Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
With the close Of to day another
page of my LIES record is written.

WIN tue ClOHe VI W uUy hIOOucl
page of my LIES record is written.
"Te instant IN season, out Of sea
sonn that If, b0 ever in readiness and
urgent for any good word or work.
A few minutes IN the closet, or
alone with God, is not all OF the
Chrlstain's daily living, bit it does
much to prepare him for the rest.
The church life that does not flow
through the weekly prayer-meeting
is liable to become muddy and I'M.
pure. The world has to be filtered
out at least that en.-Selected.
The members of Chrst's kingdom
must have heart qualifications for citi-
zenship; his mission is to lead others
to Christ by shedding light on all
around in doing this he has need and
promise of ChrisVs constant presence.
II every protesting Christian was
doing something for the good Of
souls, even though it was ever SO it,
tie, aud doing it every day, doing it
in the humble spirit of the Lord
Jesus with as earnest prayer for hls
blessing, how soon would society
everywhere BIZ Transformed
The United Presbyterian speaking
of Family Religion says: "lhe life
and power Of the church are in the
family. AS our homes are, so will
the church be. They may be the
nurseries in which the children will
grow up into the completeness and
strength of Christian life, with u full
equipment for the best Christian ser
wee, or they may be as an unwatered
plain in which tho unnourished roots
OF belief and conviction will lose
their vitality. If tho worldly sLInt
pprvades the home, it will prevade the
church; il there il no deVoutness in
the home, there will be none else
where. II there is no careful, con-
sclentious training of the soul, no
culture of the Christian graces in the
home, there will be- no exhibition of
ChrIst-like life. But if the grace Of
the Lord Jesus is the central force 10
the house, II tho children are taught
the way of life, if they are baught up
to live by the gospel idea of love and
service, il the home is made reposi-
tory Of Christian knowledge, and the
work of the church is given prom.
nent place, then in the life before the
world and in the church, the results
will appear in honesty and upright
ness, in kindness and charity, in love
and service, in faithful testimony and
active evangelism"
WHAT IS CoNvERsIoN?-God IS holy;
the sinner is vile. In God is life; the
sinner being cut off from him is
dead. "God is light, and in him is
no darkness at ALL" The sinner ls
afraid of God, and consequently
hates him. A change IS necessary
ABSOLUTELY so, if he would be saved
This change Is commonly called con-
verson, and literally means COM
plete turn round. This change has
other names-the new birth--a new
creation-qmckening, etc J.; but the
same thing is meant.
Observe what it IS not. 1t IS not a
rigid outward reformation of charac-
ter. EUery one needs conversion, but
every one does not need reformation,
in the ordinary sence of the word,
On the other hand, a man may re-
form who may never be converted.
Where reformation is necessary, it
will follow Of course; but the effects
OF conversion must DO distinguished
from the thing itself.
But it is this: it is being ingrafted
into Christ 1t is being delivered
from the guilt Of sin and the course
Of the law. 1t is being delivered
from slavish fear Of God, and having
the natural enmlty to him removed.
1t is being made Of one mind with
God about Christ, which changes the
belieUeTS mind about everything else
pertaining to the soul; and makes
him henceforth ,Odlk with God, being
agreed with him.
Reader, is it so with you? II 80,
happy are you; if not, WHAT "Be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved"