The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-13
SAID I'M THE CHURCHES.
How to Make Life Worth Living-The Law
of Revival and Its Methods Christ
and the Parliaments Of
Religion.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

an eagle h~asting to the prey; a flower;
grass; a hand breadth; a pilgrimage; a
shadow; a shepherds tent; q sleep; a
swift shuttle; a swift past; q tale that is
told; a thread cut by the weaver; a va
por: water spilled; q weayer's shuttle; a
breath of wind. Such are bible descrip-
tions of life. Is it true?
Behold! One dies each second; 60
each minute; 300 in five minutes: 5000
each hour; 4,400 while we worship; &c.
400 from rising to rising sun. The tale
is not overdrawn.
sFor like the fying OF a star,
Or as the flights OF eagles are,
Or like the fresh springs gaudy hue,
Or silver drops OF morning due,
Or like the wind that chafes the food,
Or bubbles which on water stood,
Fen such ia man, whose borrowed light
L. straight sailed In and paid tonight;
The wind blows out the bubble dies;
The spring entombed in autumn lies:
The dew dries up; the flight Is past.
And man = = forgot"
Well, then, is life worth living? That
depends! depends on the purpose and
aim of life; the way n lives. Paul
considered it worth while to live, and
records his conviction in Phil. 1;21, 'for
me to live is Christ" i. Q. is for Christ to
continue to live. lie Christ's life was
successful, worth The living, then was
Paul's; and so is every Christian life.
My purpose is to discover to you how
he lived. Thereby we may learn. Paul's
life was marked by great %singleness OF
purpose. See | Cor. %. determined to
know nothing but Christ" Turned his
back on the worlds wisdom, honors,
wealth, pleasures; resolutely and per-
slstently set his face to know
/. AS much as possible of Christ.
His rank as son OF God. His character
as Savior. His plans for human redemp-
ton.
2. To initiate Christ. He had no
other model. Desired no other spirit
either toward God or lost men.
3. To make the teachings and relig
ion of Christ known to as many others
as possible.
4. To enjoy Christ. He never once
got the modern idea of using religion az
a means of saving his soul and getting
his pleasures out of the world.
On reviewing his life in old age, be
had no vain regrets. He had fought 6
good tight" a crown awaited him.
He who lives Christ's lifeN over before
men will not feel that his living has beer
small or unworthy. Life's evening skies
will be gloriously illuminated.
Is it not your privilege and duty to dc
SO? Will YOU not do SO?
NJ. E. CHURCH.
Morning sermon. "The Law of Re
vival." Text, III Chron., 30;5.
Success anywhere depends upon har
mony with laws. Much Is attempted
with no respect for law in revival, ant
the results are unsatisfactory in num
bers, quality and perseverance OF The
protested converts. The written law o.
revival is as plain as the alphabet.
l. A law of preparation, not of sea
son. The time of the Passover was the
first Jewish month, but a provisional
date, for all not prepared at that time
according to law, was made to be
month later. The important matter
was preparation, not time; and sorrow
in revival effort. Some say there ar,
yet four months, and then cometh The
harvest" but Jesus said, "'lift up you,
eyes and look on the fields, for they arr
white already to harvest" "The harves
truly is plenteous, but the laborers are
few" Few are prepared. The prepare
ton required for the Passover was tina
the people be sanctified. This word, al
the Jews understood it, had a tripl'
meaning separate from sin, abstinence
or self-denial, and personal consecra
ton. Then followed the divine cere
monial cleansing.
?. Details of the law. The faithful
study of good and wise King Hezekiah'
plan for a revival in his kingdom o
Judah, affords us the details Of God
law in revival. (al Preparatory meas
ures. The priests and Levites are gath
cred together, and must sanctify them
selves. They are to be the leaders
, Then the house of the Lord must b
! cleansed. It's filthlnsss removed. 1t
profaned vessels restored. Doors open
ed. Workshops resumed. The affairs G
the Lord that are broken down must b
builded again. Then all the peopl
must ssnctify themselves. (b) Ofe
sacrifices. What do these offerings c
bullocks, lambs and goats signify +
us? "Christ, and him cruciflAd." w
must preach it, and testify to it clearl
in revival. Preach the sin that cause
his cruciixion, the love that c~onsente
toit, and the saving power that result
from it. lc) Praise, singing with spiri
and with the understanding. Singh
is the power in the great evangelist
; meetings. "Praise God in his sanctuar,
Praise him for his mighty acts: prais
him according to his excellent grea'
ness. Praise him with sfrinrad instrr