Milford chronicle., 1889-02-01


who will say that he believes there ever was {
a baby in the lost world, or ever will be,
viii make him deed to the house i've IN !
and he can take possession tomorrow
So the Episcopalian church is misrepre- I
sented by the enemies of evangelism Ahey
Nv that church substitutes forms and cere-
monies for heart religion, and 1t IS all a mat
ter of liturgy and genuhexion. False again.
An Fpiscopalians viii tell you that the forms
and creeds Of their church are worse than
nothing unless the heart go with them
So also the Baptist church has peen ms
represented, Tbs epemies Of evangelism say
the Baptist church believes that nniesS tlill4
& immersed he viii never get into heaven,
Fsise aoain. All the Baptists, close COM
munion and open communion, believe that y
! a man accent the Lord Jesus Christ he VIII
/ he saved. Tghether ne he baptized by one drop
| of water on the forehead, Or be plunged INTO
| the Ohio or Snsquehanna. although INNER
sion Is the only gate by Wnlen one snee's
their earthly sommunions
The enemies Of evangelism also misrepre-
sent the Methodist church They say
the Methodist church believes that a man can
convert himself, and that conversion IN that
church is temporary emotion, and that al
A man has to do is to kneel down at the aiIar
and feel bad and then the minister pats MN
on the back and Eaysl tit IS all Tlghti alH
that is all there is Of 1t. False again. tne
Methodist church believes that the Holy
Ghost alone can convert a heart, and in that
CHURCH conversion Is an eartnquake 0. eou-
viction and a snnbunst of pardon. And as 70
mere i.temporary emotion l wish We els
had more of the Temporary emotion which
lasted Bishop Japes pnd Matthew simpson
for q half century, keeping them on lFe LOT
ftod nntiI their holy enthusiasm consumed
their bodies.
IT Is THE IGNORANT MAN WHO DIsBEl-iENEs'
So all the evangelical denominations are
mjsrepresented. And then these enemies 81
evangelism 20 on and hold pp the great doe'
] trines of Christian churches as absurd, dry
/ and inexplicable technicalities. There Is
) your doctrine Of the Trinity, they say. "A6-
a sslrd bevond all bounds, The idea that there
is a God in,three persons. impossible II It
Q is one God he can't DO three, and u thefe are
0 three they can't be one" AT the same tiine
Q all Of ps-they with us-acknowleuge ulnl- lll
e ties ali around us. Trinity IN our own make
1 un-bodv. mind, soul Body with which we
= move. mind with which VIC think, soul with
!, which we love. Three, yet one man. trinity
S in the Alright, heat, mOisture-yet one at
t mosphere Trinity in the court room-thlee
t Judges on the bench, but one court Irinl-
= tics all around about US, in earthly govern
\ n,ent and In nature Of course, all the
Y Illustrations are defective for the reason that
a the natural cannot fully illustrate the spirit
70 ual But suppose an ignorant man shoA'e
k come up to q chemist and say y deny wha'
le YOU say about the water and about tile ar
it they are not made of different parts. 1h'
is air is one, breathe it every day. The watei
is one, drink it every day. You cant de
= ceive me about the elements that go to max
IL ~ bo The Cnem1S
a sgould say: iiYnu coma up into my labora
~ torv and will demonstrate this whole thin
= ! TO vou.n The ignorant man goes into tn
- chemists laboratory, and sees for himself. Il
II learns that the water is one and the alr Is prs
III bat they are made up of different parts. D
- hero il n man who saws: ''I can't understan
W thedoctrine of the Trinity" God says: "Yo
- come nm here into the laboratory after you
~ death. and you will see--ypu Will see II g
~, plained. vo1 will see it demonstrated" IN
g IGNORANT man cannot understand tho chen
be istry of the water and the air until he go'
m into the laboratory, and We VIII never ul'ae
mr. stand the Trinity until we go into heaVel
- The Ignorance of the man who cannot unde
- stand the chemistry of the air and water do
~ not change the fact in regard to the comp
;5, sition of air and water. Because we cann
,ey understand the Trinity, does that change u
be- factl
~ uAnd there is your absurd doctrine abo
sS justification by faith" say these antag
~ nists who have ehewed mp the lit
- book of evangelism, and have the conseque
-, enbittered stomach-"ju justification by fait
a. Won can't explain it." / can explain it. 1t
- simplv this: when O man takes the 10
ays Jesus Christ as his Saviour from sin, God L
y the offender off. Just as you have diff
ted ence with some one, he has injured you,
apologies, or he makes reparation, you sa
net Nov, that's all right, that's all Flgn
and Justification by faith is this; man le'l
a. Tes,1s Christ Us his Saviour, and God says
=. tho man, snow it was all wrong before /
bot IL is all right now; 1t is all right" That
tbo what made Martin Luther what he W
,r,,- Justification by faith, it is going to conq'
rom all nations.
"There is your absurd doctrine about
ism generation" these antagonists OF evangeh
- saw What Is regenerationl Why, reg
w. eration is reconstruction. Anybody can
49, derstand that. Have you not seen peo
49, who are all made over again by some W
, 70 derful induencei In other words, they
bo- lust as different now from what they usee
rion be as possible. The old Constellation, m
inst of-war, lay down here at tho brooklyn III
No yard. Famine came to ireland Ahe
o..1 Constellation was fitted up, and though
liput / mad Decll carr AlAb buAFo"NANA --
;hIo. took bread to Ireland You remember
-, :, enthusiasm as the old Constellation went
- of our harbor, and with what JOY 1t
~, y greeted by the famishing nation on the OF
,ao.o side the sea- That is regeneration. A
= ~ loaded up with sin and death loaded up
,o,,rt life. Refitted Your observation mas
~, very small indeed, u you have not
. ~ changes in character as radical us that
o;o1 AZ ILLUSTRATION WITH A MORAL
nv man came into this church ono nj
nited and he was intoxicated, and at an utteran,
Four tbe nulpit he said in Il subdued tone "Il
Guilty a lieln An officer Of the church tai
man. him on the shoulder and said, You mus
, doc silent. or YOU must go out" The next L
nnon that stranger came and lie was converte
is a God he was in the liquor business. Il
@ two signed the business The next day he
not In hack the samples that had just been sent
PROV He began to love that which he hato'
brary baptized him by immersion in the bapf
III the under this platform. a large salary we
. who fered him il he would return to his TO
or the business. He declined it. He would T;
I'M oil suffer with Jesus Christ than be prosper'
there tbe world. He wrote home a letter t
s-ifI Christian mother. The Christian. mt
free wrote back, co,Esratulatins him, and
bol,en ,sTf in the clan.e Of your business you
v. i'll lack of means, come home; you are al
Phila- welcome home" He told Of his conve
, from to !. dissolute companion. The dissolute
,oss l nanion said: ''Yen, II you have beco
Q fur Christian, you hrd better go over and Il
Dlamel that dying girl She Is dying with quicl
I'd FREQ sumption in that house. The new co
he has went there. All tho surroundings wei
es. II solute. He told the dying girl that
there. would save her. "Oh, said she, 'thaV
j may. be, that can't bel what makes
MEMS think soF II have 1t here
took in my pocket" he replied.
ed key -, a,,t Now Testament She
and he eieu - ~ No. ~ can he saved show
nd the ON" ~ t,'N+ h,oir y He said; Il have
on the ue n "a; o,l, 90 Won hove neglected
nd Of - ~, o,d io,,t l-now where t
turned iil'Iy ~ H., Ti,, Il ,s somewhere betwce
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