The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-05

Use After Promise Come Out Marcel.
onsly Clear.
The Christians Cry" by Hannah
Whitehall Smith, the author OF the
book Christians Secret of a Happv
Life" Her experience was in last Sun.
days ROANOKE TIMES under tn. head of
Jesus Savior From Sim" She is
also the author of the piece in SUNDAYS
ROANOKE TIMES two weeks back, THE
Hidden God, or Sorrow Turned Into
JOY"
Now, reader as you have been read
Ing the Sunday ROANOKE TIMES on these
pieces, II you will pefuse the following
snort piece with On eye single to know
Ing what the Bible teaches, and lust for
few minutes lay aside the tradition of
men and preconoeived views that are
erroneous, and just let God talk to Won
by the holy Ghost through his servant.
When you receive Christ in all his full
ness, which Is your privilege to do ct
once, as Is tau hs you ia 1. Co.., 1870:
put OF him are ye in Christ Jesus.
who OF God Is made unto our wisdom.
ana righteousness, and ssnctiicssion.
and redemption"
Wnen you once experience the life of
Iaish ae Christ has told you. your life
Wall be sweet one, g Joyous one and a
victorious one and God will be honored
ana you will bear much fruit, ss the
olessed Master hath taught us in Johns
dospe! commencing with the 18th chan.
Ter and 33d verse up TO the end OF the
i"sn onApteF. Examine at your1eisure.
THE CHRISTIANS CRY.
w no shall deliver me from tho body OF this
One of the most blessed disoover,es
made by tho child of God who has been
favored to enter into that experience
which Is sometimes called the Higher
christian Life" Is that of its wonder.
full conformity TO Scripture. Textafter
text, and promise after promise, which
once were so obscure and perplexing.
come out into marvellous clearness un.
oef the heavenly light which now IL
shed upon them. The blessed truth of
eanchhcAtion by faith so illumines tts
contents, that the Bible seems almost
ior time to become new book again,
just as 1t did once before, when frat the
eyes were opened to see In i.s pages the
glorious truth OF qualification by faith.
AND perhaps nowhere does this new
illumination bring out more wonderful
seaching, than when It shines on the
cry OF the Christian, in the last psrt of
the seventh chapter of Romans, and the
triumphant answer to that cry.
IL is when the poor believer, loving
noiiness ana hating sin, yet unable 70
lay hold OF the one, and finding himself
Douho oy the other, cries out in anguish
OF spirit. "Oh wretcbed man that am.
who shall deliver me from the bodv ~
this death?"
In the days Of my ignorance OF the
ways OF sanctifcAtion by faith, often
wondered why that question had ever
oeen asked, aimee I thought Paul must
nave known that in this life there was
no such deliverance to be found. He
certainly WAS AWARE reasoned that the
oody or DEATH" or the "old man." un-
aer which he groaned, WAS always to
dwell within him and fetter him, and
that, until death should release him
rom Its hateful presence, he need not
look for any release. And yet continue
ally the fact stared me in the face.
that Paul had asked that question. and
had answered 1t, too, as though he be-
lieved there was way OF deliverance.
Then again, why did he ask, WHO
shall deliver me?" Why did he NOT
rather say. What shall deliver me?"
And answer to this, II thank God, dis-
cipline and growth shall do it partially.
anu oeatn shall con8ummate the deliy-
erAnce?" Did he not know that this was
the only way-a gradual process of get
ting RID Of part OF 1t by obedience and
cross bearing, and finally 6 full and
perfect release at death?
And how many souls unconsciously
reason just as 1 did. There never was
q Christian heart yet that did not long
for this deliverance; never one that did
not hate the bondage into which "the
law OF sin in Its members" wss contin.
uaily bringing It. And believe IL Ia
cafe to say that every child of God has,
as one time or another, echoed that crv
OF Paul's. 20 wretched man thAtI am.
who shall deliver me from the body of
this deAth9"
But generally they echo it without
any hope OF 1t ever being answered,
They look upon it as nn inevitable con.
dition OF our human nature, that thia
body OF death" is to be q lifelong
companion and torment: an inward
enemy, always alive and alert, alwAva
seeking opportunities 10 betray us into
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