The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-09-14

my title clear. IN few moments an
other soldier with weak voice joined in
and then another until score of voices
were taking up the song. Oh, if we could
but set on fire one church for God the
whole city might soon be under the touch
OF His mighty life.
Second. what did Hezekiah do? We
have only to read the story to find out.
n. He opened the doors, as indicated
in the third verse.
(2). The priests were santifed, the 18th
verse.
(3) They went into the inner part OF
the house and made it clean, the 10th
verse.
"a. They sanetifed the entire house,
the 18th verse.
90. They restored the vessels which
had once been used il the temple
(6l. And Hezekiah commanded to Of
fer the burnt Offering upon the altar. And
when the burnt offering began the song of
the Lord began again, also with the trum-
pets and with the instruments ordained by
David. king of Israel. And all the congre-
cation worshiped, and the singers sang
and the trumpeters sounded, and all tins
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 to be pessimistic in my, view
OF the condition of things; 1t is LAY great
desire to 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 to have. and beyond all CUES
ton it is because the temple must needs
be ceaBsed. Why should not the work be-
gin now?
~. 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 wood he dis
iuouRted from his horse. hitched it tc the
tree and made his way into the darkening
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 it and
the next day began his preaching service a
revival was started which swept the whole
country. Maze spent day and night in
a New York hotel asking for Gods special
blessing because he needed it, and at last
must needs rise and say, "Oh, Lord. stay
Thine hand can hold no more" Murray
McCheynne was SO filed with God that as
| he laid his hands upon boys head and
SAID, u am very much concerned about
your SOUL" the hoy remembered it and
when he forgot McCheynne's sermons he
felt the touch of his loving hand upon his
head, and it pushed him into the kingdom.
(2l. And the inner part of the house
AiNtuS HiSo 10 UE GAGduSCus 1OSIe Is IN
every church a circle into which God has
| seemed to cali certain persons. 10 these |
now direct my message, to the officers of
the church of whatever name, to the Sun
day-school teachers and TO those who have
| become spiritually minded is the searching
! question. is thine heart right in the sight
! OF Cod" In the SD chapter OF lsainh
and the 18th verse the prophet says, "Be
We clean that bear the vessels of the Lord. "
God pity the man whose life is unclean,
while his office is 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. He
| must leave his Western home and return
TO the home Of his boyhood in the East,
| but before he would leave. entering a car
rage he drove to every home and besought
| the members OF his class to yield to God,
| and said Mr. Moody, when the time
/ came for him TO leave Chicago his whole
| class, every one of them saved, gathered
/ at the platform Of the station to wave him
farewell. and they all sang, Best be the
! tie that binds our hearts in Christian
| love In Galatians, the 9th chapter and
1 the LIST verse, it is commanded "Ye which
are spiritual restore the wanderers in the
| spirit of meekness,' and alas, it is true that
men have ~eandered in multitudes from the
! church, and we have done nothing to re-
| strain them, let the work of cleansing go
| on
| (3). The church as a whole ought to be
! set right with God. In Iechariah, 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 off
| the filthy garments and ] will clothe thee
| with change Of raiment.' These filthy
garments upon the high priest are like the
habits which cling to some OF us. They
| have sapped our spiritual life, and we are
| powerlcss m the presence of the world.
| We ought to put them of and then put on
! Christ, so that living among men we
might win them to Him by the very way
we live This viii not be easy, Tor the pie
| turo OF Joshua is with Satan resisting
/ him ! doubt rot he is resisting us now
/ in the presence of God. doubtless calling
attention te the way we have sung our
/ hymns this morning and uttered our pray
crs but this picture in Xechariah also
| tells us that Joshua, the high priest, had
/ a fair mitre SET upon his head and the
| bands showed that service was hard. That
/ fasr mltrc is ike the descent OF the Holy
| Ghost, for which there is great need to-
! day Then Hezekiah saw that the vessels
| &C the temple were restored. The church
/ has had certain vessels committed to her,
as, for example, the Bible. We have
| picked it to pieces until the faith of come
! has been shaken 'Will yoa pray for
| theological studentY' said woman to me
/ this week, who used to be one of the most
consistent Christians ! ever knew and one
of the most jealous He doubts much OF
the Scripture. and as consequence his
/ hfe is not only indifferent but inconsist
/ ent" The time has come when the Bible
ought to be put in the church ia the place
it once occupied.
Preaching is another vessel entrusted to
the church. As matter of fact, do you
believe that men would know they were
| lost from much Of the preaching they hear
] to-day. The time has come for the old
nAe spirit of the church fathers to pre-
Prayer is still another vessel Prayer is
not performance with which men may be
either pleased or displeased. Prayer is
taking to God. Will our prayers stand
| this test?
| Music is soil another vessel, and that
! church is to be pitied, if not despised,
| where the music is not in every way to the
praise Of God, rendered by men and women
| whose hearts have already been yielded TO
! God, but it was when the burnt Offering
| was preseated that the song began and
j there was this peculiar about tflA burnt
| offering, it was all yielded and it was all
consumed, an illustration Of the fact that
when we are entirely surrendered to God,
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