Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-16

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| IL Is only common sense that there should b,
| two destinies. And as to infants in hell ,
1 span long that is a falsehood that comes dow
| from the past and there is no sign that it
| longevity will ever fail. II you will bring m,
/ a Presbyterian in sound mind and of good NOR.
| ais who believes that there has ever been !
| baby or ever will be a baby in the lost world
/ | VIII make over to that man deed of all tn,
/ property l have and he can take possession
| to- o-morrow.
The antagonists of evangelical religion say
| that the Episcopal Church substitutes fOrm
| and ceremonies for heart religion, and it is al
a matter of liturgy and genufiections. Fals'
| again. All genuine kplscOpallans Will tel
! you that the forms and ceremonies of theil
church are nothing unless the heart be il
| them. never have been more overwhelmed
| with religious feelings than when l heard a
| sharon Springs our neighbor, DIR. Schenck
with voice like band of music, read thai
passage from the prayer book than which
| nothing suOlmer has ever been written: "By
! the mystery of thy holy incal nation, by thy
| holy nativity and circumcision, by thy bap-
tism, fasting and temptation. By thine agony
| and bloody sweat, by thy cross and passion,
by thy precious death and burial, by thy glo-
rlous resurrection and ascension, and by the
| coming of the Holy Ghost. In all time Of our
tribulation, in all time of our prosperity, in
| the hour of death, and IN the day of judg-
| ment. Good Lord deliver u.s."
The antagonists of the Baptist church say
| that they believe only those will get to heav-
| en- who are baptized by immersion. False
| again. They believe that all who accept
| christ, whether they be baptized by one drop
on the forehead or by plunge out of sight in
ONO or Susquehanna will reach heaven, al
though the latter mode is the only gate into
their particular society in this world. | have
already made arrangements of communion
with the close communion Baptists on the
other side the Jordan and shall be glad if
the chalice passes to me directly from the
| lip and hand of my glorifed friend, John
Downing, the king OF Baptist ministers in
a former generation.
The antagonists of the Methodist church
say that they believe man can convert him
self and that conversion in that church is a
matter OF temporary emotion and that man
kneels at the anxious bench and feels bad and
then the minister pats HIM on the back and
tells him he Is all right and that is all there is
OF 1t. False again. They believe that the
Holy Ghost alone can convert man and con-
version IN that church IS by an earthquake of
conviction and sunburst of pardon. And as
TO temporary emotion, Lord, give us all more
OF the temporary emotion that lasted Mathew
Simpson and Bishop James a half century,
keeping them on fire for God till their bodies
burned out in his service.
All the denominations are misrepresented
and belled as to their beliefs. The leading
doctrines OF the evangelical churches are
mlsrepresented as dry and dull and impossi-
Bile. The infdels and uncOnverted ministers
In pulplts have set up laugh at the Trinity,
one God but three persons. They say if He
is one God He cannot be three, and if three,
they cannot be one. But we have Trinity all
around us. Trinity in ourselves: body, mind
and soul. Body by which we walk, mind by
which we calculate, soul by which we love,
but all three one man. Trinity in the air
neat, light and moisture, but one atmosphere.
trinity IN the court-rOOm-three Judges on
the bench, making but one court. TrInities
all around us in nature and in earthly gov
ernment. Why not Trinity in GOdhead? &?
OF course, all illustrations are defective,
because because the natural cannot fully IL
Ignorant man should meet chemist and say (:
ou tell me that the air is composed of diff
ferent elements and that water is composed
OF dlnerent elements. / know better; the air
is one for l am constantly breathing it, and
the water Is one for / every day drink it.
The chemist would say to the ignorant man !:
Come INTO my laboratory and 1 will demon
strate all these subjects" The objector goes
IN ana comes forth from the laboratory con
Vlnced. man says: "This trinity is beyond
my comprehension" God says: "COme up
INTO my heavens after your death and in sec
ond you will see for yourself, and understand
1t all. AS the one man could not understand
the composition of the atmosphere and the
water outside the chemists laboratory, we
cannot understand the trinity outside OF
heaven"
classification by faith, >" they say, is another
dry and lnexplicable technicality. But that
means that as soon as a man confdes in Jesus
Christ as the Savior from sin God let's the Of
fender of. Anything mysterious about that?
degeneration" they say, is another ineXpli-
cable word. Well, regeneration is only being
MADE over again. 1t is another name for re-
construction. The old Constellation, man
Of-war, lay at the Brooklyn navy yard
Famine came in Ireland, and the old Constel-
latlon, that formerly carried bullets and can
non ball and gunpOwder, carried bread to
ireland. So a sinner loaded down with sin is
rehtted and loaded up with the bread of life
lie hauled down one flag and he put up
another.
