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PUBLISHERS' PREFACE. 
 
 Tni remarki^«^ favor with which the religious publio have 
 received «« Methi^diflm in Earnest," and •« Revival MisoeUaniee," 
 has induced us to publish another volume from the quaint, pithy, 
 and profitable pen of Mr. Oaughey. We believe the present 
 work to be as intrinsically valuable as either of its predecessors; 
 and that it will be equally useful, should it chance to find as many 
 readers. Like those works, it is quite miscellaneous in its ohar> 
 aoter. It takes up the detail of Mr. Gaughey's personal history 
 where it was l6ft at the close of " Methodism in Earnest," and 
 follows him throWh the remarkable work of God which attended 
 his labors in HudlderBfield (Eng.) during the winter of 1845-6. 
 The introductory sketch of Mr, Caughey's life ooaduQis the reader 
 down to that point in his history. So that th|||fe-k'now issued, 
 though in one jBei»-a-jeiiuel to " Methodism in Earnest," is, 
 nevertheless, complete in itself. Choosing the incidents of the 
 Huddersfield revival to be as % silver thread running through hrs 
 book, Mr. Caughey has woven into it a variety of thoughts, illus- 
 trations, hints, discourses, etc., which cannot but be profitable to 
 every earnest man who will be at the pains to peruse them. Con- 
 fident of its value as a stimulant to the true religious life, we give 
 this work to the publio, believing that, when we enter the spiritual 
 world, the fact of its pub^cation by our hands will be among those 
 pleasant memories of the past we shall love to cherish there j and 
 that it will prove the means of imparting help and good oheer to 
 many a pilgrim on his wayto the Celestial City. 
 
 Danisl WZBI, 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 O^IAPTER I. 
 A BKitr BKrrt||i or M. cAudiirr^s ur^^ 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 A VnCKK or AQONIZINO CONFUCtS. 
 
 B«xton-r(Md Chap*! — lU defccU — Wetleyan chapeUi — Cold jlVftyer-moctlnK — 
 Ur«en wood In lludilersfleUI — 8at;»nlo oppoiltlon -- The Coniftirter — A trio of 
 adrenuvlM — BuIimm — Neci-sslty fur fttlth — OuodncM without K>n<lii<**« — 
 Vhouirhta on the milky-wky — Flrmm-M uiMler trial* — A \m\ ilitn — True huiiKcr 
 tor rlRhteouincM — The pleaauret of BiiUn — Wiint of fitlth dfplorwl — Triwic hla- 
 4erlnK the Ooepel — (lataii*ii«niiiity — Annoyance* — ChrUt and I'aul a* exainplea 
 ' —Mr. Weiley'i note on lluildorsHeUI — Change — Horrow — HlghlnK for more 
 power — The croM heavy — A better Babbath — tn a writinff iMwItlon— NoWe 
 brethren — CblllInK meeting — Dry and groen woo«l — Smouldering Arc — Satan's 
 wMooi — DlffloulUea — Need of courage -« Grotto of Poralllppo — The heart of 
 DUtn— Depth! of bumllUUion-^ A yleaaant borne— Soul aitd, . . . , • 
 
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 CHAPTER III. 
 
 . BEAMIKOS or HOPE. 
 
 Ck>od natra — Ollmpee at an old promlie — The antt of fleah — Scrutiny of motlrag 
 — laith — CoclPi three Ideas — Preaching In ItklCh — Prayer — Hard tlnhen — Satan 
 intrenched — Ood'a rod of power— Counting the coat — The eagle — lieady (or 
 owfliot, #...{>.... M 
 
 ^ ;* CHAPTER iiy. - 
 
 jL^CHARAqriRISTIC DIBCOURSB. ' 
 
 Thetozt — Lat«trialaoonalde9f<ad— Hard lighting and great battlea— Satanic lind 
 lumian foea — The Great Oa>(ftln — ^ Angelio aympathy — Safbty of fUth — Alarma, 
 8<>urcea of conildered — Neceaalty of flriitaeaa — The armor of God — Secret of in- . 
 TtnoibtUty in revlTals — Friendahip with the world considered — (The Swlsa hero — ' 
 ■xbortatloD, ......'....,.,. , ^ . . . M 
 
 .CHAPTER V. 
 
 THI BHQINl^INO OFVICTOBY. 
 
 Afoo4oiBai— PrognoaUcatoraoT eril — Oluuigein the aapeola of the oongregatlon ' ' 
 
 — ImpatlMiM eeu)ir«4— Humiliation leading to prayer— Spfaritual children — 
 
 OfluiMD Mid apecd*! Ueaalnga — Power of prayer iUuatrated — PowerAil prayer- 
 
 iBMtiiit — A plerelnff time — A hard Uma ^ Of pitpunUon for the polpit — Pnyar 
 
 — Mi*ctfc» — A th > w In th e p e op l tfi h wat i, . , . )' » 
 
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 CHAPTER VI 
 
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 PIMKCVTION — CONTINCBO TRIlTMrn. 
 
 ▼toll to llttll — PvnMniUon — A llaUnIa c.«mn|lro«nt — HaUn'i owrnujUon — Th« 
 town rtlrrfd — HuMMa — W«iky'« n.,tlo<i oflUull - MiMionary UAmMtlnir — An- 
 •od<>U - (.ollwtloiM _ A( Ilu.|.|«rtftt.|,| •(•In ^ A h«|.i.» .Uy - HhclBcM wurlon 
 — Il«pi>y ilMUi-tMNli ninililnrmi — llrlKhtanliiK faith — Dwuiti oC a holy llh — DU. 
 ftulM pl«^ — An aiuMiiiK work oT Uud — l>r»iM, ..... f| 
 
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 UHAPTKK VI r. 
 
 R0D8 rOR CItlTICS AND HYPIRCRITICS. 
 
 Wordi ft)r • moral but rotilMM hoarrr — Th« bill «f «ict>|>Uona — MonK of • happy aottl 
 
 — CouiiMla to a M-rloua lii<|iilri-r — Oauwi of <llaguletuii« — Th« brit llm« ui rV.p«n» 
 
 !!•.• V?*"??'^'*!* "''"""»*''■— '''" ""• «"*V Krl«y*.I— Tlieli.M»ry h«a«l- A 
 •adalght-Airlor,m«tlKbt_ri.l«ll»ydrf.n.l«l-OI.I ajte a bant tliiin t<> rrpanl 
 
 — TO a iirot«-«tliiK h.-nrer — LiioIiIiik principle In Ui« tmtm — Hplrltual apopleiy _ 
 lllnta ft.r •rif-fxanilnatlon — Woril for, oim thormiKhly <lhiKiwt«l — Ilfiiu to a ' 
 iloMbter-Toaihrew.lman — Dl««,urt« on the lm|M)rUnc.i of rrllRlou. .minlona 
 
 wj2jJ"r*.""*^«T'V'""? -''"'"""'-*'■'"' oplnlona-H«coiHl-rala opInUa --jn 
 Blfotod oplnluoi -- Double-mlmlnl oplnloiia — KmoUonal opiQlOna — KxhorUUonTnilO 
 
 CHAPTER Vlll.t^ 
 
 RKnEU.ION AGAINST TIIR SI'IRIT — A BIRJfON. 
 IMtt«mtemfct»of «oa,H.| preaching conaMorwl -, Mfo-g|,|ng InOiumffiiQf tha H»lrft 
 
 — Splrlt'i Ight may be realated - Dlff-rrnt ailmlnUtratlon. of ThilqnHt iuLtnt^ 
 and prpvea -^ D.K>m of ih.m who n-.Ut .llvlne ln(lu«.ce _ Th« point of doom^ ^ 
 ^a^^^m ^""!J* ""^''..T J*"''^'""'"? Innuence of tb«. Spirit - A ^rp*, - JonahV 
 Toto at N Inarah - Faith lu ipirltuat aid - ^iohael Angelo - Oonolualon, . 77 
 
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 APTEH IX. 
 
 FROQRtSS or TBR RETIVAL. 
 Medltatloni on th« new year -The trinities - Solemn and proflUble watch-night - 
 Meeting ofconreru-A MethodlaUo oonflrmaUon - frulu of the reWralZ 
 
 ^^."^^^'J *'.'"' M ^''•-■ncThoughUon.arlngfklth-yi.eVndlStick.i?^ 
 — Curioui ooincldenoe — Preaching aa God bida — aueen-atreet OhaDel deamrthS 
 rSSl'S*"*^^ 8.t«.- Oon^ioo. purity - Manifoki^Hw _ fiL SSt^ 
 mo'K^ ^^ '^*** "•• "St' °A preaching - BancMflcation and JaaUflcaUon - A 
 movinj •«Mon- »•«-'"'« Qoapel a power - Uearera of ihe OcaSl- Pral^ 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 WHI8PKRS TO OrFRNDEP HBARKR9. 
 
 *Stoj!^'S^J^"f^.l'^^^ impertinenoe- Bffect. oT fHithltal prwohliif Uhlf 
 Sil-i-r S"? "j* y"'" *"''"• — The clock, an illaatration — Mo flMteSii. 
 5Xit.SL^?.^r"',£^°i"" -lite"'"! •««•" i!S whUe S hSSSfc 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 ONWARD MOYVMENT OP TH» RKVirAL. 
 
 ^"^7" P**"** "" Temperance meeting— An adortnc aUtarf mliT— iwS-T 
 ment-Dlaoontent a aoul trouWer-It vlOatea Trwer-Tha -^f^ m.^^ 
 -A coughing congregation - How to SSniXiESJiTl^offSS* 
 
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 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 TOT BMirflNO SIN DOTECTID AND SLAIN, 
 by ftUUi-CkMl'iTenujIUr pledged to the UeUevlng, . . . «r . . . . *" 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 TH« Vmr CONYKRT KXHORTKD TO HOLINESS. 
 
 The old man In the ne* — B8t«n'« capital 
 
 . gin an aocuraulatlnjf principle — Owe of 
 
 t^ wnniliir — l^iritr a remedy — Intention* regarding iln — Sin mutt ^ nwea 
 BeraWaTer- Influe.^ of lul.red corruption. - The j^ollUrytjwk.lWerv- 
 
 Mula - IlInU to a young beginner -An important dWtocUon V^^}-^ 
 lAinAhiUtv of DTMent ■ancUfloatlon —The heart and head muat Keep p«o» »«'5JJ«J 
 !!!BSS«u2n IWlSr«prlng - Noble ambition - IUu.tr.Uoni of UDOttfled ^ 
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 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 A DKSIBB FOR PURITY (^fuSW WITH JUSTITIGATION. 
 IMteUra Jmtlftcatlon — Desire for purity fwparable ftom P««lon — A good eiam- 
 nS -De." e tor purity pTi^^re/j^lf»loT;j-Word, to an afflicted one -Neg. 
 
 I«^ to obey the Spirit a mum of affllct»$-TJ* IwaelWe. an exampl* — A wrong 
 
 K2 -^6lSlK who wa. oalled^pdflty arid ^ 
 
 - IhMouraimMt - Chrtat • deUvejsr flrom tb« wil4emei. itate - BxJiortatlon ^ 
 
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 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 "HXLF TO A BKLIEF IN KNTIRB SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 BlliU to one with a wayering mind - Kw hflPf to » '•f^* ^""•'-"NJ^^mflSMn'I 
 Ood'. word, and reyerence for It- 2. BeUeylng the tra*hr:*v,?,?* JSSS^SE 
 Bartptore-Ii. Oowldering the propriety of hoUnew -6. Not holdW| truth ipecn- 
 
 UUyely,. , . . ./. . ; • • • • • • > - • • '. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '■' ' ' * ' 
 
 / CHAPTER XVII. 
 ■ HELPS TOToaiint tarn, prppkuwy or izpbctino toll salvation in 
 
 THIS LOT. 
 ■InwMototraetedlHthlliUte— Itmaybeoleaniedin tUa Ufc— The remedy for rt* 
 "iw^^HrStoilSiW^Noltt^ being pdrifled after *«»a»-W« 
 
 mr be cieanMd one mlotite belbre death — No promlae of oleanalng when dytog 
 "-So Mew Teatament argnmenta agalnrt hoUneaa- Unton of .0^ 
 rier to purity — We may be partoned long befcre death — Sin ohecka ««>»»"» 
 grace— lib* honor of Ohrtft w*ulre»our purity -Satan makea hia awranta per 
 
 SotdnMn— Ciumoi God n^i^^^* ohUdren perfect, too 1 
 
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 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 18 SANCTinCATION GRADUAL OR INBTAMTAKROCS f 
 iMetlfloMloa (radual in Uira* rMpcota — U^ I. linUnUiMoua In om _ frmmtkm 
 oiun short — 0.iil'« iniwer equkl to a tudden work — ArcunMnU In teror of In. 
 •tantnneona purltj — 1. Rspoaure to ludden de«th — a. JuiUfloaUon la IniUnt*. 
 OMJM — 3. Kxp«rienoo of the ohIUlren of Qod — Mr. Weale/'g teiUmour — 4 
 Ood oommandi and promlM prcMnt holinM - HxhortaUon to hoUnew, . . . . aW 
 
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 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 PRRSONAL RZPRRIRNCR — THR RRVIVAL. 
 
 ^<«^r"^iT: *^'r ~ f "t«'«*i''» tetter _ Cm. of r«»Ututlon - Intowtlnf 
 f^r7!!^Vi^"°? 'ntf'P^'fon -8tr«k«nf oooyenlon of an infidel - ReflMUooi 
 thwon-Budden death «f a wicked mah- Letter deMrlMng an lntere«tlnf ooo. 
 IS«^T4".'iL"**"'i'}.^'*"^'' -ObwraUon. - A powertal time -l!lJ2[marT 
 S^^ n ^' ~ ^** *" "" P^'P't — Preaching on purity — Bdlflblinc In i 
 !!?^lZ:®5^"!??.?^fT?°*"*»' •«!?« -ThoughU on the " bloody1ii||f" rf jj 
 
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 -- RUM of itodying the oroM — Voice of an'lrlih harp ^ Cro'wdedandtenoe — 
 
 2^^^:tJ*^l^Z^ *"\5^ cIrcumrtance-ThrftwIaltaUof uSKefcl 
 ■pand and confounded — Power of truth, ^w-««»««« 
 
 CHAPTER XX. ^ 
 
 PLAIN DKALINQ WITH 0B8TINATR 8INNRR8 — A BRRMON. 
 M^m ilnnan rery wicked — Their danger - THflen with i«liglon - A teel from 
 oS^«"^i2?!l' "•""'Ifo'' -The danger of •portingVllffirr.nAu-HSS 
 
 •bowt wa^ talenu - The pervertton of ttenltiM - Saying of AnlMbtOM-- 
 QtteaUona to ilnoen — Invitation to Jenu, ...... ..... . . .VT. . 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 WARNING TO 8INNRRS — A 8RRM0N. 
 ^ES./!,!'?2flL.'?..**5?'*"^?f;.9<^>»«k - Symbol of a iTlval In l^Ud - 
 
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 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 AIikRMINQ CRIKS — A SRRlfON. 
 
 faTorabIa 
 
 wor»bIa opportanlttai — Judgmenu raoceed merotea -. The flr« In ZIon ud tha 
 
 SSS^^i^^T:: '^^ •*''~Jf"«^'" '^'^ ""'fr ^'l^- Connectlii (rfrtrt 
 
 with Jaagmenta — Luther's oompariion, SIS 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 god's ADTERSABOa AO^RBSSKQ. 
 
 IheoMobemlita— Modemsinnen— OUpp(mrthenameaoro<rf*Bn<inniA OAjt^m 
 
 wquir. an aoooont lh» the enemies orW^^Jl?SJtog^'(^S£ «!2i?5 
 ^^, oomparlsona- Christians f^ knlghU of ZlS?f CnSr^XSTtii 
 Christians— Thunderstorm in the A ps^ Restraining gr^is iStooiiT«iS» 
 
 
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 CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 MOU FINCIIXIMaS or THB EITITAL. 
 BUtooCUMiimblloiiilDd-Mr. O.'i hesHh-Oood work among ^"n-T^i*^ -.. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 NOTIS or THB BUDDOWrHU) MVIVAL, CONTINintD. 
 
 Glorimii work tmoog young pwjpto — Adrwioe of the reTlraJ — Power In prMohlBga 
 Sr^wS>«ng .U«noee-4«fccU of the worde of f •!»-<l»<^«»\ '"".J'- 
 Chalmen -Tood'e patermU reUUon — An Incident — Aneodote — A week ofMlrik- 
 tlon-Naked ikith triumphant- Frultftil p'~<*»n«-»^,"*«'»;"»-:"'» J^' 
 IDC deecrlbed — Sermone to youth — A itlrrlng aoene — I'ower of a ilngle aim -- 
 Oottiolenoe— Mlntotere too fearful — DIfflculttee create mlraclee — An «lTanU«e 
 Miaed — Delicate ear* — Influence of a few on preachen — BxoepUona -■ Word 
 of Qod not bound — MethodUt fkthere -A rich theme — A crowd at the Lord's iup- 
 per — Letter tnm a deaf and dumb convert— Large fruita — Death of a •piritoal 
 ohUd — Inlldetoaetlr— Adaatardly card, • ••• 
 
 CHAPTEI^ XXVI. 7 
 
 - , UTRACTS FROM THB JOURNAL. '■■ 
 
 latan lulfcrt loea — Great melting among alnnera — Pergonal alckneM — BteMedoeM 
 ^aV^oonwJlence -Aneodote of the dog Spring^ AeUvlty ^ lU «nfl««oe.*.^ 
 An eSeUent love-fcait-Poor health- The rerlyal adrtocea-- Power of Wth- 
 ApteMwit home - An aged local preacher - A quiet retreat - A aoUtary Sabbath 
 -AfruShU termon-lieeting at Hallftac - Mtarionary lennon-FareweU •«- 
 BMO-OoonMla to oonTerU-OlTing Qod (be glorj -The people of Bodderdleld, 87T 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 MX. cauohkt's mws or church arcbitictuu. 
 
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 CHAPTER I. 
 
 SKITOH OF THB Llfl OF BBV. JAMES OAUQHBY. 
 
 BT RIV. DANIKL WIBB. 
 
 Jambs OAuaHBT is a native of Ireland. He emigrated to 
 America in his youth, and was converted about -twenty-four 
 years since. Two years after his conversion he was udmit- 
 ted on probfition in the Jroy Annual Conference of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained a deacon 
 in 1834. His first labors were not distinguished by any 
 uncommon results, and neither himself nor his friends had 
 the remotest idea that his name was destined to become 
 a household word in the church on both sides of the 
 Atlantic. 
 
