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PHYSICIAN SUlXMMi- t
J nl certain woman,
which hwl ati
. -.T.- n.iui iw1y rears, anil had. suf-
r '" " fered many tblnof iny pbJJ .
TnTbad spent all that she had,fed w
. tJttrrat: bat rattier grew wprw,
had licanl of Jms, came lathe
' 1 nrfgs behind, and tonwieu uw garment.
.1 intend tb is inorning first
- 01 all,. TO CAJ' o'Vi"is
"upon whom poor, sin-sick souls
nftpn trust; when I have done
4 : BoX'ynll - show you. why all
! ceDtion. fail ; thirdly, JL.
V' describe' the plight of.'tliTa-
tient after the; .'failure p.f hese
' trnsfpfl nhvsicfans: and lastly,
at
J 1 ' : 1 ' ' ' ' - - " "...V.r ':',...::,,'! ::;!,- ,- ....'.:..., ; - t i ; ' ' jI 1 t "
ffclldiiini that' tticrn: is'tio roA-
wrrecti'in; 5ieithlcr ' ansjoT, bor
pirUr tt jmoMatp fOjW to
isncli a'niiit 'L(vruk? oat and
but men have wide 'walIown
and can receive any tliiH g.Vh
ihrnlfbr Iniinu
wonVler lofran hour; ttcdtirott
he sanctified liy 'gazing' at gena:
flexions, millinery, and candle !
The'EMf is feaid to bu k hore
graio3qiiarf eY rf the.fieavena'
lhan the4Vesf,''any crecdiro-
direction jposse33 a pecauar ef
ficacyt ''tt'appeaa? that in Jupir-.
itual onerationa certain' colors
nhv
1rw ft Mirrt r can , DO
' -wronght even in tliwe." . t A
k,. , J. xiet me exposo tho physi-,
- Wans who delude so -inany.by
l 1 their Tain pretensions. , i
-"Amon the herd of deceit
f'CTa,"ITsingI oat one of the yi-
Cri; an Oia csuiunsueu
J doctor, wlio has had a 'wide 4
f - practice auioug iu-iv;, isuum
-v . a dieted old poisoner hie is,
1 - bnt for ' all that , exceedingly
popular; Dr. Sadducee. Ho
v adopts usnally the hoinceopa-
sthic principle, namely, to enre
'r like by'its like. "He gives one
' ' fonii of sin a a carefoTatioth-
' - one melancholy with unbelief,
'- he prescribes licentiousness.
He says,uYou are getting dull;
- - vou must cheer up: you ought
; ? to mix with society. A young
t r' person liko you ought not t to
be disturbed ,with these' seri-
- - ou3thoughtsythbJ4lC
: fanatics who alarm vupray
' be calm I would recommend
you to attend the theatre bi tho
music hall; these will drive
; dull care away." He feela the
1 patients pulse, tells him itris
mucli too low; lie must really
- - take 'a. little stimulant,' and
try what gayety wili.do. 5 Alasf
. this Id but damning prescrip
t tion is frequently written; font
and pressed ' upon " awakened
J souls as if it were wisdom ? it
; 8elfwhereas it is a piecei of
Satanic cf aftahd I falsehoodiJ
It never did work a cure, and
never can. It bids' the v man
? - escape fromdrowningby4 Jlun-
gmg deeper beneath the waves
; r - It tells him to quench the flam e
' - which isburning in his heart
bTaddisrfueltai&Itpre
"r tends to heal the leper by ttrus- j
ong mm mxo xne inner recess
es of theilazaTaiousehere
's-s disease runs not the most mis-
. erably. By makingbad worse,
,w the lover of pleasure hopes to
recover ; from the qualms of
conscience. As a notable ; in
1 . stance of Dr. SadduceVs pra(
x ': tice," in ; its mildest form, I
would quote the case of George
Pox, the celebrated founder of
- the Quakers; when perplexed
- - i about his salvation, ho went to
i divers friends and ministers
- for advice; one said he thought
it vould dohim much good to
smoke tobacco; another recom1
- mended him to' get married as
' speedily as possible; another
thought if he joined ; the ' voi
: unteers,r that would certainly
- take off his thoughts from
-melancholy. '"Alas!" he says,
- - - ?I found them as empty as a
- hollow drum." SUch phy-
- - sicians minister no medicine
to a mind diseased; - - ;
' A story is -- told ' of Oarlini,
; the Italian actor, who being
f the subject of heavy- depfes
rsion of spirit, applied to a
- Trench physician and was 're-.
