Year: 1875

CLrSGINa TO THE LoRD-sERMoN BY Rxv. Mr..
Mr. Hepworth preached to his usual congregation yes
terday morning. taking for his text Ezekiel xxxv 26


new heart also shall be given unto you and new
spirit viii bo put within you and will take the
stony heart out OF your flesh and give you heart OF
flesh


God never yet made promise which He did not stand
ready to fulnL We find nothing Of the impulsivcness
Of human nature in His communications with men; His
uiterance is wise, deliberate, strong No statement is
an oyerstatement and understatement Hc
means exactly what He says and exactly what He
means Iwsh you mark in that passage one or two
markabie suggestions. God does not say, II you
will trust me viii improve you." Hc docs tell
US If we will follow Him He viii educate till
become saints You might expect TO hear just such
language from the Almighty; but everything God does
He docs radically. Ir He touches US We become
changed not in part, but in entirety He says, "A
heart will give unto YOU and in the next verse
will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk
in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments"


There are two theories with which We come in con
tact every day life They tell US the soul only needs
TO be trained in order TO be perfect. That, far
as it goes, II is holy and pure and breaches to
us in fashion hard TO understand concerning dim
ideal every ought to follow, that all men haveto
do Is to try and IL try honestly, though fail





Ful servant, thou into the joys OF thy Lord.
Well brcthrenthere is truth and good deal or
error in that statement II you will examine your
heart you will find that yo ha ideal that ordinary
1oik working f1 II tho age OF discretion till
death toward what call ideal. There Is ideal.


WE LivE FROM HAND TO MorrH,


rs the saying is That is the great difficulty with
We have aim


Gods theory entirely different He says you ali
wrong We win not discuss the question as 10 how it
10 be We all wrong, and DO
set right not by any power resident IN ourselves but
by power from outside There Is compromise IN
this matter Christ does not say that all that s needed
rs to educate ourselves No. when Christ looks upon
IL is when we look at some old, tumble down house
There no use in trying u mend IL II there isever TO
be habitabc dwelling on that site The best way is TO
take every timber down and brid new house IL Is
written, There are mono righteous; no not one.
what Arc not the saints righteousg No not one tIt
is pretty hard for feel that he has got give
everything and begin again. and yet Christ demands
nothing less You say you can educate yourself
Ay, undoubtedly, up TO certain point; but let
show you the exact difference between way and
His way. tries to overcome evil habit.
OF bis house who has shut the door and placed himself
against TO brace IL What a struggle il IS and how
hard II Is! You must think about II every moment.


II IS rnE MOST DIFFICULT THING


you ever undertook II your foot should slip, you are
themselves better. cannot cure any bad habit and
don't believe anybody else can On the other hand,
when trusts in the Lord he ovcrcomes all trials and
temptations Of life Then Jesus quietly enters the
dwelling where you live, and with His gentle hand
closes the door His presence everywhere; there is
fear He has promised to take care OF you you
will trust and love Him. Then


SATAN mxsELY xAr LOOK WINDOW,
but when he notes the atmosphere Of that home
he knows that that Is no place for him. he
turns hts back aud seeks for gentler game There is
no way in which you can overcome life so easily and
completely as By taking Christ into your heart and
giving Him s that is best and nobcst In your nature.
Now once more everything is new in this new life.
have carefully studied human nature, and have noted
these acts-When a man feels that he is simply
sefrolIant and sefcontroiled when be feels
unlike relying any other power, life is
not a very sweet satisfactory thing to him
on the whole, aad way down 10 his heart
he thinks about chance, though he talks about
it. In She atmosphere Of that mans actions there is
dim perccpLve consciousness o. fate and such man.
IN tho season or sorrow and temptation likely TO fall
Turn the picture / have in my minds eye a saint
hough be does not think be Is That man does not
believe IN chance No ono treads in his life except the
angels. Whatever comes comes not from below, bat II
Is by his cooperation IA you understand mc by
the cooperation and comminging Of his spirit with
the spirit or Christ III be were to define il he
would say il marriage between God and
man and his power is increased nightly. How
Joy that happiness forever and strength that viii
not laiL We want fath-and, thank God We can
have ihai viii last in this life and the life 70 come
and leave us only when faith is changed to sight Havo
you not noticed IN the lives Of some beauty not pos
sessed By yourseilY


THE SECRET IS mpDES


in that Book, and is not the exclusive property of
any one. 'Whosoever will let him come and drink
will give you new heart saith The Lord Oh n we
could only enter into this sweet relationship With Cod
Now, mark you, out IN the forest yonder there


A MAGEIFicEST OAK.


It's branches tower above the about and II sends
Its branches out far and wide At s base there is an
ivy but alas, IL crawling along the ground where
no ivy belongs IL Is out Of place Brethren you and
stand there We know what TO do and now to do
IL We must have q radical change No moro ground
for the ivy except enough 10 hold the roots Come
now. let in pity go TO work and take up the vine
tenderly and trail UP around tho oak That oak viii
never give way. The oak is the typo Of Christ Give
spear aud will drive i into the oak, about breast
high where the Roman spear pierced Christ Give me
nails and hammer and I'll drive the nails where the
mails driven into HIS hands Let the IVY cling
around 1.-THE treo Is wounded for It's sake-and then
fhe ran comes and makes II all clean That Is tho
that Jesus wants every human soul-to be lifted up
from the ground, and it must be done radica lily.