 : Mr. Caughey began his ministerial life with a resolute 
 spirit, determined to cultivate his powers by constant study, 
 and to form his character by a close and familiar walk with 
 God. As the flower expands itself to the sun, his earnest 
 mind opened to every good influence, human or divine. He 
 was always looking and listening for means of strength, 
 wisdom, and piety. Nor did he look vainly. He learned 
 much, gained much from many sources ; but from no single 
 influence did he reap so large a harvest ip frotn a passage 
 in the writings of Dr. Adam Clarke. Speaking of this 
 passage, he says : 
 
 " From the hour I read the following striking remiu^ of 
 
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 Dr. Adam Cliurke, a few months previous to mj ordination, 
 I have never varied a hair-breadth from the grecU truth 
 they advocate. I can only quote from memory, as Ihe page 
 which first presented them to my eye is many thousands of 
 miles' from me, and I cannot turn to the place in his Works 
 where they stand recorded ; but they differ little from the 
 following : ' But all this spiritual and rational preaching will 
 \ be of no avail, unless another means, of Qod's own choosing, 
 be superadded to give it an effect,— the light and influence 
 of the Holy Spirit. That Spirit of life and fire penetrates, 
 in a moment, the shner's heaid;, and drags out to the view of 
 l)is conscience those innumerable crimes which lie concealed 
 there under successive layers of deep and thick darkness, 
 when, under that luminous burning agency, he is compelled 
 to cry, ^^Ood have mercy upon me a sinner / " " Sav^ 
 Lordj or I perish ! " ^^Heal my soul, for* it hath sinned 
 offainst thee ! " ' , ' 
 
 "I shall have eternal cause of thankfulness tliat the above 
 sentiments ever came omder my notice. If my ministry has 
 been rendered a blessing to many, that blessing has been 
 vouchsafed, through the merits of Christ, to a steady recog- * 
 nition of the necessity of the influence of the Holy Spirit. 
 On the evening of that never-to-be-forgotten day in which I 
 read the above, I took up my pen, in secret, before God, and 
 gave vent to the emotions of my deeply-impressed' heart, in 
 language something like the following : I see, I feel, now, as 
 I have never done befinre, upon this particular subject. From 
 the convictions of this hour, I hope, by the grace of God, 
 never to vary. I see, I feel, — v 
 
 " 1st. The absolute necess^y of the inmiediate iiifitietice 
 of the Holy Ghost to impart point, power, efficacy aild 
 «Mece95, jtd a preached Gospel. 
 
 ^' 2d. The absotnte necessity of praying move frequetUly, 
 
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 more fervently ^ more peraeverihgly and more believingly^ 
 for the aid of tho Holy Spirit in my ministry. 
 
 •' 8d. That my labors must be powerless y and comfort^ 
 less, and valueless, withoui^ this aid; a cloud without 
 water, a treo without fruit, dead and rootless ; a sound 
 uncertain, unctionless and meaiiingless ; such will be tho 
 character of my ministry. It is the Spirit of God alone 
 which imparts significancy and power to the word preached, 
 without which, as one has expressed it, * all the threaten- 
 ings of the Bible will be no more than thunder to the deaf, 
 9r lightning to the blind.' A seal requires weight, a hand 
 upon it, in order to an impressipn. The soul of the peni- 
 tent sinner is the wax; Gospel truth is tho seal; but^ 
 without the Almighty hand of the Holy Ghost, that seal if 
 powerless. A bullat; demands its powder, without which it 
 is as harmless as any other body. The careless sinner is the 
 mark ; truth is the ball that must pierce him; but it can- 
 not recu:h, much less penetrate him, separate from this 
 influence from heaven. In apostolic times, they preached 
 the Gospel with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 
 — 1 Peter 1 : 12. In our day, w^. need an energy from no 
 lower source, to overturn the wickedness of the vile and 
 profane, and to counteract the formality and worldliness 
 which are everywhere visible. 
 
 " 4th. I am now fully persuaded, that in proportion as 
 the Spirit of God shall condescend to second my efforts in 
 the Gospel message, I shall be successful; nor need I ex- 
 pect any success beyond. No man hks ever been signally 
 useful in winning souls to Christ, without the help of the 
 SpiHt. With it, the hutnhlest talent may astonish earth 
 and hell, by gathering into the path of life thousands foe 
 the skies ; while without it, the finest, the most splendid 
 talents, remain comparatively useless. 
 
 
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 •» feth. tho entire glory of ftJl my iuoceM shall honcoforUr' 
 bo given to the Holy Spirit By thia I shall conscien- 
 tioualy abide, as by any other principle of our holy religion. 
 It is written : * They that honor me, I will honor.' To 
 this may be added that rujhteous, innlienable and uncliang- 
 in^ determination of Jehovah: 'My ylory I will not give 
 
 to another.' " 
 
 From this time Mr. Caughey's labors were more fruitful ; 
 yet not suflficiently so to distinguish him above m'any of his 
 brethren. But in 1889 he became the subject of a very 
 singular experience, which entirely changed the current of 
 his destiny. We will lot him speak for himself on this 
 topic. Writing to a friend, he says : 
 
 "You will remember OUr Conference of 1889 was held 
 in the city of Schenectady, N. Y. TJjiat year I was ap- 
 pointed to Whitehall, N. Y. Shortly after, I had my 
 library and' study furniture forwarded to my station. 
 
 "It was then I began seriously to reflect upon the pro- 
 priety of choosing a wife, believing thjit * marriage is hon- 
 orable in all men.' I had travelled a number of years, 
 studied hard, and expended, all my time and strength in 
 winning so.uls to Christ. My brethren approved of my 
 intention. But, while indulging in this purpose,— for some 
 reasons I could not explain, — my heart became very hard. 
 The Lord seemed to depart from me ; and that countenance, 
 which so often beamed ijpon me from above, and had daily, 
 for many years, brightened my soul into rapturous joy, 
 appeared now to be mantled in the thickest gloom. "^ 
 
 " The more I reflected thus, ' I can see no good reason 
 why I should be singular among my brethren, nor continue 
 to lead this solitary life,' my heart became harder, and my 
 idarknesif increased. I was soon involved in a variety of evil 
 reasonings. My will seemed to be in a conflict ifith some- 
 
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 thing inviiiblo. God, who had honored me with such 
 
 intimate coifimunion with himself since my conversion, 
 
 apparently left me to battle it out afone. So it appeared to 
 
 me then ; but now I see Ood Limself w^ contending with 
 
 roe. I was about to step out of the order of his providence ; 
 
 I and he was resolved to prevent it, unless I should refuse to 
 
 I understand why he thus resisted me. Had I continued the 
 
 [conflict,' I believe he would have let me take my owq 
 
 course; nor would he have oast me off; yet I solemnly 
 
 [feel he would have severely chastised my disobedience^ 
 
 " My distress and gloom were so great, I could not un- 
 I pack my library, nor arrange my study. I began to reflect 
 most solemnly upon my unhappy state of mind, and became 
 more concerned to regaia my former peace and joy in God, 
 than to obtain any temporal blessing whatever. The world 
 wafl a bla^ik, & bleak and howling wildemessj to my soul, 
 without the ^smiles of my Saviour. In fact, that I could 
 not live, but must wither away from the face of the earth, 
 without his comforting and satisfying presence. Like a 
 well-chastised son, I came back to the feet of my Heavenly 
 Fatl)er, and with many tears I besought him to reveal his 
 face to, my soul ; that if my purposes were crosaing his, to 
 show me ; and whatever was his will, T would at once, by 
 his help, yield my soul unto it. 'Lord God,' I said, 'if 
 my will crosses thy will, then my will must be torong ; for 
 thine cannot but be right.* Now I cared not what he com- 
 manded me to do, or to leave undone ; I stood ready to obey. 
 I felt assured clear light from God on some points would 
 soon reach my soul ; and I was fully prepared for it. But 
 I no more expected such an order as came soon after, than 
 I expected he would command me to fly upward and preach 
 the Gospel in another planet. During three days 1 cried 
 to Ood, without any answer. On the third day, in the after- 
 
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 noon, I obtained an audience with the Lord. The place v. as 
 almost as lonely os Sinai, where Moses saw the burning 
 bush. It was under open sky, a considerable distance from 
 the habitations of men ; steep rocks snd mbuntains, deep 
 forests, and venomous reptiles, surrounded mo. Ucre, and 
 in a moment, the following passage was given "hie to plead : 
 'And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him 
 there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the 
 Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The 
 Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abun- 
 dant in goodness and troth, keeping mercy for thousands, 
 forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and that will 
 by no means clear the guilty.' — Exod. 84 : 6 — 7. I took 
 hold of this;, many of the words were as fire, and as a 
 hammer to break the rocks in pieces before the Lord. The 
 fountains of tears were opened, and the great deep of my 
 heart was broken up. I left the place, however, without 
 receiving any light ; but toy heart was fully softened and 
 subdued, and I felt assured I had prevailed in some way 
 with Qod. I was confident light and direction were coming; 
 but of what nature I could not tell. 
 
 " This was on the 9th of July, 1889. The same evening, 
 about twilight, eternal glory be to God ! when reading in a 
 small room adjoining my study, a light, as I conceived from 
 heaven, reached me. My soul was singularly calmed and 
 warned by a strange visitation. In a moment I recognized 
 the change ; the following, in substance, was Spoken to my 
 heart ; but in a manner, and with a rapidity, I cannot pos- 
 sibly describe. Every ray of divine glory seemed to be a 
 word that the eye of my soul could read, a sentence which 
 my judgment could perceive and understand : ' These mat- 
 ters which trouble thee must be let entirely alone. The 
 will of God is, that thou shouldst visit Europe. He shall 
 
BIT. JAMn OAVOHIT. 
 
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 be with thoo there, and give thoo many seals to thy tniniitrjr. 
 Ho lias provided thoo witli funds. Make thy arrangementa 
 accordingly; and, next Conference, aak liberty from the 
 prO|)er authorities, and it shall be granted thee. Visit 
 Canada first ; when this is done, sail for England. Qod 
 shuU bo with thee there, and thou shalt have no want in all 
 thy joumeyiogs ; and tliou slialt be brought back in iufcly 
 again to America.' 
 
 " The above is far beneath the dignity and grandeur of 
 the impression. It Came in a way which lefk no room for u 
 doubt. A heavenly calm, a powerful pers^iasion, and an 
 intense glow of divine love, accompanied the whole. It was 
 like the breaking forth of the noon-day sun a{ midnight. I 
 fell upon my knees before the Lord, my whole mind con- 
 senting to the orders, which I believed had come from 
 heaven. 0, the BWectnoss of that communion I then en- 
 joyed with God ! My sky was cloudless. My rest of soul 
 unutterable. The meaning of many pa^t. providences was 
 now explained. Tlie possession of a few hundreds of dollars 
 had often made me very uneasy. ^I doubted the propriety 
 of laying up treasure on earth. The cause of missions 
 stood in need of what I possessed, but still I was restrain^!. 
 Now I clearl;^ saw that God had provided me with these 
 funds, in order to make me willing to obey the call, and to 
 save me from embarrassment in my travels. I could per- 
 ceive a special reason why I had pressed forward in my 
 studies for So many years, and why revival texts _and ser- 
 mons had occupied so much of my time ;—- that God had 
 been thus preparing me for a few campaigns in Europe. 
 
 f I arose from my knees under a string convictbn that 
 God had called me to take this tour. Letters mHI writ- 
 ten immediately to Canada, etc. The next day my soul 
 was calm and happy. My books were unpacked, and every- 
 
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 thing in my ttud/ arrango<l with a glad iioart and free. 
 Eloven monUia were hoforo mo, to oriticiie the impreniona 
 on roj loul. With delight I commenced my (Huitorml work, 
 ▼ifited from houae to house, and hiid thu pluusuro of aoeing 
 % most powerful revival of religion in my circuit. Daring 
 this period, not the least wiidi entered my heart to form any 
 connection or engagement whatever thut would entangle or 
 hinder rop from Ailfllling what I conceived to be ttio hi^h 
 and solemn commission I had received from the Lord. I 
 continued to resign, the whole matter to Qod, entreating him 
 to overrule all to his glory, and to hedge up my way if it 
 were not his will I should leave America." 
 
 In obedience to this impression, Mr. Caughey asked and 
 obtained permission from. histConferenoe, in 1840, to visit 
 Europe. Ikforo setting out, l/&wovor, ho visited Canada, 
 where an extraordinary influence attended his preaching, 
 particularly at Quebec and Montreal. Fivo hundred per- 
 sons' were converted under his labors at these places in a 
 few months. 
 
 Thus encouraged, ho sot out for England by tho way of 
 Halifax. He landed in Liverpool on tho 29th of July, 
 1841. Having visited tho Wosleyan Confc^nce then in 
 session at Manchester, and being cordiallyfipvited by the 
 Rev. Thomas Waugh to visit Ireland he reemborked at 
 Liverpool and sailed to Dublin; ntH knowing what might 
 befall him there. We will quote kis description of his first 
 public service in that city. \ 
 
 " After taking breakfast with a fQ^ions persohs, at Mr. 
 Vance's lodgings /in Abbey-street, a lyoung brother con- 
 ducted n^e to Henderick-street. Tha congregation ws 
 small. To tn^m, for the first tlime in Jlurope, I opened my 
 commissioki, from John l7 : 1,— ^Father! the hour is come.' 
 The Lon] touched the hearts of several, and a graoiooi 
 
 
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 influence retUxl on the whole oongregfttion. At the conola- 
 •ion of the Mrvico I quietl/ retired through 4 door under 
 the pulpit, Mid regained the itreet, little imagining the itir 
 which had been excited among the dear people in the chapel. 
 Some were wying, • Who is he ? ' others, ' What is his 
 name?' One little ^oftty were inquiring, 'Who sent 
 him koro 1 ' and another wore fully of opinion that • this 
 Stranger should be invited to preach again at night.* 
 
 "In the moan time I and my guide wore hastening back 
 again to Abbey -street Chapel, to receive the sacrament. 
 Two brethren, William Fielding and Richard Craig, who 
 havo since been very valuable friends to mo, were despatched 
 Ifter us, and when they overtook us they presented tho 
 wish of tho people. I consented on condition it should bo 
 agrocabld to the preachers. They soon obtained permission, 
 and that night I preached to a largo congregation with ft 
 good degree of liberty. An influence from heaven rested 
 upon the leaders ; and, after a consultatioti with their min< 
 istors, it was resolved to hold 'special services' during the 
 week, ' to promote a revival of the work of God.' I agreed 
 to preach four nights, but. with the secret determination to 
 leave, tho following week. I left tho hotel on receiving a 
 pressing invitation from Mr. Fielding to make his house u^y 
 home. Towards tho latter part of the week wo found our- 
 selves" surrounded with weeping oenitenta. The glory of 
 the Lord filled the house, and sinners wore daily converted 
 to God. We continued these services in this chapel during 
 four weeks. A select meeting was then appointed for tho. 
 young converts, and one hundred and thirty persons came 
 forward to testify that God, for Christ's sake, had pardoned 
 all their sins." 
 
 From that Sabbath his path opened clear as light before 
 him, and his success was wonderful almost beyond pre- 
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 ocHliiit. II« bbor«d in Dablin, LioMriak, Cork ami lUndoa, 
 in Irelatid. Then, rt<^mMMiiig the cbuinol, ho hold mMtinga 
 in Livtrpool, Lo«a«, II^U, Khoffiokl, Uuilddrafiohl, York, 
 Birmingham, Nottingham, Lincoln, IkiNton, HundorUnd, 
 OatMihoad, Hcarborough, Chtwtcrfleld, Donoaator, Maoclo*- 
 field, Wakoflolil, and iomo othar minor towna, till 1847, 
 whati ha thought it hia duty to return to America. During 
 tht aeven yeara of hia ata/ in England and Ireland, nearly 
 iwmt^-itao thotisund ptnotit profeaaed convdraion under 
 hia immediate labora, and ncoi ly tm thoiuiaml entered into 
 the reat of full Malvation. 
 
 Since hia return, Mr. Gaoghey baa apent lua iummera in 
 
 ■^ literary labora at hia residence in nurlingtajpl^t. During 
 the winter montlia ho haa preache<l auccossively in New 
 York, Albany, Pr<fvidcnce, Ix)wcU, Foil ttivur, Warren and 
 Cincinnati, in' the United Statoa, and in Toronto, Quebeo 
 and London, in Canada. In aome of thoae placea he haa 
 been aingulorl^ auccoaaful. In all of thorn It is labora have 
 been ott(Bnded ^h the unction of the Holy Ono. 
 
 Mr. Cttugliey ia a aelf-odubatod man. He haa been ah 
 oxtonaivo reader, and hia mind ia richly atored with the beat 
 thoughta pf the beat English writera. Ho pteicsaea a re- 
 markably vivid imii(;ination, which, in ita ordcnt flighu, 
 aomotimca, thoughnot often, aoara into the auburba of fan- 
 ciful regions. tQ|^jrpep.iive facultioa are super ior, hia 
 reasoning P^^^^o^^^^Mfeljpu^not logical in the higheat 
 acnso. His *"<'"»<>'a|9S||M|^ ready ; hence ho 
 
 has a largo troasur^jSpyJTat C|^m[j||^: His mind pos- 
 aesscs great force ; Kiril miihner ia earnest ^nd persuasive ; 
 hia geaticulation natural. Hia voice possesses remai'kable 
 compass ; if not richly musical, it is very pleasant, and the 
 more it ia heard the mora it channa. Hia disooursea boar 
 
 ' the mark of originality. It ia true they often flaah with 
 

 
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 thtf intolleettt*! Jew«li ^^|i|iil writort, btil thcM ura 5iith- 
 fUlljr ioknowMgiwhrflp«»fc|M^nnotMi, both in thougbt ud 
 ■truoturv, «fe ii|IMimiw ini^ ()(1J4|)ringi of h'm own miml. 
 
