The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

uotectlve, Tor the reason that the natural
cannot fully Illustrate the spiritual But
suppose an ignorant man should come up to
the chemist and say; ~ deny what you say
about the wafer and about the air; they are
not made OF different parts, The air Is
one; l breathe IL every day. Tbs water
one; ! drink IL every day, You
can't decisive ms about the elements that
go TO make up the air and the water" The
chemist would sayi "You come up into my
laboratory and will demonstrate this whole
thing to you" Tho ignorant man goes into
the chemists laboratory and sees for him
self. He learns that the water is one and
the air Is one, but they are made up If
Inherent parts So here is a man who
says; 81 can't understand the doctrine of
the Trinity" God says: ''You come up hers
into the laboratory after your death, and
you will see-you will see ii explained, you
will sec 1t demonstrated. The ignorant
man cannot understand the chemistry Of the
water and the air until he goes into the La
boratory, and We will never understand the
Trinity until We go into heaven. The igno-
rance Of the man who cannot understand the
chemistry Of the air and water does not
change the fact in regard to the composition
of air and water Because we cannot under.
stand the Trinity, does that change the fact'
"And there is your absurd doctrine about
justification by faith" say these antagonists
who have chewed up the little book Of evan
gelism, and have the consequent embittered
Observation-Disclosures by faith; you can't
explain it." ! can explain it. 1t is simply
this: When a man takes the Lord Jesus
Christ as his Saviour from sin, God let's the
offender off, just as You have difference
with some one; he has injured You, he apollo
pzes or he makes reparation, you say:
"Now, that's all right, that's al! right" jus.
LITIGATION by faith is this: A man takes Jesus
Christ as his Saviour. and God says to the
man: snow, it was all wrong before, but it
is all right now; it is all right" That was
what made Martin Luther what he was.
Justification by faith, it is going to conquer
There is your absurd doctrine about re-
generation" these antagonists of evangelism
say. What is regeneration Why, regener-
alton is reconstruction. Anybody can under
stand that. Have you not secn people
who are all made ever again by some
wonderful influence In other words,
they are just as different now from
what they used to be as possible. The old
Constellation, man of-war, lay down hero
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Famine came
to Ireland The old Constellation was fitted
up, and though it had been carrying gun.
powder and bullets it took bread to Ireland.
You remember the enthusiasm as the old
Constellation went out Of our harbor and
with what Joy it was greeted by the faJnish-
ing nation on the other sids the sea- That is
regeneration. A man loaded up with SID
and death loaded up with life. Reiitted
Your observation has been very small in-
deed if you have not seen changes in charac.
ter a radical as that
A man came into this church one night
and ne was intoxicated, and ct an utterance
of the pulpit he said In subduel tone
'That's lie.n An officer of the church,
tapped him on the shoulder and said: "You
must be SILENT or you must go out" The
next night that stranger came aud he was
converted to God He was in the liquor
business. He resigned the business The
next day he sent back the samples that had
just been sent to him. He began to love thad
which he hated baptized him by INNER
sion in the baptistry under this platforms
| A large salary was offered him ia
he would return to his former busi1
ness. He declined it. He would rather,
suffer with Jesus Christ than be pros-
pered in the world. He wrote home letter
TO his Christian mother. The Christian mother
wrote back congratulating him, and said:
"H in the change of your business you have
lack of means, come home; you are always
welcome home" He ted Of his conversion
to a absolute companion. The dissoluts
companion said: "Well, il you have become
to that dying girl. She is dying with quick
consumption in that house" The new con-
vert went there All the surroundings wers
dissolute. He told the dying & RI
that Jesus would save her. oh said
she, "that can't be, that can't be! What
book in my pocket, he replied; He pulled
out New Teste lent. She said: "Show it
to me; II / can be saved, show 1t to me in
that book" He said Il have neglected this
book as you have neglected it for many
years, and don't know where to ind 1t, but
/ know it is somewhere between the lids y
| Then he began to turn over the leaves. Gai
strange and beautiful to say, his eye stru Z,
upon this passage: Neither do l condemn
thee; go and sin no more" she SAID: 1T
isn't possible that is thsro.n YES"
he said, that is there" He held it up
before her dying eyes, and she said:
"Oh, yes, l see it for myself;
thee; go and sin no more'n In few hours
her spirit sped away to the Lord shat gave
it. and the new convert preached the funere
lermon. The man who few days pefore
had been blasphemer and drunkard and
hater OF all that was good, he preached the
sermon. That is regeneration, that is re-
gsnerationl II there are any dry husks Ct
made over again by the power Of tho grace
of God.
A few years ago ship captain came in here
and sat yonder under the gallery. He came
i'll with a contempt for the Church OF God
and with an especial dislike for Talmage.
When an opportunity was given he arose
for prayer, and as he was more than six feet
high, when he arose for prayer no one
doubted that he arose That hour he be-
came Christian. He went out and told the
ship owners and the ship commanders what a
great change had been wrought in him, and
scores and scores have been brought to God
| through his instrumentality.
A little while after his conversion he was
on ship off Cape Hatteras in thick and pro-
longed fog and they were at their wits ends
and knew not what to do, the ship drifting
about hither and thither, and they lost their
bearings and the converted sea captain
went to his room and asked God for the sal
walton Of his ship, and God revealed 1t to
him while he was on his knees that at a GER
tain hour, only little way off, the fog would
lift and the converted sea captain cana
out on the deck and tod how God heard his
prayers He said: at is all right boys, very
soon now the fog will lift" mentioning the
hour. A man who stood there laughed
aloud in dersion at the idea that God would
answer prayer; but at just the hour when
vUu nau assured the captain the fog would
lift there came flash of lightning through
the fog, and the man who had jeered and
laughed was stunned and fell to the deck.
The fog lifted. Yonder was Cape Hatteras
lighthouse. The ship was put on the right
course, and sailed on to the harbor of safety,
When in seaport the captain spends most
of his time In evangelical work. He kneels
down by one who has been helpless in the
bed for many months and the next day she
walks forth in the streets well. He knee,s
beside one who has long been decrepit, and
he resigns the crutches. He kneels beside
one who had not seen enough to be able to
read for ten years, and she reads the Bible that
day. Consumptions go away, and those who
had diseases that were appalling to behold
come up to rapid convalescence and to COM
plete health. am not telling you anything
second-handed. have had the story from
the lips Of the patients in this very house,
those who were brought to health Of body
while at the same time brought to
God. No secondhand story this. have
heard the testimony from and
women WHO have been cured.
You may call It faith-cure or you may call
it the power Of God coming down in answer
to prayer; I do not care what you call it, II
is fact The scofing sea captain, his heart
full of hatred for Christianity, now becomes
d ronower OF the meek and lowly jesus, CIV.
ing all tue time to evangelical labors, or all
the time he can spare from other occupations.
That is regeneration, that Is regeneration.
Man all made over again.
There Is your absurd doctrine Of vicari-
Gus sacrifice" say these men who have
chewed up the little book Of creeds and have
the consequent embitterad stomach. "Vicari-
Gus sacrlnce Let every man suffer Tor MN.
self. Why do want Christ to suffer for me