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CAMP MEETING.
Sunday Mornings Exercises.

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delivery. :
Bro. Allen then said their was TWEEN
ty minutes for experiences.
A gentlemen arose.
Bro. Allen. Now be short!
% Gentleman. / feel wholly sanctified
this morning. 1 want to read tins text:
"Behold what manner of love God
has shown"
Lady. I feel wholly sanctified to
God. ] am washed in the blood Of
the Lamb. I believe in the Savior.
My son came to me and said the
Lord has been with me. / am bless
ed and consecrated to God. L give
up all to Jesus. am prepared to go.
Pray to go. BE ready! That's my
determination this day.
Lady. My soul delights in honor.
ing present protection against sin
To-day am sanctifed by Jesus, and
| hope to continue in that state
Gentleman. When the Lord il
keeping from sin no temptation car
snare. With temptation he will send
way of escape. l take Gods way
and am safe. / was first converted
then sanctlfied. He is cleansing me
from sin this morning. His salvation
is present, revealed from moment Il
moment, and He is saying ''to the
utlermost" this morning.
" Lady. Leaning OR Jesus, / fee
His blood is cleansing from sin.
Lady. Jesus saves me, God sane
titles me, and my soul is abundantly
sanctified. '.4-
Lady. l feel happy this morning
l feel sanctiication and am glad t.
be in the Kings highway OF holiness
Gentleman. l feel that the law 0
the Spirit of God has made me free
from the spirit of sin. l challeng'
trial of this doctrine. 1t will prove
all it claims to be.
Lady. This is the first time that
have tried to speak. The Lord ha'
given me strength. | feel happy
ready to die aud wish to keep from
sin for Christ's sake, and to be saveC
from SIN. Bro. Allen the Lord viii
do it.
Gentleman. i am cleansed from
sin; washed whittier than snow.
Lady. l am not ashamed to owl
my God. Oh, my soul has beer
saved from the downward way. Now
if it be Gods will l can go down t.
death. Pray for all. Are any con
vinced they must be taught, the
converted, then sanctified before the,
come to be admitted into the res
prepared for the children Of God
NV God overshadow and assist me
7 pray that l may be kept burning
and shining hight throughout eternity
SERMON.
Bro. Allen then began to say: BE
loved, l expect to preach a shoT ser
mon. | feel it ought to be long, bu
my voice is not strong. l was goin
to state that 1 am going to preac
from the biggest text in the Bible:
Heb: 13, II. Wherefore Jesus aiso
hat he might sanctify the people wit
His own blood suffered without tn
gate.
1t is the biggest text because it in
cludes the whole plan of salvation
Both the old and new testament
hang on this one central trutl
"Whereforc Jesus also, that he migt
sanctify the people with His ow
blood suffered without the gate.
Now, it must be borne in mnd thu
Paul teaches sanctiiication to- all til
churches to which his epistles in I'll
Scriptures are addressed. Unto IL
church of the Thcssolonians he writes
lst Thes: /, /. Grace be unto yo
and peace from God our Father an
the Lord Jesus Christ.
He treats them as church. an
says:
1st Thes: 4, 3. This is the will I
God even your sanctifcation.
And sums it up with this advice:
. 1st Thes: II and IS. Pray witho1
ceasing. In everything give thank
for this is the will of God in Chm
: Jesus concerning you.
To the Colossians and EphesiGl
Paul writes in the same strain, but
the Hebrews, that knew the law,
put the law as the figure of Il
heavenly.
Now beloved, our lesson is in III
brews, and with the help of the Lo
/ want to tell you how Paul brini
this thing up and what was the ms
ter with the old covenant. Sancti
is compound word. 1t is made ,
out of two latin words, sanctum viii
means holy, and tdcia which mea
make. Our text might be rel
thus: Wherefore Jesus also, that
might make the people holy with |
blood, suffered without the gat
Some persons think that I don't knt
the meaning of words, but I knt
. what I know, and I know sancti
means make holy. 1 have the b
: authority for what / say, and ] doi
care for other people. I know tc
that sanctification has more than }
meaning. Italso signifies ''setti
apart" conseorating "setiing APP
tn n holy use - All things that