TALKS

HEART

HOLINESS

ON

BY

COLONEL

S.

L.

AUTHOR

"THE

WAY

OF

"THE
THE

"HELPS

SOUL-WINNER'S

HOLY

GHOST

Army
122

TO

NESS,"
HOLI-

SECRET," "WHEN

COME/'

IS

ETC.

EDITION]

NEW
Salvation

OF

HOLINESS,"

[SEVENTH

The

BRENGLE

YORK

Printing
Went

14th

1918

and
Street

Publishing

House

CONTENTS

PAGE.

CHAPTER.

PREFACE
....

I.

DEATH

OF

MAN"

"OLD

THE

1
.

ii.

HOLINESS:

WHAT

AND

WHAT

IT

IT

NOT

is

IS
.

III.

HOLINESS

HOW

TO

GET

17

IT
.

IV.

HINDRANCES

TO

29

HOLINESS
.

V.

VI.

VII.

OUTCOME

THE

HOW

TO

KEEP

HOLINESS

OR,

VIII.

OF

ST.

PAUL

BEFORE

DO

YOU

CLEAN

CLEAN

THE

WALK

HEART

37

HEART

45

FLOOD;

GOD?

WITH

60

PATTERN
.

DC.

TESTIFY

53

TO

71

BLESSING

THE

X.

KNOWING

77

JESUS
...

XI.

FREEDOM

FROM

84

SIN
.

IV

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

CHAPTER.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

UNION

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

Ill
.

119

JESUS

THE

"

XXV.

123

MAN

WORKING

LEGACY

THE

128

HOLINESS

OF

132

THANKSGIVING

DON'T

FAITH

IS

.139

FLINCH

144

WANT

YOU

WHAT

LESSONS

PRACTICAL

THE

OF

147
.

152

EVIL-SPEAKING
.

XXIV.

POWER

RESURRECTION

XXIII.

SELF-DENIAL

XVII.

AND

SPIRITUAL

106

SCHOOL

HOLINESS

94

JESUS

WITH

GOD'S

IN

89

GOD

WITH

WRESTLERS

HOW

TO

158

BIBLE
.

THE

FOR

PREPARE

TO

HOW

THE

STUDY

.164

MEETING
.

XXVI.

BE

XXVII.

TO

WORD

FOOLS

USEFUL

FOR

YOU

WOULD

WHO

170
....

CHRIST'S

SAKE

177
,

PREFACE

THIS

is

BOOK

writer's

both

"Helps

won

for

literature

of

has

little

prove

whom

doubt

itself

this

but

that

who

are

place

to

"

Christ,

permanent

subject,

seeking

present

the

plain

pilgrims,

how

they

aim

former

The

the

written

is

The

practical.

great

useful

equally

it

ject,
sub-

same

Holiness."

to

intensely

is

the

on

the

to

successor

volume

famous

entitled

ef

welcome

and

in

work

people

the

have

will

for

soldiers

may

of

order

VI

PREFACE.

their

lives and

I have

said

practical
be

that

here

should

"

has

salvation,

all the

The
and

at

in

merely

am

the

to

he

of

to

to

do

that

author,

Army,
written

has

will

standing
under-

or

even

of

God.

more

than

this

to

enjoy

that

women

enjoy

vinced,
con-

better

the

something
and

men

reader

every

Salvation

The

of

knowledge

and

would,

is

papers

theory of salvation,

the

aimed

help

to

these

unsatisfactory

result

increased

He

of

perusal of what

the

of

aim

the

holiness

in

Him.

Nothing

one.

officer

than

in

that

more

gifted

hearts

righteousness before

and

their

train

and

it now,

will

and

to

to

lead

do

it

time.

glorious experience

-enforced

is the

true

described

here

secret

of

life of

VII

PREFACE.

happiness

the

highest

service

usefulness

and

of

on

for

preparation

That

Heaven.

earth

life

the

experience

you.

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INTERNATIONAL

HEADQUARTERS,

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is

it

as

and

is

for

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS

DEATH

The

Son

lived,

and

is

which

eight

are

he
was

came

into

in

take

to

done

adds,

for
"For

manifested

this
to

suffered,
to

In

"Ye

plish
accom-

in

purpose

destroy

John

John

know

away

and

and

us

and

Apostle

says,

justification,

His

order

work.
he

world,

and

The

purpose.

Jesus,

this

taught,

again

manifested

was

OLD

and

rose

MAN.

THE

two-fold
of

speaking

This

God

toiled,

this

explains

He

God

two-fold

5,

of

and

died,

and

OF

that

sins."

our

regeneration,
In

us.

the
the

verse

Son
works

of

HEART

of

the

which

devil."
is

this

done

for

is

of

needs

man

have

to

him.

have

him.

entire

is

exactly what

First, he
and

That

HOLINESS.

sanctification,
done
work
in us.
Now, upon
an
and
of experience
Scripture, we

examination
find

ON

TALKS

needs
a

"All

get rid of

to

principle of

new

have

men

sinned

his

sins,
life planted in

and

own

short

come

the

when
man
glory of God," and
any
burdened
with
to
God, he comes
a
of his own
wrong-doings and tempers.
sins
him ;
condemn
but, thank
God,

comes
sense

His

Jesus

take

to

came

with
himself
a

our

away

When

sins.

edging
penitent heart, acknowlsinner, and
puts his trust
in Jesus, he will find himself
suddenly freed
from
his
sins.
of
The
guilt will
sense

man

comes

vanish.
The

The

on

is

c.

will
He
even

"with

His

result

of

evil

on

see

that

Jesus,

stripes we

will

be

Peace

roll away.

will

another,

that

of

power

burden

his heart.

his sins
and
are

he

broken.
will fill

were

will

healed."

laid
realize
This

pardon, and that free

God
all past offenses, which

that

free

justificationfor
himself
who
surrenders
gives to every
one
heartily to and trusts in Jesus. At the same
heart
time
God
a
new
plants in the man's
receives
life. The
is born
of God, and
man
calls the washing of regeneration,
what
Paul
all the man's
which
washes
guilt, and
away
he is responsible. At
all the sin for which
will be
planted in the
this time, too, there
heart
and the various
man's
love, joy, peace,
if his experience
is
fruits of the Spirit, and
marked, as such experiences frequently
very

OF

DEATH

are,

he

probably think

will
be

to

more

MAN."

"OLD

THE

there
if

But

done.

nothing

is

walks

he

in

is
(which, by the way,
much-neglected fruit of the Spirit), if he
a
love,
speaks often and freely with those who
the
if he
the
Lord, and
carefully searches
of God
therein
Word
and "meditates
day and
sin's disease
find that
night," he will soon
is deeper
and
more
deadly than he thought,
"humbleness

of

and

that

the

"works

behind

and

of

below

his

devil," that

the

before

destroyed
soul

mind"

the

complete.
will find a big, dark

that

in

grace

be

his

be

can

He

are

also

must

of

work

sins

own

wants

to

something in him
when
things are

mad

get

will not
be
that
against him ; something
patient ; something that is touchy and
sitive
senthat
to
wants
something
grumble
;
find
fault ;
that
is proud
and
something
the
shame
and
shuns
of the
Cross;
thing
somethat

sometimes

hard

suggests

that
is
against God ; something
He
self-willed and
sinful.
hates
ugly and
this something
in him
and
wants
to
get
rid of it,and
himself
for
probably condemns
will feel that he is a greater
it, and maybe

thoughts

sinner

converted.

was

he

than

now

is

resists
what

not

this

is the

he
But

sinner

he
at

something
trouble

was

ever

with

is

the

of this troublesome

Paul

calls

it

eighth chapter of Romans

carnal
mind," and he says

fact,
as

himself.

name

several

In

long

so

is the

by

he

not.

all
in

before

man?

he

Now,
What

something?
In

names.

the

he

calls

it "the

that

it is

"enmity

HEART

against
law

of

fix

over.

You

it up.

HOLINESS.

You

an

by
of God,
or

enemy

subject

You

whitewash

it

better

and

it

ture
cul-

by

effort

any

the

to

be."

can

cannot

make

cannot

growth,

or

is

ON

God, for it is not

indeed
God, neither

cannot

It

TALKS

whatever.
be

cannot

thing
any-

else.
In

the

deliverance

get

can

in
and
"old man."

22,

the

it "the
"the

it.

Colossians
3
In Galatians

flesh."

In

is also

how

he

calls

17, he

it

calls

"superfluity

well

iniquity."

of

"the

he

it

it

Ephesians

9,
5

calls

James

remainder

calls

wonders

from

naughtiness," which

of

he

chapter
this death," and

of

body
4

seventh

rendered

(James

21.)

John
and
it

calls it

the

"sin,"

"works

of

distinct from

as

devil."

the

"sins."

Ezekiel

calls

The
"stony heart"
(chapter 36: 26).
theologians call it "inbred sin," "original sin"
wish
Whatever
and
to
"depravity."
you
call it, it is something evil and
awful, that
a

in

remains

the

after

heart

been

has

man

converted.
Some

conversion,
a

much

far

rid

it so,
wiser
man

wider

thousands
and

but

found

who

he
of

Some
is the

this

he

rid

gotten
saw

Mr.

that

of

at

people

"any

Wesley,

who

was

and

who

had

I am,

observation, examined
this
people on
point,
very
of

never

troublesome

people
remedy.

is

never

and

range

of

said

it

that

say

say

knew

of

one

thing at
that
growing

who

got
conversion.
in

grace

Some

DEATH

OF

people

say

it while

of
and

that

live.

you

MAN."

"OLD

THE

remain

will

rid

get

never

you

It

in

you

against you till you die. They are

altogether prophets of despair, for they
war

not

say

the

and

keep
stand

to

but

that

guard

and

watch

on

it,as

relieves

you.

would

you

have

Catholics

after-death
"old

fixed

in purgatory

while

me,

"old

the

this

But

purposes.

God

for

conversion,

at

that

admit

doesn't

exhortations
doctrine

will

have

things either that

that
at
conversion, or
earnest
professors who
two

have

Personally,

claim

cannot

the

the

mouth

hold

who

not

of

one

removed

number

of

be

verted
con-

to

converted

admit

of
dressed
ad-

are

admit
is

rid

teachings

it

great

been

never

His
those

it

man's

get

we

to

"

made

perplexing,
light as day.

all

And

opinions

found

concerning

Christians.

me

gave

holy desires

all my
while
I

against

war

to

this

of

for

man"

and
theories
were
teaching
God's
teachings were
plain and

and

have

doctrine

up

subject once
These
warring

concern.

perplexed
increasing

this

will

you

man."

great

1.

it

overcome

it, club and

maniac, till death

destruction

Personally, this

and

will

you

it down,

repress

The

in

life

new

at

latter

for

all.
an

instant.
2.

exhort
means

God
us

in

faith, ard

does,
to

by
in

grow

favor
does

with
not

grace,

God,

but

of

Peter,
that simply

and
by obedience
touch
the
subject in

HEART

hand.

Corn
the

rid

not

will

get

TALKS

may

have
rid

but

field

of

of

look

to

its growth

all

weeds,

to

those

Neither

beautifully and

grow

farmer,
the

HOLINESS.

ON

the

and
other

some

troublesome

Nor

4.

whole

Bible

deliverer

plainly how
"Put

says,

find

for

teach

that

till death,

in

warrant

any

to

the

purgatorial fires being the

this evil.

from

But

5.

do

farmer

things.

God

does

will

method

anywhere
this thing need
be bothering us
that death
will destroy it.
or
3.

light
de-

do

find

we

are

off

that
to

the

God

get

old

teaches

rid

man''

of

very

it.

(Ephesians

Paul
4:

all filthiness
"Lay
apart
and
naughtiness."
(James
superfluity of
Blood
of Jesus
1:
21). John says, "The
cleanseth
from
all sin,"
Christ
His
Son
us
not
sin, but "all sin."
part or some

22).

James

says,

fested
maniagain, John says, Jesus "was
of the
to
devil,"
destroy the works
God
through Ezekiel, "I will take
says

And
and

the

away

heart."

stony

All these
passages
get rid of something

spiritual life, and

our

is

work

not

but

process,

be

to
an

wrought in the heart

by the Holy Ghost.
Blessed
teaches

part

to

be
that
secure

Spirit is

an

that

we

bothers

or

are

to

hinders

plainly that this

slow, evolutionary
a
instantaneous
work,

show

of

And

God!

that

teach

the

humble

the

Bible

believer
further

our
on
thing needful
this operation of the
Holy
faith
obedient
"that
laughs

the

one

DEATH

If

this

that
man

one

that

be

and

it

said

experience.

by

proven

be

it is

then

that

so,

tablishes
es-

testimony against all

world.

world

the

is true,

it to

Bible

in the

doubters

be

can

proves

the

up

teaching

Bible

matter

If

shall

"

done.'

ft

cries, 'It

impossibilities,and

at

MAN."

"OLD

THE

OF

All

used

men

round, and

was

he

lieve
be-

to

flat. Columbus

was

the

rose

it

proved

There
be
all.
some
against them
may
the
believe
ignorant old fogies yet who
world
is flat, but
it to
be
they can
prove
the
if they will
take
trouble, and
round,
it or
whether
they prove
not, their purblind
belief does
not
change the fact.

Just
believes
live to

the

so,

that

the

but

does

the

mankind

is destined

Paul

as

make

not

of

part
man''

"old

end,

the

unbelief

greater

"Their

says,

faith

to

God

of

of

humble
and
men
women
effect," and
it is
are
day to declare
rising up
every
that all men
that
can
possible, and
prove
he can
the
be destroyed, if they will meet
none

conditions.

Oh, that
this !
Oh,
counsel

could

we

that

with

we

faith
could

Oh, that we
Jesus really came

get
could
and

to

men

get

them

with

not

understand

get them
to do !

to

take

to

unbelief
see

what

and
fifteen years
ever
ago,
since I have
been
walking in a day that has
and
no
setting sun,
everlasting joy and
I

proved

this

been
gladness have
heart.
Glory be to

on

God

my

head

and

in

my

HEART

It

is

work

salvation,"
not

It

is

and

wrath.

it,

about
to

God.

to

ring

cries

want

before

with

"the

worship

Him

who

has

the

works
to

come

the

dwell

in

of

you

to

whom

enter

which

(Heb.

His

into

So

not?

have

12,

beasts
Lord

holy,
I

down

fall

my

and

and

ever,

destroyed

and

of

heart,

they

that
but

rest,

of

they

unbelief.''
do

and

to

that

see

we

be

in

unbelief."

of

heart

19,

there

lest

believed

18,

heart

my

ever

sins
out

begin

and

me.

because

in

3;

devil

He

sware

believed
enter

evil

an

for

my

praises

elders,"

twenty

heed

"Take

Finally,

spirit

liveth

write

mystical
holy,

in

away

of

and

soul,

and

taken

malice

Heaven

four

and

that

from

and

with

page

"Holy,

four

is

and

all

it

of

my

those

Almighty,"

God

fill the

Throne,

the

fear

and
from

hallelujahs

with

out

sin

all

consider

through

It

to
to

The
all

doubt

God

begin

"great

"make-believe."

from

all

Bless
I

not

hypocrisy;

and

When

is

from

is

It

Hallelujah!

salvation

Christ

Jesus

us.

saves.

It

real

guile

all

it

pretense.

uncleanness

that

for

out

and

HOLINESS.

ON

salvation

little

no

to

came

TALKS

enter

4:3.)

any

"And

should
them

could
"But

into

not

that
not
we

rest."

HOLINESS.

II.

HOLINESS

WHAT

which

there

Isaiah

tells

sorrows

Paul

IS

NOT

AND

WHAT

IT

IS.

is not

Holiness

1.

IT

us

and
tells us

necessarily a state in
is
perpetual rapturous
joy.
of
that
"a
man
Jesus was
grief," and
acquainted with
himself

of
and

sorrow

great

that

he

heaviness

had

tinual
con-

because

rejection of Jesus by his kinsmen

after
the
flesh.
state
Joy is the normal
be mingled with
but it may
of a holy man,
and
perplexities and
grief and
sorrow
of

the

heaviness

account

on

of

manifold

tions.
tempta-

in
mark,
however,
is one
the
experience of a
holy person
is
of
the
high-water mark
perfect peace
third
ever,
howin the
heaven
somewhere;
up
this third-heaven
experience is not
Jesus and
likely to be coastantly maintained.
the
the
down
off
to
come
disciples had
of Transfiguration and
to
Mount
casting
go

The

low-water

"

out

devils,and

Paul

returned

from

the

third

10

HEART

heaven
and

TALKS

buffeted

be

to

imprisoned

of

men.

Holiness

is

not

2.

from

temptation.
conflict

and

darknesses

with
and

expect

may

of

state

This

stoned

Satan, and

is

world

freedom
of trial,

of

fore-front

fiercest
heaviest and

the

assaults
most

conflict
the

of

perplexing

Our
blessed
temptations.
for forty days
tried and
was
tempted
of
the
the
devil, and
forty nights

Lord
and
servant

must

be

not

surprised

if he

is

as

Master.

Paul

to

of

the

devil, and the

and
prolonged

all

HOLINESS.

principalitiesand
powers,
the
terrible evils, and
holy

is in the

who

soul

his

ON

tells

points
succor

sin

us

that

as

we

us

when

Jesus

are,

are

be

tempted

in

is able
It is
tempted.
fact, the Apostle
that

and

we

was

He

tempted; in
jected
subtells us
are
James
to
we
rejoice when
of temptations, for the
all manner,
to
faith will produce in
resulting trial of our
of
force
us
holy character,
strength and
that
shall be
lacking in nothing.
we
so
(James 1: 2-4.)
no

to

of freedom
It does
not
produce a
rather
a
perfect heart !
been
The
saints have
compassed
always
infirmities
that
with
have
about
proved a
of
patiently
source
trial, but when
great
also proved
for His
sake
have
endured
dear
had
thorn
of great blessing. Paul
a
a
source
of
in the
flesh, an
infirmity, a messenger
weak
Satan
to buffet him.
Possibly it was
is
Holiness
infirmities.
from
perfect head, but
3.

not

state

11

HOLINESS.

for

eyes,

of

out

writing
would

he

the
to

for

the

may

he

left

and

Galatians

plucked
him

to

have
tells

stoned

once

city

have

given them
it

was

us

he

he

was

dead, and
tells

their

out

had

been

for

dragged

and

us

eyes

in

they
and

it been

possible. Or
stammering
tongue,
accounted

rude

of

it was
an
speech. Anyway,
infirmity which
he
feeling
longed to get rid of, doubtless
that
his
with
it interfered
usefulness, and
Lord
for
three
he
times
prayed to the
of
instead
getting the
deliverance, but
Lord
said
to
deliverance, the
prayed-for
for
is sufficient
him, "My
thee, for
grace
My
perfect in weakness."
strength is made
cried out, "Most
fore,
Then
Paul
gladly, thereinfirmities
will I rather
glory in my
of
the power
I take
Therefore

that

Christ

may

rest

upon

me.

pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions,
in distresses
for Christ's sake, for when
I
I strong."
am
weak, then am
Paul
tells
In the epistle to the Hebrews,
with
the feel"touched
ings
that Jesus was
us
We
be faulty
of our
infirmities."
may
in memory,
in understanding,
in judgment,
infirmities
of body
have
manifold
we
may
looks
the
and
purity
mind, but God
upon
of the heart, the singleness of the eye, and
the loyalty of our
affection, and if He does
find us
us
counts
not
faulty there, He
natural
It is not
in the mere
perfect men.
and
perfection that the power
glory of God
are
manifested, but rather in goodness and
purity and patience and love and meekness

12

HEART

and

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

Ipngsufferingshining
Holiness

4.

affliction.

is not

saints

The

"in

chosen

firmiti
through inimperfections of mind.

flesh and

of

forth

state

of

furnace
Daniel
and

the

of freedom

from

all ages
have
been
of
affliction."
Job

and
Paul
the
and
Jeremiah
of martyrs
and
have
shall come
mighty army
God's
up through great tribulations. It is not
take
Heaven
to
to
us
on
flowery
purpose
beds
of
in purple and
fine
clothe us
ease,
mouths
linen, and keep a sugar
plum in our
all the time; that would
not
develop strength
of
cultivate
simplicity and
character, nor
in that case
could
purity of heart; nor
we
Jesus, and the fellowship of His
really know
of fire,the
sufferings. It is in the furnace
lions' den, and the dungeon-cell that He
most
His people.
to
freely reveals Himself
and

Other
things being equal, the holy man
less liable to afflictions than
the sinner.
does

not

run

into

the

same

excesses

that

is

He
the

the
pride, the
does, he is free from
temper, the jealousies,the vaulting ambitions
sinners
and
selfishness that plunge so many
into terrible afflictions and
ruin, and yet he
will get through
that he
must
not
presume
without
the world
tions
temptaheavy trials,sore
afflictions.
and
a
perfect
Job was

sinner

man,

but

he

lost

all

his

property

and

his

made
childless
a
day was
his
he
but
perfection by
proved
pauper,
bade
his wife
giving God
glory, and when
him
God
and
her,
die, he said unto
curse
"Thou
of the foolish women
speakest as one

children, and

in

13

HOLINESS.

speaketh

what, shall
of God, and

hands

the

his

ash

three

desolation, and
slay
out, ''Though He

cried

from
awful

pain,
will

yet

Him."

trust

Joseph is
against whom
Daniel, his
to

the

Egypt.

And

led

saints

of

one

the

few

holiness

very

comfort

can

"Many

assurance,

we

afflictions

delivereth

of

mine

Lord
yet the
all." A friend of

them

rather

have

delivered
of them
out
and
dozen
a
get stuck
Holiness

is not

said

he

midst

out

and

of

which

in

state

the

would

have

all, than
in the

of

him

afflictions

thousand

David's

with

righteous,

the

afflicted,

be

may

the

in

is, with

ourselves
are

like

but

endured

he

be, and

it may
But
while

so

Bible

righteousness

and

trials

terrible

in the

men

is recorded,

nothing

to-day.

we

5.

were

fierce
me

at

receive

not

we

and

sorrow

yet

his

when

undermining
off

shall

friends
his faith, he
looked
up
his
of
out
heap, and

And

evil?"

good

receive

we

be

half
them.
there

the heart
When
further development.
is purified it develops
more
rapidly than
before.
ever
comes
Spiritual development
of
in
the
revelation
through
Jesus Christ
the
the
dition
heart, and
holy soul is in a conreceive
revelations
such
to
constantly,

is

and

no

since

finite

the

and

ending
as

wise

rickets

prove

source

to

would

exhaust

the

continue

for

never

revelations

infinite,these
ever

can

will

increasing and
neverof development.
It would
be

say
grow

an

that
no

child
more

afflicted with

when

its blood

14

HEART

TALKS

that

purified; or

was

when

more

to

the

that

say

weeds
will

by
"Let
heed

him

unscriptural
there

is

from
not

end

but

rather

is

It

who

be

pray

moment

in

from

grace,

His

faith.
it is

But
a

the

state

fact, it is

this

in

grace

wherein

does

on

the

to

here

God

are

we

may

which
which

stand."

lest

we

end
in
and

keep
fall

shipwreck of our
God,
fall, thank

make

we

state
we

of

world

Probation

endure

love

from
a

take

Jesus,
quit the body.

While

and

while

says,

standeth

we

who

saved.

ourselves

in

he

watch
must
enemy's country, and
and
ourselves, and
daily examine

the

we

stand

we

believe

we

those

only

he

fall.

moment

the

that

us

grace

cannot

we

the

shall

of

state

which

which

(1 Cor. 10: 12.) It is an

that
doctrine
dangerous

and

any

as

in

grow

16-22), and

11:

fall."

lest he

to

from

state

thinketh

that

no

destroyed

cease

tells

cannot

grow

holy.

is not

fall. Paul
faith (Romans

would
were

it is made

Holiness

6.

HOLINESS.

corn

soul

when

grace

ON

we

need
Paul

Some

fall ;
calls, "this
have
asked
not

"How
holy soul be
can
a
question:
it fall?"
I will ask
can
tempted, or how
could
the
the
angels fall?
question, How
the
could
And
how
Adam,
just fresh from
in whose
Maker
of His
hands
image he was
the more
And
I will ask
ling
startmade, fall?
could
Jesus, the
question still,How
God
incarnate
blessed
Himself, be tempted?
and various
five senses
have
We
bodily
our
in themselves
of which
are
appetites, none
the

15

HOLINESS.

of which
become
sinful, but each
an
may
the
be
avenue
by which
holy soul
may
solicited
of which
each
to
must
evil, and
be regulated by the Word
and
nated
domiof God
wish
ta
by the love of Jesus, if we
stand
keep a holy heart, "and
perfect and
complete in the will of God."
Finally, holiness is a state of conformity
to the divine nature.
there
is love, and
God
is a sense
in which
be said
a
can
holy man
be love.
is like God,
in God's
He
to
not
natural
and
wisdom
perfection of power
and
and
knowledge
omnipresence, but in
patience, humility, self-control, purity of
love.
As
of
heart and
the
the
drop out
is like the ocean,
in its bigness,
ocean
not
but
in its essence,
like
is the holy soul
so
'God.
is like the
As
the
branch
vine, not
in its self-sufficiency,
in its nature,
but
its
its fruitfulness,its beauty, so
is he
sap,
that is holy like God.
This
unspeakable blessing is provided for
us
by our
compassionate
Heavenly Father
Lord
of our
through the shed Blood
Jesus
is received
Christ, and
through a complete
renunciation
of
all sin, an
uttermost
secration
conportunate
all the known
will of God, imto
prayer,
years

ago

and
I

child-like
obtained

faith.
this

ty-nine
Twen-

crowning

blessing of the Gospel through the conscious

of the
incoming
Holy
Spirit when
I believed, after
of earnest
weeks
seeking,
with
abides
and, bless God ! still He
me,
and
and
joy increase and abound.
my
peace
have
been
fierce
afflictions,and
Many
my

16

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

and

have
been
perplexing and
prolonged
fakh
temptations, but with a dare-devil
my
I have
pressed on, claiming victory through
the
I
Blood, testifying definitely to what
claimed
proving day by day
by faith, and
this grace
be
sufficient
while
the
to
path
shines more
the perfect day.
and
unto
more
forever!
Glory be to God

How

may

know

we

when

in

backslidden

are

we

heart?
Answer:
own

instead

ways

ways."

own

14:

with

their

with

our

God
For
says:
his
filled
with
shall

"Therefore

14.)

devices."

own

(Prov.

Si.)

1:

When

(2.)

When

(3.)
whom

from

Of
to

course

the

though
in

Egypt."
a

in

and

the

in

openly

our

20.)

turned

back

turns

back

flesh,

even

heart
of

do

3:

39.)

his

lusts

than

to

hearts

(Acts
who

not

greater
(1 John

not
their

if

"For

us.

"To
obey God.
thrust
but
obey,

unwilling

man

world
he
does

is

things."

would
and

them,

into

again

are

we

condemn
God

us,

all

fathers

our

Him

hearts

our

condemn
knoweth

heart
and

our

heart

the

is

so,

backslider

heart.

to

way

of

Lack
weariness

long

backslidden

112:

heart

7.)

we

emotions
joyful
or
sickness,
or

the

as

"His

'and
habitually
wilfully
desires
and
and
sins
unholy

When
inward

(4.)

(Prov.

filled

be

they

filled

are

we

of God's
ways.
In heart
shall
be

backslider

"The

When

(1.)

will

is

true

to

in

of

seasons

pers.
tem-

great

temptation,

under

God,

give

is

not

BO

sign

of

heart.
is

fixed, trusting

in

the

Lord."

(Pa.

HOLINESS:

HOW

TO

GET

IT.

TO

GET

IT.

17

III.

HOLINESS:

HOW

'Holiness

of our
and
is that state
moral
like Jesus
which
makes
spiritual nature
us
in His
moral
and
It does
spiritualnature.

perfection of intellect,though
the experience will give much
ness
cleargreater
man's
intellect and
to
simplify and
a
does
energize his mental
operations. Nor
in perfection of conit necessarily consist
duct,
seeks with all his
though a holy man

not

consist

in

conduct
his outward
spond
correhis inward
love.
But
to
light and
in
consist
holiness
does
liveranc
decomplete
in the
the sinful nature, and
from
of the
of love,
perfection
spiritual graces

heart

joy,

make

to

peace,

longsuffering, gentleness, goodness,

and
self-control
or
truth, meekness
temperance.
Righteousness is conformity to the divine

law,

but

holiness

is

conformity

to

the

divine

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HEART

That

nature.

is revealed

By

1.

that

HOLINESS.

is such

in three

us

Scriptures.

the

God

ON

there

to

"chastens

us

be

partakers
He
10.) And

may

we

TALKS

experience

an

ways

The
Bible tells us
for our
profit that
His
holiness."
of

has
(Heb. 12:
"given unto
us
exceeding great and precious promises,
that
be partakers of the
by these ye may
divine
having escaped the corrupnature,
tion
that is in the world
through lust."
makes
(2 Pet. 1: 4.) In the Bible God
us
of
holiness.
He
precious promises
very
solemn
and
gives us
mands
imperative comvery
be holy. He
to
us
earnestly exhorts
be
and
to
us
graciously encourages
holy,
and

teaches

That
revealed
to
2.

and

men

our

us

to

and
out

experience is
testimony of the holy

is such

by the

this

into

by

like

holiness
every

sinful

glorious

has
rience.
expe-

hunger and thirst

hearts; for if these

God,
so

God

that

the

regenerate
be

an

declare

who

them

own

desires

cast

there

holiness.

for

pray

It is revealed

3.

love

to

women

brought

of

us

fill

and

hearts

our

thought

have

to

His

desire

and

begotten in us by the Spirit of God,

as
proof
they well be considered
may
the Spirit of
holiness is possible. For
of
will not
beget desires in the hearts
them.
only to mock
trusting children
expect
Nearly all Christians
holy either before they die, or

to
at

to

as

be
the

are

then
that

God
His

made
mo-

HOLINESS:

of

ment

death.

And

Heaven.
made

everybody

holy in purgatory

of

fires, and
rise

is

nature

our

Some

vision

Christians

other

sanctified

are

cleansed

its pain
of God.

through

the

to

that

at

the

that

agrees

holy

The

19

IT.

GET

before
we
hold
Catholics

be

must

we

TO

HOW

enter

can

that

are

we

depravity
in purgatorial
the

and

throes

maintain

that

of

death

moment

we

we

by

mysterious operation of the Spirit of

God; while others again insist that we
grow
tion
Salvaof The
into the experience.
But
we
believe that it is the gift of God.
Army
soul
that is
and
is the
heritage of every
which
inheritance
into
born
we
again, an
at
enter
once
by hearty consecration
can
some

childlike

and

How,

Holy

tained?
obbe
then, shall this holiness
Not
by purgatorial fires, but by
fire. Not
Ghost
by works; that would

make
A

faith.

his

man

trick

great
think

Saviour

own

of

the

devil

and
is to

sanctifier.
lead

people

they will get it by doing something

but a man
might as well try to lift himself
the fence
over
bootstraps as to
by his own
himself
into the divine nature
transform
by
He
it no
works.
more
can
by works
get
than
he
can
change the color of his eyes
of
He
rid himself
no
can
more
by works.
to

an

inherited

temper,

or

get

lust

out

of

his

tized,
hatred, or
pride, by getting bapby going to church, by joining The
ing
Army,
by putting on the uniform, by readthe
or
Bible, by
doing any
every
than he can
out
religious work
get scrofula

heart,

or

20

HEART

of

his

lest

any

holy

man

is

one

But

change
from
made
order

things,

"It

is not

of

this

further

on.

adds

man,

which

deceitful

We

is

really as

holiness,"

his

tell

to

talk

to
a

on

the

one

new

to

us

of
one.

new

new

This

coat.

new

!
Adam

do

It

growing
Put
Put

in

is the
it.

out

off
off

man

the

really

as

the

old

to

the

puts

off

according

corrupt

lusts," as

true

on

it

does

off

"put

must

"put on
coat, and
after God
is created

which

into

but

us,

neither

old

Paul

to

and

nature

removed.

on

of

ness
disposition. Holiconsists
in
taken
having
something
and
in having our
spiritualnature
us,
into
the
over
image of Jesus. In
be holy we
have
to
must
clean
unevery
desire and
and
passion of the
temper
the

soul

and

add

or

works,
boast."
should
man
a
However,
in good
is abundant
works, and so
is truly seeking the
who
blessing.
stature.

