The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-19

present at ASbury last night than OIL
any evening of this week. and the ser
Woes were OF delightful character.
After the song service. the Rev. L. ".
liayiield, whose face used to be 80 fa-
mlllar at Brandywine summit Carp
and who attained to suoh great popu-
hrity there by his management Of the
meetings, preached tho word
of life with his usual earnestness and
force.
Mr.. Layiield 10 very vigorous
speaker, and seems to feel deeply all
he says. Last night he was very flu
ent as hs depicted his satisfaction In
ills own complete salvation, and very
earnest In his appeals to the unsaved
TO flee to the Saviour. He held the
closest attention of his audience from
the beginning to the end Of his dis
course. and upon his inyitation several
persons came to the altar.
He took his text from Rom. ", 10:
For IL, when we were enemies, we
we're reconciled to God by the death
OF his son, mucd more, being recon.
oiled, we shall be saved by His life."
The great work of the Lord jesus
Christ in coming TO this earth was to
ave men from sin anu Its conss-
quences, For this he left heaven and
took the form OF servant and became
ohedient to death. oven the death
OF the cross. 1t was no easy thing to
save a ruined world. 1t Is an easy
thing for God to throw out worlds
from His finger tips, to speak a uni
verse into being, but 1t is different
task TO call back sinners to God. and
oring God aud the sinner Into har-
mony.
Ii you think It was not a difficult
tnsk. follow me through some of the
scenes OF the Chrlst-life, and you will
soc what struggle 1t cost. In the
Wilderness, as the son OF man met the
enemy OF soul and overcame him. II
was no light conflict that ho endured.
When on Tabor's crown he stood
trausfioured before the heavenly vlsl
tants. He was offered tho way OF glory,
out He accepted the way OF tho cross.
! 1t may have been q trial to Him to
make this decision.
4 He was weary with the roughness of
lie. He was tired in the midst of the
mighty struggle. and He could now
lake His way back to His Fathers
nouse. and in company with tho hen.
Ivenly vlsitants. ascend to the power
nd glory that He had with the Father
before the world was. But no, fol
you and me, He took the other road,
he road that led to suffering and
! leath.
And then In Gethsemena how awful
sas the struggle when the bitter cup
was presented to Him. IL there was
my other way In which men might be
reueemed. He would DO glad to escape
The ignominy before Him. But II there
@as no other way to save mon then
lie would drink the cup. So. for you
and all men He took the cup, and went
to the cross for the sake OF I'm ortal
souls.
Another difficulty In the way OF
mans salvation Is on tho human side.
One of tho hardest things for man to
do Is to acknowledge that lie Ia wrong.
and this is the great difficulty in the
way of the sinners return to his God.
Yet, when he gives up to the appeals
Of his Father, and completely surren
lders his will to that OF God. he enters
upon that wonderful new experience
we call conversion. The speaker uh oil
spoke of tho effects on the life of ne
Gepting Christ, and showed how ali
7in was taken from the life by the
cross.
out what want to emphasize, said
the speaker, Ia the much more" OF
tho text. Jesus is no longer deud, but
lhas assembled the throne of His power
lie hangs not on the cross US a crlmi
nal. but sits on the throne as King
! Ii on the cross he listened to tho poor
thief, much more will lie save US TO.
day by His life.
What is this salvation that Christ
purchased for US? 1t ID reconciliation
To God by the atonement made by
Ills son. Yes, but that Is only the
starting. Conversion is but the he
ginning OF the Divine life, then We are
20 live for Him. All inbred Sin must
be cast out. have no theory OF
sanctillcation to discuss. l have no
patience with theories on this 81 biect,
but If inbred sln ID 10 the heart. IL
must be taken out II 1t takes one, two
Iifty or five hundred blessings.
Then there Is different relation to
my neighbor by this salvation. We
seq our duty to others as never before
Evil ID not returned in kind, but goou
is the only thing We have for our
Ineighhor, no matter how they may try
Jus. We not only talk now, but We live
la Chrlstltke life.
!, All our Old habits of life arc now con
'Iqnered We have God on our eide II
every struggle He who was temple,
knows how to suceor those that ar,
tempted. All OF every degree OF ell
may have the fstter5 broken and "
forth free. The omnipotent God is OF
the side OF the poor soul In the con
ilict. there Is not battle that you can
not win.
In concluding Mr. Layneld made a
Istron. appeal to the unsatistie Chris
tim to enter into u Richer experience,
in things divine. and to the unrecon
iclled soul to accept the sacrifice mad
by the son OF God, and be saved from
'all sin 80 ua to Ue ready for heaven al
ter while and fora better life here.
10 night the meetings will be con
tlnued. The Rev. G. z. Swain, o
Itrankford. Del, will DO the preacher
MI. Swain Is a comparative strange
in tho city, but those who go to hea
him will huve the pleasure % hearin
one of the best preachers OF the Wi
mington Conferences. The sermon wi
lie followed by altar work. and a
VINO want salvation are invited to tn
meeting.
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