Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07

NV friends, the moment you touch any
one portion of the Bible, it is all gone. |
would rather give up my life, rather than
give up one line of it. A great many say
they don't believe in miracles. Then you
have got to give up the whole of it, for it is
full of miracles from beginning to end. You
let man go into court, and tell one lie, and
all his testimony is gone. That is what the
devil is trying to do with the Bible. hope
we will have revival in Boston to bring
people back to the Word of God That's
the revival we want, and anything else will
be worth nothing. May God give us a love
for His own Word
THE sUFFICIENCY OF GRACE.
A great many people look at the future
and borrow good deal of trouble about
what may happen. | think it was only yes
terday that a lady came to me in great
trouble, and said she was afraid she wouldn't
have grace enough to hold out. "Well," |
said, have you got grace enough to hold
out to-day % "Yes," she said. "Well,
thank God for that" | said. Don't cross a
mountain till you get to it. If Pm going to
cross great mountain tomorrow, God will
give me grace to cross it. read in the
ninth chapter of the second episte to the
Corinthians, and the eighth verse: "And
God is able TO make all grace abound toward
you, that We always having all sufficiency in
all things, may abound in every good work"
God has got grace enough to give you to
bear all the Affections that flesh is heir to in
one day, if they should come upon us all at
once. God has got grace enough to carry us
through without staggering, and what we
want to do is to pray God to give us more
grace. A great many people are all the time
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praying Tod TO take the thorns out OF their
ilesh they don't ask Tor grace to bear the
thorns. Now, there hasn't been throne OF
grace established TO pull the thorns out OF
the flesh.
THE WIDOWS CRUISE.
If she had been Boston woman, she
would have said You don't suppose am
going home to make fool of myself and
borrow empty vessels to pour the one bottle
at his word, she went; and can see her 60
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And there we're gossins tlen same ne no,v
and. no doubt they said What is the
matter with the widow There she has
been carving vessels for hours into her
house, and there are her bows now taking
vessels and carving them into all the rooms ;
Well, she borrowed not few. and when she
got her house pretty well filed with vessels
She took them around and began to put her
oil into them. and she said to one of the
bows. Now. John. YOU lust take this vessel
and now. Jimmy. vou lust take this one
that bottle of oil till She filed every vessel
brimful. IL WAS good oil fresh from the
hands of its Creator-of course it was good
oil. And she kept calling out, 81 Bring me
another vessel" We'll. mother. there oin't
another vessel TO be badw An. NV friend
God will fill every vessel we bring. But if
we bring full vessels. full of conceit and
pride. He can't fill them. We must bring
empty vessels. and then God will fill them
with grace.
THE MIRACLE OF CONVERSION.
think that we are having miracles now
Just about as wonderful as those which
Christ performed when lie was on earth. |
heard in the little meeting after the noon
prayer-meeting yesterday of man who got
up and stated that he came here week ago
to-day. lie had been confirmed drunkard
"a great drunkard for thirty years-and the
God of heaven had taken away his appetite
for strong drink, and his face shone as he
told what God had done for him. The case
of that man | considered supernatural. |
would like to have man explain how such
a thing is done by natural causes. know
there are great many men who doubt these
witnesses. II a man told me five years ago
that man could be drunkard for thirty
or forty years, and then could have his ap-
petite taken away from him, would have
doubted his word. have always believed
that God could save drunkard, but be-
lieved that he had to carry that appetite
down to the grave; but God, find, is going
to destroy the works of the devil, and this
appetite for strong drink is one of the devils
works. Taking away mans appetite for
drink is a supernatural work, and that is
what God does. Right here in the chapter
to-day is what the mother said, "Whatso-
ever lie saith unto you do it, II men will
do what God says, lie will give them power
to resist temptation, and resist the tempter
and overcome every temptation they have
II we do not obey Him and do what lie tells
u.s. how can we expect that lie is going to
! give MS the blessing we ask Let men take
this very sentence, and would like TO give
1t as the keynote OF the meeting, "What-
soever He saith unto you, do it," What does
lie say II there is a man out OF Christ, lie
says, Come unto me )" Him that cometh
unto me, will not IN any wise cast out" |
don't care who 1t is, Him that cometh
unto me will III no wise cast out
Your heart may be as black as hell, but
bring it to Christ and lie will cleanse it and
purify it. lie came into this world just to
save sinners. was very much interested
last Friday in seeing man that sat near
the reporters stand, and he was so very