Growth
by growth.
from
nothing
us,

takes

his

his

to

more

Not

HOLINESS.

ON

by doing these

blood

cubit

one

TALKS

the

the

man,

new

righteousness

as

man

God

way

would

be

of

old

an

old
old

coat,

Adam,

puts
told
sense
non-

coat

put
put

I used to think it was,

by death.
the
But
I dreaded
because
I was
taught so.
of
being killed by lightning, or
thought
to
shot
by a stray bullet. I did not want
die suddenly ; I wanted
time to get ready.
that it is not
But, glory to God ! I learned
that
I am
ready to meet
by death, and now
old enemy.
Hallelujah forever!
It is not

HOLINESS

Well, how
the

From
it?
Jesus,
and
saved
who
you
troubled
conscience,

get

you

Jesus

same

very

spoke

can

to

peace

21

IT.

GET

TO

HOW

your

going to sink into

died
for
hell.
The
same
Jesus who
very
how?
But
giving
By
asking. By
you.
forever
to
Him, to be
yourself freely and
Lord
not
Saviour, but also your
only your
and
Master; to do and suffer all His blessed,
ing.
wise, tender will. By believing and receivwhen

feared

you

If you

knew

what

were

you

had

you

would
God.

you

of

your

die

to

at

sunset

You

do?

night,
to-

give

would

If you
had
grudges
yourself to
any
would
of your
against any
neighbors, you
if you
had the opportunity
give them
up, and
for
ask
them
would
to
forgive you
you
though they had wronged
hating them, even
or

some

stop

to

you
not

would

You

not

how

You

care.

them
man,

If

ambitions,
before

the
would

you

been

had

duty,
and

you

the

make

straight."
hands

matter

of

way

in

any

you.

feel it your
would

leave

robbed

any

him

what

to

selfish

plans,

or

sink
into molehills
they would
of eternity,and
mighty mountains
quickly. If you
give them
up
in the discharge of any
unfaithful
would
confess
it,
over
it, mourn

all in

do

had

you

wouki

treat

would

to

his.

was

You

they would

get right, and

you
had
with
If you
God.
would
try to restore
you

business

the

think

friends.

the
Then

the

limited

right. You
Lord, and
you

would

helplessness,and

time

left

would
make
throw
ask

God

you

to

"prepare
his paths
up
to

your

for-

22

HEART

give

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

for

because
not
Jesus' sake, and
in yourself. And,
there
if
merit
was
any
would
giveness
forreceive
really trusted, you
you
you

and

be

at

the

If
to

would

you

heart, and
bad

be

show

soil that

would

you

candidate

feel

reveal
human

weeds

this

of

out

was

bad

the

grew

it

that

you

ness.
holi-

for

Spirit should now

corruption of the

Holy
hidden

the

you

would

Saviour, and

Jesus to be your
rejoice in Him.
Now

You

peace.

of

hatred

and
lies,
pride, selfish ambitions
envy,
thefts, and
adulteries, murders, drunkenness,
rid you
such
would
to God
to
like, you
cry
not
only of the weeds, but to entirely change
and

such
be

of

condition

the

unholy
only one

would

be

to

And

did

it.

would

do

of all

of the

would

do
it.

He

full

with
would

unholy conditions

children

He
to

wants

be

like

to

His

pectation
ex-

purge

tism
by the bapfire,as surely

Holy Ghost and with

gold of dross.
Glory

fire purges
This is just what
as

all His

do

till He
heart

there

that
done, and
it for Jesus' sake ;

wait

do

which

this

get
to

of

out

And

grew.

to
way
ask God
to

he

your

things

it, and

Him

trust

heart

your

do.

to

He

God

wants

well-beloved

this that
He
It was
for
sent
Son, Jesus.
Jesus into the world, and it is for this that He
baptizes with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
Some
time ago
a
to the penitentlady came

form

for

sanctification

After

and

we

in

one

of

my

ings.
meet-

plained
questioned her and exthe subject as
fully as I could to her
had
prayed, she claimed the blessing

had

HOLINESS:

though

she

that the

again

to

did

work

with

many

TO

get

my

threw

GET

23

IT.

special witness

any

done.

of

one

testimony

left

not

was

her

She

HOW

But

she

soon

meetings
light on

and

came

testified;

the

difficulty

people.

said

that

for

after,
day..s_

several

the

first meeting
she
different, but while about

did

not

her

housework

she

'any"

feel

her
mind.
to
thought came
No
doubt
the
Sanctifier
Holy
Spirit, the
Himself,
gested
sugit to her, that her
sanctification
was
a
will for her, and
part of her Father's
that
He
offered
it to her
the simple conditions
on
of
in

Him.

had

and

Then

upon

it dawned

childlike
her

faith

that

she

these

met

of
she

full consecration

must

stead
inconditions, and that now
unusual
waiting for any
feelings
it were
just act
as
though

done.

She

then

added

it done

count

and

that
to

when

act

as

she

began

though

it

to

were

done, then she began to realise that God was

doing His part. She began to feel the mighty
workings of the Spirit in her heart.
it is just at this point that many
Now,
tate
people fail. They wait for feeling, and hesiand

heads

doubt

and

down

and

shout

of

wonder

and

go

with

their

throw
maybe
repine, and
their
confidence, when
they should
away
recklessly but intelligently give themselves
to Jesus to be His
forever, to do His
over
will unto
death, step out on the promise with
humility and adoring faith toward
God, and
with
their

fears,

count

defiance
the

to

work

the

devil and

done.

all

24

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

One
day ten
the
with
flesh

miserable
men
lepers, poor,
rotting off their bones, met
Jesus, "and
they lifted up their voices and
And
said, Jesus, Master, have mercy
on
us.
when
He
them"
how
(bless Him!)
saw
loved
He
them
in
and
them
yearned
over
their misery ! But
His
their
yearnings over
sick
bodies
His
feeble
to
were
compared
diseased
mighty yearnings over
soul,
your
sister. "And
when
He
brother, my
saw
my
said unto
them, He
them, Go, shew
selves
yourthe priests."It was
law
unto
a
among
the Jews
that when
a
leper was
healed, he
the priest and
to
must
get a certificate
go
that
be
safe person
he
at
to
a
was
large
the
small-pox
as
a
people, much
among
do
But
to
us.
patient might have
among
these
fellows might have
objected and
poor
said to Jesus, "But
look at us ! We
not
are
We
healed.
Our
leprosy is just the same.
We
different
since you
not
are
spoke to us.
in this plight, and
shall be fools to go
we
"

shall
mock
that

be

not

we

we

make

us,

know

may

go."
No, no,

if

received

Heal

us.

"

we

are

do
us

go.

feel

Do

not

different

healed, then

we

will

talk

so;

these

no,

they did

not

poor

stop

wretches
to

reason

did

not

with

they did not

stop
to
their feelings, or
examine
to
compare
with the healthy folks about them.
themselves
theirs
Jesus had spoken the word, and it was
and
off, I
to
trust
obey; so they hobbled
it
"And
imagine, as fast as they could go.
to
to pass"
(something always comes
came
their

doubts

and

"

fears ;

HOW

TO

trust

and

HOLINESS:

pass

when

came

to

people
that

pass,

cleansed."

through
written

obey)

"

"And

it

went

and

encouragement

our

25

IT.

they were
That
was
cleansing
it is
of faith," and

they

as

Bless God !
"the obedience

for

GET

tion.
instruc-

this experience? If
Reader, do you want
have
for it.
it,rejoice and praise God
you
Don't
merely keep on
seeking it, else you
will get into darkness, but go
to
thanking
for it, and
God
testifying of it to others.
But if you have it not, give yourself up fully
God
ask
to
for it,
for it,believe
just now,
and if it does not come
patiently and
at once,
expectantly wait for it. Expect it,expect it,
it ! "He
gives His people an expected
expect
end."
Remind
God
of His promises. Don't
fies
sanctiand
till He
rest
give Him
comes
any
Tell

you.

that

and

blesses
close
there

Him
will

you

not

Nestle

you.

have
let Him

you

down

on

stay,

to

come

go

His

till He

promises

loving heart of Jesus and stay

is
the work
expecting till you know

to

the

done.
If the
say:
you

devil

"It
say:

me,

If

and

is

for

"I

am

devil

different," you
get

behind

this also.
it if you

evil heart

of

unbelief

for you,"
others, but not
all the Lord's; get behind
tell Jesus about
it.

Satan," and
the

an

says

say:

me,

"You
"I

am

Satan," and

If the

devil

says:

don't

feel

any

all the

Lord's;
tell Jesus about
"You
can't keep

"I am
all the
get it," you
say:
don't
Satan," and
get behind
me,

Lord's;
forget to tell this

to

Jesus.
c

2G

HEART

Act

out

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

faith

your

regardless

of

your

feelings, and a heaven

of love and
joy and
and
patience will soon
fill your
peace
poor
and
be
will
"lost in wonder, love
heart,
you
and
praise," only don't bother yourself about
is to wait
business
feelings. Your
on
your
"God
for orders
and
inspiration,and then to
and
trust
ness
obey. It is His part of the busishine

to

fillyou

with

upon

the

heart

bubble
promise; feed

yourself on
Jesus; wait

strong
You

do

to

in

man's

and

God!

to

shall

you

and

your

in

for God

with

as

shall

you

become

and

souls.
and

thousand

find
of

fellow

shall

you

to

believing just

peace.

Continue

shall flow

peace

feast

discouragements

Go
have

the

God;

satisfied

and
shall chase
difficulties,
you
of your
enemies, and if you can
"with
kindred
spirit the two
a
thousand
to
flight.
put ten

Glory

Claim

faithfulness

be

work

above

your

believing, expectant

fatness, and
a

and

you,

make

of

and

shall

rise

shall

word

love
Him

cleanse

Ghost, and
with
joy.

the

on

you

and

marrow

over

His

and

prayer,

Holy

on

and

you

now,

to

like

lieve,
be-

river.

fast
resistingthe devil steadin the
faith, reminding Jesus of His
heart
own
encouraging
promises and
your
be long
with them, and I declare it will not
faith receives
(before your
patient, expectant
Hold

on

God

reward.
has
; he

great

enough
him,"
and,
promise, He
of

this way,

Heaven

"It

say:

is

to
to

stay
mind

"Open

come

calling
will

and

will

add

pour

him

out

we

His
the
a

will bless
ancient
windows

blessing that

HOW

HOLINESS:

shall

there

be

not

TO

enough

room

27

IT.

GET

receive

to

down
into your
(Malachi 3: 10.) Then
waiting, trusting,expecting heart will come
the Comforter, the blessed
Holy Ghost, and
of your
soul will
from
the deepest centre
up
of
spring the artesian well of living waters
the meek
and
holy love and praise. Then
clean
and dwell in your
lowly Jesus will come
than
Him
will love
a
more
heart, and you
the
mother
loves her first-born babe, or than
will adore
You
bridegroom loves his bride.
and
Him
out
and
worship Him
pour
your
it."

heart's

treasures

sins that
all your
nailed
Him
and

for

thorns

unbelief

your

kept Him
Have

show

to

the

in

other

be

holy

for
save

of

image

Answer

God's

be

to

words,
to

or

which

first

souls, but

be

command
to

that

heart

is

Don't

heart.

to

the

be
more

Him

to

be

first, "to
or

search

God

be
and

conformed

soul-winner

important,

to

souls?

save

To

Cross, and

Let

now.

sought
Christ,"

with

of

Heartily give yourself

trust, expect, ask, wait, receive.

is

Him

the

to

afraid.

Which

self
your-

crowned

all your

you

loathe

long.

so

you

blessing

the

and

hardness

and

from

and

you

Him

upon

be

is

holy
to

holy.

important,

more

every

man

"Not

every

Is
one

not

to
that

28

TALKS

HEART

unto

sayeth

of

Kingdom
of

in

works?
I

knew

never

does

What
(hearts

take

the

saving
God

makes

clean

"within

me.

Tation,

and

will

shall

which
have

before

Thy

In

profaned
shall

Lord

God,
their

know
when

eyes."

the

My

that
I

shall

(Ezek.

am

be

36:

Then

51:

great

them
the

sanctified

23.)

10,

name,

which

heathen,
of

midst

sal-

sinners

(Psalm

the

among

Thy

and

way,

me

spirit

Spirit.

free

sanctify

will

profaned

was

heathen
the

"And

13.)

in

of

joy

the

Thee."

unto

effectual

right

Thy

transgressors

fact,

In
to

renew
me

with

in

"Create

and

me

He

sight?

Hell.

to

us

our

instrumental

been

unto

converted

be

12,

ye

teach

work

if

His

soul-saving.

Restore

uphold

ye

prerequisite

God,

heart,

them,

that

works

in

send
a

in

drous
won-

unto

our

have

and

work

lasting

cast

many

Me,

unholy

we

holines

not

we
name

profess

for

and

Himself

to

Thy
done

from

will

have

in

will

Many

name

care

souls

the

the

21-23.)

God

impure

are

will

doeth

Lord,

will

depart

(Matt.

that

and

Thy

Into

Lord,

then

you

iniquity."

and

in
And

enter

Heaven.

name?

and

devils?

in

day,

Thy

shall
He

is

that

in

prophesied
out

but

which

Me

to

Lord,

Heaven

Father

My

say

Lord,

Me,

HOLINESS.

ON

and

the
saith

Lord,
in

y"u

HINDRANCES

29

HOLINESS.

TO

IV.

HINDRANCES

HOLINESS.

TO

for us
that
provided a salvation
satisis perfect in every
particular,and that fies

God

has

its possessor
world, the
him

to

heart

the

both

and

flesh

conqueror"
the devil, and

and

will of

the

It makes

than

"more

do

mind.

the

God

enables

earth

on

the

over

as

it is

altogether worthy of
It is
its Author.
It is a "great salvation."
of beliefs,nor
set
pitiful
not
a
a
mere
poor,
little profession, but
full, joyous, supera
abounding, all-conquering life. Glory to God!
life. Jesus said:
abundant
This
is the more
that they might have
"I am
life,and
come
it more
that they might have
abundantly."
(John 10: 10.) Praise the Lord, this life is
mine, and has been for twenty-nine years.
done

in

And
not

for

now,

obtained

point out
reception and

to

It is

Heaven.

sake

the

crowning

this

of

some

have

of

the

reason

it.

the

those

who

blessing, I
hindrances

why

so

few

have
wish
to

its

paratively
com-

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HEART

1.

Many

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

tudes
multiignorant of it! Vast
of professing Christians
heard
never
of a second
work
of the
Holy Spirit that
purifies the heart and perfects it in love. It
is, strange to say, an
unpopular theme, and
is not
much
Salvation
spoken of outside
holiness meetings, and
God
could
Army
so
He did of old, "My
people are
say to-day, as
destroyed for lack of knowledge."
(Hos. 4:
6.) But this ignorance is due, not altogether
the
fact that it is a subject little spoken
to
few
so
about, but also because
people go to
'God's

are

Word

for

their

standard

of

life and

there
out
experience. It is all written
so
plain that a fool need not err ; but most
fessors
proof religion prefer to take their standard
from
the
them
rather
people around
than
folks

from

God's

Book.

Paul

says

of

such

themselves
"They,
measuring
by
(2 Cor. 10: 12.)
themselves, are not wise."
And
will be wise unless they cease
they never
and
look to
looking at poor, perishing men,
Wisdom
is from
above, and
Jesus only.
Himself
from
God
and
be sought from
must
and
the
from
the
not
study of His Word,
conduct
of the people about
us.
:

with
the
familiar
are
Unbelief. Many
an
not
of God, but they have
Word
priating
approfaith. They read the exceeding great
to
occurs
and
precious promises, but it never
2.

them

that

on

they can
things promised.
"The
not

word

being

the

fulfilment
have

Paul

says

the

ditions
con-

will

have

the

people :
profit them,

of these

did not
with
faith in

preached
mixed

and

of

them

that

TO

HINDRANCES

31

HOLINESS.

it."

heard

of crying
(Heb. 4: 2.) Instead
God
to
to
bring their experience up to the
of the Bible, they explain the Bible
standard
down
to the level of their experience, and
so
receive the glorious revelation of Jesus
never
their

to

therein
3.

hearts

the

seek

natural
I

of

thing.

They

grace

not

from
our

from

us

heart
the

to

always

an

from

infirmities

infirmities

to

our

said

bring
infirmities,

this

bless

us.

infirmities,because

the

minister
the

to

Full

impurity,
in

and

impurities and

Amen

latter.

pect
ex-

to

law
broken
educated

of

save

My

salvation

temptations,

heard

once

"Lord,

his

full

consequences

part, but
delivers

in

wrong

from

infirmities."

uses

the

blessing of

deliverance

pray,

fulness

promised.

Some

like.

the

and

salvation

but

world.
Paul

first

not

ways
alGod

gloried

the
through them
of Christ rested upon
him
(2 Cor. 12:
power
"touched
read that Jesus was
9, 10), and we
with the feeling of our
infirmities."
(Heb.
4. 15.)
Infirmities and
ated
incorportemptations are
into His
cational
eduby our
Heavenly Father
and
disciplinaryplans for us, and
overruled
for our
are
highest good and widest
be
not
need
to
usefulness, and
we
expect
while
them
in the
entirely free from
we
are
free from
could
them
body. If we
were
we
into "the fellowship of the suffernot
ings"
enter
of
with
sympathize
Jesus, nor
our
be an
immeasurable
brethren, and that would
loss to us.
It is because
Jesus was
tempted
in all points like as we
and
touched
are
was

32

HEART

with
is

the

we

it is

ON

feeling of our
to
sympathize
are
tempted.

able

when

TALKS

only

as

that
infirmities,
with

and

(Heb.

into

enter

we

HOLINESS.

the

succor

2:

us

And

18.)

tations
temp-

common

trials and
afflicted with
are
infirmities of humanity, that we
common
be touched
with tender
for and
sympathy
and

largely

should

we

will

joy when
(James
Nor
save

from

1:

does

be

broken

laws.

that

has

these

this experience

from

us

can

things, but rather

it all
we
are
told, and "count
as
fall into divers temptations."
we
2.)

us

do

the

And
blessing humanity.
so
for an
seek
experience that

not

save

should

in

used

He

the

natural

of

full salvation
of

consequences

enjoying the
fulness
of God's
salvation, but if he ignorof finance
the laws
or
health,
antly breaks
lose
he may
expect to go into bankruptcy or
his health
as
surely as the vilest sinner. And
this does
his Heavenly
at all that
not
argue
him
is displeased with
Father
morally, or
he

lost any
this
does

Nor

please everybody
Our

men.

man

may

be

of his

measure

experience
and

hearts

may

appear

be

as

salvation.

enable

us

to

perfect

to

all

pure

as

the

love with
archangel, and we
may
be
conduct
a
perfect love, and yet our
may
and
be accounted
misjudged
by others as
we
being anything but fully saved. The brethren
of Jesus did not believe on
Him
(John 7: 5),
his critics called Him
and
a
glutton and a
shall hardly
His
servants
wine-bibber, and
their Master, but should
be above
rejoice to

heart

be

as

of

an

their

Master.

HINDRANCES

There

that

two

are

(2 Cor.
in

hearts

our

be

may

in
tender

our

conduct

sympathies of
in

is,the love

because

of

The

other

is
sels."
ves-

of

God

His

and

vation
sal-

natural

our

be

the

able to fully express

holy affections and

our

heart.

blue

Just as clear
blue, or in a

bottle will look

yellow bottle will look yellow, so
in
crystal-like salvation of God
earthen
takes
the color of our
on
water

One

earthen

perfect

not

may

we

this.

in

treasure

complete, but
infirmities

for

7)" that

4:

33

HOLINESS.

reasons

this

"have

we

TO

the
our

pure,

hearts

vessel.

is, that just as when

you
look at a landscape through smoked
glasses
the eyesight of
so
smoky,
everything looks
by
people is so distorted and blurred
many
if
sin, by prejudice, by unbelief, that even
be perfect, they, looking at us
conduct
our
of their own
sinfulness,
through the medium
Lord
will criticize us
as
they criticized our
before
need
This
not
being so, we
pect
exus.
the experience of full salvation to make
of men,
but
us
perfect in the eyes
appear
ourselves
with
content
having a conmust
science
void
man,

reason

of
and

offense
in

toward

having His

God
assurance

and

ward
to-

that

please Him.
Others
seeking a sort of "third-heaven"
are
Paul
what
to
had, in
experience, similar
which
they shall see visions, hear voices, be
tuous
tumulvisited by angels, and constantly have
and
joy. Like Peter on the
rapturous
of Transfiguration, they say:
Mount
"Master,
be
it is good
that
to
here," not
knowing
them
down
into the valto lead
Jesus wants

our

ways

34

TALKS

HEART

ley to cast
discourage

ON

HOLINESS.

devils. Far be it from

me
soul
from
seeking any
any
in the
Bible !
mentioned
Has
heart

own

my

out

perience
ex-

not

fulness

with

burst

almost

to

of

love? and cannot

I, in the Spirit,say
with
I seen
the
Lord?"
Paul:
"Have
not
self
of HimTruly the revelation Jesus gave
me
is unutterable, but I got this revelation

joy and

by seeking
by humbling

not

but
to

wait

to

believe

has

shown

in

as

said.

to

walk

to

do

His

Then

He

abode

His

however,
joy, holiness

me,

in

much

myself
counsel,
He

up

His

have

to

what

took

and

me

His

for

experience,

marvelous

some

in my

that

lowly, humble,

Him.

will

does

and
to

came

He

heart.
I

although

am

consist

not

sublimated

rapturous,

with

so

experiences,

patient,trustful

love.

people put the experience

it down
the clouds, others
leave
among
up
the fogs, and
fail to get it. They
so
among
think
in being free
that it simply consists
from
fied
condemnation,
forgetting that a justiFor
condemned.
is not
instance, a
man
"But while

man

been

has

tobacco,

some

or

her

Each
hat.
consistent
with
struggle with

about

condemned

the

about

woman

use

of

feathers

in

the

not
feels that such things are
Christian
life,and, after a
a

habit, yields and

pride and
Of
the offending thing.
course
casts
away
there is now
condemnation, and that soul
no
fied,
feels justified; but it may
not
yet be sanctiit is not,

and

and
Ghost

feathers

and

out

went

when

in, destroying

came

bitterness

unless

and

sin

out

of

the

the

tobacco

off, the
every

heart.

root

Holy
of

Holiness

HINDRANCES

is

thing of

of

away

the

the

renewing

TO

of

it is

heart;

dross

the

of
whole

our

35

HOLINESS.

purging

the

it is

soul;

nature

the

that

so

we

"partakers of the divine nature."

It "makes
the tree
good."
had
the
little eight-year-old boy
My
revealed
him
of holiness
nature
to
by the
Some
time
he professed
Holy Ghost.
ago
to get
saved, and I think he did get saved,
he is not
fident
so
though
saintly as I feel conOne
he will yet be.
evening, not long
he
said
his mother
to
:
since, however,
I'm tired of Hying this way." His
"Mamma,
of course,
darling,
queried, "Why,
mamma,
made

are

what's

the

all

good
me

to

but

time."

then
of

prayer

know
and

my
see

when
the

text,

them,
be good

do
to

want

morning,
"Mamma,

'Create

tell

"You

as

within

soon

want
me

text-book."
God,' in my
he
prayed he pleaded the
and
me
Psalmist, "Search

heart, try
if there

next

said

he

that

put

heart,

clean
"And

The

awoke,

to

you

inside.

angry

be

to

want

time," said he.

I go
and
things, and

feel

he

as

"I

the

do

all the

now?"

matter

be

me

any

and

know

wicked

my
way

ways,

in

me."

all the
makes
holiness
good
one
Now,
in
also
time; not
only in conduct, but
act, but
character; not
only in outward
also in inward
thought and wish and feeling
with
who
content
and
those
anything
are
the blessing.
this will miss
below
is the
hindrance
Another
the
Apostle
rightly "consider
Priest of our
profession, Christ
4.

failure
and

to

High

Jesus, who

36

HEART

faithful,"

was

He

offers

she

that

and

asked

the

presence

how

her

amid

walked

by

in

She

the
His

and

she

of

His

His

Cross

followed

His

and

haughty

head.

she

could

never

If

people

spirit of

and
be

mind

at

were

we

humility.

holiness

bling
hum-

or

while

life

the

study

subject

in

King

while

said

lesson

let

and

crowd,

side

point,

in

proud

glory,

and

mocking

the

gladly

Jesus,

be

carrying

high

but

and

meekly

prayers,

would

life

with

that

temper,

consider
could

pride,

saw

family
.forget

of

and

Calvary,

her

humility,
deep
the
imagine
Him,

Lord

Himself

and

fast
break-

His

to

the

her

at

unconquerable.

she

of

kings,

train

grace

Christian

me

should

she

her

requested

she

found

had

suggested

up

the

earnest

an

to
complaining
about
her
pride

table

which

appropriate

to

day

other
was

of

and

us.

The
woman

HOLINESS.

ON

TALKS

in

the

them,
be

would

Jesus,

greatly

simplified.
Holiness

is

unattainable
to

the

stars,

mind

life
be

but

lowly
share

can

in

them.

lofty

some

it

is

rather

men

with

Bless

in

lowly
by

leap

can

lowly

the

Jesus,
God

experience,

who

those

to

except

which

of

not

ence,
experiwalks

letting

forever!

His

OUTCOME

OF

37

HEART.

CLEAN

V.

OUTCOME

THE

OF

David

prayed
God,
heart, O
within

"Create
and

renew

Restore

unto

CLEAN

HEART.

within

me

clean

right spirit
the joy of
with
Thy

a
me

salvation, and
uphold me
will I teach transgressors
Spirit. Then

Thy
free

Thy

ways,
Thee."

unto

of

me.

clean

shall be
converted
and
sinners
He
recognized that the blessing
would
heart
wisdom
give him

and

power

and

and

to

teach

so

of

when

thine

that

them

It is the

converted.

expressed

spirit to

the

He

teach

they would
truth

same

that

said, "Cast
then

sinners,

the

be

Jesus
beam

thou
see
of thy brother's
out
clearly to cast the mote
beam
is inbred
is
eye." The
sin; the mote
the
inbred
transgressions that result from
The
sin.
of the results
following are
some
of a clean heart:
out

clean

1. A

makes

own

heart

soul-winner

eye,

shalt

filled with
out

of the

the
tnan

Spirit
who

38

HEART

receives

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

the

the
so
on
blessing. It was
the disciples,
day of Pentecost, when
having
their hearts
purified by fire and filled with
the Holy Spirit,won
3,000 souls to the Lord
in one
With
the
meeting.
blessing of a
clean
heart
comes
passion of love for
a
with
it a passionate desire for
Jesus, and
the

salvation

makes

sanctification

and

of

It

men.

aries,
apostles, prophets, martyrs, missionand
It
fiery-hearted soul-winners.
wide

opens

and

clear

the

God

between
power,

and

sanctifyingsouls.

of

the

soul,
the
Holy

and

His

the

channel

of

munion
com-

so

that

Ghost,
works
has
clean
who
through him
a
heart,
surely convicting and
graciously converting

2.

The

blessing results

spirit, The
"God.

power

in

constancy

perfect balance
feeling, uncertainty

finds its

soul

Fickleness

of

of
in

of

of
desire
are
waywardness
fastness
the soul
is buoyed
and
by steadup
gone,
and
certainty. It no longer has to
and
be
braced
pledges and
by vows
up
forward
naturally,
moves
resolutions, but
and

temper,

with

quietness

element

within

backsliding is
for
and

supremacy,
in all, and
:

whose

trusteth

"Thou
mind
in

assurance.

perfect peace.

is

3. There

and

is

gone,

for
that

out,

cast

self

no

Jesus
word

The

warring

the

fear

longer
has
in

of

struggles

become

Isaiah

all
filled
is ful-

keep him in perfect peace

he
is stayed on
Thee, because
is made
soul
and
the
Thee,"
wilt

OUTCOME

OF

of

"the

possessor

CLEAN

39

HEART.

of

peace

God

which

that

is,

passeth all understanding."

had

It

cessation

"peace
of

rebellion

but
the

as

the

has

about

faith

and

the

"

strife

the

the

and

present

God"

it has

now

bay

Anxiety

with

"

of

God,"

the

took

perfect
perfect faith

heart, and
destroys fret and worry.
They cannot
"in the same
heart.
Said a saint, "I
to

get

and

trust

Wesley

clean

the

at

worry

said,

as

abide
cannot

time."

same

would

"I

sea.

about

worry

It

go.

verted,
con-

of

future, and
past

when

"peace

fulness

soon

John

swear

as

fret."

Joy

4.

perfected. There

is

heaviness

and

sorrow

manifold

of

account

on

be

may

be great
trials and
temptations, there
may
perplexities,but the joy of the Lord, which
is his strength, like a
gulf stream,
great
flows
throbs
and
through the heart of him
who

is

God

becomes

when

he

sanctified
said

Probably
of

David

will

"Then

go

current.

knew

this

unto

God,

joy."

not

clean

unbroken

an

joy.

his

exceeding

my

in

heart

all

who

realize

have
this

blessing
full joy, but
the

they will take time to commune

with
God
and
appropriate the
promises
themselves.
to
"Ask, and
Jesus said :
ye
shall
that
full."
be
receive,
joy may
your
And
again Jesus said : "I will see you again,
and
hearts shall rejoice, and
joy
your
your
from
taketh
man
no
you."
they

may,

if

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HEART

This

joy could

Silas

and

and

up

dark

the

stocks

with

the

"soft
5.

of

and

Glory to
as
downy
is

Love

God

is to
"Like

heart.
of

born

bubbled

feet

citizens

God

of

It makes

pillows

were

in
and

divine

Celestial

the
a

death-bed

are."

perfect.

"God

in

Delectable

the

saw

love

To

be

is love."

born

planted in

begets like," and when

made
we
are
partakers

God

hour

bruised

were

the

have

'And

nature.

Land

made

Paul

Guyon's cell into

room
anteJail into an
and
from
Heaven,

saintly tinker

Mountains

City.

backs

Bedford

and

of

out

their

Madame

Beulah

of
which

when

turned

palace,

beaten

stripes, but
the midnight

at

their

and

HOLINESS.

be

many

dungeon,

It

torn.

ON

not

overflowed

the

TALKS

But

we

of

the
are

His

this love

is

comparatively feeble in the new

convert,
is much
and
there
remaining corruption in
the
heart
and
check
to
to
hinder, if not
the heart
is cleansed,
destroy it; but when
all conflicting elements
and
destroyed
are
the heart is filled with
cast
patient,
out, and
is made
Love
humble, holy, flaming love.
flames
It
toward
perfect.
upward
God,
and
all men.
It abide3
to
spreads abroad
in the heart, not
necessarily as a constantly
an
as
overflowing emotion, but
always
unfailing principle of action, which
may

burst

into

emotion

suffer, bein.p;abused
"is

kind."

advanced

Others

at

and
may

any

time.

It

may

ill-treated,but it
and
be
promoted

not."
beyond
it, but "it envieth
of all kinds,
be subjected to pressure

It may
but it "vaunteth

not

itself."

It is not

rash

OUTCOME

It

"Love

doth

Mr.

said, "is

Wesley

Love

puffed up."
itself unseemly," or,

it "is

behave

not

"seeketh

not

ill-bred."

not

her

not

thinketh

41

HEART.

CLEAN

but

prosper

may

as

OF

is

own,

not

voked,
pro-

evil," is not
suspicious.
Love
rejoiceth not in iniquity,but "rejoiceth
in the truth."
An
abused
evangelist was
;
his enemies
were
professing Christians, but
friends
His
rejoiced, but he
they backslid.
he
full of love, and
grieved. His heart was
could
not
rejoice in the triumph of iniquity
even

no

enemies.

his

over

"Love

all

beareth

things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,

faileth."
endureth
all things.
Love
never
(1 Cor. 13: 4-8.)
Bible

The

6.

speaking

all the

plain

the

to

to

necessary

in

upon

the

the

to

bread

Jesus

he

he

the

"esteems

it

more

made

are

all that

finds

and

is

feeds

understands

shall

not

word
of

mouth

it

by this

mean

now

every

in

is

but

man,

"Man

by

of

out

not

He

God

prophecies

Bible.

alone, but

ceedeth

Job,

of

I do

types and
unlearned
salvation

the

word

soul.

