Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-21

ing TO the heavenly flavor of the pre-
inde. Standing there, you would think
tney were ready TO 60 right up in TO
glory, and that nothing kept them
oown but the weight of their boots and
overcoat, when suddenly the sheen
bleat and the oxen below.
| On my dear friends, let us cultivate
simplicity OF Christian character
Jesus Christ said, Unless you become
as this little child, you can not enter
the kingdom of Cod" We may play
hypocrite successfully now, but the
Lord God will after awhile expose our
true character. You must know the
incident mentioned in the history of
Ottacas. who was asked to knecl in
presence OF Randolphus DID,: and when
before him he refused TO do il, but
after awhile he agreed TO come
IN private when there was no.
body in the kings tc.t, and then
he would kneel down before him
and worship; but the servants of the
king had arranged it so that by draw
ing cord the tent would suddenly
drop. Ottacas after while came in
and supposing he was in entire pri-
vacy, kelt before Randolphus. The
servants pulled the cord, the tent
dropped, and two armies surrounding
looked down on Ottacas kueeling be-
fore Randolphus. If we are really
kneeling to the world while we pro
fess to be lowly subjects of Jesus
Christ, the tent has already dropped
and all the hosts of Heaven are gazing
upon our hypocrisy. Gods uni
verse Is very public place.
and you can not hide hypocrisy in il
Going out into the world of delusion
and sham, pretend TO be no more than
| you really are. If you have the grace
of God, profess it; profess no more
than you have But | want the world
to know that where there is one hypo-
critic in the church there are 500
outside of it. for the reason that
the field is larger There are
men in all circles who will bow
before you, and who are obscouious
In your presence and talk flattcrinrlv
but who all the while in vour
conversation are digging for bait and
angling for impcr fcctions. In your
presence they imply they are every
thing friendly, but after awhile Won
mud they have the fierccncss of a cata.
mount, the slyncss of "A snake. and the
spite of Il devil. God will expose such.
The gun they load will burst in their
own hands; the lies they tell will break
their own teeth; and at the very mo-
ment they think they have been sue
cessful in deceiving you and deceivinr
the world, the sheep will bleat and
the oxen will below
learn further from this subiect
how natural it is TO try to put off orr
sins on other people. Saul was CHARGED
with disobeying God. The man saws
1T was not he; he did not save the
sheep; the army did it-trvinr To
throw 1t off on the shoulders of other
people. Human nature is the same i'm
all ages. Adam, confronted with his
sin, said The woman tempted me
and did eat And the woman CHARGED
II upon the serpent; and if the serpent
could have spoken, it would have
charged 1t upon the devil. | suppose
that the real state of the case was that
Eve was eating the apple and that Adj
am saw IT. and begged and coaxed un-
I'll he got piece Of il. | suppose that
Adam was just As much to blame as
Eve was. You can not throw off the
responsibility of any sin upon the
shoulders of other people.
Here Is young man who SAYS. IL |
know am doing wrong. but | have |
not had any chance / had a father |
who despised God and mother who |
was disciple of goddess fashion.
am not 70 blame for my sins-it is nv
bring up" An, no. that Young man
has been out in the world long enouph
TO see what is right and TO see what is
wrong, and IN the great day of eter-
nifty he can not throw his sins upon his |
father or mother, but will have TO |
stand for himself and answer before |
God. You have had a conscience. Won |
have had Bible and the influence of |
the Holy Spirit. Stand for yourself or
fall for yourself
Here IS business man. He saws:
Il know | don't do exactly right IN
trade, but all the dry goods men do |
II, and all the hardware men do this.
and am not responsible" You can |
not throw off your sins upon the |
shoulders of other merchants. God |
Will hold you responsible for what
you do and them responsible for /
what they do. / want to quote one /
passage OF Scripture for YOU think |
~ is IN Proven Ds: If thou be wise |
thou shalt be wise for thvself. hint |
II thou soonest, thou alone shalt bear |
it
| learn further from this subject
what God meant by determination.
9au' was told % Stay all the
AmaIeKI,es, and the beasts in their
possession lie saves Agag. the Amale-
Kite king. and some Of the sheen and
oxen. God chastiscs him for il. God
IKea nothing done 10y halves. God
WI not stay in the soul that is half
has and half the devils There MAJ.
Doe more sins bro our soul than there
were Amalckites. We must kin tbcr,
Woe into us II we spare Apag.
/ Here is Christian. lie saws. II viii
/ drive out all The Amalckitcs OF ain
from my heart Here is fcalopsy
down goes that Amalekitc Herr 81.
PACK biting down goes that Amaio.
kites and what slaughter hc uaka,
I among his sins. striking right and LEFT,
I what is that out vonder. lifting No hi,
. .eai' ls b. Agay-it D., tvorldIire-.
/ Us au old ai1 bod. can not bear strike.
/ Gown. ~ Is darling trausyrcssion he
. can not AFFORD 90 sacrifice. OH. my
| brethren. ] appeal for entire consecra.
. ton. Some Of The Tresbyterians call
/ it the higher life Tho Method
/ ISIS. ] believe, call &c perfection -
/ ] DO not care what they call 10. with