 Such i« t^ mfllf Mpo uf whoM m*rvelIoui niOTotnenU 
 «nd p«rlr)i^j|||||)«rionco« fonn tho topio of thoM pogcNi. 
 Nnturt formiHl him • 91011 above tho'modiooritr of mon, but 
 ih<tdid uot endow him with the liighMt gida of goniua, Thfl 
 church hai manj tninuiten of Urger powen, more highly 
 cultivated, .better read, and of hi|rhor intelloc^uttl rank, 
 but whoae luooeaaea in (jod'i work will not bmr coinpariaon 
 with thoflo of Mr. Caughoj. Whence, then, has hia iape« 
 rior power proceeded? *Whjr has he won iuch viotoriei in 
 tho church of Qod ? We muat leave this queation unaolved, 
 or attribute hb auirpriaing inKMieM to tho Holy 8pirit,'who 
 fiiids hitt inittruinenta among the herdmcn of TukoA, or at 
 the foot of Qamaliul, oa hia aovereign wisdom may decide. 
 To thia source Mr. Caughoy himself micrihcs tho glory of 
 his fruitfuln(}s8. Wo do thek same, and invite tho reader to 
 tho pleasant work of tracing* tho influence of tho Holy 
 Ipirit as displayed in his private mentil exorcises and public 
 
 [fH. W^urd aasu#d that no candid man can peruse tho 
 fing pdgW without fooling himself moved to become a 
 holier man, and a more earnest hiboror in the vineyard of 
 tho Lord. 
 
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 CHAPTER II. 
 
 A WBEK OF AGONIZING CONFLICTS. 
 
 In this chapter we shall find Mr. Caughey toiling to 
 overcome the hindrances which a spiritless church, and a 
 state of hardened indiflFerence to divine things in the com- 
 munity generally, placed in the way of his opening move- 
 ments in Huddersfield. The peculiarity of this portion of 
 his journal -iies in the full exjtosi its author makes of the 
 workings of his distressed spirit. It lays his heart open to 
 the reader's eye, and reveals the mental agony of which he 
 was the subject. Perhaps his soliloquies are, in some parts, 
 too long continued ; but they aro so true to the experience 
 of every Christian who knows what it is to travail for souls, 
 we are sure the spiritual reader will peruse them both with 
 interest and profit. 
 
 huddersfield^ December 2;. 1844, Monday morning.— 
 Preached in Buxton-rOad Chanel yesterday morning and 
 night. Had some power. The chapel is a hard Mace to 
 speak in; it is large, but the difliculty is a vast 'limpart- 
 ment behind the pulpit, for the accommodation of hundreds 
 of Sabbath-school children and teachers. kW^is vacancy 
 beSind the preacher; and if his head be somewhat vacant of 
 ' ideaSy woe be to him ! But though his head be full as the 
 rich farmer's barns of old, it avails him little, so long as that 
 .vo/rf in th e r e ar quite divid e s hia voice, nothing to reac ts 
 
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 and send it forward, — m^^ divided it Tails" inio feebleness^ 
 unless he ptits on a strength that will quite exhaust him 
 before he has half finished. Such a construction is a great 
 I error ; but the preacher is the sufierer. 
 
 English Weslejan chapels, usually, are the easiest edi- 
 fices in the world to speak in. Their pulpits project out 
 into the congregation. The orchestra and organ (for they 
 are near]j all furnished with organs) are behind the pulpit, 
 with a front sufficiently high to serve as a ^^ sounding- 
 fboard,^^ — not, indeed, over the head of the preacher, but 
 i close behind, upon which his voice reacts^ and sounds forth 
 with great power, and little efibrt comparatively. I have 
 I found it easier to make three thousand people hear in such 
 I chapels than seven or eight hundred in some of our Amer- 
 ;ican churches, with pulpit close '^to brick pr« stone wall. 
 |Buxton-r(Md Chapel is a sad Exception, for the reason 
 I already given.* A few souls were saved yesterday. 
 
 Tuesday i Dec. 3. — ^Prayer-meeting lost night ; a co/df, 
 
 [hard time, surely; people cold,— looked as if they had 
 
 [been praying but little" in secret, but expecting to light their 
 
 Jtorch at somebody ^s else fire,^ perhaps mine; but for some 
 
 reason or other mine burned so low, there was little for 
 
 mybody except sel/j and not enough at that, for I was very 
 
 incomfortable. pad the Bridegroom come, there would 
 
 [have been trouble in the camp, I fear. Matt. 25.— "Give 
 
 isofyour oil, for our lamps have gone out. Not so; lest 
 
 jthere be not enough for us and yOu: but go ye rather to 
 
 Ithem that sell, and buy for yourselves." Nor did. there 
 
 [seem to be much disposition for that, either, — with one 
 
 [exception, a poor boAiksUder^ whose lamp had long gone 
 
 *, For flome remarks on the structure of churches, see Appendix. 
 
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 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 out ; he got oil from above, and ^re to kindle it, and shined 
 among us like a Pharos over a sea of gloom. 
 
 There is much green wood in Hudderefield, or I am 
 much mistaken, — not easily kindled into a ilame^ indis- 
 posed to catch Gospel-fire, — as much so as the drenched 
 wood on the memorable altar on Mount Oarmel. However, 
 Huddersfield wood is on the altar of our God. But the 
 devil, instead of Elijah, has thrown a dozen barrels of the 
 water of lukewarmness upon it. Hush, my soul ! when 
 the fire of the Lord comes down it will bum the wood, and 
 lick up all the water. . May it be so, until all the people 
 shall cry, as of old on Carmel, "The Lord, he is the God! 
 The Lord, he is the God ! "— 1 Kings 18. It is thus, my 
 Ldrd, that thou dost prove the heavenly origin of revivals ! 
 Amen ! 
 
 Wednesday, Dec. 4.^ — A gloomy time last night. No 
 freedom. The people, too, were somewhere else. Satan 
 is going to usurp upon me here. His legions are in " the 
 hill country J ^ — veteran ^cwrf*, who curse the throne of 
 God, and scorn these poor sinners, though they know it 
 not; ay, mj weak soul, that would snatch them from a 
 gaping hell. In the eyes of devils I am one of "the weak • 
 things of this world ; " but my soul knows their scorn ; but 
 devils know, and I know, that God often uses such " weak 
 things," and things which are not, and things which are 
 despised, to bring to naught the things which are, that 
 no flesh, yes, and no devils, may glory in his presence. — 
 ljDor.l:27. 
 
 We shall see. With the psalmist, my eyes are unto the 
 hills, from whence cometh my help. Infernal opposition 
 comes over these Huddersfield hills, — doubt it not, my ^ 
 soul ! If angels from heaven were my cmifidences I should 
 fear for the result; for one devil withstood an angel sent on 
 

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 a divine mission twentj-one days,— a great angel, too,— <^ 
 Dan. 10 : 6,— his body like the beryl, his face like the 
 lightning^ his eyes like lamps of fire,' his arms and feet in 
 color like to polished brass, and the voice of his words like 
 the voice of a multitude : and yet one devil copccTwith him 
 in a conflict of twenty-one days, and how much longer no- 
 body can tell, had not Michael, the archangelVtushed down 
 from heaven to his assistance,— poor Daniel praying all the 
 time- ^^^^ ^^^^^ is so strong, what shall we say of the 
 coml^i^mce of all those legions, of whom it is said, 
 
 ' « "They throng the air, and darken heaven " 7 
 
 Great as are tlie angels ia power and strength, 1 would 
 despair if left altogether to their aid. But with him in the 
 Bible my soul cries out, "■ Our h elp is in the name of the 
 Lord, who maxie heaven and ea rth." It was pot an angel 
 which Jesus promised to the church, to indemnify her for 
 the loss of his Visible presence, and by which to convince 
 the world of sm, righteousness and judgment; no, but the 
 Holy Ghost, the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, the third 
 person of the Godhead. He might well tell his disciples to 
 tarry at Jerusalena until they were endued wi!h power 
 from on high, promising them a baptism of the Holy Ghost 
 not many days hence; otherwise they would have been 
 helpless as withered leaves before " the Prince of the power 
 of the air, the Spirit that now worketh in the children of 
 disobedience," and with amazing e^iergy. For this Holy 
 Spirit I wait; no victory over ^opposing powers without 
 his aid. 
 
 Thursday, Dec. 5.— Knocked hard and loud at the door 
 ofclosed hearts last night; but the ^m of voices within — 
 Ignorance, Prejudice and Unbelief— was louder and more 
 mfluential than my poor voice. My heart groans within 
 
 
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 EARNESX CHRISTIANITt ILLUSTRATED, 
 
 me ; my spirit is stirred. Thought best to open all the 
 doors and windows, so to speak, of my soul, for a thorough 
 airing, this morning ; nor are the breezes of grace denied, 
 difiusing a heavenly sweetness through all within. Walked 
 out for a while. How sweet the reflection that by prayer 
 one reaches out the hand of the soul to God I nor is it ever 
 refused when offered sincerely in faith and love. Want of 
 success is apt to be the death of joy, or to hiake it very 
 languid. At such times one is more inclined to groan eve?'- 
 more than to "rejoice evermore; " especially when Satan 
 and his fiends, and sinful men, like Sanhallat, and Tobiah, 
 aiid the Arabians, who said of Nehemiah and his keepers 
 on the ruined walls of Jerusalem, when they were almost 
 buried in rubbish, "What do these feeble Jews? will they 
 fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an 
 end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps 
 of the rubbish which are burnt? Even that which they 
 build, if a /oar go up he shall even break down their stone 
 wall."-T- Neb. 4. But if one cannot " rejoice evernio?^£ " 
 just now, the spirit may retain a gracious aptitude for it, 
 like a bird on the branph, ready, on the first blink of sun- 
 shine, to burst out into a song of joy. TilJ then, one may 
 watch and ^^pray without ceasing,"^ — ejacniatory 'prayer, 
 Paul means, I suppose, — broken fragrjients of desire and 
 pr&jer, projected upward continually to God ; arrows of 
 thought in soul-wishes, darting heavenward as arrows from 
 ft, bow, — the bow of confidence in God, — feathered with 
 faith, and hope, and love. May iny quiver be full of them, 
 these days ! ', ■../■■ 
 
 PSst 1 .o'clock, P. M. — Sadness is a dyer ; it discolors 
 everything, and drapes the soul in sable. How charmless 
 and dreary all appears under its influence ! How it drives 
 the soul back upon itself, and ihuta one up within one's 
 
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 self! " Faith without joy is like a ship without sails," said 
 a Swiss divine. Just so. Apd what strength to wrestle 
 with the waves has a sailless ship ? — unless a steamer 
 with tlie propelling power in her owa bosom, her motions 
 and motive power from within, acting against wind, and 
 waves, and tides, from the individuality of h6r own cliarac- 
 ter. There is little of the steamer about mo, these days ; 
 rather like the "sail-ship," depending too much upon out- 
 ward circumstances,-^ a feeling that must be overcome 
 before the changes ihvit are desirable can come. 
 
 The air in one's lungs and the blood in one's veins are 
 two main sources of strength. Deprive the most robust oi 
 either, weak as infancy is not the word — death ! And 
 what can a dead man do? Faith is a source of strength, 
 3ut it should have joy for a companion,— as the blood to 
 ihe air in the lungs. Paul speaks of " the joy of faith."—' 
 Phil. 1 : 25. '' The joy of the Lprd is your strength," says 
 Nehemiah. My '''Ufe-bhodl' runs low; jOy seems like the 
 life-blood of one's religion, so to speak. 
 
 Well, if I have not gladness, may my soul be full of 
 [goodness ! If success be wanting, Honesty of purpose need 
 not. A decrease in usefulness may be attended by an 
 increase of holiness. If the Lord intend this, through his 
 igrace, he shall not be disajtpointed If there be no show^ 
 \ers from above, let me have the distiUings of the heavenly 
 dew. " The deio may fall, though the honey-comb may not 
 drop," as one remarked. "I will be as the dew unto 
 Israel," saith the Lord,b3r Hosea. What the effect ? *'He 
 shall grow as the lily, and' cast forth his roots as Lebanon • 
 his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the 
 olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon; they that dwell under 
 his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and ■ 
 [grow as the vine ; the scent t h ereof shall b e as the wine of 
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 Lebanon."~Ho8ea 14. What a plustor of figures are 
 here! all of God's own selection, pleasant in the outward 
 ' letter, spiritually sweet in the inward sense. I must 
 preach upon that text. In the mean time he a, dew unto my 
 soul, Lord ! Dew is Nature's aUy against rfro^^A/. I^t 
 18 a God-send, as one may say, in the absence of rain. 
 
 There iat^ temperafupe at which dew begins to form 
 called the dew-point; and there must be deep tranquillity 
 m the atmosphere, besides. The soul has her dew-point 
 also,— that precise state when God becomes as 4ew unto it' 
 ^ I have often realized it, and shall again," through Divine 
 mercy. This, however, is the time when faith must most 
 ptedominate. It seems God's order,- 1 must ietoe, and 
 go forward; the old Joy-surprises will not be wanting 
 The Lord reigneth, and my heart shall rejoice. • -f 
 
 ^ I observed, the other night, that whitish belt which en- 
 compasses the sky,- the ^rafo^j,, or milky-way,- a puzzle 
 to those not familiar i^hh. the revelations of the telescope 
 ^hich iB^nly the commingling glory of a vast assemblage 
 of stars, m a higher planetary arrangemeht, in other >ma- 
 ments I thought of another galaxy, which is like another 
 6e^ of glory, but drawn across the Scriptures, shining 
 resplendently in Hebrews 11 j ai^^semblage of stars bril 
 hant^har^cters, eminently attractive in their spheres. Thev 
 were b\1 ^nalized in their times forsome great quality or 
 mer J^oah, for his ship architecture, sacri^s and cour- 
 age; his ark and his voyage over a shoreless ocean; a 
 (^mountem-top for a harbor, and «march of the whole world 
 atlast ^AraAam, for his wealth?" /o.^A, as a dream-in- 
 erpreter, and for his political honors, itfo..., forhisleam- 
 ^'^.f TT'J^ ^^ '^'^Sth. Joshua, for his courage. 
 /^AMaA.for his fideUty to his vow. G^eon, for hisZ 
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 Ithe valley like grasshoppers for multitude, — and their cam- 
 jols without number, as the sand bj the sea-side for multi- 
 jtude."^ David, for his mi/i/ary achievements, regal honors, 
 IstateSman-like abilities, and for his poetical and -musical 
 [celebrity. Samuel, for his integrity. Sarah, a joyful 
 Imother of a son and heir when ninety years old. Rahab, for 
 lei* hospitality to the spies. Besides an untold number of 
 jlesser and nameless stars, all distinguished, doubtless, in 
 Jthdr times, ^by some particular traits of character, at which 
 Ithe world might gaze with admiration. But mark! no 
 [credit is given to Abraham, Noah, &c. &c. Their faith 
 [is the honored gem in their character; all other accomplish- 
 ments are eclipsed by its brilliance. " By faith " they did 
 so and so. Lord Jesus, increase my faith ! Surely much 
 faith is needed at ih,vs crisis in my ministry; an overcom- 
 ing faith, ay, and /o»e,— what Mr. Wesley calls "Attm^fe, 
 gentle, patient, Christ-like love." But not that diluted, 
 ''milk-and-water, wishy-washy " sort of an affection, — a 
 \ gooil'for-nothiritg against sin, the devil and carnality, with- 
 out vitality and strength, smiling upon everything feebly 
 as a wintry moonbeam on ice and snow, which neither 
 i thaws, nor disputes, nor alters the form of anything. But 
 fa^fovc that burns or melts, moves, disputes and changes 
 the aspect of affairs ; that knows to frown as well as smile, 
 when to oppose and when to yield ; a sparkling fountain 
 at the heart's door, fed from the living Fountain above, 
 which mll^nd a way or make it. A love burning in the 
 soul, and beaming out on the tearful cheeks, like that ever- 
 to-be-remembered burst of sunshine on the Wild, dark 
 waters of the Atlantic, in the hour of storm and conflict 
 0, give me such a love, without \Aich I am but as sound- 
 ing brass or a tmkling- cymbal .'separate from -which, faith, 
 though mountain-moving, would profit me nothing. ~ 
 
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 KABNEST OUBWIlANITy IlLUSTBATED. 
 
 1 An d writer eays, " Paith md Ioto arc tho two poles 
 . upon which all true religion turns,"- ,y, and tho two 
 f, poles upon which every true revival turns. Thoy arc be- 
 sides, two of the mightiest weapons in battling for Ood'and' 
 eottls. By tAese Jesus has often enabled me to turn the 
 tide 0/ battle when nothing stared us in tho face but dis- 
 order and defeat. 
 
 Past 4 o'clock.- Have been walking out and ponderin<r 
 over matte™. Small congregations all the week. Cannot 
 f Ik 1*""^ *" '^P'"' "'"'""et » fine audience on the 
 
 • ^! i. ""'.r™ "■" "»' ^"""^ ■»» '■" 'to week ser- 
 vices. The sMHUieal year has come. It has no chaSns. 
 
 Spn^ual freedom « not desired. They prefer tho servi- 
 tude of sin^ And so Satan has bored their care to his door- 
 posts, by a.e a»/ of temptation, to servo him forever.- E^ 
 
 tl^'tL Z^2. "' '"^'' "^ ^"" "^" *« 'r- 
 
 HioiVere fl-oorf ,W,oa^«,„, at first, and sixty^one saved. 
 After tiat came death. The meetings dwindled,- empty 
 
 in^lr r r ^''"' G''*"'^ Pl-^lged herself to bo 
 mmcible she sent Leonidas, with his three hundred Spar- 
 ■tens, to Thermopyte. Let me make a Thermopylae of it 
 though as many devils oppose as Pereians agai Jleonidas,' 
 
 But If I be God-smf and God-placed, it is right to bo 
 Btrong in puTKJse and.in hope. If not, woe be to me ! 
 
 n^lt^ 1 **^*.°- ^'"™ '^ ""*"g f" >' but a stand. 
 »P fight for the rights of Christ. The cause is good what- 
 ever becomes of James Caughe>. Christ is T .Jrldo 
 »d imgels are around us. This is my cross. Tho^ it 
 
 uraoe is needed to seue the serpent by the t ail, li ko Moses . 
 
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 it maj turn into the rod of God in my hand, and shako tho 
 'irone of the infernal Pharaohs. Amen. 
 
