, 1877-03-05


gone on without q break since last October, ant
he trusted that Christians would not grow Ia,
in their efforts, but would continue to bring ir
the unconycrted to the meetings. Then they
would see the fruit OF their labors.
MIR. McGranahan's quartettc rendered with
very good effect The song, ''Give me the wings
Of faith,' after which tho Audience joined ir
the familiar "Hold the Fort" and Maj. Whit
Tie mode short, fcrvent prayer for Gods bless
INK upon the services. He also prayed for Pres.
ident Hayes, that he might be guided by Gods
spirit in these trying times, and that he might
be given wisdom from above.
Mai. Whittle then read from the fifth chapter
OF Matthew, beginning with the twenty fourth
verse, the account OF the woman who had IN
issue of blood, and who was made whole by
touching the hem OF christ's garment Maj.
Whittle said:
There are four things for us in this story. 1t
illustrates to us what sin is, what grace is, what
fath Is, what confession is, and 1t illustrates to
US Just where ach ono Of these things comes In,
in our turning to God We have got to come in
Just that order. No man or woman will turn to
Christ till liz or she knows what sin is, and
you have got to know it In the way God puts it
in His Word. When we accept the testimony
OF Gods Word as to sin, then we want Sa-
yior, aud when we feel the awful nature OF sin
we will be anxious about q Savior. This woman
would not turn to Christ at first. She thought
there was some other remedy. She had read in
Lts'tlcus euaL tncle - taosReet, altel VT
healed But the day was past, md she
wouldn't hare turned to Christ, because she
didn't realize how tesnerate per Asease Was,-
how tncurable how painful IT Was She had to
have long experience U teach her these things
It had to run on for twelve years, and she had
to be brought to the end OF herself before she
would come to the Savior. It Is so with many
y man anu woman to-daS. IN general way
they arc Wiling to ADMIT lhcV are sinners, but
when it comes to GODS word which declares
that they are lost anu on their' way to hell,
under the wrath OF God, and condemned al
ready, aud that there Is no nope Tor taem cx-
cept I'll Chrtst, they don't peleeVe II, anu they
must experience TINS before. theT come to
Christ. The holy Spirit that wrote the Bible
knew better than you: or what
the heart is,., when he says it ia de-
ceittul above all things and desperately wicked,
aud that We are all under condemnation, dcal
II trespasscs anu III SIN. Ii you would believe
Ills Word as AGAINST your feelings and your
and cone to Christ right away. May God grant
to-day to many to DO it.
The disease of this woman illustrates what
sin is. Hers vas an un*lcan and de,iled dis
ease: She had to aI11 oS turned out of the syna.
fa no sot iss IS xh e safu i out ~ r of wSc Sxh
proceed fornication, murder, hatred, enyyngs.
Sucl, is the heart OF man by nature. The fruit
may be Kept down, but bv nature that is what
it is. We Rad i'll the second chapter OF Reycla-
ton that the end Of thiG-aisca&f is, that those
that have 1t are separated from God, and none
shall cnter in through the gates into the city
but thcy that have washed their robes and made
them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Again, it was desperate disease She had
tried to get 1t cured. At first she had not much
anxiety, like the man who is told BY his friends
that he has consumption. But as lie don't yield
to treatment aud grows worse, he becomes more
anxious, and lie finds he has adespernte disease.
Perhaps some Of you have an appettss s{ {qu sant s
sway over you, as you will lind When it grows
worse. So with this woman. She realized, when
her means were exhausted aud the physicians
failed, that twas desperate disease -fncuruble
by man. The disease had to be reached from
within, You must reach her Whole nature, and
God alone could do that. He only can reach
the spirit, the whole soul. Mans remedies are
all unavailing to cure sin, as the the woman
found them una7aiiin. to cure her. Again. her
disease was made worse by man's treatment.
she got. She suffered many things,
spent all she had, aud was nothing bet
ter, but rather grew worse. Pour woman!
1t is bad enough. to spend all when
you get well, hut to go. through
operation after operation, and then get
worse, how sad picture! v nat contrast
with what Jesus did for her! lie just took her
aud hea1ed her Immediately. ! remember how
sorry used to feel in the army Tor tile bors who
haa gau5renc,- green substance that had
to be cut away from the a1nputated limb. and l
have seen man suffer eight or ten operations
and then tue gangrcnc had to be cut away time
ater time. Il1s is Just IN Illustration oi man
trying to cure himself OF sin The ..gangrcnc is
in his system and has to be eradicated. There's
40 use in going At it from the outside. Many OF
these bays died under the hands OF the
oh9slcans:: This IS tue reason you grow worse
When you keep away from Christ. II you won't