The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-15

EOAlO" LAO anu 4 Will you ASAO45 VI
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HEARTS AFLAME.
Again, to be a successful soul win
ner, you have got co follow in the foot
steps of Jesus, and be full of zaal and
earnestness in your hearts. How is it
possible for q man to be too much in
earnest when he considers the breviGy
LOT his own life and the value OF i'm
mortal soulsG It is said Of the Lord
that the zeal OF Thy house hath eaten
him up" and that He was ''clad with
Eal as a cloak" His zeal reached such
b climax that HIS relatives rushed out
howard Him and said He was ''beside
himself" Think of it, men and wo,
nsn. think of iE, that il was said Of
Christ that He was beside HIMSELF, {"
lust because He Was desperately in
Earnest for the salvation of souls
The disciple is not above his Mas5er. {"
is only those who SOW in tears" that
leap in Joy; it is only those who ''go
iortn weeping Enat come back bear
lag in their arms sheaves for Jesus
no be "pure from the blood of all men,"
Ind that their blood may not be re
I1ired at our hands, We must be ter
oly in earnest We must follow
lrist by being earnest in prayer to
I'D. I can never tell you how earnest
the Msster prayed sweat, as
Jwere, great drops Of blood" Hs
ent yonder in the wilderness ia pray
cumoed the rugged mountain and
leeled there in prayer to God. He
ptinued all nIgat in prayer. The
bstle mad CarisT in mind when he
i: VINO in che days o. His flesh
Ten He had offered up prayers and
l2licaElons with strong crying and
easunao Him that was able TO cave
ia from death, and was heard in
&c He feared" Wlsn che apostle
pray without csAsiug, pray al
las" he mu 80 have bseu thinking OF
Inst. David said, Morning, noon
hd night will 1 pray" D anlel fell
Polhi knees and cried three Zines
day TO G1d. There are two things
this life you will never know-ths
nb5r of prayers the Saviour offered
the tears He shed. When l think
the earnestness of the Lord Jesus
Dist, l feel like crying out, as did the
blIcan, God be merciful to me a
per"
He'll you that is what GU lack, you
q e~arnesEness in prayer. The Mas
said the kingdom OF heaven sut-
ZEN Violence and the violent taketh
b force" The earnest Christian
Pms, as IE we're, the very gates of
av4n, and Wrenches, as it we're, the
Fesd blessing from the hand Of the
ngnCy. Zoe Saviour gives as a rea
for all His earnestness; "Now ID
soul troubled" H9 says. It is only
ea we are In trouble that we truly
to Almighty God. lE is only
} len, ike jonah, our souls faint with
r., that we remember God. IG Is
TaeI We get Ct our wits end, "
Z Pn we ''siak in deep mIre," and
pa tue waves and pillows" rush
: us-Ehsn We pray as we never
PED before Waen the horror Of
T darkness" comes over us as 1t
P7er Abraham, o how we pray and
20 Almighty God. If you eve ex
to "In men Co God, you have got
RVe Them upon your heart, and
3 tn very gates of heaven with
earnss5 prayers.
AND COMPEL THEM
BAn, l want you to notice that II
aeslEe TO be a successful worker
. 'uust 60 after men,"
Lord Jesus Christ girded on
= Sandals and went forth day by
aud month by month, and year
eat. He waited not for the tide OF
/. 9ftunity to break In upon Him, but
buried out into the streets and
2 and high ways of the city and
% them 20 come. What would
become of the women at the WELT
would have become Of the lep-