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The National Holiness Meeting.
OLD ORCHARD, Aug. q.
The morning prayer meetings swere conduct
cd the first by Rev. Mr.. Whitley, the second by
Rev. DR.. JONES'
At half-past ten the people congregated in
the grove to listen to a sermon by the Rev. G
D. Watson, whose text was Romans, sixth
chapter, last clause of the thirteenth verse
"Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead. and your members as in
struments unto God" Eatire conservation
was the preachers theme. He dwelt on the
distinctive difference of character and reputa-
ton, defining the one as the worlds opinion of
man; the other as his real self. Entire conse-
Grafton abandons ali thought Of reputation, or
Of what others may say, relinuuishes all jufirm-
tiles, idiosyncraeies, attributes andsemotions to
God. Holiness is not conservation to cause,
but to divine being, and there is more mercy
In the punishment of God than in the deceit
full favor OF the human race. Give everything
into the Lords hand and you shall find all
again. He will watch over your interests.
An altar service was then held in which
about 100 people participated.
The monday prayer meeting was conducted
by the evangelist, Rev.A. Hart Of New Bruins
wick.
"The Bridegroom Cometh' and "Fully
Resting" were the opening hymns of the after
noon service. Rev. @. J. Clark, p. E., of the
Portland District, made very effective prayer.
Rev. w. M. Mcdonald In bis request lor hber-
al contributions estimated the entire expen SEES
Of the camp meeting at four or five hundred
dollars.
Rev. DR.. e. M. Levy read from the sixth
chapter of Galations, taking his text from the
second chapter and twentieth verse Of the
book: 81 am crucified with Christ; nevertheless
il Iva. vat. mt OhPfaf ina
in me; and the life which now live in the
flesh, I live by the faith of the Son OF God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me- The
old nature must be crucified before sanctifica-
ton can take place, and man must die to self,
sin and the world. The speaker spoke of the
power Of will over physical death, and its
wonderful agency, not only in prolonging, but
in closing life. This will may be equally eff
cent in closing the life of sin or prolonging its
existence. We must partAke of Christ's death
in order to partake of his life; be crucified in
order to live again through him. Christ died
unto sin, under sins condemnation, to rise to q
new life with God. We must follow his exam
pie. AS the life OF man is hidden with Christ
80 Christ's earth-life is hidden with us. Christ
said, 81 live that ye may live also; and the
world will judge his character by ours. God
help you to die the death (the death of SIM to-
day. If the death is bitter, the after life will
be sweet The preachers closing exhortation
was fervently made, as was also that of Rev.
altar service.
A o'clock prayer meeting, and preaching
at 7.30 closed the exercises of the day. Among
the new clerical arrivals were the Revs. John
Collins, Francis Grovenor, A. Turner, W. H.
FL. McAllister, NJ. B. Greenhalgh, H. Chase,
A. Hart and George G. Andrews.
We subjoin brief extract of last evenings
sermon, by Rev. 4. /. d. Pepper, editor Of the
Christian Standard of Philadelphia, who
preached from Colossians 4:12. He remarked:
In these words we have an exalted, but as we
think an attainabe personal religious experience
that I'VE may stand perfect and compete in all the
will of God" Not however in our own wills.
Nothing would please us better than to stand per-
feet and complete in own sweet wills. The hu-
man will Is really the only insuperabe obstacle in
Gods way. The worst thing for us would be for
God to allow us to have our own will and way.
st. Paul in this Epstle points out two points in
which we may be mised in this matter of INDUCING
by voluntary humility. OF course He would
desire us to be naturally, graciously really hum
BILE. But some of the symptoms Of voluntary
those who assume no opinions with dogmatic GER
tainty. They are very deferentia to the views Of
others. Where doctors disagree they would not
presume nor dare to decide They imagine them
selves 10 be liberal and Catholic when they only
loose in doctrine 1t is hard to tell where TO find
them. They are non committal, neutral, unde-
cided. They talk rather in the language Of doubt
than of confidence. They don't or can't believe
this or that. They have an assumed appearance of
unworthlness. They please themselves with their
own humility as child with toy, woman with a
Ieataer on h ss bonnet, or man with bau6le
they boast tof their poverty. They profess great
reverence for divine things-they are awfully
solemn in religious worship-but they are very
triiing elsewhere While they say that they would
not dare to aspire too high, or claim too much,
expect too much, or to think too highly Of them
selves, or to make such loud professions as they
hear many others make, there is after all not that
absence OF self-complacency and selfconceit that
we might expect in these religious Uriah Keeps.
All this sounds very modest and humble, but is it
really so? Is it modest TO say that God cannot full
III His promises? Is it modest to limit the Holy
One OF Israel? Is it modest to arraign, question
and discount scriptural assurances, requirements
prayers, exhortations and experiences? We will
find enough In daily life to humble us without be-
coming voluntaries in humility.
IL. by will worship. In matters of religion man
is inventive. Much of our work and worship is the
product OF our own fanciee. We are too ready to
do needless, useless things that We are under no
obligation to do All worship should be voluntary
as contrasted with constrained, but as opposed to
that which is Divinely prescribed and instituted.
Will worship is that which is beside, beyond, and
different from what God requires be it more or
less. 1t is being wise above what is written" 1t
is being unscriptural or anti-scriptural Gods re-
vealed word is the only Law of Christian worship
and service; He instances here "neglecting the
body and mot satisfying the flesh" Denying the
body many lawful, innocent, expedient gratiica-
tons and putting upon it many useless needless,
uncalled-for Inconvenience. There is q show Of
modification and austerty. The body is so injured
that it is not fit to serve either the soul or God
This injurious will-worship displaces that which
is better and divinely prescribed. We are often
TOO willing to resign what God don't want us to
give up. God don't want Us always to give up our
relations, but 10 keep them and do better by them
than we ever have done. Some want to be, do, or
suffer things impossible to them. They want to be
preaching when they would do better at cobbling
shoes. Some, like Peter, want to walk on the
waves when they are better in the chip. Some
want to be where it is easier, better for them or
where there is more glory, honor or money.
Ill By obedience to man. "If ye be dead with
Christ Whv subject to ordinances IA
doctrines and commandments of men," We seek
to please and satisfy everybody. But in vain
"Een the snowflake lets shadow fall
AS to the earth it softly sinks to rest
So may the whitest, sweetest souls of all
Seem sometimes wrong to them that know them
best.