, 1876-11-28
the eighth raptcr OF Mark, and they ak him
l,Dw It WAS That lie received llta Eight.
y He tnnk tun liz The hanf.U

"tho proper WI, 10 &c e,,rcd /. to have Christ
to,,cl you; tim, Is tho way l!e cured me.
don't think much Of q cure il'at y aone With
eyes % and put Ills hands upon me, aid asked mo
II / saw night, aud told lltn, cond see men
as trees walking Tlle, lie put 1lie hands on my
ws Ss1n xs , ,sw s"y, sySsy n,yyms inn: seaFy yat
curious way to euro a blind mon. ! could see
| ait at once. There must be some mistake about
your ,casc., asr' afraid rour sight won't last
| And they argue aud contend over the proper
way to be cured, TIL nj last they come up with
| tbo mar whn was born blind, aud asrcc 10 leave
II to hl.. So lie begins to rcfate hs experience:
pas.ng By ono DAY, q1d saw me; !, ils disciples
pointed me out TO Him. and 1le stopped anu
SThsre, told you that "a; ,n the way to1e
say the word. lie said: now what did He sayf''
''lic said, Neither hath this man stnnel, NOR
| Ills parents, but that the works Of l}na SHOULD
t,,t BE- nante.t a II H. him. .ma; A"d them when lie had
arherc, i know III says tho third blind man.
"I9 oG sure That Is tho proper way to be cured
Won tho gro,lnd,', continues the fourth,
! blind man, 'nnd n,ade clay Of the epIttlc, and
| told NE to 20 wasl. ii, the pool Of Slloanl."
"Oi, that is all wronE," they nil cry out
together. "Tl,erc ongt''t to DO my washing
in slo h,ssncss; n md they arc further from All
Nov, i,asc seen Christians engaged In Just
rs sensible dlapntca as TINT re have Imagined
among these four blind men, every one Of whom
was cured III 4 different way. What VIC want ls
| sight, no nlattcr how wc got 1t. What We want
| to do Ia to come to Christ, TO matter how wc
/ come. lie who haa the light tint Christ gives,
50 that be knows child Of tsod when lle sees
him, and eau sec 10 work !, the works of Christ;
| llo who has the new life tu hs own consciousness
and gives It out to others, he is the man who
can 10 on lis way through tho world rejoicing:
trust no Christian VIZ ! be So nnwse o. to i lna
1allt with any meuns by whlc. sinners nrc really
saved, nntl tllat nothing III tho methods q tl'ss
revival will Keep. any one from scekinE Chsist.
| Andas for us, who have tho sight which Jesus
gives, let us rejoice tElt VIC have met Hin, and
TINT, III Ills own way, llo has ladc Himself thu
| light Of onr eyes nnti the Joy of our hearts.
The hymn wus then sung entitled, "Jcs,s OF
Nazareth passeth b."
then came forward, Billie IN hand. and said: I
hHvc had lesson cut OF tue GosEe1s. ;, Noy I
to tako w passsgss out Of the Epsh
fntt!ans at tllc afty-sfxth verse. The strength
Of sin is the law.n The Second is from
the fourth nt Galatians, ut tlic fourth Fersc,
ueE sSa 3t as ow 1 to sDn fce s ot a s4
under the law." Tic third Is from tIe tls,l
chapter Of tie salnc epistlc, at thu thirteenth
verge, .Chrtst hath redeemed tts from thc eirsc @
81 th9 a 6sas mps .o1
|
verse, :. Wherefore, my brethren, " also are be-
como dcad to the Inv BY the body OF Christ;
that ye should 10 married to another, even to
IN So~ whs " j haVs Fssa s eoasea nae Of texts
but one illustrations; aila ille illustration by
means Of 'shlci! we may be ahlc to understand
all these texts is that story OF the man who was
islauds above Niagara Fills. who slipped and
fell Into the rapids aud was carried down to tl!o
very edge Of TIC fall IND there caught On 1eek,
r. whist he hsld h o Tor o D6 an s9qtea ~ itn a
gathered on the 8horc, but they could to Hoih~
tng for him, til ono brave man, fastcn!ug rope
round his waist, waslrd into the current. hoated
down to tGe rock, took tl;e poor fellow Ill hls
Now, in tlse first place, look at that man out
there on the rock. DO you sec III hin Tug like"
ness Of any onct DO yo't not % eso u m mn tllo
likeness 81 every one q M us II GArlst ilal not
co1ne into tho Wofluf INC rus'ling current OF
ssn Ia all around us, nnd 1ust before G aS Is tne
dnrk md awful prcSipicc ol deatn. "sla hath
reigned unto de9th."
rockl The current is too strong tor him. Why
is It 50 stronEa is there any power m water
Mi but there Is lan. IN water that finds Its
eyel; the lay NO cal the lay o., ot Eraytatlo'''
It Is good law, anu very helpful n general,
hut 1t Is a. terrible Inv for that poor
man ont there IN the rock II It
could b. suspended for ayo minutes llo might
rsaeh Tue shore nat ting law cannot 20 ciIangea'
ity. II TIC strength ol God 1s thu lay; tho
law which anyB, The soul that s[ancth IL stull
dlc." Anl yet there arc ttgsc WHO thlnk they
can bc sayGa oy tha lawl Ihat man does not
knows y Is certain and speedy death. Look
again: They are trying, yarsous methods to
fAvc him, but the nlethoI tnat Is purity sue
GSssiul hns IN u . eo.npiiatto1 ot ~ TX thngs:
must save HIN; there might DC twenty people
out there on tue rock with him, but