The Globe-republican., 1894-07-13

| LOU ~ SuV 4CoSoh l. "Cul
road to-day singing praises to God, ant
that is the reason l. a poor, ignOran
man, can dare to stand up in this assem-
bly, and urge you all to accept of Christ
Perfect Love and Its Effects.
Perfect love is the spirit of entire holt
ness. When the clean soul is filled with
the Holy Ghost and fire, it is filled with
love. God the Holy Ghost comes into
the soul when it is emptied of carnal sell
and
GOD IS LOVE.
Now, every moving of the entire being
is love. Love to the ''brethren" to the
saints of the living God-those of like
precious faith, love to all the world: love
to enemies and opposers, love to every
thing God has made, and above all the
sanctified soul loves God with all the
heart. This love fills and controls the
entire being. 1t is very precious and
should be carefully guarded, as the soul
that has become dry and barren and de-
void of the movings of love, is on the
downward grade, and likely to lose ex-
perience. We should grow in holiness
experience. The soul expands under the
warming and hallowed movings of the
Spirit and love is continually Increasing.
Oh! the hallowed, melting power of this
divine love! 1t is indeed the power that
moves all things. Hallelujah! The per-
feet love of Jesus has strength and back
bone as we'll as sweetness and tender ness.
1t is strong to suffer and
STRONG TO DO.
Some mothers think they should not
correct their children because they have
perfect love. This is an error. because
they need perfect love to properly punish
them. Love is unselfish and looks not to
present ease and comfort, but to the real
good of the person dealt with. Perfect
love will be true to souls, be the duty
ever SO unpleasant. 1t will cut off the
right hand or pluck out the right eye if
those very necessary members cause us
to sin.
We may remember the account of a
great painter who was painting a beauti-
ful picture in cathedral in Germany.
He was absorbed in his work and so
pleased with the effect produced that he
Kept walking backwards toward the
edge of the scaffold, and was upon the
point of falling from height that would
have made bis death certain. A friend
came to see the picture just at that mo-
nent and saw the poor mans danger.
At first he know not what to do, as the
east movement would have precipitated
he threatened catastrophe. Suddenly
ne took brush and dipped it in dirty
water and dashed it upon the picture.
The painter sprang toward involuntarily
Ind was safe. For moment he thought
lis friend cruel; but when be realized
he danger he had just escaped, he was
overcome with gratitude. So sometimes
owe has to dash cherished idle from a
lear ones hand. Such love may
SEEN CRUEL,
'ut it is only in appearance. Love is
irm, positive and clearcut against wrong
# every kind. Eye that love the Lord
late evil" Love to God brings an in
e1se adherence of sin and the more love
70 have the more we will abhor the
Kings unclean. It does not show lack
# love to cut of the crushed limb to save
he patients life. So it does not show
ack of love to
STAND FIRMLY
or truth and principle. There is weak
vishy washy kind Of so-called perfect
owe that shuts up its eyes to sin and |
ries. "love, love- But the kind our
saviour had (and is not He our pattern:) |
denounced sin and exposed hypocrisy.
'ome would have called our Saviour
'carnal'' when He denounced sin and
opposed hypocrisy in the scribes and
The danger to Us is in doing
UGH duties without love. When love is
acking the plainness and straightness
urt medically ana manele and wound.
When hlled with holy love We win never