The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-23

WHAT is HOLINESS? 1t is doing on
earth the will of God 10, came in the
volume of the Book to do thy will
and to do that will in the flesh. Do you
want to live holy life? Take the Holy
Bible, learn His will. follow it and you
will be holy Christ's question was:
What is the will of my father? And he
obeyed that will. Make that your will
of life-in the home, in the business, in
diversion Ask what is the will Of God?
and say. ~ will do it, You will have
practical holiness then and not until
then.
2. GODS PEOPLE ARE COMMANDED
TO BE HOLY. The preacher then came
to a discussion of the second division Of
his sermon. He said that there were so
many cranks in the world who talked
about holiness in a superficial and silly
way that many people were disposed to
say there was nothing in it and to turn
deaf ear to the discussion of holiness.
ut is Gods command" he declared
land you cannot get away from it,"
BE we holy" Without holiness no man
can see God.
What is practical holiness?" asks the
average man. He saws he is in the
church, but does not do anything good.
and he wants help to obtain it. There
are three hindrances to Practical Holt
ness:
/. The failure to lay aside the beset
ting SIM What is the besetting sin?
The one that sticks closer, the one con-
firmed by habit. Ask God to help over
come them. Did you play poker, progress
sive euchre or the like before you became
a Christian? You could not be much OF
a Christ ian and practise these things.
IF your right hand offend you, cut it
off," Did you dance? You cannot be a
soul-winnng Christian if you frequent
the ballroom. Does your foot offend, or
drag you away from holiness? 1t is bet
ter to cut it off than to hinder you in
your race for the prize.
Do you like to see these travelling
theatre troups in the theatre-a moral
pest house Does your eye delight to
dwell upon such exhibitions? 1t is bet
ter that you should pluck it out.
If Jesus were in Raleigh would he let
either of these things hinder Him? If
not, you are His followers and you should
not do So
g. The failure to let God search you.
Search me, O., God, and see il there be
any wicked way in me and lead me into
the way of life" Are you willing for
God TO search you in your business and
social life? | am afraid you are not.
Christian people live like the world and
ask What is the harm? That is not
the question. The question is higher.
Where is the good?
3. The failure to confess your sins to
God. David's heart, was scared and his
usefulness was gone after his awful sin
until he confessed it. Read the 32nd
Psalm.
WHAT WILL HELP IN LIVING A
LIFE OF PRACTICAL HOLINESS?
/. Faith in Jesus Christ as being will
ing to help YOU.
q Faith in His ability to help you.
There are two WAYS of meeting temp
tation /. Power of a moral resolution;
2. Reliance upon Jesus Christ. The first
will not enable you always to resist;
the second will give you strength
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF PRAC-
TICAL HOLINESS?
/. Increased fitness for service. "If
a man will purge himself of these things
he will be meet for the Masters use"
We are vessels. We should be clean YES
sells. We cannot all be gold or silver
vessels. We can all be clean vessels.
2. Increase in the knowledge of Cod
3. Peace and all the fruits of the
Spirit. my peace / leave with you
This skeleton of the sermon was
clothed upon with point, incident, illus
tration, Bible application and delivered
with the peculiar emphasis and power
which characterizes the evangelist.
After singing Nearer My God to Thee"
the benediction was pronounced by Rev.
G.. =. Smith.