Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-22
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audience mingling their voices with that of
| the leader. When the audience rose to
sing the hymn, "Am l a Soldier Of the
Cross" they presented a grand spectacle.
Description OF THE SERVICES.
DR.. Brooks read the eighth chapter Of
| Exodus and described al length the two
Characteristic types mentioned therein,
PharOh and Moses, speaking Of the former
as a type of the world and the latter as a
type Of the Lord. He also spoke at some
length Of the four propositions Of Pharoah
to the tsEselites who had determined upon
leaving Egypt.
By request Mr. Bliss repeated the solo,
Here I'm L; Send Ne"
DR.. Brooks read the eighth verse of the
sixth chapter of Isaiah, which is as follows:
"AlsO | heard the voice Of the Lord, saying,
whom shall 1 send, and who will 90 for us?
Then said /, Here am /; send me-" These
last words, said the speaker, expressed the
readiness of a servant to run upon an er-
rand for his master, the complete subsection
aud entire surrender of a saved sinner to
the will Of God without question or relUc-
lance. But 1t would be a serious mistake
to suppose that this prompt and unreserved
effort to do the bidding Of Jehovah could
have been made if the prophet had
not previously passed through a
humiliating experience Of his own
and then falling into full knowledge of the
grace that cleaused him Of his deflement.
He was abOU, to 90 forth with a message
Of woe and upon a service Of sorrow, from
which his soul instinctively rec0iled. He
was TO say to the I~sraelites, whom he loved
so tenderly, go, and tell these people, hear
We indeed, but understand n6, and see We
indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart
Of this people fat, and make their ears
heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see
with their eyes, and hear with their ears,
and understand with their heart, and con-
vert and be healed" There was, there
fore, nothing bright or hopeful in the min
istry that lay before him.
The Speaker here referred %elOquently to
the vision Of Jehovah as revealed to the
man chosen 70 proclaim the blindness Of
the Israelites through the dark feature Of
their troubled history, and said that the
immediate effect was TO Overwhelm Isaiah
with the conviction Of his own nothing
ness and s~infulness, and hence in his dis
Lress he cried out, "WOe is me, for 1 am
undOne, because l am a man of unclean
lips, and l dwell in the midst Of a people
Of unclean lips Whatever might have
been, continued the speaker, his real
or his fancied excellence Of charac-
ter and conduct the moment he
stood before the Majesty Of Heaven
he cried out Il am undone." The
remarkable scene revealed the secret Of true
service and testimony and its three promi-
nent features, which, for the sake Of con
~venience in remembering them, might be
presented under the letter "r' as ruin, rem
edy and the result, But if they desired
they could be presented under the letter
$50 as sin, sacrifice aud separation unto
God. No Christian was fit TO 60 forth as
ambassador or worker for Christ in these
meetings until he took the place Of the
prophet and bowed before the glory Of God
as a ruined sinner. They had no reasOntO
suspect that Isaiah was worse than those
who surrounded him, but when the sub
lime heaven filed The temple he exclaimed,
"WOe is me, for l am undOne." He did not
say woe TO Others for they are undOne, nor
woe is me- for l am nOt what l ought tobe;
woe is ME. for l perceive in myself certain
faults that ought to be corrected, certain
capacities for higher culture that ought to
be improved; but simply "WOe is me! for l
dAl ulA4UAlEs LIZ a HAL OC &LOloEu 10 see
his need Of salvation and he would not
turn his thoughts principally 70 his glazing
iniquity but TO the recollection he had of
bis continual disregard of his S~aviours
dying agOnies and Unutterable love, and he
would acknowledge that he was justly con-
demned already because he had not be-
lieved in the only begOtten Son Of God.
THE REMEDY.
The gnaaBrar than -ofar-n1 70 tho rou,aIu
which God had provided, and SAID that the
Acknowledgement that Isaiah made was
not the result of morbid imagination. The
estimate he formed of his character was no
false estimate. There was an ~instantane-
Gus salvation for every believer in Christ,
as instantaneous as the act Of faith BY
which He was received as our
Lord. The song Of redeeming love was
rolling on like a mighty river Of ever in
creasing volume, and at last, when it would
come to the end, il would expand into a
bOundleSs ocean tide Of multitudes at the
feet Of the throne of Jesus, a multitude that
no man could number. If there was a
christian there who did not know that he
saved, he would like for him TO ask
himself the question, sis it right for me to
60 on in this dark, uncertain way, saying
that I believe and yet not knowing whether
my sins are put away or nOt?'
Isaiah did not go forth simply trying to
find salvation, for he knew that he had
much to do for his Savior. He was not
charged one cent for the sacrifice that
purged away his sin, nor could he do too
much for Him that by Himself had purged
that sin. This was the experience of every
earnest worker for Jesus. First to know
what wrong sin had caused; second, TO
look at the remedy provided in the sacrifice
offered on the Cross; and third, to believe
in the power of faith, Of that precious sac
ufce, and 20 be separated wholly unto
God, to work, suffer and if need be, die
for Him.
TWO THOUSAND RISE.
DR.. Brooks extended an invitation to all
christians in the audience who were will
ing TO work for Jesus, to rise to their feet,
and about 1000 people rose, and remained
standing while a verse or two Of the hymn
Il amsCOming to the Cross were sung.
While those who had responded to the
first invitation were still upon their feet, a
second invitations was extended to those Of (
he unconverted portion Of the audience
who desired christians to pray for them, and
L was announced that about twenty-five or !
rose. ]
Prayer was offered by DT. }. w. HOyte, .
a Scotch song, "My ain COuntrie," 7
vas sung by Mr.. Bliss.
Mr.. Bliss requested all those who de-
tired Christians to pray for them to bring
requss,s to the prayer meeting at {
to-day. BE also requested a choir Of
rood singers to meet him at 8 O'Clock, for {
eheaTsal. :
AT er the lOngmeter dOXOlOgy was sung
the benedictiOn pronounced, the audi
nee was dismissed.
Another prayer meeting will be held at S
/ NJ. to-day, Bible reading at 4 P. NJ, :
ubiect, himself and services at S P. NJ. :
1t is suggested that an announcement Of P
he Bible reading be made in all Of the S
chools to-day, so that the children can
ave an opportunity to attend.
Anniversary OF Odd Fellowship. q
Invitations were sent out yesterday by
Odd Fellows, TO attend the 56th ami