The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-27


Ten more persons were baptized yes.
terday afternoon, making sixty in eli.
Eleven hundred and fifty persons camp
cd on the ground.
Three harnesses were stolen Sunday
night. One OF the losers was unable to
purchase another harness, and the PEG
pie took ny o collection for that pur-
pose.
Many people drove long distances to
reach the meeting, some coming 100 and
200 miles.
There was very little sickness during
the meeting, none serious and no ACCT
dents.
Elder Farnsworth spoke for the last
time at 2:S0 yesterday. His subject was
the nature Of the Sabbath, and what it
is to us. The text was Elk. 20:s, IRE
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holy" The Sabbath is not ours; ID Is
not the Jewish Sabbath; 1t is the Sab
bath of the, Lord. The Sabbath was
made by Christ, as be was the active
agent in all the work OF creation. John
Ia. Christ the creator was the one who
rested. He it was who blessed the Sab
bath day and ~sanctitied it, or set it apart
TO q holy use. The Sabbath is the Lord's
day. Ex. 20:S. Rev. lilo. It was made
for man, and is a spiritual rest, and only
a spiritual person, or one in whom the
Spirit OF God dwells, q keep 1t. The
fourth commandment must be- kept all
the week, 70 we'll as upon the Sabbath,
The Sabbath is a memorial OF creation;
it celebrates Gods creative power, the
same power which creates the new man.
Those who believe do enter into rest
spiritual now. This rest comes BY faith
in Christ, and the Sabbath - q part oil
the eternal rest prepared for the people
Of God. Heb. A 8. A man cannot
keep the Sabbath until he ceases from
his W works. We're Gods workman
ship (GaL. 6:14) and the Sabbath is a
sign Of what Christ is to US. A man
can lie down on his bed and sleep any
day in the week, bnt no man can keep
the Sabbath until HE heart has been
changed By the power OF God. This
shows how futile it is for the state to
undertake to force men to keep the Sab,
bath.
AT $50 Prof. Lewis conducted o bib.e
lesson, during which the following out.
Eine was developed On the blackboard,
Steps to Observation-Disclosures Join
SO, Acts 2:37; confrition, Pa. 51:lz. II
66:2; confession, / John 10; conservation,
/ Chron. 29:5, Deut. 40; confidence
/ John 5:l4, ID, 10, Conviction ID TIE
knowledge Of sin, coupled with asenss oi
the lost condition OF the sinner. The
Holy Spirit flashes conviction upon the
heart through the word, and the shines
ID led TO cry ont, what must I do TO b.
saveda Then follows scOntrition, or q
cody sorrow for sin and repentance for
having offended o just, . merciful and q
loving God. II the heart yields to the
influence OF the Spirit, confession DoS
results, followed by . conservation Of all
tho powers 60 the service OF Jehovah, OF
q yielding Of the will TO be controlled By
him. The final step is confidence, 81
faith to believe that God has done what
be said he wonld,, namely 90 forgive the
sins. Andthe result i the conversion oi
thu soul, and the reception of Jesus into
the heart and life. Wehave then only
to continue to walk In Christ as we 20
csivsd him to have the continual assur.
ance day By day that we are Coda
children. Col. &c.
The last sermon OF the meeting was
preached by Ed. Jones in the evening.
1T consisted OF an exposition OF the 18th,
18th and 18th chapters Of Revelation,
The speaker thought that the woman
arrayed in purple and scarlet and called
in chapter l7;5 Babylon the Great
was the papacy. She had in the past
made an unlawful alliance with the
world by uniting with the civil power,
and all religious bodies that sought the
aid of the civil power to advance their
interests thereby became her daugh.
ters. The people.of God are everywhere
called upon to come out from her. Oh
1874. At the present time her civil
power has been taken away, SO that nc
government il wholly within her con,
troll, Ms formerly nearly all nations were
she is, as Cardinal Gibbons expressed ii
drinking from the chalice Of affiiction
But she il regaining her influence in al
quarters Of the world. and she is mskinf
special efforts to get control of th.
United States, that through this natiol
she may lead the other nations back Ii
an alliance with her. This ID hel
avowed policy. This is the meaning d
Satolli In America. And the speakeI
looked for her to be successful, 30 tina
she will be able 10 say, as represents
in chapter 49,, 81 cit . queen and ID
no widow. and shall see no sorrow
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