The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-10-08

preaching Is the evidence inQisputaDle
that the Lord was working with them.
The fact that nightly grew the Word
and prevailed" emphasizes the perfect
union which prevailed between the hui
mcn and the Dlvine-the one the in
strument, the other the guiding and
enabling power; the one the channel.
the other the life-giving current how-
Ing through 1t to the blessing of all
who came In touch with 1t. This
blessed partnership has never been re-
pealed,' says Rev. DR.. F. b. Meyer.
Jesus has never withdrawn from the
compact, and II we could only dare to
count and reckon on Him we would
find that He was cooperating in church,
and Sunday school, and mission sta
tion." However, there are certain con-
ditions which must prevail before the
Christian can realize this blessed union,
this cooperation Of the Lord, unto
whom has been given "all power In
Heaven and in earth" The Lord can
not work with some of His followers be-
cause they have not met His conditions.
and many Christians fail to realize the
blessed presence and power Of Jesus
because they persist In doing In their
own strength and their own way His
work.
EFT us consider. more fully what Is
IL involved In these five rules. First
of all is emphasized the necessity Of
clean heart and life. The Lord never
yet used vessel which was foul with
willful and persistent and hidden sin.
The Christian may keep the outside
clean and polished. He may deceive
men as he engages In the Lords work,
but he cannot deceive God, and IL
within the heart and hidden in the life
there are sin and indulgence which he
is not willing to give up. then the Lord
cannot work with such a one. And
what Is more sad and awful than for
the Christian to be doing work in the
Lords name while the Lord Is absent
from him? He is build.hg apart from
God. He is putting up the wood, hay
and stubble which will be destroyed
by the searching fire of Gods testing
judgment. The Psalmist asks: WHO
shall ascend into the hill Of the Lord?
And who shall stenC in His holy
place." And God replies: "He that
hath clean hands and a pure heart"
1t is such that the Lord works with to
accomplish His purposes among men.
DUT not only must there be the clean
the Lord. We must seek His glory and
not our own. Herein lies a constant
danger. The heart Is so subtle that
even the most humble and consecrated
Christians are apt to be deceived as to
the motives which dominate the life.
1t Is only as the Christian realizes the
danger of unconsciously seeking ones
own glory, instead of the glory Of God.
that he is able to detect the weakness
and guard against 1t. Self should be
obliterated and forgotten as far as pos
sible in the Masters service. This was
the first of fourrules which governed the
life Of that brave soldier and devoted
Christian, Gen. Gordon, better known
as "Chinese" Gordon. And the other
three were help to the realization of
this holy ambition to forget self and
glorify God. They were: Absence Of
all pretence; indifference to the worlds
opinions, and absorption In the will Of
God All, how richly would the power
and presence of God be manifested in
and through us II we maintained this
attitude towards God and the world
We must seek Gods glory II we would
enjoy His cooperation. First, then, Is
the clean heart and life, that is, condi-
ton. Second, the desire for Gods glory
and not our own, that is. attitude; and
the third point has to do with equip
ment. What shall we use II we are
to have the Lords cooperation? Need
we ask when God has promised so re-
peatedly to richly honor and bless His
Word, ut shall not return unto Me
void?"
ONDITION, attitude, equipment,
u and then unity-Christian unity,
which made the early church such
victorious and aggressive church. The
Lord cannot work where there Is lack
of harmony. where there are jeal-
ousies, where divisions separate and
weaken. We need more and more OF
that loving fellowship and unity which
prevails when the Spirit of Christ rules
in the hearts of His children. Thank
God there Is coming to TO a larger
spirit of fellowship and cooperation be-
tween the followers of Christ of all de-
The old divisions and
jealousies are almost dead and gone,
and in their stead we are finding
constantly increasing purpose and de-
sire for harmony and unity In the great
and blessed work Of winning the
world for Christ.
Faith that Christ was working with
them sent the disciples forth upon their
marvelously successful evangelistio
journeys. Faith that Christ was with
them and helping them sent Carey to
India, Judson to Burma, Livingston to
Africa, Moody to America and England,
and in this, our day, that same faith
has taken Torrey around the world,
and is giving him glorious victories at
the present time In England and Scot
land. Oh, that we as Christians might
realize how much we may do when the
Lord works with usl And oh, that we