Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-02-04

to do, the hest way Of doing il aud then
there must be the will to do it. Duty con-
sists in doing double service. service to
oneself and a service to others. There is no
absolute standard BY which every act can be
measured. We have to trust to human ex-
perience. to reason and to conscience to
guide us into doing what is right. While
human progress continues the question Of
right and wrong must stand before the
world TO be more and more intelligently and
truthfully answered. And if the present
improves its opportunities 1t will answer by
word and deed this question more wisely
and tru,hfully than the pas, has ever done.
Ii depends upon whether or not the present
will conform its life TO wha, appeals to it as
the most noble and divine in human life.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Text-O nv Lord send | pray thee BY
the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Elk. 4. 49, Then said |. here am l. send me
Isaiah 6 s.
These two prayers are widely different
each from the other They indicate two
phases Of religious experience Of which one
is superficial and the other rich and vital.
Our personal experimental knowledge Of
Gods power TO save and cleanse, gives COM
plexion and character TO our serving of God.
'TIs hard to be one thing and act another
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serve him a good deal. It's difficult TO pra,
Alright unless We are right. lis impossible
for US to work for God as we ought unless
we love and trust him We ought; and We
never can love and trust him properly until
We have tested his great, saving. cleansing
power. The reason why there are no more
conversions among Us, is because We. as the
servants of Christ. know SO little Of him our
selves. Along this line let US consider
|. The reprehensIble PRAYER Of Moses
and the reason for It. Send pray thee
hy the hand Of him whom thou wilt send"
That is. send hy some one else" ANY
one but me" God proved to Moses b, mir
acles that he might draw upon heaven for all
the power necessary to lead the lsraelites
ont Of Egyptian bondage and still he
prayed, Send some one else This icds
SINFUL prayer. What was the reason Of this
SINFUL PRAYER? believe it to be this.
TIA, Moses had no, Yet deep, vital, per-
sonal. experimental knowledge of Gods
cleansing. sanciifyng power.
H. The resou,e PRAYER of Isaiah and
the experience which enabled him 20 offer
il. Here AN |, send me- God inquired
for an agent OF messenger whom he might
send 70 instruct the Jewish people specitca-
". and the world generally What was the
experience back Of this noble. unse hsh
PRAYER It WAS frat. such q Keen realtza-
cry out. Nee is me for | am undonc !" ard
secondly / Sas such a consciou. c!caa,ing
from al! sin by the application of a i've coaI
from oii Gods holy altar az caused him 20
feel that God had done for hjm exceeding
abundaat!y above all that he could have
asked az thought, through which he was
thorough, furnished unto every good wor>.
Hence the PRAYER send me"
Ill \ deep. vital, personal experience ~
Gods cleansing power is Indispensable y an
ethrien, seryan, of God We canno, have
power uu,tl after the Holy Ghost !, come N
o. rs. Then brethren are not or fear, and
haI'inss. our weakness. and spiritual inabil-
i'y due 70 oar ignorance IF CAFj.;'s power
10 save iram all s.n