The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-25
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OPENS AT FITCHBURG
Continued from Page H.

His influence and become subject to
his holy work. Second, we must snare
his purpose so deeply and truly that it
stirs our being and influences our
hearts with consuming fire. Third, we
must join Him in His work. A cooper
alton that is simply negative is not CO.
operation at all.
How many are there who urge peo-
pie to surrender to Christ and know
nothing of surrender themselves. Now
nothing is more stumbling block than
inconsistency. God can never use
man to call others away from sin who
has not put away sin himself There
fore, I say we must yield to the Holy
Spirits conviction of sin and have su-
preme trust in the will of God.
80 1 lay down these three condi-
lions necessary to save souls: First,
remuneration of sin. Let Christ take a
candle and go with you into the Utmost
recesses of your heart, and light 1t to-
night turning out all the sin. Second,
separation from sin. If you put test
on your heart you will find the fumes
of sin getting in. Withdraw from the
world There is no clearer word in
Gods book than this Come we out and
be We separated Third word is conse-
Grafton. We must share in the pur-
poses of the Holy Spirit, which is to
win the world to Christ
rs that your purpose?" l suppose
it is theoretically. What practlcally
is your purpose, dear friends? When
we come down to answer it l believe
that many of us cannot truthfully say
that we are cooperating with the holy
spirit in this respect.
II do not find the old fashioned
Methodist passion for souls today,
neither in church nor pulpit I go into
the Sunday school and see a teacher
giving a half hour a week to the ask
ing of formal questions. I go into the
church and find a dignity and conven-
tionality that drives out love for souls.
I go into the Y. M. c. A. and find there
love for athletics, for knowledge, but
in few places do I find love for souls
Some say the cause is UniVersallSm,
others CommercialiSm, or SecularlSm
know not what it is but l know that
until the love for souls comes PACK
again, there can be no revival OF the
power of the church.
II doubt not that there are men ana
women in this town to whom you talk
daily and never dare to talk about re-
ligion. Do you suppose God will approve
of that kind of spirit? l don't. There
must be begotten in your heart and
mine the purpose of the Holy Spirit.
I'VE must join the Holy Spirit in its
work There are various ways. l am
beginning to put the primary accent
on a life spent in the service of God.
What we are shapes with eXactness
what we really do
DR.. Shaw spoke Of the Importance of
the cooperation with the Holy Spirit
that comes from prayer. when man
has learned the power of microscopy
prayer" he said, "he has learned one of
the secrets of soul winning. He pointed
out the necessity of personal works,
and gave instances showing the OPP
lportunity and power.
He closed with relating a personal
experience. He met a man who was a
guide in the Adirondack Mountains.
| The guide was not a Christian. DR..
Shaw, instead of making a personal ap-
peal to him at that time-it was the
first of the week-asked him to come
to his Sunday night service, purposing
to speak to him afterward. The man
was taken sick and died Saturday
night. His last words were: Lost OPP
portunity." DR., Shaw said he con-
sidered it was he who had lost the
opportunity rather than the guide.
Following is today's program: Morn
ing, 9 o'clock, quiet hour, Rev. Floyd
W. Tomkins, D. D.; 9.45 o'clock, 1.-THE
Obligation of an Association Man to
the Community, Hon. A. S. Roe of
worcester; 10. 45 o'clock, THE Obliga-
ton of the Association Member to
Young Men of the World" A. B. VIII
liams. Jr., of New York city; II 30
o'clock, state committees report. pre-
sented by H. M. Moore, chairman.
Afternoon: o'clock, from a bows
standpoint-(a) What the Association
Should Do for Boy" Raymond S,
Han of Worcester, Norman Cole of
Newport; OBJ What a Boy Can Do
for the Association" Robert ellison of
Southbridge, William E. Leonard of
Salem; Pas o'clock, Our Obligation to
All the Boys of the Community" E. M.
Robinson of New York city; az
o'clock, ''The Boys Department as a
School for Association Workers. Fred
erfck H. Fuller of Providence. discus
sion and questions; 80 O'clock sun
per, followed by Around the Table"
quiz, conducted by W. D. Fellows of
Fail River %
Evening: 7.sO o'clock. THE. Brother
hood'" James Logan of Worcester.
S.l5. address, What Manner of
man. Rev. Floyd w. Tomkins, D. D.
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