The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-17

pie act as IL God had been deposed.- -John-s
three words are light, life and love; Pauls
are grace, faith and power. It is by the
grace of God. His unmerited favor, reached
by faith, a complete trust in Him, that we
obtain the power OF God. Aud what pow.
err! When Paul had reached the lowest
depths Of Romans, the seventh chapter,
thetically, Who shall deliver me from the
body of this DEATH he can only answer
himself with humility and rejoicing |
thank God. through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Watch the repetition. Power 50 in the
power of the Holy Spirit, lin the demon
stration of the Spirit and OF power
'able to do exceeding abundantly above
power that worketh in u.s." that ye may
know what is the exceeding greatness OF
His power to upward who believe accord
ing to that working of His might which
He wrought in Christ, when lie raised Him
from the dead, and made Him to sit at
His right hand in heavenly places"
But power comes through faith. Watch
the priests as they put their feet in the
brink of that swollen stream. What con.
hdence. How did you know what was
going to happen! Some say that as we
grow older we gain more wisdom and
therefore need not accept less and less the
revelation by faith. Great theologians ac.
faith. In much the same spirit it is sup.
posed by many that as we obtain more and
more strength we need less and less of d
vine interposition and have less and less
need of faith. But 'let him that standeth
take heed lest he fall" As long as we live
on this earth there will be new territory
OF wisdom and power to reach, and new
clares, in Galatians, begin by faith and
then be perfected in the flesh. Faith as
the stretching out of the hand toward
Christ must always be Christians priv
ilege .. ....,,.,.. :,
Christian. Ii you join lodge YOU make
up your mind after examination that you
can keep all OF the requirements of the
constitution and pledges. You know your
own ability and strength. But when you
come to Christ, you do not begin by say
ing, Can | or can [ not hold out to the end,
taking into consideration the. powers that
l nov possess. Rather you say, He has
unto Him. and therefore | shall hold out.
You will make the conclusion of Charles
G. Fnney as he went out into the woods
engaged in life and death struggle with
the Holy Spirit The voice was saying,
"Will you accept now-to-dayt" He went
out determined to give his heart to Christ
before he came out and he did. But it
promise was: ''Ye shall seek Me and find
Me when We shall search for Me with all
your heart" His answering faith said:
Lord, Thou canst not lie; take Thee at
Thy word; | do search with all my heart
and l know therefore that | have found
Thee And as he continued in prayer the
peace of God came into his heart.
Then there are commands and promises
connected with your burdens. Christ said,
do not worry over the morrow" Can we
keep from worry You have read again
and again the words, Cast thy burden on
the Lord and He will sustain thee" but
note that the margin OF the revised version
says as the other reading for thy burden"
that which He hath given thee" and also
notice that God sustains not the burden
but thee" Cast upon God what He has
given you to bear and He will bear-thee,
and in bearing thee the burden will be a
blessing, not curse.
Is prayer a farcey Or can the limit OF
endeavor in prayer be also Gods promises ?
Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, it
| shall be done unto you Christ declared
| before the den.oniac boy, This kind com.
eth not forth save by prayer" Beyond
| the reaches OF human strength and wisdom
| is the domain Of prayer Reinforcement. DIR.
David Gregg when he was pastor in Bos.
ton presided at the fftieth anniversary OF
DIR. Cyrus Hamlin, long of Constantinople.
In the year 1851 Mahmoud had issued an
edict ordering the expulsion OF all mission.
aries from the empire. The British and
American ambassadors told them that they
must go William Godell replied to Ham.
| Inns statement, ''Hamlin, the Sultan OF
| Heaven can change this; let us appeal to
Him in prayer" Together, like Hezekiah
OF old, they spread the edct before the
Lord and prayed all night. The next day
.hY nI tnH md hn nIt nt
mentioned. Robert College is the monu
ment of the work of DIR. Hamlin.
You, to-day. are thinking especially oi
| the work before you. How much dare you
attempt for God: We must often begin
our duty before we feel conscious of the
strength. But God gives grace for living
and dying both and always when we need
| it. Thank God, we are co'workers with
! Him, winch means vastly more than that
we are engaged in the same work or the
same kind OF work. Christ said My
Father worketh hitherto and | work, ,
showing that He was Simply carrying out
the work which His Father was doing
worketh in Me, He doeth the work" Sc
we mean when we say that we are co
| workers with God, more than that we are
doing Gods work, but that He Himself is
| in us working in US both to will and dc
! Of His good pleasure Professor Peabody
4 OF Harvard, dec.ares that thefe are three
| classes that make problems for us in so
ciety. the an't-works," the aged, sick and
defective, who must receive gentle and con
| tinuous consideration: the ''Out-of-works,
able to work. but temporarily unemployed
the wont works" the professionally idle
vayrant. mendeant poor.
In the church there are but two classes
to make problems; for there are no ''can''
works." as every one who cannot take O
Sunday-schpol class or do some Other
church service, does work by Christian ties
tmony and Christian living; first, the
out OF works" who are willing to work
but cannot find employment. and for this
neglect the church is responsible and sec
ond. the wont works" and God pity the
church that has many OF them. Let III
rather be the can works" the in works,
the will works"
| And does some one ask what are tn;
prospects OF success! Let them listen tC
| Adoniram Judson, as he says, Tell then
as much as there is an Almighty and {
+, faithful God, who win perform His prom
ises, and no more Let us believe thai
we have but two limits to all of our en-
deavors, Gods commands and Gods prom
| ises.
A Molly Ministry.
1t is life Itself. sancti6ed life, that /!
Gods holiest and most effective ministry
| in this world-pure, sweet, patient, ear