Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-02-20
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR.. T. n. WHITE.
Subject: Preparing to Receive Bless
ing.

London.-A very practical address
was given at the opening Of Keswick
Convention The sermon preached
by DR.. T. H. White befitted so pre-
paratory a gathering. Attention was
directed to Luke 22:11: 'The Mas
ter saith, Where is the guest cham.
Der, that I may eat the passover vita
My disciples: and with this passage
was coupled Rev. 1920: Behold, /
stand at the door and knock. If any
man hear My voice and open the
door, l will come in and sup with
him, and he with Me-"
Our Lord was looking for the
guest chamber, and is seeking for it..
Will He find it in each Of our hearts :?
The word translated guest cham
ber" also occurs in the story Of
the nativity, Luke 2:7: "And she
brought forth her first born son, and
wrapped Him in swaddling clothes,
and laid Him in a manger, for there
was no room for Him in the inn" #
your heart is only as I'll inn, Christ
is seeking to make it E. guest cham
ber, where He will be the Guest. He
will only make yoUr heart and mind
the guest chamber On one conditiC n
He must be the only Guest, and
must have the preparation of the
chamber in His own hands.
A remarkable word appears in
Prov A:23: ''KeeD thy heart with
all diligence, for out Of it are the is
sues of life" The heart of man is
mentioned nearly nine hundred times
in Gods Book, ard chiefly in three
| connections.
First we have Gen. 6:5: God
saw that the wickedness OF man was
great in the earth, and that every
| Imagination OF the thought of his
heart was only evil continually" In
| the New Testament the same thought
occurs: Mary kept all these things
and pondered them i'll her heart. :"
Uuke 2:19.) In both these passages
We have one fact mphasized-tIe e
heart in connection with the intelIec.
of man.
Turn to Deut 6:5: "Thou shais
love the Lord thy God with all thin q
heart, with all thy soul, and witn all
thy might and to 1 Pet. 1:22:
Love one another with pure heart
fervently' y''-the heart in connection n
with the affections. Look at Dan. l.:
s: But Daniel purposed in his
heart that he would not defile him.
sell with the kings meat" also Acts
ll:23: THAT with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord
the heart II connection with the will.
1t is plain, therefore, that by "the
heart of man" We mean the place
where his intellect, affections and
will are focused: the centre OF the
intellectual, loving, purposeful self
In every one. If we want a picture
OF what we are naturally, we have
II here: THE heart is deceitful
aooye all things. and desperately
wicked and ''out Of the heart pro-
c9ed evil thoughts" etc. Yet what
ever the condition Of every heart,
Christ is seeking to make it His guest
chambe-.
!, Are we willing to allow Him to Do
this? Have we responded to the in
WIatjcn: My son, give Me thine
neart the heart looked at from
tne three standpoints we have no.
tlced? Have we surrendered our
tAlnGing. loving and purposing pow
eTs to Him?
II may be that some one has come
TO heswicl with the desire to know
Shat is taught here, because you
lave an idea that it does not fit in
VIII, WIN your theological position. God
wants your intellect. Are YOU wilma
~ give Him yoUr speculations, your
eIitlcisms CT His word and His mes
ttSsnserS tSn Are you willing to make
Nv. cohLesslon Of the Psalnist your
nm LORD, my heart is not lifted
ers. ep, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do
ia ;Ae,cise myself in great matters or
csnlngs too high for me?"
,;s5t nuall we not begin this convention
taat te4' VIII Win God by yielding our hearts
sna rcI tie may cleanse the cnanlbes
0,n iiaKe 1t fit for Him to dwell in
eivon nosltects, affections and wills
foro ~. 70 Him, the lower we get be-
rn:on aim the deeper will be ous
A., A'n ana communion with Hire
mt .~ ~ "niing to do His will? Fl
inaq a4e we willing to be made vii !.
ehi1d Ttann> IN az through the lie OF every
Divinoo VI nod are two great forces
As 49, o VIII and human will. So lore
but f5 nfi4 =, are side by side, ali is we'll,
the Mlies your Will and the will @
ston S'Sf a cross, and then there is {
necessaa .,lla This is where YOU find i
tan 1als Tfo TO die to self. The Chris
tons ., aas means the intellect, effec
to tho NJ Nv VIII made over absolutei,
seemeti|' MASTER, aSi, that He may do wha,
-eIn A,1 Him good.
take frF, "nat viii Ige do? He vii
caamhoua.l possession Of the g,,es-
His Ho,n ',1r?ins the searchligat o,
But I5e I5totr Shirt into every corner
~ ~oe5 this, not all ct once. bi1i