Daily Republican., 1882-05-08
EPWORTH.
A BIG DAY AT THE LITTLE
CHAPEL THE REV. j. n.
INSKIP On AOLINERS.

INbKIP Oh AOLINE ERS.
Yesterday was cert ainly day lol
to be remembered at Epworth N. |
D Chapel. As had been announced
8 the newspapers on Saturday an all da
service was held. The early pray,
meeting which commenced at o'cloc
In the morning was we'll attended, al
, those who were present felt that the
} were we'll paid for the small sacrifc
: of an hour or 50 of extra rest, an
that it was indeed good to be there.
At 9o'clock prayer and experient
meeting was held, which continue
, until half. pas. ten the hour appointe
for preaching. At that time tn
church was Alled with people, an
: chairs had to be provided to accomm,
date as far as possible, those who sti
kept coming in. The minister who Off
ciated during the day is remarkabl
man, and from his appearance mos
probably about seventy years of ag,
He is a perfect type of the old tim
Methodist preacher whose chief though
and aim in this world, is to glorify Go
and win souls for the master.
Many years ago Mr.. Inskip becam
convinced tnat there was higher de
gree ufholiness than mere conversion
that there was something more AM
greater for the christian than tn
knowledge thai his sins were forgiven
and after experiencing this blessing h
commenced to preach 1t to others. an,
it is to-day recognized as ono of tn
cardinal principles of the Methods
church. The doctrine was first ad van
ced by Mr.. Wesley the founder of Me,
thodism, and it certainly has an earn,
est and Jealous exponent in the Rev. j
s. 1nskip.
The Rev. gentleman, after the singing
of two hymns, and the reading Of /
scripture lesson, took as his text the 5tl
verse of 93d Psalm Holiness becomett
thine house, o Lori, forever"
He commenced his discourse by say
ing that Holiness is the prominent
thought of scripture ; 1t was so promi-
nent under the old dispensation that il
was ordered to be written on the bells
of the horses. and ON the vestments OF
the high priests. "Be ye Holy" is the
! command of God, and he never COM
mands impossibilities. The fact that
He has commanded it clearly shows
that its attainment is not only u Ger
tainty, bnt that it is an easy thing to be
! holy.
God promises to give this holiness
and He says: at ye shall ask any
thing in my name that shall ye re-
ceive.' Again He says "The blood o.
Jesus Christ cleanses as from all sin, .
not part, and when all is removed
from anything, or any person, nothing
can remain.
The speaker said that he Il light go on
for hours and quote or recite from the
| Bible and show that it is full of jus,
such texts. There is no church On the
face of the earth that does not believe
and teach that men aud women should
DO holy, but the theology Of the Metho.
dist church Is more concise, and more
in accord with the teachings of the Bi
BILE.
But says one, the blood of Christ
cleanSes from all sin when 0 man dies
and continued Mr.. Inskip, | accept
that proposition, and thank Goa that
If eau cleanse in the dying hour, it can
cleanse poor sinner just az quick a.
it can cleanse an archangel aid Christ
is present and able to save now.
We sometimes think think that the
Lord does not require US poor weak
creatures to be holy, but we should re-
member that In Gods hands the weak
est man on the face of the whole Ga, tn
is mightier than all the universe with
out God.
l am strong because am weak, but
l owe 1t all to grace. Holiness is love
perfect love, but it does not mean to go
through the world finding fault with
everything you meet. 1t is a pleasant
thing to pass on down life's journey
thinking about the pearly gates and
jasper walls, and the streets of gold,
but it is still better thing for chris
tian to carry heaven in his own heart
All good men aspire to this holiness
and look up and cry, "oh Lord make
me Clean" The speaker said that it
was his misfortune to be brought up
under infidel influences, and nothiug
but the religion Of Christ sav ed him
from becoming an iufdel. When he
was boy he could ask questions re-
futing the Bible and questioning
its divine inspiration, that he has only
learned to answer now. He than ked
God that now he knows the Bible is
true, and any intidel, no matter what he
IL ay say, knows it too. He said that
he was filled with religion that loved
all churches, but he held to the Metho-
dist church for it is the church OF the
people, and although we may not be
able to build as fine churches as some
other denominations, thank God we
can out number them, and we want to
outpray them and excel in doing good
We don't need 80 many fine churches,
we want more power in those that we
already have and to obtain that power
we want more of the spirit of God in
our own hearts. After exhorting his
hearers not to rest until they obtained
this power, until they Obtained this per.
feet holiness, he said that he felt that
thera was some ono present whs needed
and wanted it now, and he invited any
who had such feelings to come forward
and kneel at the altar. In response to
the Invitation there we're some ten or
twelve that went forward. A short
time Was spent in silent prayer, and af-
ter singing hymn the large cengrega-
tion was dismissed with the benedic- |
ton.
At 1.3O p. m. a children's meeting
was held, and at in the afternoon, an
Methodist experience
meeting, which continued until after 5
o'clock. The Rev. Mr.. Inskip preached |
powerful sermon to the congre
CATION that filed every part of the
,hurch, and at the close of the services
asst night the members felt that yester-
lay had indead been one of Epworth'
brightest days. There will be service
very evening this week, to which all
ne invited.