The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-05-27

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CHRISTIAN ENOEAV0R COLUMN.
EDITED BY REV. AND MRS. W. l..
l.EISHER.
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC FOR WEEK
BEGINNING MAY 20.
What Does God Reveal. And To
Whom.
Dan. 2: 81, 80, A.; Cor. 2: 9, 10.
l God reveals his pardon to the
contrite. Contrition is word in
GLIDING both sin and sorrow. A
sense of sin which means a loath-
ing of the past and deep realiza-
ton of the lngratitude OF it in the
sight of the Lord is the true idea.
1t is always, when genuine accom-
panied with a resolution to do bet
ter and turning to Calvary as the
only source of salvation. Then
what revelation! Pardon! 1t
comes into some lives like the first
gray streaks of dawn, growing
brighter as the sun rises. 1t bursts
upon some lives with all the spend
or of the noontlde glory. Some it
gradually wakes to newness of life.
Some it gradually submerges in a
flood of joy. 1t is always a revela-
ton from God. 1t always made
known to the contrite only.
2. God reveals his comfort to
the trusting. There never can be
any consolation IN earthly sorrow
until the heart fully trusts in God
AS long as there is the least thought
of rebellion or the least shadow of
doubt, the heart will refuse that
gentle touch of divine compassion
which constitutes it's only comfort.
| have talked with many bereaved
persons, and | have invariably
found that when the hearts trust
went out toward God the keenest
afflictiou was matched by the most
divine peace. 1t is then, he who
has smitten, binds up, and he who
has torn, heala.
3. God reveals his sovereignty
to the Submissive. Through ODE
dience we know the majesty and
mercy OF his reign. They who are
loyal or the only ones who enter at
all into the largsness Of his love.
There is no despotlsm to them in
his absolute sway. To know that
no controls all things is constant
source of encouragement.
REV. TEMPLE.
"Look that thou make them af-
ter the pattern that wss showed
thee in the mount" This teaches
that there are celestial ways of do
ing earthly things, and that hu-
man success consists in getting in
to the secrecies of Gods mind and
working in the direction of his
method. Men are enriched
with presentiments of the way God
would work if placed in our stead
These presentiments we call ideals.
Human soil is marked with divine
footprints. &C. Ii. Parkhurst, d. d.
The power of the Holy Spirit,
an everlasting spiritual presence
among men, what but that, is the
thing we want? That is what the
old oracles were dreaming of, what
the modern spiritualists to night
are fun bling after. The power of
the Holy Ghost by which every man
who is in doubt may know which is
right, every man whose soul is sick
may be made spiritually whole. ev-
cry weak man may be strong man
that is Gods one sufficient an
swer to the endless appeal of man S
spiritual life; that is Gods one
great response to the unconcious
need of spiritual guidance, which
he hears crying out of the deep
heart of every man. - bishop
/ Brooks.
! SUGGESTIONS FOR LEADERS
Many young christians are Of
doubtful mind in regard to the i'm
portant question of supernatural
revelation. The purpose of this
meeting should be, first, to show
that there has been and Will be
such revelations, and second, to
urge its acceptance. The leader
NAV we'll open the meeting by
making a brief, modest, personal
statement, telling definitely what
knowledge and what comfort have
come to him through revelation
from on high; telling what in his
own life and character he has found