New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-09

az filing Amounting touches the eyes as the seal
ing the heart. the enduement the lips and the filling
the man. Amounting is sometimes known by the
very frequently make q mistake and imagine that
a an0nos Of me i, hes, nyoce m which
the mind perreivcs more clearly Scripture truth
which. hitherto has been hidden from our intel
1t is true that the Spirit does influence the mind
i nf s S f h nnd sT more
phaic part Of this Spirits work is the teaching the
tor part Of the first chapter Of the Ephesians. 1t
IS translated In the accepted version, the eyes
the new version it is that 'he eyes OF your heart
might be enlightened" In human schools the in.
touched. " but in Gods school the intellect is ne"er
iumined unless the heart is made docie and teach
able In human school a teacher may teach with
ont a student learning. but In Gods school. when
the Holy Ghost teaches bsey n b ne I'll ,Ss
truth by the intellect. and am persuaded that
this Nos SSc" the nr mater Of ali what the
effect Of a seal is. When seal is attached to a
1t shows 1t to be genuine. 10 he authentic. 10 be
legally complete and when God puts his seal on the
means that the believer is His that lie acknowl
edges the believer to be His. When you attach
SSroving the document when God puts Ills seal on
the believer he apProves me me, believer, ana then
Ills with assurance that you never knew be-
fore.
NEW VIEW OF LIFE.
The more we become like God the more
things to be sinful which never saw before. be-
cause, az the eyes Amounted 10 see things. they
also discern the evils that hide away in the corners
Of our own hearts. But am perfectly sure OF this
that every child Of God Is picant by God TO walk
from dawn TIL dark every day without voluntary
sin against God. To look thing I'm the face and
see that 1t is sinful. and then go straight into ts
OF God To see a duty before us and recognize II
as a duty and make no honest endeavor TO perform
lie a he a
And | believe there Is nothing more remarkable
in this day than that on both sides OF the Atlantic
the Almighty God, in thousands of forms and ways
and 10y the voice of of the greatest teachers
"A ncwness OF life that has not been known In our
eres OF III Jesus Christ We have been apolosizing
for coniinuance in ain IS something that was 10
my Oven %epartur3s rom COD With that aen t'
could not expect TO be perfect and therefore must
i SGaf% George my own church in
city Of Detroit, telling the story Of his long ME-
hay aye T Eaan x never yfa c9 Of God waSns with
God. and ! challenge any man LIVING to put his
has brought reproach upon the name OF Jesus" II
s tsa walks 70" d snHT these ns.. is S
ours heard him speak IN Bristol at ninety years
of age with his natur. i1rce undated and his eye
did .''' '''0'"
i could not, but look at my own self and say.
Could say that there Is no man living that could
point TO anything have said or done which has
brought rcDr)aCh Jesus CHRIST! And the
of II all Is. have not expected to live lie with
out reproach and without external sin. Have you?
ask you this solemn question:: Who is there in
this audience tonight that has walked one
day from dawn TO dark without conscious shining
against God? You know your temper Ia an unholy
temper and yet you indulge in H. You know your
tongue is given 10 deception. fasehood SANDER un-
holy and evil speaking about your brethren. and
yet you indulge In II. You know that certain
courses OF conduct compromise your testimony and
yet you allow yourself TO go on with these things
+ am firmly persuaded that the whole thing is
wrong and is Unnecessary. and the reason why we
have not the seal Of God rs because have not
come 10 the point where actually depart from
all known iniquity. where the discovery Of a thing
az sinful Is the signal for its instant rcnunciation
and where the discovery OF A duty is the signal FOR
its instant and joyful welcome and acquesctnce
in the pleasure OF God.
ASSURANCE COMES ONLY TO A PURE LIFE
Ny beloved friends. there is one OF us that
may not have assurance. and that once; but God
will have depart from all iniquy, II We want
the seal Of the Lord. who knows them that are His
to be o.early and firmly md broadly upon our whole
character And when that seal OF God is upon you
and you can look upon your character and your life
and that seal OF God the days Of Hea ven come
down earth. and you begin 10 live an essentially
heavenly life with essentially heavenly Joys And
so Paul In two cases in which he particularly re-