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the prayer of faith for tho Holy Spirit to como
and do Ills work; convincing them OF eth
and rrre1trv them 1tnt u {1fN1,

So TOO in The rraJcr.inent'n8 We mhY Fuunhls
ncld Of Gospel labor, But to do this york e.
do II, Wo enn,ot depend upon feeling Or in,
plsc hut st net psn pr,nsne, we
ing to hare some active pert In them. Anu 70
should be ready to have that part early In tho
meeting. promptncss In THO first part ~ 4
part. And yoa viii pardon nc when tell you
that We need reform In this matter. Wo need
Creator readiness. ehall We not have II In tho
Bnt, supplemcnting all these styles Of 1ahor,
wo need 10 publish the "good tldngs". frn,n
man to man. hayo nc. c1pcetation t!'at wc |
s1all do good years work tor Christ and souls,
vate walks Of tic. onr own Individual cxperl-
ences Wilt show US that eomcbody aaborcd for |
our conversion. sotncbnS sroke kind word
tor Us In private that aid mitch i, t. ,ha lspd s 10
hardly oycrestimntc. Suppose atl the members
Of this churcl,-pastor, deacon, brothers, sisters.
old, and younR,-werc 10 enter this year upon
tn woa o. i9I OF ,ayoton
bn sounded out through all this community!
And Ia this any more tlinn We ought TO dol any
more Then ., ws e should do Il re-: 1ad good news
duty Of Chr!atian labor for tho conversion Of
othcre, used forclblc Illustration, MS follows:
M rss @ 1eat p IT. B,an fSFk At
Tho prospects, Of tho nation were shroudcd IN
gloom No enc coul0 tell when tho
contest would terminate, or discover tho means
pfotractcd. 1thapponcl thnt on q Saturday after
noon In February, q ship was discovered which
wos supposed TO hc bringing homo our Com
rnissoncrs from Ghchtf from their unsucccss-
any Intelligence from tho vcesol llatt reached tho
city. Expett"''~. bccatnc fcarfully Intense as
the hours Of 60 ncss dfcw on At length
boat reached 10 .aL announcing ~ tlc .aet tna1
Ing fol nothing but tho action Of our Govern
mcnt to become Law. The men on whose cars
these words fell rushed In brcatl,1ehs hastc into
as thoy ran through the streets, pcaeel pcaee!I
| pcatcd Il. From house to house, from street to
street, tho nova spread with electric r1pldity.
lighted torches were flying to and fro, shouting
coming herald, the news soon reached every
| man, woman, and child In the c!ty.h
Now, in order that n church may do her full
work III publishing tho good nows of snlvatlon,
something. like this must bc nado manifest
among al hct m,cmbors. They must each and
thoy 90, Of, q. they have opportunity, ,press 4
upon tho minds and hearts Of mon. What wc
need Is that tho Gospel, Or salvation through
learn to tn1k religion rs rcadly as wc do Of pol.
tttcs, o. business, or tard times, Of ths woatler'
Rt ma: hasten m9o m 70 hs
work. Tho call In tho text H. to "Ect up into
the high mountain" This denotes mornl clc-
vat!on, or eminent spirituality. This Is tnd!s-
% S e. e ~ aept mqak to fss aSo1s u
While We follow Him " "afar ON It Is In vain
10 recommend the loyo Of tho Savior to others,
when We DO not enoy tint leyo n our own
The toy Of Thy salvation, and uphold mo With
Thy frce spirit; then will teach transgrcssors
Thy wuye and sinncrs shall DO converted ,antS u1tS
ns5o s haYs ahe nj esea ~
without tho joy OF salvation" m hts own soul.
lie had lost that joy, and his great concern was
~ hbls confession and earnest prayer to haXc
n0v rho Se Wa IN
1lo must have > frcsh amounting; must bc Gu
dovcd With power from on lg1. T.. Hs i,zsa nraaIer
but how carnestly he. prayed for the Joy, Of
Mas sssso7ed t that ho @ could then il the
w e. & '1s T7 e fq ill., S sua Sqa 1 sn @ea
yortcd.
And this Ia what NC need as q church TO pre-
paro us for our work moro than anything and
W'nRg vs. II Sts y lover % y SS Sgaar 1f eoa7s
,yn,ds a. whcn ho, Works for Christ. We hayo
aeon whole assembly moved and melted by
| hIs words, md eyes unused 10 weeping suf-
inr nav. i'd tells thc same old, old story.
Thore Is nd power IN lis mere words rs such,
! for ho often cpcaks in brokcn uttcranccs. He
f'nct not think al Rhetoric or e|onuence; docs
mt crncct to produce any effect wicn he speaks
TGcn. Whence the powcrf Why tho eiEcctl The
onswer Il. Ills heart is full Ok Itho Joy Of sal.
rution.,, This Is what rlyos hin power over
othcr hearts: what clothes his words with suci
! amaric charm, such rcsistlcss energy. And
: I want to toil YOU to-day what 1 Believe ID
! .,rictiv trnc. tint Htho foy Of salvation " 4
J % Set mnro % eifoctiye In Tho heart Of tho mature
!. }}shr,stinn. Should hali-tlozcn converts come
,ntt, onr nraycr.mccttne ncIt Wednesday night
and III, t,s o,,e nftcF nnothcr. viii, streaming
; a eve, what TN Lord Ind Iouc for their souls
~ 3s0, ,sh"nid Mi bo dccnly. profoundly moved
r hut, / tcli YOU, We should 6o much more deep
t1s,nH. y, .bnmiI I'll ~ nnn after anothcr. viii
! straaninT owes and warm hsa IT s, TINT
= = the joY Of salvatlon'' u had been restored t