. .commended to attend tho Ital
i iaa theatre, and, id tho phy-
sician: "If Caxlini does : not
: - dispel your clociny cciuplaint,
-y our cas3 must be desperate in
" deed The physician was not a
. litth rpri::dyrhea his ipat
, . , lent replied, ittAlas! eir, I am
1 , Oarliui;,End i whila I divert
,v , all Paris with mirth, and
, :nokQ them almc:t dia with
O t laughter. I tr!V5-ir rm f1n
,s v J "0
with melaccholy" Hotr einp
;ty and inefficient nro :i tho
.amusements of: -the world!
Even in their Ian filter, their
heart rejoice 3 not. llircrahb
comforters are all the: 3 who
would drown " crion.;ness in
Wini r'" 'po!mnnf " "V
the heart is
drink! f F to-morrow! wo die;
tro dreads to 'die, and' trembles j
him un;iwarcs.: , ...'.q -A
uiach' more respectable
firm ol physiciantoj he
tablished fronT fitno lihme arof H
al in the reionf IMount inai
near jt ijo7abqtl"e. ofu-pno Halrar
known' ps ji he bondwoman. jTlie
hnsiness is nowi carricdori bV1
Dr. Legality and . his pupil! Mr. prtdwihth!e headf inUhat
Civil it v. - i Yon ... wi 11 , remember
thaiirt John BunyanV tjtiiejthey'
were m ; large practice j air.
Worldly wisemarj t :waV iheir,
patron,' and 'sent the; pilgrim
round that way; teninhim that
the. bid" doctor 'had ' muchVskili
irt delivering' meh., of heirj Or-'
dehs'and that jf 4 the old Vehtle-
:man" himself was not' at hbttie,
nis young - man, : xur . vtviHty,
would do almost as AvelL jlnis
firm was trading in our Sa
vior's day r under th&naxne -of
Scribe -and4 Pharisee.It !vas
the same4deceptivesystem,i'and
under different names,; it will al
ways be the; same Apiece oT im-f
posture until; thexrack-of jdoom.
Thephejory t)f Ipracticens this;
VBe pareful in jjiet;arid .regi jneri
be very observant Cok certain
laws andregulationsy and theif
your issue, .of blood, or. whatever
it may be,-shall be healed.!'! G?
all over England, and the great;
doctor, for men's souls, the most
popWarphysician .nojvhymgjJs;
this1 I)r Legality iThoi ione
greatresription : sJ tovtJns
and do that; abstainfrprnf ihisu
and give up thet)ther ephej
commanamenw anq Play, ja;
rtain hours, and Tjthese, thing
i will save you," Dressed put in.
cuereui itisiiiujiB, put ui was mo
BanveTthirig t his great' falsehkodt
bf salvation f htthe worksl .at
the law isT s
.A t H'i ' it
iniaginii'lhat indterlal substan--cs"u'can
"be !?fobd . for '"'souls.
SurclyUhU "DrJ Ceromoiiial
flonri?hes all the Inbro because
of the "monstrous absurdity 4 6f
iiiJT tencliingsj nis pills arc huge
Ull i
der its iron sway
holding mem uh-
aud deluding
ineir s aesirucuon.
There may bersome?nbwpres
ent who are unhappy enough,
riot to know the ' truth which
us sb" plaihlyrt By )
ilia i
the ilSee'dlWthelaw there s
no flesh be justified in his si
IbrWtheiawis'iheMowtedga
ofSgin:IvraMmf self for
many a a ay ireaiea oyais lur.
draught 'have'I svvaI13we3 unV
operati
are peculiarly ' efficaciouyprajV5
ers Biihi. or' Bung - in : wihihi are
far ;moro- prevalent tha tin
blacky and acctirding to tho I age
of the year 'a'rid 'the Condition
.bf-the? moohypu.ee, violet', scar
ier and bfue,' nr more acceDta
ble ii Gcxl. have no patience
with these 'things; it is hardly '
good enough sport for laughter;
but? so long J as fools abound
knaves 1 will ' flourish and ; this
Dr. Ceremonial will get men to
to r spend their substance in
abundance; and ' laugh in I his
sleeve to think that rational be
ings should be his r silly dupes.
I trust there are none such herei
I hope none of you are so be
fociledl What can there be in
crossings, bowings, ! and utter
"gi oyandi over the same
words r btiWhati is any worship
unle:thp reason and heart ent.
teririto it la it nQt as absurd as
the fetishism of the. Bushman,
to believo that bricks and ? mor
-raa stales ana jooaraing,
can make; a holy- place? -iThat
indeed, anVone plae can be a
jot holier than another; jthatjany
piptiiiigrnd,icanbe: holier
than comrnpnigrjDundj not that
any man, because, certain words
have been said over his godless,
graceless -head, can be made a
dispenser' of the grace , of God.
aiid a-parbner)f sins! ,iWe: are
riot sq befooled; but still th;s
quack f drives a good trad e, and
is ei(x la yery mgu . repuie. i , t
l;8haU now.mention a phys-
iciau TyhapractigesamorigDis
senters a well ,jas i elsewhere,
am persuaded i has some
der : his orders. I tried," to keenJ ao4ilriir swiorDiffoted.
uik't jaw ui jruu, uu . uiuuu.
