The Portland daily press., 1877-06-11

| ton. Mr.. Jays text was, ut IS faithful say
ing and worthy of all acceptation that Jesu
Christ came into the world to save sinners, o
whom 1 am chief" have often thought tina
these words are source of joy and pleasure
persons of every class. do not propose t
try to make the name of Jesus more preciou
to the believer No words of mine will max
them love that dear name more than they dc
desire that all of US, that each one ma
| realize in our own experience that SIT is
faithful saying and worthy of all acceptatiol
that Jesus Christ came into the world to saw
sinners" The first lesson we are to learr
| from these words is our lost condition. | d
not see that they would mean anything if w
were not IN lost condition. He came to saw
that which was lost. When we dwell upol
| this thought how full of meaning is the wor,
save" Each of us must realize the necessit,
| OF salvation. No one can be saved till thel
| realize that they need q saviour. 1t is no
| necessary to show that we need a savior
| There is not person in this house who a
| some time, in some place, under some circum
| stances, has not felt need for something NOR,
| than they have. God has not only given US
savior, but He has come to us and knocked a
| the door of our hearts. When we are ready tt
| call on His name and bid Him come in WI
| shall be saved. "God so loved the world thai
| He gave His only begotten son that whomso
ever believed on Him might be saved" Thanh
| God, so many here are saved. They are al
round me here this morning. They have
realized that "Jesus Christ came into the world
| to save sinners. They have given their hearts
| to Him and He has come in and they are now
rejoicing. 1 don't wonder Isaiah, looking for
ward to the coming Christ, called Him "Won
derful'. He is wonderful Savior. "Whc
is this in glorious apparel? and the answer
comes back, II, that speak in righteousness, am
mighty to save" We want everyone to come
and see for themselves that they may realize
that He is "mighty to save" and call His name
Wonderful L rejoice in an eternal and full
salvation, glorious and complete. 1 believe
that il you were to see Jesus Christ in all His
beauty, all His glory, all His loneliness, there
is not one that would put Him OFT, but every
one would rush to the arms of Jesus, not one
who would not pray, "Lord bless me-" We
need not wait for tomorrow.
Last winter a man came to me and said one
of my neghbors wished to see me-a man who
had cursed and insulted God, and who was sick
and suffering for the necessities of life.
went to the wretched log cabin, and when ]
entered he told me how he was suffering, that
he had neither fuel nor food, but, said he, "this
is not the worst, l am dying and L shall go to
worse place than this" I thought to myself,
'can there be worse place than this" How
glad was that had my Bible with me, and
L took it and read to him from the Sd chap. of
John, and when l read that verse, "For God so
loved the world that he sent His only begotten
son that whosoever believed in him should not
perish but have everlasting lfe.' He looked
up at me and said, rs that in the Bible?" and
again he asked me, sob! how glad was to tell
him that Christ can wash away sin in one hour
as well as in hundred" L never understood
what that verse meant before. know now.
believe there is glorious salvation begun
to-day and increasing more and more through
Re "a q W. no "a
Jesus Christ In our hearts we have everything
else. Iwant to urge on all this dear company
who have given their hearts to God that they
will be faithful followers Of Jesus. L believe
that just here many make a great mistake.
There are great mauy who live along salts
fed if they can bearly make an entrance into
Heaven. This is not an abundant entrance.
This is not bearing much fruit. We want a
full and complete salvation. l once went into
the Tower of London and put on my head one
of the old helmets that are kept there-I I'M
derstood then what Paul meant when he spoke
of the ''helmet.of salvation" L knew then that
the enemy could not harm me when l had ON
this helmet. Let US serve our Father and go
straight forward With our eyes fixed on Christ.
If we live in glory, we shall die in glory. A
thought of sudden death, replied, Sudden
death is sudden glory" and in less than an
hour he was in glory; but how is it with those
to whom sudden death comes and who have
not known the glory while living? But it is a
wonderful coming down to give up our pride
heart in any religion that does not give up
everything to Christ. 1 feel to-day that God
fills my heart more and more. My love for
Him is enlarged and increased every day. You
may love Him more tomorrow than to-day,
There is not man here to-day who has not
felt at some time that he ought to be Chris
tian, but you have put God away. 1t is their
own fault. Do not blame God for it. If there are
any young men or young women here who in
tend to give their hearts to Christ some time,
why don't you do it now? Say, "Lord Jesus, L
surrender 81 all into Thy hand; wash me ard
don't understand this plan Of salvation" Never
mind; that will come, and you may say,
Whereas was once blind, L now see." May
the Lord help those who are praying, and seek
ing salvation.
A friend who had charge of life-boat once
told me this incident. He was called in the
night to get out the life-boat. A vessel had
struck GU the reef They went out and launched
the boat, but it was impossible to get it through
the breakers, and all the time the cries of
those shipwrecked men were ringing in their
ears. AT last the men said, ''We cannot stay
here and hear them imploring US, and we UNI
able to help them,'' and they went home and
in the morning came down. The boat was
the wrecked vessel. She was found on her side
and the men had dashed themselves to.the rig
ging. My FREUD called to the captain to let 60
and drop himself into the life-boat, but he was
afraid and would not let himself be saved.
Then his son said, Father, if you will not co.
let me; am sure that good man will save US"
and he dropped into the boat, saved. Thank
God, the faith Of the children is bringing the
fathers and mothers to Christ! And then the
father gave himself up, and then another till
the whole were saved-just as hundreds and
thousands have been saved in the lfe-boat,
III arn cir in hoo
Heaven is reality to me. How soon some of
US may be there! want to get to heaven to
see my Saviour have a dear girl in heaven
She is waiting there to see me. How | long to
see her! long to see my friends, but [ want to
see my Savior most.
At the conclusion Of the sermon, Rev. Dr.
Malcolm, late pastor of the Baptist church
in Newport, r. L.. and the present Secre-
tary of the American Peace Society, addressed
the meeting with a few we'll chosen words.
Many Of Chrlst's disciples differ in their views
of church government and other things, but
hold the one essential of the sacrifice and atone
ment of Calvary, where Jesus Christ died for
the remission of sins. AS there is but one vine,
and one branch is related to all the others, by
the common life, SO every disciple is spiritually
and vitality related. The one evidence that
the branch springs from the vine is that it shall
be fruitful. So if disciple does not bear the
fruits of the spirit we doubt his relations with
Christ. We think not so much of externals as
of the heart. Among the conspicuous signs of
these latter days is this, that the disciples of
the different churches are drawing to Christ,
and so nearer to each other. We shall not ans
wer before God for eXternals, but for the deeds
of Christian charity and love, for feeding the
hungry and caring for the sick, the poor, the
suffering.
After few remarks by Mrs. Satterthwaite,
from the text, "Enoch walked with God, and
was not, for God took him., and prayer by Mrs
Deborah Collins, the signal for closing the meet.
ing was given by Friend Lang, shaking hands
with his neighbors on the platform
AFTERNOON.
Every seat in City Hall was. filled yesterday
afternoon. Like all the meetings, the services
were of social nature and were participated
in by some of the most prominent Friends in
the city. After prayer, Dr. E.. G. Young of
Ohio preached from John III, l6. The rapidity
of DR.. Young's utterance and the intricate con-
struction Of the sentences made it impossible
to give a complete report. He sketched in
very graphic manner the plan of the Atone
ment, and portrayed with eloquent words the