Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02

be. You also discover how this change
is 10 be wrought-through Christ's
death for you on the cross, and the re-
production OF his life In you by the
Holy Spirit. This lie no dream or fc-
ton. but a blessed reality, and he who
commits the keeping Of his life to the
Lord Jesus will soon find II SC.
2. Without Christ you can never
do your best work. You have insatl
able cravings which no one can satisfy
but the Lord Jesus. You have a fund
OF energy which no one can dispel, and
powers Of usefulness which no one
can develop so we'll al the Savior.
Jesus Christ is as Indispensable to a
thinking man as sunshine to a flower.
Consider too the inconsistency OF
searching all creation for facts, and
yet ignoring the greatest fact in the
worlds history that Christ died and
rose again. This alone, the best at
tested fact in history, makes the APP
peal to become a Christian supremely
rational. II you refuse the appeal, 1t
devolves on you to give the a
why.
3. Ones capacity to know God
weakens by disuse, and may be utterly
lost. Charles Darwin said in early
life, II believe God will reveal him
self to every individual soul, and my
most passionate desire ia a deeper
and clearer vision OF God. But one
a easily lose all belief in the spirit
uai by giving up the continual thought
and care for spiritual things" Near
the end of his life he said. I'm my
younger days l was deeply religious,
but | made my mind a kind of machine
for grinding out general laws in the
material world, and my spiritual ma
ture atrophied." His last days we're
clouded with sadness and spiritual
gloom.
Rev. J. Douglass Adam, d. D., Of
New York, said at a Mortified con-
ference a few "a ago. "A friend OF
mine was once on a parliamentary
commission with Prof. T. H, Huxley.
They happened to stay at a little coun-
try inn wei Sunday. Huxley said to
my friend. II suppose you are going to
church this morning?"
81 am: | always go to church
81 know you do said Huxley, but
suppose this morning you sit down
and talk with me about religion-sim-
pie experimental religion
ct WILL said my friend. If you
mean it.
They sat down together. and my
friend out Of a deep and rich expert.
ence told him OF the cross Of Christ
and ~pardoning love. and after three
hours tears stood In Huxley's eyes and
he put out his hand and said, II
could only believe that, l would be
willing to give my right hand What
do you call that but intellectual i'm
prisonment? Huxley was perhaps the
greatest scientific enemy Of Christian
ity In our generation.
THE same friend toldm that agair
and again Mr.. John Morley woult
come to him In the lobby Of the hous'
OF commons, and put his hand In hii
and say, I want you to pray for me
l am going to Ireland on importan
executive business. and | want you
prayers Morley is perhaps the lead
ing literary agnostic today"
What a pitiful picture, Two master
full minds so imprisoned by reason
that they could not believed Con
scious OF their need Of God, and ye
not knowing how to approach himl 1
dying man once said to the writer. a"
know I ought to turn To God, but
have had my own way so long tina
now l lack the power to turn. hav
lost control of my own will and l mus
die as I have lived"
The conclusion Is this. that ever
student ought to accept Christ, an
ought to do IL now. II he waits Nv
years, the chances are that he wi
never do IL. Every year that he put
It OF he loses something Of his capt
city to discern spiritual truth. and I
feel It's force.
Every man wishes to make the moi
Of himself. The only possible way I
do this is to decide now, for every m
ment some part Of his inheritance
slipping away, never to be regaine'
Strictly speaking, 1t is NOW or NE'
ER.
Behold. now is the accepted time
behold, now is the day Of salvation
Oh Cor. SGD