The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-14

learns that the water is one. and the air
is one, but they are made up of different
parts. So here is a man who says, 1
can't understand the doctrine of the Trim
ity.' God says, You come up here into
the laboratory after your death. and you
Will see-you will see il explained, you
will see il demonstrated The ignorant
man cannot understand the chemistry of
the water and the air until he goes into
the laboratory, and We will never under
stand the Trinity until We go into heaven
Inc ignorance of the man who cannot
understand the chemistry of the air and
water does not change the fact. Because
We cannot understand the Trinity does
not change the fact.
:" And there is your absurd doctrine
about justification by faith say these
antagonists who have cheWed up the lit
tie book of evangelism and have the
consequent embittered stomach-'justifi-
cation by faith; you can't explain it, /
can explain ii. 1t is simply this: When
man takes the Lord Jesus Christ as his
Saviour from sin. God let's the offender off
Just as you have a difference with some
one: he has injured you; he apologies
or he makes reparation; you say: Now.
that's all right; that's all right Justifi-
cation by faith is this: a man takes
Jesus Christ as his Saviour. and God says
10 the man, 1t was all wrong before but
il is all right now, il is all right That
was what made Martin Luther what he
/ was. Justification by faith-it is going
TO conquer all nations.
These scoffed-at doctrines have already
conquered Great Britain and America for
God. They have already illumined the
Appalachian range on this side the sea
ana the Balkan and Caucasian ranges on
the other side the sea. The islands Mel
anasia and Micronesia and Nalayan
( Polynesia have already surrendered to
! Christ. They have gospeliZed the Sand
witch Islands and made them fit for an
nexation- In the Fiji Islands. where
there are l30,00o people. 10000 have al
ready become Christians. And before
that boy OF ten years in that pew comes
10 midlife this Gospel will have encom-
passed the earth and made IL a mark
beautiful as Chatsworth. and gardens in
carnadined with richer color and tossing
in fountains with more rainbows of re-
splendance."
Regeneration Is Reconsfruction.
There is your absurd doctrine about
regeneration these antagonists Of evan
gelism say. What is regeneration? Why,
regeneration is reconstruction. ANYBODY
can understand that. Have you not seen
people who are all made over again by
some wonderful infiuenf In other
words. they are Just as din erent now
from what they used 10 be as possible
The old Constellation, man-of-war, lay at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Famine came
TO Ireland. We were ready TO help before
the famine came, for I had been in Ire
land the summer before. and saw the
harvests afloat in the floods and freshets,
and l told our people II would surely
come, and when my words were contra
dicted l cabled 10 John Bright and Mr.
Gladstone, and Lord Butler. and received
from them the statement that the fam
inc was great beyond description. SO the
first collection taken for the famine
stricken OF Ireland was taken in my
church.
THE old Constellation was fitted up
and although il had been carrying gun
powder and bullets. IL took bread 10 Ire
land. You remember the enthusiasm as
the old Constellation went out of New
Yerk harbor, and with what JOY IL was
greeted by the furnishing nation on the
other side OF the sea. That is regenera-
ton. A man loaded up with sin. and
death, sfterward loaded up with life Re
fitted. Your observation has been very
small. indeed. IL you have not seen chang
es in character as radical as that.
a man came into my Brooklyn church
one night, and he was intoxicated. and at
an utterance OF the pulpit he said In a
subdued tone: That's lie An officer Of
the church tapped him on the shoulder ana
said: You must be silent. or you must go