 There may bo hmiey at the end of the rod, as at the end 
 ^f Jonathan's stick,— 1 Sam. 14 : 27,— which I may eat and 
 iot die. The cross is heavy and joyless noWj'as if made of 
 lard wood, yet it is a pledge of Joy and of victory, as of 
 ^Id. I would think wim that good man in prison for Je- 
 18, but now with him in glory. I know no man has a vel- 
 k/ cross, but tho cross is made of what God will have it. 
 Tet I dare not say, that I had liberty to sell the cross ! 
 lest therewith, also^ I should sell joy, comfort, sense of 
 ^ove, and the kind visits of the Bridegroom. Amen. If 
 ruth f^ls like seed by the way-side in Huddersfield, I 
 lust wait and see. Lord, help me ! I am but as a feather 
 In the wind, unless thou dost give me solidity by a weightier 
 Saptiam of thy love. 
 
 This is the fact,— the Sabbath sehnons created no spir- 
 itual appetite for more; d,bad sign in me or in them. 
 *^he preacher was in fault^r the souls of the pe*oplo are 
 )ut of health. Jesus gives his blessing to those wlio hunger 
 *nd thirst after righteousness, everybody kn&ws, but who 
 tares ? who believes him ? Christ and the world never dor 
 igree in their reckoning,— in nothing more than in this 
 laatter of spiritual hunger and thirst. The world little 
 cnows, and cares as little, that iheae restless and often pain- 
 ful appetites are but a mearis to an end. They are God's 
 methods of calling us to the Gospel feast. They stand in 
 the same relation to the soul, as their fiamesakes to the 
 ly. Why are such blessed? Because of what they 
 
 [imliWc. Lt/c, for instance. A dead man neither A«m- 
 rers nor thirsts. Returning health.— When an invalid's 
 (ppetite returns, physicians and friends have hope of him! 
 
 ^Established health.— The Greek of our Saviour's words for 
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 EARWBBT CURISTIAJIITY ILLU8TIIATBD. 
 
 hunger. and thirst is, in my old Greek 'Jf^estamonfc, in the 
 presoiit participle, thug, "lilossed are thoy whici^aro hun- 
 gering and thirsting after riglitcouaness, for thoy shall bo 
 filled," — noUhyJits and starts, then, as some individualu, 
 or like my last Sabbath congregations, having a voraciouai 
 appetite for a sermon or two, and puny uU tho week after. 
 It Is a bud sign in a patient ; ho wants medicine moro than 
 food, and nif^cino ho docs not like, poor man ! But when 
 1 10 appetite is good 'for ono meal, and bettor for the no:rt, 
 and so on, then is health returning liko a tide. It is not 
 inedicino ho wants then, but good, wholesomo food, and. 
 plenty of it. , ^ . . 
 
 Next comes usefulness^— a good appetite and strcntft^* 
 for business go togothQr. But tho contrary holds good,-**»a' 
 disordered stomach, loss of appetite, debility and unfitness 
 for work, arc companions. All this is "easy of spiritual- 
 izatioji.^' I really feel as if I could preach fromthis text. 
 But not till tho Iluddcrsficld folks get a better appetite. 
 No use to expatiate on tho goodness of viands, when there 
 is nobody to dine. IJverything is beautiful in its season, I 
 suppose. Besides, people are not fond of hearing they are 
 'really out of health, until thoy are made to feel it with 
 sorrow and alarm. We shall sec, "by and by, my soul ! 
 
 Jesus says, " For they shall be filled ; " one reason why 
 he pronounces the blessing upon them, they shall not hun- 
 gci' in vain ; " they shall be filled," with as much as they 
 expected, and with as good as they expected. The world 
 does not usually fill after that fashion ! and with an ability 
 to enjoy it,— there the world fails again ! and with no 
 charge upon the purse, — this would bankrupt the world to 
 fill without charge. A^l Christ seems to ask at his table is, 
 , that his guests bring a good appetite. " Ho, every one that 
 thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath 
 
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 money : coiDO) buy wine and milk without money and with- 
 out price.'' — Isaiah. What! •* buy without money and 
 without price?" Yes, tliose are the terniB of the Gospel 
 market, as well as at Christ's table. It is fact ! And yet 
 Iluddorsficld sinners will not accept, though on ^4^10 point 
 of 'Spiritual starvation. But it is thus Christ ^lls, nevcr- 
 tll)1|lu88 ; and thus Satan fills not. Poor sinners pay deur 
 feK&is filling. His slaves neither get fi^ good as they ex- 
 pCctod, nor as much, nor capacity to dnjoy, — "negative 
 happinosis " or positive misery. An empty heart, a lean 
 soiil^ secret discontent, warring and dissatisfied passions, 
 prevent tha enjoyment of some ; a chastizing or a disap- 
 pointing Providence, others ; while some, like one of old, 
 have their "loins filled with a loathsome diseased; " wliile 
 "the backslider in heart is filled with his own ways," as 
 the ITiblo threatens. Water in the bucket is the same as 
 water in the well; the stream resembles the foutitain 
 frotn whence it proceeds ; fire in the grate, jthe same as that 
 which filla Vesuvius ; the filling which the wicked receive 
 upon earth dilfcrs more in quantity, perhaps, than in qual- 
 ity, from the filling received by the damned in hell. I must 
 sound these things aloud in the ears of these sinners ; may 
 ibe they will cease to feed at the devil's tables, — costs have 
 restrained many an epicure. Burns thought of this : 
 
 , " 0, would they stay to cojculate \ 
 
 The eternal consequences ; 
 Or your more dreaded hell to state, 
 Damnation of expenses ! " 
 
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 The cost of the devil's filling here is pretty heavy, on 
 
 [health, purse and peace; on character, liberty and life. 
 
 i The devil's service is expensive. His pay is dearly earned. 
 
 His pleasures are high in market. "Thou hast done evil 
 
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IAIU71BT CHaiflTIAWITT IltUfltlUTID. 
 
 M thoa couldat," ia tho Lord's retort upou Home of tho 
 • ungodlj,- according to thy timo, or puno, or station, or 
 opportunity. Sinnorg ore called "dogs" in Scripture- 
 perhaps from tho fact that so many of them feed on crumbi 
 beneath their master's table. The great ones of the ear^ 
 ore not the majority in the devil's family, but they ^t 
 around his tables, and they are well furnished ; the dogs 
 catch at tjbe sinful crumbs which fall through the fingers 
 of those above them, or are turned off with their leamngs, 
 --too bad, seeing they are all to share the same hell! 
 Devils grin and angels mourn. Poor creatures/ they try 
 to be content, and will hardly believe that Jesus has any- 
 thing better at his tables, or a richer reward for his service. 
 ^ X must try to create discontent and mutiny in Satan's fam- 
 ily. I8hall/ry. The " db^, " will W>t before long, as 
 their namesakes do when they hedr or see anything extraor- 
 di^y Let them ! Satan will miss them fron|jmder his 
 tables before long, I verily believe. Amen! 
 
 JrT'l^^' ''ir''"'''"^ ^ ^' ^"^'^y^ *h« poorest 
 sam of his IS fed at the same table and upon the same 
 
 dainties as the Richest. Of the two, the poor who are rich 
 
 in fiiith have the preference U^ bestmd highest seats, being 
 
 Mrs peculiar to a kipgdom, as St. James hints.-- James 
 
 2:6. If there be anything like an aristocracy, it is in 
 
 holiness; but Uiat degree is open to the poor as well as the 
 
 open for all who are ambitious to be like Jesus, -- for the 
 
 fot^y and thejight-pursed, aa well as for the ;ealthy. 
 Uis yoke is easy, and his burden is Lght '< HoTrrich 
 
 ir'^^r^*^ "'^^""^ ^ow/....^.Theysh:i L 
 Ztl ^^^^ Pf°^' How often have I realized its 
 Ztl ^tiV^^ ^^?g^.^ith good things, free of 
 charge, without impo ver islSng himselt: When Jesus Z 
 
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 83 
 
 Ipon the earth ho ibd firo thousand people at onco. No 
 viiection to dofrajr expenses. Iiigtoud of Bonding hittdiHci- 
 ileti around to collect pay, ho' ordered them to gather up 
 |io /retgmctUs. And such were the pro/Us, I (jucBtioa 
 rhethor Judas himself complained. They had but Jive 
 nrhy loaves and two small fishqa^ begin with, and thoso 
 lud carried probably in a couplo of baskets. But when 
 iey gathered up the fragments they filled twelve basket* 
 ill ! — r John 6. 0, there is enough for all the multitudei ' 
 ' sinners around these hills of Iluddersfield ! 
 My solitary soul lingers around the promise, ^^ Blessed '■ 
 Iro they that do hunger,'' &o. Hut is there not a reverses 
 to this blessing? an implied curse? a terrible malediction f 
 ks much as if ho ha'd said, '* Cursed oxo they who do not\\ 
 Wnger and thirst after righteousness"? Are they not,!-.^ 
 bursed already with a sickli/ soul, as a loss of appetite ia^ ^ 
 Srith a sickly body ? Are they not cursed with dismal ^ 
 wu»/>cc/«, as ho whoso appetite ia destroyed by rfwca«c ? 
 The ono forebodes the grave; the other, hell Are they not 
 bursed with fcar/td retributions 7 Those who do not hun- 
 ker and thirst after righteousness will do so after some- 
 lung else. Are these spiritual appetites of the soul ever 
 \iactive ? But those who hunger and thirst after some- 
 ling else despise the g^ce of God; they do bo perversely, 
 'that is, contrary to God's order. Then trouble comes, 
 the soul or body, business or family. The Lord treats 
 hem pc/ver^e/y, contrary to their order. Are they not 
 bursed with a terrijic doom on the death-bed ? They may 
 yish to have grace then; when, alas ! they may not'havo 
 the grace of repentance,— which is often the case, ^and 
 
 ■ire quite void of 5am^/aiVA and n>/t^ wio/ive; hungering 
 md thirsting after righteousnes a is a sort of necessary yggj?- 
 ^ort for heaven. Not for the love of heaven, or ^y con- 
 
 
 
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 EARNEST CHRISTIANITT ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 ' geniality with iia employments, but because it suits them 
 better than to sink to hell, — as I desired & passport to France 
 once, and sought it earnestly, not because I loved France or 
 its religion, or^esired to, but because it suited my conve- 
 nience to yiaitih&t ooxmtrj. Poor souls! they would feel 
 themselves as much out of their element in heayen, as I did 
 in France. But, then, think of the terrible doom of hell! 
 'Dives thirsted in vain for a drop of water to cool his 
 ; tongue. 0, how much better had it been for that rich mail, 
 in his lifetime, to have said, with the psalmist, "As the 
 hart paxiteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul 
 after thee, God! My soul thirsteth for God, even for 
 the living God : when shall I come and appear before God?" 
 — Ps. 42: 1, 2. Thk heU-thirsf is the alternative, with- 
 out parable or hyperbole. Huddersfield sinners mus)t hear 
 r^:: of these things. There ar^ weapons in this armory. The 
 Holy Spirit alone can set them on, however. My depend- 
 ence must be in Him, and not in the weapons themselves. 
 ^Well, I did not think of writing so much. This is enough 
 for one day. It served to relieve my solitary heart. It is 
 f easier to write than to fyht or reason with the devil and 
 Imbelief! I see the fulness there is in Christ for sinful 
 man,— I/cc/for poor deluded sinners, and am resolvedio 
 . attempt their rc5c«c from the devil, and to bring them to 
 : Christ , . * 
 
 /Dec. 6th.— The loadstoneytm not draw. An old writer 
 flays it failed in hi^ day, because of the. depth otrust on the - 
 ^n ! There must be much rust here, or the Gospel would 
 draw more people to it; for I am sure Jesus the heavenly 
 ^ magnet is in my sermons. " And I, if I be lifted up, will 
 draw all men unto me." He who knows ih^prnver of, free 
 agency, and th6 ruM ^ depravity, will not suspect the ve- 
 racity or sincerity of my Lard. No. my soul! The Sab- 
 
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 bath sermons left no softness for the week ; there wact a 
 shower, too. But it is with mind as with the ^elds, I sup- 
 pose, after a long drought. A shower falls, and runs off 
 [quickly, without penetrating the ground,— it is too hard to 
 receive it, and though made a little soft, it is as hard as 
 ever in a few hours. It is not till after a succession of 
 showers, the earth is fit to absorb it. There is sound phi- 
 llosophy in these continuous meetings, whatever some may 
 Bay to the contrary. But they include a great trial of one's 
 faith and patience. It is not eaisj working i^gainst the 
 l(/rai?i of depraved nature. It is easy sailing with the tide ; 
 [all the easier when. t^in^ and tide are favorable. Revival 
 efforts have not this advantage, I know it to my sorrow, 
 and have in many a campaign. What then? The finger 
 of God is the more evident in tjctory. " It is not by might, 
 nor by power, but by my Spir^^iaiith the Lord of hosts." 
 A steamer asks no fiivors from wind and tide. The sail- 
 ship ia liable to be earned by winds and » currents whither 
 the captain and crew would not. She is a creature of cir- 
 cumstances. Not so the steatner; i^e propelling powir is 
 I within, and bids defiance to Outward opposition. Be it do 
 with my breast, Lord! and so^with all my helpers. 
 jThese words of Haggai, the prophet, thrill one's soul,— 
 *^ So my spirit remaineth among you : fear ye not." Amen 
 to what mjr Lord doth say ! I can say with the old poet : 
 
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 «• As for me, I '11 ride secure ^ 
 
 M thy mercy*i tacred anchor, ^ 
 And undaunted will endure - ' 
 
 Fiercest storms of wrong and rano6r ; 
 These black clouds will over blow. 
 
 Sunshine shall have his returning. 
 And my. grief-wrung heart I know 
 
 Into mirth shall change its mooming." 
 
 
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 Friday noon.— Difficulties must bo looked in the face. 
 
 The mill of trade drowns my voice as yet. Each night 
 
 some new feature of discouragement. Late attendance, va- 
 
 cant countenances, sad teH-tales to a preacher. The needle 
 
 in the compass points in the direction of the influence that 
 
 draws it; the heart is with the business it left behind,- 
 
 the countenance indicates it. Duty done or not done there, 
 
 is of more consequence than what should be done here. 
 
 Vacant looks are poor pledges for heart attention ; as if 
 
 those hearts are talking with the world, while the preacher 
 
 IS l^kmg to them : "away from duty while on duty" as 
 
 one observes. Ay, that is it,— minds playing mth feath- 
 
 crs, m the hearing oi solid truths. 
 
 Satan takes great advantage of these things, aa Shimei 
 of David's troubles. 2 Sam. 16 : 9, 10.- a^rscs and 
 jeers at my mim'stry. how mysterious is this diabolical 
 agency^and one's impression of it ! But I have an High 
 Priest, one who can be touched with the feeling of my m- 
 frmities. What changes in his own history, " from the 
 grandeur of heaven, to the wants and sorrows of earth" ' 
 
 His car, once familiar with heaven's acclamations or songs 
 01 aqoration, ' ° 
 
 " That undisturbed song of piS consent. 
 
 Aye sung around thy sapphire^jolored throne. 
 To Him who sat thereon ! " 
 
 On earth he wis saluted with ibe jibea, jeers and re- 
 Vroachcs, of those he came to redeem. That'iiame to which 
 mTrknee in Wn bowed became a tem if reproach. 
 That/«e at which the flame of angelical loTe was Ldled 
 was covered with spittle from bl«pheming mouths. " let 
 »U lie angels of God worship him," in one place,-" Cru- 
 crfyhim! cruoifyhim! Awaywith him! away J>.Him ■" 
 
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 fin another. Here, sought to be worshipped and adored by 
 \wise men and ^heph^ds ; and yonder, a little after, 
 I sought to be butcheredi^^^ — . 
 
 <« Lamb of God, was ever pain, 
 Was OYer grief, like thine ! " 
 
 No contrasts in human history can equal thine f A 
 \ glorious throne in one part of Us dptninions, — a black 
 |cro55, red with his own blood, in another ! 
 
 •* Cto we thy houseless nights fbrget. 
 The cold dew on thy temples lying,— 
 
 The tounts, the «pear, the 6/oo<2y ctMat, 
 the lattt long affony of dying? 
 
 Thy present gifts, so large and firee. 
 
 The transports of eternity T '* 
 
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 Personally ^ what are my little annoyances and humilia- 
 tions ? "What honest man desires to be above the par of his 
 real worth? He that is nothing, and knms it, can well 
 bear to be nothing. This only is to be thought of,— souls 
 are at stake, Jesus is not glorified in their salvation. If 
 Christ falls in human estimation, I disire to fall with him. 
 Wl^fk as I am, and small, his interests and glory are 
 mine. If Jesus is little thought of, it distresses me more 
 than any personal humiliation. 0, but if mortified self- 
 love !— did I believe it lay concealed under this guise, how' 
 I would hate myself! Lord, search me, and know my 
 real thoughts ! If there be any of this in me, cast it out 
 forever and destroy it ! But it is sweet to identify ourself 
 with the interests of my Lord. I know it to be so. How 
 can a servant feel honored, ii his liaster be dishonored ? 
 
 It is well, however, to look unto Jesus, as St. Paul ad- 
 vises. "Consider him who endured such Contradiction of 
 sinners ag ain st h i mse l f, le s t y o b o w e aried ani l i m i t in y o ni^ 
 
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 minds^ Ye haye not yet resiBted unto blood, striying against 
 sin.*'— H^b.*12 : 8, 4. No, my Lord, no ! St. Paul was 
 called MercuriuSy — the god of eloquence, — in Lystra, 
 and oxen and garlandat "^ere brougjit forward to dp him 
 and Barnabas diyine. honor. A few days after, those same 
 Lystraians applied a shower of hard stones to Paul's head, 
 instead of garlands, till, prostrate and. senseless, he was^ 
 dragged out of the city as dead; but, recoyering in the pres- 
 ence of a few disciples who had gathered around his'body, 
 he set off for Derbe the next day • Onward, through honor 
 and dishonor, until he gained the cro^m of martyrctom. 
 
