Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-02-02


ON the back and says: at Il all right
that Is nll there ID Of II. False again.
Methodist church believes that the III
Ghost alone can convert heart, and In d
church conversion Is an earthquake Of d
viction and sunburst Of pardon. And al
mere Temporary notion" ! wish wo
had moro Of tho Temporary emotion" VII
lasted Bishop James and Matthew Sirnpl
for half century, keeping them on Gro
God until their holy enthusiasm consunI
their bodies.
u IL THE IGNORANT MAN WHO DisrELIEvl
So all tho evangelical denominations
niisrcprcscnted. And then these cncmicsI
evangelism SO ON and hold up the great ID
trincs Of Christian churches Us absurd, ii
and incxplicable tcchnicalities. "Thcrc
your doctrine Of tho Trinity, ;" they say. IA
surd beyond all bounds Tho idea that tho
IL God In thrcc persons Impossible. II
Is ono God he can't DO three, and II there al
thrcc they can't be one" At tho same tin
oil Of Gs-thcy with us-acknowlcd:,c triI
tics all around us Trinity In cur Own maxi
up-bosly. mind, soul Body with which II
move. mind with which We think. soul viii
which We love. Three. yet one man. Trini}
In the alright, heat, moisturc-yct ono al
mosphcrc. Trinity In the court room-thr{
judges on the beach, but one court. TrirA
ties all around about us, In earthly govcr&
mcnt and In nature. or course, all II.
illustrations arc defective for tho reason thu
tho natural cannot fully illustrate tho spiri
uni. But suppose an ignorant man shou
como up 20 u chemist and say: ~ deny win;
you shy about the water and about tho nj
they arc not made Of different parts II
air is ono, breathe it every day. Tho wat
Is one, drink IL every day. You can't
ccive mo about the elements that 20 TO mn
up the air aud tho water" Tho chem
would say: You come up into my labor
tory and will demonstrate this whole thi,
TO you." The ignorant man goes into
chemists laboratory, AMI SECS for himself.
learns that the water is enc and the air Is o.
but they are made up u different parts
hero Is u man who says: II can't unicrsta
tho doctrine Of the Trinity" God says: "Y
como up here into tho laboratory after 70
death, and You will scc--you will scc It
planned, You will SEQ 1t demonstrated"
ignorant ,:iiii cannot understand tho che
is;ry OF the water and tho cir until no *
into tho laboratory, and VIC will never und,
stand the trinity until We 60 into hcav{
Tho J. ;aorancc oil tho man who cannot und
stand tao chemistry Of tic cir and water
not change ito fact In regard to tho CON
s.tioa II cir and water. because VIC cam
understand tho Trinity, does that change
facti
"And thcro L. your absurd doctrine abb
Qualification By faiti," say these anta}
nisis who have clcwcd up tho lid
boo.; 81 evangelism, and lave tho consequ4
cmbittercd stomach" justification by fail
you can't explain It," can explain It. les
simply this: when q man takes tho Lord
Jesus Chris, Us his Saviour from sin. God lets
tho offender OH. Just rs you have differ
cncc with sorc one, he has injured you, ho
Apologies, or he makes repatriation, you say:
NOW, that's all right, that's all right"
Justification by faith Is this: man takes
Jesus Christ as his Eaviour, and God says to
tic E,an Now IL was all wrong before, but
II Is all right now; 1t Is oil right" That was
what made Martin Luther what he was
Justification by faith, it is going to conquer
oil nations.
There Is your absurd doctrine about ro-
generation" these antagonists Of evangelism
say. What IL rcgcnerationi Why, rcgcn-
Grafton Is reconstruction. Anybody can I'M
dcrstand that. Have you not seen people
who arc oil madc over again by somo won
dcrful influenced In other words, they arc
Just rs different now from what they used to
be rs possible. Tho old Constellation, man
of-war, lay down here at tho Brooklyn navy
yard. Famine came TO Ireland. Tho old
Constellation was fitted up, and though Il
had been carrying gunpow,ler aud bullets, II
took bread 10 Ireland. You remember tho
enthusiasm rs the old Constellation went out
Of our harbor. and with what joy II was
greeted by the furnishing nation on tho other
side tho sea. That is regeneration. a man
loaded up with sin and death loaded up with
life. Eciittcd. Your observation has been
very small. indeed, II you have not seen
changes In character as radical rs that
An ILLUSTRATION WITH A MORAL.
a man came into this church one night,
and hc was intoxicated. and at an utterancc Of
tho pulpit lie said in subdued tone, That's
lic!" An officer Of tho church tapped
him on the shoulder and said, "You must be
silent, or you must 60 out" Tho next night
that stranger came and he was converted %
Cod lie was il the liquor business. He 70
signed the business. The next day he sent
back tho samples that had just been sent him.
lie BEGAN TO love that which he hated.
baptized him by immersion In the baptistry
under this platform. 4 large salary was Of
business. lie declined 1t. lie would rather
suffer with Jesus Chris; than be prospcrcd In
tho world lie wrote home a letter 10 his
Christian mother. Tho Christian: mother
wrote back, con;ratulatigs him, and said:
III in the Change Of your business you have
laci; Of means, come homo; you are always
welcome home" lie told OF his conversion
10 dissolutc companion. The diSSolutc COM
panion said: We'll, II you have become a
Christian, you had better so over and talk 10
that dying girl. She IS dying with quick con-
sumption in that house." Tho new convert
went there Al tho surroundings were dis
solutc. liz told the dying girl that Jcsul
would save her. "Oh," said she. that cant
BE-, that can't be! What makes you
think col" II haze It harn In q
book in my pocket" no replied. Lie
pulled out New Testament She said;
''show it TO Inc; II cln bc saved show II "a
mo in that book" lie said: II hnvc neg.
lccted this book rs you have neglected 1t for
many years, and don't know wherc TO find
IL; but know II is soEcw here between the
lids. Then he began TO turn over the leaves
and strange and beautiful to say, his eye
struck upon this passago: "Neithcr do con
d0nln thcc; 80 and ain 10 nI'c." shc said: III
isn't possible that is there" "Ycs, hc said
''that is there" lie held 1t up before her dying
eyes, and shc said "oh, yes, scc IL for my
self; accept the proniisc: Neither do con
denim thee; go and sin no more" In n few
hours her spirit sped away 10 tho Lord thai
gave IL. and the new convert preached th'
funeral sermon. The man who few day
before had been blasphcmcr and adrunkart
and Inter Of nll that was good, he prcachcC
the sermon. That Is regeneration, that I
rcgencrationl II there urc any dry husks o.
tcchnicality in that. where arc thcyi AL
made over again by the power Of the grac'
Of God
A few years ago a ship captain came Il
here and sat yonder under tho gallery. III
cano In with contempt for tho church o
God and with an especial dislike for Tai
mage. When an Opportunity was given Ia
aross for prayer. and rs he was more thai
six feet high, when he arosc for prayer NJ
ono doubted that he arosei That hour he be
cane Christian. He went out and told ih
ship owners and the ship commanders wha