Evening journal., 1916-01-03


famine district and was possessed OF
great eNhaustless granaries Of precious
I grain. Or II the multitudes were dy-
ing about him with some pestilence
and he had discovered a remedy that
would heal the malady. Would there
not be d. zeal i'm trying to save thou
sands? They had got the Spirit from
the Christ Himself something that isl
greatly needed in our own day; an
enthusiasm for humanity Earnest
ness Is always attractive. When the
4 Christian realizes that the life away
from Christ In every sense Is lost, ana
that to Him has been given the only
cure for spiritual disease and death,
thon will he show the Masters spirit
which exclaims. 81 must be about my
Fathers business.
We are now led to consider in what
ways every soul can witness for Jesus.
In the 6rst place. we can witnes by
our words. This is the way the apos-
ties witnessed at Pentecost The Word
! OF God has distinctly said that it is
by the foolishness OF preaching mot
the preaching of foolshness) that God
has seen ft To save them which be-
lieve. This was how Stephen witness
ed. and he did it SO effectively that
81 the only way they could sop his in
fiuence was to kill him. IL was by
this method that ,Philip witnessed
when he went down into Samaria, and
2 by his words there was started such
"a great revival that Peter and John
2 had to come and help him.
In our days we are getting away
from this form Of testimony. The
! dumb demon seems to have taken
2 possession i'm many of our churches.
81 As some one has said, many are like
p the rivers that flow into the North
e Sea-frozen at the mouth. In spir-
r itual matters they are tongue-tied;
D lupon other things their tongues seem
indeed to be tied, but tied in the
s middle, wagging both ways. A per-
J. son can always talk about the things
{ he Is Interested in. That will be on
{ his lips which is uppermost in his
n mind When the disciples were tili-
s ed with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
: they spoke with other tongues. II
8 was not only a change of language
. but also a change Of theme.
a But we can bear witness for Jesus
"a also by our works. This is a very
a practical age in which we are liging
= People are asking in everything
: What is it worth? Usually in ouI
= land the form Of question is, What
did IL cost? That was a noble ut
terance Of King David. 81 will not
= offer unto the Lord that which costs
y me pothing" The reason why many
people have no more interest i'm re.
e ngion is because they have no more
u capital to draw interest on. In the
II critical spirit Of these days every
thing is compelled to pass through
u the crucible analysis We do mo-
"a want our religion 10 escape this test
J. If Il Is not worth anything the
u sooner we hnd It out the better Th'
u world is asking us 70 make good
T. "What do We mores than others ?
- They will not he satisfied with mere
90 professions and theories, they wan
r results. Christ makes the same de
n mand. "Why call ye Me Lord Lore
# and do not the things which sayY
is Every tree that bringeth not forti
e good fruit is hewn down, and cas-
? into the fire."
It Opportunities for Testimony.
d Opportunities for this kind OF ties
,- timony' are much more numerous
n than the most OF us realize. =
Ie young lady came 20 me at the olos'
n Of an afternoon service and seemed
y very enthusiastic to do some Chris
.e tan work. III / knew what to do.
y she said. ~ would be glad to do IT,.
m We'll" said ], "I am told that ther
,e are many young mothers IN TN
h. lneighborhood that are unable to ge
IA out to any of the meetings. IL woul
~ be an excellent plan II some OF yo
Christian girls would go and one
no your services to these mothers TO re
= main with the little ones while the
A.. attend the meeting" The youn
:, lady looked very much surprised a
~ my suggestion: she seemed 10 sa,
-, "Why do you know who I am?
~. am a graduate Of a great university
I come from one of the wealtnies
n homes i'm the city. You surely woul
y. would not expect me to do a wor
~ like this! The children might nav
sa dirty hands and soil my fine gown
~ In few moments she turned an
=, went away having lost entirely ne
"a desire for Christian work. Ihese
~ nothing she could have done TO sho'
~, more EFFECTIVELY the spirit of Chris
~. Witnessing by Our Lives.
But there Is another form of test
!. monv far greater than either of thes'
~ II is witnessing by our lives No
"a have Christian fruit without Chris
~, tan fruit tree. You might tie th
m apples or pears on a maple, but ths
,o+ would not make an apple or a pea
M tree. But you cannot have trul
-, Christian life without its evidence
,ly Christian works The cause guaral
tees the effect. Greater than an,
IVA thing we can say or do is what "
al are. II is what Phillips Brooks meai
NE by the "Alan behind the sermon
rel People are tired of buying goods froi
De- catalogs. they want TO see sample
lie You talk about being saved. Whi
me have you been saved frOm2 IL is
les glorious thing TO be truly saved. bl
YES one is not saved in his sins, but fro
be his sins. ApplN the test TO your ow
Ten life Are YOU as selfish. are you
we sour. as you were before you becan
to Christian? Are you avaricious ar
ro- penurious? Do you give way as fr
md quently to appetite and passion?
lily so. then you have nat been saved
f. you ought 10 be saved.
Iity In an after-service one evening
al asked "A young man II he was "a Chri
on tian. mo" he said. Il am not
hu- said /. My friend. would you miI
les. telling me why YOU are not a Chri
ind Jian ." "Well" said he II VIII coI