, 1876-12-18

" fHL then III MIND TO bG rrndy to cycr1
good work." II these ministers hasl every o.lt
wl,at power each Church would DC. II y.a
| arc not rcaiy, get ready. Have yon done.noth h
Ing bit try to save your own Eonll Wlnt de
yn,', sqpposc t'ol converted yon f0rl IT. hnt
taken you. out Of tho world at oncc. IT
thc eighth, verse of thIs chaptcr Tttul
tells those who have believed to he cnreful Ia
maintain 1a good works, so.na Eeopl.e bring tte
Believe, Relieve; but II we havo bclicyc! n
Christ and partakcn Of His spirit wo shali be
careful to maintain good works; We cannot flctl
working tsn W.T. tS say to tose
along without Iuining tho Church, that Air.
Moody did not tctung to my church: Now
want g eay that the frat thing df.! after va.
They would not anvo me. because .t., ttey
but Il tried ugaln and again, til!
Eot III. Don't ntnnd outside Of the church and
throw stonrs at It; il Il is cold, 80 In aud warm
Atatntain the Sunday school. 90 and nick up
children anil bring them In anti teach them.
Maintain the Tract socicty, encourage tho Bible:
tcs monsy es to- elp % manan % s7orv zoo coo1 a VIII.
1ascd to think that II ever should live to rec
what they sl,ot'l! do to be savcl, ! should ho
lsy ss t sy ssy r @ ,s1Sss ssSn eds1t S s c 5
now TINT liavo seen II, | wunt ulso
to SEQ incf looking around for chance
to invest money for tiio Lord. They. will get
better dividends In that way than froV any
you SEQ anything thnt Is doing good to a
perEsl,tng wort, TINT is one Of the things to bc
maintained. Snmo people are like a bundle OF
sfiafings; set them OIL ilre and they nuke n
great blnze, bnt after little there ia no fire, no
nallr4. no hnythlnr. Tt}cV m nr0flO1 arf1 Wnr3s
year IN ont Sunday-schoo], md year in un-
other, but never hold on anywhere until they
have gained an influence and become power.
LET len taonsani s''ch .al1 Christians ,,,, ars
worker, who takes hold md holds On
siun Is accomplished, want no more revival
Christians, no more Sunday chrtstians, but
thnt docs ono thing y terrible man. Let US
not be weary in we'll doing, for In due eeason
we shall reap IL We faint not. There is one
more thing want to noticc, and tllat is, be
ILL.,, Il. Paul says; "And whatsoever - Do III
word or deed, do all IN tho naino Of the Lord
!esua. giving thanks to God and the. Fathcr by
Him" i WI not do to work In tue name Of
Church, or to buildup my denomination. When
you llaye got through It amounts to nothing,
but II you do It III tic namc Of Christ there Is
power ara value IN II. was oMncc9ttcndi1g M tl,e
INTERNATIONAL convention OF [n8 1QClnE llEn'8
Christian Association at Detroit, where heard
Judge Olds, from Columbus, relate Ills cx-
periencc. which 1 sha}l never forget. When tho
Wnr broke out, he took some interest In the
soldiers, but when hfs only son left him md
tercstci, and nd gave great m deal Of tinc, days y;
passed through Columbus. After u wli1o ho %
thought It was taking too much timo from his
business, md resolved to give his time to that
ty0rk 1fN NnNf tYO1Fn IN his Off1rn ma F1Srrfru
when lu had an Important caso coming On, nntl
pretty soon lo saw poor boy In blue coming III
ut the door. People had got in tho habit
OF sending soldiers to Judge 0lds, because he
was always 40 kind to them. Tho Judge went
OIL writing without noticing The soldier until he
pulled out dirty Rlcce Of paper from his pocket
It, and saw TINT 1t WAS In the handwriting ni his
yos y9 Tasn asoss S ssissd sa y s nsaa s Tx
mud Is going holne; Il he conles to you, do
everything YOU can for HIM for Charluy's sakc.n
When tho Judge rcal that he forgot I'LL 'nbout
Ills resolutions, left his important cuset rau out
lis l'ouso put lin Into CI,urley's room, nurscl
him and took cure OF him until he was
well enough to start on his journey
again. aud then took hin. to. tho train,
put him in d comfortable place, and sent him on
SON." said the Judge; "for Charlcy's sake; but
what do you suppose aurr, Father in, Heaven
would do for the sake Of His Son for those who
are In trouble and need Ills hclpl'' 49,.
Now, III closing, would soy, let us be united.
taste Of Heaven, because oil these ministers
so !a, uu. ~ r nst, M Ue ~ u Aa
kean ol,t Jealousy. Fl Gotl Uses ss,ne m" c,sn
more tlasi He uses you, rejoice at it. Rejoice
that Jesus is Eloriilcd. When was down
ao4th neara o. e. sooa many pattlcs
hA.eAA NJ !oeI eAo"SH JeaioaoJ "tHonE tAo NG'!-