 Mr, Wesley yisited this town nearly /ot^*-«core years ago. 
 Inhis Journal. he says: • ^ 
 
 "Monday, Miay'9, 1767.— I rode oyer the mountains tcT 
 Huddersfield. ' A wilder people I neyer saw in England. 
 The men, women and children, filled the street as we rode 
 along, and appeared just ready to devour via. They were, 
 hoi^eyer, tolerably quiet while I preach^;, only a few 
 pieces of dirt v^e thrown, and the bell-man caine in the 
 middle of thesermon, but was stopped by a gentleman of ' 
 tlie town.. I had almost done when he began to ring the 
 bells, so that it did us small disseryice. How intolerable a 
 thing is tii^ GospeV of Christ to them who are resolyed to 
 oerye the deyil ! '^ ,: ♦ . v. ' 
 
 /What a change in H. since then ! "No mobs now. Meth- 
 odism is honorable now. Many of its &milies stand high 
 |n reputation, respectability emd wealth. It is not per- 
 secution, but indifference, we haye to contend with, now. 
 But, really, th^ latter k t^imoBt as bad. Perhaps, ij^ Satan 
 gets wounded, he may roar again. Amen| But, my* 
 Lord! do not suffer my nunifftary to become fruitUss, nor 
 my «ea& to it to fiul ! A, 
 
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 89 
 
 My lorrow is, iiwit of liliertj in preaobing ; words light 
 as snoW'JlatceSt and as cold; impre88i?e as U ^' Snow-fall ; " 
 in yonder mill-pond,— gone, lost instantly. Hard to fU 
 upon text J going ficom one to another, a#a bird from spray 
 ta spray. 0,for 
 
 ** The ipiritrof ferrent days of old, 
 When words were things that oame to pass, and thought 
 Flashed o^er the/ufure, bidding men behold I '* 
 
 O, for weightier meted I for lightnings of eternal truth ! 
 for louder artillery j with ^^ words like things which faU in 
 thunder i^^ to wake these dreaming thousands around me ! 
 that my soul were "an electric rod^ a lure for lightning 
 feelings" ! Rather, for the power of the Holy Ghost, 
 without which all this would be little t^etter than lightning 
 to the blind or thunder to the deaf ! without whose aid 
 
 -■: ■.;.. r ^ ■ ;- ^ ■■ . 
 
 << To raise the dey^il were an kdhnt'stadc 
 * Tfttli%tttf nosing man.'? 
 
 Lightnings of eternal truth ! "Ai| lightning to the deaden- 
 nmg sea," tmless accomtpanied by the Spirit of God from 
 heaven. , The poet meant it not for theology when he 
 spoke of^" as lief- coax a star from its orbit to perch upon 
 his finger, or the winds to follow him like dogs, or wring 
 the lightnings from the grasp of God," as do so and so, — 
 ay, as to coax a sinner out of his depraved orbit to follow 
 Christ to Calvary as'a penitent, or to wring his soul frop 
 the grasp of Satan without the instant q|)d continued aid 
 of the Holy Ghost : !* ' ; '^^ > 
 
 Hespoke the sentiment of my weary heart who finally 
 concluded that we may stand and knock at man's heart tiU 
 our own ocAe, but no opening can ]be made till the Spirit 
 ^»sm&, — It ift h e aloiie can fit a i A;ey to aJl ihe c r oss wa r ds- 
 
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 of the will within, and, with some sweet efficacy ^ open it 
 wittmit force or violence. 0,1 d/ believe this! Like 
 Peter in chains, my ministry must wait the coming of the 
 angel of the covenant. Like the disciples, rowing in vain 
 , among the waves, I must toil on till my Master's voice booms 
 over them : " Be not afraid ; it is I." That voice I have 
 heard ifhen his.power was manifest amid the waves of the 
 . people in other sanctuaries. . 
 
 The cross is still heavy and jdyless. WereSt^ lighter, I 
 , -might be colder. Th»se who carry a heavy burden are 
 sure to be warm. Faith would soon reach the freezing- 
 point without a cross. If it b6 hard and heavy, what 
 then? It is the Gospel fashion; velvet linings to the cross 
 has not yet become the ^eaven-approved fashion. People 
 like to be in the fashion — woul4 ahnost rather be out of 
 the world than out of the feshion. An old Christian once 
 said, "Let my Lord weare my piece 6f Time with white 
 and black, mik weal and woe; let the rose be neighbor 
 with the thorn. Sorrow ^nA tiie saint are not married 
 together; ox, suppose it were so. Heaven shall make a 
 divorce.^ Life is short, therefore crosses cannot be 
 long!" They are the very sentiments of iby soul, regard-' 
 ing the fashion of the q-ow my Lord may lay upon my 
 shoulder to bear after him ! . "" - 
 
 , The cross is ever a pledge o{ joy, us on anci«it banners 
 it was, the pledge of victory. It has been and shall be both 
 
 ?^re is ik\crown as wel] as a cross. The crown is in 
 perpetuity. The cross is temporary, and vanishes away 
 wUh life. The crown for the Aearf; the cross for the 
 shoulder. The head ia hot to l)e crowned till the burden 
 shall have^ been forever retooved from the shoulder, -- 
 
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 alike ^<b ■ coronations of ea^,^— for with the crown 
 Domes the burden and responsibilities of goyemment. 
 
 Well, it still does me good to write 4' little. Hafe often 
 
 found relief to my priyate feelings with the pen^jfr. pouring 
 
 lout my soul to Ood in prayer ; next to adfy ^jl paper f 
 
 VElectricUy comes by friction ; courage and energy ^ by 
 
 collision with difficultiei^- — in private first, then in public. 
 
 3o have I found it frequently in prayimr and meditation,-^ 
 
 ongue and pen al^ne with Ood, then play the num among 
 
 len an4 devils. Amenr! 
 
 ,J)ec. 10th.— > Some power on Sabbath, and soJoae success, 
 I Small congregations. Last night almost an empty hou^e. 
 : But the Lord took our part, and saved fifteen souls. Praiite 
 the Lord ! Still the signs of the times tae greatly forbid- 
 ding.' How are people to he awakenedf if Uiey come not 
 within hearing of the word ? "^e must have timber to hew 
 down, Or the axe is useless. We want h great revitial, but 
 then we must have the people. "Fai^h cometh by hear- 
 "*&!i'M'y8l*attl- 
 
 My soul is m a waiting position. Divine guidance is* 
 [much needed. Persecution^ rather than indiferencCf is 
 1 the cry of my soul — for then the Gospel has fiiir play. It 
 [ has nothing to fear from persecution*; everything firom indif' 
 Iference. ' The devil knows it, although,^ iif wounded^ like 
 toother dog, he will howl. He seldom barks till his king- 
 dom begins to be shaken. The* Gospel is in its glory when 
 Satan is in his fury. It has always been so ; that w, when 
 '\\B preachers have.been true to it, and unflinching. It is 
 by collision with the devUj and ^ra, and error ^ andopposi' 
 Jim, that Gospel weapons are sharpened. FliiHs will 
 kmdle Jires, if hard struck. for % conjagration hj the 
 strokes of persecution, hard or soft, light or heavy —from 
 men or devils ! Amen ! % 
 
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 Afternoon^ — There is a noble few in Huddersfield, who 
 are truly alive to God ; — choice familiea — the Malliiwons, 
 Webbs, Butterwprths, Dysons, Booths, Brookes, Shaws, and 
 others with whom I have not yet beftome familiar, — the 
 cream of Methodism. The leaders are men of God, burn- 
 ing for the conflict; but, like myself and, the pastors, 
 Revs. Messrs. Greeves, Ryan and Brice^ feel the discour- 
 _ aging aspect of things. What are officers without soldiers? 
 ' and what are both without an enemjL? The devil, like the 
 Russian general in Napoleon's disastrous campaign, refuses 
 Jight and retreats, who knows where ? and would starve 
 us to death midst the snoics of indifference. With such 
 officers and men as we have here, could we bring the enemy 
 into the field, victory would not long be doubtful. But we 
 «re jaded and weary in looking for his whereabouts. 
 
 Thursday. afternoon.— A co/rf heart and vacant look. 
 — how chilling when general in a congregation ! -- Adeatli 
 symjftom to a physician — so to a preacher — would freeze 
 or frighten eloquence out of its proprieties, poor thing, 
 were it "on hand " these times ! 
 
 Green .wood will burn, if one has enough of dry wood. 
 to mix with it! Dry wood soon burns itself out unless 
 mixed with green wood. Dead coals will sOon blaze amid 
 live ones; but the live ones grow dim unless there are 
 dead ones to kindle upon. There is much of this apparent 
 in revival effort. And " there is the rub " here in Hud- 
 dersfield. When here last May,, we had dry wood and wet 
 W004, live coals and dead ones, in abundance; enough to set 
 all the ktter in a blaze, with a few good blasts. That was 
 the tin>e for Huddersfield; the power of God was present 
 in every meetmg. But I had to leavfe for Sheffield. The 
 Pentecost of my mini stry occurred in Sheffield, whc 
 
 lere. in 
 
 about four months, three thousand three hundred and 
 
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 fifty -two souls were JUSTlTnCD, and eleven hundred an4 
 
 forty-eight souls were sanctified I What was gain for 
 
 [that town was loss to this. JlTo matter; it is all Imman- 
 
 |uel's land, — his oause Mere as here. TruCj but it makes 
 
 it harder here now. 1 engaged to come back here on my 
 
 return to England from the continent. That gave.Satan 
 
 time to get ready. He sprinkled the dry wObd with vain 
 
 rust in an arm of flesh, and made the green wood greener 
 
 Itill ; threw cold water on the live coals, and rdtnoved the 
 
 lead ones to a snfe distance, and so had all in readiness. 
 
 ifter his fashion. Ah ! who can believe iSach things, but 
 
 [those who have had the trial in soul-saving eflfortl — a 
 
 [work Satan can never be indifferent to, while he owns a 
 
 [single soul upon earth. 
 
 However, the fire may be only smouldering. I went 
 
 Unto a blacksmith's ^op, the other day. What splashes 
 
 \of darkf dirty water he dashed on the fire ! — enou^, I 
 
 [thought, to put it out. But when the bellows gQt a going, 
 
 [a few blasts, and it btazed out again with- increased flame 
 
 md intensity of heat. The smith expected this, whether 
 
 le. knew the philosophy of it or not. It may be so with 
 
 the Lord's forge- — the church. An excellent man re- 
 
 larked, some years ago, that a great deal of spiritual good 
 
 somes to the Christian by the malice of his enemies ; that 
 
 the raging and rallying enefnies of Grod's people serve as 
 
 scullions to. scour the Lord's Tessels of honor; as shep- 
 
 therd's' dogs to hunt Christ's sheep into order, and to 
 
 [greener pastures. — Ps. 27 : 11. A scullion is a kitchen^ 
 
 menial— -.a scour ei\ of pots and kettles, and other dirty 
 
 work. So he thought the wicked serve as scullions for the 
 
 benefit of the church. The devil loves dirty work himself! 
 
 Perhaps the Lord allows him to act the .ymi/A^ ijn flaft h 
 
 f dirty water on the church's ^res, which makes them bum 
 
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 1th more intenaiiy after a few hlaata of the Gospel. Satan 
 a poor philoeopher, after all. His malice^ I think, and 
 9recipUation^ often get the better of his wisdom. God 
 /onlj is infinitely wise. All beneath him are ^nt/e,— that 
 is, limUed or bounded in their capabilities. Satan^ of all 
 the faUen^ stands at the top of the^nt/«,— an angel onco, 
 perhaps an archangel,^ one of the greatest intellects in 
 the hierarchy of heayen,— yet % finite being, therefore^ cir- 
 cumscribed; and, since his fall, partaking hu-gely of a 
 finite^ s infirmities. 
 
 He is called, in Scripture, "That old serpent"— He v. 
 12: 9. The wisdom of the serpent is spoken of also; but 
 it is finite and changeable, and often degenerates into cun- 
 ning; and cunning folks are not always wise, especially 
 when out of temper. A revival conflict teaches one much 
 of the character of the devU; more, perhaps, than any 
 other department of the work of Qod. It is on the battle- 
 field opposing generals study each other's talents. He is 
 often the best general who best understands the tactics of 
 the enemy. i:K)rd, help me ! J am but a child. J shall 
 know more about this matter hereafter. fvr a krger 
 increase of that faUh, and hope, and love, of which Satan 
 IS an eternal bankrupt, and with which he has no power 
 successfiJly to cope ! Amenl ^ 
 
 Thursday, four o'clock, p. m.^ Difficulties are to be 
 met and overcome. The c«rf does not appear in the ie^-m- 
 mng, but to God only. There is often a vast disproportion 
 between a first and single effort and the magnitude of 
 mtended results. A nicety tf comparison is apt to pro- 
 duce d^essim to a nicety. It is a weakness.to ovferlook 
 these fi«5to, and to set thi^t down as a useless cipher which 
 IS necessary to t h b m a in s um. For a ciphe r , though it be 
 nothmg by itself, yet makes ten with a unit to the left of 
 
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 and by iti aid half » doien sooh ciphers will make a, 
 illion. Let Jesus place himself beside my ciphers, and 
 shall soon be a million strong. Paul was but a cipher in 
 me, till Jesus stood by him. "The Lord stood with 
 ," he tells us, when all forsook him ; and he was doliy- 
 od out of the mouth of the lion.— -2 Tim. 4 : 16, 17. 
 Courage is needed, and industry, and perseverance. The 
 ramids and the railways had small beginnings ; and so 
 the grotto of Porsilippo. But the pyramids were built ; 
 railways stretch over the land like ribbons, and the 
 otto of porsilippo gave a glimpse of^ky through a moun- 
 in, and a highway for travellers to the Elysian Fields. It 
 jay be so with this revival e£fort ! This view of things 
 courages me. 
 
 There is a way of salvation among these hills.- I love to 
 
 lieve the Bible : " Salvation is of the Lord." It is writ- 
 
 n, also, « The Lord is at hand," to help. But my soul is 
 
 umbled; it seems as if I am ploughing upon a rock, or 
 
 ewing adamants with straws; and if anything in my 
 
 reaching has sounded to me like sharp metal, 0,„what 
 
 all I say ? It has been like cutting ^m/« with razors. I 
 
 y little about these things in public ; it would not be good 
 
 licy. A* cheerful front and a deeply-humbled heart ; — 
 
 either is ii hypocrisy-, for the Lord makes me ibold jis 
 
 lion before the people, and strong ;'\mt in private, with 
 
 \xnwi\i, timid vxidi weak. 
 
 But have I not been making matters worse than they 
 
 re? Ro(?ks have been thrown down by the I^rd, and 
 
 rok^n and melted by the hammer and fire of his word. 
 
 od, who has said, " I will make a wm-m thresh amoun- 
 
 n, and beat the hills to cha£f," has made my straws thir^li 
 
 ^ks. and shiver them, and my mo^nm m ^nl-, flinty; and 
 
 [the fragments, by divind miracle, have been converted into 
 
 
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 sparkling diamonds, — saoh as one 4aj maj grace the royal 
 diadem of my Lord Jesus Christ. 1 
 
 Behold, my soul I that goodly cli^ter of new oonterti, — 
 the seals to thy ministry. They 4haro, indeed, somewhat 
 in the gloomy aspect of things ; but they arc happy — new 
 creatures — clad in divine armor, panting for battle and for 
 victory. Do they read despondency in my pale face? What 
 ■— are their thoughts ? That they are as nothing in the esti- 
 mation of their spiritual father? 0, this must not be! 
 The success already vouchsafed would cheer most ministers 
 in ordinary times. Why should ihix^dar^e-heartedness in 
 calculation produce wmk-heartednesa in operation 7 
 * ■ ♦ ♦■'• ♦ * ♦ 
 
 Yes, my Lord I I see my difficult ieii ! lake the man in a 
 atorm^ who saw nothing but sea and heaven, and cried out, 
 • "If yonder heaven does not save me, this sea will drown 
 me I " The hand th$t reached Peter, sad the voice, " thou 
 of little fiiith, wherefore ^dst thou doubt?" are neo; me alto. 
 * • / ■ • - • ♦ -■ , ■ m-. -^ • ■''- 
 Ay! Jacob hid ^o<^ and the ear-rfngs under the oak 
 which was by Shechem. — GAi. 86: i There are oaks 
 ' of Shechem and oaks of Bashan here, »Qd other gods than 
 our God concealed under them. They tamst be overthrown 
 from their rootings : unmanageable oaks and hard 
 knots, t must examine my wedges ; soft ones are good 
 for nothing here. Sermons fit for one place may be unfit 
 ■' for another. ■ ■■.■■■'.;,:•:-: ii, \-'J-. .■♦■.■• 
 The Lord has said, "The Amoritema strong as tl. 
 oaAr»; yet I destroyed hiafruU froni above, and his roi^ts 
 from beneath." — Amoe It 9. Yeil the work is thLe, 
 Lord my God! but tlioii dost ^rk by instrm^ts. 
 Am I^<? 9m 1 acceptable? The prophet felt deeply 
 . when he cried, « 5owl, ye oaki of Bashan." —Zech. 11 : 
 
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 2. The oakf r^ply to the winds among tho brmnohei, and 
 roar to tho power of tho tornado that brings them to' tho 
 ground. A tornado is wanting, or thunderboU$, of truth. 
 The Lord may not bo wanting m lending them. 
 
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 Ilomombor tho emblem on^ tho aeal^ my 0oul ! A 
 hand, with a piokaxe, digging through a #Q|Bk, irith this 
 motto : " £ither I wUl^m/ ft wigr or make t/." ^ 
 «' ♦ _' • • • •. ' • 
 
 God's word is compared to drrows^ in the Bible ; hard 
 hearts call for hard-pointed arrows^ — ay, and a bow with 
 a back of steel ! The Lord has promised to strengthen the 
 arms of his messengers ; an indication that tho bow they 
 are to/bend is not a limber one. .^^^ |t 
 
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 lore is a great deal said m tho Scriptures about t^o 
 hciiirt; such as blindness of heart, hardness of heart, 
 l^keniiess of heart; an evil heart of unbelief, a stony 
 /^eart, a proud heart, a slow heart, and a heart of flesh ; a 
 double heart, a firoward heart, a dean heart, a pure heart, 
 a liberal heart, an understanding heart, a goo^ and honest 
 heart, without heart, etc. etc. What a Proteus-like ^^g 
 is the heart ! It takes so many shapes and states as to 
 ^Mmind one of the devU himself. The heart of man travels 
 to andiro in the Bible, as Satan over the earth. Thejovi- 
 dences of its evil presence Wkd evU doings meet one alinost 
 on every page of the Bible ; it is menti^iiod, in one jform 
 and connection or another, one thousarfd times I \ The 
 Pible, like history, is a record of the human heart,^ and 
 proves that, like its &ther the devil, it has been wScked 
 throughout all its generations. Every eflfort for a revival 
 of religion is but aii illustration of the great truth. The 
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 that if the devil were dead and buried, it is a devil suffi- 
 dent of itself to try all the iaith,.and patience, and strength, 
 of the militant host oif God. 
 
