New-York tribune., 1905-08-14

Just am is bssphemy;; III ye confess s your your
eiveness is a repentance. The heart of God is open
IT is true the heart Of God is open this night for
every sinful man and woman IN this room. But
pitality of the divine heart while you cherish and
it. II confess our sin with all that rs invotved
that. He is faithful and just true to Himself al
merely gentle and Clement but faithful and just
His nmost nature faithful and j1st 10 tofsixe , ms
grace, The heart Of God has always been and s Is
now absolutely open TO him who confesses and
turns from sin,
RESULTS OF FORGIVENESS.
A word or two before I stop about the results
q forgiveness. for that is question which Is con
being @ Ra Of are me what are the
true fruits Of il? Well surely the position ~ is c6 ns
friendship you who accept and receive that 9t,5 for
Ship and fellowship of God. Living there you
abide with Him: His life flows through YOU; it is
and TO have power over YOU and of course the fact
OF such position is that a movement is set up.
70 HABITS and habits hrs grew to Character and it
was downward movement all the time.
ing in the friendship Of God. a reversing movement
is set up, and OF course the influence of that re
verslng movement will he felt throughout the
whole OF your nature u you have snned ana
continued in a course Of sin for years, that has
affected not only spirit but mind NJ and body When
The friendshp abiding in him there is set up a
movement which influence
your nature that has been influenced by sin, and
will ultimately reach even into your body. and
sanctfyng and purifying in fheiT ereSt, ''
a., Then You ask me is II the case then that all
have been saving that sin is not exactly the same
thing as the remission of punishment hut do .ou
Of sin annullcd?" No; we believe no hcton:
We believe the things that arc in accordance with
fact. The scars remain. Thank God they do!
Not all Of them; some. Thank God they do that
discipline might he so moulded as suit par
ucular experience; The life and service wear the
have spoken with and sat the feet Of and
ninety-six years old. retaining still many OF his
mental fsculties-alas! but few of his physical
years At least Of adult life that man gave him
self heartily to the service Of rhe devil and had
conceivable way BuJ at fifty years of age the
but at ninety-six he carried the scars, still We
and service carry the scars.
REsUAMONs INTO SERVICE.
Does some man say here: What? What: Ser
vice? Is there no resummons into service for the
there is! There. in the twenty-frst chapter of ST.
John is given an account Of The resummonins into
and my brethren have been lin in The the inistrE mini TRY
were thSre & no resamnohS G ou' 1I I3Sr qoeg noT
hardly dare lcok in your faces my brethren in
S aisr saks I99R f of n many Of
US here at this moment know that in our miniatry
we handle almost with parslvzed hands. or which
we evade almost altogether. lecause early in our
life had sinned In certain direction? For
given? Yes. thank God Are 10 turn backs
Ipon our forgiveness because OF that fact or dis
believe the reality of the spiritual experience upon
which We have been living during these Eears that
God. in His infinite mercy, has been using US IN
No But the remains: the i'm
poteuce here and there in ;is form Of service ard
that form of service remains The results Of men
tai Incidence remain I'm work tho results of
postponement Of cur conservation remain in our
work. the remain.
OH some body SAYS here. what awfuly
amputated and lamed Gospel 10 preach! Is there
no ultimate rescue at all2' Yes. thank God there
years the canker worm hath eaten, Yes. but not
altogether here. II NAV not he | have said al
ready that if II IL there were such
restoration here II would mean great deal more
What about my wife and children. whom I have
hurt by my sins against them? What about my
college mates. who were hurt by my evil eH-
about those who have been them
selves made mediocre IN their Christian attain
ment because [ remained contentedly mediocre? ?
I tell YOU il would need the reconstruction Of their
lives well as mine II You put the clock back TO
where il was. There cannot. therefore. he here
a reconstruction Of society. necessary from the
beginning. OF body mind and spirit. Is that posi-
BILE? Did you ever hear of the promise There
will he reconstructed one day upon basis of truth
BELIEF IN THE REsURRECTION.
People used TO say that ct terribly diff
cult thing 10 believe in the resurrection Of the
body but we shall have to believe In ii IL We are
going 10 believe the amazing fulness Of
divine grace. We have all believed. not in gath
ering OF limbs from here and there from all over
Of souls from everywhere and the reconstruction
Of all their lives which have got now apparently
inextrcably interlaced. But that God will do,
for We are to be completely redeemed