CI
vain to- ofTer :
it 13
r.m :o ana uio
nce, cr ta fill l.i-Ml.3 Lo-.tI.
vh:n tLa arrows cf GcIeIIcIi
WCiir3
.en tli3 c-r, i-.n.l
1
f-3tta rnicn'
vain ee;:-3
;tonr, tliey
th:v
Gel:
11:3
:rv
rcn:-
U2
that iiy epentancearidHears
must l-an atonerrient for fthe'
past ' But 'fvh6'-can '- keep the'
law? What matfean keep whole
what he has broken? We have
each of tis already? simied and
therefore me hope of aitiiiori
by our own goodness "is vain
one. - The law pronounces
curse uponf the man ; that sms
but once;iihowicari;thejmaii
then, havmg alreadvLsiuned ten
thousand times j hope by ' any
future obedience to escape from
the curse 4 'which hangs thick
and heavy over his head, soon
to burst in eternal storm ? i Yet
this is the r fond, delusion, of hu-
mamty; Sin-Ji is .still Jhe chosen
route to ; heaven for the crip
pled sons of a father who found
tho.ta8k too much for. hirn.
Some of you imagine that if you
do your best if you are kind to
every nouy, it you are. ?eherous
to the poor, if you, owe no "man
anytning,.ii you conauci your-
selves respectable tnis - f "is
enough to save, but i it is not
so. He that1 believeth noC lori
Jesus Christ shall be damned
as Well in bis morality as in his
debauchery, he that caste th pet
mmseii upon tha mercy ct tiod
as revciiea m tho crucmed Sa
vior, hai: hnt hirnseSf i anmet
tho cno portal of heaven, and
t::ai n - D3 acia to enter into
r physician
ju.crcj u anotner pnyician
Vi'hem I greatly tie -pise, but am
compelled to, mention him. be-
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X1l3 drurs nro vre.v..
a..d 1..3 u.Cuvj o f c ... ii
r Tsf
cr t
y
lie is f ha
y incur.-
dec diver.
entice cf
then the
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of youfor ilis patients. J His
name js rrthodoxy. i His
trpMment consists in this, that
you are to beliovd certain doc-
ly, and then youjshall be saved.
jaa v o x. uu u jsuiuo x inis place,
thisiriornirig, whbse ereat dif-
nculty about salvation, ; . is that
iney; q Annoi quite, comprenena
the mystery ot predesunationl
If you falkio therii about the
precious blood of , Jesus, arid
ipeakcofthe soul-saving efSca
5y of a simple trust inhim,they
reply: r'Jtsut x cannot auite hnt
Serstand 3hte dctiWef elec
tion 11 and then ihey mention
soriie jpassagorof Scriptureupon
that, subject-their notion be
ing' that if they ; could under-;
siana 4 mysteries . tney would
then bo saved; i$ they could
hold f he orthbdoxfaith ine.very
point, 'they would be delivered
from their sins. t But it is not
so I have known ; scored of
persons who haye been held in
norrible bondage by exclusive
ly thinking upon one part of
orthodoxy to the , exclusion1 of
the rest; . Xhey vhaye grown
more wretched, more distract
ed, moro hopeless than athey
were before, ; because having
heard the doctrine of I election
andpredestinationpropounded.
they must forever bo harpin
upon it.'. It i a.blerzed. doc-
trmej and I believe it and hold
it hrrnly, that God has Va chbt
snTpeople, bat for all that, bo
fur3 men havo corns to Christ
they often make that doctrine
to b. a stcso of ttnmklir 7 and
a roc!: of clTencs. Even if you
would be infallibb and believe
every truth r i it i 3 tar -lit i in
scripture in tno raczt correct
manner, yenr belief would r ct
save ;r you, , j.ruo religion ? is
Z mero th-n -ccrreet
tometiiinT
.a
cpin ien s. .A r-n may r 3 well
apecena to , r.eil ceircrthcdo.
a3 heterodox. Thero is a cor
rect re". 1 to dcetrncticu ci rrel
tho subiect1 btdhtiiti?1' 't:,4
hot said Wilt Mat Book, ! Jjnt
Btlll thfa is th'O cii rrprtt f edchm
of'jfnariy; arid is sd' hrihchl Jua
lioed that trie Hvill nof truf-t:
ihesuSChrisfc: ccatistf ItUcH '
'havb'notrfelMRribxrU
cd the?6ther,'3atti6fe ijvcrM
teUfdTori ihviSti thost1
neoa ; 1 xio nor leei any neeu n;
I ought, arid thwefoVe i f ; insl
riot 'ootne f ' 1 U fein'olrundeei
atatowliy'lWiaMS'
open tiieirer8yior time eiuri
oi. miuu xuy mai, u esus vuriss.
