Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-02-23

convert himself. and that conversion in that
church Is q temporary emotion. and thai ali
q man has u do IS 10 kneel down at the altar
ana feel bad and then the minister pats him
| On the tack AMI sars 1t IS all right, AMI
.ha. is all there IS Of j. Falsa again. The
| Methodist Church believes that the Holy
| ihost a.01e can convert a heart, and IN that
| ehurcn CONVERSION IS an earthquake Of con
vict5on ana 4 sIn!u-st of pardon AM asto
mer" TEMPORARY emotion w-en W. al
aaf NOR Of the temporary emotion winch
,astei Bishop Jam AMI Matthew simpson
| or a half century. keeping them on ire for
God until Their holy enthusiasm consumed
their btie~.
- al the evangelical denominations ara
mlsrepre.ent-f And then these enemies of
evangelism 70 on and hpii NJ the great doc
trInes II Christian ~cnIrcl-s a ats iri, drv
and Inexplcabl. t@chni"alstIes There IS
sour doc.rine of the TRINITY they say.
Absurd beyoni all tounls Ele lea that
thor is a Cpl in three versions. Inpd,sible
Il i IS one G1i He can't be three. and lhthers
are three, there can't be one At the same
i'm" al If rs they with rs Acknowledge
~trlntles 81 around u. Trinity IN our own
make cup BODY, mind. SOW. Foiv with
which we move, mind with which We
dunk, soli With which we love. Three,
get on man. TRINITY IN The air
hight, heat moist1re-yet one atmosphere.
TRINITY III the court ro"m-three 1uiges on
IN" banct, but oar court Trinlti4s all around
about Us N earthly government and III
natnr - course, all tins illustrations ara
defective, t9r The reason that the natural
cannof fully ilIotratn the spiritual But
snppos" an Ignorant man SrOlli come mp to
the chemist and say Il deny what you say
about III" water and about the ar. they are
not mate = different parts. The ar IS
one breathe It every day. The wafer
IS one drink il every day You
can't deceive me about the elements that
go TO max" mp the airani the water. The
chemist would say You come up into INV
laboratory and | Will demonstrate this whole
thing 10 YOU. The ignorant man goes INTO
the chemist laboratory AMI sees for him
sell. He learn, that The water is one AMI
the ar is one. lut they ara made up of
different pirt'. so here Is a man who
SAYS Il can't understand the doctrine Of
the Trinity God SAYS You come 10 her.
into the laboratory after your death. and
You viii see-you viii see IT exp ained, You
viii So 1t demonstrated The ignorant
man cannot understand the chemistry of the
water and the air until NJ goes into the Ia
borat0ry, ami We Will never understand the
TRINITY until We 90 into heaven The iSno-
rance of the man who cannot understand the
chemistry OF the air ant water does not
change the fact III regard TO the composition
# ar and water. Be alIse We cannot under
stan the Trinity. does that change the fatt>
And there IS your absurd doctrine about
Justification by faIth,' say these ANTAGONISTS
who hava cil@wed up the little book of evan
-sellsftl. ana havr the consequent embItttirrd
stomach -'JuStitication by faith: ~yoacaYt
.xplaln It. | can explain 1t. It is simply
l1hIS hen a man taxes the Lord Jesus
Christ rs his saviour from sin. God lets the
offender off Just as YOU have a difference
with some one. he has injured YOU, h apollo
glze5, OF he makes replratior. Won say.
Now, that's al! right, that's all right" Jus
tIiieatlol by talth IS tins: \ man takes Jesus
Christ as his saviour. an Col say, to the
man Now, It was all wrong before, but it
s alright now. t Is all right" That was
what made Martin Luther what he was.
justin alton by faith, it is gong to conquer
all nations.
There Is your absurd doctrine about re-
seneratlon, these antagonists of evangelism
say. What /, regeneration Why, regener-
alton Is reconstruction. Anybody can under
stand that Lave you not seen people
who are all made over 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 here
at the BROOKLYN Navy lard. Famine came
to Ireland. lhe old Consolidation was fitted
up, aud though It had been carrying gun
powder and outlets It took bread to ireland.
You remember the enthusiasm as the old
: Constellation Nent out Of our harbor, ana
with wuat 10Y IL was greeted by til fafnlsn-
ng nation on tle other side tn" sea. That is
! REGENERATION ! man loaded Mp with sin
and death loaded up with life. Refitted.
our otStI 1t iPH Hd> bttl very small III
deed if you lave not seen changes in charac-
ter as radical n that.
: A man came into this church one night
and le was Intoxicated, and at an utterance
Of til" pulpit he said in a sub iued tome
. That's a lie" An officer OF the church
: tapped HIM Oh the shoulder and said: 'Iol
: must be sitent. or you must go out Tn,
: next night That stranger came and ha was
) converted to col He was IN the liquor
. business. He resigned the business. Tn.
= vayf laI ba Earf foCE III. % ., loo f.n+ 10,
: Just been sent to MN. He began to love tia
i. which he hated baptized hun by INNER
; sion III the bapti7trv under this platform
= \ lar-c salary wa, offered him il
. he would return to his former busl
:, ness, Tia derllnet it. He would rather
suffer with Jesus Christ than be pro,
= pered IN the world He wrote home a lette
:, to his Christian mother. The Christian Inothe
:, wrote back communicating him., AMI SAID
! If III the change Of your business Won ma )
= lack of means, come home. YOU are a. W ".
welcome home. He told Of his conversion
= to a dtssolutr companion. The dls,olut
y companion SAID well. If you have becom
: a Christian, YOU hal better 20 over and tai
: to that dying glrl. She Is DYING with quacl
J, consumption IN that house. he new con
= vert went there. All the surroundings wer
Il absolute. lie told the dying g1
e that Jesus would saw her. "oh, sal
She. that can't he. that can't be, Via
., makes YOU think 50" Il have 1t here IN
" took III my pocket. he replied. He pulie
10 out a New Testament She SAID SHOW
IS to ma, il can be saved. show It to ln- !
VI that book tie said Il have neg ectet TIN
IS book as You taHe neglected. II tor man
- Years, and don nnaA where II find II. hU
III know 1t is here between the Ids.
Then he oeran 70 turn over the lea yes. an
V strange and beautiful To saw. his eve strur
Il upon this pissaga Neither 10 | conlem
la thee 90 and sin no more She >ali !"
IL isn't possible that Is there Yes,
81 NJ said. that IS there. He hell it Il
.s tefore her dyin. eyes. and she sal
:. ooh. YES. | see II for myself.
a acc n the promise Neither do / conieu
:. thee SO AMI SIR no more In A few hou
her s. irlt spa away II tie Lord that IA
~ 1t. ami the lev convert preached the funsr
le erelon. The man Who 4 few DAYS befo1
80, had he II a 81, phem.r ana a irunkard at
= a hater o: al that was gooi. ne preached Ii
Il. sermon That j. regeneration. that IS r
ii generation l. there are any drv husks
II technlCailtv II tnat wrerr are they \
~ male os,r a-an hy th9 Iower q tue sra'
OF tod.
ri A f~v vear~a-o a hi0rertatn came n he
d and sat Nou9er under the -ale-F. H.. can
he IA With a cont.ufp: tor til CtI!ch Of q,
n J nut WIN AL e>iet.I. u~ska FOR lamag
" Nh,n an opportunity was gwen he arc
go