Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-10-03
SYNOD Or OHIO.
NOW IN SESSION AT THE UNITED PRsSBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH.
Raw Mr.. Brownlss Preached the Opening Sermon
Last Night-Nsw Moderator ohOs'n-Pr0-
gramms for To-Day.

The Ohio Synod Of the United Pres
byterian Church is holding its thirty
third annual meeting in this city The
Synon is composed Of the Presbyteries OF
Detoit, Mansfield, Washington, Wheel
ing and StebenvlHe, and embraces
seventy-seven ministers and ninety-slx
congregations. Most of the ministers
arrived IN the city yesterday, and the
first business session was held in the
/ United Presbyterian Church last night
/ Rev. A. E. BrOwnlee, OF Martin S
Ferry, the retiring moderator, preached
/ the ouening sermon, after which Rev.
w. II. McMurray, Of Toronto w. WAS
elected moderator.
| The session this morning Will open
with devotional exercises, after "hlcn
.mmittee reports will be heard ana
general business transacted. The prln-
ciual feature OF the afternoon session
| will be the conference on the SUBJECT
"What should be our attitude WIFE
reference 70 the hard times, and the
calls from the boards OF our church!
! The discussion will be opened by Kew.
! w. II. McMurray, OF Toronto. Inc
subject Of the evening conference
which will be opened 5y Rev. i. b.
{ Foster, OF Mansfield, will be Are pres
ent conditions such as especially re-
Iouire and favor evangelistic work?
Rev. Mr.. Brownlee's discourse last
evening was thoughtful aud interesting,
and was listened to with close attention.
throughout He took his text from
( Psalms 7s:41-"They limited the Holy
/ One of Israel" His text, he said,
/ teaches that divine power Is limited by
man. We are accustomed TO human
Limitations, bat a limitation OF divine
/ mower is wonderful. IL is not said that
Israel limited God. 1t is said In the
urecesding sentence that they tempted
/ God. but it was the Holy One that 'hey
| limited. 1t is true that the Holy one IS
God. and that God is the Holy One, yet
the names OF the Deity are significant.
/ They stand for certain attributes. Zoo
/ Is the Almighty OHe. The Holy one Is
she slnlesS, the pure one.
/ Men tempt God. By their dlsooedl-
eacs they dare Him to stretch out his
/ almighty arm against them. Ga, the
nresumUtion! No sinner can limit Al
/ mighty God, but men do limit the holy
One. Being pure, He would purify
them. Hating defence. lie WOuIu
cleanse them. He comes to us ana says
that we can, that we do limit the holy
One. What is il to limit the Holy One?
Isit to refuse to accept Jesus as SAVIOR
God desires to save everyone. we
have authority from Gods word Tor
making the expression even stronger.
We confidently assert that If anyone In
this world is lost, it will be because the
Holy One cannot help it. His willing
ness 60 save is touchingly illustrated in
/ the parable OF the Prodigal Son. But
God cas- only save through Christ. He
is glad, overjoyed, TO have the
sinner return, but the returning one
must be willing to put on the "oest
robe" and that robe is Christ. tie
must return 10 God righteous HIS
only hope OF righteousness is through
Christ. for he removes the guilt by sur
ieripg the penalty. He died, and lie
! died for sin" If any one, therefore,
refuses Jesus Is his Savior, he limits
the Holy One.
To limit the Holy One is to refuse the
/ HOLY Spirit as sanctifying. Sanctlaea'
tion is the development OF the Christ
life. which is given to US when we be-
come Christians. The Holy Spirit Is
the person OF the Godhead by whom
! This work is carried on. 1t is the Spirit
That sapctifes. The Holy Ghost does
His work through the ministry OF the
/ Gospel. Would the ministry, then, see
the membership Of the church growing
in grace. il must preach the Word,
preach it in its purity, in all its fuIlness.
/ Not 10 do so, 10 apologize for SIN,
70 slight the atonement OF
Christ. to deliver ethical discOurses,
or N appe al merely to the aesthetic
taste is TO repulse the Spirit. 1t is to
smnIov methods through which He can
not operate. 1t is to limit the Holy
I One"
To limit the Holy One is to be at
Ease in Zion" When Nehemiah
would rebuild the walls OF Zion, which
had fallen down, he was successful, be-
canse 1.-THE people had a mind TO work
( The Kingdom Of God can only be bull
nm when His people have mind 20
work. Jesus is given "for a leader
and commander TO the people" but He
is D,werless il they do not obey His
commands. Gods people are IaoorerS
with Him, and If they fail to do their
work, the whole work fails Your
work as ministers of the Gospel, is the
same AZ was the work OF your Lord.
Jesns makes it our duty to disciple tie
world and then 70 teach the