The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-01-26

4Mphy liyeo up stairs in th

when got saved and washed clean In the
blood of Jesus Christ, ] was so happy |
didn't know what to do with myself. So
went up to Murphy and told him what
had got. He was just getting over spree
and felt pretty sick and sore, and was
ready to do anything / told him. So got
him to sign the pledge and told him Jesus
him on his knees and made him pray and
surrender to the Lord as had done. You
never see such a change in man as there
was in him for the next week. l kept
watch of him and prayed for him and
helped him on the best could, and sure,
he was different man. Well. come Sun.
day morning. Joe Healev called around to
pay his usual visit He used to come
every Sunday and bring bot(e OF whisky
with him, and them two would spree II al!
dav until they turned the whole house INTO
bedlam. Well, | saw Healey coming last
Sunday morning. and was afraid it would
be all up with poor Murphy if he got with
him. l went down to the door, and when
he asked if Murphy was in l SAID. NO,
Murphy is out. He don't live here any
longer So l sent Heaiey off and saved
Murphy from temptation. But what l
want to know, your reverence, Is TINS, Gid
| tell lie! | meant that the Old Murphy
did not live there any more. You know
Mr.. Moody told us that when man Is
converted. he is a new creature: old things
have passed away. ! believe Murphy u
new creature, and that the old Murphy
does not live any more in that attic"
'If any man he in Christ he Is new
creation Old things are passed away; be-
hold all things are become new. After
man makes this discovery he begins to
learn important truths. He learns that he
must now walk, not after the flesh, but AZ
Yer the spirit. This is by no means an
Asy thing to DO. / wonder how many
Ave mastered this art? '1is one that can.
nd be acquired in single lesson.
sometimes think We shall never know per-
fectly how to walk after the Spirit so long
as we bear this body OF flesh. There IS
much msapprehension on this point Not
few have been sorely perpieXed, and
some have been quite disheartencd IN their
attempts to make the plain facts OF their
experience fit certain doctrines taught
from the Scriptures. Here Is typical eS-
ample. A Young man entered upon the
Christian life There was no doubt as to
the genuneness OF his conversion. He &C.
cepted Christ intelligentlv. and with an
earnest purpose to give Him loyal serv-
ice. He had run the who.e gamut of sim
full indulgence, but the change in his HE
was a radical one. He ceased to 40 evil
and tried 10 learn 10 do good. But he was
hindered BY old habits and tendencies
which still lurked in his flesh. The strMe-
Gle was fierce and he faced it heroicaliy.
until one day more severely tempted Than
usual he went to his pastor and said: 1T
no use, 7 might as well give up trying.
have been guilty OF some of the same old
sins that used to indulge in. and l won
be hypocrite so YOU can take my name
off the record" The pastor made nse OF
his Masters method. and answered the
young man with parable. 1t was the o.d
story of farmer who was p,owlng IN
meadow lot. He kept lis eyes fixed on a
tree at the farther end of the field. and de-
termined to make his first furrow as
straight as 2ossi bic. That was to ne ms
guiding line. and it was his intention 10
make each furrow as straight as the first.
He succeeded fairly well for ~ ne. until
a bird few c..osc 10 his face a, startled
him so that he jerked on the reiA with the
result crook in his furrow. Several tlmes
in the course OF his plowing he go: of the
line, but Just as soon as ne discovered niS
DETECTION he pulled back and 60. on the
straight line again.
How aptly this illustrates the initial eH.
perience of child of God. He starts ont
with the determination to walk in the
footsteps OF his Master. That is the cen.
tral purpose of his heart. His new nature
throbs with single motive OF .ovalty to
Christ. But in his immature condition he
blunders, he flies into a passion perhaps.
or INDUCES some old sinful habit. forget.
ting his new relationship with Gcd. and
ne makes crook in his furrow. Blu, IN
the instant when he comes to himself he
repents of his DETECTION and. fixing his
eyes upon Jesus, he gets back on the line
and tries again Such deviations from the
line OF rectitude often dishearten Young
Christians. Their blunders OF iminasrr'ty
are mistaken for tokens OF insinceritv.
Walking with Christ in the school OF expo.
rience they will learn that the evidence of
their LOYALTY to Him in whose footsteps
they seek to follow. is not found IN the ah,
solute perfection of their walk. The real
test lies in their immediate repentance
and turning back to the line when de-
Walton or DETECTION has been discovered.
A soul-inspiring truth that one ought TO
grasp at the beginning of the Christian life
is that walking with God leads ultimately
to Gods house. A beautiful commentary
on this point was that made bv little
girl. as related by DIR. Morgan. OF London.
Her mother questioned her about the les.
SON learned at Sunday-school. She had
been studying Enoch, and to d her mother
that he was a man who used to take long
walks with God. And one day they went
for an extra long walk, and God said to
Enoch, "You are long way from home:
Enoch. and you had better come in and
stay with Me-
1t has been truly said that: Heaven is
sometimes spoken OF as place. admission
to which is gained by some lenient act OF
divine amnesty. People speak OF going to
heaven as though it were concert room,
to enter which ticket only is required.
Nothing could be more nnscrlDtural.
Heaven is not place into which we are
admitted. but place into which we grow.
1t is little short of foolish tine wav some
talk of going to heaven when thes die
They exclude God from their life on .'arth.
They find no love in His presence ere.
Heaven would be place OF painfu! I'M
prisonment.'
The fe,icities OF the heavenly country
will be conditioned largely upon our capac-
ity to receive And orr capacity to re-
ceive will be determined by our ability TO
serve. The service of heaven will be SER
vice OF love. I think we should stifle in
the atmosphere of heavens love a1iess we
had learned to breathe in its purity and
live in its beauty here below. One must
laarn to keen stem with Jehovah here and