b& yW seristblo' iiiii'xWbirtHi
"to avefeinners ffomjtlibirl ini
'ststtslbilitf 'tliaV Jeshs? 'Christ;
bids sinners, as sinnertj believei
injbirana
command tdH6sowhd ferment.
rSIen are not only to come tcitK
broken' hearts,4 but jr(rvrbr6kea 4
heartVnd-f ftVeycarinofi feeO
ineir ueeu, iiiuy suuuiu come to I
Jesus to be helped to ie6t their 1
need ; for this he gives them, 1
'Tis his Spirit's rising beam.?-'
My Lprd arid Master wadts
nothing of you, O Iqst andbank
rript sinfters. Ho bids you come
nothing at all in yourself; and
having aII in him. I n believe
those who hink- they ! do i not
feel theineod, often feel their
need the! most. ( If 1 an v one
should say, I have a sense of
need then lie claims to have
something good ; but those who
confess that tuey have no good
feelings or emotions, aro poor
bankrupts, broken down,; .so
that their last penny is' y6ne
and to theni is the gospel sentl
Trust Jesus, believe that ! he
can do what you cannot ! dp,
and in the absence of any good
in yourselves, believe that, all
the good you want is treas uredL
up m him, and cast yourselves
empty, naked, soul-diseased as
you are, flat upon the perfect
work of Jesus, and you shall be
saved; : ' :;i 4; ' ' . k
I have just gone through a
list of those physicians with
which I believe t many of you
have long been acquainted,
U. What is the "reason of
their failure 1 " Why is it that
none of the prescriptions bf
these learned and popular gen
tlemen haye lever beeV able 'to
Hxst of all, because they; none
01 tuem, understand theidis-
. If the disease of , human 'na
ture were outward iniquity, or
only sfcinrdeep, .through mtel
lectual error,, ceremonies per-.
naps inigus nave some etrect,
and ' legal exhortations might
be ot some use; but since the
inmost heart, of man is deprav
d and the sin of our: nature
lies in the very core of ;our hu
manity; and is inherited f frorii
our birth, of what avail is 'cbh
secrated .watery or sacraments.
orft good, works, .or anything
external,which cair notchans:e
the nature and turn7 the bias of
the mind! Tbe will is; obsti-:
nate, . the affections depraved.
tbo understanding is darkened,
tne desires- are ' 5 polluted; the
conscience- fis t stultified' but
legal physicians' make Mclean
the outside : of the ' cup5 " and
platter, they touch not - these
inward evils. They- do riot
really know that man is dead
in sin; they treat the'paticnt as.
if he bad wounded himself a
little, and could bd salved.and
bound up, and made complete
again, fiiiey know not r the
deep pollutionf ' sih but (ml
cgice that man : hai ; Etained
hinaeelf a little, and only a- lit
tie, EoaEpongo of. rciormation
arid a littlo hot water of re
pentance, will toon remoyo all
unplea:aut marl:3 Ent it is
not to; the fountain cf our be
in is polluted, tho foundation
cf our naturo is . rotten, and
not until wo cono to Christ do
- A I ft
we una tne . puysiciau v. no
cornea to tho point and who
touciic3tii3 uie ,3at usEourco,
Icrcovcr, . theo physl
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1
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33.
, phjdchuXiprfcscjibCi Mralknij
m XUpsQ who bave brolicn their
legiimVsightiaj iaromdfpr
those i whose? ejfe ategorie ;
bidiU menroiddinvlfal Jtheyf
caU not,f andilmfveritpiuutiii,
thraaQiiWlfafcfJcEU3yhas Jidda
duithetw bhalflViWhen Me
gospeItibidtedsijatieii! ie'ase5
frani .toUiiigfciiatns4'f(lftr-
iaJti'uS( having diothinsj add
beingtfi3iething int linmself,'
alliiniH ;iAuxlwlienxAt nld
vray in -iTlrich a r
truth inhi.3 rijht.h
iloriri bislci a li;
Ono incro r-vri
..i l
:i :nr.y cr.rry
in hi;
1 7Cl
t!;:
1 -
X - 4 t.
