The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
The EpWOrth League.



The Call to Separation. y II Cor. vi:
14-18; John. n:15-17, viii be eonsid-
cred by Epworthians at their devotion
al meetings Sunday evening, august
3. 1902.
BE ye not unequalIy yoked together
With unbeIievers. for what Fellowship
hath righteousness and iniquity and
VIVA. communion hath light with
darkuess2 And what concord hath
Christ with Belial or what part
hath he that beIieveth with an in
fdeI2 And what agreement hath TIE
temple OF God with idols. for ye are the
-,empIe Of the living God; as God hath
said, I will dwell in them and walk N
taem, and I will be their God. and they
shall be my people. Wherefore come cut
from among them and be ye separate.
saith the Lord, and touch not the IN
ese2n thing and I will receive you and
will be a Father unto. and ye shall be
Ky sons and daughters. saith the Lord
Almighty" II Cor. Willis
Peculiar People.
For thou art an holy people unto
the Lord Thy Cod, and the Lord hath
chosen thee to be Z peculiar people unto
himself above all the nations that are
upot the earth Deut., xiv:2 But
y are chosen generation. a royal
priesthood, an holy nation. peculiar
PEOPLE, that We should shew forth the
praises OF Hin who hath called you
CT OF darkness into His marvellous
light. I Peter. ii-9.
No Compromise.
No man can serve two masters, for
eithe. he will hate the enc and love the
other. or else he VIII hold TO the one
and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon Natt.. vi:2E
The '.EpwoFth Herald" gives the fol-
lowing:
Affnities-
The natural philosopher declared a
long time ago that any two bodies ex-
ert upon each other d mutual attraction
which varies directly as the product Of
their masses. and inversely as the
square Of their distance apart" That is
the law OF material gr4yitation-
There is also q law as definite, and
far more important. Of mental gravita-
ton. Minds are Is classidabIe as min
erals. They think certain thoughts IN
common They hold certain truths in
common They agree as 10 the same
theories. That is the way We came to
have political parties. That is the pFin-
cipaI secret OF ecclesiastical denomina-
tons This mental affinity accounts for
the fact CT theological schools and sys-
tens or philosophy
There are moral afinities- Birds of a
feather flock together, - is the way the
old adage tells that great truth That
adage is popular because il expresses
the popular conviction on that point
The fact that there are "dens Of vice"
is evidence that even vicious souls are
drawn together by common consent II
Is the congestion Of corruption. Grim
inals Hongregate. That is a fact. And
the fact shows that the law of soul
aliniries holds clear down to the point
of hell Judas went to his own place
Nobody sent him. Wherever We are TO-
day we have come Wherever we are
tomorrow We shall go. Honey draws
bees. So hearts draw hearts. Carbon
attracts vultures-. So characters attract
characters. Water will ind its level.
VII men Souls ought to seek God
as rivers do the sea,
Separations.
II similarities exist there must be III
ions. If differences exist there must be
separations.
Light and darkness cannot live to-
gether. They can only exist apart Heat
and cold re2el each other. When FIRE
comes frost flies
There could be no cities IL there were
no people willing 10 separate them
selves from the country The necessity
OF eparation-mateTial. mental. moral
IS seen on every hand.
Spiritual Separations
The soul must separate itself from IN
righteousness. Right and wrong are as
Incompatible as light and darkness One
excludes the other Such 4 separation
implies right feelings, light motives.
right thoughts. right desires, light con
duct. right character. Righteousness is
the keywOTd OF Christianity.
The soul must separate l-self from in
fidelity. Tat Is the souls nightmare
He must believe the truth who would be
true The Christian must be faithful
to principles and to persons
The soul must separate itself from
idelatr. Who offers God the secone