Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-09-13
to deliver our own bodies to the Lord
to be used in and for His service.

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to be used in and for His service.
Now there are some men who are
willing to give the first fruits of their
soil to God, to give Him money, and
animals, and lands, etc., but not them
selves Ehey want to be their own
masters, as they say. But that is not
enough. God wants bodily sacrifice.
He wants the man or the woman, as
well as their wealth. Nothing but a
complete surrender of self is pleasing
to Him. my Son, give me thy heart :"
Except a slan will deny himself, and
take up his cross and follow me, he
cannot be my disciple" Our bodies
are to be the temple of God
This sacrifice is to besa sacrifice Of
SELF The Christian must not seek to
please himself, but God.
This is one of the distinctive features
of Christianity-it banishes selfish
ness
This is what the brethren cannot
understand about the Christian relig-
ion. 1t is the spirit of it.
This sacrifice is to be a living sac
rifice. God is not pleased with dead
sacrifices. The Jews were forbidden to
bring dead animals, or even disabled
ones. They were to bring the young
and strong. The very best. So we
ought to make this sacrifice while
young and vigorous We ought not to
wait until old and worn out and then
give ourselves up to God. l will not
say that God will accept us then. Out
of His infinite goodness, he may. But
it is more pleasing to Him to come to
Him while young.
And then it is to be a living sacrifice
in distinction from one that was to be
slain. God does not want us to put us
to death, but to use for His honor and
glory. There is no longer any need
for dead sacrifices. What God now
wants is living sacrifice, l. e., me1 and
women He can use in His service. He
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school, in the prayer meeting, in the
Church, in the mission field-yes, and
in the family, and in the neighborhood
and in the State. Everywhere God
needs men and women who are will
ing to be used and governed by Him.
In the missionaries to foreign
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own country, in many pious fathers
and mothers, we have such living sac
rifices. Would that all who profess
His name made such sacrifices
We are not all endowed alike. Some
naturally can do more for God than
others. But we could all do much, if
we were only willing to let God use us.
CAS- each has received gift, let him
minister the same as a servant OF the
manifold grace Of Cod"
If one has talent for preaching, let
him preach If one has talent for
teaching, let him teach. If one has
talent for singing, let him sing.
But we should all try to do something
fa,. the glory of God and the good of
man. We should be living sacrifices,
ready to be used. Tongue, eyes, ears,
etc., are to be given to God. And we
should ask God to use us. A great
many church members are dead sac
rifices.
This sacrifice is to be holy sacri-
flee, i.e., separated from sin.
The animal that was to be offered
for a sacrifice was to be separated from
the common herd. So must it be with
our bodies. We must take them from
the service of sin and yield them to the
service of God. God has promised to
save us from sin, but not in our sins.
"Know We not that to whomsoever
We yield your bodies to obey, His SER
, wants We are"
A great many persons would like to
, be saved from their sins, but they do
not want to forsake their sins. To
, make this sacrifice we must be sepa-
rate from sinners.
, 1t is a reasonable sacrifice. Why?
, Because of the mercies of God. God
J is our Creator, Preseryer, and ought tO
{ be our Guide.
, The child ought to obey its parents
t because they support it. The citizen
f ought to serve his country because il
protects his life and property 1t is
the most reasonable thing in the worlt
to serve God. We should make this
sacrifice because it is our reasonable
7 service Nothing unreasonable about
, it. We receive a thousand favors fol-
q every little thing we can do for God.
v 1t should, therefore, be willing sac
I rifice know we are sometimes inclin