ton
Hohol.Tirn-'lt-1
v.y to I;"1 r;T"l
'tl
that eveni6jU?thfturiftbf
Iqdmi4piiit,itfterjc3 itfpi2t4 le-f
forei hito anatailabl0 .anethddl
PiiltWeakfeiiUtllBstJ'Ikti'dn
imosju uisxissiifnMa' ifi t
ii Jrctnren uati: sistersiep me
Bayjplainljfdbis oriemusil,! and
thenx le2kt Iki&ipdlntiir Best
rvVtionilyou sitsltracei the"
creatures pdwertor;merrr,you;
Beeiw4rjb thaiis Irfoilcdfarijd
pouutoai xit tuore i a t u e
fountain bndrop oC anything
butl Jesus'tblooWatf will I not f
cieanse: u uiero jdo in tno rooe
one single; thread, of .anything
l i .li l. !a.l 4 Jt I iLx
often prcscriba rcmcdhj'which"
aro impo.::ibl3 to their patient
They tell tho man, "Yea mn
f.alro inucli." . "Pcir t.dtli
he, "7l1y my heart ii liko rraii-
ltev' If I could "feci, I"' could
uo iuo rcx; Lutican no
i-eroioinylf f. ;1 tl. -il
tin ma'o i:ij:..Jf an .r.-:l
uO
gained a:j'4 Ios.1 ; The ' doctors
haij blistered here; and lanced,
ihete and given this acrid poi
sdriGand that !riausebria - druW
jarid ha Jbiceri skillful irilrioth-
mr, dub iu causing - neeuiess
f n7J,BoySvJiile to effect your
salvation r vou have obeeri look
Inaf'awa from, Christ tbsome
one else, yon have been n ecu
IsiiT ,trbubl6d and ;-tortured
Desbair'hasliWered'v'aronnd
or.path'jV.desporiency I has
hing its pall oabove "you ; and
yon?nve mucn ,more , gioom
and death, shade yet to endure,
nniesSYon trlve'mr'all1 that
comVipfye'tLarid .past Tyour
ielfmfChrisL r Would make
but what! Christ iworked i out
for us while herd! below j the
whole robe is polluted, .will nor
served as fUweddihg garment.-
d?or K- ai needy?; soul i tho. york
must be t Ghrist's 1 from i top l to
bottom, all of him, and alrbf
grace; bufc?if there be anytliirig'
of; human : merits br anything,
else -t? that & Kcoinethsit liSman?
the wbrkis!mawcdliupK)n thef
wheel a-nd God! will in6t acM
cept it. i These aro some of the
reasons why i these physicians
fail to brin'g health taudiicuVe.1
Ishail discrib the
plight of i the patient ojhaa
tried hesedeeeivererand how
at lasi; unus niuiseu nrought
inclistress:! nftib
- 3?br fiveyearsfI"Wa!n that
puguh "FS. cy . way,
that I knew of 'to find peace
'wittfGooT Af the riji of that
womau.,r K6 there were four
pieces of mischief done" in her
Who knows theValuVof a 'day 1
Twelve yearsi5 all gbriel And
yyhat a "pityHhat; jthese! poor,
rifionle who are seektiicr wt lie
saved by the works bf the! law:
isnouiu oujosmir aujuwiao-t"-
ybu, dear friends, who are snot
yet savelshould begetting
gr&aiid so many years should
be;runuing ! to waste i;TUey
ought to be spent for the Lord.
I hope. they may bet, what
reraairieth, pf them, butt think
and bo humble ; you have been
all ibis time 'outside the ban-
buet dooirall this time Tih-
washed,' wherii tthe fountain is
full-alLthiSi time, unhealed,
when th restoring hand j can
save'you,inxa minute-all this
tiihe in ieopardyi .and iu tlan-
gerofyourbul,"'3yhletheg,ate
of the, city of :ref uge. has been
open. iV It is a, solemn" Jo-sl 'hf
time tnax xneseueiusions uring
on men ; aid ypt we7canhot
tear them awayjrom juem j tcr
if ?we' prove the j folly' oV one
tbey take another f and 1 if iwe
prove the folly of all, l'y e t stil I
r .1,-j,'.- .:.' J:i ''aiA- ,?t::
win. tney go uuck lo.uemtUKo
a dog to his vomit. 'They will
have anything soOrieOhahjgd
to Christ, foiGhrist himself
has said; lYe wilt; not ' coind
unto me that jre'M. might, ihavb
life any where "elso menjwill
'' 1 11 . . t t -. ... i ' J 1 '""if ,Jf
cneenaiiy go,- oui uocr 10 umi.
