Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-18
sANcT|EIGAH0N

Will put me- Will A00L- convert hlm
against his will. He must now will to
act in according with his convictions.
This makes his will and Gods will
parallel. The moment he does this
God pardons his sins, regenerates
him. He is now in a justified relation
ship to God. This is the essential
prerequisite, that makes him eligible
to sanctification.. He is now prepar-
ed to make full and complete con-
secratlon, an unconditional surrende1
to God of himself and all that he pos.
sesses and the inevitable result is athe
very God of peace sanctiies him
wholly" 1, Thess, 5, %. You may
call thickness rsanctifcation, which
you. choose; they are synonymous
terms. - -
God says "beye holyfor am holy.'
1t is the acme. of the christians ex.
perience. Lam glad Jesus through
the atonement made it possible fol
US to reach that point. We are told
by good authority that holiness is the
most oft repeated command in the
bible. 1t is mentioned fifteen hun.
dred times. Where it says once "be
born again" it says twenty times abe
side OF heaven that will save US. Yet
we seldom hear a sermon preached
We holy" 1t is the only thing on this
pungently, definitely on that, subject
even though it lis of the most vita
Importance. Most of our preaching
brings us up to. the Jordon but does
not take US across into the land OF
Canaan, Remember, am not, talk.
ing about literal Canaan. Listen. the
true promised Canaan for us is en-.
tire specification ~, 80
We look across with a wishful eve
We, see the beautiful country thai
nows with milk and honey, the rich
fields OF corn. and vineyards of fine
grapes but do not venture across
where we can satisfy our hungry soul
AND, we keep singing that old song
that is just about worn thread-bear:
Vn Jordon,s stormy banks 1 stand o
And cast a wishful eye, ~, a. =,
10 Canaan's fair and happy land
where my possessions. lie.
Brother, cross over; just now. into
the land of Canaan which is our sane.
tlncatiop and you will sing that old
song no longer. Some have said to
me what is Specification 1t is .
heart and life in exact harmony with
the teaching Of. the bible. A life SC
completely surrendered to God that
he can do as He will with us, clay IN
the potters hands,. Again, it is fol.
lowing Jesus steps.
NO protesting christian will deny
but that Jesus is. our model, our pat.
tern. Then to follow His steps mus
adjust my life, with His. He did nc
SIN, no, guile was found in. His mouth
wnen de was reyiled He reviled moi
again, when He suffered He threaten.
sd not and committed himself to Hin
who Judgeth righteously. L, Petre. 2
70. Now, If He is my model, INV nat.
ern then i must do no sin. there
must be no guile in my mouth. wber
| am reviled must not reyile, wheT
4 sufter ! must not threaten. Brother
ms is strong meat But i believe II
= Just what we, need We have beer
Ieds on milk long enough. committine
myself to- Him who judgeth RIGHT.
eousiy means a full and complete con.
secration of myself and all that j
gossess,r which always results in en-.
tire sanctification. The christion con.
Socrates, God sanctifes. When w,
say we are fully consecrated to Coz
we simply tell what we have done -us
give the human side, but if we have
not conscious reception of sanctifi
cation the divine side our consecratior
Is good for nothing, a farce and ,
failure. This is. true from the ver,
fact that sanctifcation is the resui,
OF completely conservation. 4. "a
:, But my, bible says the Holy Ghos
is our sanctifier.s Then if have beer
baptized with the Holy Ghost | an
sanctified. The bible speaks of bu,
two baptsms, Johns baptism untt
repentance, Christ's baptism with tn,
Holy Ghost. Two ,differene persons
two different baptisms and two differ
ent eltments. A person may have tn,
baptism of repentance and know
nothing of the baptism with the Hol,
Ghost. :. will prove this by. and by,
Let me illustrate A. S., S. superen
tendent may be learned man, highl,
educated, well versed in. the scriptures
successful in his labors, fully compet
ent TO review s. S. lesson and Civ
good wholesome instructions to hi
school and know only the baptism 10
repentance and know, nothing of tn,
baptism with the Holy Ghost. Agail
q minister may be a learned MAJ
highly educated, eloquent, mighty i
the scripture successful in his, labor
and know only the baptism of ne
pentance, and know more abou
the baptism with the Holy Ghost thai
a hottentot. Now for the nroof
These, statements. can be proven bv
member of different passages o
scripture but l will cite to but on
which ought to convince any one VIII,
is disposed to be guided by truth as i
is recorded in the bible.
Please turn to Acts 18, "a, 25. No
tlce the wonderful qualification
Apollos possessed. He was eloouen
mighty in the scripture, instructed il
the way of the Lord, fervent in spiri
spake and taught diligently the thing
OF God, knowing only the baptism O
John. He certainly knew nothing O
the baptism, with the Holy Ghost. Mr
~~SNNJ SARCAACACGt Is TlRnL 10 Uni
point. / get this from a strictly re
ligeous paper, and a strictly relieiou
paper should contain only truths an,
facts. He was holding a meeting a
a certain place, Il don't remembe
where, matters not) and was havin,
good success. A number of penitent
were at altar when two ladies VIII,
were wholly sanctifed stepped to tn
altar. Mr.; Moody asked them to pray
They said to him 1--WE are praying tina
you may, be baptized with the Hol,
Ghost. He was truly astonished a
this remark. He had been a ministe
number Of years, had good success
greatly blessed in his labors. HI
could not understand it.
The more he. thought of it tn,
deeper were his convictions. He wen
home, dropped on his knees, wrestlet
with God until he received the baptism
of the Holy Ghost. Woulda any one dar
say he was not converted prior to thi
time. There are hundreds, We,
thousands of good honest people to
day witnessing to sanctifcation as
second work of grace whose wor
would not be impeached by any cour
in the United States. 1 am well con
vinced if people would ponder thi
subject well, Law aside all their pre