It

book.

new

self-interpreting.

becomes
that

becomes

than

live

that
God."

his

by

pro-

Like

necessary

like David, "rejoices in it more

food," and
than
the
they that find great spoil." Like

blessed

night,"
to

that

all that
may

he

man,

he

"meditates
observe

may

is written

appear

to

therein

day

and

do

according
therein, that his profiting
to

all.

the
begets
shepherd
spirit, and
God's
destroys the spirit of lordship over
7. //

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HEART

heritage.

If

instead

of

wrote

Peter

ON

HOLINESS.

was

the

many

that

have

lording

it

like

not

was

TALKS

"The

elders

followed, for
the
flock, he

over

which

he

first Pope,

are

you

among

witness
ings
sufferto the
am
exhort, which
a
of Christ, and
also a partaker of the
glory that shall be revealed : Feed the flock
of
which
God
is among
taking the
you,
oversight thereof, not
by constraint, but
willingly; not for filthy
lucre, but of a ready
neither
God's
as
over
mind;
being lords
flock."
the
to
as
heritage, but
examples
If the cleansed
is a superior, it makes
man
him
nate,
considerate ; if a subordipatient and
ful
It is the fruitwilling and obedient.
of courtesy,
of pity, of compassion
root
"The
Good
and
utterly unselfish devotion.
Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep."

is quickly
Temptation
recognized as
fast
through steadsuch, and is easily overcome
takes the
The
faith in Jesus.
holy man
shield of faith, and
with it "quenches all the
fiery darts of the enemy."
8.

Divine
sanctified
9.

with

sings

man

fear

not

possesses

courage

what

man

can

should

the heart. The

"I

David,
do

unto

will
me

against me,
with
And
Paul, "I can
yet will I not fear."
which
do all things through Christ
strength-

though

eneth

for

me,

through
10.

host

Him

There

of

the

we

that
is

are

encamp

loved
keener

weakness

than

more

conquerors

us."
sense

of

than
the

ever

flesh,

fore
bethe

OUTCOME

absolute

CLEAN

inabilityof

help

to

man

43

HEART.

dependence

utter

own

our

OF

us,

God

on

and

of

for

all

The
in heart
things.
sings evermore,
pure
is all my
"The
Blood, the Blood
plea."

The

11.

with
how

cleansed

his
he

makes

man

eyes,

and

is

looks.

He

also

of

Jesus : "Take
heed
again, "Take

careful which

heed

how

what

ye

his tongue,
and
salt,not with sugar;

with

He
word

remembers

that

the

words

hear," and

ye

hear."

Likewise
his

seasons

words

salt is better
it is

seasoning, but

for

sugar

and

way

remembers

bridles

he

covenant

only for

"For

that

than
soning.
sea-

idle

every

speak, they shall give

in the Day of Judgment."
does
account
He
despise the day of small things, and he
not
ally
himself
with
content
can
mean
things. Finrealizes

he
"That

the

Are

and

shall

man

ringing

he

deeds

common

bells

in

the

of

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day

common

far-away,"

lives "as

that is invisible,"
seeing Him
with
and
whole-hearted
glad humility and
fidelitydischarges his duty with an eye single
sire
to the glory of God, without
itching deany
for the honor
that man
can
give, or other
reward

Is
of

than

It

possible

clean

obtained

"well

for

heart

and

man

not

of

done"

to

the

have

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exactly

Lord.

blessing
when

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It?

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must

the

know

No.

:
a

time

If

you
when

have
your

clean

whole

heart
heart

you
went

44

HEART

Jesus

over

to

your

heart

and

mind.

victory
and

it,

will
in

In

blessing

all

God

let

go

hast

prince
and

that

unmistakable.

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conviction

experience
the

seraphims

said

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tlon,
so

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marked

them,

holiness.

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that

men,

ous
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flew
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in

and

mouth,
and

thine

purged."

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of

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not
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convince

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and

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32:

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and

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cried

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him,

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fiery

the

blessing

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for

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plete
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HOLINESS.

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TO

KEEP

CLEAN

HEART.

CLEAN

HEART.

45

VI.

HOW

TO

KEEP

possible to lose the blessing of a

clean heart, but thank
God, it is also gloriously
this
to do
possible to keep it. How
is a vital question. Two
three years
or
ago,
brother
field
in
a
going to a foreign
arose
of my
meetings and
said, "I got the
one
The
blessing three times, but lost it twice.
I got it the Lord
third time
how
taught me
this text, 'As
to
have
keep it through
ye
therefore
Christ
received
Jesus, the Lord,
walk
so
(Col. 2: 6.)
ye in Him.'"
That
is one
of the simplest and
completes!
of how
statements
to
keep the blessing that
be given.
conditions
The
of getting it
can
of keeping it.
the conditions
are
1. To
be continued
keep it there must
ful
joyand
We
have
perfect consecration.
put
It

is

all

on

on

the

be

brought

present

the

altar

altar

our

to

get it.

We

leave all
the tithes" must
must

keep it. "All

into God's
must
house, and
we
bodies to Him
"a living sacrias
to

46

TALKS

HEART

HOLINESS.

ON

no
fice,"recognizing ourselves
longer our
as
but His, by the purchase of His
Blood,
own,
and
stewards
ourselves
as
only of all that is
health
time and
and
ours
our
strength, our
and
talent, our
influence, our
body,
money
mind
and
His, to be used
spirit,all, all are
for His
bride
glory as fully as the fondest
"

would

her

use

And

all in the

interest

consecration

this

of

her

band.
hus-

keep
journey of

pace

it has

not

must

life
increasing light. The
and
is not
lawns
through
always
grassy
burning,
over
flowery gardens, but often
shifting, sandy deserts, rock) steeps, fetid
and
and
dark
tangled jungles, as
swamps
with

the

Lord

known;

leads
and

the

soul

times

such

at

in

ways

self-interest

may

secration
against the sacrifice. But if the conin love,
be
perfect, and grounded
there will be no
turning back, no plunge into
and
seductive
by-paths, but a steady
easy
march
forward, if needs be to Gethsemane's
in Pilate's
judgment-hall of
lonely agony,
hour.
shame, and Golgotha's dark and awful
But, thank God, it will not be alone, for He
shall
with
thee."
"My
presence
go
says,
Hallelujah!

out

cry

bkssing, there must

faith
faith. It took
the blessing.
to grasp

keep the
steadfast, childlike
2.

To

with

banished.

was

The

doubt
of

assurance

heartily believed.
to

save

now

to

and

His

Doubts
God's

His

the

were

love

abilityand

uttermost

word

in

simply

was

put

be
mixed
un-

belief
Un-

away.

Jesus was
willingness
cepted,
fully ac-

trusted

when

HOW

TO

the

blessing

this

same

sanctified
did of the

God

maintained

be

must

course,

in

order

require less of
keep the blessing than

the

cannot

to

man

47

HEART.

CLEAN

received; and, of

was

faith

keep it.

to

KEEP

unsanctified

to

man

it.

get

He

Peter

of God
kept by the power
are
said, "We
of
through faith."
Notice, it is "the power
God"
that keeps us, but it is faith that links
us
car

Paul

said

of

flesh

the

God."

And
off

cut

were

stand

the

as

power,

locomotive.

the

to

on

in

the

to

on

links

coupler

Faith

is the

the

coupler.

life I now
live
himself, "The
I live by faith of the
of
Son
again he tells us that the Jews
through unbelief, and that we

by faith.

We

suffer

prolonged trials,great perplexities,

fierce temptations
and
they are
a
the disciplineof life but we
must

may

"

of

part

"Keep
Keep
Keep

"

on
on

this
believing,
in
the
as
night

To

and

commune

when

the

keep

we

commune

and

listen,and
and

us,

teach

We

should

pray

often

hurry,

but

take

to

"taste

and

see

to

hear

should
we

may

what

time
that

He

talk

must

to

and

and

not

pray
We
for

Him

us,

His

things.
still
mold

and

will, and

have
be

to

pray

are

we

would

He

way

day."

the

as

when

love

way.

ask

Him

fear

to

the Lord.

and

His

the

in

us

the

well

let God
us

nothing

with

with

show

near,

blessing we

much
talk to God

We

Is

is

on

Faith

3.

believing, Jesus
believing, there's

us

in too

go.

great

holy, take time

is good," and
the Lord

will

to

be

say.

And

this

do, if possible, in the morning,

be strengthened and
nourished

we

that
and

48

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

gladdened for the day. Backsliding usually

begins through neglected, or hurried, secret
prayer.

Someone

melts

stay till He

prayer,

when

melted

are

you

He

will answer,
and
transformed

and
and

then

and

you,

in

God

with

said, "Stay

has

stay

God,
will get changed
and you
will
renewed, and you
with

plead

and

execution."

do
4.

To

keep the blessing

attention

to

gent
give dili-

must

we

The

the Bible.

soul

needs

shall
truth, and Jesus said, "Man
word
live by bread
not
alone, but by every
that proceedeth
of God."
of the mouth
out
God
book
commanded
Joshua, saying, "This
of the law
shall not
depart out of thy mouth,
but
thou
therein
shalt meditate
day and
"That
serve
obthou
for?
night." What
mayest
to do
according to all that is written
the

food

of

what
shall follow?
"For
therein."
And
thou
shalt make
thy way
prosperous,
thou
then
shalt have
good success."

then
and
Then

said of
keep the blessing. David
his blessed
"His
delight is in the law
man,
in His law doth he meditate
of the Lord, and
Paul
tells us
that the
day and night." And
"profitable for doctrine, for
Scriptures are
in
reproof, for correction, for instruction
be
of God
righteousness, that the man
may
all good
unto
perfect, thoroughly furnished
thou

shalt

works."

And

babes, desire
that
are

they

ye

may

smaller
were

Peter
the
grow

ten

"As

says,

sincere

milk

of

new-born

Word,
professors

the

thereby." Some
years

after

born, because

birth

they

than

have

not

when

fed

TO

HOW

God's

on

KEEP

Word.

the

Bible

was

twelve

old, and

years

that

at

she

thereby, until

grew

it is not
to be wondered
of nations."
"mother
a

read

before

times

several

through

Booth

General

Mrs.

49

HEART.

CLEAN

once

she

became

talk

gave

soldiers, and
of them
ried
some
caught the inspiration and carin their pockets after that
their Bibles
in
time
and
all the
they had
spent
spare
reading and praying, and we could fairly see
for
them
until they became
powers
grow,
of them
are
God, and some
spiritualgiants
to this day.
the

on

of

use

keep the
it,be aggressive,
5.

it.

Bible

the

blessing

To

"With

This
God

my

to

the

get others
believeth

us

that

will lose

bushel, will
we

put

may

unto

holds
with-

who

salvation.'' The
man
his testimony to this grace
under

into

confession

mouth

unto

light hid
gives it to

confess

must

we

man

with

righteousness, and
is made

seek

and

heart

the

to

out.

go

it

it.

on

in the
lighten all that are
house, in the corps, in the community, in the
of testimony
Don't
limit the power
nation.
by unbelief. A torch loses no light and heat
Touch
torches.
other
by lightinga thousand

candlestick

and

piece of

steel

becomes
turn

with

to

itself.

can

other

loss, but

no

magnet,

It

magnet.
thousand

ten

power

with

But

it in turn

and

then

be

used

to

pieces into

rather

hang

with
it up

magnets
of
increase
in

idleness,

So with us,
gradually loses its power.
touch
us
Let the Holy Ghost
comrades.
my
divine
become
and
with
we
cleansing power
will
souls we
in touching other
and
magnets,
and

it

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TALKS

HEART

them

quicken

HOLINESS.

ON

and

added

get

and

power

But
experience to ourselves.
lose
let us
withhold
our
testimony, and we
find oursoon
our
selves
and, like Samson,
power
"as other men."
testify
Testify, testify,
clearly, definitely,constantly, courageously,
if you
would
blessing.
humbly
keep the
all around,
devils
faith is weak
When
and
the
definite
scatters
devils,
testimony
strengthens faith and stirs up and brightens
the inward
witness.
Testify to the Lord,
thank
the blessing and
tell Him
have
you
comrades.
Him
for
it.
Testify to' your
and
the devil.
heart
to
Testify to your own
multitude
John tells us that the white-robed
of
the
in Heaven
overcame
by the Blood
So
of their testimony.
and
Lamb
the word
and
keep the
testify,if you would overcome
blessing.
clearness

of

""

"

constantly
keep the blessing we must
live in the spirit of self-denial. By yielding
to
fleshly desires, to selfish ambitions, to the
of
lose the labor
spiritof the world, we
may
6.

To

in

years

old

an

is

enemy

from
pray,

our

us

and

foundest

The

instant.

We

treasure.

keep low
humility, if

at
we

in one
summed
up
in love."
spirit,""Walk
all

attainments.
of
to

the

The

Himself

limit

be

must

of

Lord

for
our

us.

of

hand

forth

stretched

ever

Finally,there

hard

snatch

to

and

watch

must

the

Jesus' feet in prowould

keep it. It is
in the
word, "Walk

no

resting in present
has

We

clearer
may

tions
revelabe

filled

capacity to-day, but

we

HOW

should

ever

above

all

TO

KEEP

CLEAN

51

HEART.

"O

Lord, enlarge the vessel,"

should
and, this we
and, like
expect,
hind,
bePaul, "forgetting the things which
are
and
those
reaching forth unto
things
which
should
are
before," we
"press toward
the mark
for the prize of the high calling of
in Christ Jesus," ever
God
that
remembering
He
"is
able
do
to
exceeding
abundantly
pray,

that

are

that

worketh

Holy

Ghost

that

"dear

Can

God

deliver
will

by

as

our

Paul

cure,

man

may

of

says,

the
Paul

always

off of "the
putting
of
on
putting
tenses

of

the

Greek

the
the
us

verb

stantly,
irritability in-

through

come

members,

your
slow

mortification

questioner

from

victory

A
(1.)
the
baptism

The

to

Hallelujah!

person

the

of mortifying
this
being

Answer:

(2.)

cording
ac-

which

to

in us," the power

of
converted
made
and
us

children."

or

process

not

"

some

power

His

think"

or

mysterious power
but
"according
strangers,

to
we

ask

we

slow

but
be

prove

delivered
Ghost.

spoke

of

cure,

new

this.

vocated,
ad-

effective?

Holy

advocated
old
man"
"the

Paul

as

the

not,

was

it
an

and
man."

stantly
in-

was

stantaneo
In-

instantaneous
stantane
inan

The

52

HEART

TALKS

However,

(3.)
he

that
enter

will

in

the

seeds

in

with

gether

God

and

works

in

(Phil.

pleasure.

(4.)

All
tea

even

kinds

stimulants,

of

food

that

that

lead

the

sinful

to

body
have

of

are

glory

God,

and
with

of

temple

(1

of

3:

God."

or

him
is

whatsoever

(1

Cor.

shall

holy,

ye
10:

31.)

people
your

which

ye

own?

For

glorify

God

temple

do

in

destroy

all

;
ye

therefore

do,

ye

man

any

God

which

"Whether

17.)

should

that

"If

20.)

cesses
ex-

be

teach

Ghost,
your

19,

God,

all

should

not

therefore

6:

God

of

Cor.

drink,

or

Cor.

(1

not
;

all

nerves,

can

Holy

the
are

drink,

and

ye

ta
His

of

irritability

know

ye

it

do

to

system

God

price

that

the

affect

nervous

of

t"-

tion
salva-

strong

nervous

temple

temple

fire."
oat

the

the
the

14.)

plant

our

dyspepsia,

"What,

body."

defile

13,

irritability.

bought

your

for

the

difference.
is

and

they

certain

out

will

produce

drain
lest

avoided,

if

will

are

tobacco,

coffee,

or

by

workers

knowing

2:

less
un-

moment

work

to

us,

ye

the
and

he

We

trembling,

and

Adam,

Spirit,

must

that

planted

Blood

the

saved

so

pray

of

hearts.

our

fear

that

good

in

God

with

heart

cleansing

walk

sin

of

and
Satan

pure

the

and

moment,

"watch

to

be

never

temptation."

trust

we

HOLINESS.

will

man

have

not

sin

of

seeds

Into

not

ON

ye
to

the

HOLINESS

53

FLOOD.

THE

BEFORE

VII.

HOLINESS

THE

BEFORE

FLOOD

do

and
a

not

that

as

Enoch

as

much

as

There

under

and
have

We

are

distant

I
his

upon

his

been

to

places

I could

Spurgeon
and

in

as

to

go

each
my

men

their

heroes,

that.

But

is not

so

there
much

with

wonderful
unfavorable
cumstanc
cir-

man,

very

have

profited much

life,and

what

secret.

look

that
London

week,

boyhood

by
think

upon

and

years

godliness.
thought

past ages
peculiarly favorable to

prone

I remember

if

Nowadays

about

mighty

life,lived

must

walked

him."

took

say.

was

meditating

for

pages

reason.

to

Qod

of

say

good

not,

icas

Enoch

and

years;

dred
hun-

three

were

biography !

hundreds

write

Enoch

of

five
he

and

remarkable

is

days

and

sixty
God;

with

the

all

WALK

YOU

GOD?

WITH

"And

DO

J OR,

and

I could
I

ago

listen
be

wished

to

Mr.

Christian,

that

had

54

HEART

lived

in

the

wondrous
the

TALKS

of

days

words

godliness, for

been
certainly have
Usually the further
the age,
godly seems
the

seem

But

so

Enoch's

of

that

which

Him

about

then

the

go,

we

the

I could
follower.

true

and

more

blessed

more

should

and

and

world

cause

God

especiallyis
The

place.
had

men

fulness

dread

and

so,

age

ungodly,
religious light. The
to

tack

is not

most

was

His

His

heard

men.

really this

it not

HOLINESS.

Jesus and
questioned

and

of

mysteries

ON

little

very

fast

was

of

sin and

to

sweep

age

ing
hasten-

unbelief
away

its

people by the deluge and leave but eight persons

in it. They had no
Bible.
They "had no
law.

Men

had

not

yet

had

divine

tion
revela-

from

Heaven,
worship God,

that
telling them
they
must
must
keep the Sabbath
their parents, must
honor
kill,
day, must
not
commit
adultery, steal, lie,or covet.
Try to
such
and
imagine an
no
place with
age
law
unto
teaching as that ! Every man
a
pers
himself, his evil passions and lusts and temrestraint
having no
them, and
put upon
he
plunging continually deeper and
deeper
into sin and
corruption.
Then
vealed
Gospel, with Jesus rethey had no
a
loving Saviour; they had only
as
and
that
one
promise of hope and
mercy,
rather
the one
given to the woman
vague
fall in Eden, the promise of
after that awful
"

the Seed

that

should

sometime

the

It
serpent's head.
with
lone, dim
only one

darkness.

But

Enoch

held

was

star
on

come
a

to

black

bruise

night,

shining in the
to that promise

HOLINESS

and

in

God

for

We

its

light

three

and

he

hope

hundred

55

FLOOD.

THE

BEFORE

walked

with

years.

tion.
Bible, a finished revelaof
We
have
the holy, just, good law
God, showing us what
we
ought to do and
what
have
the
to
we
ought not
do; we
Gospel, with its full noonday light,showing
how
to keep the
to get life and
us
law, how
have

the

whole

fulfil the

to

power

angels do

will

of

God

it in Heaven.

on

earth

as

have

We

Jesus,
crucified
before
for our
our
sins, dead,
eyes
raised
buried
and
to glorious life again for
ascended
justification,and
our
high to
on
the right hand
of God, far above
all created
all opposing powers
of evil, to
things and
for us, to pour
the Holy Ghost
intercede
out
in rich measure,
to live in us
us
through
upon
the Spirit; we
have
commandments,
precepts
and thousands
of a midof promises ; instead
night,
with
fully
star
one
shining fitlone, dim
have
in the
darkness, we
a
mid-day,
with
all the
the
in
of
his
sun
splendor
thousand
ten
strength, together with
flected
reand
lights shining upon
yet we,
us;
in our
unbelief,
trembling, pitiful,shameful
wonder

how

Enoch

ever

could

walk

with

God.
I

1.

that

is, to

his mind
made
imagine that Enoch
up
with
it was
God
possible to walk
; that
be agreed with
God, to be of the same

mind
course,

the

heart

and

way.

churches
holiness

there

and

were

There

were

God.
Of
stupendous difficulties in
Salvation
no
Army or
purpose

as

Sunday-schools; there
conventions, no days with
or

were

God

no

and

56

HEART

nights of
religious

TALKS

prayer,

ON

HOLINESS.

Bible,

no

War

no

libraries.

and

Cry,

no

stead
fact, inof these
with
helps to walk
God, he
found
the
whole
community
against him
the whole
world, for the Apostle Jude
yea,
tells us
Enoch
had
to
prophesy against the
him.
around
ungodliness he found
have
these
Then, not only did Enoch
traordinary
exdifficulties to face, but he had
all
the
well.
He
ordinary difficulties as
got
married
and
had
a
large family of boys and
girls to care
for; he had all the anxiety of
father
to
to
a
provide for his family and
papers

In

"

Then,

them.

nature

have

the

influences

imagine

cannot

of

other

as

you

said,

No

men.

and

all

that

the ordinary infirmities

have

not

from

them

protect

and

doubt

he

did

the

ful
sin-

might

he

said,

have

about

that

his

while
that
peculiar, and
might
a
happier temperament
with
his
be
able
walk
to
God, yet with
difficult make-up,
it
and
peculiarly crooked
of
to
the
quite out
question for him
was
with
God.
Then,
hope to be holy and walk
of course,
the devil to fight.
he had

temperament
with
others

2.

in

3.

that
but

as

he
so.

his

up

God.
Not

that

only believed
walking with God, but

Enoch

possibility of

made

with

do

think

the

he

was

He

his will

took
He

him

he

such

steps

separated

into this
in

God, and
walk

would
as

matter.

the

in

sibility
pos-

determine
with

necessary

were

himself

walk

would

believe

only did Enoch

of walking with
for

he

that

mind

put

not

God,
to

spiritfrom

BEFORE

HOLINESS

THE

57

FLOOD.

people ab'out him, and he raised

came
beand
his voice
against their evil ways,
not
only a negatively righteous man,
but a positively holy man.
Enoch
his reward.
It paid him
had
to
the

ungodly

walk

with

him,

loved

intense
the

God.

He

and

their

that
earth

from

affection

God

and

became

so

love overcame
day God's
Enoch
drew
gravitation, and
he
saw
never
Heaven, and

one

of

power

God

loved

to

death.

Now,

the

story,

think

in

getting

consisted

dying.

Well,

unusual

and

death

the

terror

is

lost

Christians

and

heaven

men

gone

again, the
Christian; still,it is
risen

and

the

if

allowed
Enoch

choose,

to

"

would

all sinners

this Enoch's
God
years

consider

all

about

Jesus has died and

to

as

for
which

from

one

is something

and

most

wished

There

grave

that

probable
to

the

without

certainly
experience, and

have

yet, since

into

Heaven

to

is awful,

down

reward

Enoch's

was

men

ages.

that

ing
people, in read-

most

that

blessed

shrink, and

go

this

that

suppose

through

that

suppose

chief

Let

say,

did."

But

reward.

most

us

cannot

For

three

his

selor,
Friend, his Counhis Comforter, his constant
Companion.
that !
What
an
fellowship was
Oh, what
opportunity to gain wisdom, to build up and

hundred

round
How
life

out

easy
must

ennoble

and
to

was

be

good

and

have

burst
almost
Walking with God

gladness !
God ! Communing

with

God

man's
do

character

good

with

How

fulness

ef

Talking with
! Having
mutual
!

58

HEART

sympathy
with

TALKS

with

God

as

HOLINESS.

ON

God
entering into
intimate
the
union
as

union

"

of

the

and
all this by faith, by
bay with the sea;
This
simple trust, by childlike confidence.
Enoch's
be yours,
was
reward, and it may
will meet
the
sister, if you
brother, my
my

conditions

What

of

experience

in

that
of

same

the

sanctified,

being
and

freed

the

The

but

which

of

inbred

light, while

faith

sin,

and
the

are

but
love

the
the
the
and

yoke
easy
through
justified,

find

the

forth

by
God

sanctified,

the

found

are

demanded

requirements

degree
Spirit

the

brought

not

is

which

of

the

fied?
sancti-

of

one

fruits

are

justified
perfect
having
from

Is

In

wholly

the

person

and

burden

differences

and

justified

one,

perfection
God.

for

chief

the

Justified

sanctified

in

law

in

found

are

the

did.

difference
The
All
the
of kind.

than

rather

of

some

are

Answer

Enoch

as

BEFORE

HOLINESS

internal

often

conflicts,

little

before

tract

concisely

it

"(2.)

does

In

irregular
subdued;

are

is

Regeneration
commission

of

the

from

"(5.)
Sanctification

In

fear.

his

old

the

is

is

justification

sanctification

want

is

vation
sal-

old

bound.

man

and

out

cast

man

goods.

sanctification

often

untary
vol-

sin.

the

is

the

from

sanctification

of

Regeneration

Entire

anger,

sanctification

salvation

inbeing

is
of

"(6.)

desires,
in

sin

Regeneration

spoiled

in

suspended,

is

removed.

are

"(4.)

sin

regeneration

unbelief

pride,

in

reign,

not

does

destroyed.

is

it

sanctification

God

most

exist.

not

regeneration

In

"(3.)

sin

regeneration

In

eanctification

In

difference

the

states

A.

irksome:

them

"(1.)

they

find

me

59

FLOOD.

THE

the

perfect

time

te

love

begun.
completed."

work

the

seeiag

people
more

sanctification

get
has

of

holiness

ready
cast

to

out

die.
all

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HEART

ON

TALKS

HOLINESS.

VIII.

PAUL

ST.

St. Paul
him
makes

tells

that the Lord

Jesus made
which
should
after
hereto them
fact
1:
(1 Tim.
16.) This

us

"a

pattern
believe."
his life and

interestingand
especial mark

PATTERN.

experience

valuable
of

to

us.

exceptionally
it is an
Father's wisdom
And

Heavenly
love that He
has
and
given us such a
striking example in every
particular of the
of Jesus as
in St.
have
saving power
we
Paul.
divine, and so
People say Jesus was
themselves

excuse

Him,

but

Paul

like Jesus,
Let

us

1. His

any
was

grace

our

not

of

so

for

human,

was

may

their

we

unlikeness

and

if

he

to
was

be.

study his experience.

ceive
sufferings. It is difficult to conSt. Paul
form
of suffering to which
instance the
subjected, and in every

is a
all-sufficient. Here
his sufferings recorded
by him-

Christ

catalogue of

was

ST.

self

labors

only

because

of

61

PATTERN.

If

abundant."

more

our

heavy labors, it
improved facilities of

him

exceeds

General

own

is

"In

PAUL

the

in

in the same
doing more
space
measure"
"In
of time.
more
stripes above
than
the combined
stripes inflicted on all the
"In
Christians
of the present
day.
prisons
more
frequent," "In deaths oft. Of the Jews

later

for

ages

"

once

I stoned."

was

was

stoned

with

once

ceived
rekilled, but Paul
was
dragged out of
stones, and
many
dead.
left for
the
city like a beast, and
sioner
CommisI
suffered
"Thrice
shipwreck."
and
McKie
suffered
shipwreck once,
escaped immediately; but, "a night and a day
"In
Paul.
in the deep," says
I have
been
such
disagreeable
journeyings often," under
circumstances
who
live in the days of
we
as
and
can
scarcely
steamers
ocean
palace cars
in perils of
"In
imagine.
perils of waters,
countrymen"
own
robbers, in perils of mine
him
hated
the
bitterly, and
Jews, who
city. "In perils by
sought his life in every
he
to
whom
heathen"
the
save
sought
who
of Jesus, but
through the knowledge
clung to their idols. "In perilsin the city"
ness"
"In perilsin the wilderby wild, mad mobs.

one

brick, and

nearly

"

"

"

"

from

ferocious

men.

ferocious
"In

beasts

and

yet
sea"

perils in the

"

more

from

of the deep.
from
and
monsters
drowning
whom
false brethren"
to
"In
perils among
would
he
naturally look for help and sympathy.
"In
and
weariness
painfulness, in
ings
watchings often, in hunger and thirst,in fastBesides
often, in cold and nakedness.
"

62

HEART

those

TALKS

things that

comes

upon

churches"

which

heathen

and

side, and
which

without,

are

idolatrous
have

must

which

of

care

heathen

bigoted Jews

the

that

all

the

organized from Jewish

and
were
bitterly opposed

were

converts,

by the

HOLINESS.

daily, the

me

"

ON

been

the

on

far

the

on

one

other, and
difficult to

more

than
organize, train and
manage,
Salvation
Nor
he
could
Army
any
corps.
look
forward
stances
circumto brighter days, when
be more
would
life
favorable, and
free from
more
pain and care, for he says,
"The
in every
witnesseth
Holy Ghost
city,
afflictions wait
for
and
saying that bonds

properly

me."
And
faith in God and love for man.
cal
yet, in spite of all these afflictions and physibitter
sufferings and
persecutions, he
and
der,
tenmaintained
a
a
joyful faith in God
and
self-sacrificinglove for all men,
testifies there
when
the
Ghost
God
Holy
shall be no
"let up" to his stupendous trials,
2.

he
me,

His

cries out, "But

neither
I

us

things

life dear

my

move

unto

self;
my-

proaches,
repleasure in infirmities,
necessities, in persecutions, in

for

all these

these

in

in

of

count

take

distresses

of

none

Christ's

things he

from

the

asks, "Who

love

of

in

And

sake."

shall

Christ?

face
arate
sep-

Shall

persecution, or
distress, or
tribulation, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"
accounted
as
And
are
though he adds, "We
sheep for the slaughter," yet "in all these
than
through
are
more
things we
conquerors
For
I am
Him
that loved us.
persuaded that

ST.

neither

death,
nor

things

to

from

us

63

PATTERN.

life,nor

nor

palities,
princiangels, nor
nor
things present, nor
height, nor
depth, nor

powers,
come,

other

any

PAUL

nor

shall be able co separate

of God, which
is in Christ

creature,
the

love

Lord."
in
And
at
Jesus our
last, almost
tudinous
his multisight of the block and axe, where
be crowned
to
sufferings were
by
"I
have
a
martyr's death, he exclaimed,
finished
fought a good
fight, I have
my
his
I have
And
as
kept the faith."
course,
faith

in

his

for

love

He

them.

by

dered
least hin-

the

in

not

was

destroyed by his sufferings, so

or
was

Lord

his

fellow

his

says

his

of

also

untouched

men

Jews, who
were
bitter enemies, "I say
the
the

perpetual and
conscience
also
truth in Christ, I lie not, my
witness
in the Holy
Ghost, that
bearing me
great

in

heart, for

my

This
eth
of

the

Lord

writing

his

to

seemed

whom

made

have

criticisms
not

Jesus

yours,

and

spend

have

to

Paul

but
be

Then

you

spent

gone

and
for

you

abundantly I love you,

loved."
floods
could
Many
nor

drown

his

like that

faith.

of

many

and

wrong,

to

contemptuous
"I seek
says,

I will

more

love

"suffer-

again, in

Corinth,

unjust and
himself, he

many

of

that

It is love

in

corps

cording
ac-

Israelites."

are

Himself.

were

kinsmen

It is love

is kind."

long, and

sorrow

myself

my

who

love.

perfect

is

for

flesh

the

to

continual
wish

could

Christ

from

accursed

and

heaviness

I have

gladly
the
though

very

the
not

less

quench

be
his

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HEART

3.

The

TALKS

The

secret.

was

love

[(Acts
Away

26:

met

in

and

Christ, and
him

"

quenchless
in

to

Paul's

of

the

faith

velous
mar-

and

his

testimony, "I
heavenly vision."

