New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-11

And this ordinary life Is also marked by restless
ness Sin IL disease 1t Is the want OF rest anu
that wandering TO and fro upon desert sanu y
analogous to the life that many before me "''
leading You 20 TO your house and you tahe
shell your child brought with It from the sea- ana
Won place II at YOUR ear and you hear 1t signing;
signing for the waves IT Will never see again amd
the heart before me OF nearly every man ,e on,
woman In this place Is just Ike shell taken I,on'
the ocean OF Gods rest, and you are signing sign-
ing. signing broken heartedly In these men .o
hearts and deeper down In these women n.y. s
there is the Infinite unrest that cries 10 "ou LUZ
help. . ..o-o
And while there is famine and restlessness there
is failure Gibbon tells us OF one OF me p,,ne
Emperors who by some sudden freak OF iortn in,i
d1sssed from IN his shane ana AND Gs '4 tells
that this sat with his manacles ana cha, rns
upon him while IL was necessary TO transact soh'e
All you may have been emsncipated. but upon
OF you rests to-day as you SIT racing me me
manaces and letters Of some besetting SIN Whtn
Won are here you are right enough. hut when you
go away home there will be temper ana there WI,
have been studying for the ministry BY outbreaks
OF impure desire. and every one OF u.s. unless We
have experienced the Holy Ghosts power VIII De
You know what is right. but not how to ,,d 90 T.
thought oEd 30 co ss1 rae nd many man thinks he
can ride to heaven. but he gets terrible ran. we
know In our hearts what the Apostle meant wnen
~ said 'O.i, wretched man that am; VINO can
deliver me?" This" Is that your life?
WHAT THAT" IS
Well now what Is that | haven't time. am
not going into any OF the things that life may mean
But | would undertake TO say that II by som"
strange mistake the second chapter OF the Acts
OF the Apostles had been obllterated on the mrs,
manuscript If the second chapter had been n
blank and you had put the story OF the apostles
as YOU have II In the closing chapters or me bos-
.pes and these same apostles as trey stafln ,taks
chanters an Intelligent man would have SAID 70
you Il don't understand H. sir: put s9neo'', ,h
must have happened" There must have becn thc
loss of a Leaf There must have something nap
pened to make Simon who trembled before the
servant girl the that stood GnmoVe' ,psi1 Dr.
Tho Sanhedrin that made John no longer call Tor
Are ron, heaven. but made him the tender. gentle
patient sufferer. Oh! what wonderful story you
shall have to read them with you vii not 60
nwov their property to help need? Such JOY they
feared not Nero himself? Such prayer! DeneEte
that Church than ever came to the preaching ser
Wee Bui understand friends that that life may
ines like this caring for fashion dress and amuse-
ment. and have seen ne love OF 'n1S re Invs,
devoted Christian girls, with new sweetness IN
their grlhood, a tenderness In their woman
there was jewel Of priceless worth In that casKet
have seen ministers come TO conventions ldke
Of their deacons and elders afraid OF inc pig man nan
who has got the family pew In the corner an the
these mon rise up and become apostles. moving a
whole country side It was only a few months ago
d 59ns % to w yoa don't Know Who there q
sneak to ministers with the hope that my word
may raise a man. John the Baptist 70 carry ms
Of men there was young man. did not specially
notice him. but he drank in every "2rd ono eu new
what had taken place But | told few
months after that that morning had ent apel.
tie OF that part OF the principaity of Wales ~.
have seen men and women come ;o1 TO sbe 10
look up into Gods face They have almost ios o
faith in Christianity. And nave seen tne nree go
atSrSgaI That is what you may have. That Is
what believe God is sGPg %h sye No To MOODY
said in his prayer shall burn into eternity, ma
is what you may hSy Nd an9 You mar are having
thing less than that, you are eettlns Sho'' III ~
Gods meaning ing TOR you live NE beyond his income
But the mistake is that very few CHRISTIANS are
living up TO II.
GIFT AFTER SALVATION.
Well now what Is the life you are leading? Is
1t the life God meant you 10 i've? How 70 make
this" that" How? Now. brother ministers
Won NAV not accept this am hopeful you Will
not at first I always like man at first to get
cross II only some of YOU will get cross. you
can't get away to-day. There are no trains You
have to stop here now. You VIII have 10 stop
the week through like people at first to KICK
to talk. 70 wonder 1t will lead them back to
only way TO make this that is by rccogniz-
ing a%s oSS Bsva the aS S@r Viii
that again 1t is by recognzing and receiving lying
christ over and above His work in regeneration
That u.s. while recognizing as l do that every
of se Work R' Of e Gods Holy Spirit thai He is the
agent in our regenerati2n thar re ,e'eaiS me
I admit ali that may, take place in the soul and
I hos akppD
have never yet received the Holy Spirit as the dis
spirit in you but you don't know the spirit on
you You are living chronoogically upon TINS size ,,I
ing as if Pentecost had never come. And YOU
need to know. and pray God you may know be-
f fors n ayn Mee hn xperence Of Penccost Now
men say | don't know about that Very well.
might have it at conversion. But the most part
Of the people do not and. therefore, we put IT be-
f Or 6 You 70 to make this that 40 al
need not take the fG 90, point beca VS.
this" that I simply want to say here your life
at this minute receive the Holy Spirit. But listen
The majority Of you cannot receive the Holy Ghost
because you have not let God do his prepare tory
work No need go away without the baptism
of Pentecost God is God of method and God has
have rSe'" been taken-mind You. they might be
taken right away-but If they have not been taken
YOU cannot receive and therefore, your life cannot
Don't you want this" to be that" II were TO
take standing vote from all or you VINO want
this made into that there would not be a man
woman left sitting. You know, that. And what
would happen? Why there would not be a church
represented here that would not he set on FIRE
Peter said: When | began to speak the Holy
Ghost fell" would like this 10 be the outcome or
this convention. when Mr.. Moody would say: We'll
we were going on all the week but we may we'll
all go home We have got it, We don't want TO
stop at Mortified. We will go all over the world. -
II may cost you something know it will. | am
going TO make II too cheap but TO IL will paw
you May God help you to-day to make up your
mind that you will never leave this place that Won
W ppVpr u IN bne.
this grace of God in your heart. Make IN your
minds never to rest my brethren until vour
miserable. contemplate. God-dishonoring life ha .
become a life OF the past.