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in the battle Of Waterloo when the soldiers

ricC. >hc knew II sue shouted shS mlsut
start,e the child so that he would fall, 50
she attracted his attention by familiar
song she sang. There are men and women
standing on the very brink 0i perdiuon o.
day without hope. but II the church were
but singing her song as she ought the lost
could De saved, and II one had a song 9th.
ers wous JON with it, On the battlefield
OF Shiloh iainting and suffering Christian
solder began % sing, When / can read
my title clear In a few moments an
other soldier with weak voice joined IN
and then another until a score OF voices
were taking up the song. Oh, II we could
but set on fire one church for God the
whole city might soon be under the touch
OF HIS mighty HE.
Second. what did Hezekiah doH We
have only 70 read the story 10 find out.
Q). He opened the doors. as indicated
in the thlrd verse.
(2). The priests were sanuhed. the 18th
verse.
t3l They went into the inner part Of
the house and made It clean. the 10th
verse.
(p. They sanetifed the entire house.
the 18th verse.
(5l. They restored the vessels which
had once been used IN the temple.
(6) And Heyekiah commanded TO Of
fer the burnt offering upon the altar AIsl
when the burnt offering began the song of
the Lord began again, also with the trum.
pets aud with the instruments ordained 10y
David, king Of Israel. And all the congre-
CATION worshiped, and the singers sang
and the trumpeters sounded, and all this
continued until the burnt offering was
finished
Third. all this is typical We have no
song IN the church to-day as once we had
DO not wish 10 be pessimistic IN my view
OF the condition of things, Il ~ my great
desire 20 inspire the church with a new
hope and a conception OF better things,
but no one Is so blind to-day but what he
can see that the church Is without the old
song she used 10 have, and beyond all ques.
tioL II Is because the temple must needs
be cleansed Why should not the work be.
gin now
Q). 1t ought to begin with the priests
themselves as IN the Old Testament story.
| Christian Evans tells OF the time when
one day riding through a wood he dis
mounted from his horse htched II 10 the
| tree aud made his way into the darkenng
shadows and stayed upon his face before
God for hours waiting for his special bless
ing or his special work, and when he re-
turned TO his horse and mounted II and
| the next day began HIS preaching service "A
revival was started which swept the whole
country, Maze spent a day and a night IN
| a New York hotel asking for Gods special
blessing because he needed It. and at last
must needs rise and say, ooh, Lord. stay
| Thine hand | can hold no more" Murray
McCheynne was so filed with God that "a
he laid his hands upon a boys head and
said. II am very much concerned about
| your soul the boy remembered II and
| when he forgot McChcynnes sermons he
| felt the touch of his loving hand upon his
| head, and Il pushed him into the kingdom
| IL 10 not true that too many of IA IN
preaching have somehow become incui.
Gated with the spirit of the world in this
| age Of ssepticismy Is not the day upon us
when we ought TO begin anew our ministry
| pledging ourselves TO God that u shall be
only such a ministry as He could approve
(2) And the inner part of the house
needs also TO be c.eansed There IL IN
every church a circle into which God has
| seemed TO call certain persons. 10 these |
| now direct my message, TO the officers of
the church of whatever name, TO the sun.
| day-school teachers and 20 those who have
| become spiritually minded Is the searching
| question, is thine heart right in the sight
OF Cod" In the sd chapter OF Isaiah
| and the llth verse the prophet says, "Be
| ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord"
! God pity the man whose life IL unclean,
! while his office IL one the angels might
| covet TO fill. The searching power of Gods
| word ought TO touch the Sunday school
! teacher. One of Mr.. Moody's teachers IN
Chicago was dying of consumption. lie
| must leave hls Western home and return
10 the home of his boyhood in the East
! but before he would leave, entering car.
| rage he drove 20 every home and besought
the members of his class TO yield to God
and said Mr.. Moody, "When the time
came for him 90 leave Chicago his whole
| class, every one Of them saved, gathered
| at the platform of the station TO wave him
a farewell, and they all sang, 'Best be the
! tie that binds our hearts in Christian
| love- In Galatians, the 9th chapter and
| the LIST verse, II Is commanded, "lc which
| are spiritual restore the wanderers IN the
spirit OF meekncss,' and alas, It il true that
men have wandered IN multitudes from the
| church, and we have done nothing 90 rc.
| strain them let the work OF cleansing 20
on.
(3). The church az a whole ought 10 he
set right with God. In Xechariah. the Sd
| chapter and the first seven verses we have
the picture of Joshua, the high priest,
| standing before the angel OF the Lord.
! lie was clothed with filthy garments, and
the word of the Lord came saying, Put of
| the filthy garments and ! will ciothe thee
with a change OF raimcnt." These filthy
! garments upon the high priest are like The
! habits which cling to some Of us. They
| have sappcd orr spiritual life, and we are
pOwerless IN the presence Of the world.
! We ought TO put them of and then put on
| Christ, 80 that living among men we
might win them 30 Him by the very way
we live This VIII not be easy, for the pic
! ture OF Joshua Is with Satan resisting
! him. ! doubt not he Is resisting US now
! m the presence OF God, doubtless calling
! attention to the way we have sung our
! hymns this morning and uttered our pray.
| crs, but this picture IN /Cchariah also
! tells Us that Joshua. the high priest had
fair mltrc ret upon his head. and the
| BINDS showed that service was hard. That
| fair mItre IL like the descent Of the Holy
| Ghost, for which there ~ great need 20.
| day. Then HczeEIah saw that the vessels
Of the temple were restored The church
! hls had certain vessels committed 20 her,
| as for example the Bible We have
/ picked il % pieces until the faith of some
! has been shaken win YOU pray for a
! theological student" said a woman % me
| this week, who used 20 be one Oi the most
| consistent Christians ! ever knew and one
] Of the most Jealous. lie doubts much Of
| the Scripture and az a consequence his
! life Is not only Indifferent but incous.t.
ent' The time has come when the Bible
| ought 10 be put Iu the church in the place
! % once occupied
Preaching ~ another vessel entrusted 20
! the church A. q matter Of fact, do you
! believe that men would know they we're
| lost from much Of the preaching they hear
! to-day The time ha- come for the old.
time spin. OF the church fathers 70 pre-
vail
Music is still another vessel. and that
! church j. % be- piticd, II not despIssd
! where the music is not In every way ~ the
| praise Of God. rendered by men and women
! whose hearts have already been yielded %