The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-06-03

cured ?" Ala. Why will not soine one
say, Suppose you should succeed ?" But
the current Of -upposition !. all the other
way. A. when one starts out to he q
Christian. "suppose ! should not per.e'
vere,7 NC, &c. but this leads me to say
that should unbelief bring failure, or
should II turn out TO be a mistaken delu-
sion from the first, II will only follow ths
J an ,r,al, not that The LORD !. unfsiih-
ful. No principle IL involved bringing
into disrepu,e any promise Of the LORD.
Il IL written, believe In the LORD Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" Here
i positive rod Of the LORD. II l.
not written, "If you will lay aside your
glasse. ! will restore youthful vision" ]
think ! can truly info this from Scripture,
and ! am acting now upon thi. basi., but yet
Il may he only an inference Of a mistaken
man Of "like passions" with yourselves
Let no one attach undue importance to
thi. experiment. a. some would call Il,
The LORD l. not irreirievsbly committed
to restore my eyes or stand before all as
false to Iiis word osTtaialy hiak no "oA
ding, though firmly convinced that ] have
a plain promise To stand upon. And final
ly, in all this "faith cure" see clearly
that faith begins "as a grain Of mustard
seed, J." aud by the LORD giving IL indy
ing root and vigorous growth. IN tia eyoei.s
ef such Jdih as NJ nor kaw. il will soon be
"chiefest among herbs" II ! stood nov
In the presence Of one "born blind" or a
dead bsdy, have no present. faith To call
forth the promise TO heal or raise TO life
again. But have faith In minor cases
and have already successfully exercised il.
And ! am sure Il Is grO~iny and vii grow,
rapidly or slowly, as ! am faithful in that
which l. least" One must crawl before
walking, and am a novice in healing the
body. a. yet. BY the LORDS dear grace,
I shall get further On, after whi,h, "lf
by any moans NAV save soms," Is my mot.
to, a. II was PAul's. The LORD will see
to all the rest, and will 20 on Trusting
HIM.
To sum up. A ! see at present. am
acting on a carte Adnols commission. ! am
authorized to 'Prsach the gospel to every
creature" to "hsal the sick. raise ia. dead,
cast out devil.;' receiving freely, am to
give freely" There is no iimil IA t.iags
are possible ~ith Gef:' "All things a.s pos.
sible 10 Aim that Lsiisrtk." According to
FAITH IL shall he done, by HIM, who
hiss all power In heaven and on earth"
But Faith has grorfh. Peter raises not the
dead at first. Paul works no miracles at
the outset. Let any one read Of the trans
i,ion from Sud to Pad, in Acts Nil, and
Il will throw light on this subject. So, the
feeblest believer. IL only he will e1oci~s
filth fully, N, hpst ke nor has, may hope to
purchase to himself good degree and
great boldness in the faith" In the cases
where I have exercised faith, aaesrdiag to
my moasHre, il has worked like charm"
In the case in hand, Of trusting for res
,oration Of lost youthful vigor Of sight. |
may he stretching myself beyond my
measure" a. the Scripture hath il; and II
so, there may he partial or total failure. or
! may in time work up" to the needed
measure. and 80 get the blessing. God
"giye- not account" Of His nrt.ois to any,
unlcs- he secs iit. ! can wait for Him to
show me His blessed will, and advance or
retreat as lie may order. At present. il
seems clear 10 me that | am following His
leading. II anything written here shall
encourage any among my brethren in the
ministry 10 "follow on TO know the LORD
with me, shall he thankful. praise
the LORD for awaking some OF them. To
such would say as having been found
failhinl'in some measure" lie Of good cheer
As in the preaching OF the gospel, We travel
on from the 'novioe'stage where We deem il
essential TO have pulpit cushions 10 clutch
in one agony OF attempt To Edo our duty"
on from the fully written discourse to a
skeleton" Of "headings;" ON to the blessed
freed ON aud sunlight OF entire trust in the
LORD for "utteranee." So in the second
part II our blessed commission. A, inst
We shall fail and blunder once and again.
But only "let patience have her perfect
work, and We shall be perfect aud entire,
lacking nothing" We have need Of pa
tiencen IN he "followers of thoss who thro'