The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-12

rne bench, but one court Trinities all around
I about US, in earthly government and in
nature. OF course, all the illustrations are
defective, for the reason that the natural
cannot fully illustrate the spiritual But
suppose an ignorant man should come up to
the chemist and say: Il deny what you say
about the water and about the air; they are
not made of different parts. The air is
one; breathe it every day. The water
Is one; drink it every day. You
can't deceive me about the elements that
60 to make up the air and the WATER The
chemist would say: ''You come up into my
laboratory and will demonstrate this whole
thing 70 you" The ignorant man goes into
the chemists laboratory and sees Cor him
self. He learns that the water is one and
the air is one, but they are made up Of
different parts So here is man who
says: 81 can't understand the doctrine Of
the Trinity God says: ~ on esyhe up here
into the laboratory after your death, and
you will see-you viii zee it explained, you
will see it demonstrated. The ignorant
man cannot understand the chemistry OF the
water and the air until he goes into the Ia
boratory, and we will never understand the
Trinity until we 90 into heaven Inc lgno-
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 cannvt under
stand the Trinity, does that change the taeti
HAnd there is your absurd doctrine about
justification by faith,n say these antagonists
who have chewed up the little book OF evan
gelisIn, and have the consequent embittered
Stomach Justification by faith; you can't
explain it - l can explain it II Is simply
this: When a man takes the LORD Jesus
Christ as his Saviour from sin, God lets the !
offender off. Just as you have difference /
with some one; he has injured you he apollo I
glzes, or he makes reparation you say; |
Now, that's all right, that's all right. Jus
LITIGATION by faith is this: A man-takeS Jesus |
Christ as his Saviour, and God says to the /
man: NOW, it was all wrong bsfore, but 1t
is all right now; it is all right That was /
what made Martin Luther what he was. 1
justification by faith, it is going to conquer
all nations.
There is your absurd doctrin5 about re-
generation, these antagonists o. ,evangelism
say. What is regeneration l. Why, regener-
alton is reconstruction Anybody can under
stand that Have you not seen people
who are all made over again by some
wonderful influence In other words,
they are Just as different row from
what they used to be as possible The old
Constellation, man-of-war, lay down here
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 harbori and
with what 10Y it was greeted by the famish-
ing nation on the other side the sea That is
regeneration. man loaded up with sin
and death loaded up with life. Reftted.
Your observation has been very small in
deed if you have not seen changes in charac-
ter as radical as that
A man came into this church one night,
and he was intoxicated, and at an utterance
Of the pulpit he said in a subdued tone:
That's a lie.n An officer of the church
tapped him on the shoulder and said: You
must be silent, or you must 80 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
lust been sent to him. He began to love that
which he hated l baptized him by INNER
sion in the baptistry under this platform.
A large salary was offered him if |
be would return to his former bust
ness. He declined it. He would rather
suffer with Jesus Christ than be pros
oered in the world He wrote home a letter
70 his Christian mother. The Christian mother
wrote back congratulating him, and said:
''If in the change of your business you have
lack of means, come home; you are always
welcome home He told OF his conversion
10 a dssolute companion. The absolute
said: well, if you have become
A Christian, you had better go over and talk
70 that dying girl She is dying with quick
in that house The new con.
vert went there. All the surroundings were
iissolute. He told the dying girl
hat Jesus would save her oh" said
lhe "that can't be. that can't be- What
makes you think so.n Il have it here in a
book in my pocket he replied. He pulled
put a New Testament. She said: 'Show il
20 me; if l can be saved. show 1t TO me in
hat book He said: Il have neglected this
years and don't know where to ind It, but
know it is somesrha~a fsas'-~--- IL - 8 .