The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-25

women whose hearts are tempered turn
To God. This abundant life suppresses big.
otry and intolerance. Even the picture of
the Pharisees must have been partly in
trinity as well as part malice. Jesus says:
Father. forgive them. for they know not
what they do We need to be more afraid
of the littleness than the largeness of life.
Intolerance Is meageruess of lite. He whose
life grows abundant grows into sympathy
with the lives of his fellow men. Only q
deeper and richer feeling of our spirits
with the spirit of God can make US be TO
our brethren and make them be to us all
that God designed. We cannot forecast all
the abundant lite is doing for US and for
society; we only know that those who are
most alive are most sure that the true
glory of life rises above our present thought
and Imagination.
Evangelist Willis In the City.
At Friends Church. corner of Delaware
and ST. Clair streets. special meetings are
being held. and will be continued during
this week. conducted by Rev. q. w. Willis.
a noted young evangelist. of Cleveland.
o.. and the pastor. Rev. Levi Rees- The
Sabbath morning services yesterday were
in charge of Rev. Willis. his sermon being
based upo n the last verse of the second
chapter OF Acts: And the Lord added to
the church daily such as should be saved"
Among other things he said: The Chris
tian Church was instituted over eighteen
but 10 members. That 120 assem-
bled IN an upper room for a ten
days meeting, and it was one
of the most notable ineetin gs ever held In
for the outpouring of Gods spirit. and
God, true TO HE promise. poured out His
spirit and they were all filled with tho
Holy Ghost. Then Peter. that impulslve
throng as they were assembled. represent
ing the various nations. and under the
searching truth of God. and under the
divine JUNCTION. three thousand were con-
gaDizatlOn. and they were added to the
church, and the next day. 1 think, two
thousand; and thus the church began to
grow. and she has continued to grow, until
to-day the Christian church belts
tentlon to this special thought, the
church-not a denomination. The people
were one, but in time isms came. Persons
had divers pet dOctrinal points; they had
their OVID theories. their favorite preach
ers and the like of that. and the result was
the church began TO divide up there IN
Corinth. Some said. II am for Paul."
others said. 1--WE want Peter To preach for
u.s." and others said. I'VE want Apollos,
and we are very particular about 1t" In
that great day there shall be one fold and
one Shepherd. / wish We would try Just as
hard to be followers of God rs some of US
try to be UNCONVENTIONAL Christians. God
does not want US to strive so hard to be de-
nominationalists AS He wants US to strive
to be Christians.
This church was a live church. q power.
fnl church.. a united church. q spiritual
church, and a soul-winning church, oil be-
cause 1t was q praying church.
Think of the power they had with God.
and what q stir it made. The outside
world knew that something had happened
- AL,- -
abroad the people came together. aud l
firmly believe If the membership OF this
church is set on fire of Gods holy spirit,
and receives the old-time baptism of the
Holy Ghost. that all this community Will
be moved of the spirit; that the world and
the multitudes will come together. Some
of them it seems to me are coming. They
need to c0me; and what are we doing for
their salvatloni That was q live church
down there in jerusalem. 1t Is q grand
thing to be alive. l heard a good old
Quaker say concerning our people: "A
dead Quaker Is the deadest of any dead
thing that ever died." and he was right. l
hope there are none of the dead ones round
here this morning
How many Of rs are trying to pattern
after Fox, Barclay or PENN While l re-
jOice that the Christian church has ever
furnished men like that, to hold mp the
we were to pattern after Jesus Christ, who
Is our Savior. Where is there n Christian
denomination to-day that makes the pro-
fessiOn of the spiritual phase OF the gospel
that we dol Oh, that we might have more
OF IL,
They were a spiritual church. Now when
a persons sins are forgiven and the Holy
Spirit comes In and takes up His abode,
that person Is q spiritual person. they
were a spiritual people; they were on fire
for the interests of Gods cause. They re-
ceived Il spiritual endowment, and the re-
suit was that as they proclaimed the story
of the cross hundreds and thousands were
saved. How intideIity has boosted that very
soon 1t would throw down the standards of
Christianity, very soon they would put
away this Bible; but the Christian re-
ligion to-day is being carried TO every
nation of the earth and TO the islands of
the sea. Would to God that our denomina-
ton might have a greater part in this mis-
sionary work. We often wonder whether
the heather will be saved without the
gospel. / am not thinking about that. |
wonder if we as Christians will be saved if
we do not carry them the RospeI.
They cali this y railroad center; fifteen
railroads here. But praise God there are
sixteen roads. one leading out of this city
from earth to glory by way of the cross. /
would to God your friends might take the
gospel tram.