, 1877-02-12

sVhCl aSItltll Auu UlLS HlH1 Ill NINtEN
# Christian e1feriensc. Everybody develop,
lks the grain Of mnstartl.ccti In the
vegetable kingdom. Every one begins nt the |
beginning, working up little by little, and thcna
religious growth i coinpleic, fhie Kinsdom
Of God Ia 9 gradual transformation In tho sonl
Of mau. By the process tho whole animal M
ture ts not extfnGttsict, hut perfectly subonlt-
fsin9 their passions and lusts. IS figure Of
speech that Is all right, but It Il only figure OF
speech. Bring me up from, the prairie horse
iull OF pMslon on which I am to mako my
that % question Is il issue il Is .natter 81 eonsi
ernble inheritance 70 both Sides. tRcnewcd
sasS 1I AnI ts! ,y, ys,, although @ may hs
ly, but with curb, and above all with agtllty and
q firm seat, contest the matter with lin until
l have broken him In. ! may sny unuttcrlbfe
things to lalm: may feel bad towasis hin. ut
want t9 ride him. ivan. 80 70 subduc him that
his will shall bc ms will, and his strength my
stTcngthi and, 70 long a. that result Is attained,
and nm uppermoet, don't caro- shout any.
Mems passions arc tic animals they rllc on,
and VIC don't want to cruelty them 40 " 10 cx-
terminate them. We don't watt to drive
out appetite. or hunger, or the Instlncts
Of the race. w. don't want 70 tako away hfs
don't Wnnt to destroy, but to break them In,
and brcak them under, and let the nobler IN.
stfnets sit IN the saddle Upon the back ,f tho
animal passions: VIC want to bring tnto abso-
lutte and complete aAcendcuey tho spirit man,
The tnan that represents tho Divine nature, not
The other that represents tho human md tho
earthly nature
Il you viii turn to the fifteenth chapter Of
two natures. First he describes tho mature
VI The flesh man. He tells the WORKS of
the flesh man,-hc, calls him IN anotl-
e. e. plaase Ing the, The bo'l!1y l;, man. weI, what
cultivated, growing Wild snd loose, as n!a'e out
of ten men In tho world DO. These arc tic out:
groupings Of tho bodily man: Adultery, fornt-
cation, uncleanltncss, 1ascivtouancss, fdolatry,
.tre satrfa stos tyasSs w5Gcn
WORKS Of Ito ficsb. Now what arc Tic works Of
the Bpiritl Thoy are called tho fruits nf tho
ifPns fs ss Z ss o2s "f %sa II s a,s ns. T ov .p1s H.
fruit Of the spirit is first lovvt nut. ncxt like su,,
spark sparkle, ~ Th.n peace: ny th9 peaeo such -
sonle Gh.lstlans get In ehricia-1sot the
nass. Which, tho human soul Ia
exc!tc1 IN ono or two faculties, and they rho Ia
an Intense power disproportio!iatc untl inliarmo-
uaoue, that Is not pcace. But II, tnstcad OF
single one Of the faculties Of tho human soul,
20 that there Is uniform. intense delight, then
We get perfect peace There is no peace that
does not imply universal, harmonious ilcvelol'-
nature. When those arc all carried up 70.
gether, they nro like the unison OF grand
chotr, and the peace is full OF actl7lty, Of vol
ume, and quality. It. then becomes like The
then higher than Joy, anl sxccter, is tho peace
that comes from the cxaltalton Of whole soul.
Ncxt we come to 1onE-suffertag, which Ia also
set down aa among the Christian virtues. There
rs r. various ways In which ihis is horne, but
suffering. You can say, III ue could bear
crown Of thorns, at least can bear ono OF the
thorns in tho crown" Then there Is 4..Eentle-
ness not the Eeatlsness of weakness that has
Of power that makes a volulne OF force md
babe. Then "goodneas,' somethIug distinct
from nll these, and although VIC understand 1t
author hus ever described or glycn . deanitlon
sosething t!,as works :. sdsEay:, s''" 10. ..
wa,s' c,,fS,ny ey,Gty way oh, .or o.
wherus There Is kindness, beauty, gentle,
loving nature showing ltsclf socially from mai.
to tnan everywhere. tnat mnku HIS r0sy,-that
tilnkos It smooth, Bwert, and rIch. There arc
persons going about whose souls ntc AZ whole
bnnd Of inus!c to everybody that is near them.
and ono dwells IN theiE presence In o bounty OF
Eladness pcrpetualIy. II they ~, It Is twilight;
u they cone, y is sunlight Goodness Is that
created By the Spirit ot God, and Is one
Of The fruits Of tho Spirit Their fa!th-or, in
other words, inaginatlon-rangcs not among
physical things, but among the invisible rrall-
tss; pat eskess or tho powcs at such
that their wckcdncss against yo,l Is not 40 ,ul,ch
an attagk uu you as q reason OF sOrruw fur
them. II man an,tte thee OH tho one check,
do not turn tho other II you arc blazing ma4L
[F.N11Rfjf1 Ia ma ItkN RIM ~ n In
thee oa the oue check and 1t strikes In thls way
upon tho soul: "Ohi In wllat realm this u,a1
must liyc; bow po9I tho child ID; am sorry for
s I'm ssnis soaa Of ii: , t sna
ths,so tia. are Offending youI. TIM. is mssK. s
ness: need 70 trll you Il veFy particularly, b.
world. And. last OF all, sclf.cuntrol 1t Is
called temperance, but ID the original It Ia self
government or self-control.
Now, let me 90 over this inventory again fora
moment. remember In the old times, when q
revival sprung Up 10 ny boyhood, there were
tion there arc tie technique, the special ways
Of prcachinE, the special modes Of exanli,,-
ii whether they hayo pa.scd from dcath
to llie When was boy wa used to talK q
great deal about our evidences. wish there
was more Of that now,-.many people, arc con.
fV&ApA 0V SAANY AlAA WIN NJ AkLkS@ilhukuLGFl-
that 1t IL really an Improbable task IL thou.
s2ila Of cases to search for evidences. But let
. man be shut up IL these verses Which are In
the 9th chapter Of 0alatEans-tho ones that i
have read. Let HIN test himself. VI hive
been converted unto what and how ,ucl,
into IT, Naye been converted !nto joy, into
peace, into lonT'autlerltR, antn gcntlcncss, iuto
guodacsst Into faith, Into Incekncss, Into untiro
selt.RoscrnsncntF How many mel, arc tlcro
that have sta!a great while In the church
and have had the uatMe Of being eminent CHRIS
t!ans that-eyery day. had almost saia-but
continually In their lives, when eome little of-
fcnse Guinea and they dasI!e out Just llks other
men, likc the under n!asl tlaughter1, md II YOU
eay to them, "WhcFe Is your forgiveness, whcEe
nocencef'' swell. there Is point beyond
which purity scases 70 oe ylrtae.". they tcll
shot of, .rhey ,scil you circumstances alter
eascs. We'll, clrcumsta1ccs ,es.ns to havs
hays thu uatne ot being Christians with tho
liberty os acting l!ks the devil under cifcuIn-
stallees. ffteuowed laughter,l
Now, what did conversion do for yona How
lnuel, ot love, ot 1oy, of paae, of ongsu!feting,