The Portland daily press., 1877-06-15


might ask, "What shall L do to be saved" and
the answer comes back, 'Beleve on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
When Christ spoke to the woman of Samaris
she believed and went and told her people, ant
many believed on the Lord. Let US not res
with the mere forgiveness Of sins alone, bu
let us go forward, trusting in Jesus. Trust in
Jesus and be saved from your sins, for the
wages of sin is death. Mrs. Satterthwaite
closed with an..earnest exhortaton to Christian.
to be more faithful
David B. Updegraff Preached one of hi
practical sermons from Galatians ii,E2O: II an
crucifed with Christ; nevertheless live; We
not 1, but Christ livsth in me; and the life
which L now live in the flesh, live by the
faith of the son of God, who loved me and gav'
himself for me-" Paul gives US full view o
his experience and the whole of the way OIL
salvation is epitomzed. The Lord looked up
on me and loved me when L was his enemy.
We know well what it is3to love our friends
but God loved US while enemies to him. The
Lord Jesus, with love we could not compre-
bend, looked on US and loved us. God looks
on us as what zoe are, rather than on what aut
do, seeing all unregenerated hearts as sinners
Ye must be born again. There are two differ
ent classes of sinners-those who have outrag
eously violated human and divine law, anG
those who are simply lacking in regeneration,
The depth and strength of human love Was
illustrated by the story of Damon and Pythias
This was the loveIof fast friends, but here the
analogy to Divine love stops. The Lord Jesus
gave himself voluntary sacrifice. 1t is moi
true that Jesus would have died anyhow. He
was the so n of God who had eternal life from
the beginning. Christ could really have CO me
down from the cross, delivered himself, and
saved the crucifed thief. We are bought with
his blood We are not our own. Let US not
rest with this. Sins that we have committed
are not to be crucifed, but to be forgiven.
to the root of the matter. 1t is the "old man., ~
the "body of SIM or "self-life,'' with which
all Of US are acquainted God thus makes pro.
posals fox bringing us up to glorious and full
redemption. This experience shonld be ours.
Those that have been converted have tasted of
the love of God-but alas! they love the world.
Pride and self-seeking too often clamor to as.
sert themselves. Paul's experience in 7th Ro-
mans has been ours. He prays not for forgive
ness but for deliverance from the root of sin
and the law of sin and death, and testified to
being made free by the love of the spirit of the
life of Christ Jesus. Surely this means more
than the subjugatiou Of natural inclin atiou.
God can do this much for the brute, as is seen
in the kline which the Ekronites yoI1ed to the
cart, shutting up their calves in the STALL They
took their way direct to Bethshemesh, direct,
though like many Christians, bezloging as they
went.
1t does not mean, however, the humiliation
OF the man, only the eradication of the re-
mains of sin which antag onize spiritual life.
1t is common to try to lop off the branches, the
different members of the body of sin, but we
must strike az the heart or the seat of this life.
1t Is the baptism of the Holy Ghost and of fire
which thus destroys. On our unconditional
surrender and simple trust this depends. Can't
we exercise it now? Oar vile affections thus
cruclfied, our appetites, propensities and pow
ers resume their normal and, healthy condition
and action; and with every organ of body and
mind consecrated and sanctifed 10 God, we are
prepared to. live to His glory. There will still
be temptations in the sense of solicitation or
provoeation, as Jesus was tempted, bat With
ont the response from within as formerly
Now God callssus to this high privilege, to be
crucified with Christ. More than 1900 years
ago Christ was crucifed for US and that scene
was in Calvary. To be crucifed acith Christ is
now experience and the transaction is apittin
the soul. Your forefathers aud mine could
never have gone to the prison and the stake
without realization of this experience. MAY
the spirit of the living God stir the hearts of
many to seek and receive this full salvation.
The meeting was then closed with prayer by
Mrs. Atkinson of New York.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Opened with prayer by Amos Kenworthy. The
names Of the delegates were called, and all
were present but eight.
Messengers from the women's meeting in
formed the meeting that Sarah B. Satterthwaite
and Deborah G. Thomas would like to visit this
meeting, and liberty was granted.
Information was received from New York
Yearly Meeting that the sessions of that meet
ing in 1873 would be held at Glenn's Falls,
New York.
Deborah q. Thomas made heart-stirring
appeal to the brothers present to enter at once
into the fields which are already white for the
harvest.
Sarah B. Satterthwaite also made few re-
marks and offered prayer.
The episte from London Yearly Meeting was
received at this time and read.
The committee to settle the Treasurer's &C.
count and propose name for Treasurer report
balance to new account $1,46S.95 George
Rowland of New Bedford was appointed
Treasurer for one year.
The committees on peace and temperance
made their annual reports, which we're accepted
by the meeting, and similar committees ap
pointed for the ensuing year.
Three hundred dollars was appropriated for
the use of the committee on TEMPERANCE the
coming year.
The eristles directed to the several yearly
meetings in America, to Dublin and London
yearly meetings, also to the monthly meeting
on Mt Lebanon, in Syria, was read and ap-
proved. The cler8 was directed to sign and
forward them to the res pective meetings.
William Wetherald expressed in few
words the pleasure he felt for the unity which
has been manifest among the ministers that
have been in attendance at this meeting from
othsr yearly meetings.
1t was directed that 1000 copies of this meet.
ing be printed and sent to the various subordi-
nate meetings, to be distributed among the
members
The following vote Of thanks was adopted
to be presented to the City Government and
citizens of Portland:
New England Yearly Meeting of Friends
take pleasure in expressing to the City Govern
ment of Portland our grateful appreciation for
their lberality in opening to US the doors of
the City Hall, and to the citizens generally for
the uniform kindness and cordiality with which
the various ministers and members of the
Yearly Meeting have been welcomed and en-
tertained.
Geo. Dillingham;, Amos Kenworthy, Eli
Jones and David Updegraff made interesting
remarks, and with prayer by DR.. e. c. Young
the meeting adjourned to meet at Newport,
r. l., at the usual time next year.
Last evening there was a social meeting in
City Hall, led by Amos NJ Kenworthy of
Iowa.
There will be social meetings in Reception
Hall this afternoon and evening.