19.)
back

persecutor
of

is found

disobedient

not

HOLINESS.

secret

his

endurance,
burning

ON

met

to-day, showed
"narrow
way,"

the

he was
a
days when
was
scattering the little flock
to
driving them
death, Jesus
him
meets
men
just as He
"strait gate" and
him
a
a
and

Paul

was

"not

dient
disobe-

Obedience
heavenly vision."
social
from
meant
ostracism, banishment
and
home
friends, overturning of all his
plans and ambitions, a life of toil and shame
and
suffering,the loss of all things and the
sacrifice of his life,and
obedient
disnot
yet he was
taining
to the heavenly vision.
And, mainthis cbedient
spirit to the end, everything
else followed.
The
reason
why so few
have
so
an
experience like Paul's is because
few
the cost
he did, and
obey the
count
as
heavenly vision Jesus gives them.
Several
bright young
girl of
a
ago
years
of
love
society,
eighteen, full of fun and
induced
was
an
Army
by a friend to enter
for the first time.
had
No
meeting
sooner
to

the

she entered
than
the
faces of the soldiers
her
enchained
their testimonies
and
eyes,
heart.
She sat for a while, and
went
to her
in visible presence,
Jesus came
to
her, not
with
audible
voice, but in a spiritual
of sin.
vision. She left the meeting convicted
her.
her way
home
the vision spoke with
On
or

"You

ought

to

have

got

saved

to-night."

ST.

"But

PAUL

Wednesday

for
engaged
night." "You

the

"But

am

dance."

dress

dance."

Wednesday
and

the

sufficient
the

are

and
this

from

her

dress,
The

And

after

dance

should

give up
lovely white

my

saved

your

That

girl. She

young

before

lovely dress

soul."

your

after

die

may

lose

next

tore

was

the

into
them
hat, and threw
rushed
upstairs, got her lovely

She

fire.

you

night, and
for

fire.

white

"But

dance

feathers

there

that

slippers. I will get

and

the

65

PATTERN.

it up

cut

and

cast

it into

the

to the meeting.
evening she went
At last a sister,probably discerning in
her
face the
of her heart, went
hunger
to
her and
to get saved
asked, "Don't you want
"Of
I do," replied the
to-night?"
course
girl; "why did you not come
to me
before?"
and
the penitentto
immediately she rushed
the heavenly
form, where, in obedience
to
vision, she found
Jesus almighty to save.
next

four

face

shines
with
the glory of her
Lord, and her voice rings
with
triumph as she testifies to the cleansing
of
His
and
the
Blood
sanctifying
power
of His
and
Spirit. She was
power
presence
disobedient
to the
not
heavenly vision.
A
and

man

"

listened

her

years

millionaire

"

came

into

meeting

the
Army
Captain, and
he saw
the
to him, and
heavenly vision came
Cross, and the "strait gate," and the "narrow
like the
rich young
who
way," and
man
to
came
Jesus, he went
saying, "If it
away,
for the red stripes around
low's
that felnot
were
collar

He

was

to

an

would

disobedient

have
to

the

gone

forward."

heavenly

vision.

66

HEART

Sooner

TALKS

later

ON

HOLINESS.

heavenly vision comes

It comes
in the whisperings of
to all men.
conscience, in the strivings of the Spirit,in
the calls of duty, in the moments
of regret
for
and

or

evil

an

sorrow,

of

the

of tenderness
past, in moments
in the crises of life,in the entreaties
God's
people, in afflictions and

losses, in the thunders of the law, in fearful

ominous
threatenings of eternal
judgment,
in the death
in crushed
of loved
hopes,
ones,
thwarted
ambitions.
disappointed plans and
In all these
things Jesus hides Himself
as
He
hid Himself
in the burning bush, which
Moses
would
but
saw
on
Horeb, and if men
aside and heed the vision as Moses
turn
did,
voice would
them
to know
a
speak and cause
the
if they would
be
obedient
disnot
Lord, and
to the heavenly vision
Jesus would
from
them
back
the
turn
pit, and
satisfy
and
every
every questioning of their minds
God
satisfied
longing of their hearts.
so
the

mind

and

heart

of

Paul.

people imagine that Paul tells his

seventh
in
the
best
religious experience
he cries out, "Oh,
chapter of Romans, when
Some

wretched
me

fact
under

from

the

is, he
the

law, when,

showed

but
his

brought no
guilty past

him

finds the secret

of

as

and
in

what
to

power

But

heart.

deliver

convicted

sinner,

he

to

ought

deliver

him

do,
from

corruptions of his
the
eighth chapter he

the

from

of deliverance
the

shall

but the
this death?"
describing his condition

is here

law

Who

am

of

body

the

own

that

man

past and

the

the

carnal

demnation
con-

mind,

ST.

which

prevent

earth

the

as

that

PAUL

67

PATTERN.

his

doing the
angels do it in

point he

rises
"I

as,

nevertheless
liveth in me,
I live

by the

faith

loved

me

and

gave

of

Son

the

he

for
in which

sin, but

unto

Christ

had

alive

Lord,"
in which,

he

from

He

content.

faith

through

free

was

from

and

well

ready

to

free

from

selfishness, for

and

be

diminished

for

for

him

love

abounded

from

covetousness,

but
free
he

from

of

could

Christ.
for

man,

had
offered
the

He

He

for

he

He

was

his

as

free

was

all

from

from

the

to

love

things

He
in

was

whom

persuaded

him

free

was

free

proportion

was

separate

be

whose

for

and

to

ready

those

them.

for

trusted,

nothing

in

he

was

was

he counted
and
dross, for Christ.
unbelief, for he knew

dung
had

he

for

spent

for

vanity, pride,
for he gloried

his enemies.

was

perience
ex-

said, he

unsanctified
ambitions,
He
only in the Cross of Christ.
from
feeling of resentment,
every

spend

an

therewith

state

every

die

Jesus

into

has

by

indeed

repining temper,

in

learned

And
counted

he
a

entered
one

as

who

me."

"dead

God

unto

our

"free

was

himself

reckoned

live,

God,

Himself

Christ

now

of

through a consecration
all things loss
for "Christ and
which

Christ

I, but

life which

the

and

monies,
testi-

with

not

on

From

marvelous

crucified

am

God

of

Heaven.

such

to

live, yet

will

the

that
love

fear

of

and
stripes,imprisonment
dom
martyrterrors
being ready to be
no

up.

"

He

world, having

was
a

free

desire

from
to

love

of

depart and

to

the

68

HEART

with

be

of

it

What

little

divine

intimate
wife

And

yet

lead

him

and

as

to

world.
I

Well

follow

And

by

Will

you?

pour

to

of
his

life

might

to

his

hatred
out

he

outside.
and

nerveless,

lavish

their

child,

and

away

ing
everlastlove
or

upon

tion,
affec-

sacrifice

say,

"Follow

Christ."
the

grace

of

God

will

so

mother

shut

him

himself

rather

regardless

men

the

but

all

self,

and

sister

are

make

not

"sing

to

bliss,"
all

does

it

and

is

It

Christ,

father

that

poor

from

in

God

life,

own

but

most

Hell.

sin,

brother

his

the
which

escape

with

Paul

vision

beyond

from

sacred

so

and

and

to

fluence."
in-

that

heavenly

wrong-doing

union

and

this

was

the

deed,
In-

love.

hallowing

its

leagues

graces

counteracted

and

to

ruptions
cor-

constrained

which

fear,

only

not

love

order

in

of

fulness

the
"

from

seek

salvation

yea,

the

million

ten

people

and

of

obeying

salvation

and

maturity

salvation

through
is

It

the

opposed

great

found

these

out

cast

tendency

every

of

that

was

which

him,

absence

Spirit

Holy

the

The

Christ.

implied

HOLINESS.

ON

TALKS

follow.

for
me

ST.

Are

distinct?

fication

And

Answer:
salonians
that

had

had

and

that

whole

the

throughout
bitter

faith

persecutions

but

they

yet

after

some

said

"And

wholly
soul

and

and

coming

be

our

Lord

of

Lord

it

time

The

God

endured

their

faith,

sanctified.

So,

the

whole

you

and

spirit

blameless

preserved

apostle

sanctify

peace

your

Jesus

abroad

they

deny

of

us

Christ,

sounded

instructions,

God

tells

Jesus

and

wholly

Thes-

apostle

was

not

pray

body

the

than

very

the

rather

definite

the

for

world,

were

very

distinct.

arc

received

such

long

how

8O,

sancti-

them?

justified,

were

they

if

They

(1.)

and

justification

between

intervene

must

of

experiences

the

69

PATTERN.

PAUL

the

unto

Christ."

(1

disciples

before

Thess.

5:

23.)
The

that

was

this

not

were

(2.)
the

the

two

to

mind

in

through

Many

our

his

faith

in

hours.

experiences

the

England
within

day
tism
bap-

corps

few

get

Justified
is
who

and

boy

received

hours

the
of

way

may

There

between

for

the

he

been

elapse

remains

and

Jesus,

few

need

the

on

heart

have

New

But
the

on

received

is necessary

as

people
a

Lord

Him.

until,

and

time

light

get

the

on

followed

wholly

received

Ghost.

long

so

and

sought

experiences

soul

within

they

Holy

Only

all

cost
Pente-

They

believed

they

sanctified

Pentecost,
of

when

forsook

Christ,

they

the

justified persons.

of

justification

Jesus

of

of

experience

of

fied
justi-

the

by

nal
car-

which,

rid

of

it.

sanctified
In

one

the

each,

of
two

other,

70

HEART

and

gives

the

of

clearest

both

to

months

TALKS

works.

and

definite

obey
unbelief.

God,

even

and

HOLINESS.

definite

most

in

However,
years

teaching,
and

ON

through

intervene,
through
weak

most

through

mony
testicases

lack

unwillingness
faith,

or

to

positive

TESTIFY

TO

71

BLESSING.

THE

IX.

TESTIFY

"And

they

Lamb,
(Rev.

and
12:

and

the

by

the

by

word

of the
testimony."

Blood

their

of

11.)

in

got
of

one

then

told

before

once

BLESSING.

him

overcame

Lieutenant

heart

THE

TO

my
us

but

blessing of a clean
meetings the other day,
he
had
had
the blessing

lost

the

it because

failed to
that it was

he

testify to it. The devil suggested

all
a
great thing to testify to cleansing from
sin ; that
it ;
understand
not
people would
that they would
criticize him; that he would
better live it and
nothing about it; and
say
he heeded
these suggestions, kept
so
on, and
quiet, and so lost the blessing.
That
old trick of the devil's,by
was
an
which

he

pearl of
Paul
unto

has

cheated

"With

the

righteousness and
is made

soul

out

of this

price.

greatest
says

many

unto

heart
with

man

the

salvation."

believeth
mouth

The

fession
con-

con-

72

HEART

is

fession

insist upon
it is
and

as

TALKS

ON

necessary
this in the

HOLINESS.

the believing. We

as

of

matter

in

equally important

sanctification. If

do

justification,

the

of

matter

testify definitely,
humbly and constantly to the blessed experience,
light under
we
a
bushel, and
put our
it naturally goes
out.
The

late

Miss

we

not

the

blessing definitely,was

and

the

sweet

of

peace

burning testimony of
Spirit.Soon afterward
in

ladies' school

where
the

there

doctrine

in

of

the
she

of

became

the

teacher

the

try
coun-

controversy
She

holiness.

gave

fulness
of

joy

with

and

section

much

received

filled

Heaven

was

Willard

E.

Frances

over

advised

was

friends
to
by her mistaken
keep still about
she
did.
wards
afterYears
sanctification,which
she sorrowfully wrote:
"I kept still
I had
until I soon
found
nothing in particular
The
to keep still about.
experience left
That
sweet
me.
persuasiveness, that heaven
in

the

soul

Palmer's
Mr.
to

be

which

meeting, I do
Fletcher, whom

the

holiest

not

that

man

Mrs.

feel."

now

Mr.

in

know

to

came

Wesley
had

believed

lived

since

this confession
days of the Apostle John, made
and
to his people:
"My dear brethren
in this place;
sisters,God is here, I feel Him
face in the dust, because
but I would
hide my
I have

done

been
for

ashamed
For

me.

to

Spirit,but

has

again restored
my
evening He spoke

'Reckon

ye

am

I have

deeply humbled

His

years

many

what

declare

to

has

grieved
and

soul.

Last

me

by these

yourselves therefore

He

to

He

day
Wedneswords

be

dead

sin, but alive

indeed

unto

Jesus

Christ

Lord.'

our

73

BLESSING.

THE

TO

TESTIFY

God

unto

the

obeyed

through
voice

all to
obey it, and tell you
from
freed
the praise of His love, I am
sin,
alive unto
I reGod.
dead
unto
ceived
sin, and
this blessing four or five times before,
but I lost it by not
obeying the order of God,
of

God

told

has

who

lieveth

'with

us,

be-

and

with

the

salvation.'
is made
unto
various
offered his bait under

enemy

colors

public declaration
I first
When
wrought.

from

keep

me

what

God

had

received

the

grace,

to

till I

awhile

to

saw

do

that

I had

Satan

made

of
I

but

which

heart, and

more

so,

witness

the

man

heart

confession
the

of

the

righteousness

unto

mouth

But

now

before
in

was

fruits.

the

began

soon

I had

to

felt

little while

wait

me

solved
re-

doubt
in

my

sensible

lost both.

salvareceiving this tion

I confess
(with shame
kept
it) I was
for my
from
Lord
being a witness
by the
art
a
public character ; the
suggestion, 'Thou
of all are
thee ; and
if, as before,
upon
eyes
thou
lost the blessing, it will
by any means
"A

be

second

dishonor

to

I held

gift of

the

"At

hide
of

the

doctrine

the

my

and

peace,

of

holiness.'
forfeited

heart

again

God.

another
it

after

time

time

by reasoning
children

of

God

prevailed

was

thus

'How

will receive

to

upon

few

even

this testimony!

of them
that
Many
suppose
every
law
is sin, and
transgression of the Adamic
therefore, if I profess myself to be free from
sin, all these will give my profession the He.

74

HEART

Because

free

TALKS

free

not

am

ON

HOLINESS.

in their

sense,

am

from

and
firmiti
inignorance, mistakes
I will therefore
God
enjoy what
hath
wrought in me, but I will not say I am
Alas ! I soon
found
perfect in love.'
again :
'He
his Lord's
that hideth
imtalent, and
that unprofitable servproveth it not, from
ant
not

shall
seemeth

taken

resolved

Master.

before

Him

I declare

unto

God

the

Trinity I

This

which

he

Holy
sin

and

alive

Christ,

who

is

confession

put Mr.

the

am

unto

my

all the

to

in

you

folly. I

my

and
presence,
all to confess

you

And

Jesus

see

you

it in your

I will confess

unto

that

even

brethren,

my

confessed

am

away

have.'

to

"Now,
have

be

my

world.

presence

dead

now

now

of
deed
in-

God, through
ness."
indwelling holi-

Fletcher

on

record,

beginning of a life of holiness

that
has
but
few
parallels for beauty and
It is only at
this point of glad,
power.
life and
definite testimony that Christian
perience
exbecome
irresistibly catching, like
and

was

fire when
Those

the

it bursts

into

flame.

profess this blessing are often

this is not
true.
But
of boasting.
accused
simply declaring that }esus has
They are
died to do-^-that
He
for them
what
is,
done
from
them
to save
sin, and they do it in the
of a deadly
who, healed
spirit of a man
has
done
the doctor
what
disease, declares
the
to
It is done
for him.
to
bring honor
sufferers
other poor
doctor, and to encourage
testisuch
withhold
to
to apply to him ; and
who

TESTIFY

in the

mony

David
in

multitudes

of

"My

soul

shall make

shall
Lord; the humble
be glad."
Hallelujah!

As

for

obligation

feel

me,

let

to

under

am

everybody

her

boast

that He
can
determined
I am

thereof
solemn

know

and

is alive

needy

hear

the

and

of

crime.

be

said

75

BLESSING.

THE

presence

would

ones

TO

that
the

to

save

Jesus
most,
utter-

testify to this
truth
not
a
simply as a doctrine, but as
glorious experience which is mine just now.
and

Praise

to

Lord!

the

soul
Does
the entirely sanctified
always
in
his
the
clear
of
the
with
Spirit
light
he
of
darkness?
or
seasons
may
expect
Answer
the

same

message
unto

is

darkness

no

fellowship
lie

and

light,

as

with

one

His
1

do

with

God
all.
If
at
Him
and

is

in

another,

Son.

cleanseth

5-7.)

"For

and

ye

need

in
if

from
were

we

Blood

and

all

the

clare
dehave

we

walk

pect
ex-

Him

in

darkness,

we

in

we

the

fellowship
Jesus
Christ,

sin."

sometime

not

is

then,

have
of

light

not

him
light, and
that
say

walk

light,
the

us

we

clear

of

But

truth.
the

is

heart,

perhaps

"This,

that

the

not

He

He

heard

have

we

you,

though

darkness.

whic'h

the

have

clearness.

of

of

seasons

always
heart,

may
in his

Spirit
degree

the

of

He

walk

(1 John
darkness,

76

but

are

flow

fa

occasion

none

HOLINESS.

ON

Lord
dren
chillight in the
as
; walk
5:
"And
there
(Ephesians
8.)
in
of
him."
John
stumbling
(1

ye

light.

of

10.)

2:

However,

sanctified

heaviness

on

"Wherein

account

greatly

rejoice,

be,
much

being
perisheth,

faith,
that

found

be

might

though
of

appearing
6, 7.)
the

caused
by
of
watchfulness

lack

and
of
love
carelessness

lack

duty,
something

the

malicious

crosses,

of

eins

eoul

to

open

ia

which,
promises,
its

chastening

its

its

loyalty
its

to

fellow

is

and

heartily
The
as

Peter

(Prov.

"thorn
the

lay

may

heaviness,
fast

the

to

and

troubled

are

we

are

but

not

(2

should

on

perplexed
forsaken

Cor.

4:

sought

be

8, 9.)
out

heaviness
of God's

should

be

disciplinary

patiently
providence.

1-7.)

for
as

the

unwavering,

thou
the
not
"My
despise
son,
the
neither
thou
be
Lord,
weary
evea

the

in

of.

repented

part

devil,
(as

of

"We

darkness

of

cause

borne

.(1

of

cause

sponsible.
re-

unquenchable."

men
:

by

is

the

holds

distressed
side, yet not
in despair
; persecuted
not
down
but
destroyed."

The

the

seasons

every
not
but
cast

soul

pain

God

to

caused

with

faith

himself

of

said

ness,
of
neglect

God

of

Paul

painful

very

however,

devotion
Paul

responsible.
of
temptations

and

ua-

for
something
Perplexities,

by

not

sickness

Peter

disobedience,
and
prayerful

sanctified

and

glory

caused

Job

Joseph,
flesh"),

his

be

the

others,

of

joase

In

may
Is
soul

the

fire

(1

for
others,
charity
It is
and
trifling.

which

for

Heaviness
which

sin

is

Darkness

belief,

Jesus

gold

and

honor
and
Christ."

praise

unto

your

of
with

tried

be

it

of

than

precious

more

through

trial

the

etc.

for

now

heaviness

that

great

trials,

though

in

in

be

may

temptations,

are

ye

temptations,

manifold

soul

of

ye
need

if

season,

at
1

TALKS

HEART

3:

whom

the

father

the

11,

12.)

Lord
son

(See

loveth
in

whom
also

of

chastening
of

He
he
Hebrews

His

tion,
correc-

chasteneth,

deligihteth."
12:

5.)

KNOWING

77

JESUS.

X.

KNOWING

What

JESUS.

astonishing thing that

an

we

can

know

clearly
Jesus ! And
yet nothing is more
taught in Scripture or more
joyously testified
in experience by godly people than
this
to
fact.
This

men
specialists,when
devote
their lives to the pursuit of special
learned
of
One
knowledge.
departments
hours
a
professor will give fourteen
day
for forty years
to the study of fishes,another
of
the
that
to
to
study of birds, another
of old bones.
to that
bugs, and yet another
his
life
ambitious, devotes
Another, more
to the study of
history, the rise and fall of
the
to
nations, and yet another
astronomy,
But to know
origin and history of worlds.
than
to
Jesus 'Christ is infinitelybetter

age

the

has

of

been

professors,

by these

"made
not

an

all that

know
of

is

worlds,"

and

made

that

anything

learned

or

for

it

He

"without
was

made."

dreamed
was

Him

that
was

78

HEART

TALKS

Personally, I
know

Edison

HOLINESS.

ON

inclined

am

would

think

to

worth

be

that

to

than

more

all of his works,

and
or
knowing
to
one
so
know
of
is the first and
best
Jesus Christ
all knowledge.
Amen!
The
of the naturalist, the asknowledge
tronomer,
the historian, may
be of passing
value, but in due time it will be out-of-date
and
of Jesus Christ
fail. But the knowledge
shall
infinite value, and
is of
never
pass
It is profitable for this world, and
away.
is to
for that which
and
only by it
come,
of himself
to that knowledge
does a man
come

without
have

to

In

1.

the

been

be

it would

better

never

born.

of Jesus is hidden
knowledge
of
all knowledge,
for
Paul
tells

this

germ

that

us

which

Him

"in

hid

are

all the

treasures

of

(Coloss. 2: 3.)
knowledge."
Am
I eager
for
learning and
knowledge?
and
Let
Him,
me
constantly seek to know
in due
time, in this world, or in the next, I
wisdom

and

know

shall

is

all that

of

value

for

me

to

know.

of
culture
lies true
knowledge
both
head
and
heart, especially of the heart
In the words
of the greatest
of one
living
the
Christian
enlarges
philosophers, "it
individual
life with universal
ideas, lifts time
2.

into

In

the

it with

this

act

of

eternal

issues ;

eternal

moral

evolution

of

stream

great
a

character."

as

higher
It

and
a

purpose,

and

makes

the

real

and

order
makes

factor

man

fills
plest
sim-

in the
an

mortal
im-

patient

KNOWING

79

JESUS.

ignorant and erring and wayward,

courteous
to his equals and
superiors, kindly
his inferiors, gentle and
to
and
generous
the
in his own
to
considerate
home, and
with

the

who

woman

is

now

his

wife

he

as

was

to

sweetheart, loving
and
forbearing with
children, thoughtful
in
with
tender
the
fact, the
and
aged
of
of Jesus
(not simply scraps
knowledge
about
the
Jesus) makes
knowledge
sessor
poslike Jesus.
in his measure
Glory to
when

her

she

was

his

"

God!
The

essence

of

this

knowledge

is

love.

that loveth
is born
of
John says, "Every one
God.
He
that loveth
God, and knoweth
not,
knoweth
This
is love."
not
God, for God
love is a heavenly thing. The
sinner, farthest
from
loves those
God, loves his own,
away
and
who
do
him
But
this
love him
good.

love

is

that

which

pours

itself

out

upon

those
enemies, and
strangers,
upon
upon
and
all manner
that despitefully use
us
say
that
of evil against us;
to
come
see
we
so

be like Jesus, must

must
Jesus, we
be
have
formed
transan
affinity for Him, must
into His
image; in other words, we
dwellin
be born
must
again and sanctified by His inSpirit.
Judas lived with Jesus in the intimacy of a
knew
disciple for three years, but if he ever
have
that
lost
Jesus he
must
knowledge
before he could have gone
out
to betray Him
with a kiss. So we
profess the knowledge
may
of Jesus, but when
holy
by wicked tempers and unto

know

conduct

and

deceitful

and

sinful

char-

80

HEART

acter,

manifest

we

we

as

our

unlike

are

ignorant

Him,

that

to

extent

we

are

Him.

of

How,

then, shall
of Jesus?

First.

HOLINESS.

to His,
spirit contrary
profession. In so far

lie to

give the

we

ON

TALKS

We

the

to

come

we

edge
knowl-

forever
nounce
reutterly and
seek
sin, and
forgiveness for past
of His
bad
conduct, trusting in the merits
with
for acceptance
God, singing
atonement
from
our
hearts, "Oh, the Blood, the Blood
do this we
shall
is all my
we
plea." When
of our
Lord
into an
initial knowledge
come
Jesus Christ.
must

Second.

But

sins;

our

all-night of

an

looked
the

the

at

Lord
soul

my

His

And

heaven?"

to

sounded
and

head

audience

up

In
I

ago,

years

queried of
all these

can

in

and

back

gave

self.

and

heart, "How

my

renounce

renounce

several

prayer

great

in

people get

also

must

we

only

not

must

we

the

the

words,

"He

the

ghost."

of

depth
bowed

heaven, and
He
of Jesus.
how
they gain the knowledge
Himself
for us, and
must
we
selves
give ourgave
for Him, and
and obey, and wait
trust
hearts
to
comes
expectantly until He
our
and
do

reveals
when

how

saw

we

men

Himself
seek

Him

to

get

us,

with

to

and

this

will

all the heart.

He
He

surely will.
Paul
those

said, "What
I

counted

gain to me,
things were
loss for Christ," by which

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81

JESUS.

ham,
Abralineage from
of the law, and
his
fulfilment
his exact
less,
zeal for his church, and
adds, "Yea, doubtand
all things but loss for the
I count
of Christ Jesus,
excellency of the knowledge
I have
suffered
the loss
Lord, for whom
my
of all things, and
do
but
them
count
dung
win
Christ
in Him,
that I may
and be found

things

referred

he

that
.

People

I may
who

his

to

Him."

know
seek

this

this

sacrifice of

self

that
time

they

Him,

but

their

dross

and
and

fire

may

flatter

themselves

when

the

testing
the hours
of loneliness and
loss,
comes,
sickness
and
pain, and
disappointment
lation,
perplexity,and thwarted
hopes and desoThe
they will find their sad mistake.
will

reveal

those

to

know

without

knowledge

who

make

and

and

abide

in

sin.
this

But
fice,
sacri-

fighting the good fight of faith,

fires
steadfastlyand joyously believe, furnace
lions' dens
and
cells but
close
disand
dungeon
more
fully the loveliness of His face,
the certainty of His presence,
the unfailing
of His
love.
strength and comforts
and,

Third.
must

be

This

knowledge
cultivated,which

to

be

is done

maintained

by

munion
com-

band
possible for a husfor
and
live together
wife
to
many
in
and
instead
of increasing, except
years,
the
in the knowledge
most
superficial way,
of each other, to grow
apart, until after many
they are heart strangers to each other,
years
with
interests, conflicting desires
separate
alien affinities. To
and
and
really
tempers
with

Him.

It is

82

HEART

know

each

TALKS

other

ON

they

HOLINESS.

bound

be

must

gether
to-

ties
than
by stronger
legal
mere
with
each
forms; they must
commune
other,
live in each
other's
into each
hearts, enter
other's joys and
share
other's
each
sorrows,
in perplexity, seek
counsel
each
other
the
ends
and cultivate the same
same
spirit.
be symJesus there must
pathy,
tivated
fellowship, friendship, constantly culheart
the
turn
to
must
Him,
;
before
itself out
Him, share its hopes,
pour
its joys, its fears with Him, draw
its consolations,
its strength, its courage,
its sufficiency,
and
its life,from
Him, trust and obey Him
its everlasting pordelight itself in Him
as
tion.
And

so

to

know

bring the soul

Him, and the Bible, God's
of Him, must
record
be daily, diligentlyand
lovingly searched, and faithfully applied to
know
the
shall we
Him,
daily life. Thus
and
be "changed
into the same
image, from
glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord,"
and
people shall see and feel "Christ in us,
the hope of glory."
Secret
prayer
face to face with

Jesus, Saviour, how

Thou

didst

Thee

and

woo

often

must

me,

and

seek

me

reveal

win

me,

Thyself

Thee

lost and

when

altogether unlike
and

bless

and
to

Thee,
lead
me,

me

and

far
and

that
from
didst

to

self,
Thy-

make

me

ble
Thee, and ravish my heart, and humpride with the joy and love and glory
my
that that best of all knowledge
brings! Still

to

know

KNOWING

reveal

Thyself,

they
be

fit

Answer

No

the

gives

is

dispute

it.

receiving
all

with

who

is

God

and

shortly.

see

justified
walks

is

the

in

is

but
the

sanctiflca-

teaching

Lord."

the

he

of

only

time

"Follow

Every

holiness,
light

The

without

holiness,

the

heaven?

and

manner

wants

and

Christendom.

in

command

and

kindness,

title,

This

the

to

for

people

fitness.

The

men,

shall

man

as

and

fame!

gives

creed

orthodox

every

it

that

Thee

glorify

loving

Thy

justification

people,

Thy

to

and

Thy

with

earth

Does

tion

Thee,

with

satisfied

fill the

Lord,

know

may

83

JESUS.

of
peace

which
honest

and

if

will

get

no

soul

he

obeys
it

very

84

ON

HOLINESS.

FROM

SIN.

TALKS

HEART

XL

FREEDOM

The

startlingthing about sin is its

enslave.
Jesus said, ''He that

most
to

power

committeth

sin

is the

every-day life and

experience
Let
a
boy or

to

be

true.

lie and

he

is henceforth

unless
the

bank

and

the

prove
a

tell

man

of

servant

ing
saya

hood
false-

freed

surrender

man

young

lust, let

the

sin," and

Let
by a higher power.
clerk misappropriate funds, let the
man
yield to a trick in trade, let

business
the

of

servant

the

youth

henceforth

he

take
is

the

to

of

intoxicating glass,

an

The

slave.

clamor
cord

that

he
light and silken, and
boast
that he is free, but
he deceives
may
man.
himself; he is no longer free, he is a bond-

holds

We

take;
with
will

him

may

the
whom

may

be

choose

of

course
we

the

will

form, whether

path in life
the
conduct;

associate

good

or

the

we

will

friends
habits we

bad; but

having

FREEDOM

chosen

the ways

without
chooses

he

down
to

taken

then

we

board

on

destined

wish

then

are

we

to

as

who

man

ship is surely

elsewhere.

chosen

; we

on

and

harbor, however

go

are

swept

swiftness

by a
hell, just

to

85

SIN.

choice

go

the

to

may

and

of sin

further

certainty

FROM

much

We

choose
then

and

grasp

than
grasped by a power
stronger
who
takes
hold
of
ourselves, like the man
the poles of an. electric battery; he grasps
but
he
let go
cannot
his will; like the
at
who
the baby boa-constrictor
took
and
man
we

are

trained

it to coil about
him, but when
grown
it crushed
him ; like the lion tamer
who
put
his

head

the

lion

head

in

lion's

closed
he

as

the

his

might

mouth,

mouth

and

but

day

one

crushed

his

eggshell.

an

is in the grasp
of a
Just so the sinner
than
his own.
He
chooses
higher power
drink, dancing, gambling, worldly pleasure,
wisdom

human

or

crushed

by

some

he

do?

power

Is there

Yes, thank
the

Son

ruined

and

outside

Let

the

break

the

to

himself.

hope?
free

sinner cry
lion's jaw

Is there
is.

but

power,

be

forever, unless

God, there
maketh

and

captive, only

finds himself

soon

fame

and

surely

delivered

What
a

deliverer?

Jesus said,"Whom

is free

indeed."

Jesus and He
and
paralyze the
to

shall

will
pent's
ser-

mighty coil,and turn back the current

of
devil's
the
the
set
electricity,and
slaved
encaptives free. Glory to God !
Some
I was
as
passing out of
ago,
years
church
a
near
Boston, one
Sunday night, a
and
said,
artist,stopped me
an
man,
young

86

HEART

TALKS

ON

Brengle,

"Brother

do

HOLINESS.

you

to

mean

that

say

from
all sin?"
Jesus can
a
save
man
"Yes, sir," I replied, "that is exactly what
I mean
to
say."
Him
"Well, if He can," said he, "I want
to

save

that

for

me,

victim

the

am

of

me.

good

I want
deliverance."
I pointed him
to
the

work

in

San

to

knock

on

looked

at

door.

later

years

I heard

day

entered,

man

young

six

Jesus, and

Eleven
One

He

for

inquired, "Do

and

me

'God !

to

for

shouting

Francisco.

my

prayed, and

Boston

California.

to

went

I went
a

around

and

shining and

months,
then

Jesus. We
done.
Glory

was

remained

habit

and
struggle and vow
resolutions,but fall again, and

masters

make

you

know

are

the

young

bad

habit

me?"
that

man

twelve

Jesus

years

"Yes,"

He

This

sets

the

tied

and

that

He

Lazarus
"bound

end

the

saves

the

loosed

face

and
was

from

foot
bound

colt

that

Mark
of

tongue

forth

sin,

complete. Jesus

Him.

spake plain. John

came

deed."
in-

free."

prisoner

to

is free

canceled

of

power

bring it

about
still."

me

free

maketh

is altogether
disciplesto loose a

hand
his

He

freedom

told

he

the

breaks

"He

Son

Boston."

near

he, "and

the

you

from

saved

ago

said

"Whom

and

sir;

replied, "Yes,

tells
the

with
about

tells
dumb

was

us

man

that

grave
grave

with

us

when

he

was

clothes,
a

nap-

FREEDOM

kin.

