Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-05
THE REVIVAL wORk.



by Rev MIR. Mills.
The themes presented by Mir. Mills
were serious and inspiring, and the au-
1ieuces were in spirit to receive lessons
drawn from them. At the afternoon
meeting he evangelist addressed himself
directly 10 Christ ans, showing the need OF
saCriiiCe-Y giving all to christ huu
his service. The text ot Mr.. Mills's dis
course was taken from Luke xiv, 33 so
likewise, WhosOeVer ne be of you that Tor
saketh not all that lie hath, he cannot ne
NV disciplen We know that the fOrsak-
ing Of sin is the condition of pardon, but
here we are told tnat the fOrsakng of
everything is the condition OF disclEleship.
We do not belong To ourselves. We are
not our own. but are bought with price.
10 he q Christian means to let God have
His way in everything. In order tn do
that person VIII have to take up his cross
daily and follow Christ 1t Is only 10y
complete renuuciatou tuat we can gain
chs victory through our faith in
Him NuW now about this con
eeCIatiuu carried ont into practice.
How about cOnseCrating our friends :?
Unless we have in our hearts such alice
zion for Christ that the strongest earthly
affections might be called hate in com
parisOu, there is something lacking in our
Christian life How about our money,
our possessions We have no real pro
prietOr~hip in money At the most, we
can only use it for 20 years. What we
ought 70 do is to Cou-ccrate our money to
God. The new testament plan of giving
is TO give ali we have. Christ wants us to
use every cent we have for bringing this
world to him Take the question OF on"
time. How are we to give ali our time to
God There is sucn Il thing as to 1--we
that whether we eat or drink, or whatso-
ever sc do, We can DO all TO The glory of
God. This is the conclusion of the whole
matter He died for all, that they who
live should hencefurth i've not unto them
selves, but unto Him who died tor them
and liVetu again. This Is what il means
TO be u Christian.
Mr. Mills then called for words of test-
mOny or OF suggestion upon the line OF
this topic, and remarks were made bV
several of the pastors and Ivy others in the
audience The meeting was an exceed
ingly profitable and helpful one.
At the evening service the Baptist
church was flied to the doors. Rev. Mr..
Mills preached very powerful and i'm
pIeSsiVe sermon on Covering Our Sins
from the text, "He chat covereth ms sins
shah not prosper" Prov. xviii 10. \
man may cover his sins 10y taking limited
views of the divine law by making un-
founded assertions a, to the mercy of
Sod by affirming that he hasn't any re-
5mHllncss, feWue9~ or secrecy Of his sins ;
D., trying to believe that the consequence
Of sin is light and temporal by saying
TINT be has no feeling concerning his sill.
After the sermon several rose to confess
their sin and signify their desire to lead a
Christian life.
The Exercises of Friday The Remark
of Rev. Mr.. Mills
At the Afternoon meeting, Thursday
Rev. Mr.. Mills had another serious talk
with Christians, basing his remarks upon
Che text found in Gen. Iii Q "Where
.Tt thou :" Just as soon as man had gone
said the evangelist, God began to
look for him. This question, "Where art
-hOu;' was not pleasant question to
A dam at that time: and since then the
question has come home to the heart OF
every other sinner. 1t comes to every
one of Us here this afternoon. Are you Il
whole hearted, out and-out, active Chris
: ian. where art thou .'' Have you been
doing all you possibly could for Christ :
We are told that the righteous are like the
palm tree. Now the palm is wonder
full tree. 1t is sad to be good for
}16 different things. How many
good Things are you good for
The right sort of a Christian never
GAYS 81 won't" or II can't" The palm
tree VIII grow anywhere. In the desert it
has the faculty OF attracting moisture,
and PIopa4Nting II, species. You can
40, crush a palm tree 80 that 1t viii not
lave the power TO grow. Is that the sort
IF Christian you are There are people
in The churches, single people, who are
worth more than thousands of others
whole hearted, Out-and-Out Christians
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