Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-24
GOSPEL MEETING
1T THE OPERA HOUSE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
MT. b. r. Jacobs, Chicago Evangelist,
Discourses Upon the Text, eve are Am
bassadors of Christ"-An Interesting and
Earnest Meeting.

under the auspices of the Young Mems |
opened by Mr.. Holdridge, the secretary of
the association, giving out the familiar
hymn, GAIL hail the power of Jesus name"
the first two and last stanzas of which were
sung by the entire congregation. This was
followed by the first three and last stanzas
of ssThere is a fountain filled with BLOOD"
after which Rev. M. D. Edwards led in
prayer, and the first four verses of the 1O3d
Psalm were read and expounded by Mr..
Jacobs.
The first stanza of "Jesus, lover of my
soul" having been sung, Mr.. Thomas Coch-
ran, Jr., SAID that he regretted to announce
that it had been found impossible for
Rev. DR.. Pierson, of Detroit, who is
now in Minneapolis, to be present. The
association was not in the habit of making
announcements unless there was every pros
pect of their fulfllment, but, in the present
instance, the association had been grievously
disappointed by the anterior arrangements
in Minneapolis wherein DR.. Pierson was
concerned. Mr.. Cochran concluded by ex-
tending an invitation to all young men to
attend the Monday evening gospel meetings
in the Y. NJ. G. AS rooms, Odd Fallows'
block.
Mr.. B. F. Jacobs, the Chicago evangelist,
then stepped forward, and chose for his text
part of the twentieth verse of the second
chapter of the second epistle to the CORN
thians: eve are ambassadors of Christ"
The discourse abounded with anecdote, and
at one portion was largely occupied by pane
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the evangelist; and others of the city named.
It was delivered with much earnestness, ris-
ing at times to pathos, and its practical pre-
cepts seemed to deeply impress the congre-
cation. The following is a mere skeleton of
the discourse:
Mr.. Jacobs commenced by defining the
word ambassador. An ambassadors mission
was away from his home, and we, as ambas
doris of Christ, we're also away from home.
The very fact of being ambassadors implied
citizenship in heaven. An ambassador was
not sent to represent himself or his own
mere individual thoughts, opinions or feel
ings, but those of the king or country from
which he was sent. He was delegated to
speak the words of his king and to carry
out the wishes of his country. The presence
of an ambassador at every court was sign
Of peace, but when he was withdrawn it was
significant of time of war or impending
war. Our presence on earth as ambassadors
was similarly typical that this was day of
peace, mercy and grace, on which all might
come to Christ.
I. We as ambassadors of Christ, must be
called to the work. In the Christian work,
every man had his task or department speci-
fically ASST gned to him. 1t was essentially
and in all respects personal work, wherein
there was distinct division of labor ac-
cording to each workers ability and capac-
ity. The work Of one never clashed with
that of tho other, because of the specific per-
sonal assis nment of each as ambassador
of Christ. How honorable, dignifed and
exalted was this service! In this service
the ambassador was called to life and liberty.
Some Christians have life, but no liberty.
They were like Lazarus when raised from
the dead. They stepped forth with all the
attributes of life, but were, like him, fettesed
with grave clothes. When Lazarus
came forth from the grave, Christ com
manded the bystanders to s'loose him ani
let him co. So should Christians of the
present day obey His command by stripping
the grave clothes from their fellows who haC
just stepped forth from the tomb of sin
The ambassadors Of Christ were also called t.
Joy. Some Christians seemed to think tn
service of Christ was a most dolorous affair
but the speaker, for his part, wished tc bea
testimony then and there, that it was any
thing but dolorous. The world furnished n,
such JOY as that which befell the Christian
ambassador. But it was hard to get tn
stream of JOY from some ambassadors, Will
Others continued to pour forth living river
Of what benefit were these little streams
Let Christians bore deep enough through
their pride, their business affairs, their sci
fishness, and their troubles, and thep woul
discover an endless stream of 10
below. The ambassadors of Chris
were called to fellowship with God. What
wonderful spectacle was here presented
man in fellowship with God! The servic
Of Christ did not consist in work first. Th
spiritual life and the natural life wer
analogous. It was food first. and work aftel
wards. Just as it was with children born int
the natural family, so it is with the childre
born into Christ's family. 1t was not ex
pectcd that the child three months oil
would do the work of the boy Of ten year
of age, or that the boy of ten would &C
conlplish the task of the full grown man
The gospel system was a series of rewards
Christ never permitted any man to be Hi
debtor. Of the workers in the vineyard, a
PARALLEL by Christ, the only ones who wer
disappointed were those who made bargain
with the master. And they made ba
bargains, too. It was not necessary to max
bargain with God, as He would voluntaril
reward all His servitors much beyond any
thing they could conceive themselves.
ii. The ambassadors of Christ must b
qualified For this purpose they must /
taught, just as Timothy was directed t
study. The scriptures must be studied
Some said they trusted to the workings
the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit on]
worked according to the word of God. TT
bible was the chart by which the sailin
must be directed; it was the pattern aft@
which life and action must be moulded.
must, therefore, be diligently studied, an
this study must be accompanied
work. AS one form of this wor
the speaker strongly advised the esta.
Hshment of merchants prayer meeting
which would shake St. Paul to its verv Gel
tire. One great difficulty that Christiani
and Christians had to contend against W,
the inconsistency of their lives. They we
too high up; they were not willing to /
taught. Witness Gods action with the T
raelites when they arrived before Jerich
after victorious march through the wilde
ness from Egypt. They were not comman,
ed, even thong b they were flushed with vi
tory, to invest or attack the city, but Il
almighty ordered that every man of the I
raelitish host shouldlbe at once circnncise
tor 1T was remarkable fact that they hs
Already become so unmindful of His con
mands that only two men of the whole n;
ton had been circumcised. So the who
army was halted; the whole wa
tho