The morning news., 1897-07-12

l. and when before him he refused to do
e. but after awhile he agreed to come in
private when there was nobody in the
kings tent. and then ne would kneel
down before him and worship; but the
servants Of the king had arranged it so
tnat hy drawing cord the tent would
suddenly drop. OttdcaS after while
came in. and suppOsing he was In entire
privacy, kuelt before Randolphus. The
servants pulled the cord, the tent dropped,
and two armies surrounding looked down
on Ottacas kneeling before Ran
dolphus. If we are really
kneeHng 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 hy
rocrisy. Gods universe is a very public
place, ana you cannot hide hypocrisy
in IL.
Going out into a world of delusion and
sham pretend to be no more than you
really are If you have the grace of God,
profess Il, profess no more than you
have. But 7 want the world to know that
where there Is one hypocrite in the churcn
there are 800 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 obsequious in your presence
and talk fiatteringly, but who all the while
in your conversation are digging for bait
and angling for imperfections In your
presence they imply that they are every,
thing friendly, but after a while you find
they have the fierceness Of a catamount.
the slyness Of a snake and the spite Of
devil. God viii expose such. The gun
they load will burst in their own hands.
the lies they tell viii break their own
teeth; and at the very moment they
think they have been successful in dc
ceving you and deceiving the world, the
sheep win bleat and the oxen will below.
/ learn further from this subject how
natural it is 20 try to put off our sins on
other people Saul was charged with dis
obeying God. The man says 1t was not
he; he did not save the sheep; the army
did it-trying to throw il off on the Shout
ders OF other people. Human nature is
the same in all ages. Adam confronted
with his sin, said. The woman tempted
me, and I did eat" and the woman chars-
ed IL upon the serpent and If the serpent
could have spoken, it would have charged
1t upon the devil. I suppose that the
real state of the case was that Eve was
eating the apple and that Adam saw it,
and begged and coaXed until he got
piece of it. I suppose that Adam was
just as much TO blame as Eve was You
cannot throw off the responsibility of any
sin upon the shoulders of other people.
Here is a young man who says, Il know
I am doing wrong. but 1 have not had any
chance. I had a father who desplsed God
and a mother who was a disciple Uf god
less fashion. l am not to blame for my
sins-it is my bringing up" An, no. that
young man has been out in the world
long enough to see what Is right, and to
see what is wrong, and in the great day
of eternity he cannot throw his sins upon
his father or mother. but will have 20
stand for himself and answer before God
You have had a conscience. you have had
a Bible and the influence of the Holy
Spirit Stand for yourself, or fall for
yourself.
Here Is a business man. He says: Il
know don't do exactly right in trade, but
all the dry-goods men do it. and all the
hardware men do this. and ! am not re-
sponslble" You cannot throw off your
sin upon the shoulders OF other merchants.
God will hold you responsible for what you
do, and them responsible for what they do.
I want to quote one passage of Scripture
for you'll think il is in Proverbs: IF
thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy
self; but if thou scornest, thou alone
shalt bear it,"
l learn further from this subject what
God meant by determination. Saul was
told to slay all the Amalekites. and the
beasts in their possession. He saves Agag,
the Amalekite king and some of the sheep
and oxen. God chastises him for it, God
not stay In the soul that is half his and
half the devils. There may be more sins
In our soul than there We're Amalekites.
We must kill them Woe unto us if we
spare Agag. Here is a Christian. He says:
Il will drive out all the Amalekites of sin
from my heart. Here is jea.ousy-down
goes that Amalekite. Here is backbiting-
down goes that Amalekite;" and what
slaughter he makes among his sins. strik-
ing right and left What is that out yOn-
red lifting up his head? 1t is Agag-it is
wor.dlness. 1t is an old sin he cannot
bear TO strike down. IL is a darling trans
gression he cannot afford to sacrifice.
Oh, my brethren, I appeal for entire con-
secrationl Some Of the Presbyterians call
il the higher lfe." The Methodsts. l
believe, call Il perfection" I do not
care what you call it; without holiness
no man shall see the Lord" / know men
who are living with their soul i'm perpet-
ual communion with Christ, and day by
day are walking within sight of heaven.
How do l know? They tell me so. be-
lieve them. They would not lie about It.
Why cannot we all have this cousecration3
Why slay some OF the sins in our soul, and
leave others 70 beat and below for our
exposure and condemnation? Christ will
not stay In the same house with Agag
You must give up Agag, or give up Christ
Jesus says IAN OF that heart or none.
saul slew the poorest OF the sheep and
the meanest Of the oxen. and kept some OF
the finest and the fattest, and there are
Christians who have s.ain the most unpop.
ular Of their transgressions. and saved
those which are most respectable. 1t will
not do. Eternal war against all the Anal.
| ekites; no mercy for Agag.
learn further from this subject thai
IL is vain to try to defraud God. Her,
| Saul thought he had cheated God out o
those sheep and oxen. but he lost his
| crown, he lost his empire You canno
cheat God out Of a single cent. Here Is
man who has made ten thousand dollar,
in fraud Before he dies every dollar o
| IL Will be gone. or Il will give him violen
unrest Here Is Christian who ha,
! been largely prospered lie has not giver
90 God the proportion that is due IN char
| tiles and benevoences. God comes TO tn,
! reckoning. and he takes IL all away from
/ YOU. How often n has been that Chris
| tian mon have had a large estate. and O
is gone. The Lord God came into N,
! countng-room ana said. II have allowed
| you to have an this property FOR ten. m
| teen or twenty years and you have no
/ done Justice TO my poor children Whei
| The beggar called upon you. YOU hounde,
him or your steps, when my suforint
| children appealed 10 you FOR help. yoi