The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-01-26

blood Of Jesus Christ, I 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 l tod him. So [ got
him to sign the pledge and tod him Jesus
a;one could help him keep it: Then | got
him on his knees and made him pray and
surrender to the Lord as had done. You
never. see such. change in man as there
was in him for the next week. 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 Heaiev called around to
pay his usual VISIT He used to come
every Sunday and bring bottle of whisky
with him. and them two would spree it al!
,iav until they turned the whole house into
a bed,am. Well, I saw Healey coming last
Sunday morning, and [ was afraid 1t wollld
he all mp with poor Murphy if he got with
he asked ii Murphy was in / SAID, No.
Murphy is out. He don't live here any
longer So I sent Hea.ey off and saved
Murphy from temptation. But what |
want to know, your reverence, is thls. did
] tell lie? 7 meant that the old Murphy
did not live there any more. You know
Mr.. Moody told us that wheh a man is
converted he is a new creature: old things
have passed away. ] believe Murphy IS
new creature. and that the old Murphy
does not live any more in that attic"
''If any man he in Christ he is a 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 af-
ter the spirit This is by no means an
easy thing to DO I wonder how many
have mastered this art? IT'S one that cam
not he acquired in a single lesson.
sometimes think We shall, never know per-
fectly how to walk after the Spirit so long
as We bear this body os flesh. There is
much misa pprehension on this point. Not
few have been sorely perp.eSed, and
some have been quite disheartened in their
attempts to make the plain facts OF their
experience fit certain doctrines taught
from the Scriptures. Here is typical ex-
ample. A Young man entered upon The
Christian life. There Was no doubt as to
the genuineness of his conversion. He &C.
cepted Christ intelligentlv. and with an
earnest purpose to give H i'm a loyal serv-
ice. He had run the Whole gamut OF sim
full indulgence, but the change in his life
was & radical one. He ceased to do evil
and tried to learn to do good. But he was
hiudered by old habits and tendencies
which still lurked in his flesh. The strug-
gle was fierce and he faced it heroically,
until one day more severely tempted than
usual he went to his pastor and said: Its
no use, might as we'll give ND trying. !
have been guilty Of some Of the ssme Old
sins that used to indulge in. and l Won
be hypocrite; so You can take my name
off the record" The pastor made use of
Young man with parable. It was the old
story OF farmer who was p.owing in
meadow lot He kept his eyes fixed on
tree at the farther end of the fed, and de-
ternined to make his first furrow as
straight as possible. That was to be bis
guiding line. and it was his intention to
make each furrow as straight as the first.
He succeeded fairly well for awhile, until
a bird flew close to his face and startled
him so that he jerked on the rein with the
result 4 crook in his f,lrrow. Several times
in the course of his plowing he got of The
line, but just as soon as he discovered MS
DETECTION he pulled back and got on the
straight line again.
How aptly this illustrates the initial ez.
perience of child Of God. He starts out
with the determination to walk in the
footsteps of his Master. That is the CEN
trail purpose of his heart. His new nature
throbs with single motive of LOYALTY to
Christ. But in his immature condition he
bIunders, he flies into passion perhaps,
or indnigeas some old sinful habit. forget.
ting his: new. relationship, with God. and
he makes crook in his furrow. But 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 immaturity
are mistaken for tokens of insincerity.
Walking with Christ in the school of expe-
rience they will learn that the evidence Of
their loyalty to Him in whose footsteps
they seek'to follow, is not found in the ab..
so!ute perfection OF their walk. The real
test lies in their immediate repentance
and turning hack 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 lite
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 tod her mother
that he was a man who used to take long
walks with God. And one dav 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-
It has been truly said that: "Heaven is
sometimes spoken of as a place. admission!
to which is gained by some e'lenient act OF
divine amnesty. People speak of going to
heaven as though it were concert room,
to enter which a ticket only is required.
Nothing could be more unscriptural.
Heaven is not place into which we are,
admitted. but place into which we grow.
It is little short of foolish. the way some
talk Of going to heaven when they die.
They exclude God from their life on earth.
They find no love in His presence here.
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 our capacity to re-
ceive will be determined by our ability to
serve. The service of heaven will be a SER
vice of love. I think we should stife in
the atmosphere of heavens love unless we
had. learned to breathe in its purity and
live in it's beauty here below. One must
learn to keep step with Jehovah here and
now if he would enter upon the joys of the
divine presence hereafter. Learn to love