New-York tribune., 1895-08-06
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! The OLD Testament gives US out.i",
New Testament The story we are considering Is
sHSn en- ., outline pDo4,aycd DSg for % Us ''s The
sodom and Gomorrah represen, me ,nor, The wn
ssRBs1s'''e sRsss 81" OF S''''''
turn to Ezekiel xvi @ and find Ss that the th;osns sin OF OF
| bread and idleness Are these sins so s,ranse % ~
yOu' While am glad to se1eV1 ,ha brought ruin
! 10 Sodom an Gomorrah. press nome 70 iuu ,nn t
truth that the nS r9o.s seness T are deadly then
are all guilty we nave not es'"''" -0"'
OF Gods consuming nre
| THE LESSON OF ABRAHAMS LIFE.
| g. , g.. tho ,vne Of the natural man. We
pass on nov % the type. OF the whohy '''.. .ao,
| man represented by Abraham. We to-day eahno
fully realize how great thing Aoranaih u' ,.a
an idolator. brought up IN an "and a. tho
but in moment ne left his od no''s land 1t was
command of God went to sit. stang ue found him
the he could do and he did @ IT, Iii g II YOU fol-
low the Will Of God For the Ganaane fnn ani the
Perizzite were then IN the the snu ann not to obey God
for fear of the consequences. and how ot.tn COD
inclined to listen to him. But on Iayder ny than the
! devil The Canaanites won't hurt you II You howed u
with YOU Instead Of hurting Abraham, they powSd S
down before him and called him lord because he
was following the will OF God a rouer and
! all because he was righteous. Come weaitn ]. a, =,
Gods or come poverty IS arreled semt S n over wills;
Are not ashamed to osil fo Abra
ham hai but hs 'nSs Tha aod viii and
ligon Is measured by your spiritual ~ cbrst
because ne had apprehended Christ's unsearc@nao.e @
riches He cnly can do much Tor Goa VINO '''N
But we pass on to another type Besides .s the he
natural man. wholly given over to evil ana - ,ne cry we
deemed man. there is the man VINO trles 10 sew
God and the world represented by Lot pdn lest
some Sf yon soud take Offence but
senger must must do s it, for Fiat lo Is Do ps you doubt IT,
Is il not true even OF your own family. OF your
friends of neighbors? Remember ma, b 0. ;D
splred Apostle calls him righteous man. man ahn bosa
who have been redeemed by the blood Of the Lamb;
But that makes his case all the more striking ana
typical Of shs wssscss e Of sCdCm nj He had
no sympathy with. pleasure in it. But e, yet he
sl%n snS4s to to Of ys the In chadeSns G A lie all
ham did. at the command OF 600 ana sneh ne ne
| ended by dwelling with the ungodfy because IL was
| 10 hts advantage.
HALFWAY CHRISTIANS.
How many Of you do the same thing? You join
| Christ YOU obey His call. you are rich IN good
works. But you not out-and-out Tor the Loru'
You try to serve God and please yourself al 'ne same
| time How many mothers say they must go 10 Dams
for the sake of their daughters? How many iathers
Zoo, thav musi take their boys to the theatre!
have had ladies' come to and say Il know 1t is
wrong 10 go to a polished floor ball but may not
40 10 a little carpet dance" | am here to say you
| can make no compromise with God. Such pleasures
Se SennY all for God Your question should be how much
not how little can / give TO God? Don't give 1Ta
the as e give them to he TSre sSs4e
fore he was Justified He set apart therefore
he was sanced But he soon found as oTd 80 as nfeS
| paws He got rich. and then came the danger &c ms
He rich in sodOm 5ns sasom as may agd whs
sti remaining follower Of God stroye e to inan aKe
himself popular and resPeeea IN bonors InT wee within
| his grasp Perhaps he was candidate tor me ne
% Of SSene H hose 5s,s around him for
good and tnen the two angels came and the mes mes
sage % o. SaS coon 10 London oD and NewYork And Lot
ths sS So to h hey M
their message just as we VINO nave Soms & oyer t ts
"fs People think they live in soaom and escape
| danger They say they can serve God ana 20 INTO
| society How can they deceive themselves with such
lies? Lot thought he had peny OF inhuencs as
jeered at him. and when he warned his fam family n. ne
as one that moeHed a 10 s and a any ONE viii
have w Who initiates him He had lost all power to
e People viii believe you when You live com com
promise lie Such lfe is disgrace ,, to every b
Chnrch' just look at Lot, of God who nearly
his soul in Trying to endsw o4 MS lot wa ans oT nT
the wife and the girls hai he Sed oil d all hsIe S yeaT hi
and now he must eays ay Gis the 0a angels but %
ever intent on compromise asks II ne may nay not t 20
YOU NAV not retain your little sin. your carpet
dance coa ,e,s him 90 TO zoar for when a man
wants TO compromise God never hinders him. But
did satisfy him He hees to the the ,10uh noun
to dance and learn mmoralty With young men
him 70 fb pcTe thc of so i m man who
irsg iriad 10 you cOmpromse With the hand Of God May
Yourselves nrSf Wholly to His service. Amen.
THE REV. MR. MURRAY's DISCOURSE.
The Rev. Andrew Murray, who followed, spoke
| In part as follows:
Nv remarks will be based on Matthew xvi, "a:
M any ny nan will bs @9oss si'er and Hf follow o n hy
il that SO many thousands Of Christians m are con,
have been hearing so much? There is one answer.
and only to that ss SussdOn nd o j. s SnS Sy
never find Him until they Pvt away E e fsrs ana ys W
cannot get away from 1t. The one word self com
prehends all that is opposed to God. while self,
he was siill carna and drew back at the shadow
thee behind Me- satan" And hence; too. the law
GhT se up sif hs % but
First to The nature Of sef It is the centre 5s % Of
Him to dii when GOD wanted vessel into which
He created the world. Then one Of me me ange's BE-,
gan to think of self more than OF God and soon
devil in He'll Self turned to God is the glorl-
& hnf b e in o. sas SSf D"
Satan tempted Eve. lie breathed Into her soul the
poison or nell, ana iitt pOlSoH II
to-day Then the works of self are self-wil self
| confidence and sef-exaltation: To please ourselves
: | is the great sin Of the world. Christian Is a
man who never follows his own will. but the will OF
| God The Master said TO Peter: Deny myself
, | but Peter denied his master instead.
On that cursed self! Look at your own Tes an ana
conddence which is SO dangerous to many Chris
! tians People ask Why do fail in the Christian
, fe2 Bccailse they trust In themselves. Lastly
there is self-exaltation. Oh how much pride and
loneliness and Jealousy we find among Christians
This Is the self that is killing you How shall % you
get rid OF IL? Only by denying yourselves ana tax
ing up the cross and following Christ. Then. and
only then will all be well with you. Jesus led Peter
iii self was broken down. so II must be with us
We must Kill self every day and hour In order tha
: we may find selves In Christ Jesus. Sa,
I TAX me for Thine