The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-02-04
A SHORT SERMON.
An invitation from Bishop Quintard of Tennessee.

The Rt. Rev. Charles Todd Quintard,
bishop of Tennessee. delivered an i'm
promptu discourse last Sunday In Chic
ago. He took as his text:
Repent We, therefore, and be convert
ed, that your sins may be blotted OUT
Acts iii. 10.
His remarks are herewith given III
brief: This is the season of the church s
to repent. Repentance was the theme
of the prophets, and before Christ came
on earth He was preceded by one
preaching repentance. When He came
He also called men to repentance, and
taught His prophets and commanded
His followers to preach it. Why IS
this? Because people are long ways
from original righteousness. The hands,
and mouths, and bodies are unclean,
from contamination with sin. The best
and hottest men must put out their
hands and say. "Unclean, unclean.' . [
do not proclaim, however, the utter de-
pravitv of mankind. Passion and lust
have warped the minds of men, yet
genius and refinement still remain. Yet
it is also true that man is very far gone
from original righteousness, and [ there
fore warn you, come to repentance, for
if you repent not of your sins you shall
surely be punished.
What is repentance? It is not to in
flict the body OF abuse the mind. It is
to substitute in their stead heavenly
aims and good intentions. Repentance
is the actual energetic resistance of sin.
It is q work which a sinner has to do,
with Gods guidance, throughout his en-
tire life. He who groans over his sins
does not repent of them. Again, the
chains of sin are not easily broken, and
it is life long work to repent, and only
when a man turns hab1tually away from
that which is wrong will he be pardon
ed An illustration of the latitude of
sin is found in the reply of Christ to
Peter, when He says. "Behold, Satan
has desired thee, that he might sift thee
as wheat But [ have prayed for thee. .
Both conversion and repentance are ne
cessary for you to be saved. The aspect
of repentance is that of a man turning
from sin, and the aspect of conversion is
is that of a man starting upon an holler
life. Repentance is in the power OF
man, and conversion is in the power OF
God alone. Brethren, you must repent
and look to God to be saved.
What is Gods one great business
with us? Is it not to bring us out of
sinful ways? This was the work of
Christ and the prophets. The greatnes
of Gods love, and His desire to save
the world, is exemplifed in His giving
His Son to die for us, that through Him
we might be saved. We feel that we
are sinners. We know that we can be saw
ed. [ almost tremble that sinful as we are,
that there is salvation for us; that but
for the death of the Son Of God, we
would havereceived eternal punishment.
But at what a sarcifce on the part of
the Savior are we allowed salvation. [
see the only begotten Son Of God living
life of sorrow and grief, and behold
Him in the garden of Gethsemane, and
hear His cry, "Father, if it be possible,
let his cup pass from me" and | see
further tile prosecutions that He receiv-
ed that the scripture might be fulfilled,
and that we might be saved. And, now,
brethren, we may not know what origin
al sin is, but we know that all is provid-
ed for in the death of God. We may
not know now far we have wandered,
but we know that it is provided for in the
death of Christ.
My brethren, I set before you life and
death, and urge you to repent.
T,r foIJoxr-i,r from, tho ChioaoO