The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29
JESUS A SAVIOUR FROM Sin
A Narrative of Christian Experi-
ence.
Tho True Secret OF Obtaining the Joys o &
Life OF Faith-The knowledge OF the
Truth OF the Workings OF God--The
wave Of sanctifcstion That Now
Threatens the Country.

VI Shnctfncafton That Now
Threatens the Country.
The article below was written bv Mrs.
Hannah Whitehall Smith, the author OF
the christians Secret OF Happy
Life" book that has done more TO give
Christian people true conception of
the scripsursl idea of Cody Twin than
perhaps any other uninspired work now
In existence. Many Christian people who
have been cropping their way in the dark.
ness or under the shadow have. by the
reading OF this book. learned the true
secret OF obtaining the joys Of life of
faith.
This book has been very extsnslvely
circulated in this and the adjoining
States, and to-day it IL in general de-
mand, 1t Is work that every preacher
anu isymen may read with great profit
to themselves.
The piece in last Sundays ROANOKE
THINKS, March 2s, The Hidden God, or
SORROW Turned Into JOY" was Mrs. Ham
nah Whitehall Smiths composition.
tne following is her personal experience
In her reli sious life. BY careful read-
ing you will get much information:
JESUS A SAVIOUR FROM SIN.
believe 1t will magnify the grace OF
God Tor me to record somewhat of the
LORDS dealings with my soul, especially
In reference to the glorious salvation.
there is in Jesus from the power ard do
minion of sin.
MY conversion WAS very clear and UNI.
.,usu;s AFTER long years Of legal
striving, In which resorted in vain TO
every expedient my soul could devise
ior gaming the favor Of God, and the for
glVeness OF all my sins, WAS taught to
see my own utter helplessness in the
matter. and to trust entirely and only TO
ohriss to save me. believed Gods REQ.
ora concerning Him. / saw that He had
shed His blood for me; and in His death
found all that needed to reconcile me
to God. L knew that was born again:
That was child of God, and IN heir of
glorious inheritance; and never from
that time have 1 doubted this. Never
have had moment's fear about myec-
session of eternal life.
AS time passed on, the Lord Qrsciouslv
led me into the knowledge OF much
truth. My guarded education in the So
ciety OF Friends, OF which l was at that
Nme member, had already separated
me very much from the vain fashions
ana amusements OF the world, and nv
chief interests were oil conferred around
the religion or Jesus, as the only object
really worthy OF serious thought or asten-
slon. One after another the doctrines OF
the BLDG were unfolded to my inter-
ested search saw how complete was
my judicial standing in Christ, and INV
judicial completeness before God in Him.
L rejoiced in the truth OF the Lords
coming: apprehended my position in
heavenly places as risen with Christ.
ana SEATED with Him there. The typical
teaching Of the Old Testament was a
sheme OF earnest study and great enioy-
ment, and dispensetional truth WAS IA
millar and deeply interesting to me.
many practical truths also, concerning
war, oatEs, the simplicity OF worship,
the universal priesthood of all believers.
ana the rule OF the Holy Spiri. in the
assemblies of Gods dear children, shone
out with clear brightness from the Scrin-
tures, and l seldom hesitated to act up
to any convictions OF duty concerning
these things.
But Notwithstanding oil this, my heart
was III at ease. That grew in knowl~
cage could not deny; but neither could
deny that did not grow in grace;aud,
at the end OF eight years Of my Christian
lie, was forced to make the sorrowful
admission that had not even "a much
power over sin as when was first con.
verified. In the presence of temptation,
L found myself weakness isself. WAS
not my outward walk that caused me
sorrow, though can see now that that
was far from what it ought to have been;
but 10 was the sins of my heart that
troubled me,-coldness, deadness, want
OF Christian love, Intellectual apprehen-
sion OF truth without any corresponding
nora effects, roots of bitterness, wsns
OF meek and quiet spirit.-all those
inward sins over which the children of
God are so often forced to mourn.
l could not but see that, although /
was not under law but under grace, still
sin had more or less dominion over me-.
and l felt that did not come up to the
Bible standard. The Christian life con-
templated there WAS 8 life OF victory and
triu mph; my life was one OF failure and
defeat. The commando shere given 10,
be holy, TO be conformed to the image
OF Christ, to be blameless and harmless.
the sons of God without rebnSe, seemed
almost mockery to me, so utterly inn
possible did And it TO attain to snv
such standard. For made very earn
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