He came into this church three weeks ago
drunk, and sat back by the door and replied
IN subdued tone to the preacher, ''That's a
ne." But church usher heard him, and told
a M VI
night sober, and was regenerated. Being in
the liquor trade, he sent back all the samDles
oI ti rum sent HIM the day before he resigned
thdt business, and loves the religion he once
mated. baptized him last Sunday morning.
Large salary has been offered him if he would
go PACK to his old business. No; he will never
go Ddck. writing home the news of his con-
version to his Christian mother, she writes
back congratulatOry letter and says, "If
Cnrough giving up your business, you get ont
of means, come home. You will ALWAYS find
me ready to rescue you" He told one of his
dissolute companions the story of his CONVEX
sion. Oh" said his dissOute companion ''if
you have become Christian, you ought to go
ana speak to dying girl in yonder house
about her soul. She is dying OF quick con-
sumption" He was led to her bedside She
was dying in room where all around were
! dlssolute. He told her that Christ would
save her. "What makes you think that?"
said the dying girl. The new convert took
out his New Testament and said: ''1t is in
TINS book" ''Show it to me" said the dying
iected this book myself, all my life, until a
few days ago, and 1 cannot find the place, but
know 1t IS somewhere between the lids Of
this book" Then he began to leaf over the
book, and strange and beautiful to say, his
eye fell upon the words of Christ: 'sNefther
do condemn thee. Go and sin no more :"
she SAID: ut is not possible that that is
there. Let me see it for myself" The New
Testament was handed her, and she said !:
Eyes, yes; ] see it for myself, and I accent
the promise: Neither do l condemn thee.
Go and sin no more.'" In a few hours her
spirit Ned, and her funeral sermon was
preached by the new convert who only few
days before had been a blasphemer and
drunkard, hating God and ali that is good.
That was regeneration If you can find any
dry husks Of technieality in that show them
to me. Regeneration! By the pardoning
grace of God all made over again.
A ship captain two or three years ago came
and sat in yonder gallery. He did not believe in
churches and he had special dislike for Tai
mage. The gospel arrow struck that hearer
IN the heart. He arose for prayer. Over six
feet In height, when he arose there was no
doubt about the fact that he had risen. Be-
fore he left this house he was a Christian. He
went out among ship owners and ship cap
tains and told them what change had been
wrought. When on the sea and off Cape Hat
teras in a long continued fog, and he and all
the crew were at +heir wits end, he went to
his room and prayed for the salvation of his
ship and all on board, and came out, saying
"An right. boys; at such an hour the fog will
lift. God tells me 50 in prayer" A man on
deck laughed to scorn such an idea. At the
time he said the fog would lift flash of light
ming struck through the fog, q flash that sent
the scoffer stunned to the deck. The Cape
Hatteras lighthouse suddenly appeared and
the ship was put on her course into
safety. On the land the captain spends much
of his time among the sick, and he kneels by
those who have by their illness been in their
beds for months, and they rise up restored.
And he. kneels by the side of those long
decrepId, and they walk without crutches,
and in answer to his supplications blind eyes
that for ten years have not been able to read,
read the scriptures. Physical agonies, the
sight of which was appalling, have left their
sufferers to speedy cOnvalescence. No second
hand evidence about this. | have seen the
restored patients, and heard the testimony
| from their own lips. The scohtng sea captain,
who came here with heart full Of hatred and
contempt for the gospel. now devotIng all his
| time to evangelical labOrs. That is regenera-
ton! No far-of story about men in some
other land. They are both of them here this
| morning, subjects Of regeneration.
Then the doctrine of vicariOus suffering is
| said to be a dry and absurd and useless tech
| nicality-Chrlst suffering for others. Why.
| my hearers, you don't scOf at it when you see
| it in other directions. You can see its beauty
| when mother suffers for her children, when
patriot suffers Tor his country, when Il
| friend gives up everything for friend. Why
should you not appreciate Christ's suffering
for us as well as the instances of vlcariOus suf-
fering all about usI Oh, how many spend
| their time carrying other peoples burdens
and dying other peoples deaths? In one of
| the literary Institutions OF this country a
young lady was employed as teacher. She
| was a stranger, and of such retired and reti-
cent habits that she formed no acquaint-
aneeships. Her dress was so plain and
shabby that she was dismissed
| from her position and IN reply to the letter
| dismisslng her she wrote that If she failed 10
| give satisfaction it was probably her own
| fault. After being unable to get any other
employment she ended her life by suicide.
| Upon investigation it was found out that out
Of her small earnings she had supported a
father so years of age and was supporting a
brother IN college. For that reason she wore
the shabby dress and had gone without blan-