Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-13


Rev. G. Campbell Morgan is the famous
English divine. formerly of London. who
has recently succeeded the late Dwight L.
Moody in his great work at Northfields
Mass. DR.. Morgan is one of the best
known authorities on the Bible in the
country and his sermons and expositions
on the scriptures have a worldwide rep
utation. For several days he was
one Of the principal speakers at
the Tabernacle Bible conference
in Atlanta, and thousands Of persons have
listened to his able discourse. The fol-
lowing synopsis of a sermon on the sub
ject of "Sanctiflcation" was prepared ex-
pressly for The Journal:
Sanctifcation is great word often mis-
understood and misinterpreted. What is
the essential meaning? 1t means sim
ply separation. A sanctified person is a
separated person. To think man is to
give up the ordinary vocatlons of life in
order to be sanctifed is an utterly false
conception Of what saint is and what
the Bible teaches concerning sanctifica-
ton The Roman Catholic idea Of saint
is false. But you say l am fighting
a dead thing No. 1 am only making
post-mortem examination. Have you not
heard men say "Oh, yes. but you know
can't be saint?" People still have the
, idea of saintship and sanctification that
is utterly foreign to the New Testament.
I want to see what the New Testament
saws about 1t. SanctifcaIion Is dealt with
| in two aspects.
First there is the sanctification that
comes to the believer in regeneration;
second, thereN is also the sanct-
fcation of experience. How far are these
true? That depends upon you. hold
that in the purpose of God they are not
apart at all. In the past experience OF
Gods people they are separate. Many
man who Is a saint has not entered into
the personal experience of sancuhcation.
We must be careful to distinguish ana
see the difference. First. sanctihcation IN
regeneration; seeonu. sanctihcation IN ex-
perience.
Is there such thing as sanctihcation
I'm regeneration? Cor. 1:2. Were they
| living in the experience OF 1t? Cor.
| 8. This is the same letter upon the same
subject for the same purpose. i, oreth-
| rem, could not speak unto you as spiritual
| but as unto carnal even as unto BABES
in Christ" "r am determine 10 know
nothing save Jesus and Him crucihed.
| Men quote It as If it was all that we had
| to preach 1t is because they are DEAD
! / viii that We rise again. The apostle
| says to them in the same letter. you
are sanctified." This is very strange
thought you have to face. There Is
| sanctihcation in regeneration, and yet
there is an experience Of sanctihcaton
| into which a man may have not entered,
| though he be born again. do not hold
| that Scripture teaches that regeneration
| is the First Blessing" and sanctihca-
ton. "Phe Second" i am quite sure II
/ Is the average experience of the saint.
| I want you to see that sanctification Is
| a dynamic and 'sanctihcation is yours in
/ Christ now, If you are born again. Let s
i see what sanctifcation is. Let us make
| three statements:
/ l. Gods property.
/ q Gods dwelling place.
/ g. Gods workmanship.
! The difference between the regenerate
/ and .unregenerate man is the difference
/ of sanctification. The regenerate man Is
/ the property of God. The unresenerate
] man is the temple in ruins, created by
/ God. Never forget that Every power OF
your being is God created. Unregenerate
/ man, that temple of yours is temple
| In ruins with the Deity excluded. The
regenerate man is a temple OF glory with
| the Deity dwelling in man. Some think
| you can't live a man into the experience
| of sanctification. Gods property. Do you
belive that? Satan has mastered us; sin
has mastered us; but now. now, we have
| one owner, one Lord, one master. and
| belong to God Do you know the differ
| ence between the secular and -saintlyG 1t
| is the same difference as between the
| Waldorf-Astoria in New York and the
| White House. The 'Waldorf-Astor1a
is open to be hired. for. any purpose. Any
body can hire 1t If you can pay the price.
! You can't hire the White House. The mir
i lionaires can't hire it Thank God that
| is something they can't do. 1t stands
as the dwelling place Of the executive
| head of this nation ..-- 49,. 49,. r
| That is the exact difference between
the sinner and the saint. Anything can
| hire you that pays. enough Lust drink
| and cards these can hire you. Saint OF
God, nothing should hire you. You belong