Jesus saith
let him
go."
Now
John uses

word

when

him

exactly the same

of Jesus, "For
God

of

destroy"

87

SIN.

them, Loose

unto

says

Son

the

was

might

He

FROM

(loose)

Greek
this

manifested
"the

and

pose
pur-

that

He

of

the

works

devil."
In

other

words,

is loosed

the

from

whom

he

free

Jesus makes
oi

works

devil

the

"

hitched
un-

the colt
them
as
fully as was
it was
the post to which
from
tied,or as was
clothes.
from
Lazarus
his grave
Hallelujah!
from

"

guilty past, but

forgets it, and he is no
Jesus forgives and
longer subject to the penalty of the broken
The

is bound

sinner

to

his

law.

The

converted

man

is bound

inbred

his

to

Jesus looses him and he is free indeed.

It is a complete deliverance
a
perfect liberty,
that
Jesus gives, by
a
heavenly freedom
of liberty,
the law
bringing the soul under
sin.

is the

which

What
and

is

law

of

LOVE.

justification

between

difference

the

sanctlflcation?
Answer

all

In

justification,

his

sins,

the

divine

image,

and

enters

into

is

peace.

is

man

partially

adopted
"Being

into

is

freely

renewed
God's

justified

given
forin

family

by

faith

88

have

we

Christ."

Jesus

the

that

8:

(Rom.

the

carnal

evil

tempers,

the

divine
he

Spirit

and

mind.

of

the
In

justified

soul

the
in

free

from

sin

bave

your

fruit

and

life."

Spirit

In

is

flesh

they

(Rom.
love,

joy,

"Ye

22-24.)
Christ

in

are

God."

(Col.

to

and

the

"But

3:

the

in

mission,
sub-

made

God,
end

the

ye
lasting
ever-

fruit

your

3.)

of

tleness,
gen-

temperance:

have
and

and

of

being

meekness,

Christ's

dead,

shame

long-suffering,

peace,

affections

and

doubts

now,

22.)

the

from

servants

faith,
are

the

6:

struggle

perfect

"But

last

sin.

from

holiness,

unto

that

with

love.

(Gal.

the

delivered

made

become

goodness,
and

is

we

the

inbred

desires,

and

these

that

so

of

mind,
and

like,

faith,

is

and

consider

its

man

earnal

tempers

and

cross

the

also

against

the

would."

we

description

it

against

other,

that

against

describes

flesh,

the

of
which

war

battles

the

to

in

Paul

against

people

as

state

soul.

things

evil

God."

remains

desires

flesh

one

sanctification,

fears,

and

the

Many

Rom.

of

with

of

are

mixed

"The

the

V.)

remains

the

in

the

do

of

part

is

Spirit

the

R.

17,

It

says

not

witness

there

dispositions

contrary

may

Abba,

cry,

children

the

are

received

we

beareth

however,

nature

when

have

whereby

Lord

our

16.)

15,

justification,

In

are

we

"Ye

1.)

itself

Spirit

spirit

our

through

5:

adoption,

The

Father.

God

(Rom.

of

spirit

5:

-with

peace

HOLINESS.

ON

TALKS

HEART

crucified

lusts."
life

(Gal.
is

hid

the
6:
with

WRESTLERS

89

GOD.

WITH

XII.

WRESTLERS

WITH

GOD.

Rev.
Bramwell
William
his letters, "Almost
every

in

writes

of

one

night there has

been a shaking among
the people, and
I have
seen
at
set
nearly twenty
liberty." Then
these
he adds
lieve
heart-searching words, "I beI
cannot
are

should

wrestlers
O

find

seen

many

good
with

God."

but

more,

pleading man.
people, but I have

yet
many

have

There

one

found

no

In
want!
Lord, that is what
we
these
of
days
organizations, of societies,
sified
diverleagues, committees, multiplied and
ecclesiastical
soul-saving and
chinery,
maworld-wide
with
together
tunity
opporabove
all things else we
lers
"wrestwant
my

with
how

to

and

women

out

their

remembrance

God"
pray

"

who

and

who
hearts
and

and

men

say
to

do

pray

prayers,
Him, who

"keep

who

women

not

not

but

know

who

call

Him

silence and

men

pour
to

give

90

HEART

TALKS

Him

no

make

Jerusalem

till He

rest

Some

ON

weeks

HOLINESS.

establish

praise

ago

I went

and

till He

the earth."

in

to

for the

corps

Sunday

morning meeting, just one

meeting.
Not
I was
No
coming.
people knew
many
made
special preparation was
snow
was
;
the ground, and
less than
hundred
on
one
But
wrestler
with
people were
a
present.
God
he prayed ! My
was
there, and oh, how
melts

within

pleaded

with

heart
He

before

heart
he
it

was
was

utter

yet

me

God,
In

Him.

he

poured

and
words
his manner
familiar with
God, but

wondrously
that sweet
from
familiarity that comes
self-abasement
and
deepest humility,

with

enables
its possessor
unabashed
faith right face

God

and

ask

asking only
Son.

His

it.
his

out

which

and

of

I think

as

come

face with

to

Him,

because

glory of
morning twenty-four people
penitent-form
seeking the

That
the

at

were

things of

great
for His

to

honor

and

the

Lord!

Several
article

an

of

one

began

to

it had

in

of

soul-winners.

went

to

two

young

hard

corps,

where

been

impossible to get anyone

that day
for Heaven,
and
start
a
sixty-two people seeking God.

almost

make

they

of

prayers

hands

of this wrote

officers,
in India, and
whom
is now
they
of them, it was
and
ported,
reone
pray,
all
The
night.
Saturday
prayed
the

day they

next

to

the

on

It fell into

the writer

ago

years

saw

The

same

certain

article
corps.

was

She

read

by

became

Captain

interested

read

and

it

her

to

diligence in

prayer

fell

them

used
with

ask

half

spend

and

the

to

people, and scores

the largest
and

His

city

the

hall

key

ling
wrest-

the

on

converted,

were

built

State was
stirred.

in that

corps

of

some

fell

power

of sinners

whole

the

and

up,

night in the

until

was

to

spirit of

The

prayer.

soldiers, and
the
Captain for

the

God

them

soldiers, urging

greater

on

91

GOD.

WITH

WRESTLERS

in charge of
day a staff officer,
time
band
that a short
of boys, told me
a
with
he went
before
his boys into a town
God
hours'
that
after two
wrestling with
In eightof a revival.
he got the assurance
een
hundred
and
fifty
one
days they saw
ing
seekpeople seeking salvation, and fiftymore
the blessing of a clean heart.
The

other

More

all else

than

wrestling, pleading
Indeed, there are
with

wrestlers

interested

are

Lord

the

men.

good

many

God.

There

in the

these

wants

are

in their
pleased to see it prosper
their church, their city, their country.
are

there
the

but

are

world

who

make

own,

and

of

God

shame
is not
This

God.
of
soon

and

their

upon

His

who,

who

few

taken

were

souls
in

cause

like

bear

feel

who

But
of

night,

clime

their

die

Eli, would

corps,

and

day

every

who

burden

the

few
who

many

Christ, and

of

cause

but

men,

it

if the

ark

awful

an

if victory
consuming sorrow,
in His
name.
continually won
of
is fed on
the Word
spiritof prayer
who
He
neglects diligent, daily study
and

meditation

neglect

secret

in the

Word

prayer,

of

God

while

he

will
who

92

HEART

feeds

it

upon

his

heart
in

as

TALKS

in

will

be

praise,

and

perfect

and

out

this

in

and

vate,
culti-

will

practise

regular

increase

pouring

constantly

prayer

things,

all

HOLINESS.

ON

of

spirit

the

prayer.

Again,
where

soon

foolish

and

jealousy,
Christian
of

the

honor

the

Jesus
and
without

spirit

the

quench

not

and

"Men

says,
to

faint,"

ceasing."

of

and

men

give,

can

man

criticism

spirit,

of

indulgence
of

the

to

picion,
sus-

ambition

selfish

applause
that

leads

that

work,

jesting,

and

talking

envy,

it

else

work,
die.

and

sickly

oversensitiveness

pride,

love

faith

watchfulness

by

patient

grow

Light

in

slow

Lazy,

followed

be

must

dead-in-earnest,

will

thrive

only

prayer.

Prayer
and

will

prayer

active.

is

faith

quenches

of

spirit

this

an

like,

even

appetite,
desire

for

uncharitable
will

surely

prayer.

ought
while

always
Paul

to

says,

pray

"Pray

WRESTLERS

If
he

sanctified

also

lost

the

and

he

does
he

before

justified

has

blessing,

and

justification?

his

93

GOD.

loses

person

forgiven

be

to

WITH

have
claim

can

sanctification?
Answer

can,

by

get

back

hearty
at

in

have

been

broken
to

trouble
but

Him,

and
his

28:

"is

faithful

to

cleanse

1:

we

have

not

liope

that

if

thirtieth

In

chapter

of

people

their

hearts,

restore
"The

again.
the

of

and

the

God

with

that

thou

thy
all

of

thine

mayest

have
turn

will

they
will

thy

seed,

heart,
live."

left
to

receive
have

to

and

love
with

John

2:

I
sin

man

Father,

Jesus

1.)

but

This

gives
sin

we

us
can

verses

of

God

promises

the

Him

sihall

pent
re-

Him

with

all

them

and
and

lost,

circumcise

and

write

any

do
six

first

and

God

heart

if

Deuteronomy,

that

sins

things

hour

He

(1

sin,

to

the

He

sins

our

John

evil

an

sins

all

us

the

(1

who

that

them

Lord

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in

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mercy."

our

And

license

us

find

these

not.

righteous."
give

back

sin

ye

an

does

their

children,

whoso

unrighteousness."

advocate

the

if

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that

but

confess

all

trust

"He

shall

forgive

to

heart,

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and

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and

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(Prov.

will

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coveretih

with

he

hearts

richer

these

Lord

which

have

.fell.

they
about

the

to

from

faith,

whose

deeper,

before

themselves

and

place

contrition

into

blessing

the

persons

with

had

turn

the

cases

enter

they

than

some

lost

confession

to

step

one

and

as

has

repentance,

fell,
Jesus

who

man

thine
the
all

will
adds

heart,
Lord

thy

thy

soul,

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ON

TALKS

HOLINESS.

xm,

Jesus

said, "I and

it is His
loving

and
shall

be

able

to

JESUS.

WITH

UNION

say

Father

My

that

purpose

that

and

you

too, and

in this present time, in the face

and
in holy, triumphant defiance

one,"

are

it

say

of

now

devil,

the

of

ing
frown-

shrinking, trembling flesh.

with Jesus as intimate
is a union
There
as
and
the vine, or
that
that of the branch
as
of the body with the
of the various
members
the
that
between
head, or
Jesus and
as
This
Father.
is shown
by such Scriptures
the Vine,
that in which
as
Jesus said, "I am
tercess
the branches," and
in His
are
great inye
and

world

of

Thou,
I in Thee, that they

they all
Me

may

and

Us."

be

It is also
which

that

in

that

"God

hath

gave

Him

and

things

He

where

prayer

to

the

Father,

as

one,

shown

in

"that

prays,

may

such

be

art
one

passages

in
in
as

speaking of Jesus, says

His
feet
put all things under

Paul,
to

be

Church,

the

which

head
is

over

His

all

body,"

95

JESUS.

WITH

UNION

again, "that we
up into Him
grow
may
in
is the
Head,
all things, which
even
that sanctifieth and
Christ," and again, "He
It
sanctified are
all of one."
they that are
is also shown
clearly in Paul's
testimony,
less
crucified
with
Christ, neverthe"I
am
I live, yet not
I, but Christ liveth in
and

me."

is,of

union

This

spiritual,and
has

into

entered

not

known

to

be

can

it

physical, but

course,

by

the

the

who

one

of

witness

direct

others
be known
to
Spirit; but it can
only by its effects and fruits in the life.
is mysterious
This
spiritual union
yet
ships
of our
simple, and many
every-day relationpartially illustrate it.
interests
Where
two
or
people have
poses
purthe same,
exterit
to that
one.
they are
A
liberal,conservative, or unionist is one
with
of his party throughother man
out
every
the whole
country in so far as they hold
similar
principles. This is an imperfect sort
the

of

union.

And

in any

be

may

it is union.

yet

part of the

his mighty

forward

is

the
one

boy

same

with
and

world, pushing
of

schemes

conquest

him.

his

other

husband

mother,

between

me

and

be

yet be

rejoiced to call "wife," bu"

absolutely true to her and

For

one.

of

miles
a

wife, or a
separated by

and

may

and seas, and

continents
months
three thousand
rolled

eral
Gen-

ever
Salvationist, howbe, just in so far as he
spiritand ideals as the General,

for Jesus, and every

he may
humble
has

Our

wild

little

six

waves

woman

my

heart

my

confidence

was

as

in

96

HEART

ON

TALKS

HOLINESS.

when
fidelitywas
as
now
as
supreme
sit side by side
and
we
we
are
one.
But
more
perfect, more
tender, more
holy
and
nobling
infinitelymore
self-consuming and enand
of the
enduring is the union
with
is any
soul
other
Jesus than
possible
relationship. It is like the union of the bay
her

"

with

the

It is the

sea.

of

commingling
heart

soul

and

is

It

1.

eternal

spirit,an

nature,

marriage

of

mind.

and

union

of

union

of will.

said, "I

Jesus

down

came

from

heaven,

will, but the will of Him

is to
meat
again, "My

own

and

Him

that

who

are

with

one

this

doubtless

and

is hard
the

soul

but

Thine

will be
In

the

in

will, for

there

his

own.

will.

his

those

times

has

There

union.

when

said,
that
tered
en-

may,

this

Jesus

as

it is in heaven."

of

things there

without

this

is

really very
is really
That
with

mind

will

be

robbed

even

who

will

and

his
can

rob

all he

be

union

of

his

a
can

its

be
of

can

little of

all

possibilitiesmay

idiocy; he may
his health, and
from
him, but
of

earth

His
and

powers

who

of

and

nature

very

with

his

will

the

then
blood, but even
with
its Lord, "Not
will,
my
done," and prays
always, "Thy

union

but

Me,"

sent

it is with

so

everyone

divine

flesh

says
be

done

of

will, be

the

to

that

do

Mine

do

to

Psalmist
Jesus. The
Thy will, O God," and

delight to do
is the testimony
into

And

Me.'

sent

"I

no

not

man

call

splendid

reduced

to

property;

life may
be taken
into the domain
enter
him

of

that?

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WITH

97

JESUS.

I say it reverently,so far as

'God
Himself
even
can
compel

God

to

wants

approaches

and

the

union

based
founded

resist

and

man,

ments
induce-

him

and

of

his

will.

if there

is to

for

God,

be

God's

will,
righteousness,

eternal

on

purpose

surrender

to

must,

loss,
utterly

and

and

thought

he
is

it

as

of

tremendous

may

refuse

between

will

infinite profit and

of

loving

will.

the

with

man

He
can
surrender

But

with

man

the

yet

thwart
God.

and

motives

and

man's

not

partnership, an
exalting fellowship, a

enter

infinitelytender
spiritual marriage
He

into

know,

we

infinite

in

and
wisdom
knowledge
and
love, is unchangeable, and man's
est
highgood is in a hearty and affectionate surrender

it and

to

It is

2.

trusts

God.

honor

of

in the

midst

take

the

and

honors

will

use

to

Again,
when

confidence

God

in

world

him

with

that

he
the

holy character

rebels.

with

God

him

with

all
the

things

these

without

unholy

of

fear

any

for

His

him

adorn

them

him

beautify

and

glory of
heap upon

can

God

without

God

them

of

and

graces,

and

dence
confi-

him, and

trusts
entrust

can

name

him

empower

Spirit

God

God
His

of mutual

"

esteem.

it.

with

of faith

union

and

union

His

heavenly
man

to

can

will

himself.

riches

and

treasures

fear

that

the

any

selfish

ends

or

man

prostitute

purposes.

God.
He
trusts
Him.
has
He
he
trace
cannot
and
of
in the
faithfulness
love

the

trusts

man

adversity

as

well

as

in

prosperity.

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HEART

He

does

TALKS

have

not

in

ON

HOLINESS.

fed

be

to

sweetmeats

on

and

live

order

is for him.
believe that God
mingle bitter with all His sweets,

sunshine

sleep

and

on

in

roses

God

to

can

allow

the

thorns

and

him, and
storm-clouds
roll all about
to
him, and
he
will stubbornly trust
Like
on.
Job,
in a day,
be swept
property
away
may
his children
die about
him, and yet with
will

he
hath

"The

say,

taken

away,

and

Lord,"
His

wife

bid

him

he

good

the hands
receive evil?"

be

will

say,

friends

the

menaced

be

his

pain, and
God

and

Lord, and

faith

by assuring him

"with

God

and

Job
the

the

shall

still trust

gather about
integrity and
the

calamities

receive

we

shall

if he
could

we

on.

and

him

character,

foundations

that

less
faith-

die, and

of

may

his

be

and

and

of

name

yet

Lord

the

"What

his

these

and

the

on.

and

Christian
foolishly assault

attack
and

blessed

curse

at

His

gave

weariness

yet
not

Lord

still trust
life may

own

filled with

prick

to

were

never

of

his

right
fall
be-

his
him, and yet he will look up from
and
wreck
of his utter
out
ash-heap and
He
ruin
and
slay
desolation, cry, "Though
And
Him."
though
yet will I trust
me,
nations
communities
conspire against
or
is
Lord
him, he will say with David, "The
shall I
salvation; whom
light and
my
my
The
is the strength of my
Lord
life;
fear?
afraid?
shall
I be
of whom
an
Though
heart
should
host
against me
my
encamp
should
rise
shall
not
war
fear; though
against me, in this will I be confident."

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.A

WITH

said to
think of the

99

JESUS.

the

other

day, "I
of the world, it
dread
end
to
afraid."
But
makes
me
though worlds, like
from
their orbits, and
tumble
drunken
men,
universe
the
crash
into
though
ruin, the
woman

child-like

of

confidence

will enable

God

"God

is

me

him

the

who

man

trusts

ist,
sing with the Psalmrefuge and strength, a very

our

to

will not
Therefore
help in trouble.
present
fear
and
though the earth be removed,
we
mountains

the

though

be

carried

into

the

thereof
though the waters
and
be troubled, though the mountains
roar
with
the
shake
swelling thereof."
of

midst

God
He

the

sea,

take

can

familiar

be

can

with
of

all sorts

such

liberties

with

man.

his

reputation, his position, his

friends, his health, his life, and allow devils

property,

his

and

to

men

in

fixed
character

holy
still

trust

but

the

estimate

his

and

triumphantly
It is

him

taunt

everlasting

man

changeably
un-

of

God's
love, will

on.

union

of suffering, of sympathy.
I
when
Once
what
was
passing through
seemed
to
me
perfect hell of spiritual
a
and
Lord
temptation
suffering, the
ported
supwith
this text, "In all their afflictions
me
afflicted." (Isaiah 60: 9.) The
He
was
tions
the afflicto
prophet refers in these words
of Israel
in Egypt and
of the children
3.

in the

hard
in

wilderness

bondage
all their

them.

after

their

escape

from

he says
Pharaoh, and
sufferings Jesus suffered
of

the
that
with

100

TALKS

HEART

Let
scorched

with

with

racked

suffers

than

more

people of God be
Jesus agonizes
tried, and

is the world's

He

is forever.
He

man.

is not

still with

child ;

tempted

with
His

death

them.

passion

for

every

There

man.

every

of

a
anguish, nor
heartache, nor
spiritual pain in all the world

cry

of

does

tasted

once

suffers

pang

that

He

and

croup,

the

sore

Sufferer.

great

pain
with

choked

and

let the

so

and

be

fever

mother

the

yet
and

child

her

HOLINESS.

ON

His

reach

not

and

ear

touch

His

stir all His

mighty sympathies.
heart, and
suffer and
But especiallydoes He
sympathize
And
in
His
with
believing children.
own
with
the man
who
is one
turn
Jesus suffers
and
sympathizes with Jesus. Any injury to
him
of
Christ
the
more
pain
cause
causes
terests
and
personal ininjury than any of his own
do.

can

of

Zion

The

property.
cuts

him

more

to

He

mourns

than

over

lukewarmness

the heart.

The

the

over

cry

the
of

loss

tion
desolaof

his

Christians

of the heathen

Gospel of salvation is to him the cry

of Jesus Himself.
of the travail, the agony
\He gladly says, with
reproaches
David, "The
have
falle"
that
of
them
reproached Thee
He
the
me."
esteems
reproach of
upon
than all the pleasure
"Christ greater
treasure
and
and
bined.
comprofits of this world
power
As
the true
wife gladly suffers privation
her
with
shame
and
and
reproach
be
knows
she
husband
whom
to
righteous
with
is one
and
Jesus
honorable, so he who
worthy to suffer
"rejoices that he is counted
for the

UNION

for

shame

His

with
4. It

is

of

mass

not

to

heaven.

God

serve

to

for

from

reward

desirable

thinks

such

but

thing.

in

one

triumphs
has

Apostle

purpose

hers.

are

is hers, and
"All
says,

if two
of whom

one

to

was

angels

her

His

losses

will
man.
were

to

be

Father's

so

will

not

so

state

smile

thinks

love.

She

husband.

His

hers.

are

And,
yours,

God

of

All

as

the

and

ye

is

the supreme
Someone
has said
into this world,
sent

rule

it, and the other

the
crossings, that

street

sweep

of

free

housekeeper

is his.
are

so

this

never

with

not

His

for

things

was

would

sweeper

wife

she

this

in

The

serves

The

of

good
that

soul

is

union

is

its reward.

the

She

Christ's."

are

The

go

it

be

to

heaven

is its heaven.

wages,

to

is

it is

as

which

little about

approval

he

in

holiness.

as

very

wants

hell

is

they

hell ; they want

that
is right. But

escape

sin, and

great

to

go

And

to

pathizes
sym-

The

of purpose.

union

There
highest motive.
soul
the
Jesus in which

anxious

and

suffers

Jesus.

want

with

is

He

the

not

of

101

JESUS.

name."

men

do

WITH

satisfied with
that

he

would

his

enly
Heav-

not

change
ex-

places with the ruler.

of Jesus is to save
the world
The
purpose
of God, and
establish
and
uphold the honor
truth
in the
lives, the hearts, the laws, the
of

customs

this
In

men,

and

this is the

purpose

of

man.

order

to

do

earthly prospect,

this Jesus sacrificed

every
His
laid down
and
life,and

102

HEART

this
in

does

man

the

the

for
doesn't

the

hesitate

really wants

him

quibble
him

to

his

dog-kennel

and

house

stand

great,

crying

if the

few

cents

of

the

heathen

Lord
lars
dol-

or

he

'God
whether
quires
really rethe sacrifice and
leave

to

as

doesn't

world's

give

make

to

He
wonder

and

salvation

the

HOLINESS.

ON

same.

of

presence

and

need

TALKS

and

chicken-coop

furnished

little below

and
the

barn
dard
stan-

of

godly
beauty and
luxury set by his unneighbors ; he doesn't struggle and kick
he feels God
would
against the pricks when
him
forsake
have
business
and
preach the
He
would
loathe
himself
have
Gospel.
to
such
He
doesn't
"If
mean
thoughts.
say :

of the
rich." but out
abundance
of
his poverty
into
he pours
the
lap of the
world's needs, and, like the widow, he gladly
were

gives all his

when
up

God
for His

living

to

looks

about

honor

and

of peace
offer terms
"If
I were
doesn't
say,

and

gifted I would

the

save

for
warn

a
a

world
to

man

wicked

and

stand
world

sinners, this man

or
only educated
with a heart flaming
to

go," but
with
for Jesus and
He
has
love
the world
am
bought with His Blood, cries out, "Here
be said of him
it was
It can
as
I, send me."
house
has
of his Lord, "The
zeal of Thine
eaten
me
up."
iA young
England, whose
carpenter in New
months
is unknown,
few
comes
name
every
the divisional
to
headquarter.,, and gives a
"hundred
in
God
world.

or

more

India, or
He

is

one

dollars
some

with

for

the

work

of

other

portion of the

Jesus

in

His

purpose

UNI"N

to
a

the

save

poor

world.

that

dress

she

had

bitter

wintry day
Wesley's apartment

to

When
garments.
was
Wesley looked at the pictures
gone,
said
his walls, and
in
stance,
subhimself
to
"If my
should
Lord
would
He
come,

she
on

be

cold.

not

On

came

in Oxford
did

103

JESUS.

John
ing
shiverUniversity. She was
she
Wesley asked her why
She
more
warmly.
replied

woman

with

WITH

pleased

His

no

to

warmer

these

see

on

walls

my

when

cold?"
Then
suffering with
he sold the pictures and
the poor.
to
gave
in this way
And
long
began that mighty and lifeare

poor

almost
beneficence
and
matchless
selflions
sacrifice that has led to the blessing of milmillions of men.
upon

God,

my

union

what
Do

that

Thy
people
Thee
really means

with

ask, "How

you

can

might

see

!
into

enter

this

union?"

promises until
it is possible. Especially read
God's

Read

1.

fifteenth

the

over

and

and

seventeenth

that

see

you

ponder

chapters

of

St. John.
2.

Read

and

until

3.

order

union

it

that

is

there

here

ments
commandnecessary.

will

be

no

eternity.

in

the

Make
to

the

over

see

you

this

Without
union

ponder

sacrifice that

become

The

woman

man

must

lovers, leave

one

who
be

with

will be

prepared

her

home,

to

and

is necessary

fn

Jesus.
the

give

true

up

forsake

wife

of

all other

father,

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HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

her
sisters, change
and
utterly identify herself, her prosname,
pects
for life,her all,with the man
she loves.
And
be
must
so
prepared to identify
you
yourself utterly with
Christ, to be hated,
of
but
despised, rejected, crucified
men;
armed, baptized with the Holy Ghost, and

mother,

brothers

crowned

of

Does
with

God.

If
Do
of

not

of

your

Do

perpetual

Do

cast

away

will

it

seal

Do

waver.

gently.
intellifull

surance
as-

for

you

doubt.

not

confidence

your

my

covenant

heart, in

God

not

this,

to

because

of
lack
feelings or
feelings, but
facts; walk by faith, and God
by your
in a
His
soon
ownership in you
prove
will be altogether satisfactory to
that
head
and
vincing
conheart, and
your
your

stand

will
way

both

What
sung

make

so,

faith,and

own.

Do

consent

Lord
just ^ow.
it with a true

your

His

heart

your

brother?

and

of

to

men

Is

meant

and

of

our

by

testified

(1.)

Answer:

and

It

"will, but

devils.

"saved
to

does
the

in

from
The
not

self"

it

as

Salvation

Army?

the

tion
destruc-

mean

complete

union

of

our

is

UNION

"will

the

with
Jesus

with

"Lo,

and

and

the

"Hereby
He

ought
John

lose

it, and

shall

keep

"Then
man

and

eoever

it"

he
it

will

hateth
life

unto

Jesus

"his

that

unto

Me,

let

cross

and

follow

shall

lose

his

16:

24, 25.)

his

life
life

him

shall
for

My

deny
Me.

lose

cause
be-

and

we

12:
If

25.)
any

himself
For

it, and

sake

shall
world

this

disciples

after

save

in

of

God

life

(John

His

our

brethren."

Oils

life

eternal."

will

(Matt.

bis

us,

the

loveth

and

of

for

for

ends

salvation

love

life

lives

"He

that

come

up

His

selfish

the

the

done,"

God."

rights

and

we

our

16.)

said

take

down

down

lay
3:

God

perceive

laid

to

of

be

not

our

say*

may

Thine

seek

we

lay down

glory

we

will, O

Thy

that

even

that

so

will, but

do

to

105

JESUS.

God,

my

means
we

for

men.

(1

"Not

I come

that

lives

of

will

It

(2.)

WITH

shall

soever
whowho-

find

106

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS,

XIV.

IN

GOD'S

SCHOOL.

is the supreme

Man

product of this world,

and
the
evil
struggle with
adversity and
forces is a part of 'God's plan of developing
him
and

for

struggle
faint

on.

world

believe

must

"In

not."

thrones

and

in the

kingdoms
we

we

mansions

and

due
We

time

to

and
come.

hope and
we

must

shall

beware

crowns

fore
There-

love

and

reap,

of

if

couragem
dis-

from

from
running away
the conflict. If we
ever.
shall perish forflee,we
If we
shall
fight to the finish,"we
die."
though we
conquer
does
God
that
to
us
Nothing can
come
which
cannot
not
by His grace
permit, and
be made
to work
out
our
higher good. God
build
in holy character, but
wants
to
us
up
is manyis for eternity and
holy character
be
therefore
must
sided, and
subjected to
be taught by
manifold
must
testings. We
learn how
both
must
pain and pleasure; we
and

to

abound

and

suffer

need.

And

in

this

GOD'S

IN

107

SCHOOL.

shall be

the heights
plunged often from
the
hurled
from
the depths
to
depths, and
to the heights again.
shines and
the world
is
To-day the sun
full of beauty, and life seems
a
holiday, but
we

the

to-morrow

storm-clouds

beauty is hid, and

the
look

shine

will

sun

we

are

to

prone

smile

and

the

fear

that

To-day

more.

no

and
us
upon
!" but to-morrow

lower

and

men

shout

"Ho-

and gnash
they frown
their teeth and cry out, "Crucify him !"
day
Tofeed the multihave plenty and
tudes
we
can
of the hungry
with what
have
to
we
ourselves
to-morrow
we
are
hungry
spare;
sanna

and

know
our

chase

life is

and

for

turn

to

pulse is full and

thousand; to-morrow

broken

and

where

not

we

bread.
day
Tofeel strong to

we

feeble

are

burden.

To-day
before;' we
us
call,
morrow
yet speaking; to,

we

pray

and

God

and

hears

while

answers

are

we

and
and
moan
plead and weep
the
heavens
the
seem
shut, and
mocking
is thy God
now?"
whispers, "Where
tempter
in all the
To-day Job is the richest man
his
the strongest
and
East, and his sons
are
in the land; tothe
fairest
morrow
daughters are
we

he

Joseph
and

home

is

of

childless.
day
Tohis father's heart

he

is under

and

pauper

is the

pet

; to-morrow

the

lash

toilingand galled with the slave gang's

chain.
the king's daughweds
To-day David
ter;
the king, with
to-morrow
murderous
hate, hurls his javelin at him and chases him

and

over
a

is

and

around

partridge

or

the
a

mountains

wolf.

To-day

as

he

would

Daniel

sits

108

HEART

the

to

next

and

is in
What

ON

HOLINESS.

king in the midst of the hundred

princes and counselors; to-night

twenty

he

TALKS

lions'

the

den.

all this

uncertainty and mystery

of pleasure and
spair,
pain, of hope and deof favor
and
jah!
disfavor?
Ah, hallelumeans

it

that

means

It
in

He

the

means
us

His

worth

educating

is

wants

Lord
that He

"Whom
eth."

God

He

loveth

self.
Him-

disciplinis

there

sees

while

for

us

thing
some-

educate, and

to

us.

He
friend of mine
owned
a
gold mine.
of profit front
promised the Lord every penny
it. He
made
nothing, but lost $100,000 in
it.
the Lord
that
about
mine.
He
to
went
A

said, "I
afford to spend

The

Lord

can

friend

cried

afford

it, I

to

be

would

God

millions

for

can,

in
make

Thou

strong

to

truth, lovers

Thou

My
canst

knowest

want

in faith, mighty
whatever
content

unfailing in hope,
lot,perfect in love, fearless

in power,
our

so."

school !"

