St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-10
ID. j. BURRELL's SERMON.
Words of Wisdom for Perusal by
the Faithful.

DR.. D. J. Burrell took for his text yes
terday morning: "What shall do to
be saved?"-Acts xvi. 80. Said he: Here
is question of universal interest. We
all know that we are sinners; that sin is
followed by spiritual and eternal death /;
that we are immortal; and that 'as the
tree falleth so shall it lie." Out of these
convictions arises the question, What
shall do to be saved?"
1t was the perpleXity of human souls
in respect to this matter of salvation
that brought Jesus Christ from heaven
to earth. He solved the difficulty by
bearing the sin of the ruined race In His
called Jesus because he should save his
people from their sins.
1t is true that Jesus has done every
thing necessary to the salvation of
guilty souls, and yet something remains
for the sinner to do. The physician
who comes into the sick chamber with a
prescription and puts it into his
patients hand may be said to have done
everything for the cure. and yet some
thing remains for the patient to do.
What is to be expected on the sinners
part if he would be saved from spiritual
and eternal death? The Scriptures are
plain.
Jesus said to the sinful woman who
had broken the alabaster box of spike
nard upon His feet, go in peace; thy
faith hath saved thee" But what is
faithP
Again, In his conversation with Nico-
demus, Jesus said: God so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten
SOIL, that whatsoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting
life." Here faith is represented to be
believing in Christ.
To the young ruler who Frustrated
himself before Jesus, being in an agony
of earnestness, crying, Good Master,
what shall ! DO that might inherit
eternal Iife." The Lord said: "Go sell
and come and follow me-" Here faith
is said to involve remuneration of all
that separates between the soul and
God. This young man was exceedingly
rich" and was welded to his wealth.
He must give it up because it hindered
his progress toward life.
On the day OF PentecOst, when the
multitude. being under conviction of
sin, cried out with one accord, "Men
and brethren, what shall we do?" they
were directed to repent and be baptized
for the remission of SIM" Here repent
ance is made an essential part of saving
faith. The man who believes in Jesus
as his Savior will scarcely need to be
told twice that he must cease from sin.
The taller at Philippi, who cried out:
"Sirs, what must [ do to be saved?" was
instructed to "Believe on the Lord Je-
sus Christi" but from the fact that he
was baptized straightway, we are led to
infer that baptism also was enjoined
upon him. Baptism is the initiatory rite
of the Christian church, and, as such, it
is an open confession of Christ. This
also is involved in faith. The soul that
believes in Jesus will not hesitate to
confess him. 49,.
Saul of Tarsus, In the first moment Of
conviction, asked" Lord. what wilt thou
have me to do?' He was told to go to
certain place and patiently await an
answer. On the third day man came
to him by divine authority and showed
him chow great things he was to suffer
for Jesus sake" and how he was to
preach the gospel to the uttermost
parts of the earth. Thus faith involves
service. No one can believe in Christ
without desiring to follow Him and do
His will.
'Here, then, is plain answer to the
question before us. ''ThiS is the work
of God, that we believe on Him whom
God has sent" "He that believeth on
the Son is not condemned; but he that
beiieveth not is condemned already be-
cause he hath not believed on the only
begotten son of God"