Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-12-24
Regeneration.

Regeneration.
This was the topic of discourse by Rev
J. Ii. Hartman in the Baptist chapel last
Sunday evening, of which the following
is an abstract
TENT--Ye must be born against.
John III, Z.
Nothing in the bible is taught more
positively than the absolute necessity OF
a new birth. Mans nature is so damaged
with evil that. without change, We can
nor u1 rHtncfy y-vs-a,s- - t.ll the pres-
ence of holy beings, such as inhabit
heaven. "rhe carnal mind is emni,y
against God,'' so, then, "they that arc in
the flesh cannot please Cod
The plan Of redemption proceeds on
the necessity of change. The innu-
merable company, the Great Head of the
churches gathering all, pass through the
process of cleansing before being admit
ted into final glory. In what this change
consists cannot be too well understood
First, it is more than change of con-
duct from bad to better. 1t is more than
cessation from evil. 1t is more than con.
version, for this is human act, but re-
generation is dlyine act That is not
regeneration which simply calls into &C.
tivity native moral elements and gives
them supremacy over the evil in the soul.
What then is its The language deslg-
mating 1t is as follows: Creating anew
- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. out of
darkness into marvellous light and
those who have experienced it are spoken
of as "Allve from the dead Gods work
manship,' etc.
But more explicitly, what is it? 1t is
the importation into the soul by the holy
spirit of new principle Of action, holy
in Its character Not new faculty OF
the mind, but new foundation laid in
the soul for the exercise of the same fa-
Guilty in love to Cod 1t Is force be-
hind the volition, behind the will, behind
the desires and emotions and fixed IN the
sensiblitles of the soul which is the heart,
and this new force 10 the gift of God At
regeneration. 1t is found active hence
forth in the emotions and In the desires,
and as these clamor against the will for
decision, 1t holds the balance of power
and commits the will on the side of God.
BY this analysis We see what thorough
work regeneration is and how revolu-
tlouary in the realm of our motives and
senslbilities, laying the foundation for
new life henceforth in common with God.
And as a result Of this change the con-
science IS made more responsive and
acute; the affections are elevated and
purified; the intellect shares likewise in
benefit; the will IS subjected to the divine
will, and the life is gwen to holy endeav-
or and obedience. The whole soul be-
comes loyal to God and enters on course
of assimilation unto His likeness Of
such, according to the scriptures, heaven
will be composed, for we read that only
he sstha. hath clean hands and 4 pure
heart shall enter therein
1t would be misfortune to place
soul IN heaven that had no fitness Ct mind
and heart for it. BY every psychological
law known we can enjoy the society Of
God and the holy angels only when We
have learned to like what they like and
hate what they hate. The only condi-
ton of true happiness in eternity as here
is homogenity with God. This requires
a new creation. ''Marvel not said unite
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