The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-03-18

down In front, and seek salvation
kneeling down at the anxious seat 4"
He sat there thinking for a while:
then he said to himself. why not?
am convinced OF the truth of that
mans position. l know my duty; VIII
should not do like any other man?'
He got up from his place in the gall
lery, and went down the stairway,
and came up the stairs back of where
Mr.. Finney was preaching, and Mr..
Flnney In the midst Of his sermon
felt some one pulling on the skirts
of his coat. He turned round, and
there stood the Chlef-Justice of the
Court of Appeals OF New York State
He asked, What is it," The Chief
Justice replied, "Mr. Finney, IL you
will call for people to come to the
anxious seat will come" Mr.. Fin
ney stopped his sermon and said, 9Th
Chief-Justice Of the Court of Appeals
OF New York State says IL will call
for anxious ones to come to the
anxious seat he will come. call
for anxious ones now" and the Chief
Justice of the Court of Appeals went
down and took his seat on the "anxi-
Gus seat" and almost every lawyer
and barrister In Rochester was con-
veiteG, and II is said 100000 people
were converted In twelve months in
that district.
Ladies and gentlemen, there are
some Of you here tonight who, II
you had the courage of your convic-
tions and came to Christ, not secret
ly as some OF you want to, but walk
ed right out and took your seat down
here In front when / called you to do
it, it would shake Berea. Are you
men enough to do It? Are you wo-
men enough to do it? Your influence
may not be as great as that. but all
OF you have an influence VIII yoI
exert 1t for Jesus Christ when the
time comes tonight?
In the third place, every one
should publicly confess Christ before
the world, because It is the only way
to obtain the fulness of blessing that
there is In Jesus Christ. In Matthew
X. 80 80. are the words of the Master
Himself: "Whosoever shall confess
Me before men, him will l also con-
fess before My Father which is in
Heaven; but whosoever shall deny Me
before men, him will l also deny be-
fore My Father which is in Heaven"
oh, friends, think OF ito have Jesus
Christ confessing you before God
the Father in Heaven. A little
fellow. a wee little fellow. got up at
a meeting one night, with the tears
running down his eheeks-he was a
little whlte-haired Swedish boy-and
said, Friends, IL l confess Jesus on
earth down here. then will He also
confess me up there before the
Father" and sat down. That was the
best speech that was made that night
oh, to think of ito have the Lord
Jesus confess your name before the
Father in Heavenl In our great
Civil War, when one of our generals
won a great victory, II was the custoi
of the Member of Congress for his
district to propose a vote of thanks
to him on the floor of the American
Congress. II was the highest ambi-
ton OF generals to be thus mentioned
upon the floor of Congress. remem-
Der that grand old hero, General How
ard, once saying to me, "Torrey there
was one proud day of my life, and
that was when a vote OF thanks was
moved to me on the floor of Congress
by the whole Congress for my stand at
Gettysburg" But what is 1t to be
mentioned on the floor of any Parli-
ament or Congress down here to being
mentioned in the court of Heaven
by the Lord Jesus Himself? And the
men and women who confess Christ
uoHh htit III btitd NHdptlt Jesus
Christ will confess you before God
in Heaven.
Moreover, when Christ does confess
you before the Father, then you will
get the fulness of the blessing. When
He confesoes you then God sends His
Holy Spirit into your heart. | remem-
Der one night in a mission at Atlanta,
Georgia, at the close of the meeting,
a young man Of about thirty or thirty
five years of age, was brought to me.
Some one said to me, This Is one
Of the leading advocates of Atlanta.
He took all the oratorical honours in
his university. ! wish you would lead
him to Christ II stood few moments
talking to him, then, said to him,
Are you not a Christian" He said,
mo, sir. | am a church member; in
fact, | am the superintendent of
Sunday School, but am not a Chris
tan" Well" said. why don't you
become a Christian" He said, IL