The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-21
SECUREDTH ARMORY
Continued from First Page.l

| oh and God
ETe nroves from the Scriptures that
Tasus ie tha Christ and that Tie rose
IRON, tba dead and appeais boldly to his
| Jewish enemies to confirm his state
,,arts On ha goes in his irresistible
1o,io and mastery eloouence. charging
home mon them, the reason for the
charge nreferred against him. and con-
vincing them that Jesus Christ was the
Messiah foretold by Moses and the
prophets until trembling Festus cried
in loud voice, Paul, thou art beside
/ myself; many books doth make thee
mad; and the marvellous orator on fire
! in Gods highest wisdom drew himself
up in kingly dignity, not forgetting
where he stood, and said, Most noble
Festus, / am not mad, but speak forth
the words of truth and solemness,' and
then turning quickly upon the one-half
convinced king, he makes this bold
challenge for the sake of Christ King
Agrippa, belevest thou the prophets? l
know that thou inelievest, and then
| Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou
persuadest ME to be a Christian and
Paul said, L would to God that not thou
only, but also all that hear me this day,
were beth in a little and in all such as
l am, except these bonds The trial
was ended. The prisoner was acquitted
and had he not appealed to Caesar he
had been set at liberty.
1.-THE three words which stand out
most conspicuously in our text are the
words Christian, persuade and AL
most
"To he a Christian means to come
into a. new relationship with Christ. 1t
4 means that Won believe in Him as your
nersonal Savior because He died for Won
/ and that YOU personally belong to Him
because Won have been purchased by
His blood and His life. and because YOU.
! by.. your own free will and choice, pass
vourself over into His possession for
| service n means TO bear the name of
Christ
"rTo he a. Christian is to be the high
est STYLE of a man. and I'd rather glory
in tbe name of Jesus than in all the
riches and riches and splendor of the
universe and I'd rather be 4a Chris
tian hearing the name of nv Savior
than To have tha honor of a thousand
! "a ashrs orr +o have q Yhousand worlds
81 nv, feat
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ne.ans 10 come into a new rela tionship
TO God. II means n, AZ vouwill be Gods
and +bat COD win he vonrs
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means 70 come into "a new re1a tionshin
with vour fellow mon Every man on
this eartb owes something to those
arounfp him The world III humanity is
q ereat commonwealth and oueht to be
fatherhood Of God and tho universal
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