Thy
us

if

and

you,

do

to

Lord,

"O

out,

educated

educating

am

of

men

in

and

our

tion
devo-

more

than

conquerors.

in whom
from
would
wean
us
man,
tach
dethere is no
help, to Himself; He would
and
fasten
from, the world
by
us
us
When
tie to Heaven.
Job shall have
every
for himself
his lesson, which
is not
learned
sand
times ten thoualone, but for ten thousand

He

other
shall

have

perplexed
his

riches

sufferers
doubled

as

and

well, he
restored

fairest
and
again with strongest sons
daughters. Joseph shall leave the prison cell

to

him

GOD'S

IN

109

SCHOOL.

gang's chain and sit as a favorite

in Pharaoh's
palace and rule his empire. The
David
hand, and
king shall die by his own

and

slave

honor

shall esDaniel
his throne.
sit upon
from
the lions' den and rise to higher
before. Thus
than he knew
and esteem

shall

it be

shall
scape

hand

God's

doubts

and

need

The

moonlight

then

And

My
But

soul

of

It,

absence

scanned,
snineth

land."

Emmanuel's

secret

dew
loved

of

shadelesa

glory

trusts

withdrew,

cause

troubled

In

The

for

the

who

oft

shining

under

darkness,

cool

and
one

kick

not

educates.

God

night's

from

Christ
His

these

while

not

"Flowers

So

does

who

man

low
pricks, but nestles
and
rejoices and obeys and

the

against

the

with

and

peace

is "a

circumstances

victory
little

under

all

faith in

more

Jesus."
school

God's

In

than

rather

rather

learn

through the heart

head, and by faith

through the
logic. "Lord, I believe!"

than

Holiness

we

is

indispensable

to

your

Amen!

completest

usefulness.
My
the

comrades,
blessedness
of

the

know

you
of

love

religion.
of

God,

the
You
and

way
can

the

of

life

tell

Joys

and

thing
some-

of

the

110

You

redeemed.
battle

to

shall

which

publish

and

to

every

day!"

uttermost!

means

the

life

It

of

assurance

in

"Salvation

and

is

undaunted

the

enduement

Soldiery."

life

tender

zeal
of

and

prelude

the

that

the

manifestation

accompanying

Ghost.

accompany,

gentle,

of

is

influence

mighty

accompanies

fearless,

saved
there

named,

means

out!

and

ever

have

that

power

.sanctified

it

must

that

and

brethren,
the

and

as

mighty

means

GENERAL,

enjoy

now

my

beyond

from,

testimony

itself.

and

God

Saved

and

above

flows

Holy

peace

inside

saved

Moreover,

something

spirit

"That

personal

with

saved,

am

the

Saved

the

that

people,

your

of

communion

to

doing

but

good,

Is

"

myself!

"which

for

of

say

out

else

qualifications

attainable

as

and

joy

such

to

lead

What

King.

amount

able

be

and

sing,

the

your

possible

greatest

you

of

armies

HOLINESS.

and

pray,

complete

to

the

ON

can

the

"wanted

is

TALKS

HEART

power.

it

;
the

condition

TH"
"

HOLINESS

Ill

SELF-DENIAL.

AND

XV.

1.

One

rich

man.

One

now

the

It
of

part

the

of

there

the

on

the

is

there

have

host

circumstances
us

little self-

and

Mr.

quietly
fine

self-imposed

not

might

table, but
denial

sumptuous
from
what

marked,
re-

tunity
oppor-

self-denial."
that is

denial.

table

was

Methodists."

the

among

for

Denial

with

his preachers, who

of

pointed to the
"My brother,

Wesley

dine

to

was

a
said, "Oh, sir, what
Things are very different
is but
formerly. There

were

denial

Wesley

day Mr.

present,
dinner !

they

SELF-DENIAL.

AND

HOLINESS

to

been

of

part

luxuries

and

have
the

selfish

or

self-denial

present

would

selfon

less ous
sumptubeen
selfno

guest.

people
even

is not

may

the

Adverse

deprive
necessities

of

life. But
our
We
self-denial.

be
not
deprivation would
deny ourselves
only when
like,
we
we
voluntarily give up that which
I
which
and
might lawfully keep. And
we
have

no

doubt

that

God

often

allows

us

112

HEART

luxuries

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

and

that we
abundance, not
may
them
rather
consume
ourselves, but
upon
that we
deny ourselves
joyfully for His
may
the sake
dear
of the needy ones
sake, and
about

us.

Often
the

urging

when

importance

dress

furniture

and

luxuries
and

of

say,

God

"If

did

to

be

people

had
not

them
mean

me

answer

owners.

did
why
And,
get them?"
they had crushed

meant

them

me

He
poor
me

them

is

God

the
have

to

simple. God meant

stewards, but they considered

the

in

to

turn

enjoy them,

the means
to
give me
things ! they thought
their logic.
with

But

well-to-do

denying themselves
and
equipage and

life, I have

things and

these

of

upon

selves
themto

have

giving, for "it is

blessed
to
to
receive," but
more
give than
with
what
themselves
they contented
they
of receiving. God
the blessedness
considered
His
them
meant
to
on
bounty to the
pass
of needy
about
multitudes
them, but
ones
of
diverted
the streams
they dammed
up and
in what
reveled
God's
and
sidered
they conmercy
license
and
God's
to
special favor
the
tudes
multiunlimited
self-indulgence, while
these
for whom
God
really intended
mistakably
unThey show
blessings perished of want.
that they have
by their conduct
the
not
though He
Spirit of Jesus, "Who
became
that
sakes
rich, for our
was
poor
might be rich," and
through His poverty
we
the Judgment
Day they will surely be
on
the

greater

blessedness

of

found

does

Why

woful

and

wanting,

their

will be

give

God

113

SELF-DENIAL.

AND

HOLINESS

wealth?

woman

demnation.
con-

ers,
spend it on feathers and flowluxurious
silks
and
and
satins, and
spend
Nay; but that she may
apartments?
those
who
it upon
are
hungry and cold and
dying of bitter want.
does
God
brilliant,
give a mother
Why
That
and
sons
lovely daughters?
manly
them
and
she may
tram
enjoy their presence
the world?
before
for society and
career
a
train
them
be
but
that
she may
to
Nay;
the
slum
to
angels, missionaries
martyrs,
the bare-footed, debauched,
and
heathen
to
neglected, devil-ridden children of the saloons
looked
at
and
brothels.
Oh, as I have
my
the
realized
sweet
girl, and
baby boy and
That

she

may

infinite difference

almost

that

and
have

the

of

little

have

; as

realized

I have

ing
trainwho

ones

rights in Jesus Christ

same

children

millions

of

their

between

that

the

my

tender

unceasingly watched
and
sheltered
and
and trained for God
eousness,
rightitself out
heart has poured
to
my
that
in unutterable
Cod
they
longings, not
might be great, but that they might be good ;
with
their
that they might fill the earth
not
fame, but that they might utterly sacrifice
which

with

care

for

themselves
the
and

love
a

and

does

influence
the

and

eyes

are

those
home

of

fame?
men

never

known

sainted

mother

give

God
of

have

who

instruction

Christian

Why
in

they

That
and

man

he

lord

power
may

it

be
over

and
great
his

114

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

himself

clothe

purple and
and
"fine linen
live luxuriously?
Nay; but
throw
that
he may
jot and tittle of
every
fellows

his

and

influence

and

power

in

into

the

scale

for

holiness
conduct
of
and
character
and
hasten
the utter
establishment
of the Kingdom
earth.
of God
upon
Self-denial
be self-denial
almost
to
ceases

righteousness

when

of

practised from

high and holy

motive.
of the lower, base,
It is the denial
the gratification of the
earthly life, and
higher and
heavenly self. It is a turning
from
is
earth
from
that which
to
Heaven;
is eternal.
fleeting and temporal to that which
It enlightens the
the
mind, ennobles
brings us
character, perfects the heart and
Bless
God !
into
fellowship with
Jesus.
Hallelujah!
"If any
will come
after Me, let him
man
daily and
deny himself, take up his cross
follow
2.

such

Me."
once

read

an

illustration of

Mr.

Fin-

influence
on
ney's that has had a marked
my
this :
life. In substance, it was
"Suppose
a
man
were
traveling in a foreign land, and,
being waylaid and captured by brigands, he
sold into slavery, and
a
were
great ransom
his
for
release.
At
demanded
last, word
his anxious
reaches
wife, informing her of
the only condition
his sad
upon
state, and
which
he could
possibly be restored to her.
is fast wearing
His
is cruel, and
bondage
his

life away,

except

the

but
ransom

there

is

be

paid.

no

way

of

escape

HOLINESS

"All

love

the

of

sympathy
the

AND

life, she
the

see

the

of

his

and

roused

are

for

fears

pity
loved

her

to

one's

galling chain, she

lash of the slave-driver, she
the

darling, and
side

and

sorrow,

and

heart

heart-loneliness

her

fly to

feel

can

cruel

realize

wife's

She

uttermost.

affection

and

the

115

SELF-DENIAL.

and

bitter bondage
wishes
she could

his burden

sacrifice

no

can

and

she

share

can

and

too

seems

his

great

to

gain his liberty. She sells all her property,

she
before
her
friends
and
lays her case
neighbors, and they assist her, and yet she
falls

far

below

demanded.

the

She

labors

hastens

late, and

add

of

amount

to

toils

and

what

earn

the

ransom

early and
she

money

she

what

already has; she

denies
herself
grudges
luxury, and almost beevery
necessity of life. She thinks
every
of the hard
fare of her husband, the coarse,
hovel, the hard,
food, the miserable
scanty
filthy bed, the
heavy, unremitting labor;
and
the
thought of selfish gratification is
At
hears
painful to her.
last, a stranger
her sad story, visits her, and
gives her $100.
can

to

She

does

not

be

able

shall

in

bonnet

piece of

for
to

the

get

than

into

tears.

bursts

and

she

cries

my

love, and

arms

Now,
throbs

when
with

my

new
or

rooms,

I
'Now
dress
and

get
or

nice

furnish

in the past.' No, no.

She thanks
the giver,

'Now

again.'

fashion,

for

She

my

me

latest

better

think:

instant

an

furniture

table

my

to

I shall
soon

be

able

I shall

have

to

him

som
ran-

in

"

the

love

Christian
for

the

heart
whose
Saviour
realizes

116

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

that

in the place of the

Jesus puts Himself
cell ; the slave
prisoner in his lonely, dark
under
the
toiling without
lash,
recompense
with
the galling, clanking chain ; the
sick
the bed
of sleeplessness and
on
pain ;
one,
the heathen, in his blindness
and
ignorance
and
fear; the helpless orsuperstition and
phan,
and
the poor
widow, and the outcast
"Inasmuch
did
it
sinner, and
as
says,
ye
unto

of

one

he

Me,"

the

least

of

these

ye

did it unto

deny himself.
he sees
When
Jesus, lonely and fall of toil
and
of these
again, in the person
sorrow,
he
finds
it easier to
suffering ones,
deny
than
himself
selfto
indulge himself, and
sacrifice becomes
gence
self-indula
joy, while
possibil
imbecomes
moral
a
grief and
a
must

It is for

is

for

this

Jesus, and
For

died.

even

and

souls

for

lived for
centred
ambitions

desire

my

the
I

years

hopes

my

that I deny

reason

to

go

to

heaven

myself.

It

He

whom

myself. All
in myself;
was

more

pains of hell
deemed
enjoy the society of Jesus and resouls and to do good and be holy.
But
at last all this was
changed.
My sins
I loathed
burden.
became
myself. The
a
of
God
wrath
righteous indignation and
and
hold
took
against evil-doers
me,
upon
desire
than
to

feared

to

escape

should

from

be

lost

the

forever.

But

through
Jesus; through
dom
Him
I found
forgiveness of sins and freeHe
of selfishness.
from
the bondage
did not
freely,and
upbraid me, but loved me
found

deliverance

HOLINESS

heart

won

my

and

love

With

Him

toward
love

that

how

love

will

that
Him

to

finally

always

self-sacrifice

for
At

love

came

sinners.

blindly to
love, but true

that

express

confidence
unutterable

were

saints and
about
somewhat

to

uttermost

with

me

of

world
whole
first I groped

the

know

filled

and

117

SELF-DENIAL.

AND

itself

express

for

its

in

object, and

Since
doing so adds fuel to its flame.
found
it easier to give than
then, I have
I began
withhold.
to
by giving one-tenth
of my
income, but I couldn't stop there.
of
case
need, any
Any
appeal for help,
receives
attention, until, if it were
prompt
for the foresight of
not
a
prudent wife,
with
who
her
to
lay up
gets me
money
for
needed
a
suit, I should
frequently be
in

without
This

suitable

clothes

is

natural.

not

to

wear.

is

It

spiritual
"

I had
supernatural. In the old days when
remember
that it
I can
plenty of money,
rather
grudgingly that I subscribed
was
dollars

two

of the
support
to
decidedly ashamed
fact that I am
now
honest
confession
an

to

year

be
Gospel. I should
for the
tell this, but
"a new
creature," and
is good
for the soul.

the

How

suffer?
this
want?

How

goods

Why

can

who

unfailing supply?
it

was

not

can

world's

wants,

my

indulge myself while

can

to

hoard

while

up

others

I not

trust

feeds

the

Why

did

encourage

one

Him

wealth

to

and

perish of
to supply

sparrows

He

others

speak
cast

witli
so,

ii

abroad

118

HEART

with

an

bread

never

boldly

and

confound

done

it.

failed

me.

instead

forever
in

this

in

world

life

my

Him

trust

to

of

finding

them

starvation,
Oh,

self-denial

dream

has

granite,

the

wise

have
not
on

and
Bless

divine

have,

feet

plenty.
is

of!

my

found

if

need

my

He

on

there
that

devil?
And

to

trust

all

supply

God!

found

trust

such
away

to

Instead

never

have

taunting

of

give

Him

trust

I
of

and

strength
can

Glory

quicksands,

God

how

once

and

hand

"full

and

prove,"

HOLINESS.

the

want

ON

liberal

open,

daily

for

TALKS

osophy
philfolks

of

SPIRITUAL

119

POWER.

XVI.

SPIRITUAL

God
and
ways

is the

POWER.

of

all

spiritualpower,
should
be sought for constantly in two
in His
and
by meditation
Word,
by
source

"

secret

prayer

"

if

we

would

have

and

retain

power.

Several

years

ago

"specialing"
commanded
by

was

New

at

England
a
corps,
rather
be
He
to
gifted Ensign.
appeared
much
impressed by my
familiaritywith and
of the Bible, and
that
use
one
day remarked
he
be willing to give a fortune, if
would
of
he had
the
it, for an
equal knowledge
back
when
much
taken
Scriptures. He was
him
I assured
that he was
quite mistaken
the strength of his desire, for if he
to
as
his
to
really wanted
get acquainted with
Bible, he could
easily do so
by spending

the

hour

and

more

that

he

gave

to

the

120

HEART

each

newspapers

of 'God's

Men
for
but

TALKS

prayerful

crying

everywhere
and

power

study

the

fulness

and

and

sighing
the
Spirit,

of

fulness

the

neglecting

The

in

day,

Word.

are

power

HOLINESS.

ON

which

by

means

this

secured.

are

saintly Fletcher

attention

the

to

Spirit made

said : "An
of
doctrines
the

in

eager

Holy

degree overlook
the medium
that Spirit works
by which
; I
the
word
of
that
mean
truth, by which
I rather
us.
heavenly fire warms
expected
of
lightning, than a steady fire by means
me

some

fuel."

"Glad,believing,secret
will

in

meditation

constant

keep

power,

full

the

of

prayer,

love

Word

the

sanctified
and

and

patient,
of
full

man

faith, and

God

of
full

God.

of

in spiritual
results
neglect of these
and
weakness
and
dryness, joyless labor
is found,
fruitless toil; and, unless
remedy
will
swiftly,
spiritual death
surely, if not

But

follow.
power

If

any

reader

of

this has

juice and sweetness

neglect of
through

and

of

lost

the

his

perience
ex-

simple
receive
the blessing back
he will not
means,
into a frenzy
again by working himself
up
of agony
but
in prayer,
rather
by quieting
about
himself
and
talking plainly to God
it,and then hearkening diligently to what
and
God
Word
in His
Spirit.
by His
says
Then

peace

and

power

will

these

soon

return,

SPIRITUAL

need

and

be

never

121

POWER.

lost

any

jah!
Hallelu-

more.

Most

people give to their bodies about ten

hours
ing
a
day in eating, drinking and dressand
few
minutes
a
sleeping, and maybe
their souls. We
to
ought to give at least one
solid hour
tion
day to restful,loving devoevery
with
Bible, for the
Jesus over
our
open
refreshing, developing and strengthening of
do
would
this, God
our
spiritual life. If we
would
have
an
opportunity to teach, correct,
His
reveal
comfort
secrets
inspire and
us,
If
make
and
to
spiritual giants of us.
us,
shall
will
do
this
not
surely be
we
we
all our
spiritual weaklings
days, however
wish

may

we

The

do

be

to

will

devil

strong.

rob

of

us

this

steadfastly fight for

"Go
have
before
and
work,"
we
ten
gotthat
the
us
strengthens
spiritual food
est
interThe
devil's piety and
work.
eager
when
he sees
in God's
work
is amazing
not

say,
for

soul

if we
hour
it.
He
will

himself

transforms
and

be

woe

him

to

into

the

soul

It

is then

an

angel

that

he

of

light,
is deceived
by

that

this point !

at

do

its knees

upon

that, for

God

thank

many

years,

officer, a divisional
officer,and
has
to
helped me
a
spiritual special, He
take
this point, and
to
resist the devil
at
as

time
filled
made
enemy.

field

with
with

Him
his

triumphant
Glory to

until

my

and

glory
over

God

all the
!

soul

been

has

strength,
power

of

and
the

122

HEART

"And

brethren,

now,

God,

and

able

to

to

build

inheritance

you

of
up

all

among

(Acts

word

the

20:

HOLINESS.

ON

TALKS

32.)

commend

His
and

them

give
that

is

which

grace,
to

to

you

you
are

an

tified."
sanc-

JESUS

123

WORKINGMAN.

THE

"

XVII.

JESUS

WORKINGMAN.

of all Russia, and

Great, Czar
of
respects the mightiest monarch

Peter
in

THE

"

the

some

like a common
shoes
day, used to make
into sympathy
cobbler, that he might enter
realize that
with
his people and
to
help them
full
and
labor
is not
menial, but honorable
from
the
of dignity. It was
a
great stoop
cobbler's
of Russia
to
throne
a
bench, but
his

will

tell you

The

Apostle

that

God

made

that

the

Son

of

word

the

Word

by Him,
made
Workman

tells

worlds

in

us,

the

the
the

"In

Word

God.

was

was

whom

made."
the

Hebrews

beginning

of

things

not

was

He
Heaven

God,
were

is

the
of

his
the

was

with

was

Him

2,

by His Son, and

all things
by the
first chapter

All

without

and

that

in

us,

"upholds
power."

that

and

greater.

the

His
tells

John
gospel
Word,

of

and

made

anything
Master
heavens

124

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

contain, inhabiting eternity (Isaiah

57:
15), stretching forth the heavens
as
a
of
curtain, making
mighty
systems
sun,
and
and
ing
hurlmoon
stars, creating worlds
them
into
the
awful
abysses of space
and
in chaotic
to
not
causing them
move,
than
clock-like
mony,
harconfusion, but in more
of allby the silent,resistless energy
laws.
embracing
He
of
the
bed
the
out
mighty
scoops
He
aloft
tosses
oceans.
hoary mountains
and
stretches
forth
vast
prairies and sandy
deserts.
He
with
peoples the world
living
is almost
until
the imagination
creatures,
work.
paralyzed by the contemplation of His handiof the
He
is Maker
infinitelygreat
and
the infinitelysmall.
He
the fixed
made
cannot

star

times

billions

bigger

live, and
that

of

it

He
can

miles

and

away

millions
which

than

the

earth

made

the

tiny insect

only be

seen

by

on

the

so

aid

of
we

small
of

the

little mite
He
fitted that
microscope, and
of digestion, respirwith
its perfect organs
ation
and
reproduction.
stretches
He
and
garnished the heavens
and
He
forth
the
painted the
rainbow,
insect's wings and
polished the lens of its
workman!
Oh, He is a wondrous
littlejjfeye.
made
"The
Word
But
was
John tells us
beheld
dwelt
flesh and
us
(and we
among
His
glory, the glory as of the only begotten
and truth." And
of the Father) full of grace
"Forasmuch
then
as
that
the Apostle says
and
flesh
the
children
partakers of
are

blood.

He

also

Himself

likewise

took

part

JESUS

of

the

the

Him

the

all

things
His

And

of

nature

125

WORKINGMAN.

verily

For

same.

Him

like

THE

"

took

He

not

on

took
angels, but He
wherefore
Abraham,

of
seed
it behooved

Him

be

to

on

in

made

brethren."
clothed

He

when

with

Himself

our

the
He
His
hid
dignity under
flesh, when
did not
humble
garb of humanity, He
come
took
a
aristocrat,but He
an
lowly place
as
in a peasant's home.
chose
He
alone of all the children of men
His
and
who
chose
He
mother,
was
one
and
humble
and
unknown
poor
among
from
In
descent
His
the,
men.
mighty
bosom

of

the

Father

to

of

womb

the

the

Virgin, He

might have stopped at the throne

of
some
mighty earthly empire, or among
the rich and
lordly; but instead of that He
thrones
and
down
went
palaces, and
past
born

was

the

in

cattle, that

stable
He

in

might

manger

not

be

brethren.
the lowliest of His
life of obscurity, of poverty
a
made
the worlds
He, who
of His
by the word
power,

and
them

be

among

other

He
and

than

came

to

of

toil,
upheld

and
learned

to

carpenter.

they paint a picture of

ness,
softof almost
womanly
would
and
to
us
a
as
picture Him
with hair parted in the middle
delicate man,
with
and
and
tapering
patrician hands
pictures Him
fingers; but the Bible rather
of toil, whose
to
man
horny-handed
a
us
earned
who
bent
back
to
labor, and
was
Bless
of His brow.
bread
His
by the sweat

artists,when
Jesus, paint a face
The

126

TALKS

HEART

"He

Indeed,

Him

His

brethren."

humblest

He

labor

brother
since

unto
to

been

has

He

the

dignity on
dignity of kings and

has

exceeds

that

like

made

became

toil,and

of

son

HOLINESS.

was

He

workingman,

ON

the

put

queens.

such
and
as
workingman,
their
knows
He
understands
workingmen.
He
has
been
pinched with their
weakness,
in
He
sympathize with them
can
poverty,
them
of
toil that
bars
their
long hours

Jesus

from

they

of minrl
culture
wh'Hi,
He
But
understands.

that
crave.

suffered
as

His

was

toiled

and

and

brethren, and

luxuries

of

wealth

was

the

doubt,

while

He
tried

tempted and
debarred

was

and

no

from

the

culture

of schools,
culture
of the

from
debarred
not
was
yet He
His
He
heart
Father.
and
fellowship with
could
be pure,
could
He
be holy, He
could
and
be
kind
patient and
loving and
true,
He
did this, dying for us that we
and
might

from

escape

and

sins

our

become

after

men

Himself.
We
of
be
not
pattern
may
not
great, but we
may
Jbe good. We
may
be able to erect
Brooklyn Bridge, or "build
a
St. Peter's at Rome,
but
do
a
our
we
can
in the
little task
well
and
spirit of Jesus.
the

We
and

can

be
We

true.

Spirit, and
by and
by
and

we

of

kind

shall

the

work

our

we

not

work

as

shall

enter

be

rewarded

we

have

with
faithfulness
the
The
done
it.
carpenter

for

faithful
of His
partakers^

become

can

do

patient, and

and

unto

Him,

His
for the

into

done, but
which
who

we

has

and

glory,
greatness
rather
have

built

JESUS

houses
horses

boy

the

who

has

has

toiled

who

has

cattle, if
his
of
men,

in

the

has

washed
for
the
shall

the

the

done

who

farmer

the

fed

and

Blood

Master

as

; the

faithfully,

it

the

in

hod

clerk

fields

the

spirit of
have

ledger;

ploughed
he

carried

boots

shod

has

who

has

blacked
over

heart

love

who

man

127

WORKINGMAN.

blacksmith

the

THE

"

and

prayer

abundant

and

full

fellow

his
and

with

giving,
thanksan

trance
en-

of
everlasting Kingdom
shall have
a
place
Jesus the Carpenter, and
the man
who
the throne
preached
near
as
as
states
the Gospel to thousands,
governed
or
ruled kingdoms.
and
into

"

the

128

HEAKT

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS,

XVIII.

THE

"A^ter

LEGACY

the

death

Isaac."

ion

We
for

must

the

of
and

25:

die !

We

of

whom

for

HOLINESS.

of Abraham,

(Gen.

sake

God

OF

his

11.)

feel that

our

the

our

as

live

must

we

for

sons,

love

we

blessed

God

people
souls,

own

We
perishing sinners about us.
to
are
magnify our
own
importance,
prone
think
one's
faith
is so
to
no
mighty, no
one's
one's
industry is quite so fruitful,no
love
one's
quite so
unfailing, no
presence
But
after
quite so
ours.
we
as
necessary
die

the

blessed

the

fail

not,

carry

on

you

Be

sure

be

"

He
in

are

bless

Glory

our

God

to

will

bless

years

sons

brother!

God,

His

and

Trust
your

the

children

dead.

you

from

will

He

given them

saved

stilllive

will

work.

sister !

after
God

His
faith

Have

Lord,

and

-God

have
not

given

your

in order

hell, but

that

children
that

they

they
may

to

may

be

sin, from

from

saved

OF

LEGACY

THE

129

HOLINESS.

enmity

from

God,

to

and
and
selfishness
worldliness
pride and
saviours
be
that
they may
unbelief, saved
God
when
them
of
will bless
others, and
dead.

are

you

Do

not

choose

ease

fame

for

the

choose

Man

was

He
Ask

grief.
men.

and
when

your

them

lead

to

Some

years

and

in

used
of

both

ago

given

to

us

seemed

the

discipline,they
and

blessed

the

past

us.

when

And

as

mouths

our

If
'God
us,

at

would

pillows!

were

parents

our

how

His

wisdom

have

and
us

talked

what

about

of

seemed

goodness,
praise.

have
for

softened

foreseen
us

the

lost

were

we

up

God,
fatherly
lives, and

whole

filled with

care

took

hand
faithful

and

could

counsel

the

see

tenderly

it would

lost

quite

were

we

and
corrections
through
chastenings, shaping our
bringing blessings out of
calamities, until
greatest

wonder

had

us

we

their
needed
God
died.
But

could

we

of

Each

had
godly parents who
it
Lord, and
then, when

were

most

we

your

a
talking with
marvelously blessed

work.

parents

They

young.

remember

was

God

His

our

will

trod, and

He

paths

them.

lady whom

young

the
God

bless

and

prayers

in

dead

are

you

your

all
heart
with
Lord
your
like
the
children
Master,

the

make

to

worldly

children, but rather

of the Cross.
Jesus
lowly way
of Sorrows
and
acquainted with
rejected of
was
despised and

and

power

and

wealth

and

in

and

how

and

bless

their

dying

130

HEART

Ah

TALKS

is

there

trouble, that

ON

the

walk

why
faith, not

by

should
because

he

by

trusteth

is

in Thee.

in
for
forever;
is everlasting strength."
death

of

told
of

have

may

He

that

Abraham.

but

blessed

God

Isaac

him

before

after

has

Jehovah

glad

am

fect
per-

in the

ye

Lord

we

Thee,

on

Trust

the

blessed

Abraham,

"We

trust.

stayed

our
more

sight," therefore
wilt keep him
in

Lord

God

The

should

we

mind

whose

of

cause

foresee!

"Thou

trust.
peace

secret

cannot

we

then

reason

HOLINESS.

the
are

we

the

death
He

memory;

doesn't

is faithful ; He
breaks
forget. God
God
is good ; He
no
promises.
delights to
show
and
bestow
blessings.
mercy
faithful yourself. God
said of Abraham,
Be
"I know
him, that he will command
his
children
and
his
household
after
him,
of the Lord, to
and
they shall keep the way
that
Lord
do
the
justice and
judgment,
which
He
Abraham
that
bring upon
may
hath
spoken of him."

Do

your

Search
have

the
you

Pray

part
Bible

do,
for

wisdom

ask

him."

God

your

ignorance,
for

how.

God

what

"If
of

will
if

know

you

will

it.

wisdom.

given

pray

do

as

know

to

and

let him

therefore

well

as

and

God,
not

you

it shall

upbraid

want

lack

man

any

to

you

be

be
for

wise

wisdom.

If you
plant corn,
patience.
the
it does
next
morning.
not
spring up
for many
the ground
It lies under
days, and
it,
to
perish ; but God's eye is upon
seems

Pray

for

THE

and

will

He

forth

LEGACY

fruit.

And

If

God,

and

to

seed

which

seems

to

after
Isaacs.

God

to

in

the

are

you

He

surely

dead,
will

faith

sight,

It

to

is

you

will

tience.
pa-

in
will
"the

sow

it

though
not

useless.

die,

may

you

God

have

God,"

useless.

Though

children;
for

and
of

your

Pray
and

hope,

bring

to

with

be
your

by

word

utterly

be

of

walking

pray

is

it

patient

not

are

will

patience.

are

you

continue

Glory

have

it

cause

hearts

the

must

you

and

so

in

seed-sowing
but

it,

bless

131

HOLINESS.

OF

bless

yet
your

132

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

XIX.

THANKSGIVING.

Enter

into

His

bless

In

everything

good

No

mercy

trial too

praise.

name.

is too
to

and
unto

DAVID.

"

PADL.

perfume,
forth
thanksgiving.
pour
small
to
it, no
provoke

valley

hearts

severe

"

thanks.

give

lilies of the

As
so

His

thanksgiving,
Be
thankful

with

gates
with

courts

and

Him,

His

into

pour

restrain

forth

it. As

Samson

of the lion he
the carcass
honey from
from
the
Moses
slew, and
as
got water
in heart
are
flinty rock, so the pure
sessed
posof a sort of heavenly alchemy, a divine
secret
they get blessing out of all
by which
is giving of
there
for which
things, and

got

thanks.
A
to

to

down
came
jubilant old saint in Boston
and
had
hoary hairs in deepest poverty
live on
friends as God
the charity of such

raised

His

up,

name!

and

He

He

raised
who

fed

them

Bless

up.

Elijah

in

the

133

THANKSGIVING.

wilderness
stricken
a

the

of

home
feed

to

way

and

by the brook

desolate

child

His

in the

in

povertyfound

widow,

is

God

Boston.

indifferent, nor
blind, nor
deaf, nor
"the
silent God"
that
is not
indigent. He
and
some
people in their self-conceit
ward
way-

not

unbelief

He

suppose.

knows

how

to

Himself
hide
from
how
to
silent, and
in heart.
But
He
hide
the
cannot
proud
from
Himself
anywhere in His big universe
faith
childlike
and
obedient,
longpure,
Hallelujah!
suffering, patient love.
This
old
saint
and
believed, obeyed
He
friends
raised
rejoiced in God, and
up
to
one
supply her needs.
Now,
day one
of them
went
upstairs with a dinner for the
old
the door, she
to
lady, and as she came
heard
voice
a
within, and thinking there was
visitor
and
a
delicately wishing
present,
that
her
be a
of
not
charity should
cause
she
and
listened.
embarrassment,
stopped
be

It

the

was

voice

table, and
do

thank

To

fat

crust

her

than

she

killed

himself

become

poor.

"A

man's

heart

and

no

the

more

her

Father, I
for Jesus

heart

and

that

crust

well-filled

him

to

was

more

and

cupboard

who

has

not

spirit.
rich

the

man

because
He

was

poor.

things which
does

man's

day who
he
might
Jesus said,

other

feared

he

life consisteth

of

at

!"

trustful,thankful
of

Christian

all my

bank-account

I heard

old

saying, "O

with

thankful

feast

the

was

Thee

this

and

of

in

not

he

the

dance
abun-

possesseth,"
real riches, but

134

HEART

in

rather

TALKS

the

HOLINESS.

ON

spirit with

which

he

possesses

them.
Heaven

is
The

estates.

they

possess

rich.

