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49, b. able 90 serve
- - G Cd day and
- - night Tic spirit
ual viii have the supremacy. The un.
tirinS viii b. forever active
In the ninth verso % the previous
chapter Israel g. trying 20 wake up
Jehovah Awake. awake. put on
strcugth. o arm of the Lord The
words ~ our text 3 God's answer
20 that PRAYER Awake. awake. put
on thy strength. % Zion Wake up
Yourself SAYS The Lord = am not
asleep. No attribute of milne needs
repose- am ready. wiiiiaE. waiting
90 exert my power. whenever ypu ful.
Oh the conditions 7 have Imposed
We have not hy prayer or eKtrtion TO
Induce God 90 bless us But PRAYER
and excrtiou God requires fcr our
gucd. D. would b. no kiuIuess ln him
to bless sleeping Christians They
would not know b.. o. hc did Let rs
inquire
l. What are tho signs ~ sieeps
:. What ARE the causes ~ sleep,
J Why should We awake
The Signs of Sleep.
Inactivity. n "a man remains mo-
tionless on tSe lounre Tor three or
four hour. 7 take &C. Tor ra1ted that
he T. Asleep. n be- should eontiuue
Ia that motioniess condition Tor fhree
or four days. : should pronounce him
dead n a Christian does nothing FOR
Christ. d. Is asleep. " DE- persists
In his course 10 usclearunss it is
fair presumption THAT BE- is na CHRIS
tian az an life viii express Itself
BY their fruits ye shall kuow them
lnsensihllity % SIirht Impressions.
n ! wished to learn whether a man
were asleep. ! would not IRE can
non over him. Awake ur asleep. ne
would be aroused by that would
whisper To him or touch him gently
/ The fact thar you are startled by the
eanuon.boom OF great crime Is no
proof that you are awake. hut how ara
you affected by what the world calls
little sins Disobedience Of any kind
makes the wiieawake Christian smart
with pain
iuDlrected Edo-t. Peopis ta'k aud
valk in their sleep. but 1t 8 ali fo uo
purpose. Their talS ts inrohareut.
and their walk without aim when
pastor and people. VIII ail their
preaching AMI activities. have 40
blessius. It is because they are
asleep.
Causes Of Sleep.
Inactivity. one is not APT to go &c
sleep while he s. MOVING shout 4
| Christian active In viuuiuz souls viii
not go TO sleep Ills activity viii keer
him awake. Co o. WORK Exercise
yoHr mental. moral and spiritual Iimhs
Atmosphere. Certain ehzates put
people 10 sleep. So there are moral
and social atmospheric thar seem &c
be very good. out Christians who rl
into them fan asleep Prove to mo
that the atmosphere of the t,sa-er. the
ballroom and the club are good
as the prayer meeting. tAat FIRST
class people - 10 these places. that
men and women whose characters are
a0ove rsrroach patrouizs them. tho
fact remains that these good people
Z are. IS Christians. sound asleep. They
cTc not awake % winning souls. con-
vertius tha LeaJhen. building up the
church
Why Ne Should Wake Up.
Il l. Harvest Time. Christ looked
out upon the fields and dscared chat
they were ripe. waiting for the sickle.
To-day the helds are larssz and the
grain just as ripe Shame. shame. q
[ thousandfoid. on tte Christian who
sleeps a1d takes his rest. wh.Ia the
| fields in which be might reap many
golden sheaves are all around him.
and the grain that invites his sickle ia
being irampled by the hoois uf inadel-
ity and sin
Il Is Time Of War, and the Enemy
Is Wide Awake While we sleep. the
citadels of truth az being taken. our
very children are made captive by tie
enemy.
We Are Watchman. aced b. tho
Lord On the Walls to Give the People
Warning Sleep IS treason. For the
private soldier to fell To sleep IN the
midst OF battle is bad enough but for
the sentinel ca whom dep nds the
safety OF the army 10 sleep AZ his post
is criminal. And doubly criminal IS
! X, when those We love are in danger
A father walked out through the fields
with his little bright-eyed boy. ana lay
down to rest in an inviting shade. He
fell asleep. while the child played in
the grass around him. But on waking.
ne could not see the boy. He called.
and only echo answered. Frantic
with dread. he rushed TO the edge OF a
precipice, and saw on the rocks below
the mangled form Of his darling child.
| Could he ever forgive himself FOR sleep
/ ing. when he ought TO have known the
nearness OF the danger? Father.
mother. that may be your portrait. are
YOU at ease in your mind. sound asleep.
while your children are sp9rtini on the
eige Of the precipice Of infdelity.
drunkenness. or worse? Wake u0,
and seek their salvation
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