Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-12-21
2ReliAiplls Adjournment.
MORE BLESSED TO GIVE
THAN TO RECEIVE.

A blind child, on first being al
lowed glimpse around, after the
operation on her eyes would sulli-
GENTLY admit, exclaimed, "Oh,
mother! why did you not tell me
how beautiful it WASP" Her mother
replied: 81 did try to tell you, dear,
but you could not imagine it from
my words" So 1t is with regard to
Christ, until by the revelation of the
Split we have the eyes of the soul
opened. Then we may eXclaim,
with Mrs. President Edwards,
"Enough to fill heaven and earth y
How much more we see, when set
upon the mountain top, in few
minutes, than from all we have read
for years
Without the Spirit, we are nothing
but weaklings. How important,
then, the inquiry, ''How shall we be
endued with power from on high!'
We must make room for Him. A
water reservoir is filled, pressing
with great force to all the pipes ;
and one has only to turn a faucet,
and the water gushes through, if the
pipe is not stopped up. The infinite
desire of God to bestow is but little
realized. What depth of meaning
in that word, "How much more shall
your Father give the Holy Spirit! p
"Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make no provision for the flesh,
to fulfil the lusts thereof" We
must be at war with self, TO be at
peace with God. The deceitfnl,
treacherous self, stealthy, insldiously
seducing us to some indulgence is so
often the secret Of failure While
we lie at our ease, tender of our own
comfort, unwilling to pluck out the
right eye, we cannot have the in
dwelling of the Spirit. 1t has been
truly said: "The life of self is not
to be cured, but 10 be slain; and
cordials are cruelty to the sufferer
on the wheel. Self must be crucifed,
mortified, through the Spirit, and
that to the DEATH" "What blessed
thing it is to lose our own WILL" said
Payson. "Since | have lost mine |
have found happiness" Think you
he INDUCED self in anything? Nay
it must be utterly renowned, doing
the will of another rather than ouI
own. But self-renunciation is not
the remedy; Christ is the remedy,
through the Spirit revealing Him,
and ENGRAVING our souls upon Him.
1t is only sin Hmm that vital
connection with the living Christ.
We cannot be saved by q theory.
We need a communication establish
ed by the 'power of the Spirit. y
The Divine galvanic circle is COM
pleted, and the life of God impaired
by faith; but the life is not of our
own self-endeavor-it is impaired by
the Spirit. Our will must complete
the circuit. We stretch forth the
withered hand, in faith that Coo
gives the power with the command.
When the conductors of battery
become foul or rusty, the circuit
cannot be completed. Often it is
the case God has to deal with us
and show us the state of our owl
hearts. Self is so deceitful we some
times think we greatly desire to love
God more, when the chief motive il
only desire to be happy! How il
this to be cured? God may see i
needful to subject us to subjugat
ing process, and we must subml
ourselves to God, and receive, "a
from his hand, every nail with which
to fasteu self to the cross. Gu
trials are not, commonly, what, il
our fancied wisdom, we should thnI
the most beneficial; some days hay,
trivial hourly recurring ammo vance
so common and so triding, we for
get they, too, are in the process
precious opportunities of seif-renun
citation and espousal Of Gods will
The crosses which originate wit
ourselves would not be near as eff
cient in eradicating self-love as thos
that come in the daily allotments 0
God. 1t is important, however
that we forgot self, Cooking unit
Jesus" not only deny self, an,
make room for the Spirit, but ICON
nit the keeping of our souls to hin
in we'll doing; yielding our feet t
Christ to carry us whittier He woul
go; our hands to do the deeds O
mercy He would do, and our tongue
TO tell the joyful message He ha
left us here 10 tell. Thus shall W
realize the words of the Lord Jesus
sit is more blessed TO give than t
receive.
FULTON STREET PRAYER
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