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AJSBRMON POR SUNDAY IAN tLOGUSNT DISCOURSE ENTITLED ' " -4,a CHANCED NAME." IteVft JJr. J. TVllbnr Cliftprnan Draws So roe Comforting Lcwons Vrovct tlie Story of the Anjrel and Jacob Erery Act SXiupes Our Character and Name. TXexv York City. The following ser iboq; en titled "A Changed Name" has been furnished for publication by the dis tinguished and? eloquent evangelist, - the Jlcy Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. It was TOefcdncd from the text: "And he said unto binxT What is thy name? And he saiu Jacob' Genesis 22: 27. , This is an angel's question to a man from, whose emorace he was trying in very possible manner to break away, locked together after the manner of an- ' ienlr rrestlers they bend, first this way nd;then that, and the angel cries, "Jt jnc goy.forC-thejLlay breakeUu" Jacob re-, spondsl "I will not let thee go except thou vblestf ifte,1 'and; then the words of the text were spoken. "And Jie said unto him, Yhat is thy name? And he said Jacob." Jacob migljt haye answered the question, in different iTwaysH at different times.: He might well hay esaid at one time," my' name ia itacob, forHe had deceived his, father nd supplanted his brother, buthe might Have said at another time, my name is He dealer, for he; has given us a vision of the open heaven. In his dream we have heard the voice of God. He might have said on till another occasion, my name is Teacher, for under, his, tuition Ave have made a pil srjrimage into the deep things of God, and he could truly have said as he came to the nd of his career, my name is Israel, for m a princo he '.had power with God and with men had prevailed. You will notice the divine order, power with God first and "with men afterward.' v Oh that we might soon learn that the way to influence earth is by the way of heaven. It is a singular question in the text, for in the olden days a name,, was givevi not merely to gratify the passing whim of the parents, nor foi'.thc 'ake of euphony, but because of charac ter; ai man s ;charac,ter5-was his name 1 and lis name! was his character J A changed same indicates a changed character. Abram in the Old Testament is changed to Abra "hamas he. steps into closer fellowship with 3od.f Saul,vof Tarsus; became Paul; the apostle, after the heavenly vision. Thou shalt call His name Jesus because He shall , save His',peope 'from''their sins," and 'He "is Iminanuel, .which signifies. God- with us. lt ia a most singular question; "what is thy name?" in the sight of God. He certainly, knows what it is. It is said that our names are written on the palms of His ' ""bands; that they are also written in the Tjambs;,;Book oit Life,- but f what name? iHardly the name given , to you by your mother, but rather" the name that you have made for. yourself under4 the direction of God, by your patience, by your meek ness, your brotheny kindness. It is a sol emn thought that every act as well as erery word in shaping the character and Tthe name by which we shall be known -throughout eternity ry r" I O This story of the change 'of Jacob's name ta interesting."' I" do not forget that he : 'lived 1800 years before Christ, but still ,it ris interesting for the; reason that human nature has always been the same. In ter ming. Ctoo,;because he was a typical Jew. His life "was the life4of Israel in epitome; that people f omid in-everyJcountry and be longing to none; that people which have s -supplied to" us the liveliest religious litera rtore, and are themselves a Jby-word, which "Eave given, to us the, liveliest ideals in life :nd are 'themselves an "object- of ridicule; that people which have; supplied the ? world's greatest characters, for Pau! was a Jew and Jesus was a-Jew. -If you under stand, Jacob you will understand. the Jew lwaysr, but while he began as a siipplanter Ids character; was purified at the last. The rfurnace was heated seven times hotter .than - it was wont to be heated, hut5 he comes Tpurified. He is very much, like ..ourselves, "too, and for that reason' is interesting. - .Abraham was a heo, Moses a great leader of men, Elijah was a prophet, David was a 'Tan' All of these men discourage us with thefc tgreatnessi but Jacob was: as plain Tna9 :d elling in ten ts.; We find our like " nes in.; Peter in . the New Testament, an d in this .man Jacob in the Old Testament. Hw'jieeUns&'aopeal -to us, ior ,whether;wc "will acknowledge it'ornot 'his; sins are in iu rgenn whether we have permitted them to develop or.not ; his aspirations app peal to: us. Where is there the" man whd na toot' had his Bethel, giving him -views of beayen- and permitting - him to jiear the yolce; of God. His sorrows appeal to us; in his limping away from JabboVs ford, in nis borrow at thellonely grave- where hjp beloved i Rachel was buried, and in his -agotry over his lost Joseph many of us have - the deepest sympathy because we ourselves nave suffered, but it is a great comfort at " the (ciidto 46ce him .coming forth, more "than conqueror, ; which : leads, me to say coat-mere is, nope ior every one. ' - i a. I 'What is thv namp . anrl he cM .TunftV " lxok,at