Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-25
$eligipas department.
WHERE GODS SPIRIT PR ESs Es--
YIELD!

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soul. 1t always heals or hardens. If
the soul yields to Jesus Christ, peace
and pardon and eternal life are secured.
If the sinner cleaves to his sins, the
Holy Spirit is grieved away, and the
last state of the man is worse than the
first.
That master-workman, Charles G
Finney, always aimed to work on the
same line with the Divine Spirit. If
the Spirit was pressing the unconverted
man to the wall, and demanding him to
forsake his favorite SINS, Finney said to
him, "You must give up that sin or give
up your soul. God will not submit to
you you must submit to Him, or perish,
This thorough work broke many life
long transgressor down. and at the foot
of the Cross they found salvation.
The late DIR. Spencer of Brooklyn
(whose Pastors Sketches puts the probe
deeper into the humane heart than any
book ever written in America) tells US
that his chief aim was to cooperate with
the Holy Spirit. Where the Spirit
pressed. he, too, brought to bear the pres
sure of his own appeals. The convicted
soul was taught by him to yield implic-
Lilly to Gods demands. or there was no
hope. DR.. Spencer says:
81 have only one rule; am to. con-
spire with the Holy Spirit. If | per-
ceive any one truth has impressed the
mind. l aim to make the impression
deeper; because the Holy Spirit has al
ready made that impression, and | would
not diminish it by leading the mind off
to something else. If | perceive any
error in the individuals mind, aim to
to remove it; for know that the error
is of sin, and not of the Holy Spirit"
Commonly the conflict with the con-
: victed soul is over its favorite sins.
The demand of God is that those sins be
forsaken and Christ be accepted. The
issue is as distinctly Joined as it was
when Jesus commanded the fishermen,
James and John, to ''forsake their nets
and to follow Him. The sinner must
be made to feel that he must either give
up his sins or give up his salvation
Right here is the issue with every awak.
ened person or with every impenitent
J. person who may read this paragraph.
Some sin. or sins, keep you from Christ
if persisted in, they will shut you out Of
heaven.
A very dear friend of mine often says
to me, "your sermons move me so OF
. Sunday that feel that ought 10 be a
Christian. But on Monday morning ]
plunge again into business, and forget
have soul till the next Sunday comes.
That mans besetting sin is worldliness
Gods voice to him clearly is, "Wha
will it profit you to gain all this worlC
I and lose your soul p The man delib
erately browns the warning voice, an(
" determines to serve Mammon all tn
week, and put God off with few seri
ed Gus thoughts on the Sunday. This i:
sdd probably the snare of more than one O
IN our readers. You have got to put tn
x K, claims of Christ above the claims o
oh your business, and you must consent t.
y serve Christ IN your business, or yol
st will never be converted. Except we b
converted, we cannot enter the kingdom
A. of heaven.
~ Perhaps your snare is complicit
with some dishonest practice. You ma
be making money against the protest Q
IS, conscience. On that vital point 20
nit must yield, and stop the sin, OF griev
a., Sa away Gods Spirit of grace forever
&C. That money is dearly earned that cost
you your soul.
nd Perhaps you are surrounded with ur
,Ss godly associates, and care more to liv
rs. on good terms with them than with Goo
You secretly hope that after living wit
Christ's enemies here, you will at the la:
,,h moment secure salvation and spend you
Ts- eternity with Christ's friends in HEAVIER
g I You like to be intimate with the ungoC
'th ly in this world but TO be intimate wit
nld them in hell forever has Lot entered int
he your calculation. The issue before 20
he he is clear. If you are not willing to er
ter counter the stare or the sneer of YoI
led led frivolous friends, land manfully tax
ina your stand for Jesus Christ, you will |
IS, Il cast out as a coward at the judgmel
US seat. "Whosoever loveth his frienC
n. more than Me is not worthy of Me. H
/. that taketh not up his cross and comet
the after Me cannot he My disciple" Whe
m Captain Hedley Wears was converte'
rec his messmates in the British army jeere
the .
VS. at him as ga Methodist" He put
der Bible on his table, and said, There
sI@ my colors | will stick to them"
the the you must CHOOSE between pleasing yov
ten irreligious associates, or pleasing vol
: IN Savior. You cannot please both.
be you yield to the Holy Spirits pressur
7. and take your stand for God, how
3 Of you know but what your honest, cour
.nd geous step may be blessed to the salv
s is ton of some of your friends 4?