And

God
The
and

the

universe

for

together

falls

head

desire

of
his

and

without

rises

with

in

desire

that

shall
do
that?
allow

God's

to

of

one

the

his

and
;

trust

things

should

not

trusts

and

he

him,"
at

the

of

command

trusts

them

while

Him.

Why,

then, should

Nothing

will

He

keep

on

asks

the

will

we

not

with

His

of
his

bank

complained

allowed.

honors

God

harmony

made

Napoleon.

said

the

drafts
be

prayer,

interests

One

secret

dare

checks

marshals.
that

Emperor

alone

blank

gave

in

the

in

fear

holy

is not

and

simply

timid,

how

character

Kingdom.
Napoleon

the

And

that

Not

Not

fulfilled.

desire

Him"?
voiced

his

great
fulfil it, for does
to
"He
will
fulfil the

been

Because

of

God's

but

not

has

be

hair

notice.

but

prayer,

laws

all things work

heart

throbs
responsive
the
Psalmist
not
say,
that fear
desires of them
fervent

eternal

Not

heart

the

the

God's

his

elemental

the

and

God,
good.

him.

fight for

courses

forces

heavenly

trusts

is thankful.

and

harmony

that

saint

true

obeys

their

in

now

the

and

in

stars

is

of

with

so

loves

and

He

parceled off into lots and

angels own
nothing and
yet
all
are
things and
eternally

not

me,

mous
enor-

were

"Let
and

God
His

not

heart

him
will

all

puts

saints,

them

to

to

and

trust

be

ful?
thank-

so

young

135

THANKSGIVING.

and

banish

carking

the

smooth

wrinkles

certainly,and
and

care

make

from

fill the

the

life with

influence

one's

quickly,

so

spirit

beauty,
fragrant and

so

There
be

is much

thankful

personal
health

should

and

can

the

in

for.

for

We

should

insane,

that
and

and

deep

is

of

thank

us

him

to

for
of

measure

good old soul

the
Hudson
who
for thirty years
or
up
has been
thereabout
lying in bed, while her
bones
is utterly
have
she
softened, and
helpless and always in pain, but she praises
and praises and praises God.
we

There

ness.
thankful-

each

the

and

peace

cultivated.

be

of

should

We

liberty, and
have.

lot

so

such

shed
such
abroad
gracious, and
this sweet
gladness, as
spirit of
This

brow

and

Him

thank

that
minds

our

poor

rent

and

torn

and

nameless

dreads

despair and

wild

and

we

are

not

are

not

balanced
un-

by horrid
terrors

restless

mares
nightand

ravings.
Him
We
should
thank
for
the
light and
blessings of civilization, past mercies, present
comforts
and
future
food,
prospects,
with
the
the appetite to eat
it, and
power
books
to
to
to
digest it, raiment
read,
wear,
the Church, The
Salvation
Army, the open
of
Bible, the revelation
Jesus Christ, the
Fountain
for
sin
and
opened
uncleanness,
from
the
the glorious possibility of escape
the consequences
and
penalty and the power,
of sin, for home
the character
and
friends,
and
heaven
God's
bending over
all, with
!"
have
sweet
invitation, "Come
Truly we

136

HEART

much

TALKS

God

thank

to

thankful,

will.

with
a
without

for, but

must

we

HOLINESS.

ON

set

We

if

would

we

hearts

our

be

do

to

it

and

grumble

complain
think
to
must
thought, but we
give
thanks.
To
and
murmur
repine is natural,
is
to
to
give thanks
really give thanks
supernatural, is gracious, is a
spirit not
God
down
from
out
earth-born, but comes
of
like
all things from
heaven, and
yet,
be cultivated.
God, it can
David
He
said, "I will praise Thee."
put
his will into it. Daniel
"prayed and
gave
outdid
three
David
thanks"
times
a
day.
times
a
Daniel, for he says, "Seven
day do
I praise Thee."
Know
thankful
not
this, that if you
are
heart
is yet bad,
soul
unclean,
your
your
thankful.
for good
hearts
and
souls are
pure
"

So

go

rid

of

Flee

the

to

sin and

spirit, and

of

root

get

Jesus

to

"

for

the

filled with

Holy

the
from

riddance

get

Spirit.
unholy

the

selfishness

subtle

the

and

matter

that

sesses
pos-

you.

People
and

harsh

them,
away

woods

noxious
senses

sounds
if

but
to

live in the

who

the
and
and

for
sweet

to

cease

while

air

and

then
fields, and
noisy homes,

would

be

shocked

of

foul

odors

smell

and

hear

midst

slip
they could
holy quiet of the
return

to

their

by

their

quickened

the

noisome

people often
live in themselves
long that they do not
so
realize
their
selfishness
and
as
sin, except
But
heaven
falls upon
them.
light from
surroundings.

when

God's

And

sweet

so

breath

selfish

blows

over

them

137

THANKSGIVING.

and

His

are

amazed

humble

Ghost,
look,

but

they

at

v/ill

transform

Jesus

Apostle

the

glory

Lord.''

And
the

place

heart,

of

earth,
and

and

praise

little

your

change
do

God's

Begin

multiplied

will
now

the

and

now,

help
!

Praise

with

it

of

and

tain
foun-

His

with

hear.

loving

hasten

the

Lord

very

the
!

But

place

in

that

is

kindness
and

mercies,

to

peace,

praise

your

and

joy,

taken

fully

not

think

Him

thanks

has

into
bubble

and

up

the

taken

poured

and

see

but

due,

thank

who

glory

of

has

earth,

of

withhold

not

tender

and

filling

with

image

unfailing

an

as

the

the

Spirit

well

look

all

same

be

we

that

change

will

corner

all

the

will

Jesus

waters,

gladdening

you,

to

of

in

the

"We

the

this

joy

will

when

glass

by

as

when

sweet

that

glory,

they

this

says,

into

thanksgiving

in

forth

if

to

the

as
so

of

in

as

changed

are

if

is

he

beholding

Lord

from

when

path,

and

continue,

we

It

us.

joy

this

is
if

and

and

some

themselves

see

may

speaks
face

open

their

especially

look

When

faith

of

crosses

But

glass.

the

full

they

then

them,

into

themselves.

at

saint,

Holy

of

shines

light

begin

giving

of

change.

138

HEART

How

TALKS

must

trust

(1.)

in

fully

Jesus

as

ever,

Is

of

God.

confess
joyfully
and
Saviour,
whole

and

(2.)

of

to

"the
all

'He

things
said

to

have

peep

and

the

Bible)
it

word,

Is

8:

(Isaiah

(4.)

(5.)

Walt

(6.)

Don't

doubtful

the

He,

guide

you

into

and
not

for

truth

you,
unto

them

wizards

people

seek

there.

Seek

that

seek
the

unto

dead?

20.)
Prove
Spirit.
is good.
Abstain

the

which
evil."

upon

thing.

"When

unto
living
is
to
(that
testimony;"
this
to
according
not
speak
is
there
in
them."
no
light

not

of

appearance

have

the

to

they

that

say

unto

the

because

19,

of
Into

My
name,
all
bring

and

shall

can

Holy

the

in

26.)

seek

should

"Quench

fast

send

and

spirits,

and
"If

God

to

13.)

shall

Should

law

of

God.

of

whatsoever

He

Bible

mutter;

the

is

is

things,

14:

16:

they

God?

their

all

come.

familiar

To

hold

the

when

that

is

(John

Go

(3.)
"And

face

love

which
will

(John

Truth,

truth."

all

the

more

remembrance,

you."

of

Spirit

Lord

the

Father
you

your

unto

in

to

you

your

death,

Comforter,

teach

to

for

keep

as

be

with

for

the

shall

it

upon

leads

Him

unto

fills

"The

whom

Ghost,

that

to

Holy
Spirit, who
It
is
unholy
spirit.
one
every
to
Ghost
the
us
Holy
guide

of

truth.

spirit

though

God

you

offices

save

to

you

look

and

and

follow

and

leads

God.

to

Pray

reveal

and

that

is

man

only,

and

Every
even

that

spirit
to

world

spirit

Every

HOLINESS.

spirits?

Every

all-sufficient

Him

the

the

try

we

Answer:

ON

get

(1

Thess.

5:

hurry,

and

all
from

things;
every

16-23.)

God.

in

don't

do

DON'T

139

FLINCH.

XX.

DON'T

The

the
that

of

lines
her

if

that

She

she

would

and

asked

She

So

would

do

it.

waited

for

Jesus

she
to

showed
God

ask

flinch"

told

teach

would

Jesus

in her

her, and

prayed,
She

and

then

was

very

room
put her
and
watched
waited

in

she

door

and

Then

she

promised

to

three

she

so

and

come

seemed

to

order

for

in.

come

bodily

in

come

wrote

whisper

God, that she

not

of

with
to
was

her.
her

that

had
two

minister

But
this

trusting the

the

come.

God

that
prayers
note
to

one

thought

open

the

answer

pray

to

did

remembered

no

so
presence,
and
earnestly

Him

He

But

full

was

she

ignorance

save

faith, He

She
lived in a country
that
dark.
of spiritual darkness, and
there
was
to

me

these

to

in her

come.

for
her

through

saw

would

"not

Captain

little book

Jesus.

to

way

conversion.

her

lines in

few

the

evening

other

story

FLINCH.

or

to

something
was

ing
doubt-

minister's

140

HEART

prayer

and

So

tore

she
without

TALKS

ON

Lord, and

the

not

the

HOLINESS.

note

this

and, looking

up,

doubt.

was

God,

to

flinching she trusted, when

suddenly
in bodily presence,
in
not
but
Jesus came,
flooded
soul was
with
Spirit, and her whole
Bless
light and love and the glory of God.
the

Lord

forever

Now, I fully believe that it is just at this

souls
draw
back
and
fail.
point that many
They flinch at the final test of faith. Just
when

all is

thing

more

to

come,

"an

God

back,

on

Satan

the

altar and

do

but

to

evil heart

there

stand

of

is not

still and

unbelief"

one
see

draws

suggesting something
the soul, dropping its eyes
to do, and
more
less
from
the bending heavens, gets into the endeither
treadmill
of
endeavor
to
help
itself or
to
so
help it, and
get somebody
the
finds
misses
God, or
never
prize and
show
chance
to
rather
never
gives God
a
and
His
make
forth His
saving power,
ence
presor

comes

known.
While

faith

stands

waiting

and

trembling,

devils
and
all manner
by mocking
of
not
to
suggestions to doubt, it is hard
fatal to
as
flinch, but flinching will prove
of Jesus to your
souls
revelation
the
as
a
will prove
to
movement
picture when
your
still
Be
before
the photographer's camera.
and
in your
heart
and
wait, and
trust, look
There
be ceaseless
Jesus will surely come.
may
souloutward
activity; but this inward
faith are
lutely
absoand
quiet and watchfulness
taunted

necessary

Lord.

to

the

revelation

of

the

DON'T

Abraham
them

the

God

for

his birds and

slew

on

to

altar

and

built

beasts

and

laid

expectantly

waited

God

and

come,

Solomon

141

FLINCH.

came.

his

temple, placed everything

in order, then prayed and waited, when,
lo ! the
filled the temple till
glory of God
the priests could
stand
in His
not
presence.
the
Elijah slew his bullock, placed it on
it as a final work
of
altar,poured water
over
till the
waited
and
faith, then
prayed
heavens
and
fire fell and
consumed
opened
his

sacrifice.

The
for

waited
God
disciples prayed and
on
days; then suddenly the Holy Ghost

ten

fell

on

the

world

If

them
with

these

had

would

flinched

when

have

friend

of

full salvation.
and

God

to

never

ministerial
of

fire

that

filled

light.

men

world

the

of

tongues

steadfastly look

to

came

in

the

and

believe,

heard

mine

of

them.

ing
bless-

lost the
him

found

time

in

this

him.
He
faithfully with
that night, and
told his
went
to his church
around
people his condition, and called them
state

the

altar

dealt

with

blessing. A
to

be

him
wise

he

; but

friend

present,

failed

of

mine,
explained his

get the
who
happened
failure by

to

didn't stay on
his knees
saying : "He
long
He
in too
was
enough.
big a hurry. He
time to deal with him."
didn't give God
The
fact

was,

watch

The

he

and
Lord

flinched
wait

God

when

and

trust

declared

the

time

to

ily
stead-

came.

by the

mouth

of

that
shall not
believeth
make
Isaiah, "He
haste."
(Isaiah 28: 16.) It is in this attitude

142

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

of

waiting that
unflinching watching and
faith and
made
patience are
perfect; and
when
Lord
this perfection is attained, the
will come
to
suddenly to 'His temple, even
that

heart

the

waited

has

the
Myriads are
the
royal Psalmist
He
the
Lord, and
heard

my

of

horrible

an

set

the

be

the

God,

and

they

shall

the
fall

of

the

of
to

away,

God

they

the

crucify
put

of

partakers

of

word

of

to

them

renew

unto

Him

those

tasted

the

world

chapter
for

have

tested

slider
back-

enjoy

and

sixth

made

and

afresh

impossible
and

filled

and

God

that

have

powers

(Psalm

became
to

were

and

seeing

repentance,
Son

and

God."

back

my

into my

song

who

it is

out

established

sanctified

enlightened
gift

also

miry clay, and

our

seeing

and

me

up

new

and

brought

Ghost,

Holy

the

patiently for

me

once

"For

once

heavenly

was

Ghost,

says:

were

the

-who

blessing

Hebrews

who

unto

Holy

same

of

praise

person

openly,
the

put

with

say

unto

brought

hath

He

goings; and
mouth, even
40:
1-3.)

with

can

inclined

He

cry.

that

waited

"I

Him.

pit, out of the

feet upon
a
rock, and

my

Can

souls

for

if

come,

again

unto

themselves
to

an

open

shame?"
Answer
goes
inmost

sanctified

open

sin

into

heart

and

be

may
soul

who

man

he

restored

does

and

backslides

not

if

in

his

utterly

go

DON'T

from

away

far

to

himself.

than

such

man

and

made

devil

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"with

truly

his

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heart

love

"the

passed

are

the

hardened

that

in

sorrow

to

get

he

let

backsliders

dangerous

back

has

not

ware,
beand

ground,
of

will

sorrow

Jesus,

deceitfulness

they

some

godly

longs

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on

drive

feels

man

serve

line."

they

through

may

of

and

and

dead

for

as

mercy,

consciences
to

full

backslidings

for
and

again

long

and

infinite

hard

are

many

sanctified

tender

tries

and

repent

despair.

to

and

renew

and

His

wounds

verses,

to

and

for

again

often

very

these

who

God

praise

to

for

sorrow

repentance,
saved

been

go

himself

impossible

to

not

hates

secret

not

that

as

repented

have

is

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may

yet

he

feels

and

Jesus,

backsliding.

his

heart

his

man

and

sin

and

heart

sanctified

open

in

his

in

God

into

go
that

but

rather

so

curse

and

backslide
so

God,

Jesus

crucify

143

FLINCH.

sin

become

find

never

God

any

more.

If
as

David

be

will

tender

who

anyone

did,
soon

mercies

falls

into

and

pray

as

find

that

the

is

greater

sin

open
he

did

multitude
than

he

will
in

repent

Psalm
of

supposed.

51,
God's

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TALKS

HEART

HOLINESS.

ON

XXI.

FAITH

Once

in

then

asked

IS

WHAT

YOU

WANT.

holiness

meetings, I met
sister who
was
a
evidently in great spiritual
tion.
distress, with intense hunger for full salvaAfter
few moments'
conversation, I
a
that
she
felt assured
was
ready to accept
knelt
in prayer;
but
the blessing, and
we
so
did not
for some
prevail.
reason
our
prayers
I

of

one

if

our

she

sure

were

her

cration
conse-

declared
complete. She at once
it was
was
willing to die for it.
; she
said
three
are
"Then,"
I, "sister,there
lieve
bebelieve.
must
First, do you
things you
God
is able to sanctify you
wholly?"
was

"Yes."
"Second.

Do

you

believe

He

is

willing?"

"Yes."

"Then,
there
wonder

with

is but
work

one

your

perfect

other

step

of

believe

grace
that
He

promise is :

'Whatsoever

you

to

will
doeth
ye

be

consecration,
take, and
done.

the

Will

it?

For

the

desire

when

ye

FAITH

IS

believe
pray,
shall
and
ye
"But

"That

faith

feel

all

you

believe

He

does."

this?"

that

He

your

feeling."
has

He
believe

to

you

that

(are receiving),

difference, sister;

believe

ask

it, but

that

no

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done

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have.'

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WANT.

receive

precede

don't

YOU

ye

makes

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to

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WHAT

is

it."

done

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that

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has

answer

faith.
You
believe that
must
present
doeth
of
it, if ever
get the witness
you
"
Spirit. Say, 'I will believe God.'

your

He
the

"Well,

that

"No,
try

will try."

won't

do ; you

believe, not

must

believe."

to

determined
to
"Well, I am
struggle on till
the blessing comes."
"No, sister,your
struggles will do no good
unless
are

you

"But
I

believe

you

God

making

I be

won't

don't

feel

like

until

and

this

do

you

liar."

lying

to

say

I believe

when

it?"

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"No, 'for faith cometh
by hearing and hearof God' ; and the Word
of
by the Word
God
to you
is, 'Now
are
through the
ye clean
I have
word
spoken unto
you.' 'Ask and ye
receive.'

shall

"

evening

That

have

said,

"I

shall

trust

the

saw

committed

She

God,

and

myself

till the

Him,

sister again.
to

witness

of

my

ceptance
ac-

comes."
The

next

related

her

night God

in the meeting,
day she was
experience, telling us that in

His

love, and

the

Spirit

that

with

her

awoke
gave

she

her
was

an

the

assurance

clear

witness

and
the

of
of

entirely sanctified,

146

HEART

putting

glory

her

on

into

You

bodies

This

This

Jesus.

maintained,
suddenly

confess

are

all

the

soul

This

with

His

two-fold

constitutes

the
When

at

it

your

before

then

very
men.

there

of

part,

and,

met

and

both
these

when

steadfastly
God

feelings,
His

temple,

holy

by

earliest

and

man

experience
this

and

purity

presence,

work
one

sion
confes-

confession

to

is

unwavering

contrary
in

come

sanctification.
yours,

man's

against

power.

God

is

it
unto

mouth
So

artless

conditions

simple

the

consecration,

frank,

but

believeth

salvation."

entire

your
unto

man

with

unto

and

faith,

heart

and

made

"present

consecration

the

sanctifi-

acceptable

holy,

entire

is

be

must

entire

not
to

sacrifice,

righteousness;

filling

hallelujahs

and

commanded

"With

said,

is

is

are

living

God.''

will

heart

her

consecration

cation.

to

HOLINESS.

ON

tongue.

Entire

also

TALKS

of

entire

experience

opportunity

is

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PRACTICAL

147

LESSONS.

LESSONS

OF

RESURRECTION.

THE

XXII.

Paul

St.

tells

Ephesians,

that

Christ

from

In

fourth

the

in

us,

the

the

same

dead

chapter

first chapter

the

which

power

is in
he

raised

believe.

who

us

of

of

Jesus that,
led captivity

says

"on
having ascended
high He
men."
In the
captive and gave
gifts unto
self,
third chapter of Philippians he says of him"What
things were
gain to me, those I
loss for Christ.
counted
Yea, and I count
all things but
loss for the excellency of the
for
Lord,
knowledge of Christ Jesus, my
I have
whom
suffered
the loss of all things,
them
but
and
do
count
dung that I may

win

Christ.
.

of
and the power
The
practical, every-day

Scriptures
rose

from

puts

at

suffer
gave

the

is this

me

dead

disposal

my
His

to

to

will

Him.

Him

I may
know
that
His resurrection."

and
the

that

That

ascended
same

His

of

teaching

power

these

Jesus
high, He

since
on

to

Heavenly

do

and

Father

148

HEART

HOLINESS.

ON

TALKS

Jesus "was crucified through weakness, yet

when
He
liveth by the power
of God," and
He

from

rose

the

He

dead

broke

forged by Satan, sin and

them
opened
captive, and
of

child

every

into

union

man

with

may

God

hell,and carried
by which
way
free

go

through

the

and

God

forever

! In

times

ancient

enter

indwelling

the
have
Ghost, and
Holy
power
working mightily and
triumphantly

Bless

ter
fet-

every

of

God

in

him.

ous
victori-

generals carried captive the captains and

all the
with
kings whom
they conquered,
and
wealth
they could lay their hands
upon,
when
to their own
people they
they returned
the
distributed
the
spoils of
gifts from
all
So Jesus, having triumphed
over
enemy.
the power
distributed
of the enemy,
gifts of
faith
and
love
and
joy and
patience and
his people,
wisdom
to
spiritual insight and
that

shall

over

all the
He

power

world.

as

of
He

suffered

nessess,

them

also

of the

to

have

power

enemy.

lowly stranger into the iron

this
sin-cursed, devil-enslaved
with
toiled
its toiling millions,

came

furnace
He

enable

their

their

sorrows

poverty

and

and
their

their

sick-

temptations,

few
of
a
impressed upon
them
of His divinity,hid under
faint sense
a
fered
sufthe
humble
garb of His humanity, He
dashed
their hopes, as
death
and
they
He
But
rose
again, and
supposed, forever.
all
ascended
above
"far
principality and
and
might and dominion," and is set
power,
of the Father
down
at the right hand
our
as
from
that
and
Advocate,
Intercessor, our
and

when

he

had

PRACTICAL

place

of

149

LESSONS

He

watches
pleads our
cause,
our
interests, guides our
steps, strengthens
our
for
hearts, illuminates our
minds, secures
boundless
and
immunities
us
gifts and graces
which
at liberty to
take by faith and
are
we
for the
advancement
of His
use
Kingdom
of
holiness
and
humility, of righteousness
and
and joy in our
hearts and the
own
peace

hearts

power

of

others.

It is His

important
Him

to

that

purpose

sustain

sense,

that

now

Heavenly

Father

sit down

with

should, in

we

the

He

most

relation

same

sustained

His

to

in the

ity,
days of His humanthat we
should
be baptized with the same
Spirit, and preach with the same
authority,
and
the
secure
same
results, and
gain the
final and
eternal
last
at
same
victory, and

This

being

Him

His

on

throne

under

for

more.
ever-

much

obligation
now
to be holy, to be empowered
by the
Lord's
Spirit, and to be about
business,
my
I shall be in heaven.'
as
And, bless God, this
is not
only an
obligation, but an
tion
inspiraso,

am

as

Who,
having caught
and
of
holy purpose
can

be

ever

malarial

fogs of

dung-hill of
and

riches

every

his

unbelief

honors?

of

this high

Lord,

resurrected

again

this world's

and

glimpse
to

and
poor

Who

grope

in

the

grovel on the
little pleasures
would

not

sake
for-

dren,
chilmother, and wife and
houses
and lands, pluck out a right
and
off a right hand
cut
or
foot, cast off
weight and easily-besettingsin, deny
father

eye,

content

and

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HEART

himself, take
world's
gain
his
His

his

up

HOLINESS.

ON

loss, and

as

life in order

if needs

fice
be, sacri-

the

"know

to

into

resurrection," enter
Christ in God,1' and

with

all this

esteem

cross,

of

power

this

"life

hid

disappoint his

not

Lord?
It

for

was

of

short
doom
and

eternal
infinite,
everlasting night

to

an

Is

great

the

pitifully

slow

dealings

with

us,

What

silence

horrid

that

we

in
it

Is

condemnation

when
and
are

loss, and
of

shame

chill

not

that

when

we

can

feel

we

trees

and

and

praising

that

holds

us

often

are

we

of

speak
even

aye,

What

the

back

from

silent?

is

about

silent,

else;
and

the

very

the

and

burden

birds

and

with

silent

"

anything
the

speaking

contact

positive

by

when

soul

over

His

lose

we

daily

ordinary

flowers,
Him?

much

How

and

God

of

how
comes

testimony

talk

to

are

the

of

power

restraint

Christ

others

Him

fall

to

contempt.

How

of

and

born,

were

we

will be

this

us

this

secret

beasts

stones,
of

that

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we

to
"will

do

Him.

purpose,

GENERAL,
Bless."

we

about

"

we

as

shall
of

when

alone

as

be
His

BKAMWKLL

well

able

power

in

the

as

to

presence

as

warm

talk,

are

and

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greatness
in

to
in

common

little

our

problems,

greater
and

our

Talk

worries,

our

talk

to

His

well

that

say

fail

we

which

things

to

others.

with

work,

our

cares

because

mingle

those

lives

Him

tongues

our

when

hourly
and

free

set

Him

of

Liberty

hearts

our

talk

not

used

Lawrence

Brother

restraint?

151

LESSONS.

talk
and

to

some

love.
"

"Books

that

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TALKS

HEART

ON

HOLINESS.

XXIII.

EVIL-SPEAKING.

"Speak

evil

of

no

man."

This is a command
and
meditated
upon

3:2.)

(Titus

be
God, and should
obeyed. A failure to do
this leads to innumerable
evils.
Myriads of
almost
souls
have
backslidden
; multitudes,
turned
back
into darkness;
persuaded, have
revivals
have
and
been
quenched ;
many
become
have
houses
of God
spiritual
many
of evil-speaking. But
sepulchres, all because
will

someone

speaking
1.

him

rob

in

any

character
and

another

life, so
or

tell lies about

rob

He

him

just

are

as

he

any

"Thou

way.

false witness," God

God,

is

"What

evil-

?"

and
of

ask

once

It is evil to

slander
bear

at

of

says.

sacred
forbids

in
one

his property,
to
or
lie about
forbids him
to
his good

name.

or

shalt

not

man's

of

of

man,

This

tation
repu-

the

sight

man

to

take

his

another,
is a holy

153

EVIL-SPEAKING.

and

commandment,

It is evil to

2.

of
of

such

faults

notice

club-feet

cover

up

it

Christlike

in

back
hunch-

or

to

us

is

about

little playmate,

infirmities,and

and

will

Just as
speak

never

the

mities
infir-

common

very

love

to

of

cross-eyes

and

and

by

pass

it is evil

it

so

not

to

so.

3.

It is evil

do

no

"But

someone

any

man.

evil of

you,

anyone

to

answered
you

do

we

speak

do

and

you

so.

should

Because

in

not

evil

of

we

no

the

wrong

to

like anyone
to
consider
it wrong
When
why?
you

given yourself
speak evil of

speaking evil of

speak

any

for
have
reason

any

man.

man

we

thus

It
speak.
with
fills their minds
dice.
unholy, unjust prejuIt excludes
it
good
thoughts, and
them
and
to think
speak evil.
tempts
wrong

3.

those

Because

to

we

whom

evil

speak

not

But

have

you

and
it will

ask.

speaking evil
grievous wrong

You

sins

when

and

in

It is

man.

man's

any

where

may

1. Because

2.

tell of

should

why

man?"

why

to

wrong-doing
good.

actual

of

is

children

to

lovely

do

This

faults

infirmities.

and

in

appear

faults

the

evil-speaking,but

beautiful

or

retail

others.

form

is

every

conscience.

man's

or

itself to

commends

wrong

we

our

own

souls

by

and
evil-speaking. It destroys all generous
kindly thoughts in us, and quenches love. It

154

HEART

opens

hearts

our

he

will

us

from

TALKS

make

haste

which

to

in

devil

It

prevents

and

for the
love
infinitelybetter than

be

speaking evil of him,

needs, if he is in any

enter, and

to

in.

come

faith

would

Because

HOLINESS.

the

for

praying

person,

ON

and
way

which

especially

he

wrong.

in

we
speaking evil of any man
the
break
grieve the Holy Spirit and
mandment
comof God.
The
Holy Spirit leads

4.

us

love

to

all

love

men

them

even

"

enemies

our

leads

them,
but
The
evil-speaking destroys love.
Holy
for all men,
Spirit leads us to pray
especially
for those
who
are
faulty and sinful, but evilas
speaking quenches the spirit of prayer
water
quenches fire.
to

us

5.

He

Jesus.

bought him

as

Jesus loved

in speaking evil of any

Because

wrong

even

"

with

died

for

that

man

man.

we

He

His

Blood, and even

though
the
be
a
man
sinner, a backslider, a
may
and love
hypocrite, and refuses to obey God
and
trust
Jesus, yet Jesus loves and spares
when
he is spoken evilly
him, and is wronged
with the sinner
of.
Jesus identifies Himself
in His
to whom
give a cup of cold water
we
and
do is done
unto
the good we
name,
says
with
will identify Himself
Him, and so He
the sinner whom
by evil-speaking,
we
wrong
the
with
will face us
in the judgment
and
wrong

done

as

to

Himself

unless

we

ily
heart-

repent.
is the

What
1. If

he

the

remedy?

is bad
fact

that

faulty in

or

he

may

any

have

way,
secret

sider
con-

trials

155

EVIL-SPEAKING.

and

temptations that

He

may

that

him

lead

family trials
he

business

have

to

had

have

may

which

has

troubles

wrong,

which

to

you

and

or

he

are

snares

have

may

stranger,

or

faulty early training

very
him

marred

nothing about.

know

you

life.

for

Not

that

him
in the Day of
things will excuse
and
lead you
Judgment, but they should
me
than to abuse
him
to pity rather
by speaking
these

evil

him.

of

often

"I

When
the

worst

Were

far

about

about

make

to

One

better

of

the

to

look

at

our

faults, when
virtues

and

"Yes,

they

To
In

we

to

lies

clear

vision

others'

faults

such

want

the command,

to

"In

the

caught

self

be

other
look

come

people's
at

their

faults.

own

have

whom

O'er

If

ought

selves
our-

We

ought.

we
our

esteem

to

and

in

mate
underesti-

to

virtues

you.

ourselves

come

we

likely
of

to

and

think

to

woman

or

own

at

will be

infinitelymore

dangers

evil-speaking is that we
else,
everybody
more
highly than

This

than

you

man

chief

me."

evils.

to

will be

his, and

knew

ever

than

own

profitable

more

men

your

Thee,

nearest

men

better

thoughts,

own

my

lie

they

That

Think

in

see

way

of

God,

displayed
as
a

to

oast

shade."

like Jesus,
lowliness of

we

must

mind

obey

let each

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esteem

this

HEART

TALKS

ON

other

better

than

will

be

HOLINESS.

but

themselves,"

impossibilitywhere
indulged.

speaking is

evil-

an

how

Consider

If
him.
Jesus loves
him
Jesus loved
enough to die for him,
if He
him
still loves
him,
enough to spare
in spite of all his faults and sins, and to save
him
he repents, trusts
the moment
and obeys,
if he
how
dare
And
we
speak evil of him?
child of God
is a follower
of Jesus and
a
be very
imperfect, how
even
though he may
3.

dare

speak evil of
and
sin

go

holiness

and

sinful

soul

less

any

than

allow

our

rather

flame

out

in

terrible

And

to

shining

the

and

not

looked

dear

God

of

we

us?

has

dare

we

Would
to

consume

that

Would
the Throne

deaf

be

to

unpunished?

His

expect
wrath

angel by

an

God

expect
to

evil of him?

speak

we

is any
poor
vation
Jesus for sal-

to

the

God

of

heart

His

around

angels

Throne?

hypocrite, first cast

4. "Thou
out

thine

of

own

eye,

then

and

the
mote
clearly to cast
brother's
eye." (Matt. 7: 5.)
heart, full of the Holy Ghost,

shalt

see

and

you

With

will

pray

see

love
would

evil
and
go

speak

cannot

heart
the

for

in

him,

try
to

to
a

evil

will

correct

blind

man

out

of

Get

full
of

flaming with
wrong-doer,
you

the beam

out

go

thou

thy
clean

of

love,
man.

any

love,
and

if

to

him

just as
walking toward

him,

you
you

in
you
a

EVIL-

and

precipice,

and

try

157

SPEAKING.

from

him

turn

death.

need

"I

But

Thy
more

For

"All

likeness
sin

bitterness

Sweet
Fountain

in

ourselves,

from

is

from

forevermore
and

fire

soul,

my

bleed.

to

is

sweetness

God,

need

"

others'

All

sin;

my

this

than

mercy's

Thy

for

mercy

Thee
be

in

me."

Thou

certain

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HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

XXIV.