him by hii father's side as he de---eires4he old man in his blindness, telling -Aim that he is Esau when he ia Jacob, arid the fcid father saying to! him J the voice is .the oiceof Esaubiit the hands, do not , belong to him.' How:" he must have treih .tled I can see bis face get white. and hear -his ibeart i beat Quickly iVbat if God -should etrike him dead as he stands in the presence , of . the; ojd patriarch In this i part? of bis history I learn, that one sin 1 t!teadsto ,anotherrWe'' cannot commit a single, sinarid stotrwith that:A - - r ' ' MSpurgetm used .to" tell' of the1" king ywbp jComhiandedi his subject' to make a Tcbali Jbf three Jinks, and then Joldlhim' to the chain" , bound him" and cast s him into ; "prison. Hotf likeA;unto Satan v that is.; Jrace and vice go with- linked hands. No-' Igb ii Paul's Epistle to Hhe Galatians con eermng theorkaoftheyfleshpGalatiahs Sz 19-1, impm theworks of the flesh are jnanifest,t which, are these,; : Adultery, for - nication, --uncjeahnessijlasciviousness, idol- -atry, -ithcraft," hatred, variance, emula-ionsHvrathstrife,""seditionsheisiesen-"Tpyingsl murders, "druriknness, revelings ' ml siichike,of thewhich I tell you be 1 for, a I have also told you in time past, that they -which do- such things shall not -inherit the kingdom of God.' And also - ii his;, description of ; the Jnjit. of the , Kouriti Galatians 5; 22-23, "But the trnrt bf t rthe pirife;;is;-loye,' jdy, pcfJorijufferi i " "S .antness,;gobdness,lf aitb, meekness, Yet tbis.. man whof deceived. his4father and TM1116""13 ; brother "became" a '"prince-; Wha7is thy ' name? I put the question to lyon, and u you , answer correctly vRnmp nwouldrsay.lMy name; is impatience, or :mme is .unkindneis, or mine is selfishness. w nine jf pnae, ior. these are the domin ,1. il ' . JVM aidRevealer. I can see him r h li 11 rpifla tiomihkiold home when-his mother told bim of tlif inhf avk- -r t? j i behold him fleeing to the north; The night tmes: quickly , upon him; , and he . lands upon a certain place and tarries there all night, and this place is'Jlethel. ;It is bleak and barren. His only pillow is the stones about him, and as he falls upon the ground he sleeps and -as he sleeps he dreams, arid in this dream he beholds the ladder whidh leads me to say that earth has always been linked to heaven, , not with a golden chain as the poet sings, not with the silken cords of gravitation as the" scientist de clares, these , certainly, but before all 6f these ; heaven united in Him who becatuo incarnate 1900 years ago. v The interestmg thing to me about this ladder is f that it reaches down jut where we are. It rnajr be we are in poverty, possibly in suffering, Eerhaps in -despair, but the ladder is iust efore us. Bring your burdens to the toot of it, and let the ascending angels bear them-avay and then wait until the de scending angels bring heaven's blessing upon you. You will notice that when he was asleep that he r had his revelation Idf heaven. His eyes were closed, his fever had cpolcd, his excitement had subsided. In other words he lost himself and .then He beheld heaven. When we lose ourselves thU- wearj selfish, busy, self-life- of ours, we'shall see Him. ' . Il The lark neycr sings when it is on the ground. The moment it leaves the ground it bursts into song, but just the instant that it .folds its wings it begins to drop to the earths So let us mount up this morn ihg, and as we mount let us rejoice that our names,t which in. the olden tinie stood for sufferings and sin may stand for power. :yl,.y-r:.- -,,. .. m. . f n What is thy name? and he might well have said v Teacher, for t he teaches what discipline really is, and the story of how this man was changed from Jacob to Israel is helpful to us all. It was real spiritual education, but education means to draw out, and you might; draw out from some thine which has been implanted, and that .something must be the divine nature. Dis- cipnne ior tne man woo is not a nnstian is a failure. You will remember when Jacob was at Haran he began to be discon tented Avith his lot, and the craftiness of his nature was constantly growing,, so God sent him away from the place. He had everything a man could want, but he must become a wanderer if he would go on to the Israel nature. We doubtless all of us have learned that that which is loss for ' us has been gain for Christ, and suf fering is a good thing, but it is comforting to know that the hand that stirs the nest is the hand of Christ and the hand that leads out is the one that is pierced by the nails, while the one that goes before us is the good Shepherd Himself. He wjll not lead us too far nor suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear. ' The love of God often means discipline. People or dinarily have low thoughts of love; they only count that love which caresses and eooths and makes of itself a shield that no rough wind mav blow upon us. They have no notion of a love that can say no, a' love that can use the rod and the scourge and call the object of its power to pass through the fire, and it is interesting to hear the Scripture declare concerning God and Jacob. "Thou