 Alas, this is a gloomy theme ! Some writer says, the 
 heart is tlie worst part of man before his conversion, and 
 the best afterwards. I believe that, too ; and, wicked as it 
 is, Christ greatlj desires to have it, as we see in various 
 Scriptures. Ko woi^der, if he died iof man, and desires to 
 save him. The heart is the helm ; whatever hand grasps 
 the helm steers the ship. It is a mitit, and is to the cur- 
 rency of the thought, demises and actions, what a national 
 mint is to the currency of tile nation. If the mint hebasCf 
 so will be the currency which proceeds from it. Must lay 
 down the pen. Ah ! who can properly estimate the difficul- 
 ties which lie in the way of a successful ministry ? 
 . Six o^clock, p. M.— Returned from a solitary walk. The 
 sky is seen to greater advantage from the bottom of some 
 lone, deep pit, than wh9n one stands above ground. It is 
 something so with one in the depths of humiliations,— 
 when earth fails, and all our plans are futile, and help is 
 expected from heaven only. But night is the time to see 
 the stars,~-a.y, and ihe promises, too. Thinking, also, that 
 every true Christian is an anointed one.— 1 John 2 : 20, 
 27. How important to receive such an " unction," and the 
 " atioiniittg" yfhieh abideth.f But my heart is weak; 
 my feeble knees need to be confirmed, and the sinking 
 hands to be strengthened.— Isa. 85: 3. 
 
 I am entertained at the house of Joseph Webb, Esq. 
 What a comfort to have such A sweet and pleasant home ! 
 ?oor Jonah, outside the walls of Nineveh, had but a fragile 
 ffotird to shelter his head ; but a worm killed it at the root, 
 and It withered away. Then the vehement east wind had 
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 temper, perhaps his soul,— for we hpx nothing more of 
 him after that angry fit What, am I, Lord my God, to 
 have such a home as this, with such a lively family? It w 
 mercy, all " He tempers the winds to the shorn lamb ; " 
 *'stayeth the rough wind in the day of the east wind." 
 — Jm. 27 : 8. Both the human and divine proverb are 
 fulfilled for me in this retired sweet spot, * 
 
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 In voildttt weather ! " 
 
 Past eleven o'clock.— My soul is low, heart hftavy, fereat 
 vacancy within ; little of God ; could enter into deep agony. 
 Matters are worse and worse. The audience smaller than 
 ever to-night, and very heartless. The chapel cheerless as 
 a sepulchre, and badly lightect withal, and full of sullen 
 spiritual death. Felt as if I had no heart to preach, and 
 did not. I prayed and dismissed the people, telling them 
 I feared I had missed my way in coming to Huddersfield at 
 all ; that to leave at once might ^ the best way to redeem 
 my error. my soul, where art thou? What ails thee? 
 Why art thou cast down within me? Has thy Lord, for 
 the first time, Med thee ? Whether this act be vmkmss, 
 OT folly, or wisdom, or of the Lord, it was entirely unpre- 
 medUated,— hut from an impulse, right or wrong. God 
 knoweth. Behold, here I am, Lord, to repent, or to 
 trust and wait upon thee in the cloud. Things sometimes 
 mend at the worst ; break of day is near the darlcest hour ; 
 man's extremity is often God's opportunity, fee strong, 
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 The following cbapter, like the preceding, exhibits the 
 movements of Mr. Oaughej's mind, but under more encour- 
 aging circumstances. The pious reader will find many use- 
 ful hints in the quaintly-expressed meditations of our jour- 
 nalist. 
 
 Dec. 11. — Good news from our spiritual troops ! Last 
 night's adventure quite awakened them out of their deceit- 
 ful dream. Their Auman confidenceSj—'JeT.<2: 37, — 
 their trusts in an arm of flesh, Imve died the, death! My 
 refusing to preach, though in the pulpit, came like a thun- 
 der-clap! Such a thing was not thought of^ was un- 
 heard oi. Thejhad fully expected a. great revival, and 
 was this to be the end of it ? It was quite overruled for 
 good ; for though there was the appearance of grief, or 
 tm^/ience, or self-will, or wounded pride and vakity, or 
 precipitation, and some were stumbled and offended, yet 
 the really spiritual part took it to heart, were alarmed, 
 fled to their closets, betook them to prayer I Some prayed 
 part^ofthe night, I understand; others, most of the night, 
 and a few, all night! Praise our .God ! This will do ! 
 The crisis is past ! 
 
 As to self, hst night I went to' my knees, n^ao, with 
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 eye tested on the old promise given me of the Lord, on first 
 catching a glimpse of England's shores, as we nearcd the 
 coast from America, This was it.— Isa. 88 : 16, 20. 0, 
 I remember that moment ! Standing on the deck of the 
 steamer, Bible in hand, as England rose out of the waves, 
 I opened it upon that passage, which was sweetly applied to 
 my heart. I felt assured the Lord would be with me m that 
 strange land. It has often been a comfort to me since, 
 when°in any trouble. Last night it sweetly 40oMc(^ me. 
 I closed the book, and believed. It was oil upon the trou- 
 bled waves within. Biit ^sorrow and sighing came over 
 me again, like a sea. 
 
 " where wftrrow siglied itself to sleep, 
 
 And man, o'erlabored with his 6etn^*» rin/e. 
 Shrinks to ihAl noeetforget^neu of li/e." 
 
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 I arose this morning refreshed, but to groan and sigh and 
 
 And now, what shall I say? Is the hand of God in all' 
 this? Is the affair between Christ and us? Have the 
 people been trusting in an arm of flesh 7 And has the 
 arm of flesh been tnisti^ in the people ?— J er. 17: 6. 
 They relying upon mj pMt sutcesses, and hoping for pop- 
 ularity) which came not; and I trusting in their wonted 
 zeal and ability. Then it was right we should be mutu- 
 ally disappointed and humbled together. Farmers some- 
 times speak of " catching the tail of a shower,"— have we 
 just caught the tail of th^ curse ? " Thus saith the Lord : 
 Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh 
 his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord! "— Jer. 
 17 : 5. Let us humble ourselves before the Lord, lest the 
 curse come round again as a deprecated shower does some- 
 times, giving "the head and front" of its p/(Wftfw^, 
 
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 instead of the tail. If / hW been trusting In self, or put- 
 pit pri^aratioft, it ia well I should knx>\f ii^ confess arid 
 
 " repfent before the Lord. He will humble usally tijl,we 
 learn to trust in himself alone. ** Salvation is of the Lord," 
 
 1 therefore the glory should WT all his own, Trust verified 
 in man is apt 1» bring ^/ory tonian^ or largely divides the' 
 glory dm to "God alone." This he will not bear ; but will 
 either /nmiisrA for it afterwardSyOr crush in ilxQ^inninfff 
 as W(B would a younj; wjoer iii thd sHJ, that we may leani 
 
 %ot to, think of men t)r of sel^ above that which is written. 
 ' Goii will not part 3!with his glory; he has said, "My 
 gloiy will not I give to another.'* He gives us life and 
 hefllthy and .food, raiment' and J^uncledgej tt^lth, ^dia*. 
 tinctiottmd injluence, i{ need he^ and friends^ and pj^- 
 
 : d(Wi) his Spirit, and hplineBs; and;happuci6ss, and success' in 
 his workj^yea,^ himself and will share hii heaven with 
 us; but he will not give us hia glory ! ' It is right, my 
 Lord, ft, is right! Amen to jiat my Lord doth say! 
 Amen to what .he Ims dwie and does ! ^ ^ ^^. 
 
 He ever call^ upon us to cease from^ mans and.to trust ' 
 only in himself for victory. To this rcrfttc^ton of all Awma» 
 confidences God has evidently brought us all at this crisis. 
 If we sink from him, also, as it sonietimes happensj .aban- 
 doning dl hope for a revivtil noWj^and ceasing all eflfort, 
 then ihe chdstisement has not been sanctified. Li this 
 case Satan'^ enl will- has its Vpay; the advantage is on his 
 side, and further humhlings are to be expected. , 
 
 Let me examine inyself, try ^jy'own self, know mj mo- 
 tives. Is there &nj energy in my soul? Surely I have 
 not backslidden. These tours, even to* recruit health, are 
 
 ^dangerous, I am aware. The soul is apt to lose its Jine 
 edge,— its sdcret jaem?^ with God maj h^ . weakened by 
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 of a strange language ; it may become soft and effeminate, 
 unwilling to endure hardnesi:, and^to become, a fool^ for . 
 Christ ; unbelief may tinge the spirit, and miitfy other en- 
 ervating thoughts. What sayest* thou, my soul? Judge 
 thyself, that thou be not judged; condemn ifcyself, IT need 
 . be, that thou mayest faotbe condemned. Let me say, with 
 , an ancient Christian and prettwher,. "Go up, my soul, into 
 *the tribunal of cwwacnce,— there set thyself before thy- 
 self, hide not thyself . behind thySelfvlest Ood bring thee 
 .forth before thyself." Is jthere life within? A dead jSsh, 
 ,if cast into a ^Itream, will go with the stream; biit a living . 
 Jfish Vill steiliit. What is wanting? 6, I want more of ^ 
 0od» afid more faith and love. '\ 
 
 Cedl says, /oeifA is the mpter-spring^ of a minister; he 
 se^'Ac// beiore hiiia^ and thwsands of souls shut up th^ro 
 in everlasting agoni^; he beholds Jjesus ChriiSt /standing^, 
 forth to ^^f^ men from iushing. into ^thi^ bottoinlieas aby#s; ,,. 
 " he feels himself^ sentl to pr^^ his ability and. lote; he, 
 ' wants no foujrth idea ; every fourth** idea is contemptiblei^ 
 every fourth idea is a grand imperiihencd. iSeg p*rdon, 
 Mr. Cecily but anbtheii.iclea^ rush<es upop inQMhh:irresislible 
 force,— I want more lovo, i|re sept down from heaVcn into 
 my soul,f-a signal baptism of the Holy Grhost, 4o enable^ 
 me to believe and feel th%full force of ttofee. ffiree great ' 
 ideas to w^»P^ e*''tli *o^ heaven might wfeU assent with 
 acclamatiotta ! Peigned zeal ih false zeal, as painted fire 
 ' is no fire ; \i warms ijobody, bums nobody. It is easy to 
 6e whaton^ really is^ and safe and pleas'aht tpo, Otoe iS"' 
 . Itatural th^n f the oontrary is. but acting, feigning a char- , 
 acter,-- which, by th^ girace of God, I never will, Amen. ; 
 - LcLt me get a fr.fesh glimpse of God, of Jesus, of heaven^ 
 of hell; so certain, so near, as to say, with a minister now 
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 directly thitherward, as if lie saw {hein plainly with his 
 eyes. 0, I must, — yes, I must preach with just /such a 
 vivid faith ; must imitate my blessed. Z<orc{ and Master 
 himself, who, as Mp. Harris snys, entered into the busy 
 mart of the world, where nothing wais heard but the monot- 
 onous hum of the traders^ and, lifting t^p his voice like the 
 trump of God, he sought to break the Spell which infatu- 
 ated them, while he exclaimed, '* WJbat is a man profited if 
 he gain the whole worlds and lose his own soul? or, what 
 will a man give in exchange for his soul?"— who brought 
 the sinners of his day to the threshold of the infinite^ and 
 showed it flushed in one part with living glories, and in 
 another burning with fiercest flames of tvrtith; while he 
 assure4 them that in one or other of these states they 
 would shortly be fixed forever ! Ay ! this is the sort of 
 preaching that is wanting in this nineteenth century ! God 
 help me! I^ust irhitate my Lord, then! and I must hutfVe 
 clearer views of the cross, too; a higher estimate of the 
 value of the soul ; more vivid views of its peril; a burn- 
 ing, consuming ardor for the glory of God, and the salva- 
 tion of souls. These principles are linked together like 
 chain-shot, which sweep everything before them. 0, thou 
 eternal Spirit^ Mar^e the chambers of my soul with them ! 
 Think of these things, my soul! As in the days of 
 martyrdom, so now, 
 
 " Mighty are the soul's comwianrfmcnfa 
 ^0 tupportt reattaintOv raise." . ' V 
 
 Friday afternoon, Pec. 11th. — My soul en^ges itself 
 with God. " Bitt I gave myself to, prayer," says the 
 Psalmist; or,'as an old writer renders it, " But I prayer."/ 
 As if he had said, M I and prayer are one; my whole being 
 has resolved itself into pr a yer; my heart, my hop es and 
 
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 desires, my reason and conscience, my eyes, my tongue, ' 
 my lips, my knees, my all. I am prayer all over ! " 0, 
 there is much need of this in my case, now ! 
 
 Sinners are Hard; one spoke truly, that they appear as 
 if they had been on the anvU of hell, and Satan liimself 
 
 , had beaten them into adatnant. However, they are not 
 harder than some American sinners J have encountered. I 
 must not fbrget I have battled harder i^d longer in Amer- 
 ica, with less success. But we have set our hearts uppn a 
 great revival ; have bei^n .urging our faith, and screwing it 
 up to a high figure ; believing that if we set our itMrk for 
 small things J we shall act accordingly, and it wi|l be unto 
 us according to our low mark. There is jnuch in this, "^et 
 Satan ha? taken some advantage, just' here. Well, let him, 
 
 « — iht promise stands sure, — there is a faith that ^ill re-^ 
 move mountains, as weltas wither the fruiiJess fig-tree.— 
 .1 I^att 21: 1:8—22. • . ^ > , " \ 
 
 Satan wli more strongly intrenched in Huddersfield 
 "than we expected. Now for a siege, if need be ! We must 
 have, victfliy*S*If our weapons were carnal, we might 
 despfiiir. They are of other metal. Thpre are " towers of , 
 pride and' walls of confidence," which may not be taken ty ; 
 storm, but they may yield to d regular siege, — to sap- 
 ping and m>iningi and other means of attack. We must, be 
 ready for every advantage. Jesus, our great Captain, will 
 direct. L^t us cut- off, if '^ssible, Satanic supplies from 
 the besieged. W^en Satan' fails to rc/tcve, they cannot 
 long hold out. Lookout for fid^s of truxe, or. offers to 
 capitulate uporf honorable terms. The carnal mind glo- 
 ries, if it may but evacuate under arms. This shall not 
 be, God being our helper. No ! the arms of rebellion musi 
 be grounded at the feet of Jesus ; submit to terms, not 
 
 ^, dictate tfaem> — This is our ,f w a r ins truct i o n; " it ahft U 
 
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 BABNBST 0HBX8TIANITT ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 Bound and rererberate like a thunder. Then look out for the 
 fioff of defiance ; but renew hostilities. The contest must 
 be thorough and determined ; no parleying with the enemy. 
 " I am doing a great work, and cannot come down ; why 
 should the work cease, while I comie down to you?" said 
 Nehemiah. So let us say. When reduced to Extremities, 
 . ihey yiiW surrender ai discretion. /^' , 
 
 These Yorkshire men are sturdy sinners. Lik6 Job's 
 lieviathan, their "heart is as firm as a stone;" they' 
 " laugh at the shaking of a spear."— J6b 41 : 24 — 29. I 
 have met many such, in my time. Trons-atlantio sinners are 
 not a whit behind them. Human nature is the same, the 
 world over. As Oowpei» says : 
 
 ** .Xfan Ib the genuine offspring of rerolt, • 
 
 ' Stubborn and sturdy, a wild ass'i colt." 
 
 There wleitf trutli in that remark, "Their eyes are not 
 like the fish-pools of Heshbon, /m// o/ water; but like the 
 xn&utttains of Gilboa, which halve neither rain nor dew upon 
 them." Ay! as well trj to draw bi7 out of ^iW as tears 
 from some cyc«; or, as soon melt BJk ice-bound livet hy 
 breathing upon it, till the Holy Sj^irit comes, and then," 
 
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 *' As the gr^t Bun, when he hffl influence 
 Sheds on tk^frosi-iHound toafert , the glad itriam - 
 lawt to the ray, an<Lwdrble$ at it flotot." 
 
 e^ed void of tears, as flints of oil. There 
 mortal hand, which melted the granite 
 
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 rock, and turned it into a fountain. 
 
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 *• The rock into a fountain flowed. " , 
 
 That M I look not for, but the' tt?orrf of tlie Lord I 
 
 Have J the pmer is what I need, — the same power that 
 
 jitteuded the touch of the rod of Mosei. The t£;orrf then 
 
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 will make hitherto drj eyes like fouht^Iins of waters. 1?he 
 sooner, perhaps, my own cheeks are wet in crying with the 
 Psalmist, "Rivers of water nm down mine eyes, hocauso 
 they keep not thy law,". the sooner it may be so with 
 others. The weeptn^-time is coming, I trust The wella are 
 filled with earth. Like Isaac's servants, we must dig hard 
 to have the welb opened, in spite of all the Philistines^of 
 earthy hell ! —Gen. 26 : 16—19. ^__ 
 
 Let Ve not . say, tfith the poet^ " JTot to irlumph- i» 
 worse than not to win." Nay, that is selfish ! But, > 
 triumph or no triumph, let 'me win souls. — Prov- 11 :,80. 
 " He that winneth souls is wise ; ", wisdofi^ does, not always, 
 attend a triumph. It is worse not to win than not to 
 <triumph; although succe^KKin 5ou)^winning has oflen with - 
 me been the prelude to sore' temptation. '' Now thanks 
 be unto God, which always causeth us to triunip/i in 
 Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge 
 by us in every place;'' said Paul. Bfit he immediately 
 added, specdcing of the cdntrasted efifects of their preachfng, 
 *^To the one we are the savor of death unto cleat h, and to 
 the other of life unto life. And who is sufficieixt for these 
 things?" Who is he that has not only courageM;o incur^*'m 
 but ability to cope mth, troubles which are sure to follow; 
 from devils ai^d men. He, and he only, it may be pro-^ 
 sumed, who is called of God, as was Aaron ; otherwise he 
 would be utterly cast down and destroyed.^ 
 
 It is well thus privately to count the cost. My eyes 
 look to where the Psalmist did, — to the hills, to the heav- • 
 enly hills, from whence cometh my help; frpm thence came 
 my former^ vigor, in the bygone days of my sanctuary 
 strength. ■ ' ' ° ,^ - 
 
 A poet speaks of the eagle careering in his own couVse 
 of joy ; telying firmly on his own liiountain vigor, breast- 
 
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 ing tlie stormy defying the red boltf ; liis eye on tfee aun, 
 hii wing on the wittd^ swerving not a hair, but bearing 
 onward, rigjit on. Ay, that is it ! I would be an eagle, 
 to thus mottnt up high at God's command ; or, to dwell and 
 abide on the r6ck, on the orag of the rook, and the strong 
 place ; to behold the prey afar off; wher& the slain of the 
 Lord are, there to be. — Job 89 : 27, 80. 
 