HOW

The

day I received a letter from

a
officer,asking for a few suggestions
and
how
to read
study the Bible. Here

to

they
1.

are

Read

read

study

and

the

man

young

it

two

as

letter

lovers

young

letters. As

other's

study each
mail brings

and

the

as

BIBLE.

THE

STUDY

other

young
as

TO

from

his

it and

grasps

soon

heart,
sweet-

without

letter
waiting to see if there is not another
and
and
off to a corner
reads
for him, runs
vours
deit and
almost
rejoices over
laughs and
it. If he is a particularly desperate
and
lover
demonstrative
make
(the Lord
lovers
of
demonstrative
us
desperate and
Lord
our
Jesus Christ!) he will probably
"

"

kiss
the

it
next

He

it

and

carry

it downtown

to

his

heart

till

comes.

one

meditates

over

it next

again

on

and

with

it

day

night, and reads

carries
again. He

and

then

him, and

on

the

street-car

HOW

appears

very

at

once

STUDY

TO

quiet and

twinkle

thoughtful,
into

comes

choice

the letter and

comes

159

BIBLE.

THE

his

till all
out

eye,

portions

read

are

He

If
delights in that letter.
to
understand, a letter is
part is hard
any
off post haste
for explanations, and
the
sent
explanation and letter will be most
carefully
compared, and possibly also previous letters
will be
with
this one,
studiously compared

again.

over

like

hanging

in

but
veiled

the

the

her

knew

He

woman

feelings

and

he

them

me,

studied

word

phrase

me

compare

she

and

left him
her

was

ance,
assur-

coy,

and

had

and

and

fate

wanted

was

true

every

whose

balance.

young

weighed
to

man

young

in

certainty,
un-

letters
and

and

brought

letter

with

should
letter,as we
Scripture with
compare
Scripture, in order, if possible, to discover
the

of

state

In

prospects.
rewarded.
that

Now,
is

It

God's

mind

of

manner

how

shall

we

do

time

he

is the

way

to

will

people
should

and

and

due

and

carefully written

own

to

her

not

He

read

the
It

instructions
would

have

our

privileges in Jesus are; what are

know
shall
we
dangers ; how
and
how
them;
we
conquer
into
and
constantly enjoy His
hell and
get safely home
escape

his

is

His
what

be;

us

Bible.

to

as

ourselves
what

and

abundantly

was

testament.

behave

do;

heart

what

as
we

rights and
our
peculiar
enemies

our

shall

favor,
to

enter

and

heaven.

160

HEART

II.

Read

in Berea
1.

in Acts

to

the Word

the

"They

frank

truth

pleasure

or

HOLINESS.

11, how

17:

received

mind."

of

gold

ON

the

disciples

did.

"They

open

TALKS

and

and

or

ness
all readi-

noble
it

wants

fame

or

with

mind

is
than

more

power.

Scriptures." They
wanted
for themselves, and
not
to know
by
Precious
hearsay. They searched.
things are
Pebbles
and
and
stones
deeply hidden.
tumn
auleaves
abound
everywhere, but gold and
silver and
hidden
precious stones
are
deep
in the bowels
and
rocky ribs of the earth ;
2.

shells

seashore,
its depths.
And

in
truths

lie

may

Bible, but those

and
distinguish
salvation

the

the

cover

hidden

Some

searched

are

that
us

will

and

found

the

on

but

pearls
with

so

are

truth.

surface

of

the

altogether satisfy

make

only

us

after

wise

unto

diligent

"Search
the
for hid treasure.
search, even
as
Scriptures," said Jesus, "for in them ye think
eternal life ; and they are
they which
ye have
would
know
If you
Jesus,
testify of Me."
will come
search
the Scriptures, and
to
you
Him
and
know
His
to see
face, and be like
Him.
3.

"They

searched

daily." Daily, not spasmodically,

ually,
starts, but daily, habit-

by fits and
of God, to
they digged into the Word
find out
so.
if the things Paul
preached were
tate
"Thou
shalt medido.
And
just so must
you
structio
inGod's
therein
night/' was
day and
this habit is
And
to Joshua.
once

HOW

formed

TO

STUDY

THE

the

161

BIBLE.

delight in God's
unspeakable.

Word

will

come
be-

words
I did
"Thy
were
found, and
eat
them," said Jeremiah, "and
Thy Word
was
the joy and
unto
me
heart."
rejoicing of my
"Oh, how
love I Thy law ! It is my
tion
meditaall the day," cried the Psalmist.
In

forming
have

the

habit

of

Bible

study

we

follow
it up
for
begin and
a
time
from
of duty, but once
the habit
a
sense
is formed, if we
not
but
are
only hearers
doers of the Word, we
shall follow
it up for
joy, until we
can
very
Job, "I have
say with
may

esteemed
my

to

the

necessary

III. Read

words

of

His

mouth

more

than

food."

not
to get a
study the Word
in the head, but
flame
mass
of knowledge
a
of love in the heart.
"Knowledge
puffeth
up," but "love buildeth
it to find
up." Read
fuel for affection, food
for reflection, direction
for
judgment, guidance for conscience.
it not
Read
alone
that you
know, but
may

that

you

IV.

may

Follow

and

do.

carefully the line of thought

and
to
from verse
verse
chapter to chapter.
Often
the first part of one
chapter belongs
to the last part of the preceding chapter. For
of the fourth
instance, in the last verse
ter
chapof Ephesians we
be ye kind
read, "And
to
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one
one
for Christ's sake
God
hath
as
another, even

162

TALKS

HEART

ON

HOLINESS.

forgiven you," and in the

fifth chapter we
read, "Be
God

of

These

two

to

follow

of

kindness

in

and

"Jesus
had

two

each

went

Jesus went
Finally,
in
at

the

veil

from

of

for

the

for the

days

it is not

will

expand

and

scales

face
will

you

1,

ment
instru-

first few

brain-cell
your

slow

an

impossible, but
a

progress

seems

learning to play
;

every

Jesus
they
night,

when

Word

the

and

eyes,

So

cold, dark mount.

be discouraged if

trade

together.

house

own

glad day
drop from

your

Him

giveness
for-

Olives."

of

belong

it appears

Some
a

not

master

weeks

or

do

It is like

or

so.

the

to

knowledge

first.

or

his

read, "And
house," and in

Mount

Bless

to

lowers
fol-

and

we

own

verses

house.

no

53,

the

unto

went

These

7:

his

unto

went

therefore

ye

tender-heartedness

Again, in John
man

the

belong together. We
are
what?
Why, in the spirit

verses

God

of

verse

children."

dear

as

first

find

yourself

impossible with ease.

So it will be in acquainting yourself with
the Word
of God.
at
it, keep at it,
Keep
with
David, "Open
keep at it ! Cry to God
the

doing

mine

Thou

things out of
Pray for an

only

love

reveals
up

your

as

well
After

and

it to

Thy
understanding
you.

good

as

His

the

understand
and

cross

behold

I may
law."

that

eyes

So

Word
with

walk

follow

heart.

Him

wondrous
You

will

Jesus

as

Him,

through

take
evil

report.

resurrection

trembling, heart-broken,

He

came

to

disappointed

His

disci-

HOW

pies,

and

Moses
in

all

the

prophets,

the

Scriptures
and

might

and

understood,
stand

we

by
things

those

lowly

in

loving,

heart

kind,

the

ing
concern-

"Then

says,

they

that

Bible

but

sea,

make

forgiving,
the

for

we

till
learn

can

meek

and

watchful,

patient,
zealous

utterly

and

be

to

them

us

Jesus,

was

hard

know

not

will

self-sacrificing

and

the

crystal

as

things

Luke

may

that

unto

Scriptures."

in

we

at

expounded

the

the

things

are

"beginning

understanding,

understand

There

He

later

their

He

that

us

163

BIBLE.

THE

tells

Himself,"
opened

STUDY

Luke

and

them

TO

salvation

of

men.

Hallelujah!
Happy
say,

11.)

"Thy

might

shall

we

Word
not

be,
have

sin

against

if, like
I

hid

David,
in

Thee.''

my

we

heart,
(Ps.

can

that
119:

164

HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

XXV.

HOW

to

was

ago,

of

boy

parents
the feast

of the

PREPARE

time

long

Jesus
His

TO

MEETING.

Luke

tells

the

He

twelve,

neighbors

and
of

FOR

went
to

up

On

Passover.

us,

when
with

Jerusalem
the

return

the child Jesus tarried behind

in Jerusalem.
"And
Joseph and His mother
knew
of it. But
to
not
they, supposing Him
have
in the
been
went
a
day's
company,
company

journey;
kinsfolk

they sought Him

acquaintance and

and

and

among

found

their
Him

not."
Their
that
He
was

mistake

Jesus
was

not

in the

was

not

in

company.

it for

granted
Joseph knew
knew
He
Mary

taking

with

with

acquaintances

was

him, and
the
her, and

knew

He

was

kinsfolk
not

with

and

them,

it for granted that He

was
yet each took
But
lo!
in the company
with
else.
someone
when
not;
they sougTit Him, they found Him
He
there.
not
was

and

HOW

Just
company,

TO

PREPARE

FOR

frequently
the people all

so,

and

165

MEETING.

meetings and conventions

Jesus is in the
suppose

yet there

in

may

not

be

one

that

is

of His presence,
but
personally conscious
is with
they take it for granted that He
be in their
someone
not
else, and lo ! He may
midst
has not
He
been
at all.
perseveringly,
importunately, humbly and believingly sought
for

and

invited

to

come,

and

so

He

has

stayed behind.
number
of years
remember,
a
going
ago,
to a camp-meeting,
hoping to find Jesus there
in power.
I got there two
three days after
or
the opening, and
I found, if I now
remember
There
had
been
saved.
rightly, that no one
in the meetings.
At
was
no
grip and power
the
for the meeting the bell
appointed hour
would
ring, and the officers and soldiers, who
had
been
joking and
singing
laughing and
and
making
visiting each other and
songs
come
strolling into
generally, would
merry
smiles
their faces and
the meetings with
on
''God
their tongues,
with
bless you's" on
but
solemn
consciousness
of
the
apparently no
in their
of the Crucified
One
holy presence
midst.
Then
the meeting would
begin with
rush
and
and
a
bang, and
songs
prayers
and
collection
and
and
and
jokes
laughter
testimonies
and
Bible
smart
reading would
a
the
end
meeting would
follow, and
again
without
would
souls, and
everybody
go
rush
make
for
out
a
good-naturedly,
the best seats
and
at the dinner-table
enjoy
themselves
ing.
meetbeautifully until the next
I

166

HEART

TALKS

Everyone
that

seemed

Jesus

seemed

the

for

granted

yet

company,

one

no

especially conscious

be

to

it

take

to

in

was

HOLINESS.

ON

His

of

presence.

At

last it

pointed
through

was

the meetings

that

out

souls
with, but no
it was
were
saved, and
suggested that perhaps
missing. A prayer-meeting
Jesus was
of the
called to look for Jesus, and some
was
that
had
to allow
Jesus was
people present

galloped

were

with

not

their

them.

tents

to

to

the

woods

to

look

for

the

Then
look

for

and

got

Him,

would

us,

then

He

King

down

in the

camp,

and

some

went

their

knees

give up
Him, He

told

go

to

went

not

must

and

came,

on

was

let Him

not

them

and

last,bless

He
found, and when
that He
expected and
we

Jesus,
would

and

until at

search

of

some

that

there
He

was

He
a

gave

that

blessed
shout

us

is with the Holy

His baptism, which
and with fire. The
officers,soldiers and

of

was
was

and

come,

except

He

the

of

touch

Ghost
saints

sinners
awfully in earnest, and the poor
and
convicted, so that
awfully alarmed
what
about
they
no
they were
longer anxious

got
got

should

have

anxious

so

with

His

for

dinner.

talk

to

with

spirit,and

His

And

some

seemed

Jesus and get filled

great thoughts, and

to
get Him
put the dynamite into their
and prayers
that they
testimonies
and
songs
didn't care
whether
lost their appetites and
to

they had
be

fed

Oh,

any

with

dinner

from

bread

I tell you,

that

at

it
came

was

all,if only they could

Heaven.

formation
wonderful, the transthat camp-ground
over

HOW

Jesus got there !

when
caused

men

racket

gave

makes

fills their

and

peals and
Day.

and

awful

the
will

as

of

tell

the
presence
you
of
the
Ghost
Holy

I
power

for

in the
Jesus was
all the
in from
poured
and
mighty things were
folks
bold

healed.

Sad

The

lame

folks

The

saw.

The

hungry

that

sea

dead

round
in

heard.

multitudes

about,

His

nam".

folks

Timid

Broken

hearts
into

hart.

glad folks.
spake.
Spirits

fed.

were

blind

The

dumb

The

were

full of

were

tossed

as

people

strong.
made

were

abroad

the

and

done

leaped
deaf

the

ground
camp-

went

country

lions.

as

man

that

news

camp,

made

were

became

in

Jesus

on

the

that

Weak

Judgment

of

Then

folks.

some

trumpet

the
remaining days
veritable
judgment-days

into

camp-meeting

the

rible
ter-

as

the

make

did

light of

the

of

thunders

serious

be

almost
be

the

of

joy

solar

shout

their

wicked

the

to

weep

that

empty

an

deep

with

faces

makes

heaven, and

make

that

men

joy

shallow

and

before

way

which

Lord

The

smile

to

167

MEETING.

FOR

PREPARE

TO

souls

passion and like a stormbecame

peaceful and calm, and
raised
life.
to
Glory to
were

God!

the presence
I tell you
it was
from
saved
that camp-meeting
as

dismal

be

failure,and

remembered

"refreshing

as

from

the

of Jesus

that

being recorded

it to
instead caused
time
wondrous
of
presence

of

the

Lord."
Now
every

Jesus is ready and willing to go

and
convention
camp-meeting

up

to

and

168

HEART

council

had

Moses
mob

outdoor
make

to

saint
every
seek
Him
as

must

set

HOLINESS.

and

and

world,
felt by

presence
each
one

ON

indoor

and
the

over

TALKS

the

to

of

and

meeting all
His
personal
soldier, but

Moses

tremendous

million

did.

God

of

task

ing
rul-

ignorant

Israelites,
from
centuries
of hard
just rescued
bondage,
and
leading them
through a barren, mountainous
wilderness
the
to
promised
land,
armed
where
meet
hosts, strongly
they would
a

entrenched

heavy for
"If Thy

God:

to

not

us
carry
be
known

found

here

unto

goest
Moses:

thou

hast

in

My

My
give
I

with
"I

will

shall

wonder

not

things Moses
gives him

the

of

man

God.

have

in that
said

Lord

thee

know

by

name.

thee, and

with

go

as

God
do

wisdom

it, then

do

that

longer

to

and

that

people

the

it

shall

this thing also that

thou
hast
found
grace

If

what

for

me,

do

did.

tells him

hard

with

Is it not

And

any

and

to

out

will

rest."

which

cried

not

Thy

and

us?"

burden

wherein

sight?

Thy

he

go

For

spoken, for
I
sight, and

thee

do

presence

The

and

Moses,

that

in

presence

cities.

hence.

up

favor

Thou

fortified

in

too

was

much

They

as

and

that

with
how

and

there

God

man.

goes

to

it,

do

of

servant

is the

servant

One

co-workers.

are

man

strength with
is nothing
too

becomes
man

mighty

the

at

man

if he

find

thousand
shall put ten
fellow, the two
flight. Bless God !
He
But Jesus is holy and humble, and
but humble,
walk
with
holy men,
any

to

like
a

that

can

chase

thousand,

and

not
can-

so,

HOW

if

brother,

my

Then,
with

if when

hearts

bid

to

door

His

in

wife

of.

Oh,
is

day

and
we

and

us,

shall

errand

Mary

lost

five

much

they

supposed

get

Him,
with

now,
your

my

if

and

all

your

and
you

heart,

and

close

the

scold

the

and

of

spirit
be

make

Him

for

that

sure

it for

granted,

have

been

going

Poor

Joseph

had

found

off
up

will

He
else
on

and

knows

one

no

all

because

the

company,

bless

God

after

Is

He

with

not,

then

and

seek

Him.
If

He

stant,
con-

take

But,

wake

we

Him.

in

go

bors
neigh-

our

seek

was

brother?

Bible

our

heartache,

and

they

it in

shall

and

days

sure.

search

find

must

Him

Jesus

make

diligent

we

anxiety

not

to

without

how

you

that

find

find

not

our

Him

always

may

to

manner

we

come

us

about

with

fitful, else

that

talk

what

not

in

go

and

not

fool's

did

and

walk

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with

we

face,

forget

and

some

good-night

us

home
not

with
we

Him

children

and

will

back

with

go

Him

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there

get

to

invite

meeting.

we

Moses

holy.

Jesus

walk

you,

read.

must

and

meeting

tioor,

are

the

after

us

with

go

be

we

want
we

to

and

men,

we

meeting,

the

to

if

too,

the

to

of

meekest

the

was

Him

yourself

169

MEETING.

FOR

want

you

humble

must

you

PREPARE

TO

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is

alone
and

be

found

but

Him

seek
of

you.

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HEART

TALKS

ON

HOLINESS.

XXVI.

WORD

TO

the devil

Does

of

are

you

no

ever

tempt

use

and

USEFUL.

BE

WOULD

WHO

YOU

nothing?
be useful,

do

can

to
Every genuine Christian wants
This
fruit-bearing,a soul-winner.

characteristic
at

conversion.

he

wanted

all his

your

of

to

saved.

heart

went

your

officer.
and
are

your

in

But

words

Jesus?

are

live your

so

be

brought

largely this desire

of

salvation

do

that

salvation

for the

tried to
they should

that

now

its work,

useless;

God

become

to

you

converted

were

you

is

the

and

received

converted,

was

you

to

that
it

Jesus, and
led

out

them

usefulness
has

When

you

is

tell
and
Jerusalem
it, that they, too,

to

about

friends, and

life before
to

friends

old

Paul

back

go

desire

nature,

new

When

be

might

the

of

feel that

to

you

you
you
can

powerless

a
are
ever

do
to

in

that

others

soldier

or

The

feel

for

an

Army

that

you

nothing; that
lead people to

I find

such

are
you
I write.

maybe

write

can

And

first

Angels

do

not

be

and

God

God

that

The

that
skilful

did

time

The

learned

most

not

know

babe

in

General

you,

with

once

did

once

less
help-

once

might

if

grow,

what

The

But

they
is spirituallife

If there

will

you

your

was

at

another.

convert.

young

increased.

and

grew

world

the

living

now

acorn.

floating ark of bulrushes.

was

The

an

from

note

Z. Moses

from

law

increased.

be

in

in

one

man

have

you

begins small.

musician
know

not

may

It is

them.

enfolded

once

can.

talents

shall

life

has

was

most

one

is used

what

you.

you

talents

what

use

surely increase

will

Everything
largest oak

what

Your

more.

and

you,

encourage

do

say,

no

but

great,

with

sympathize
something to

would

can

maybe

if so, it is for you

felt as you
do myself,

often

can

people, and

and

one,

I have

171

YOU.

such

many

therefore

and

of

great

TO

WORD

will

you

find

hands

your

do
to

do.

Cultivate
thousands
who

at

and

who

slow

talents.

your

of

could

not

know

did

not

But

they began

work

at

first.

are

many

in The

bandsmen

time

one

There

Army
to-day
play an instrument,
from

cornet

to

But

certina.
con-

practise. It was
they kept at it.

Probably the first day they could not see that

the
at
they had made
all, nor
any
progress
month
second
or
a
they
day; but in a week
could
see.
They began, kept patiently at it,
and

at

cultivate
to

become

last
any

succeeded.
talent

mighty

we

in

That
have.
prayer,

is the
That
to

way

is the

become

to

way
ac-

172

HEART

TALKS

HOLINESS.

ON

quainted with the Bible,

fish for souls.
sing or

learn

to

to

Begin,

speak or
and
keep

it.

at

Do

not

do

well

as

for

work

it;

not

that

meant

be

done.

go

to

have

the

General

work

for

and

thank

Him

and

for

giving

you

Him

ask

sit down

not

unbelief

and

talents

of

talents

more,

and

it.

you

for

that
never

do

is to

gifts you

work

wisdom
and

He

have

it

do

discouragement
you

do,

to
to

wisely,

do
God

it, it will

some

can

do

for you
to
for what

because

has

else

one

do

in the

think

God

could

for

bravely, faithfullyand
surely be with you.
Do

no

you

God
then

and

do, and

not
can-

you

else.

someone

if you
do not
The
thing then

and

work,

as

to

you

even

because

discouraged

get

not

will

of
the

that
know
gifted person
you
therefore
is wicked.
do nothing. That
can
you
It is dishonoring to God, pleasing to the devil,
and
will surely result in a great loss to your
in the
soul.
final loss of your
soul, if not
with
five talents
Jesus tells us that the man
and
out
at
use
gained five
put his money

hid
out

went

it, and
as

and

But

talents.
talent

some

He
and
so

likewise

the

man

with

two

that

the

man

with

one

it in

says

wrapped
lost it, and

slothful

and

was

wicked

napkin

and

himself

cast

servant

into

and
there is weeping
darkness, where
gnashing of teeth.
trembling
Secondly, encourage
poor,
your
heart
with the promises
and
examples in the
Bible.
is a
for
Here
promise
"My
you,
beloved
brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable,
outer

WORD

abounding

always
forasmuch

as

work

of

know

that

your

is

labor

Cor.

(1

15:

that

your

it is not.
lieve
Bevain, but God
says
God, my
brother, and go on with your
"Whatsoever
Again the Lord
says,
shall
also
he
soweth, that
reap."

work.
man

David

tried

Saul's

on

but

armor,

fight in that, so he laid it aside

out
against the giant in the name
Lord, with his sling and a smooth
not

of

Lord,

the

is

labor

in the

Lord."
the
tells
devil
you

The

58.)

1(J

YOU.

in

vain

in

not

ye

TO

the

brook

Saul's
like the

slew

and

he

could

and

went

of
stone

the
out

him.

be
forge, may
education
culture
and
gained in the
theological schools and universities, while the
wisdom
like the
stone
are
sling and
given
hearts
to
simple, humble, faithful
by the
Holy Ghost, in mills and shops and kitchens,
the
and
and
lowly places of secret
prayer
sister,in the
daily toil. Go, my brother, my
He
of the Lord, with the wisdom
name
gives
and
shall slay giants.
you
you,
Paul

tells

the

flesh, not

are

called.

things of
and

God

wrought

armor,

"that

us

many

But
the

hath

at

not

the

mighty,

God
world
chosen

hath
to

wise

many
not

chosen
confound

the

weak

men

many

the
the

after

noble,
foolish
wise

things of
confound
the
the
to
world
things which
mighty; and base things of the world,
are
and
God
things which
are
despised, hath
chosen, yea, and
are
things which
not, to
that no
bring to nought things which
are,
flesh should
glory in His presence." (1 Cor.
1: 26-29.)

174

HEART

TALKS

If you
and
did

great

and

what

ON

learned

were

HOLINESS.

wise

and

and

mighty,
give all

things, people would

the glory to your
learning and wisdom
; but
if you
little and
foolish then they have to
are
Go
give the glory to God.
brother,
on,
my
do

When
he

slew

you

can.

the

Spirit of God

six

hundred

Samson
goad, and
of
the
jawbone
three

hundred

pitchers
and

slew
an

and

armed

thousand

an

ox-

with

with

Gideon,

only with

routed

torches,

twenty

with
thousand

one

ass,

Shamgar

on

Philistines

men

and

came

earthen
hundred

one

Midianites.

jah
Hallelu-

When
and

the

about

blessed

Jesus

small

two

will

believe, He

pray

and

and

works
what

you

do

or

say

bless

what
to
blessing added
you
accomplishes the work, and
add
His blessing if you
will

read

of

skeptical lawyer

in

he

much

wanted
with

united
he

prepared
One

sermons.

the

lawyer

pastor

I ask
led

you

some

which

to

came

to

to

rather

to

will
and

surely
obey.
had

who

for

learned

minister's

the

his
After

whose
and

study
some

with
and

whom

and

converted

see

converted

was

one

trust

that

do

congregation,

his

very

church.

join the

He

church, and

day,

he

that

news

the

very
the

words

your

and

say

minister

educated

an

will

if you

so,

it is
Remember,
alone, but it is His

multitudes.

to

lad, they fed

the

And

men.

little loaves

five

of

fishes

five thousand

not

the

fit
benelabored

delight,
the glad

wished

to

conversation

blushingly inquired, "May

of

Christ?''

my

sermons

it

was

that

TO

WORD

lawyer, with
replied,"Well, to tell
the

Then

it

not

was

Christ

to

of

one

all.

at

little confusion,

some

truth, pastor,

the

you

that

sermons

your

It

175

YOU.

this

was

led

few

way.

me

leaving the church, the

old
colored
were
slippery, and
steps
very
them.
Auntie
Blank
was
trying to descend
She
was
crippled and feeble and in danger of
and
I took
of her
hold
arm
falling,when
Sundays

assisted

into

her

bright smile
love

you

the

to

eyes

my

were

we

ago

and

Jesus?'
that

Christ."

Ah,

killed

giant when

had

the

old

me,

black

and, with
led

smooth

Saul's

up
a

face, asked, 'Do

that

and
the

was

looked

She

thanked

her

on

my

sidewalk.

stone

and

armor

to

me

that
sword

failed.

Be
a
brother.

man

much

of

Acquaint

prayer,

God

yourself with
voice

my
; take

Bible

time

to

love

iarize
it ; read good books
it,pray over
; familand
tions
Regulayourself with the "Orders
for Soldiers," by the General, and
you

listen to

His

secret

read

your

will

mind
stored
with
truths
that
get your
David's
will be to you
smooth
as
stones, and
God
make
will surely use
and
a
you
you

blessing.
I remember

well

the

first time

attempted
I utterly failed, and
to speak from
text.
a
But
filled with
confusion.
was
by seeking
His
face the Lord
has
long since given me
the victory, and
I rejoice unutterably at the
privilege of speaking for Him, and by living
life of constant
down
at Jesus' feet,
a
prayer
and
exercise
dom
of faith, I selby a determined
withmouth
to speak for Him
open
my
I

176

feeling

out

Ghost

brother,

my

forsake

consecrate

of

Jesus,

continue

no

in
be

same

respecter

to

of

will

you

if

you

persons.

wait

He
on

Him.

the
and
"I

Moses,

to

and

mouth,"

to

believe

said

God

utterly

fully

steadfastly

thy
you

if

reaching
experience,

your

yourself

prayer.

with

be

may

sister,

my

sin,

interests

the

this

And

Holy

the

and

mark

the

hitting

that

soul

my

by

accompanied

are

hearts.

in

conviction

are

and

HOLINESS.

ON

deep

words

my

will

TALKS

HEART

will

say

He

is

FOOLS

CHRIST'S

FOR

177

SAKE

XXVII.

To
mind
"Get

the

natural

the

commands

thee

kindred,
land

out

and
I

that

Abraham.
and

knew

not

obeyed

and

will

"I

bring
of Israel, out
What

Pharaoh

hunted
of

was

land

that

believed

of

he

and

world.

the

Pharaoh

unto

and

thou

that

My
people, the children
of Egypt," was
God's
word
to
folly for this poor
shepherd,
before

had

the

fled from

condemned

from

freed.

to

go

home

forth

years

to

leave

to

to

to

the

seek
iron

mightiest monarch
and
obeyed, and
humbled

foolishness.

heir

thee

vagabond,

slaves

are

Abraham

But

send

of

God

foolish

became

forty

unsanctified

of

greatness

who

the

thy country, and from

thy
from
thy father's house, into a
will show
to
thee," said God

mayest

Moses.

of

SAKE.

and

heart

How

wealth

CHRIST'S

FOR

FOOLS

dust

and

murderer
to

hand
on

the

deliver
of

earth
the
the

the

face
and

nation

est,
haughti-

! But

he

proud

king

nation

of

lieved
bewas

slaves

178

H^ART

"For
both

TALKS

I have

appeared
thee

to

make

of

these

ON

HOLINESS.

unto

thee

minister

for this pose,

purand
witness
a

thou
hast
things which
seen,
and
of those
I shall apthings in the which
pear
thee
from
the
unto
thee, delivering
ple
peofrom
and
the Gentiles, unto
whom
now
I send
their eyes
and
to
turn
thee, to open
from
them
darkness
from
the
to
light and
of Satan
unto
God, that they may
ceive
repower
inheritance
forgiveness of sins and
them
which
sanctified
are
by laith
among
that is in Me," said the Lord
Paul.
Think
to
it !
of
One
lone
man
quered,
belonging to a conthe
to
despised, hated
people, sent
proud, idolatrous, utterly godless nations
with
the message
that a crucified
Jew was
Son
of God, the Saviour
of the world,
the
that

and

His

name.

What

wealth,

without
power

there

or

social

was

no

salvation

except
for this

foolhardiness
national
favor

to

in
man

prestige, political
start

out

in the

face

and
and contempt,
religious hatred
national
and
politicalantagonism, to convert
this new
faith of a
lost world
to
day!
a
disobedient
"not
But
he was
to the heavenly
and
the Holy Ghost
He
vision."
went
went
with him.
He
went
to unparalleled toils and
unparalleled victories
sufferings, but he won
and
heavenly joys and consolations.
They whipped him time and again; they
into
thrust
him
him ; they
stoned
dark,
loathsome
dungeons, reeking with slime and
filth ; three
times
he suffered
shipwreck, he
there
made
long and tedious
journeys when
no
were
ocean
greyhounds and no lightning
of

bitter

FOOLS

with

trains

express

He

cars.

CHRIST'S

FOR

in

was

Pullman

179

SAKE.

palace and

perils from

dining

the

water, from
from
the
countrymen,

his own
robbers, from
heathen, in the city,in the wilderness, in the
of all,among
false brethren.
sea, and, worst
He
suffered from
weariness
and
painfulness;
from
it would
have
watchings often when
been
death
to him
to go
ger
hunto sleep; from
and
thirst, from
his
fastings often when
spirit was
so
engaged with his tremendous
labors
difficulties that his body refused
and
food ; from
cold
and
the
nakedness, besides
of all the

care

just

churches

with

from

saved

their

verts
conyoung
and
ually
contin-

heathenism

by false teachers
within, as well
dreadful
suffering the most
persecutions
beset

as

from

without.

But

of

none

God

him

helped

world

these

God

to

things moved
do

to

than

to

more

other

any

him, and
bring the
who

man

ever

lived.

Does

call to

your

for God

work

seem

ish,
fool-

"Have
faith
unreasonable, impossible?
in God."
and
Moses
and
Obey like Abraham
will yet praise Him
for all
Paul, and
you
the

He

way

gave

do

to

you

Satan

led

back

officer

soldier

for

would
The
to

strike

time

the

cal'l of

and

before

blow.

God.
noon

He

at

to

go

had

last

into

he
the

been

felt

he

work.

his

hammer

was

was

not

disobedient

The
he

side

my

years
have

while

came
a

by

now

some

some

call

God.

to

An

and
for the
part He
you
in winning
the world
from

had

blow

lifted
to

struck,
sold his kit of tools,
was

not

180

HEART

and

for

and

daily
of

graces

Does

of

he

years

is

the

TALKS

call

Moses

and

will

you

the

bitter

battle's

satisfying

the
your

and

Jesus,

they
care?

fierce

of
saved
pay

from
for

you

of

face

all

What

privations.
Paul

if

now,

and

sought

did
to

they

suffer
save?

the

look

at

for

all

you

Peter

and

did

lose

all

and

die

for

And

the

labors,

one

reward
care

in

your

toils

will

Jesus

soul-

around

through

your

and

joining

ones

hell

you

burdens
and

soul

redeemed

lust

kept

sorrows

One

the

its

ness
busino

ease

with

by

no

friendships,

front
and

with

speed

that

secluded

triumphs.

anthem

will

of

Go,

was

years

God

fond

love

conflicts

Throne,

thank

no

or

the

order

you.

He

as

to

the

hinder

as

increasingly

in

not

you

and

disobedient

not

nothing

and

leaders.

be

Stay

officer

gifts

the

to

Be

with

be

Paul,

power

from

calls

Let

prospects,
of

in

vision.

will

successful

you?

going.
God^

been

God

those

heavenly

and

has

HOLINESS.

increasing

God

your

ON

what

to

the
will

John
follow
men

you

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