Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-13
THE GOSPEL OF GRACE
As Enunciated Eby Msjor Whittlo at the
House of Hone LAST Night.

~~ssc~ ASADS e'~O~AS'
The meeting at tho House of Hope last
night was opened by the hymn, Fix
Your Eyes Upon Jesus" after which Rev. Mr..
Davis led in prayer, and the male choir sang
with Mr.. McGranahan ''Au tho way long it is
Jesus. Mai. Whittle then made the announce
ments for tomorrow: Prayer meeting at $50,
bible meeting at $3.50. Mr.. McGranahan then
sang Eternity" which Major Whittle remark
ed was the last song he ever heard Mr.. Bliss
sing. After prayer Major Whittle read letter
made last evening, which cputained message
to the unconverted men of st. Paul-''Tell
them to simply confess Christ"
In Ephesians 2:8 We read, said Major Whit
tie, For by grace are you saved by faith. "
We have in End Samuel 3 beautiful example of
grace in the history Of King David. When he
came to the throne he asked, is there one left
of the heirs of Saul? The reply was made that
Jcnathan's son Mephibosheth was still alive
upon learning which David made him a
handsome allowance and support-with
his family-for the love he bore
the young mans father, Jonathan. 1t seems
when tbs young man vas boy when he
took him and ran away with him for fear Of
David, who was to be king. In the flight the
lad fell and hurt his leg, and he became lame.
Now this is the way we are served when We run
away from God; we run straight into sin and
misfortune.
When, then, David was firmly established on
his throne, and all of his enemies were
angered, the first thing he did was to send out
proclamation of amnesty to the house of
Saul. No ono made reply at first through
fear. Now in precisely this way is the pro-
elamation of the gospel amnesty sent to US.
Sauls house knew this meant them, but they
refused to accept. 80 we that are sinners
hot We az $na 49, 1v
means us.
Now when the joung man really felt that he
was fixed with David, what were his feelings?
Why, he loved his benefactor snd was loyal to
him to the end. So will we do when God has
given us his full salvation. We cannot help
but love him. The young man trusted David
and lived with him, but he was still lame. The
king's kindness did not cure his lameness, nor
does Gods forgiveness relieve US of all the
troubles of life. We still have the same old
bodies, the same temptations, but We have the
kings bounty and his protection. Did this
young man keep whining about bis feet?
about his trials and his lameness? Did he
am I unfortunate? Did he
keep looking at his feet? No, his face shone
with Joy, and he put his poor lame feet out of
sight, under the kings table, and lived in trust
and content. So should we accept the kindness
of God in this manner; just as he intends we
should.
Oh what beautiful act this was in the life
of King David. How it was spoken of, how it
was commented on by the kings friends, his
officers and his generals Oh, said they, I'VE
did not expect this of the king. We knew he
was brave as officer, wise as a king, benig-
nant as ruler, but this act of grace We did
not expect. We supposed he would kill this
prince--he deserved it.. Oh such grace as our
king has shown. So it is with God, how much
grace and kindness he has shown us. We poor
lame, unworthy sinners. Oh, there is an invi-
tation extended to us. Why not come? Why
not come tonight and accept the grace offered
to you?
After singing 'By faith view my Savior
dying, on the tree" the meeting
was closed with the remark that greater effort
| should be made to get the unconverted into
| these meetings.