcBty. But could not Withhold my
ndmlraton from the speaker; because 1t WAS evl'
tile fcnrfnlly crndo things lla fnlJ. nnl with
power. the QUO great tlIing, Nnnlelv: that Jcsna
Christ is tho believers hopo aud the believers
eufffciency.
Much can bs paraoned where tho speaker, the
worker, IL Jealous for tho glory Of God. when
yoN know ho would foreg0 gatn or applause 10
shye 4 sonI aud when you are persuaded that
tho law Ia written OIL bis own heart.
ting tho truth, which Ia effective because this
annic porBona do not hear 1t too often. Min.
listers fall INTO habit Of dealing with thess hoar
era as though thsy wore hard to catch. They hold
out Of a.glt behind them. We n,ay appreciate
tbs diplomacy just so far hs It succeeds; but I
would quits ns soon insure the nnetulncss md
success Of Nal. Whittlo, WHOM he. In . way not
altogether above criticism. Bays boldly for Christ,
"Take my yoke npon you, aud learn Of ma"
False sentiment and inldo doctrine often Mt
tand upon religious awnleninE8, but II will ba
observed that the false sentiment aometnlcB
contains ths trro sentiment, and the tnAe doc
trine usually retirea with tho rctirlng wavc,
white tho truo doctrine remains. Much is aasd
about Christ that young girl might say to her
lover. but In tiliB aor1y seutluentahm Is hid tho
true it!ea OF Christ a. friend and 5arior+ Tho
onc eyaporates lll;a auy othos scntitnentalitm.
Iln other takes the euul out 1t Its loneliness,
aud givcs It tho Roodiy fellowship OF Gods Only
Son.
Tho doctrine Of aanctiNoatiou. by ths contln-
uca operation of The Word of God. by dtsap-
Of life, aud contaminated only when the Inst enc-
my 10 destroyed, gets often Into pal confusion
with Qualification, TINT act Of God's free grace
whereby lie puraons a ropentinE sinner !; aud =
cesspool, with little Ql,ckiinio thrown in, i'm
aginca itAeit as pure a. \ mountain spring. It
may bo said, indeed, that at a,icl tinses tho
tendency to overrate experiences iB quite COM
mou. Said al aroused ntuistor few days ago.
~ am going on rapidly 70 perfect holiness" :"
fect hotincsu.' Said another sanity person.
''There are not more than two converted min
,sters In Chicago" Which abatement would
not deny. only quite Il to show how far the
man had evidently adyancod in holiness, even SO
last long, this fume and spiritual froih, this
earctltied egotiam, this semt-insnno and aichen-
ln1 caricatnro Of tho Christian calling. Thase
very good people will Ia q few months ebsoryo
something in their hearts and ther lives Hhic!l
will mako It plcashns for them to find another
Interpretation Of tho challenge. ''Who sholi iay
anything to tie charge Of Gods o1ect?" and Of
the declaration that vs arc "completo In Christ
rlo Into n more vivid appreciation Of tho grace
of God. The intellectual c1cnrnrss comes after
warda. first ferment and then good wine!
The hymn go popular In revlSnl limos : few
yea1s ago,
"Therc's nothing left for me to do,
Nothing great or SMALL etc.
was crude and partly faiso form OF M amazing
truth; d form leading and misleading. cong
which almost abolished tho idea Of repentance
In liz osRerness to show the open door Of
Heaven, It mas formed only to affirm the riches
OF Gods grace to sinner with whom atone
nent or merit Ia impossible. but unfortunately
the worts sometlmea Fang another mcantng In
the carr OF tho inquirer. And yet, fortunately,
tho same great matter, the hong h4s been ,,sea
70 help men out Of despair aud into tho sunlight
Of Gods cOuutonanco.
1 heard now hymn tic other day which
ot1ers itsolf for revival use In this community !:
Nearer, my God, to Thcs,
Al near 10 Thea ~ 1esul Ia,
so near. Lord, amfl
I think this outdoes Luther, and Is almost
equal to Christian Kohler, Of Dorne, who pro-
posed to ascend into hoaveu - Christ dtd. But
should this souE coma luto use no onn need bo
alarmed. This rid refrain, tne. almost BIAS
phemou1 form Of oppression, tnda hundred
parallels In the history Of the Church. Largo
allowance should be tnado for ,man or people
WEithng In the grost struggle between the dark
neRs Of nature aud tho light OF sonship with
God.
Tbs throes. dreams, innEinings, strange con-
colts, and tumuit Of thought, are simply tho
yer, human way Of nanifestang the ,unearthly
small por centum Of minds are we'll balanced, or
60 oyenly through = great crisis. or demean
themselves with dignity npdor tho pressure Of
great thought. For man to feel ln eyery bono
and nerve that ho ID condemned by the trst law
OF God, TINT he has livod carotesnly willis tho
cnrso OF the law has been written against lin,
aud 10 grope on, pierced with anguish that no
Light comes to him, that no word Of mercy falls
upon his heart; aud thon to have the day break
Cd him IN oil tta fulnesa aud to discover In the
Scriptures the voucher that ho "ts passed from
doath unto life," that be is complete ID Christ"
and that both the Father aud tho Son have talen
mp theIr abode With lin, and in bis very human
way to forget tho romainder OF Gods vast fatnl-
ly. aud think Of himself as favorise Of tho
Almighty, and perhaps - commissioned to do
groat things IN the battle betwccn God and Ba-
tan; or for an old.lfno Christian to got new
and moro l,yely hope. and yet to entertain no
ments, 70 xeop s!asi Of confusion Of idsas a. to
tho way Of salvation. Is hardly to bo OK
peeled, except where Christian teaching is
cloar and aound. And particularly whoro
tho Church and tho ministry have been
inefficient, nothing IL more natural than that re-
formers SHOULD ariae possessed Of the power
over tho people which always attends tho ldoa OF
4 n,lsston and ready NTH nll norta OF ngenuIttes
to in.ugufate bettar style OF dlsclpleshipin ths
world.
call to mind man OF tho seventeensh con-
tury-Chrtstopber Hochman. To made hmsclf
thu censor OF tho Church and tho peoples
preacher over large part Of Germany. He xaa
q 1n.u q great personal 1anlty, and also gres;t
WAS like llama Of h1e. It WAS hIa custom to 20
from place To placs, to enter. tho church. md
either interrupt tbs pEckther's dull discourse
with vital suggestions OF bis own. OF, ~ tho
preacher left, 70 mount tho pulpit and LarAugue
tho people on the great them. Of salvation. lilo
advanced full complement Of unheard-of idoas
on government and social life. lls oucs A.
tempted to initiate Christ In tsst OF forty days.
He suffered much i':treatnent, and evoe in
ls'ca Ike IRE in vi tLo Zones On 20 ons %sss ooes.
sion, ssysl. the historian uoehmsn .,,proaeh'
called Tho Or Comb, With 20 much power and
eloqaenCe. th.s hiA nauy huadfea hearers fully
they had no other Thought than that tho morn
tng of eternity had really dawned." Some Of
the blazInR lights Of that period mingled their
feEvsnt mysticism with astro!oey. alchemy. aud
ohtronancy. lie who has found the RoM Of OK
periencn has ths claw by which lie san find the
gold Of com1,srcas 30 they reasoned.
l am not inclined 70 defend such religious
phenomanh ~ sra presented BY thess pious
Alchenista and forsune-tolierb, Du. am pre-
pared to sugge.t thai, behind even those strange
and harmful ideas and practices, there was
probably = generous and ganuino religious