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to the cross, was considered. Christ promise,
His disciples that H. would send the Com forti,
to them, and charged that they should tarry n
Jerusalem until He came. , When tue Disciple
questioned Him as to the establishment Of Hi
kingdom He promised that they should be ban
ttzed with fire and the Holy Ghost
on the DAY OF Penteeo:t the chose!
every man In his own mothrr tongue, ana 3.0N
we're added to the church ia. one day. The Hol,
Ghose lncaraate in the Church was the endow
met ment of Christianity, and all that the Church
The distinctive work OF the Church was to point
out to men tie Lordship Of Jesus Christ
Christ never saved soul that lie didn't goy
ern, anu never would. Mems relationship t,
Christ must be that OF willing servants. Il
theY lored Him, their passions AMI thci,
hates would be sublacd. Straight wns
the gate ald harrow us the way wslictI led tc
e.ernai lie. and the speaker felt that Jes,,:
kuew tnoEs aoout the da-.ers Of life than the
I iloderu 0,iettante popular preachers. Good
character was al absolute Necessity to eternal
happiness, and God could surely distinguish he
tweet, right and wrong. Surety He must ki,ow
t!lat there was a difference between Florence
WILKES Booth committing murder Men
were full OF SIN, and the atouemcni
made by Christ was their only hope 4 perfect
self-surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ vas the
key OF human destiny. Christ did not work
with armies and cannon. with famine aud pesti-
| !enee. but sought to win free souls fron SIN.
| God did not give His oniy-begotten Son to die
that ilien might siu with IMMUNITY. Tie past
might be- o!otted out, bu: onlY when they would
| submit themselves to Christ. Creels and ritu-
! ais were good things. but they were the leaves
on the tree, not the fruit. May God help all to
build upon the rock Of Christ Jesus by resting
| upon Ills Word.
Tue meeting closed with singing aud prayer
| BY Elder Miller.
THE RgGCLAR O'CLOCK pRAYER-AEEr1SG
| yesterday morning was held III thu chapel OF
Clark Street Church, and was conducted By
Dr. and Mrs. Palmer. at $50 a. III. the Glass
Leaders Convention in the Tabernacle was
opened by singing IAN soldier Ut the
cross" The Rev. Mr.. Hughes then led iu
| prayer.
! paper on "The sub-Pastoratc and Its Re-
iatton to the itincrancy was to have been con-
| trlbuted bv the Kcy. q. II. Tiffany, b. D., but
| for some unexplained reason it ial!ed to cufne
| to hand. Gu motion oi Elder Jut11ins, the
| meeting therefore adjourned.
Elder Juttsins presided at the regular Il
| O'Clock preaching service,
! THE NEy. W. II. CRAFTS,
Of Trinity n. E. Church., preached, taking for
his text Matt, xvii. s: "'rhey saw no nan
| save Jesus only" LIE said that numbers were
los requisite for successful prayer-mcctiug,
there would Christ be also The tired :s1,l weary
APOSTLES fell asleep, and when tIey awukc they
saw tac face OF taclr Lord and Master transsis-
urcd like unto All angel. Hut this WIS not tue
true trans:guration of Christ; that cttnc when
The sacrifice was cansuminatcd ou Calvary. This
was rez,usng away ii the veil, 4 prophecy OF
the future. His beauty and glory easttc not
IRON without, but from within, it was tile reflex
OF His soul shining iu His cauntcla:n1:. Let
young men and women remember that their
transtguration must result from their character
Thcrc came to assist i'll this great sclcnlt: two
great prophets OF old, Noses ansl Elias. At
last, alter many years, Moses attained the de-
sire OF his lii, his feet pressed the soil Of the
Promised Land. This should teach the lesson
that our hopes aud longinss, it not altogether
realized in this lie, HAY be .raateti to Us in tho
glory Of the angels. Dcath did not emu all; by
faith we saw our friends now, aud BY
Church militant to the Church triumphant.
Death made many changes aud severed many
ties, but neither death nor life could separate
bound us to Him.
at this the gr:udest interview ever held upon
the Garth, the theme was not the glory Of God
Or the power OF Christ, but the sacrifice upon
theme of Christ to Ills disciples sllon1l
not preachers OF tue present DAY continue
to preach the bloods Not long a-o Chicago
religious paper pronounced the hymn, - There
ing bui mass Of do@gere nc believed that,
ii it had been in the collection at thai time,
Peter, James, and John would haze sung it
upon the Holy Mount. They needed careful,
prayerful preparation ior the work tncy had u
do, and evcu Christ needed Preparation for
tho sulIerings He was aoout to
undergo. james. great strong man us he WIS,
hud to learn that the Law Was subordinate to
Christ, and when be saw Moses iale away In the
greater glory, OF the Messiah he learned a
allen 1n:u by
Peter was that he entertained So strong be-
lief in prophecy that he considered ut TINT time
Isaiah and the oder, prophets as great
IN the guisc Of a servant, even
IS Kings in oltlen times disguised themselves in
hu,ncspun and rays, us begS,ers and pcdllers, in !
,orIer to learn the feelings oi their people TIL
then the Apostles knew moi that He was divine:
the Mount they could see the seven battle fields
on which He was SO soon to suffer. On every ]
occasion When great things We're to be
Men had a. habit Of saying, - hare
SO much to do to-day that can only read
short psalm" Better far was the declaration !;
Of Luther, who sand that lie had so much to go
through that day that he could not get along
with less than three hours' prayer. Iii that
little company OF four were the seeds Of mill
ions OF reyiyals.
Another reason than that Of preparation was
TO SHOW 10 Tile WOriu Tue grand prc-tnfnetec o1 |
Jesus. Only His couutenancc was changed, al |
though there were TWO others there who
were familiar with all the secrets OF Heaven.
When Peter proposcu to buill these tatcr
for Moses, Que for Elias, anti one
for the Lord. putting Him on an equality with
terrible voice from ont the clouds re-
buked him. and they neard the words, 's This is
MY beloved Son; hear yc Him." And when
the abashed Apostles dared oucc more
to raise their heads they founI
Jesus alone. Unhappily men gave far too
and think if they declared for Christ. 6 What
will they say:' was considered TN ali hands, anu
this social despot ruled France lnore than
Marshal Muc:1alon, Engta I'd more than Queen
Victoria and her Parliament, and America more
than President Hayes and Congress. 1t was
tho mirror in which men and women
fashioned not oniy tncir dress but |
their characters. Though their convictions
we're favorable to declaration, OF the,r faith in
Christ. they were afraid to So declare for fear OF
their ncighbors would say or would tlink
,i thcna It was like the iron bed of 'rocrustcs,
1pon which that cruel King stretched his vic
inns. II they were too long to tit he cut OF
Licr feet: if too shurt he used the rack to
cngthcn them out. So twas with '1they say