Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-01-24

Is with thee, thou
we have come to the
k upon him, that it is
zen the people cry out
aul is called forth. he
loulders above the men
n, and Involuntary the
~ look upon him. are
thusiasm that they shout,
We THE KING"
Aen he went to Gibeah.
around him "a band OF
carts God had touched"
Y goes on, with Saul rising
nd higher in the popular es-
.or. Yet in the end. and in
I all, he blackened the pages
Testament. made the ruling of
failure, and died by his own
Y, in the sight of God, a muir
lnot read such n story as this
trembling. and it is for each one
so-day that the Bible was written,
se might know God, and that we
know ourselves
I'VE learned from this story of Saul,
lg, that it is possible for one to be
the Spirit, really to be saved, and
saved forever. and yet
MISERABLY FAIL
sight of God
remember preaching in one of the
.es of Indiana. For four days the church
vas crowded, but a crowd is not an indi-
-0bAOu Vi biCS>lilE. &NOL AuAlt4ueuL4s the
presence of a crowd is an indication of
detcs for preachers are apt under such
instances to put their confidence in
rather than in God. During all the
days not band was lifted for prayer,
a single indication given that there
sht be an awakening on the part of the
ristian people. The field l was next to
Dor in seemed quite ready for the har-
est, and In the preparatory services many
people were being saved. i called the min
listers OF the Indiana city together and
asked them to give me the privilege of
closing my engagement with them, that
there was some barrier in the way of the
working of Gods Spirit, and that L felt
when l preached as il l was bound with
chains. After little conference one of
the ministers requested that the decision
be withheld for little, that he felt sure
that he knew where the difficulty was. As
the leader of our force of personal work
ers We had one of the members of this
minister's church, n man well known
throughout his own State, and judge of
one of the highest courts. Somehow it
seemed that when this man passed through
the audience he sent cold wave over the
people. From the conference of ministers
the pastor of this church went into the
Office of this old judge and said to him:
Il have been hearing rumors on the
streets for lorg time that your life is not
clean. and have come to say that If these
rumors are untrue / desire to take some
public stand with you to contradict them,
but L have also come to say that II they
are true | will stand nearer to YOU than a
brother. and help you to get free from the
power of your besetting sin"
The old judge looked moment at him,
and then put his head on his arms on the
desk and sobbed out:
They are all true, and more"
In a moment they were on their knees
in prayer, and it was but moment more
before the old judge rose delivered man,
free from the power of his sin.
was Just lifting my hands to pronounce
the benediction at the close of an afternoon
service when the church door opened and
the old judge came in. Having lifted his
hand to ask permission to speak he made
this statement:
My friends. ! have been known for
years as one of the members of the church
and as an officer of the church. but fer a
long time my life has been robbed of its
power and my soul of its peace. l have
lost my influence in nv home, and | fear
almost altogether in my city. But l have
gotten right with my minister, and right
with God; and have come to ask your for
giveness"
The confession was made with sobs
- There was no benediction pronounced that
afternoon. The people all filed out one
way. Some took the hand of the Judge to
say God bless YOU" some to say nothing,
but TO pass with tear-wet checks and burn
ing hearts. But when the evening service
came, and the sermon had been preached
there. was remarkable change. The at
mosphere seemed like heaven. Fully fifty
people pressed their way to the front to
accept Christ as their Saviour. The first
man to come was the old judge, with his
arm around n poor lost man, who was
hopefully saved. In less than six days
more than 200 people came pressing their
wav into the kingdom.
There vi raacn rrhp Gan Gall
In the st place, he was jealous of Da-
vid; 1t aroused all the hatred in his soul
to see David beloved and honored. while
these things had been denied to him. But
it Is not the end of his sin. 1t really seems
as il jealousy must have been born in
hell; If one has the seed of it in his ma
ture he is somehow compelled by a force
re can hardly resist to so deeper into the
vil.
In the second place we find Saul destroy
ing the Lords truest friend. How true ii
IL that when we have committed one sin
md failed to make that one right, the rest
ecomes easy, not infrequently almost q
eight.
In the third place we find him sparinp
Agag and the part of his flock. He the
becomes very easy. If we allow the corrup
ton of two OF three days to lie in our
souls without being cleansed how sad the
'esuits! No one ought to close his eyes al
right until he has absolutely made certain
hat all of the sins of the day have been
washed away in the precious blood Of
Christ.
The last we see of Saul is when he falls
Ipon his sword and takes his own life--a
murderer in the sight of God and in the
light of man.
Sin is awful. In the very beginning of it
on seem to get the hiss of the serpent as
trails through the Garden of Eden. 1t
MnEa nm home n ans rnulfitudQ7 ayvav
God and { n to hell. But the
cry 70 here that we must
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