Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-21
AT MOUNTAIN LAKE.
\ Day Full of Religious work-NOtes of
the Prn~reeNingS.


the Proceedings.
Spsciuk Correspondence oJ Zee Register.
MI. LAKE PARK, July 1S.-This was a
day full O~freligiOuS work, testimony and
rejoicing. The six o'clock morning meet
ing at Grace Cottage was we'll attended
and all felt it was good To DC there At
the nine o'clock service hundreds spoke 4
few words or quoted u verse of Scripture in
testimony. 1t was truly the Lords ban
quoting house, and the banner over us was
love until the close of the communion
service.
DIR. d. +. Updegralr preached to ali
audience of at least fifteen hundred people,
from the text: For even Christ u paSS-
over is sacrificed for us; therefore let us
keep the feast, not with the old heaven,
neither with the leayen of malice and wick,
edneSS, hut with u~nleavened bread of sin
cerity and truth" Corinthians, Y. 7, :.
Some OF the tersely pointed sen
fences We quote: You can't get
salvation by imitation even Of Christ,
Salvation is alone through the blood OF
Jesus Christ. The Father ~ loved the
world that he gave his Son, and the Son Sc
loved the world that he gave himself. God
laid nothing upon the Son that ne was re,
luctant to do. His love was equal to the
Fathers. The IsraelitcS were the rspOsi,
tary OF Gods truth. But the wOrshipcd
the true God while they served idols.
You who are sinners are in Satan's
chains; i'm his dungeon house grinding
away. Yet you might walk right out /
yOu would accept the invitation of Christ
Ii is the Strangest thing to me how mel
will 90 to law liz man cheats them out o
q dollar, but will let the Devil cheat then
out Oftheir souls, and help him to do it.
and never 90 to law at all about it. How
did the Lord harden Pharaoh's heart
Why, simply by removing the plague
And 50 he hardenS your heart by rcmOyin!
Your trials. Oh, it iSa wonderful thing t,
have the remOteSt shadow Of covenant
with God.
Notwithstanding the few millions in tn,
world who serve the Lord, the great mas
are travelling downward the road to hell
Yet some will say the Lord is becOmin!
better pleased with thc,wOrld every day
| am not a peSsimiSt, but don't think 80
| read the Bible, and therein is a PIANO
rama of the whole thing, and it does no
teach this.
You haven't a piece of furniture in you
house that has not the cracks filled III
with wax. The cabinetmakerS know how
to do this thing. 40 do YOU know how I,
wax mp your Christian life so rs 10 max,
il look right well outside. oh, how mucl
Christian veneering there is in this world
DIR. Updegraf, who, contrary to the ira
ditiOn of the Friends, partakes of and al
ministers the sacrament Ofthe Lords Sup
per, closed with some most earnest ant
touching words in reference thereto. Tn,
Sacrament was then administered to TWEEN
ty ministers and perhaps four hundred
Others.
4 very good young peoples and chill
dren's meeting was held ut two O'Clock b!
Mr.. X. +. Hudson. Prot. +. III. CragC
talked very pleasantly for a few moments
When the invitation was given about thir
ty young folks came forward to the altar
AZ three o'clock DIR. DOugan Clarl
preached on Christian Perfection Per
lection is not a popular word with sin
ners, not popular with Christians
even some wise and able preachers sly
with Others that they havcnO Use for theSD
"PerfectioniSts." God said Job was a per
feet man. SOlOmon's head was pertectanC
his heart was not. If it could be said truly
| would rather have than anything else u,
my epitaph the words said of Asa, "anC
ASa's heart Wa perfect before God all thu
days of his life Yet ASa'S head was no
right. He made mistakes, one Of which
if not 50 serious would be ludiCrOus. And
when Asa Was old he was diseased in In
feet. and he sought not unto the Lord but
unto the physicians; and Asa slept Will
his fathers.
Christian perfection is not Gods pertec'
ton i'm the strict sense, not infinite, abSO'
lutte. Even the angels have not this. II
is dependens and devoid from Christ, an6
is very much like it. 1t differs in degree
Don't understand us to preach a perfection
in which we are nOt tempted. God forbid
Christ himself wa tempted. And being
free agents we may yield; but being free
accents may refuse to yield. Ifyou SO de
termine YOU can fall. 1t is not non poSS'
DeccaTe bnt posse o peecdre. Not able
nv sir" but ',able not to sin" through hin
some opponents say the doctrine teaches
that YOU need not watch and No,you
must watch and pray, but rather watch
Christ than yourself and Satan. As q run
ner in a race, look at the goal. Don't
sanctifed people pray, don't you think:
No Others know fully what Paul meant by
s.Pray without casing" fyOu hear any
opeteach that there is Sanctiied state IN
which we have no temptation, no need to
pray, don't go away and say DIR. Clark. Mr.
Updegraff, or any who taught here teach
sueh doctrines. That kind of perfection
comes only in the next life. 1t is not n per
lection of body or mind. We may make
mistakes of judgement. Mistakes have
their root in the head, sin has its root II
the heart. God wants Us to have
a heart whose desires, who's
yolitions are all, sanetified, subject t
Him. He doesn't require q perfect head
or body or mind, but he does require 1
perfect heart.
What then is Christian perfection? W.
must 90 to our guide book which says
'aTho1 shalt love the Lord thy God wit
ali thy heart ETC." 'Loye' is the fulfil
ment Of the law, Give god your who'll
heart. He will accept nothing less, 10