The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-05-11

SanctiflcattOn.
By Rev. H. W. Bolton, d. d.
CONCLUDED.
Ill. How is this grace of sanctificatiOn
obtained? Sanctification implies the &C.
ton of two parties-He who sanctifies,
and they who are sahctified. The sane
LITIGATION of ones self to God implies
two things: First. we are to separate
ourselves from sinful indulgences, from
all that is wrong in the sight of God.
This is the first thing to be done, and is
accomplished by the volition of the will.
God said to Israel before Al, by the name
of Joshua, ''Sanctify yourselves. Israel
could not prevail against her enemies be-
cause of the accused thing known only
to Achan. We are to ''cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit"
But we must 60 further than this-we
must "perfect holiness in the fear of
Cod" We must present ourselves a
living sacrifice unto Him, aud for His
service. Said prisoner to DR.. DOdd-
ridge when he had been released through
his influence, Every drop of my blood
thanks you" And so we should say to
God, every power of my mind, every
faculty of my being, every act of my life,
l cOnsecrate to Thy service.
He who desires to obtain the s'pearl
of great price," sold all that he had and
went and bought it. So he who would
obtain "the far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory" must make a
complete conservation. The ways in
which we come to this point may be
different; the time may be longer or
shorter. One may see one thing after
another to be wrong, and give them up
one after another. In the case of an
other it may seem to eliminate in one
great duty, in bearing some heavy cross.
and coming at once to the point, he
passes through the struggle. GO int"
the woods with companion. He cuts
"A hundred sticks weighing one pound
each, and Icnt or" weighing one hun
dred pounds. He pats t:.e one hundred
sticks Oh his shoulder. and put the one
on mine. As we travel he throws his
aside one by one, till at last he has none.
|. on the other hand, carry mine as far
as can. till at last. overcome. | lay it
down. IfyOu should ask where he left
his burden, he could not tell you, but
could tell you just where left mine.
When we come to this point. and have
thus sanctified ourselves, we may say:
Its dOne-the great transac tons done:
am the Lords and He is mine"
But did we not do all of this in justifi-
cation? l think not.
When WAS it possible for the prisoner
to thank Doddridge with every drop of
his blood, before or after his pardon?
When is it possible for us to cOnsecrate
ou- bodies living sacrifice unto God,
before He hath " renched us from death
in sin. or after we have a life to conse-
crate? Bishop Taylor asked. ''What
has Il prisoner to offer? He cannot even
make will, for be is before the law a
dead man. As sinners cOnsecrated in
the interest of sin, we are dead; there
fore we could not make the conservation
necessary to sanctitication. "But you
hath he quickened.' Therefore it is
your reasonable service to cOnsecrate
this new life to Him in everlasting COW
enant. You have something now tC
offer-and until this is done. none need
expect much abiding peace or constant
usefulness.
The moment the conservation is COM
piete. that moment we can say:
Just as am-Thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down;
Now. to be Thine. and Thine alone,
O, Lamb Of God, come. Gomez
Then God will do His work. He will
sanctify us. He will set us apart for
Himself. 1.-The Lord hath set apart
him that is godly for HIMSELF 1.-The
Lord will sanctify unto Himself pecu-
liar people, This He does by truth.
The truth is the great separator. ''If
ye abide in me aud my words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will. and it
shall be done unto YOU" Having placed
ourselves in the hands of God. we are
brought face to face with truth. for God
Is truth. Many a good man felt with
Isaiah. and Job, and Paul, II am a man
of unclean lips" Il abhOr myself, and
repent in sackcloth and ashes" II know
that in me, that is, in my flesh ,dwelleth
no good thing" This is the force OF
truth upon consecrated heart. When
truth is the ll-filling force of being. man
will not sin against il.
Then we are cleansed by the blood of
Jesus. Blood is here used figurativefy
for life. The life of Christ flows natur-
ally into the life of the man, those set
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