The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-19
NEW EVANGELICAL BISHOPS
First Sermons of Reys. Brey'ogel and
Horn Since Acquiring Their Honors.
The Former breaches on Faith and the Latter
on Divine LOye-ImpOrtant Matters
Handled by the Conference.
Bishop Breyfogel. Of the German Evan

He was introduced TO the audience by the
pastor, who remarked that the body he
represented was one of the great Methodist
family agreeing with the Methodist Eplsco-
pal Church in theology and pOlity.
The Bishop took as his text "a part of the
twenty second verse of the eleventh chap
Ter of Marx: '.Have faith in God"
Path SAID the Bishop. lis a faculty of
the soul. for the elements of belief and
trust are inherent in human nature. The
child at your knee un%hesitatingly believes
every utterance unless it has already DIS
covered deception lt is taught in the
school that the earth is round, and accepts
that, although contradicted by the evil
dence of its own senses. This faculty,
this power of belief. is in constant use.
IL wed did not have mutual confidence and
respectful trust all social relations would
cease. In q state of nature this faculty Is
fn constant use, but in its application to
thin gs spiritual and divine this power to
believe is dead, and needs to be energized
and awakened by the Influences of divine
grace and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Faith has been said to be the eye OF the
soul. If so 1t has two lids. an outer and an
inner. The outer lid is of ignorance and
the inner of a stubborn and depraved will.
and both these lbs are closed. The outer
lid by a divine influence is lifted. If the
inner lid remain closed the soul within is
in the darkness of spiritual death, but If 1t
opens the soul Is lighted mp and warmed by
the power and glory of Jesus Christ. No
man can say that Jesus is the law but
by the Holy Ghost. Faith is the first step
toward God; first faith. then repentance e.
He that cOmeth unto God must believe
that He is and. that He is the rewarder
of him who seeks Him. Repentance would
-. n. IN. l,f - uyt~hnn off Rananf-
ance becomes the soil in which faith germi-
mates and grows up, and becomes a living
faith. Without genuine. heartfelt contri-
tion for sin. without genuine repentance
for iDiquity and transgresslon, true living
faith Is an lmpOssibility.
"0ne reason for the many superficial con-
versions of which we hear, is that men
have not gone down TO the genuine repent
swakens to the error of sin and it's poilu-
ton. Faith transcends all other faculties
of the soul. We observe much through our
senses. but the entire reason stretches It's
sway far beyond the convictions and nit
Of the senses. Its exercise embraces all
other faculties of the soul and calls
them into action. Faith. to be saving
faith. must be intelligent; 1t must have
render of the will TO the will of God. No
man can believe unto salvation unless be
believes with his whole soul. A cold, super
icial assent is not faith n the saving sense.
"A man may LQlnk a great zeal ABOUT Ie-
demption. may have a certain desire for 1t,
but until he surrenders himself unto Christ
he will not obtain 1t.
A SURRENDER TO GOD.
Faith is a thoughtful, a~ffectionate, will
ing and therefore complete surrender of the
sorI to God. 1t must be intelligent. A
. man must know the truth before the truth
can set him free. It cometh by hearing
and by the word of God. IL We would grow
in the divine life there must be within us q
growth in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Faith must have an affectionate
and living. loving desire In 10. The souls
affections must reach out after God. The
Holy Spirit addresses itself TO the con-
science. and the gospel of Jesus Christ
storms the citadel of the heart. The story
of the cross not only asks our intellectual
assent, but it appeals TO the affections. the
desires OF our nature. When the soul be-
gins to melt at the feet of Christ then it is
that faith rises into q stronger and higher
faith.
There are some people simply guided by
emotion and nothing else, and who are led
by every kind of doctrine. There is play
for the emotions and sensibiIities In living,
saving faith. but you know by your own
experience that when once your soul was
kindled it was then that faith plumed her
q willing one. knowledge and desire
are not sufficient. We perceive the
truth. We accept the truth, we
long for delivemnce through the truth, but
whether we shall fully and unreseryedly
accept Jesus Christ as presented TO US. and
therefore the question. Wilt thou be made
holyr
hearts of that rugged faith which says. 1t
shall be done; / wall not let thee go until
thou bless me- To make an emotional plea
and then go our way is not sufficient.
says unto God. 4 take Thee at Thy word TO
be saved and to be sanctitied wholly
Faith born OF these strands ties US safely
and securely TO the throne of God. When
we are dashed to the throne of God by faith;
though clouds come over US and
our vision he obscured, We know
we are secure because the influences of the
Holy Ghost are about US in response to a
living faith In God. for faith is not all of
the text, but faith in God If this faith
were 20 he exercised in man l confess l
could not have faith as have attempted to
outline 10.
PERSONAL GOD.
The object of our faith Is a personal
God and in Jesus CHRIST. for if ye believe
In God believe also in me- We are not
simply TO believe that what Jesus says is
true but we are TO believe in Hin, in His
absolute holiness and power. Many men
believe in Jesus that He can and does save
men, but never believe in Him in the sense
of risking their all upon Him. Let us
trust IN Him for everything for time and
for eternity: let there be an
There is a legend that in an island IN the
Mediterranean there lived q couple of
young lovers who were betrothed. The
young man was imbued with the idea of
going 10 the Holy Land in a crusade to fight
20 wrest the sepulchre of the Savior from
the Saracens. They pledged themselves to
he true 10 each other, and she said she
wonld each night build beacon fires on
shore to light him safely TO a landing on the
rock-bound coast. Time went by. and night
after night she kept the beacon fires burn
Ing. The people jeered and scOffed at her.
saying he had forgotten her, hut she kept
the nres burning. and one night her lover
came back. Almost nineteen centuries ago
our blessed Bridegroom said TO his bride,
the church. Il am going to my Fathers
house. but i will come again And the
white-winged messenger said to the church,
II e will come again. And the bride gath
cred the FACETS of faith and the Lord sent
the pentecostal fires down upon that little
gathering IN Jerusalem. Since that day
the counter-hres of persecution rave been
burning. Still the beacon fires OF faith
famed on through the succeeding centuries
of persecution. of infidelity. OF rational
ism. One of these dark nights. when the
world has wrapped itself in the security OF
intideiity and skeDticism. the Bridegroom
will come attended by ten thousand times
ten thousand chariots of angels. and the
light of her burning fires Will be lost in the
supernal glory of His brightness. In that
grand day the Bridegroom and the bride