Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-29

IL. We got it from our parents. Thov
got II from their parents. Or thougbts
are wrong Our action H. wrong ON,
whole life is obnoxious to God bcfor,
conversion, and after conversion not
one good thing in US but that which tbe
grace OF God has planted and fosterod.
well, you ray, II can't believe that
TO he so. y All, ny dear brother, that
Is because you have never looked into
fhls lavor OF looking glasses.
II Is Full of Evil.
II you could catch a glimpse Of yorr
natural heart before God, YOU would
cry out iii amazcmcnt and alarm. The
very first thing this gospel Goes is to cut
down our pride and self sufliciency. If
man does not feel his lost and ruined
condition before God, he does not want
any gospel. think the reason that there
are SO few conversions in tL;s day is be-
cause the tendency of the preaching is
to make men believe that thcy are pret.
" good anyhow-guite clever, only
wanting little fixing up, few touch.
es OF divine grace, and then you will be
all rlght-instcad of proclaiming the
broad, deep truth that Payson and
Whltoiield thundCred to race trembling
ON the verge Of infinite and eternal
disaster. Nov, says some one, lean
this really be true? Have we all gone
astray? Is there 10 good i'll us?' In
Hampton Court l saw a room where the
four walls were covered with looking
glasses and it made no difference which
way you looked you saw yourself And
so 1T is i'll this gospel of Christ If you
once step within its full precincts, you
will find your whole character reflected,
every feature of moral dcfarmity, ev.
cry spot Of moral faint. If ] understand
the word of God, its first announcement
is that we are lost. care not, my broth
er, how magnificently You may have
been born, or what may have been your
heritage or ancestry, you are lost by
reason of sin, But" you say, "what
is the use Of all this-of showing
mans faults when he can't get rid of
them?" Nonel "What was the use of
thEt FURNISHED surface to this laver of
looking glasses spoken of in the text, if
it only showed the spots on the counte-
nance and the need of washing, and
there was nothing to wash with" Clio
ry be to God, | find that this laver of
looking glasses was filled with fresh
water every morning, and the priest no
sooner looked on its FURNISHED side and
saw his need Of cleansing than he wash
ed and was clean-glorious type Of the
gospel of my Lord Jesus, that first shows
man his sin and then washes it all
away
The Daily Need.
l want you to notice that this laver
in which the priest washed-the laver
of looking glasses-was filled with fresh
water every morning. The servants Of
the tabernacle brought the water III
buckets and poured it into this laver.
So it is with the gospel of Jesus Christ,
1t has a fresh salvation every day. 1t is
not stagnant pool filled with accumu-
lated corTuptions 1t is living water,
which is brought from the eternal
rock TO wash away the sins OF yester-
day, Of one moment ago. "Oh, says
some one, II was IA Christian 20 years
ago" That does not mean anything to
me. What. are you nowI We are not
talking, my brother, about pardon ten
years ago, but about pardon now, u
fresh salvation. Suppose time Of war
should come, and | could show the gov
ernment that ! had been loyal 10 IL ~
years ago, would that excuse me from
taking an oath Of allegiance nowf Sup.
pose you ask me about MY physical
health, aud / should say / was well 10
years ago, that does not say how am
now. The gospel of Jesus Christ comes
and demands present allegiance. present
fealty, present moral health, and YET
how many Christians there are seeking
10 live entirely IN past experience who
haom % have no experience of present
mercy and pardonl When J WA on tho
sea, and thcro came up u grrht storm
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thought we must 20 down, ] began "
think ~ NY llfo insurance, nnd Whelh'
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