The second mischief in tho caW
waV that setcds'tlo letter I
If gho had;felt! a " littloet ier,
sho would havd llnd iobii en
couragement ; it S, onld" hdvo
been talhfaclJry to havo to mo
Taia'mitgated, some i:v :.;aro
of tho dk'iaso ttayed"; "t j in
yomi ca;3, you aro na 1:
W r W
fifeas bad as jou'ean be. Bet- i
tor oveu 11 uusus were autrrv
to ruriiriWlus arnis, than to
ChriobiTitai
miif le.toVarej'tne utT
teritbut wmlbhekiq
others it Is not possible for you
toWsaVed J they'3will either
bolster you up with self tight-
eoushesswhich will ' harden
jyur uotiri ui ciao uaau ijuu
dbiyn b)f putting before you im
which will be to increase your
adventure' of it, if I 'were' ..you,
oFVou cannot lose bV it: 1 vou
your
. J "Kone Dtu jctas, ooae bat Jesa, 4-.
ns 'ti$k &6 helplCM aoneri good i 1
Yet helpless' dinners pierce
themselves thioughwiih many
bhysiciaris for relief; One more
niatter:I;hV woman) ihad
hW; speh't all ' that she had.
"Helyertyyras aTnewillbf
wMcn tae oniy; good . was that
now site h!ab!nb!mbre to spend
!with ;the yiciahsf she was
n: to vjmscir-too--.n is a
man's finger that saved her j it'
was Christ whom she touched '
True, the -healing came by the
uufa vi uuiui, i out -uio act ot
faith .is : not.j:the:;hcalinr
tho .healinir, ?all lies in ! the
person ; so that you an not ; to
be looking to your faith, but to
Jesus theUord. 4Has your faith'
a good object 1 . Dost tho i rest
in Jesus, God's Son,Godi ap
pointed propitiation I .If so.
thy faith will' bringr ithee to
hcaven--ir is good cnoulrhl
The strongest faith a nian ever
bad, if it did not rest on Christ;',
damned him ; the weakest faith
ever man or woman had, if it
did but terminate in the pre
cious person ahu all-suificientf
work .of Jesus, would 1 certain
ly ei-A '( :.""-" 'i t -'-.
. 1 be lact is, sinner, 4f thori
wouldst'be saved,Uiou must from"
this moment have nothing more"
to do .with thyself, T, with i thy
goouness or my baanessj 'r
cannot feel,1' saith the. sinherr-'
that is thyself again.' Away
wiiii mai ieeung, tnou art to 1 be
saved by what Christ felt nbt
by 5 hat --:thou -feelest MI
cannot" .What ' care I. what
thou canst hot do? ' Thy . salva
tion does' not lie! iri; what thou
causi uo . our. in wnai Jesus can
do, and he can1' do J everythingi
than you were A, -hen yci Cr:t
1 per
il vo
4 t
cnterca tun iicu:3
cOr r Yci havo'-rcfer:
hn. p3, v h ich i j ccci y
given I'pa come icvil ;Cun3
which' vrcro onco'very tic ar t o
yon that i? 11 ; "bait t till yen
no net cno rrriuha'T; "."on
could not dio to-day . r.nv
greater c
j avo (li l livo
l;:wo r.o I " . .e:
talityi-y,; ta"
LV.A
r.:, crvi:
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cici i:
V '- :
t tv"nyc ic
ion cr i
;i yr:a I'" 1 .t :
i Lr 1
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nifesseIfhoriglv;
exrietfence wheii a matt Has
sbeht kll, j wheni 'he' f discovers
that lie has-;m)thing 'lefWriot
not so Imtwhaa o1an atprh of
riieriiv br Ihbp or ever; having
any. tIt is well HyHeiL the man
w otj1 a! -il watra IHi rt it t li t
that perchance tbere.xriight be
an escapefor 'me,' but I,. have
no hope left how- As for pow
er, I am destitute of it as I am
of meritr ; Xfeel that. I would
but can not pray; I. would but
cahj riot repent; I want toe be
Ueve, but I catt no' more be-
lieVR than X Waiifly tAf mnaf
all come from God.! , A.t suchp
' .ime it will come from God :
for maifs extremity,, is God's
opportunityWheri you are
empty; ;when your, stock is all
gonereven to the last rag and
crumo, auu you aro ieib a pP'
Iesl,-hopeles3,v ' undeserving,
hell-deserving sinner, and can
truly,: feel that "'unless- God
sireicnesoub uu, uuuu lo.savo
you, you are lost as the lost in
hell, are, 7 It is then that Jesus
Christ; reveals himself, and the
soul cries,' HlMy Lord,' the glo
rioul'Son ofGod. there is. no
hope -except 3 iri .thee ; . 'thou
canst save me; I cast myself
ou-vnee, wutmeri i, eiuit? or
swim ; ! for, I am , persuaded
nothing clso , can . rescue me
and while I can but perish if I
do rely, upon thee, so at a ven
ture 1 will rely, upon thee. ! If
I.ara cast into hell, as x ieei-x
deserve to bo, yet still I will
believe that, thou canst save
me. Ah! then thou canst
not 'perish neither shall any
pluck thee out of bis hands- If
ttod give tue e power to Deneve
i" Clrist, and trust thyself to
him, thou art as .surely -saved
ai Ge l is iuTicaven.and Christ
there'-' pic dfcj ut ht3
i I v . . . to th c : 3 who have
feat teir nil ca .the faUo
physic: r-. I havo a vrcrd to
a cure . can bo
rirjh
1 r if
If Wfcj feu. V 4
Thi
n caid to herself,
euro u for mo to
ret rear io" Jcaust.I can see
t-atdeet : crocf norrood.
