Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-01-23

boarde, and not more than three feet lore
The youngster holds this on bis breast lik
a shield, makes a short run and falls on u
fat, with legs protruding behind TO do ser
vice AZ a rudder for this feet craft / could
look at the little fellows by the hour, sC
much do enjoy the hilarity Of youth ia
this comparatively innocent form. | have
grown past IL, now, but Il stirs my blood to
see others enjoying what wss once de.
ligh Of delights to me.
The great park Ct Brooklyn is Prospect
Park further out in the suburbs and from
which the Ocean can be seen.
The eight With the devil goes steadily on
at the Rink. Very decided progress since
my last, PRAISE THE LORD. Last
Sunday i had glorious opportunity in
addressing $500 people in the Academy Of
Music, by invitation Of Bro. Geo. f. Pen
tecost, whom met many years ago in Gov
ington, Ky, for the first time. Since then
he has become one Of the foremost Evan
gelists Of this wonderful erea in the histo-
ry Of preaching, and now is settled in
Brooklyn and doing grand work. Every
Sunday afternoon he breaches in the Acad.
envy Of Music TO great congregations AT
last Sundays service So confessed the
blessed Name, after had preached on
Then drew near unto Him, ali the publi-
cans and sinners for to hear Him." Luke
Is; l. At the Rink it 10 tough, uphill
work, but the LORD gives blessing. Bro.
Fulton is every thing | could ask in the
way Of loving corporation, and keeps his
word-not to watch and not to hinder. He
is grand man, all over. Monday we OBJ
served a. fact day, and 1t was the first
fast day ever kept when | didn't get hun
cry and cross. have done good deal Of
fasting, of and on, in my time, but only
now know what real fasting is "This
kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fast
ing" was the Scripture that moved US to
the observance Of Monday, in such way.
We we're determined that we would be
able to look in the LORDS face and tell
Him we had done every thing we could to
make the meeting a victory for Jesus. We
had prayed fervently and labored diligent
ly and cheerfully, but while all who came
we're blessed, and glorious work had been
done among christians, the outside masses
we're held fast in satan's grip and kept
awsy. To loosen that grip we tasted. Not
to plesse God by going hungry. That is
penaoce, abhored by God and man. But
because We saw that thus only it comes TO
pass, in winning victories over the devil,
that self-denisl and suffering with Jesus
was aud is the appointed pathway. As it
is written "if we suffer with Him, We shall
reign with Him" II then, we endure
hardness as good soldiers OF Jesus Christ"
vet only at His call, and not by self APP
pointed tortures, by which the devil ever
counterfeits true self denial, the victory
over the prince Of darkness is certain. "By
DEATH" our glorious Captain, destroyed
him that had the power Of death, that is
the devil" And we are called upon in our
feeble measure, to know something Of the
same conflict, even as Paul wrote aforetime,
That / may know the fellowship Of His
sufferings." So that il we may not mount
the Cross where He alone could hang, IS
He did, we may at least stand near. And
II we may not know Gethsemane with the
agony that He alone could bear, we may,
at least, watch with Him one hour" in
fullest sympathy and love And so there
is a true ascetie life in christianity, its very
presence proven by the counterfeit, in Con
vents and Monasteries; no counterfeit can
exist unless there is a true bill somewhere
Even as esery heresy on Earth points like
finger board to some precious truth that
the devil sdroitly manages to hide from
good people, by linking il with some mon
strous perversion Of his own.
So the LORD exhorls-"Prove allthings
hold fast that which is good" and let the
evil 20. Not reject all things that have
evil in them" That is to lose the grain Of
wheat buried in the chaff. see, therefore.
much 10 fasting, at the LORDS call ahead
1t is a new line OF service and victory
against the devil, opened up, and | gladly
enter in, as may be able. Certainly, as
the word declares, the devil in certain
forms is only dislodged "by prayer and
fasting" Those who Give by every word
that proceedeth out OF the mouth Of God"
will not dispute this. And so every stsge in
the great conflict has its appointed means,
and those are wise who understand them
all. Blood will loosen Satan's hold on a
lost Sinner. Water will loosen his grip on
a Saint. Oil will make him let 60 an ai'
aicted body. Fasting will deisch him
from a victim, else hopelessly given over
to him.
l write this for those who are able to
bear il. Jesus wants no one to do any
thing for him, unless il be in the joyous
conservation to every service. "He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear" is the
Spirits cry to Saints. Not all are address
ed. Only such as are able to bear it, Chill
dren are expected TO be children and grown
men to be grown men. The devil reveTses
all this and set. babes to fasting, while he
feeds the adults on milk. Alasl what con
fusion this causes.
So We had joyous time last Monday.
No hunger; no wanting to eat, but couldn't.
No feelinV "A IL "Jordon il a hari road 10