The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

IN persuading men to com to God.
A man that ''sweRreLh to his own
hur5," and ''speaketh the truth of his
heart" will find but little diff s1lty in
leading men to Christ. A good
name Is Ike precious ointment" and
Is rather to BE- chosen than great
riches" The words of the Lord are
pure words" and the bearer of the
Word must be pure in heart and in
life, If he expects to win men to Christ.
We must remember the wicked
Watcheth the righteous" aud that we
are living episgles, read and known
OF ell man." We must walk in wis.
dom toward them that are without"
We must walk worthy of the voca-
ton wherewiEh We are called" if w.
expect to bring men to Christ.
Agar, to be a successful worker for
the Master, you must Oe like Jesus
Christ-do the will Of your F.ther
which Is 10 heaven. The desire Of
ChrisG's heart and the firm purpose of
His mind was TO accomplish the will
o. God; therefore we see him stead
lastly setting his face to go to Jerusa.
lem. He knew what that meant. He
knew that soon he was 90 be Knocked,
and scoUrged, and beaten, and spat
upon and slain. Y5t H9 faltered not
In his purpose to accomplish the will
OF G0d who ent him That Is what
He came for. "L1, I come- II the
volume of the book il is written Of me:
/ delight TO do Toy will, o, my God;
yea, Thy law is within my heart"
His meat was to do the will Of His
Father" He pleased not Himself"
His cry was, Not my will, but Thine
be DONE" And when the surging
crowd pressed round Him, He said to
them: 'ThiDkest thou that I cannot
now pray to Ny Father and He shall
presently give ne more than twelve
Iegions of angels2 But how then shall
the Scriptures be fulflled?' How
faithful the Master was In fulfilling
Scripturel And why9 Because In
fulfilling Scripture He was doing the
will of his father l will tell you,
brother, whenever you obey Gods
holy precepts and commands, you are
| doing the will of God. The kind Of
men the King delighteth to honor"
ure men who do His will. Do His
will, and the cruise of oil will never
fail, and the barrel of meal will lever
grow empty, and thy soul shall be sat
isfed as with marrow Of fairness"
You will have no difficulty in leading
men to a kno Wedge of G ID if you fol
low in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus
Christ and do the will of your Father
which is in heaven.
LOVE UNFAILING.
Again, you must have love in your
heart for your felloW-men. l thank
God that I'VE have not a high priest
that cAnnot be touched with a feeling
of our inirmities " His compositions
fail not" In all OUR eff .ction He is
eff cted" He knows our SORROWS"
and His heart burns and yearns with
love for the human racs. The love OF
Jesus Christ was as strong as death, "
Many waters" could not quench it,
neither could the fl PODS drown it. "
That is why He endured the cross,
why He was ''smitten of G0d," why
de 'wes made sin for sin for us," why
lie suffered the just for the unjust, D."
because of love for the human soul.
You must have love in your hearts for
your follow nan il you would ever
expect to bring them to a knowledge
of Jesus Christ. Remember that there
is nothing to- hard for the Lord"
and that the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanseth from all sin," and
that He ''saves to the uttermost those
Who come unto G3d by HIM" Give g
man up with such a God! Never
Neveril NeverIlI We have too
many precious promises in the blessed
Book ever to give a human being up.
Never give him up until you see the
doors close in upon him and he is shut
up In hell forever.
Concluded next week