Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-16
Local Preacher. OF tho NJ. e. church.

Local Preachers OF tho NJ. Il. Church
Tho 3ist anniversary cxercises opcred
with great congregation present at
Asbury last evening, TO continue ali day
To-day and Tomorrow In the discussion
OF living and fundamental question: of
ne greatest Importance to the Christian
Church In which all Christians who NAV
De present, and particularly ministers of
other denom'nations-aro invited TO take
part.
Asbury NJ. L. Church is IN the midst
o. powerful revival. Never before to
the reporter OF tie DAILY REPUBLICAN.
that was present last evening, did such
profound solemDity prevail ia that con.
eecrated temple OF God. Thia great re.
vlval power appears TO be meeting with a
iearfuily dangerous worldly resistance.
II tbis were confined to the openly con-
fessed ioes Of Christ 1t would Leither he
SO DANGEROUS nor so great But .blessed
are those servants whom The Lord VIXEN
he eomeih shall find watching"
What the Almighty will do with tile
resisters, AID how effectively and fear
iully he VIII deal with them, remains TO
be seen by tie innumerable witnesses
who tnjoy the spiritual light of tho faith.
ful.
Entirely In sympathy and harmony
win the deep solemnity and grave re-
sponsihlllty Of this extraordinary revival
are the local preachers, who well appear
that they may be Gods chosen servants
/ to hear bin eny:
Bring ye all the tItbes into the store.
house, that there may be meat in mine
house, and provo me now herewith,
Faith the Lori OF hosts, if will not open
| the U fuHnpa Of Iaa
you out blessing, that there shall not
be room enough to receive IT,"
| Quite iu harmony al with this in
pressive solemnity were the preacher
and discourse Of last eeyening. Rev.
Daniel Green's Text was Matt. XIV. 80:
"Then Jesus called His Disciples unto
Him aud said, have compassion on the
multitude, because they continue with
ME now three days, and have nothing to
eat, aud l will not send them away fast
Ing, least they faint IN TIE way"
Our SAvlour's continuous personal
presence In the Holy Spirit in tho chu ch
for over eighteen hundred years and now,
the innumerable witnesses to this in
heaven and on earth, the Divine compass
slon and power and the special prepara-
tion Of disciples for work by The Holy
Ghost were clearly preached.
The success oi the work depends on
the lie ycu live and the liio you derive
from the Master. Every man ought TO
have clear record In his conscience
before God. The past we cannot alter.
Nothing can separate us from the conse-
quences OF our sins except "the blood Of
the Lamb of God" 1t is d special duty
TO learn from Jesus because He can dc
this " ork
This soul-saying work requires the
special preparation of personal, private,
prnyerlul communion with God. \
There were no doubtcrs and no grum-
blers ut The Pentecost. Jesus, In
wonderful compassion, went about to
save men. Should not his followers do
the same? He is so interested In
the human race because OF His love aud
"lcast they faint by the way"
The preacher refereed TO Bro. Vincent
Fiiup, who has passed from earth after
Gyine: 'The future is all Hight"
la the revival meeting several persons
came forward, and the great coIgreRa-
tlon took tho same profound aud un-
usually solemn interest.