St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-03-23

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and when among the ungodly they
smile when any ore makes some cum
ming remark about Christ's disciples.
"And He said unto them all, if any man
will come after me let him deny him
self, and take up bis cross daily and
follow me. For whOsOever will save
his life shall lose it; but whatsoever will
lose his life for my sake the same shall
save it. For what is man advantaged
if he gain the whole world and lose
himself or be cast awayP For whose
ever shall be ashamed of Me and of My
words (now mark) of him shall the Son
of Man be ashamed when He shall come
in His own glory, and in His Fathers
and of the holy angels" Now, if we
are ashamed of Him, He certainly will
be ashamed of us. There was a boy
got up
IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS DOWN HERE
in Boston a number of years ago in a
prayer might say that had
been out West number of years where
they are most young men who get up
in the meetings they have grown up
since l was here last and at this meet
ing they were nearly all grey haired
men. If you could have heard those
sainted men, those old pilgrims. talk, it
would have done you good. But by
and by this little Ow-headed Norwegian
boy, only about fourteen years old, got
up and in broken English earnestly
said: eff l tell the world about Jesus,
Jesus will tell the Father about me-"
He sat down. That was all he said,
but have never forgotten his speech.
| can't tell you how those old men
spoke and prayed on that occasion, but
that little boys testimony for Christ
burned down deep into my soul. "If
tell the world about Jesus, Jesus will
tell the Father about me-" If we own
Him down here in this unfriendly world
He will confess us before the Father and
the holy angels. During the war the
generals were very ambitious to have
their names mentioned in Congress, and
how proud they were if any of the
members in the Senate or House of
Representatives mentioned some great
battle they had won, heralded their
names, promoted them, and how the
country talked about it. How ambi-
tious men are to have their names laud-
ed here on earth, but only think of
having our names mentioned in the
courts of Heaven! If we confess Him
here, He will confess us yODder. l
can't tell you what a blessing l got
when | was willing to stand up before
strangers and friends and confessed that
| had taken my stand on the Lords
side. A light from eternity came flash
ing into my soul. l would not give up
my privilege of testifying for Christ if
you would give me the whole world.
Don't let any woman in this assemb bly,
try to conceal her love for Christ, but
let it shine out. Again He says here in
the twelfth chapter of Luke, eighth and
ninth verses: ''Also | say unto YOU,
whatsoever shall confess Me before men,
him shall the Son of Man
ALSO CONFESS BEFORE THE ANGELS
of God. But he that denieth Me before
men shall be denied before the angels
of God" There was a lady in one of
our inquiry meetings in Chicago and
she had accepted Christ, as we trusted.
She went home and Sunday afternoon,
one week from that time, she came into
the inquiry room weeping. | sat down
with her and asked what was the
trouble. She said: "Mr. Moody, you
know l told you last Sunday that |
would believe and trust the Lord to
save my soul, and | went home and
was ashamed to tell my husband this
has been the darkest week of my life {;
do you think God will forgive and save
me ?" l said eyes; where is your hus-
band p "This is my husband sitting
by my side. told him only this morn
ing, and he has come to see about his
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he then and there accepted Christ.
Now if that woman had kept silent, had
not confessed Christ, that husband per-
haps would not have been saved. But
the moment she had the courage to tell
him of her acceptance that mans heart
was touched, and he was willing to
come on that day and seek his souls
salvation. The last month l was there
the doctor and his wife were doing a
precious work. That doctor was an
intidel, but his infidelity was scattered
the moment Christ got into his heart.
1t was just by his wife's confessing.
Don't think that you are going to get
life unless you believe not only with
the heart but confess with the mouth.
What would you have said of soldiers
who were willing to enlist, but did not
want to put on the uniform. A good
many like to be Christians, but they
don't want to put on the livery of
heaven. They are ashamed to confess
Him before some companion, neighbor,
room mate. Or perhaps some are afraid
of their family, and are ashamed to go
home and talk about Christ and confess
Him; they are ashamed to erect a
family altar. A great many of you,
perhaps, are excusing yourselves, and
saying that your husband ought to be
the one to attend to that matter. Well,
If he will not, why not erect family
altar yourself and call the children
around itP You certainly can read
chapter in the Bible with your children,
then get down on your knees
AND CRY TO GOD TO BLESS YOUR FAMILY.
That is good way to confess it. You
can talk with them about Jesus. Per-
haps some of you say you are not Chris
tians. You can become one now. Be-
lieve i'll your heart now, accept Christ
sincerely and you can go home a Chris
tian before the setting of the sun.
There isn't any thing to hinder. 1t
seems to me that if the Lord has taken
away our sins it is the least thing we
can do to confess Him. You know one
day Christ met ten lepers, and they
lifted up their voices and asked Him to |
have mercy upon them. He told them
to go show themselves to the priest, !
and on their way the leprosy left them.
They were all cleansed at once, and
one of the ten turned back and glorified
Christ with loud voice. He turned
back and gave thanks, came back to
confess what the Lord had done for
him, to give thanks. 1t seems to me