 The eagle was ^n emblem of victory upon ancient baii«> 
 ners, and is upon the modem. I would be one of Isaiah's 
 eagles, that wait on- the Lord ; that renew their strength, 
 mount up* on wings, that run without weariness, and walk 
 up and down cohflict's field without faintness. — Isaiah 
 40: 81. 
 
 Welljthis " noting down^^ my feeling does me' good ; 
 it enabll me to -say; with David, '' Blessed be the Lord 
 my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and m,y 
 fingers to fight ;" ay, and the tongue^ by and by, as the 
 tongue of a ready writer. David says, the tongue of the 
 wicked is their sword, and that they take good care to whet 
 it. Why may not the tongue of a God-sent, preacher be 
 the sword of the Lord? ^^ bathed in Heaven, ^^ as Isaiah 
 says. It ^^ reacheth tmto the soul," echoes Jeremiah. 
 Why, then, may not such an one whet his tongue, also? 
 The pen is a good hone after the word of God and prayer. 
 Isaiah speaks of the tongue of fire devouring the stubble. 
 St. James says, " The tongue is a fire, — jsetteth on fire the 
 course of nature, and is set on fire of hell." Why, then, 
 may not the tongue of a preacher be a fire also? The 
 devil kindles many a bad fire with the human tongue ; 
 *' sets on fire the course of nature" in the tongue-owner, 
 and in others. Why may not God kindle his fires by the 
 tongue, a lso, and get th e d e vil's kingdom in a blaz e ? 
 Strange, if Satan can << set the tongue on fire of hell," 
 
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 and Chriflt cannot set it on fire of heaven ! .How oflen 
 have I felt the fire of Qod begin Ui burn in my soul, when 
 my pen set a going ! The pen has oonvofted many a tongue 
 into flame ^ — set a iK)untry on fire, and revolutionized 
 nations. ' t 
 
 '^ And now for the conflict in right good earnest, — the 
 Law, Calvary, Repentance, Faith, Regeneration, the Wit- 
 ness of the Spirit, Holiness, Perfect Love, the Resurrec- 
 tion, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, in lightning and thundering 
 truth. 0, my soul ! what themes are these, if thou wert 
 more fully bailed with the Holy Ghost ! Come on, then, 
 as thou art ! Christ shall endue thee with power from on 
 high, when thou art in dreadful conflict. 
 
 ** Set thyself aboat it, as the Ma 
 About the earth, lathing it day and night ; 
 1 And leave the stamp of thine own soal in it. 
 
 As thorough as the fossil flower iirolay. 
 The theme shall sjtart and struggle in thy breast, 
 Like the spirit in its tomb at rising, 
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 A CHABACTBR18TI0 DISOOXJiUW. 
 
 Perplbxbd, tried and tompest-toBBcd, by the apparent 
 impotoibilitj of achieving great succeas in Huddersfield, Mr. 
 Caughey addressed himself to the task of stimulating his 
 brethren and fellow-laborers to renewed endeavor. How ho 
 did this the following curious discourse will best explain. 
 Unique and quaint as it is, we can readily conceive of ito 
 Jffects when delivered with the wonderful unction so pecu/ 
 liar to Mr. Caughey in his best moments. It doubtless fell 
 upon their ears like the thrilling war-cry of some ol^ war- 
 rior on the field of battle. / 
 
 Hearken to my text! 2 Cor, 16: 18.—*' Watch ye, 
 standfast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." 
 
 Men, brethren and fathers, mothers, brother and ^sters ! 
 Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Fat^r and 
 our Lord Jesus Christ ! You have heard the word of com- 
 mand from the Holy Ghost,-—" watch ye," ^c. tt is in a 
 high degree military, as you may perceive ; mo^e of this 
 / by and by. I want to speak to you of our circilmstances, 
 _ prospects and duties, in" the present crisis, on the rough 
 edge of this war for God and souls. * / 
 
 Our late trials have done us all good ; have drif en us to our 
 knees, to Upd, in mighty prayer. My own faith is brighter. 
 Mf hewrt is warmer and more tender towards God and you, 
 
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 snd extremely humbie withal ; the rcisoM you know very 
 'well. If I »cted with too much precipttaiicn^ or with the 
 appearance of imfAitience, in refusing to preach on that 
 bieak and dismal night to us all, forgive and forget. I Wtl 
 goroly tried, and pressed out of measure. 
 cause. Let that pass. Perhaps I ought U 
 m- perhaps not. The results might not ha 
 It may have been of the Lord. Wo sliall 
 fow days. Some of you slept h|it little or 
 got what was better,— more of God. You are better pre- 
 pared now to fight the good fight of faith. Your aympa* 
 (hies are awakened for perishing sinners. Your hearts 
 yearn for them as never before, and bum for the glory of 
 Christ in their conversion. Praise the Lord ! If I caused 
 you sorrow and tears, his love has ^umed all into joy. 
 Therefore you have suffered damage by me in nothing. 
 Larger incomes of graoo ore at hand, when you thoroughly 
 use what you have. When Christ sees of the travail of his 
 soul and is satisfied, as Isaiah spouks, then you shall share 
 in his satisfaction ; and that will hQ exceedingly sweet t 
 
 My faith brightened in the night of trial, as a star In 
 darkest night; The stars you noticed the other night wert| 
 all the brighter f9r the blackness that lay upon the ground 
 below. It was 96 with my faith, and I am persuaded with: 
 
 yours also. | i j 1. 
 
 The darkness that night was like that supernatural dark- 
 ness which once fell upon Egypt,— «/cA as might be felt. 
 ^Ex. 10 : 21. We all felt it,— I 6iore, perhaps, for it 
 was, intended, by ^' the prince of darkness," to dri/e me^ 
 from the field,^as if my work was done in Huddersfield. 
 But faith grew brighter, os things grew blacker, till starr 
 were not brighter. Melancthon tells us that trouble and 
 perplexity drove him to prayer, and prayer drove away 
 
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 62 
 
 EABNBST O^RISTIANITT ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 trouble and perplexity. It was bo with us. ^he Jews 
 used to say the t/'orM would not stand without standUitj 
 prayer; no^ nor a revival ^either. Let this prayerful 
 agon j^for souls continue, by day and by night. What goes 
 up in vapors comes down in showers. If much ascends, 
 much descends, at one time or iijiother. What goes up in 
 prayer comes down in showers of blessings. If Utile 
 ascends, little descends. The contrary will hold good the 
 world over,— ay, and here in Huddersfield ! " Hallelu- 
 jah!" Yes, shout it to your hearts' content. 
 
 It is said that battle proves the stcord, and need the 
 friend. Late events have certainly 7e«^«/ you as the un- 
 flinching friends of Jesus, and of this hoped for revival ^of 
 his work. And now our swords are about to be tried, of 
 what me/o/ they are made. 
 
 Battles are not fought, nor fields won, without hard fight- 
 ing. It is so in every great conflict for souls. Truth and- 
 error, light and darkness, — the arms of God Almighty 
 and his enemy, — must now come in collision on thy " brief 
 round," Huddersfield! This is God's order. The 
 standard of our Immanuel must higher wave, with rallying 
 hosts of more determined spirits around it ! ay, and (^posi- 
 tion hosts as well,— visible and invisible- ^Hear St. Paul. 
 " For we wrestle not wit^^c«A and Woorf,"— with men 
 like ourselves, — "but against principalities,^^ -^ one rank 
 of devils, ruling ^sp/nV»,^*' against poM7cr«,"-^ another 
 rimk of them, ruled and authorized to rule by the higher 
 rank,—" agodnst the rulers of the darkness of this world," 
 :--^ still another rank, whose power is over spiritual dark- 
 WM,—^" against spiritual ^iekedness in high places,"— • 
 or, as the margin has it, "picked spirits in Bigh pkces," 
 — m vommandinff, advjsmtctgeous places, having chosen 
 their ground, may be, and taken their positions here, before 
 
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A OHARAOXBRISTIO DIS00UB8B. 
 
 68 
 
 we were bom, — "tricArerf spirits," — ^more vicious than 
 others, fouly crooked, unruly, baneful and accursed in the 
 highest degree r the sc/toolmasters, or drill officers, of the 
 whole tribe of sinners, who are emphtUically wicked. — Eph. 
 6:12. 
 
 Behold the infernal army, ''oonntless, invisible" j T\do 
 U'm^s and a centre; and " the wicked spirits," the corps 
 de reserve,-— a select body of infernal troops, most like the 
 devil, their master, and ''r^c^ with the blood of sonls," 
 drawn up for battle in thci rear ; reserved there for time of 
 need, to support the lines aa occasion may require ; they 
 are troops for an emergency. Batan depends upon them, as 
 Napol^n Bonaparte did upon his Lnperial Guard. 
 
 An these infernal legions are united under one head, 
 called, in Bcripture, Satan, or the devil, — for he has vari- 
 ous names,— -our great enemy and the adversary of our 
 God, whose power Paul deprecated, ''Lest Satan should get 
 an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his devices," 
 — an advantage something over and above his present 
 advantage, a vantage-ground taken by our ignorance or 
 inadvertence, — that is, our inattention or heedlessness, — ' 
 imd then usurp upon us and over us. He is as full of 
 " devices " as he is of malice^ subtle means to accomplish 
 his ends, policies and stratagems. TEe allusion is mili- 
 tary. It is a mark of an able general to select the best. 
 and m^st advantageous positions, in case 0^ a battle. 
 Apollyon is up to this* Napoleon, almost his namesake, 
 never had tactics superiw. He is, besides, full o{ malice, 
 en'^, sagacity, vaA cruelty iV^ndi fury. He «eoi7z« mankind, 
 and liates God and his monarchy. He is called in Scripture 
 That Wicked One, The Old Serpent, and Apollyon, — which 
 signifies the destroyer. He is also called a Lion, an Accu- 
 ser, a Tonnentor, a Tempter. Satan, the Devi^, y Murderer, 
 
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 Iiucifer,— perhaps yoa maj remember others of bis tftUn 
 yourselves. But these are 8u£Scient for one devil,. I think. 
 They are all signijkant^ however, as X CoaKl show you, did 
 time allow definitions. He is, in ftiet, the jj^reiar/ laentre^f 
 all. the wickedness in the universe, and |be i^llying-pojht 
 of all rebellion against God Jn e^h and faelL This Goliath 
 of hell is in the field against US. \ He had slain his thou* 
 Bands and his tens of thousands, his naUlions and his hun4 
 dreds of millions. It may be the$e are^few families novir 
 present who have not had^ some of their ancestors, near or 
 
 stant, slain and carried by him ]n|o hell He has an tye 
 of hiimin$ hatred updn every member of every &mily 
 present; nor has he cTet yet, in our opinion, lost hojpe of 
 having some souls out of «very &mily circle present. You 
 will never in heaven inipute it to his lack of will if he fail 
 in the perdition of any one or every one of your fami- 
 lies. It is with him and his troops we hare been lately^ 
 skirmishing^ — feebly enough, God knows. 
 
 I have said ffothing of the m\iltitudes of your fellow-citi- 
 zens who are also in arms against God, and therefore caHnot 
 be Jriends to us. They are marshalled, and inspirited, 
 and commanded, hj infernal powers, fitrange to say, they 
 know it not But they shall,, and before long, if our God 
 comes down in his power. But opposition first, and then, 
 they will get their eyes opened. When our ar/t^ery begins 
 to thunder about their ears, and the sparks of celestial Jire 
 to fall upon their consciences, and the two-edged sword of 
 ti-uth to lay open wounds within, then Idcik ov^f, opposition 
 will begin in good earnest*! i ^ 
 
 . I say not these things to discourage you, jj^t to apprise 
 you of the enemies you have to encounter,, in order to vic- 
 tory. Contrary to the mode of some generals, I have gittn 
 the enemy eredit rfue. Prepare for thepa ! St: Paul says 
 
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 A OaABACTERISTIO DISCOURSB. 
 
 65 
 
 x 
 
 H is through much trWutcitioti we are to enter the kingdom 
 of heaven. Expect tribulation of some sort or otber, before 
 we gain this victory, — that is, if it is going to be an extraor- 
 dinary one. If ordinary f then, probably, ordinary trials. ^< 
 My soul has been crying to' Cknl for a g^eat work. I am 
 willing to face, through divine help, whatever blaBta of op- 
 position may assail us in 'consequence, ilre you willing ? , 
 Every soul-saving minister is a witness of the truth of ^ia«i 
 Ibolical agency. He is mad^ to feel^ wi^ t^ aching heart, 
 as many times ad there ijire Aatr^ upon ^i^ head, the power 
 oftheeneniy. 
 
 Let him who doubts, or estimates light|| such a power, 
 enter the field for t/ie conquest of sotds.^ X^t him give 
 battle against sin and Satan, in downright earnest, night 
 and day.- XiCt him measure his success by tht| number of 
 sinners driven to their^^knees t/^A cries for mercy, — and 
 conWtrts to Christ. 0, I will say it, he stiall be tiade to 
 acknowledge in sorrowful defeaty or in agon^z^ing ^conflict 
 and victory, that he has encountered a power the strength 
 
 of which he never had properly estimated \ A power 
 
 . ■ . ■ '. ''/ . '.■■ ' .' ' .• '" * i- 
 
 *• From thronet of glory driTen» 
 
 By flariiuig vengeance hurled." 
 
 f 
 
 Tb hiirl vengeance back again, is their/cteme/iA* Their 
 malice an4 revenge are inextinguishable^ To baffle efforti^i 
 to defeat the victory, to intercept Hivine pottery to neutral- 
 ize truth, to harclen sinners, they mver tire, never give 
 over, tUl driven from the field.^1 . , ;; ; 
 
 There are points of time in >very 7;ct?M/*a/ when th^ir 
 power is unmistakable; when their Madow is thrown 
 acro^ the Christian host: yfhen the glootn of their pres- 
 ^ence falls like a pall on hopes of victory. It ns, as t~ 
 
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 ZAKfd^ GURISTIAMITT IUiUOTRilT»D. 
 
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 ; remarked Wor^, ft. daf^esa that inaj be felt, like that 
 
 ^ irhich covered Egypt. ' .< 
 
 V But-, ye followers of the Crttcified, listen !/ There ia . 
 
 ^ |D(>ther great captain in the field, — Jesus, whom St. Paiil 
 
 calls "The Captain of our salvation." If all Is right in 
 
 our little army, he is in the midst of us with his angels. It 
 
 stands to reason; it is not against Scripture. 'It accords 
 
 with the promise, "Where two or three are gathered to-; 
 
 ^77 getheiy in my name, th^re am J in the mid^." '."Go y^ 
 
 into iill the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature; _^ 
 and, lo, I am with you alwtffs, oven unto the end of the 
 ' ' world." Where the LonI of ^<$ universe is, there, undoubt- 
 pdUji will be a concourse of angels. Where Christ is, 
 • 4^ angels are. He is never alone, never unattended; and 
 where interests are pending such as we have herei never 
 l<9ipr£pare(/ to take thjp part of those who are battling for' 
 7 7 his glory with pure intention. Let none of you 4oubt 
 \ this. Besides, is it hot written, " Are they not all minis- 
 
 tering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be " 
 heirs of salvatiM*? "^^ Heb. 1 : 14. Not are heirs, but 
 t *^ shall be"-^to assist in making them heirs^ But where 
 
 are iHiej mow it-eeded than on such a spiritual battle- 
 vj field?— ip minister to the wounded, the taedry, the de- > 
 Jeciedf the disheartened, ihe faltering, the f alien. To 
 heal, tb awaken, to inspirit, to strengthen, to cheer to glory 
 and to victory. V 
 
 The servant of Elisha cried, " Alaa! my master ! what 
 shall we do?" For he saw, by morning light, that the 
 host of ^e Syrians, with horses and chariots, had quite 
 encompassed the city, and there was no way of escape. 
 f "Fear not^" said the prophet, "for they that be with 
 us ai-e tnorc than they that be with them;" and prayed^ 
 ^— "Lord, I pray thee open his eyes, that he may see! " Ell- 
 
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 CnAR4CTKRl6Tf O DISOOUB^X. 
 
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 aha saw what tbe serrant surW xi(»t. So it it Mud, *'The 
 Lord opened the eyes of^ihe young matt: and liesiiw, and 
 behold thV mountain wal^ full of hbiTBes and ohwriots of fire 
 round about i21isha."-« 2 Kings 0. If the enemy had»a 
 
 . -host, 80 liad Blisha. Had the^ horBes and chariots, Elisha 
 
 ^*- had them also, -^ but " horses And chariots of firb ! " . So 
 it is now ; no it shall be in ^;s battle of Hu^ersfield; I 
 had a Vision of this on. Shelbum Point, in Lake Ghamplain, 
 before I left Ainerici % Europe.. !Sh.e Lord's host met me 
 there,-— in spirUttcU vision, with my eyes open^ How 
 inexpressible / —- how itiexplaincible ! But it encouraged 
 
 "" me then; for it regarded Bfiy visit to the British isnuids, anch 
 success therei !Fhttt scene cheered me then,*7-it cheers me 
 i^ow ! If it was an illusion <-^Miome haUucination -*- it 
 did me no injury, but inspired ^motions sublimeyhumU-' 
 iati&n profotmcly zeal atdenti ^ourage^ faUk^ deter- 
 mjinaiion! > 
 
 There was nothing jn it c<^trary to that declaration of 
 the Bible, " The angel of theLord ^ncaropeth round about 
 them that fear him, and deli vereth them.'' t-^Ps. 84: 7. 
 Throngingi angeU are round^bput .u|&;- their breasts 
 
 > burning mik Idyalty to J^s; their Aeorif^ rejoicing m 
 the evolutions of his wisdom in bringing about^is crisis ; 
 their weapons burnish^ for the iight ! U^ 
 
 ^ . I looked up among the clouds; the other day, and n9ticed 
 two layers of clouds tnoving in *(D<Slntrary directionSr one 
 underneath the otherj owing to contrary currents of mr 
 aloft. It reminded me of what I had been thinking of, — > 
 contrary ihflueniies, heavenly and infernal, which we have 
 been realising of late. A few Hours after, and all the 
 clouds were movifig in one^ direction,— ^'one of the air-cur- 
 rents having ceased^ Let us look up and expect the 
 
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 BARNBBT piSXa^k^Vn ILLUSTIRA 
 
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 diabolical. 
 
