Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-19
THE SERPENT IN TIE WILDE RFESs

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Maj. Whittle Delivers Another Earnest
and Foroible Address at the House Of
Hope Last Evening.
The meeting last night was we'll attended.
1t was opened with prayer by the Rev. DR..
Dana.
what must it be to be there" was then
sung by the congregation, after which, by
special request Mr.. and Mrs. MoGranahan
sang, very feelingly, just Over There"
which was listened to with marked attention
by the audience.
After asking the usual blessing upon tho
word to be presented Mai. Whittle took his
text from John Ill.,, 1916: "And As Moses lift
ed up the serpent in the wilderness. even so
must the son of man be lifted up: that
not perish, but have eternal ife."
Christ's prophecy regarding his death. "even
so shall tho Son of Man be lifted up" Tho
serpents were sent to affliot the children of
Israel on account of their sins; so sin and
death now exists in this world because of man s
taken away but God did not choose to work in
that manner, but rather to provide remedy.
He caused Moses therefore, to raise the brazen
serpent in the wilderness, and by only looking
at this they were Immediately healed. God
does not choose to take sin away from this
"olAu VI ouIs; Dut ooes lnueeo ploVlue d lem-
edy for it, and in that remedy We recognize
the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, he it was
that was lifted upon the CROSS. The children
of Israel were told that the only way for them
to be healed was to look at the serpent. Many,
perhaps refused to look at the serpent and con-
sequently died. Many sinners now refuse to
accept the Savior and wish to argue that they
do not nee4 a Savior, that they are not sinners,
and require no remedy. Does q sick or dying
man stop to argue that he is not sick and needs
no medicine? Do you think that the children
Of Israel stopped to argue that they were not
bitten?
Alany doubted the efficacy of tho serpent,
but on the testimony of friends we're persuaded
to 20 through all the forms but did not look at
the serpent and yet pretended that they were
healed. Many go through tho ceremonies of
religion, are baptized, 60 to church, etc., but
in reality are only assuming the garb of re.
hgiou. Many think that evaneelists only want
sinners to join the church. They gain q wrong
impression. Keep out of the church until you
are in reality a Christian, for you will do
Christianity more harm than good, if such is
your belief Good saves q man before
he sets him to work, but as soon al he does
save him he expects him to work. Sinners
lost If the cross of Christ does not oppose it.
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Mr.. w. ended in a warm exhortation to sim
nars to take bold stand on the side of right
and Christ.
SERVICE TO-DAY.
The following is the order of exercises for
to-day at the Central Presbyterian church:
l0-ll. Address-Our condition before God
Christians lukewarm; sinners perishing. Rev.
D. r. Breed.
ll-l2. Address-What shall we do? Con-
ditions of spiritual blessing. Rev. NJ. McG.
Dana, D. D.
12-1. Devotional meeting. led by Thoma as
Cochran, Jr.. and w. 81. Howard. Topic
Confession of sin and conservation to work.
1-2. Address-Power from on high. How
shall Christians be filled with the spirit. Rev.
L. @. Barnes.
%. Misunderstanding the unsaved; whose
the duty? how persuade them?
3-4. Salvation realized; the Joy of believ.
ers; the peace of the saved. Rev. 81. G. Jen.
nings.
While it is designed to hold continuous
session, there will be opportunity for those tc
retire who are compelled to, at the close of any
hour.