The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-23


still gets his living by looking one
way and rowing another And If sucf
were as these are with us still so also
are others Of widely different sort
Christian still faring forward thrG
storm and sunshine to the City OF
God; Faithful, still staunch and. true
even in Vanity Fair; hopeful with his
word of sympathy and cheer even ir
the dungeons of Doubling Castle
stand fast, still winning victories upor
his knees; Mr. Fearing, timid trem-
bling soul not afraid of the lions, but
only afraid of his acceptance at last;
Old Honest, too, sturdy as an oak ano
true as steel--We know them ALL for
they are all with us, aud all represent
types Of character which are perman-
ent and world wide. And as with the
characters Bunyan depicted so with
the truths he most of all delighted tc
preach--they We're permanent and uni
versal also. He aimed mainly, he
tells us at that which was central and
vital. II did labour with great dill
genCe and earneetness, he says to find
out such a word as might, If God
would bless, lay hold of and awaken
the conscience" Elsewhere also he
says, II never cared to NEEDLE With
things that Were controVerted, and in
dispute among the saints, especially
things of the lowest nature; yet it
pleased me much to contend with
great earnestness for the word of faith
and the remission Of sins by the death
and suffering of Jesus, but l say as
to ~ hi 7 -ln al n
because | said they engendered strife,
and because that they, neither in do
ing nor in leaving undone did COM
mend us to God to be His" Take this
again, TT pleased me nothing to see
people drink in opinions If they SEEM
ed ignorant of Jesus Christ and the
worth of their salvation, sound con-
viction for sin, especially for unbelief.
and heart set on fire to be saved by
Christ, with strong breathings after a
truly sanctified soul. That is was that
delighted me- those We're the souls |
counted blessed There is much Of
wisdom in all this in keeping truth in
true perspective, and in giving their
due prominence to the mountain
heights of scripture and of human life.
trail things in his teaching, he spoke
of them with an honest ring of clear
conviction. No preacher of doubts was
he, but of divine certainties, In his
view a man who has no convictions Of
his own, no living grasp Of Gods truth
was an impertinence in the pulpit and
something worse. Il have been in my
preaching" says he, especially when
engaged in the doctrine of life by
Christ, as if an angel of God had stood
at my back to encourage me- oh, it
hath been with such power and heav
emily evidence upon my own soul, while
/ have been aborourng to unfold it,
to demonstrate it, and to fasten it
could not be conttnted with saving I
believe | am sure; methought | was
more than sure Cf it be lawful so to
express myself that those things
which / then asserted We're true" Now
herein lay part Of the secret of this
mans power as a preacher. Let me
not BE- misunderstood There is vain
of ignorance as well as an
assured conviction of faith, and we
must not mistake the one for the other
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