The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-03
REV. MIR. PARTRIDGE
in HIS OLD PULPIT
Preached Morning and Evening in the
Penn Avenue Church.
GREETED BY BIG CONGREGATIONS
With Mrs. Partridge and Their Son
lie Is En- Route to the SeashOre on
His Nacation..ilis Morning Ser.
mGn-.Dcait with SanctifcatiOn and
JustiiiratiOn.. and Inward
Growth.

mGn..Dcait with SanctifcatiOn and
justification and Inward
Growth.
Rev. Warren q. Partridge, who until
ten months ago was pastor of the Penn
Avenue Baptist church, is in the city
while on route from Cincinnati where
he is pastor of the Ninth Street church.
L. the Seashorc where he will spend
vacation of five 0r six weeks. Yes
tcrday he occupied the pulpit of the
church morning and evening and was
greeted by audiences which completely
filled the big auditorium and gave teS-
tmony of their regard for the former
pastor.
Mr.. Partridge accompanied by Mrs.
Partridge and their son. Phillip. reach
ed here Saturday night and will leave
the city Tomorrow. They are being
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Haistead of MiiI.in avenue. This
evening they will meet a few of their
friends at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. W. Lowry on Clay avenue
From here Mr.. Partridge goes to New
York city. from where he will travel
by ocean steamer to Kennebunk Beach
ON the Maine coast, ana near his birth
place, Portland.
HIS MORNING SERMON.
In the morning Mr.. Partridge preach
ed from ! ThessalOnianS V: %: And
the very good God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ" He said:
"Salvatinn has two parts. justifica-
ton ana sanctiiicatiun. In our saliva
ton. God begins the work of redemp-
ton in our justification. but that work
is continued in sanctiication. Sane
tiiication is the continuous operation
of the Holy Spirit in IA regenerated
heart In justification Il holy DISPOSE
tion is impaired To "a sinner In sane
tifcatiou this holy disposition is nour
ishcd and cultivated. Justificatio is
the work OF Jesus for us. and sanctifi-
cation is the work of Jesus in us. one
secures reconciliation between God and
the sinner. The other secures the fruit
of this new relation. one receives n
condemned sinner into the state of
grace: the other secures the communi-
cation of the life of God daily and hour
ly to the soul of the believer
Many people talk as if their salvation
was complete when they receive for
giveness. The young convert is prone
to think that his joy indicates that his
salvation is now finished, and the great
effort of his life is to just to keep this
possession. forgiveness is not the re-
establishment of health: it is the crisis
of convalesence. If God thinks fit t.
declare the sinner righteous, it Is IN
order that he may by that means re-
store him to holiness. The health of
the soul consists in holiness There
is an outward and an inward sanctif-
cation. In the oden times things ana
persons We're said to be Sanctified when
they were set apart for the service of
God. The vessels of the temple were
made holy in this way. The vessels
were first immersed and then sprinkled
from day to day according to need
SAVED. BUT NOT SOUND.
"The great steamship, the st. Paul.
was recently stranded on the New Jer
sey coast. 1t was thought that it would
be a total loss. All means We're tried
in vain for Il long time to float the
great ship. HIt at last with tugs, and
immense ocean liner was rescued. she
was pulled into harbor and made fast
to the dock. She was saved, but was
not sound. 1t might require many
months to have her repaired. Jesus
intends to make us both safe and
sound. Justification gives the first
safety. 'sanCtification' gives the sec
This SanctiticatiOn must be thorough.
it must be through and through; il
is just as important as Justification.
We must have burden for souls. but
our anxiety must be as great to have
men made holy as it is to have them
saved. Jesus is not honorcd by Il great
mass of sinners who are forgiven. but
are making no progress in the divine
life.
"lnSanctificd church members are
among the greatest hindrcnceS of the
church of Jesus Christ. No nation
could fight its battles with raw re
cruits. We must have volunteers. but
we must have them disciplined and
trained. old veterans are the best
soldiers.
NOW Jesus has a power tn keep as
well as to save. The way tn be kept f.
Ilol " sum. It cIliN way \ HGi-t
can keep u man is for him to grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The
Apostle gives three divisions of human
nature that must be sanctified--spirit.
soul ana body. This holiness involves
the whole spirit. and the whole soul.
and the whole body.
In Heb. 4-i2 it is said that the
word of God pierccs even to the div i'd
ing asrnder of soul and spirit So
there seerns to be Il distinction be-
tween spirit and soul a man whose
spirit is sanctified is called in IN"
Scriptures Il spiritual man. The spirit
oi man is the highest part Of his ma
ture. 1t is that part that is touched
by the Spirit of God in regeneration.
1t is called the 'pneuma.' 1t is a sub
lime thought that there is Divine
pneuma and also IL human pneuIna.
Has any man yet utilized all his Oppor-
tunities of developing his spirit by COM
muning with God? God is "a pneuma.
and he must be worshped in the pneu-
ma of man. The soul must also bc
sanctilied.
APPLICATION OF HIND.
Does your mind wander in prayer"
Can you hold your attention for II long
time upon the word Of God? Can you
think hard and long upon divine