The Portland daily press., 1878-02-09
The Revival Meetings.

The afternoon service commenced with sing
ing hymn No III, Jesus, Keep me Near the
Gross" Rev. Mr.. Perkins offered prayer, and
and hymn No. ia was sung, 81 Need Thee
Every Hour
Mr.. Morehouse wished his hearers to look in
to their Bible and find an answer to the great
Question, "Are we under the law, or under
grace?" Moses was the one through whom
the law came, but grace and truth came by the
Lord jesus Christ.
In Ex., Oil, we read that one of the first
acts of Moses was to kill the Egyptian oppress-
or of one of his brethren; but one of the first
acts of Jesus was to raise the widows son.
In Elk, 3:5, we read that when Moses was in
Gods presence, at the sbusb," he was required
to take off his shoes-the sign that sinful
man, slave, was standing before the Lord.
nEx, 4:3, we read of the miracle of the
serpent; we remember,that the serpent was the
instrument of mans fall and the type of mans
great enemy, Satan, whose works Jesus came
to destroy. A little further we read that for a
sign God made the hand of Moses leprous, and
this leprous hand was but type of the evil
nature of Moses human heart which was prone
to evil like ours. Not SO with Jesus, our Divine
In Ex., 7:19, we read of the first miracle of
Moses in Egypt-turning water to bO0d-a
sign of sorrow and death; but the first miracle
of Jesus was turning water to wine-in the
eastern cline-a sign OF life and joy.
In Ex., 1912, we read of the miracle of dark
ness, wrought by Moses; but in the 10th chap.
of John we read of miracle of Jesus in giving
sight to the blind. This contrast between the
miracles of Moses and Jesus indicates the diff.
ferept characters of the two dlspensations
which they came to introduce-law and penal
ty, grace and forgiveness.
In Elk, 1913, we read Of the last miracle of
Moses-it was to bring death into each family
of Egypt; but the last great act of EJesus was
| to die for sinful world.
In Ex., 1916, we read of the terrors of the
law; but in Matt, II. we read, 10 contrast, the
TRANSPORTATION of our Lord, and the approving
voice Of God from Heaven.
In Elk, 80, we read OF the vengeance wrought
on the sinful Israelites by the command of
| Moses.
! AS contrast we read in Acts, I'd chap, of
| the salvation of three thousand converted un-
| der the gospel-death under the law, life under
| the gospel. In Joshua 8, 5, and onward we
| read Of the entrance of the Israeites into th 9
| promised land under Joshua They could
| not come in under Moses. The law can not
get us into heaven. In Acts IS, 3, we read
| that the law can not justify; and in Rom. we
| read also that it can not make us free. Jesus
| alone can do both of these. In Gal. we read
| that the law can not make the sinner rig ht-
| e0u5. In Tue gu Cuapter, NO nnu chae 0ou
could not give law that could Justify q
sinner. If it could have been done God would
l have done it. In Heb. Z, 10, we learn that the
law could perfect nothing; but the bringing in
| of better hope by our Lord Jesus did for US
what the law could not do,-for the law puts
us far away from God; but through Christ we
can draw nigh to Him. But if grace saves US,
| may we not go on in sin? Oh no! for grace
| teaches Us that, denying all ungodliness nd
every worldly lust we should live holy, right
Ill IN fhn utn dofo rrs
blessed Redeemer.
Hymn No. 116 was sung, "Ffee from the
| ,aw." and Rev. Mr.. Bosworth pronounced the
benediction.
The evening service commenced with sing
ing HYMN No. SO, "Jesus, refuge of my soul. ,
Rev. Mr.. Gardner read the I'd chapter of Gal
and offered prayer; and hymn No. 30 was sung
sThe Solid Rock" In Gal. 2, 20, we reat
some of the sweetest words in the Bible
"Who loved me, and gave himself for me.
In John, Sd chap, we read that God loved tn
world; but here we read of personal love
Paul, writing to the Ephesians, says that Je
sus loved the church and gave himself for it
| But the church Is a multitude; but here W
| read of love that Jesus has for one person
| Can we say this for ourselves? Oh, wha
| power love has to move human hearts; ant
| what wonderful things it has accomplished
| A mothers love surpasses other human love
| but Jesus loves us more deeply than an,
earthly friend. 1t does not say that he ptied
| or sympath ized but it says that Jesus love
me and gave himself for me.
| God loved us when we were in sin and degra
dation. He did not send an angel from Heave
TO help; but God Himself came down to hel
| MS ind save us. The blessed Saviour loved u
| Whits we were in our sins. He came to cart
and lived life of sorrow, and died dreadful
| death for US. He suffered for our sins; If W
believe on him His sutferngs and death will
| avail for us. When we take the Gospel W
| shall willingly give up everything sinful. Ho'
| shall we come to Jesus? First, we must com
| as poor lost sinners, and then we must believe
| believe the word of Jesus, trust in Him, lov
Him, serve Him.
Hymn No. 40 was sung, Jesus is mine" an
Rev. Mr. Gardner pronounced the benedictioi
The preachers theme was the love of Chris
and His words held the close attention OF Il
| hearers At the close o. the sermon praye
|, | meeting was held for twenty minutes, and
| large proportion of the audience RENAME
through it. There will be no meeting tods
except the prayer-meeting this morning at
O'Clock. On Sunday the meetings will be al
D o'clock and clock p. NJ. On Monday ate
|. | noon there will be no Bible reading. but the
1t will be sermon in the evening; and on Tue
It day afternoon Mr.. Morehouse will commence
series of Bible readings on the book of Rat
It is understood that the meetings will contln
j In be held at the High street church,