can riot .!p tnyc;lf, neither
t
1
I ca not pt my
I3 t If I cannot
. i to l j to lay hold
-r 4 . t
, .
l - c:... -
: tLoravel-
:itis
cf
cf
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4
can-
Liuu
..111,
riie help thy faith with two or
three words as th Holy Spirit
inay bless them.', 'Christ is God;
hath he not power to save ihee?
Christ, the bleeding' Son of God,-
hath bowed his head to i the uc,
cursed d eath of the crossr bear
ing his Father's anger that those
who trust him may not bear it..
Cannot the blood-stained Christ
pardon sin ?o Christ is hisoFath,
era darling trust to him., ? Will
notJQod grant mercy ? when you
plead tor , Jesus isaker .Jesus
lives I to it day he is i no o dead
Christ that you; iire , bidden to
trust in;;.. He lives,' and this is
his occupation,; be ia I plead in
before the throne of i God,- land
this is his : plea, ."Father, forgive
them for my sake.?'j v Seeing he
died to save, txann -t si he now
that he lives save, to the utter
most?. At his Jast dying -moment"
he said to the thief, "To
clay shall thou be with rae lia
paradise.'7 "Jan. he nat say as
much now that he. "; wears the
crown of elorv ? Yes; you maval
-- . ' . ,r" . . . I
nave come in nere xnis raornm
without a cood ihobght' never
having spoken a holy, word ,in
.your life, but he can save you as
. . I 1 . .. 1 J! , At. il!r.l A .
quicKiy as ne aia iue vuiei. fixy.
and though when-that clock
struck twelve you were a grace
less wretch, yet at this 'moment
you may; be already & .saved
soul; ay, . and 1 ere : the xlock
ticks .again,' another -may i be
called by crace, 'l- Christ .works
not according to time; he is1 not
hmited by minutes., It,, thou
canst turn thine eyo to his cross
and say, "Lord, remember me,
he can give as his reply; "Thou
shalt be with me ere long in para
dise." With liod incarnate,
with the God-man who bled on
t'ie cross,Twith the ion of 1 God
ascending, clothed with lhajis
ty reigning in splendor,' with
him whose promise we this day
proclaim to you;" there r can be
rieither difficulty nor; .debate.
The promise" runs , thus: it file
that belie veth on him is not con
demned;'V ''Believe id the liord
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved.1!. "He that believeth and
is baptized shall be : saved; but
he that believeth not shall be
damned.'7 Wilt? thou believe in
him? - It is t - come to him to
trust him, to lean opon him, to
hang upon - turn, to make him
thy sola and only ground o
dependence.; Wilt thou do Ciis?
Has God enabled thee now to
do it ? . If. so, go in peace; thy
faith hath made thee whole, thy
sins nro forgiven thee: po an
livedo his praise, who bought
thee with his blood, uo, you
man. and serve him earnestly
who hath served thco so wclL
Go, now, and till lifs.s , lates
hour be thou his eervast who
hath been so much thy friend
The Lord bless us for hi3 name
sake. Amen
'From what I havo een I
do believe that do class of per
sons aro more likely to bo de
ceived with false hopes th
rn rucAi as havo been in - the
hahitcf drinking freely ,thonp;h
net to intoxication. If, whilo
under conviction, a person, al
loys him:elf to rip a littlo to
rr.L3 hia fcinking -spiriti?, he 13
rnro to grieve away the srlrit
c:God! I couM Cllrhceiiwith
:i
DUCArrnv op D(t nn
Ape first, frrctt-f-nlf ;- their
traimphV.o i-'-o -"-3 to"
haver thf"i lerr-. t . m
while ybua3..:Py r" -eans"
their education is .r-rr ftn.
ishedV.earlvT-thV... i""1,-rtnnl
brce 'arid flash. b;n b-:med
out, .used . up a Ho y., Of
those thus ..'crowd?! rr"y dies
early, 6me are Ieic rrment
myalids,'and others'svll" retain
their 'physical po. ?r l "t fail
mentally. The brH;t f?1 - -rsh:
come not only dul I r y r - rs ad-
yance,but .fiomcti:... i 'f 'Lively
imbecile,oras we say, w; -rnInd
d. Of aH these cl-issta I have
seen many very sad instances.
