New-York tribune., 1900-08-14

ourselves There is the trouble am putting my
make more of your closet. And, dear friends. un-
sparing life and are willing not to spare ourselves
al all & IL these S 6 ng & We ss % aan nSXeT STg %ak Of R
lowship with our Master!
life Here kG f9 Christian iniser am 10 preach
a M6a IN But v dear heart a taS eFd do is more % R
ways than can by my preaching First by Hv-
m te my most sf0n IN the m ministry n Of W the word that
preach; it is the power Of the holy life If have IT,
the sermon preached to one man. as Jesus preached
excuse to my Master Lord. have been 50 busy
this week with my sermons that I haven't had
about the affairs Of my parish that haven't had
quested that 1 speak to him about his soul
Let me go TO another phase Of Christian expert
ans If you will follow out this Episte some time
under stress and strain to 1eaiizs nigS things for
himself and to realize great things for kingdom
pressed BY all; the picture Of his suffeTnss for
n & se oPDTS ql an an ne ynSs % tnS s ne ne 8 pear
ened; Perplexed; and yet not in despair, smitten
the body the dying of the Lord Jesus. That is one
basfer Win stTine2 anS rg d nupeT or tunes
and suffered shpwreck. in Journeys often. in perils
periis from ne entes in the city in the WILD Wder m
ness in the sea- among false brethren in labor
thirst in fastings often. in cold and nakedness
third Chapter You win ind Paus e tTemendoas m ous
IN 6o WI" pTze o be ne b cs1 t0|aEd % & the
Christ Jesus l have sometimes thought Paul
tended in those Grecian games. for he is all the
time speaking d+ 81 those no, S, games s. u keep my body
have preached to others I myself should be
srn6ed @ 5nd running race for picture tb o9 Of
with a most desperate and tremendous effort I
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the Grecian games is brought up before us by the
tremendous earnestness Of Pauls life
PRESSING ON EARNESTLY
We see Paul with all the agony Of those con-
tests, pressing on toward the choice discipleship
such tremendous and gathered might of purpose
or am spaTng d6 myself % f Dear id fsnd G & that is the
ing her costly gift all that she had, and laying
6s aa mh d9d as hssd with Rhn s
Se eos as and Gox p 8g snd Of All nd aes 9Pe @
utter lack 1 of Of sacrifice or expense &c Of cost in my
went one day to Jewellers to buy beautiful
stone, and found one that with its hrillianey and
viii take it, Fifteen years ago that was. The
and he said: iIIere is another stone at the same
price. but there is little bit Of flaw in it. Il
ever know, Won't yol take it?'' resented il with
one to whom had given my heart. And to-day
GdsEy GsS os4r 10 me- Out It Is not 'DS stone win
to ARd H yet 1hdm dsar 6hg to vS5 y sS & that an m sr m
Sc self has many d 6s7 asw II in it, and 5HTs IS no Of sy
am not pouring m t out tn my life for Him. and yet yet He
heart of God 1 dnd there is no spared treasure in
Heavens house; Heaven gave it all for my
dempton. There is song cannot sing without
my life. 1t is this
gave my life for thee;
My precious blood l shed
That thou mightst ransomed be
And quickened from the dead
gave. gave Ny life for thee;
What hast thou given for Ne?
I suffered much for you
More tnan MY % tongue can ten.
To rescue thee from hell.
I've borne, I've borne it all for thee;
What hast thou borne for Ne?
And oh, Christ. before the picture Of Thy love
which poured out its 6God to I save aI.d 9r9g Ing % my
lay it in confessed sin a. Thy feet Does 1t search
ters who have been living lives Of ease and self
INDULGENCE and have not been grieyed for the AZ
taken time for everything except to be holy does
eTS rant trq{a that cut IT mays and that It may search Us
through and through
I could not at the first be born
But by anothers bitter. wailing pain:
Another's loss must S be my sweetest gain;
NUS. wet her couch forioTn
With tears of blood and sweat OF agony.
Since then cannot live a week
The joy OF pastures, bu5bling springs and wells.
And grassy rnurnurs @ Of its peaceful days
And die. for me to tread nfe's pleasant ways
Naked I cannot clothed be-
The sheep must shiver to the April cloud
Yielding his one white coat to keep me warm;
For me must weary. toiling millions swarm
I fall not on my knees and pray
But God must come from Heaven to fetch that
And pierced hands must take it back on high
And through His broken heart and cloven side
For me. who could not live but that He died.
O. awful sweetest life of mine.
That God and man both serve in blood and tears;
If myself I dare to spend
This dreadful thing in pleasure Tapped and reared,
/ q ina rad
With human blood?
And yet, dear friends this life of mine, that is
crucihxion os my God, spending myself
II over pain and cross and agony and crucihxion
cross. my crucinxion If need be. open the way for
some other soul to higher glory yet? The love
unSparlng or Jesus calls me TO an unsparing life,
and vet here am sparing myself. self-indulgeEt
stretching upon my ivory bed and upon my couch
music, and do not grieve for the affiictions Of
Joseph. God, search US and put thy finger to-
denied thee
IN THE SECRET CHAMBER ALONE
Dear friends. there is more picture. 1t is
the picture of Mary in the eleventh Chapter of John
sisters were broken in heart. and do you remember
how when Mary was in the secret chamber of her
the Word is little bit unsettled there or perhaps
the other friends. the Pharisees and Jews were
came and said She Master IS coroe Snd ese9S
for thee? And now want to paint the picture
her secret chamber of sorrow and rushing with a
quick step 10 the Masters side.
There is many a hidden chamber where YOU and
| to-day are mourning our dead. Ii isn't dead
brother whom We have laid aside down beneath
persisted; it may be Withered arm that we "a are
9 conscious of OF tonight; 1t may be something i'm
dulgent life that we feel is represented by the
Chamber of her grief But MaTy thou i csnst net
raise thy dead Mary. the friends about thee