The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-10-08

enabling power; the n the channel.
the other the life-giving current How
ing through it to the blessing of all
who came in touch with 1t. This
blessed partnership has never been re-
pealed," says Rev. DR.. F. g.. Meyer.
Jesus has never withdrawn from the
compact, and If 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
ton" 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 conoltlons
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 IL
l. involved in these five rules. First
of all is emphasized the necessity of q
clean heart and life. The Lord never
yet used a 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 II
within the heart and hidden in the life
there are sin and indulgence which ne
is not willing to give up, then the Lord
cannot work with such a one. Ana
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 building 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 tho hill of the Lord!
And who shall stand in His holy
placer" 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 clear
- heart to enjoy the cooperation OF
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 &c
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 it. Self should be
obliterated and forgotten as far as pos
sibIe 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 a help to the realization o.
this holy ambition to forget self anG
glorify God. They were: Absence OF
all ~pretence; Indifference to the worlds
opinions, and absorption N the will OF
God. All, how richly would the power
and presence of God be manifested in
and through us if we maintained this
attitude towards God and the world.
We must seek Gods glory if 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 if we are
to have the Lords cooperation? Need
we ask when God has promised so re-
paatedly to richly honor and bless His
Word. ct shall not return unto Me
yoid?"
q NDITION, attitude, equipment,
I and then unity-Christian unity,
which made the early church such a
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 Ii a larger
spirit OF fellowship and cooperation be-
tween the followers of Christ of all de-
nominations. The old divisions and
jealousies are almost dead and gone,
and In their stead we are finding a
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 evangelistic
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 a.