til'The peculiar phases cf mjnt-
ar anrl -physical deran ;sment
induced ty: ovcr-staJy while
oung -are prcjented.re at
cngthinTo::to, !:nts
and henca I v. r.elil... . uoon
Hi ...i. kjl..j ... . ... ctiir-
girls are not . c:.e.;h in
mind orboy to . J ' 3 ta
bor of a college- course till they,
are eighteen cr tvrcLiy 'years of
uge.; 1 j-uuncnaDcr, that I do not
say they, can; no t i I :crn : tl. e ap-
poinieu lessons, ,crtaat they
may not -graduate .with - honor'
ef eu.beforejthat c-e, tut it will
& tne expence cf minder hodv;
which .will jshe, itself, in after
years; iThcir wemanhoed will
notr peJ a.s stror.g, c.3 cerrplete,
as enduring; as it would have
been if they had had Ices" study
ui vaify giruioou. nc. r :iy is
ineir , jieaith almost ir'-r:ably
i 1 t ... -. J
uijjaucu,,iuc.. wii ir. " ' icarn
when ; musvo vcr-cr c"''J d U
evanescent,-s Many k vornff
woman, uuurg the tJ-vs cf m-
yaUdism which , succ-'.-l , her
scheol course says, .'! ai lor-
etting all that let ' :
mrs. uleason,-in , ui T :rald
of Health.-; j
In connection - , ith ' t;:e in
junction of the Apctl3 1'c.ul in
ppaesians v: lOj .to t 3 "iiiied
With the spirit," there ii r) cau-
tion not to be drun'c wit :i, wine,
showing that to be ' ur.d r the
influence of alcohol is totally
incompatiblef with beirT under
divine . in3uencc3.' .Mno pure
spirit of God will not corn 3 into
the soul, or dvrcll v, hero this
darrion is. , There is ecniethini:
ofTeri'sive arid abhorrent tj Him
in the condition as cno v;ho has
yleldedTiiniseif up to tl:e apa
tite . for strong, drink,' including
wine." ' ' , ; : '
; 'lii 1 5 Corinthians x: 21, the
salno Apostle calbthe ir.ebria
tirig'cup, "the cup of devils,"
because' the heathen in ! their
worship poured but libatiens of
wine to their false and abominable-gods,
and drank to their
honor,- under the impression
that they wcio pica;, J with the
intoxicating- Mrauht, end he
warns christians ajainJ its use,
declaring, "Ye . 'can not drink of
the cup ' of the -Lord5 and the
cup of devils.''' riot only b tha
use of alcoholic liquor to the
extent of drunkenness t.T .aeive
to God, but it ij also U -ay de
gr-e.1 - It shut3 out cno f. ni al
communion and icllowwl.lp wit
Him.' Dr. 'Ildllrcoh i.i th
Herald of Ilealili. "
all
ith
8
"I think v:
i
k. f 11 UUHiJ
.0 UZa a
I;c a " aj
. . r An : - Honest 2lAi;.---The
Christ' an Kirn thu3 7 describes'
him : - 1 y
Wheu the war commence!, La -was
known to ba ona of the Lioct sub
stantial,' pnbHa ppiriteJ, a,aJ wealth
lest citiiu ) '.-1 iT-llz. ' At iu clusej
he found hiui if hcpdio-Aj invol--ved.
1 So great hji been U losjef
by the result cf tha war, V;.Jz it was
impossible for hiia to ci: ,t h: j pecu
aiary obliga'tiocs. - lia i.-. ..-.lit'Iy
eb'Jght an inter tie. .I,a!j c;;I
itora. creat and E.ua!l. ana u-L i-
r w '
ing Idaselt freely,' rcvcJ;i 1
hi tree condition, prZA c .L
one a conprceeLe, by f 1
about thirty-lira c:at: ;L .
with the procui?, tl't' r.'.:
tune ever smila cn hi
do better, they to tchx
lecal ob'i;ta.tion to r.
The propciitioa to f; ' nLly t 3 t;. ;. 3
accepted, and .a fill re!c"3 e 3 qW
eu hira, end m soia? cz.
moral obli, i'ioa to pay r
absolVeJ. V s borrowt 1 t.
to pay what ti diI paj, an 1
hia real en'a. h;ch j.
left, to the pjtscnt f i' tI-
And hen with a e :r.all rittr
monv thus Lorrovre 1. t 'rt .
ofhi3poor r.c:Lbor.',
them fc-rnnll er.r..3 toe.
start acun. TLij v;:.3 in t
.of ISC5 and 'C3. -
Time rolled on, an Jt':
referred to went C
to LuftinPi t r . I
went air- -t cfi
1
th:a
) each
- w
1 f:r
eali
cilli
every
i
hid
net.
fibs
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