The record-union., 1895-05-11
REV. MARTINS TABERNACLE TALKS.
The Evangelist Discourses to Large
Audiences.
knowledge and Zeal'' His Subject
Last Evening-Meetings Tonight
and Tomorrow.

Rev. Mr.. Martin spoke at the taber-
nacle last evening on the subject of
knowledge and Zeal' to large con-
gregation.
He spoke of the different kinds of peo-
pie in the world and the attitude they
occupied toward education. Some like
it for its own sake and wish to see every
one receive a good education. They are
not only willing, but anxious to so shape
things educationally that each one may
be able to attain that end. They like and
appreciate education for its own sake.
There are none too many educational
zealots. Other people only appreciate
education for the advantages it gives to
them, either socially or financially, or
perhaps for the opportunity it gives them
to get the better OF their less-inlOrmed
nelghbOrs
Then there is the political zealot. who
believes his party the only one that is
right and hates the other party and
could not affiliate with it under any cir
cumstances. Zeal has no character. 1t
is not necessarily the side that is espoused
with zeal that is right. Zeal may as easily
be wrong as right. Christian zeal should
be different. It's proper tendency is in
q
with many Christians is not that they do
not love God and the church, but that
they do not hate sin enough. They look
at it lOngingly, and wish that they could
safely sin "a little. 1t would be SO pleas
ant sometimes. Others wake up some
day and feel that they have gone on the
downward path long enough and they
seek the church, and ask the prayers OF
the congregation. They talk and shout
about how they hate sin. and people say.
what a wonderful conversion" They
never talk however, about how they
| love God.
1t is necessary, therefore, not only to
| hate sin, but TO love God. The two must
| 60 together.
Zeal, even in the church, may oe mis-
directed. Religion is like a steam en-
| gine. knowledge is the engineer, with
out which the zeal OF the engine can ac-
complish nothing except. perhaps, lead
| to destruction. Would you be satisfied
to stay on an engine which some one had
started and then jumped off. Some people
get on the wrong train. 1t is headed the
wrong way, and will not 60 on the way
they wish it to. If they find themselves
started in the wrong direction, there is
only one thing to do-tO turn around.
And too many do not turn around until
it is too late. Put yourself Oh the turn
table OF conversion and use your eyes,
your ears and your hands, which nave
been doing wrong, in the service OF the
| Lord. The same zeal that has been used
| in the service OF the devil, when turned
in the opposite direction, will do wonders
in the cause of religion. 1t is often as
easy to do right as to do wrong. If the
| heart is right it is easy for US to do right
Our zeal should not be spasmodic-it
should be constant. The Galatians were
ell right and full of zeal while Paul was
with them; they could lead i'll prayer and
shake hands with Paul, but when Paul
was gone their zeal had evaporated. So
it is with many Christians. Their zeal
| is only awakened on great OCCASIONS and
dies down when the occasion is over.
! There is just as much difference in the
| zeal of families as there is in the zeal of
churches aud their members. The
church which has no zeal among its mem-
| bers is dead or dying. Zion's hill is a
hard one for them to climb. and they
cannot get up the necessary enthusiasm
to do what their profession demands OF
them. Our zeal in the service of God
should be like the vestal fires of old
never suffered to go out or to languish,
but always kept burning brightly.
Christian zeal is good, but zeal without
knowledge is not good. We must have
knowledge to direct it rightly.
The address was lnterspersed with
many anecdotes to illustrate the point at
which the preacher aimed, and sarcastic
thrusts at the weakened and the back
slider were frequent. The subject for
this evening will be my Neighbor and
l." and as the title is a taking one and
| promises something worth hearing, there
will doubtless be a large congregation.
There will be three meetings tomorrow.
At the morning meeting, ii y. NJ, the
subject will be "The Christian; at 3 p.
NJ. there will be lecture to men only.
and at 7:30 P. NJ. the subject will be "Can
| 8 Man be Saved Out of the church,"