The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-03

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There is said to be such place on top
of the Rocky Mountains where the water
chat falls is divided simply by the roof
of a house. Falling on one side, the
waters flow down through stream after
stream into the Atlantic. Those that
fall on the other side flow down through
many miles and at last discharge them
selves into the Pacific Ocean. They
have gone in different directions, but
they have gone into the ocean and when
you come to sail from one Of those oceans
to the other, where will you find the di'
viding line? It is all one and the same
great and glorious mass Of water tossing
and heaving in the hollow of the AL
mighty's hand.
Suppose were to put little drop of
this water in my hand, it would give me
| no trouble to hold it there. This world
that seems to us so great is just like a
drop of water held in the Almighty's
hand. 1t is all one. So brethren these
truths sometimes seem to us full of con.
tradictions, but at last they lose them
selves in the immensity of Gods knowl-
edge and therefore, when the Apostle
was discussing one of these subjects, he
says: ooh the depth of the riches,
both of the wisdom and the knowledge of
God how unsearchable are His judg-
ments and His ways past finding out"
from. x1:93) As we'll might little
boy standing on the border of the sea,
picking up shells and pebbles there,
think that he can comprehend the wide
ocean and grasp it in his hand, as we
should suppose that we could compre-
bend all the wisdom of God in one view.
The third paradox is this: That the
Christian has his salvation secured, yet
he has reason for fear and trembling.
1 don't see how anything can be more
secure than the salvation of the people
that have faith in the Son of God. You
may, if you choose, make any express
sion, as to the security of Christians
salvation, and I will venture to match it
by passage after passage in the Word OF
God. "Kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation. l give
unto them eternal life and they shall
never perish. Neither shall any pluck
them out of my hand. My Father which
gave them me is gre'ter than all, and no
one is able to pluck them out of my
Fathers hand. Your life is hid with
Christ in God" Is not that simple? Is
not that secure? II am persuaded thai
neither death, nor life, nor angels, mol
priucipalities, nor powers, nor thing;
present nor things to come, nor height
nor depth, nor any other creature shall
be able to separate us from the love o.
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord
Now can anything be more impressive
more assuring than these declarations
And yet the same word says: "Let US
therefore, fear lest a promise being lef
us of entering into rest, any OF yor
should seem to come short of it." Thai
same Word says: ~ keep under my
body and bring it into subsection les
after I have preached to others, / shoule
myself be castaway."
Brethren, there they are. Two truths
two glorious truths, but we are no
going to quarrel over them.
One set of people say, 81 believe tha
q truly converted man can never perish
Another man says on the other side, 81
believe that any man, no matter if h'
has been converted, can finally lose faitl
and at last sink into perdition." Wha
about that /? Now brethren-m anon!
us, work out your own salvation will
fear and trembling; for it is God tina
worketh in you both to will and to do o
His good pleasure.
Some people seem to think that il
Chrst's will there is something of q hare
and repulsive nature, that it brings
great difficulty upon them, that it is
sort of disease. Is it so? O, man o
God, woman of God, children of m.
Master, servants of my heavenly Saviou
do you not love to do his wiH? 1t ma
be hard sometimes, but would not yo'
rather do it? You children that lov
your parents you sometimes do some
things that are very hard, you max
hard sacrifices, but oh how you love t
do those things for them So it is tina
God worketh in us to will and to do Q
; His good pleasure.
Brethren, let these truths be receive
in all their fullness, in all their entirety
and God grant that they may take hol
of you; that they may give you faith il
your whole being, and giving you fait
you may receive full power to work, t
sustain your cause in the midst of
crooked and perYerse generation. Pau
knew that what he was saying was goinl
TO strengthen those Philippians and max
them earnest and faithful, devoted, gra
cious and happy Christians. No namley
pamley trust in mere human will wa
his.
Do let us get down to the rock. LIE
us get on something that we can stan
upon-the God that worketh in us, tn
God whose power and grace will carry u
through.
have no hope of being saved exceE
in that God that worketh in me. who's
! sovereign grace and abounding mere
) sinks down into my poor soul. No hop
except through the power of God tb'
worketh in mo both to will and to d'
What we want is to get on this rock an
stand thereto raise ourselves by fait
upon the eternal rock of our Father j
Heaven.
7 must not close this discourse withou
answering a question that some OF yo