Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-26
pERrEoTNEss.

The real purpose OF the churches
is, through their agency and instru-
mentality to convert the world and
thsfeeya enable zmen and wonfensto
live 4ftQty hives, pure lives. 2 g M
Toshe holy rs to be. free frotn SINH
to be like God but not equal withp
God. The child is like its parent,H
Ehr1tanot equal with. its parent. Wei
may be pure but not mature. To be
holy means a heart and life that is
in harmony with the bible. This I I'M
derstand to be the mission of the
churches. But there can never be a
revival of this kind unless there is a
revival atmosphere, and there can
never be "a revival atmosphere with
out the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
1t seems to me there never, was a
time in the history of the race when
the Holy Ghost was so much needed
as at the present time. But are theE
people pEepared for.this? Il
There sare several. things. icom-l
pretended in Gods plan Of saving a
sinner. He must be- first &p~ungently,l
definitely convicted of his sins by the
Holy Ghost. He then sees himself
as God sees him. He realizes he is
a sinner. He nov wills to- act in
conformity, with his convictions and
God PASSIONS his sins ar Eegenerates|
him, and now he sustains. a justified
relationship to God This is the es-
sential prerequisite that makes men
and women eligible to :sanctifcation.
He is now prepared to make an I'M
conditional surrender to God of him
self and all that he possesses, and the
result is the very God of peace sancti-
ies him wholly. :, 2 =
l. know the above statements are
lftTue.f 4 speak from my, own person
hal aexperienee. Reader, = if yo1g are
h%ungering and thirsting for holiness
or sancthfcatien, CALI it which you
please youAare In q Justified state.
totherwise You are not, 1t ~isRstaFaiing
indeed, when we read the statements
lkof some of soufagFeatest tmen of fhe
low ebb, to which spirituality has de
generated. Talmage said chat, the
accessions in the Methodist church
were fewer than two per cent. in
twenty-five years" Other churches
seem to, meet with similar discourage
fHents Something wrong somewhere.
Rev.JJoiee says @that fewer than ten
bRer SCENT Of the church people are
kEe~onverted.." -
II aotised in an article in one Of my
kkpapers. this statement : More sasthan
It2b0, 000members of! the Presbyterian
Echurch aaave been placed on the ssusr
|tEsendedsnolp within thelast Eve years
land the fact is attributed to the
kGrowingsAove of pleasure, disregard
Ting of~the Lords day and the increas.
ing craze for amusements, We see
this pleasure loving sspiritsmanifested
wherever we go. The only way3l
can account for it is, our ministers
1tfail to preach and press h~oliness-te
the front. These are startling state.
ments when we consider that sous
tleountry is dotted with churches ant
millions spent for the conversion OF
1.-THE world. 4 dare -0ffer any cfftf
cisms to these stateneutss emanatins
.HsNs tssE. ags ireHRsshNa9e that i -
reH9hles s4kfdnit IL laGa good thing
1.-THE millions on their way. to he'll?
If the merchants of this town real
lied but two per cent. on their invest
ment howilopg would it be before the,
would be bankrupt?
The :wholesadministration to day i
weak and acorrppt son the sin question
1--WE hear little -pungentf preaching
against it. This accounts for SO 1ittl'
apparant difference between tn,
lchlTehaand.t he wond.s Nany%of on
churches are lruns Halmost exclusivel.
lon the commercial line. When / con
siderf theH many worldly ways tn
many worldly amusements to whicl
= the church Resorts to keep I'D it
finances, / sam aalmost forced to tn
of means tosrun His business in 'thi
III | xuox1A IT, e@hara -A1sn~e zl1rl% ~,o
K spiritpality ito degenerate then
tdonit know what will. /. shall neye
rs tforget the words of Bishop Weave
M when he dedicated the U. B. church a
G. Malinta, Ohio. Though it is abou
ye thirty years ago. since he. uttered ther
they stiil ring in my. ears. q
tered them. He SAID, Brethren us
this house for no other purpose tina
3. fof worshiping God"
IN I'm john sR:16 sIesus said, ".Tak
AZ Ethese Things .shenee, make not m
Fathers house q house OF merchaf
;1kdise." IN speaking of the church i
y Eph. SGT; tAsays: r"Ehatrhe Tmigh
-aa,4prssentsit to. himself. a glorious, churc
p, not having a.spot or wrinkle or an
afsueh thing; but that it should be hol
and without. blemish." Now brothe
,uif the current christianity Of toda,
q is the true christianity as it is rreYea
ed to9us in the bible 4 am ssugel
. laboring under a tremendous. erro
y into. which l have fallen. If you. ca
this treason4ors faRatieismi them man
.st of us are kguilty of these evils, .ft
lot wherever we go W shear the universe
complaint our Churches aresdead, sde.
s;t titute Of spirituality.
a. Lam sorry to say but it is, IA,
in and a sad zone too, THAT the churcht
,ta are full of dear people living in tt
NJ 9Th chapter Of Rom. imagiping ths
~ to be the normal christian life. Tht
have either never been taught bettt
or else smisled. It seems to me the
is nothing more dangerous than , 4
I.s mislead a seeking soul. If a deett
Is guilty of malpractice in atempor
lsurgery he Unjust i: suffer temper
penalty according Ito the laws
Ohio. So if a person is guilty of ma
'er practice in spiritual surgery he mu
In suffer an eternal-penafty aaccording i
49, Gods law. oh, show much we. net
ri properi teaching. = )
, Repentance, the real basis of SO
X walton, is shamefully neglected. So
on walton is freedom from sin. Throue
~, tive. become dead to the world, de-
n. to sin, dead to self and dead to Il
en, law. The real christian is spiritual
10 as dead to sin sAs the. person who h
'ls, suffered physical death is dead
nd the ayoeations Of life. I know Il
18th chapter of Rom. will bearme o
in this statement. The enlys possib
Rr,tremedy is the baptism of the Ho
OF Ghost. - e.
- .-1f - = = fH r.,
call to us is. to be perfect, to perfe
holinesssin His fear to. live perfect
OF Christ JJesus. to stand perfect in {
led His will. to be perfect in every go'
work and to be perfect as He is pc
reflect. If. ministers would preach al
christian perfection as it is 7
vealed to US in the bible l am qui
me fsure sthat Holy Ghost -christiani
II. would not be tagging so far behind