Year: 1875

God "gveth the increase" Israel wanted water and
they dug channels for God pour il in They prepared
Ior lhe Supernatural blessing, ana the oiessi caio
We in Brooklyn dig for the water and there are
several trenches that must be opened First OF all We
must cut deep, broad trench Of brothery love- rms
must 90 from church door 70 another,
all over our beautiful city. Christians must
overeap their denominational walk and be ready 70
work for Jesus only. The one rallying cry must be
"Brooklyn Christi" God grant that the good work
shall stop until the most degraded and fororn arc
reached until the dram dens are closed and the drun
ards are reformed; until what Brother Moody cals
'the miserable rich and the miserable poor are
brought alike to the same JOY and power OF the life
in Jesus Not only between our churches, but within
our churches, must GOODNESS and consciousness give
place to mutual confidence and cooperation Some.
times good men and women vexed that things do not
90 better fall TO striking each other,


GETTING A BRUIsE


among the rest 1t is as il rdeman on the battlefield
seeing the fight go badly should quit firing and begin
TO batter his comrades with the butt Of his rne
Whereas his own example, in just standing hrm and
taking sure ann would do to restore the battle
than all his disorderly assaults his fellow soldiers
In our own congregation, then, let us have q deep
trench of broherly love- and every man must dig be-
fore his own door second trench TO be opened is
earnest peniential, believing prayer our petitlohs
must be honest well as full OF trust IN God. Too
many falsehoods uttered in prayer meetings Sins
gbly confessed there in prayer, which, II charged
upon the speaker by anybody else, he would grow red
the face with wrath. Men often pray for the eonver-
sion of their friends and then never open their lips or
lift finger toward leading them to the Saviour We
must pray with our lives as well as our ips-genuine
prayer born of conriton and thirst for holiness and
breathed in the name of Christ the Divine lnterces-
sor win cut deep channel through which God will
pour full streams OF salvation. When Brother Moody
comes may he find Gods people their knees That,
in itself, would be revival


PERSONAL REPENTANCE.


third trench to be dug is Of personal
repentance for sin Not other peoples sins,
but our The best drainage for farmers field is
sub-soil drainage. In churches and in hearts
need a sub-soil repentance. 1t must cut deep 1t
must cut up sin by the roots. Tho trench that
drains OIL sins will be channel for the sweet life
giving waters of salvation There other channels
TO be opened One of them is work-indvidual work
for sinners If men converted in Brooklyn it must
be by Each soul must be labored with either
in the inquiry meeting elsewhere We shall need TO
practise setde IN doing good. Business men must
be willing to take time and spend money and give
themselves TO the Masters service. prayer meeting
must have stronger attractions than party of pleas
The wider the trenches the broader and
fuller may be the stream OF divine blessing There
no sound of wind or rain in the camp Of Israel when
the waters came in and filled the dtches So the ad-
vent of our brethren the evangests nay occasion
violent excitement Neither Of them seek noisy
element They reprobate il. Their earnest desire is
that the tides OF spiritual power from heaven
may flow steadily and silently into every soul
AS the tides rise from the over bars and Shiny
ground and lift up the kees OF grounded vessels,
Shall these glorious blessings Of the Holy Ghost now
into this whole city II we these blessings let
prepare for them. Come Lord Jesus Come quickly
hold with Thy free Spirit and then shall sinners be
converted unto Thee. Not unto our modest brethren,
Moody and Sankey but unto God shall be all the glory