The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-18
THE ROBERTS PARK REVIVAL.

IN MODERN SplrltuallSmf
THE ROBERTS PARK REVIVAL.
Mrs. Robinson's Morning Sermon--The Inter
est in the Meetings Steadily Increasing.
The interest in the revival services continued
during last week, in spite of cold, storm and
rain. At the close of the IL o'clock service, yes
terday, the pastor asked for persons wishing to
join the church to come forward, when several
presented themselves at the altar for prayer, and
the congregation were given privilege to retire.
SO far as they might desire to do so, while ore or
TWO hundred stayed and joined in the altar
services.
Mrs. Robinson preached from Psalms lxxxiv,
IL, For the Lord God is sun and shield; the
Lord will give grace and. glory; no good
thing will he withhold from them that walk up
rightly" These promises of protection, grace
and glory are made upon condition that we walk
uprightly; not stand uprightly nor sit idly
steady. persistent, honest walking in the path
that God directs If you get out Of this.path
there is no light of the sun to guide you, no
shield of faith wherewith you can quench the
fiery darts of the enemy no grace nor glory
comes to you. To walk uprightly there must be
an honest walk. pure walk, clean
walk loving walk. He demands
purity of thought 1t is comparatively easy to
so walk that are law abiding citizens; but the
upright walk that God wants is more than this
AS a mans thoughts are, SD is he. The Spirit is
discerner Of the thoughts of men. In the Ian
guage of God to u.s. one may be in the church,
and live so that you outwardly observe all her
rules, and yet your heart may be full of jeal-
ousy, envy and hatred to your fellow man and
rebellion to God. Suppose you go to rent
house, and find one in just the location you de-
sire, the fence good, and the house newly
painted on the outside, but when you
open the door you find the inside full of filth and
disease, the plastering off, the paper hanging in
strips. and mold, decay and rottenness every
where. You won't live there. God wants the
outside and inside clean and pure. But you say,
can't love- l can't cleanse myself. No; but
God can Pray to Him. Ask Him, and He will
You hold up the shield Of faith. Stand
up and walk, and He will make it
protect you. Again you say it is dark; can't
see the way. Ask God for light, and He will
cause the of righteousness to rise in your
heart and dispel the darkness. You say 1 can't
see can't understand. True, you can't see far
or understand much, but whoever takes the step
Immediately before him, and where he can see
and understand. will find greater light for the
next step and better understanding of Gods will
as to Him. Suppose Friday night, when you
started home from this church in the fearful
dark, and some one had come to you with good
lantern and offered to escort you home,
Dut you T0iuS6u saying, i eau Z START LOT can q
see my home with that light. 1t is great-way
off and this light only Eliminates the path for
few steps. But your friend urges you, you step
out and find that the light is carried along amid
the darkness by your friend making every step
light and safe. Friend, does the spirit of God
come to you, saying, repent. give up your will
to God and trust Himl Take the step
Though the light seems faint. your heart
hard and the way hedged in with
difficulties, the sun will arise, the darkness will
g. G-1 -
and then you can love others. Everyone that
walks uprightly has found that God gives grace
according to his day and trial. But does He
give glory9 Once 1 did not understand what
Jesus meant in that last interview with His
disciples before His death when He said: IL
am about to be gorifed,' and when He prayed
Father glorifyE Thy Son." I saidsno He was
about to be crucifed. God shows His children
that they are oftenest and most glorifsd
through the sorest trials; that they are made
perfect through suffering Christ was glorifed
on the cross aud when he said Nevertheless, not
My will, but Thy will" Daniel was most glori-
fed when thrown into the lions den. Abraham
stood over his only son, when the boy never
groaned with agony but God glorifed and made
him the type of the fact that GOD SO loved the
world that He gave His only son" to save it.
Stephen, being stoned TO death, saw Heaven
open and Jesus sitting in glory at the right hand
OF the Father.
The speaker gave many incidents illustrating
them that walk uprightly, showing that the
Father is wise and loving, and we are ignorant
and like our children, who want 80 many things
that would be present joy only to work per-
manent injury, which the Father wisely refuses
or takes away Now we know but in part
When know even as we are known, it will
appear that no good thing is withheld from
Gods children. Let trust Him and obey
Him.
At night the evangelist preached from Mark
viii, 36, 'For what shall it profit a man if he
shall gain the whole world and lose his OWE soulg'
The discourse was strong appeal to men to CAL
culate in spiritual matters by the same arith-
metic that is used in ordinary business. The ex-
ercises closed by call for seekers to come to
the altar. when many presented themselves
some of whom professed conversion.
This will probably be the last week of the sery-
ices There will be meetings every afternoon at
23O, except Monday. and every night at 7:3O ex-
cept Saturday, to which all are invited There
have been Leg conversions to this TINA