are Jacob whom I have loved," yet his life was one long struggle filled with constant disappointment. How ever, it is true that every trial and every disappointment was .a. step nearer his princely. , nature. I myself would take every trial he had and every disappoint ment he met, would endure every heart ache if only I might become a prince hav ing power withrGod and with men. ;:s.,a..;;';t S,-,- V- IV. C "; ' ' : , - We are nearing the time when hi name is to be changed. - Behind him is Laban, before him Esau, for he is coming nearer to him constantly, and he is afraid. Above him is God. . He has come to Jabbok s ford, the loneliest place in the Holv Land. One could not easily remain there the night through. He -has reached the loneliest haur of the night: across the Jabbok is his property, his children, his beloved llachel. and Jacob was left alone. Around him the Erofound silence of the desertf place, beside im the murmur of the brook as it hurrjea . . mm - ' A on to the sea, above him the heavens studded with stars.- This is not an illus-' tration- of Jacob's earnestness in prayer, but rather the earnestness of the angel of the Lord, who would take from Jacob that which is between him and power. JNotice hrst. how Jacob holds on to the angel. It is a marvelous thing how long a man can hold out against Uod. Some of us have been doing it for years. r .Notice, second. th?t the aneel touched the hollon of his thigh. Whatever enables a soul to hold out against God He will touch. It may be pride, wealth, affection, iti may be somethins natural, as a sinew and as small as a sinew, but" He will t6uch it. 1 can see Jacob struede in the aneel's embrace, and then I behold him coming away with a new name; he, is Israel, the prince. The way to nrinceliness is the wav of sure surrender. We must yield ourselves to God for power afterward. It is said he called; the nlaee Peniel, for said he, "I nave seen . Uod lace to face." and as he crossed over Jabbok the sun rose. Doubt less he felt as if he had never seen it rise before. - v ' My dear friend. Mr. S. H. Hadley, the morning after his conversion said as he opened his eves and looked out of the win dow, "Why, is this heaven?; I have never seen the sun shine like this, and are those the trees of life? for I have never seen trees like these," and yet . they were the same trees and it was the same sun . that was shinifig yesterday, but he was looking with the power of a new vision. Oh. mav God help v us to come to the same expe rience, to-day. , ' , - t - '; . ; ' . ' -And Jacob went down and met Esau, and then we are told he went over to She- chem. Somebodv i has said that doubtless rhfs wife might have said to him, "It .'s far netted for us to Jive in the citv rather than the plain : it will be better for our' chil dren, they will become , more cultured!" attd they went to Sh3chem only ' to make the greatest shipwreck of their home, arid they turned away from it ; after a while with - broken hearts," and God said o hirh, "Arisen? and : go f up to Bethel and dwejll there.". Christians suffer, spiritual declina tion for very many .reasons, but in this ex pression today. I have the secret of a re- npnrail pntiBOnijf inn ".. Tf -i o nopKiojrv .in these days if 'Christians are to be as they. would like to be for them to pray as they used ito, pray; read the Bible as they used to read it, yield themselves to ,God as . they djd in former - times'and the 'old joy; will come back with increasing force. If we are to ; have times of blessing in the days i to comethe individual who is the leader of a 4iometnxustj''bacJtto Bethel andiliye in: his home as he usedLto live, and the churdh 1 must go back to Bethel and be filled with r . n . ..., -t , : . '. i- i ine? opim oi aou as, sue was in oiner days. But the end has come at last, , the scaffolding is taken down from about this wonderful chaf acteri life has been a long struggle ;with him the last word is snoken, the last command is given; the Jacob look js leaving , his' face, ; the. Israel ; nature has gained control. " He was a prince indeed, j Sj -iTUa NeededGalde.i'i'f Vf' Christ is the needed guide through the devious paths, and temptations of this life. He.'is c King in the purest and best sense. to whom we can ?with gladness .yield our- seives. ae is ine nope or giory ior the plain man, and he who possesses that hope ia the strons xaan. Key, H. F. Johnsoa. Movln . will readily overcome Logs , o ' Hala if ieXICan diseased Hoofs and Scratches jnhor . Mustang Liniment eesmules andcattle. Farmers try it; A toad tinder ." '! .'J- ' ' V--';-'.' . i " ' i k '. a harrow j suffers no, more than ttio faithftil. horse that ia tortured with Spavins, Swinney, Harness Sores, Sprains, etc. Most horso owners know this and apply the ' kind of sympathy that heals, known far and widq as Mexicaui iMMstainig; Never" faitenot even in tho most aggravated cases. ' Cures cakedudder in cows quicker than any known ; remedy. Hardly a disease peculiar to muscle, skin or joints that cannot lpo cured by it. - ' ! Mexican is the best remedy on'the market for '"jj. 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