 ' ' , Angels are' "witli:ii^Th#' 
 
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 inted to ;his , • 
 to th(B four . 
 naea IB those i)yfa- ' • 
 ^% to iidd another ' ^ 
 fijiddlrj^ftldi ^Gfod grant it 
 tsuoh »^ay Wi^aA 4b heaven with 
 "%re ua^ lind %iOui^^ Ji^glory 
 illc^ i^ no rfl!i/7J»ncipof .|i^^ all 
 15 : 7lr-r ' ' T/mre isjo^ 'W^ hmven 
 ^)$r'm€i sinner Vi^^^efttetk^^ Hefekcn^ii^n. " liuke T 
 ^ifWirr^^^jm^1t:0y mto yot^'iher&^is jf>i^ in t/te^ '. 
 
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 on, 
 
 and 
 
 
 r «fj j^f;e^ce 0/1^0' i^ one smneir that re- 
 
 1 J^' ( j»!^^|eM;''M^^ two such reojarkable 
 
 ^declaraUdnsainKMt^ft^th^ same breath, hut to a«^<;'e and 
 encourage us remding heaTenly sump^^thi/, at least -- ay, 
 Cy^'- wadjtksistance ^^^{etenw ? 'Epiphanlus, of old, said of 
 ^^ , the #opiiei Elijah, that, ^' He sucked fir$ outotrtt^Jtaotli- 
 ; er's ;bre«itd.f' ^ The Ltorcl help 'me ! ' but I woi^ 8tt6k 
 ■.[' revival Jihovit of thdse |wo textsl jOf v 
 ' > In aU*lhis, Ghriii, let us look ui^tte 'To tnislm 
 V many men Qv mean«,.or;in self , or m anything short of 
 thyself J is to lean upon ajruised reed; to seek light froni 
 ddrknesSf warmth^fvom cwd, support from bruised reeds, 
 vict6ry from weapons of straw. V ictory is of the Lord ! 
 Jesus ! a// that Ihavej or am^ and all I shallho, now, 
 
 
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 mARACTBRISTIO DISCOUBUL 
 
 69 
 
 dVer^'I (KMtiseonte et^nudlj to thee, and to 
 ijrglorjjrf" 
 
 « ^ '*** ^'J^'do Of not to do; f6hiir§ 
 
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 ^"FAtOMaklthyonlymUbedontl 
 
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 g'* Wtlcomi alike tfao rrown, th« erou I 
 ' Troublt I eannqt «Bbt nor peoet. 
 Nor ifilf nor ref^ nor.^atn, nor loUf \ 
 Nor >)y. nor arrM/", nor pditi, nor «aw, 
 No;r t^, nor deatb» but, OTery groans 
 VfpaL ! thy only will he dontt** 
 
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 Now, my sfml, ratine' thee ! Oird on thy armor! It is - 
 on, myLordWit ig on ! — buckled tight upon my soul, 
 and to remain till the victory. Now, is it unsafe to say: ; 
 
 .'•'i^'i'"'--' '■ ^ '■'. ■"•-:" ^.•' '^* BouM thee,- heart !' 
 
 . Bov of ttiy life, thon art AUl ofsprings, 
 f /Ujif quiver jt^hnihmSSy^^^ '■'".. ; 
 
 ■; m.:\ Unsafe ? No^ it is setjfe ! My trust' \b wholly iri the 
 Ijbrdi' iS'e(;^ is conquered ; the battle has been fought, the . 
 victory won, there ! Self ymd unbelief have been made 
 « to blithe dust" before tW^I^ WjAr unwr^^ 
 
 is, sometimes, to \^0mm9^f9»l^ ^Jfer. 8 :. 18. 
 M^ Ibol ^r Christ, thatjUie may beconie whd in winnyig 
 iSouls for ChrisJ; unwillmg ever, tillihe gaii^ this -ilfctorj^ * * a. 
 over hmself. Now, J am willing to be as a mailman in'*' \ '^- . 
 the eyes of the irorld. of the great and the wise ;' Ht least, * \ - 
 to preac'b so as they will^ call me .such ; or a hypoc):ite, ^ 
 
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 70 
 
 EARNEST OURISTIANITT ILLU8TRATEIX 
 
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 the i^ly evil t fear; 6^0^ the only being I dread. Ye 
 followers of the Lion of the tribe of Judoh, hoar me ! I 
 have counted the cost. Have you ? I know you have, by 
 your looks. Amen ! 
 
 The efecis will be seen. Truth honored. Yes, but ho 
 who sets truth on against error will be an offender ; like 
 his Lord and. Master, a stone of stumbling, and a rock of 
 offence. — Is. 8 : 14 ; Rom. 9 : 83. Nor will the patrons 
 of the offender and his helpers escape. You will all be 
 called a parcel 0^ fools ^ if not something worse. WitT you 
 bear it unflinchingly, till they know themselves to be fools t 
 till they become wise by cries for mercy ^ or shouts of 
 praise to Him who is mighty to save ? , 
 
 I said to my heart, "Rouse thee, my heart ! " Now, 
 then, rouse ye, ye soldiers of Christ'! To arms — to arms ! 
 The powers of hell surround ; legions of wily fiends oppose; 
 devils and men coinbine. The fallen souls of backsliders,* 
 and "the general wicked," are under their control. Paul 
 declares that the devil works in them, the children of diso- 
 bedience. ^-Ej>he. 2 : 2. If devils oppose us, so will they, for 
 the devil is in them. The herd of swine capered tremen- 
 dously when the devils got into them. — Matt. 7 : 32. ' 
 
 Be ready for all alarms,— /a&e owe*, real ones ; for all 
 '/«, evi} and gcK)d. Be surprised at nothing that may 
 CQiho^^ mc^e nothing of v\\ diversiqns, — that is a military 
 Vord, :^ti know, signifying the tactics of a general in 
 drawing away the attention of an eneniy from the point 
 wh^re he intends to make the principal attack. The devil 
 is full of these. He counts us all his enemies who are 
 true to Jesus. If he mean to weakefi or attack us upon 
 any point of our lines, he will fci(jn an attack upon some- 
 tfiing else,— such as the wot^e in the meetings, or the 
 hearty "Amens," and "Glory," and "Hallelujahs," during^ 
 
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 A CHARAOTERISTtO DIBC0UR8B. 
 
 71 
 
 the sermons,— which, when-^they come in the right, place - 
 and time, from four or ^vo hundred belibvere at once, are 
 effective as a shock or discharge, of artillery against the 
 • fortifications of an enemy ; like the thunder-shout of 
 Gideon and his three hundredy "The sword of the Lord 
 and of Qideon." I have seep, many a Midianitish host 
 routed by such a shout.^The devil has been so busy, of 
 late yeare,'thaJ; he has silencfed this^ artillery in most jirts 
 of Mothodiam. A minister may preach as Energetically as he 
 pleases how, there is no response; the happiest and holiest 
 •believer dure not so much as chirp a note of "so be it!" 
 May it never be thus in Huddersfield! The devil will leave 
 no means untried to effect it. I could give you a whole list**^ 
 of diabolical* rftm.»iow*, to Call the church off from her 
 grand desiga, th6 conversion of sinners and overthrow of 
 ^ Satan's kiogdom ; but time will not permit. 
 if% Be ready for action!— in the temple or street; in 
 you^ counting-rooms, drawing-rooms, parlors, kitchens, 
 ^ shops; highways, byways and hedge$; everywhere, ready 
 to speak,— ihvLtiB, fight for Gpd and souls ! 
 
 See to your amor.'— Your infernal foes are armed. 
 ' " Stand-firm ; for in their looks defiaiice lours," as Gabriel 
 speaks in Milton. See to your armor ! Your visible oppo- 
 nents are armed, not with civU ^wrcr,— thank God for 
 thoti — nor with carnal wcor/w/w to wound your persons. 
 |«t they are armed with pr ej^^/^ , ignorance, error and 
 e^fft^y, and unbelief; with Mwprofanity, sinful lusts 
 i*p!^e^il tongue^.;0ieiT eyes, and hands, nndfeet, are evil ; 
 % devil uses them as af/Vowrt/on* without enfirely out- 
 rnging their free agency; he^^^ves them enough of th^ 
 to render them accountable an^tmnable,— a. harsh wtfd„ 
 
 \.^^but terribly fitting and awfully true t — — *^— ^ 
 
 Se» to your armor, then^ that it is ow, and tightly^ i 
 
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 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY 
 
 
 4^' 
 
 and Arqo/ on; like Nehemitli i»df bis fettildere on the walla 
 
 of Jerusalem, " none of us put off our clothes, 8avin2^|^|. 
 every one put them off for washing ! " as he tells wraenr^ 
 4 : 28,— wearing them n^ht and day, and building with ' 
 one hand, while they heWM weapon in the other,— always 
 ready for battle^ thon f^*^tiiderSf confounding their won- 
 dering foes. Thus keeAfftk your spiritual armor, working 
 or fighting; — at your^bles, wiSh the blessing craved; 
 around your family^ altars, with your Bibles and your 
 praye>s;Sin secret, oir your kti^s in mighty prayer and 
 tupplicaiion ; about your daily ^u^incss, be clothed ^n tho 
 full panoply of God, ready for every good wonl or work, 
 to reprove) invite, ^ftmfort of lialann, as occasion may 
 require. * • ^i*j 
 
 Keep your armor on, then I Keep ^ bright by use, 
 and free from rust. But see to it thatyot|^{ii^e on the. 
 whole armor of God, — notap«r/ of it, hut^jbe whole pano- ^^ 
 ply of God. Hear St Paul, " Tak&toto^^ tlitWwhoIe ^ 
 
 le^o stand i 
 
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 armot of God, thai ye may be able 
 day; and havin]^ done all to stand, sta^y^Jperefore ; I||kving \^ 
 your /o»/w^^irt about iifith truthy and hoisng on the MSipw/-, 
 plate of riffJUeousnif9.Sy and jour feel shod with the l^Egf^ 
 ration of the Gospel pf peace ; above all, takinsJi^ smeld 
 of faith, whei^by ye shall bo able to quench <flpo Jpery 
 darts of .the wicked : illd tftke the helfhet of salviition, and 
 the swofdrof the ^|piit, which is the word of God ; praying 
 always, with ^\ prayer and supplication vH the spirit, and 
 ira/cAt/i^ thereumo .wi^ all perseverance ; and for nle, 
 utterance may be i^kin unto me, that I may open my 
 mouth boldly, to make known thci mystery of the Gospel; 
 that therein I my" speak bSldly, as I ought to speak."— 
 
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 ^4 CHARAOTBRlSTlO DldbOURSI. 
 
 78 
 
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 have the whole armor, the title of each part, its tue, and 
 how to use it. 
 
 St.^aul, like a true general to his troops, "on the rough 
 edge of battle," while it yet trembles to begin. 
 
 " Wh«n the work of lift and death 
 Ilaogi on tlie pMaing of a breath/' 
 
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 reverberates his watchword al<»g the Chrfctian ranks, *< Put 
 on the whole armor ^f God, that ye may be able to stand 
 against tho wiles of the devil." Thug twice in the same 
 
 «)ter, and a^ if in the same breath, he commands on 
 w|)olo armMbf 
 importance of (t. ^^m 
 
 \o w^jolo arm^f God," m it tremblingly alive to the 
 
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 Satai^ dreads thAMirmor. An old writer says, "It 
 dazzles the devil's ^k, ai^ daunts his courage, and drives 
 hira*om the field." Kot^ fast, my old friend ! Satim 
 is not so easily daunted &t%zzlKid as all this comes to. 
 Ho will examine it and try its mDtal, to see whether it \A 
 a// on, and whether it be gopuinc. Ho is an old veteran, '^ 
 * He and his troops have been too long in the field to be out- 
 
 2* ^?#^ ^^ ^ ®°" ^^ ^^^^' ^^'®"S^ a deceiver^ he is not 
 J^illing to be deceived; not fond of being the laughing- 
 , -Wtock of hell. Your armor must bo genuine. However, ft 
 sham armor will neither dftis»le nor daunt Ajjolhjon. He 
 will soon /ry tV* metal till U ring again! ''The whole 
 armor of God.'' That' is it. If only part be on, wfc'at 
 cares he for the remainder ? 
 For instance: Paul says, " Take the helmet of salvation," 
 in another place, " and for an helmet the hope of salva- 
 •n," Now, you may have your head defended by such a" 
 ilmet, but if your ''feet are not shod with tho preparation 
 
 the Gosp e l of peace, 
 
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 ^c^io;^, with' your brethmin in Chriat, with you)^ own 
 
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 femily, with conscience,^ ifhat caroi tho dovil for you or 
 your holmot? Uo will cieavs it through and through, and 
 
 your aoul with it ! 
 
 Inatanco again : " Take tho «rorrf of tho Spirit, which 
 Ts the word of G^orf."— ^ow, you may take up that sword, 
 but if yott have not on ihe ffirdle of truth,— that is, true 
 sincerity of heart and a consoientimts belief in tho whole 
 Gospel of truth,— if these bo absent from the loins of thy 
 soul, Satan will care no more for your sword than a soldier 
 would for a straw weapon on tho battlo-6eld. Ho will 
 smash its power and application out of the hand of your 
 soul, as you would an icicle from your house-eave in winter 
 
 timo. 
 
 Again; " Ahovo all, taking tho shield of faith, where- 
 with ye shall be able to guench all tho fiery darts of tho 
 wicked,"— faith in tho Bible, in eternal things; above all, 
 faith in the blood and atoning meriU of Christ, which is 
 truly a shield to tho soul against tho devil's fiery darts. 
 But mjtfk ! You may have such a shield, but if " the 
 BRSAST-PjLAi^B of righteousness^^ be wanting, — outward 
 morality and inward holiness to the Lord, — a holy life 
 tnd a holy heart, or, at least, a sinccro desire for purity 
 and a panting after it^— if these be absent from your breast, 
 what cares the devil for your shield? No more than a sol- 
 dier would care for a piece of brown paper hung, before an 
 enemy on the field of battk. Satan will riddle it through 
 and through with his Jiery darts, and make a blaze of it 
 speedily! ! 
 
 The whole armor of God, tten, if you intend to fight his 
 battles, or out of the ranks with you ! You will do more 
 harm than good with your deficient armor. A sham armor 
 will make you a positive curse and nuisance in our ranks. 
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 wn$e ! Examine your armor piece hf pieca, I conjure you. 
 Let it be the real, genuine ttiotal of hoiiven, — heaven* 
 wrought^ polidhed and resplendent in the beams of " tb« 
 Sun of Righteousness." Tb«ii, tnd not till tbeif, wUl il 
 daunt the devil's courage, dassle bis eyes, and drimhm 
 out of the field. Then, and not till th^n, oaa yoii tiifi 
 any glorious share in that victory, which I believ« \tk Ool 
 is about to bo awarded to Immanuora anna on this fi^ld of 
 conflict / . v^X^ 
 
 ' Such an armor is the admiration of jAgcili themso!vei| 
 although it does differ so much from their resplendmi 
 shields and starry helmets, and spears, with diamond 
 flaming and with gold, and stcords, in glistering sodiae 
 hung, frcah from the celestial armory, of which MUtmdm^^ 
 courses so clo(iucntly, — all of celestial touch immortal. 
 Yet to us our armor is of equal importance, and they know 
 It, and will not despise it. If England should ever agiiiik 
 become the alli/ of another nation in tho field, her soldiert 
 may SCO uncouth armor on the troops they have come to 
 assist. But if thcMio soldiers do good execution on the field 
 of battle, the English soldier will give him honor due, al- 
 though his own armor is beautiful and perfect as the genius 
 of Bngland could invent. Let us only h«Lam9llipu8 to quit 
 us like men in the presence of angels. ^Maiancd we aro 
 encompassed by a great cloud of witnesses, mL» have coiili 
 from afar, to take a deepintercst in what involves the eter- 
 nal destiny of the multitudles around us. The angels of 
 God will notice our courage, and the i«w we mako of our 
 armor, more, perhaps, than pie armor itself They have no 
 fancy for a do-nothing soldier of Christ, though his armor 
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 fired at Trafalgar, aignalized his waiting host with these 
 words : " England expects every tJattfi to do his dutj^." And 
 what was the effect? Was there a hero in all that n^iighty 
 host the words did not thrill? Ajr, the humblest sailor in 
 that agitated fleet felt they made his very heart Aurn with- 
 in him. " England cTpects^^ — as if Nelson desired that, 
 in imagination, every soldier should realize twenty-five mil- 
 lions of his countrymen were now present as spectators of 
 the fight Breathed ttiere a heart among all that armed 
 throng, along' the decks of that heaving fleet, those words 
 thrilled not, fired not, Me/t'crf «o/, to deeds of noble dar- 
 ing, throughout tlial conflict, which convulsed sea and air, 
 ocean and sky ? V H 
 
 You all realize tho applipation. Heaven expects ! yes, 
 expects every man to do his duty, — and womdn^ tod. 
 The eyes of angels and of disembodied spirits are upon us, 
 — »<a great cloud of witnesses."— Heb. 12: 1. ), Let us 
 ftcAarc ourselves accordingly. 
 
 We must conquer; victory through tho blood of the 
 Lamb; The/tonor of Christ, his Gospel, of revivals, de- 
 mand it. Let/us not think of defeat, but of victory over 
 hell, in the salvation of multitudes ! 
 , . An eminent divine in Switzerland asked this question, 
 "What was the grand secret oi ih,Q invincibility of the 
 Roman legions ? " He replied, it is found in that one found- 
 ation principle in Roman empire, ^^ Never to treat with an 
 enemy except ba ■conquerors.^' T|»e Romans^ persuaded 
 themselves at their origin that they could found an eternal 
 city. This conviction was the principle of their disastrous 
 greatness. It was ^l^rpetaated from generation tq genera- 
 tion, and conquered the world. What an unheard of pol- 
 »cy7 Never 'treat with an enemy except as conquerOrn! 
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 to prove this also a foundation principle in Methodist ic 
 empire ! To it, under God, Methodism owes her greatness, 
 ' — disastrous indeed to Satanic power. Alas ! i^ we as^a 
 ohurch abandon this "^primitive principle, it will be disos- 
 tipus to Methodism ! 
 
 It is a fact. It was one of Our first pfinciides as a peo- 
 ple. ■■ But let us not make the' idea sectarian. It is wrong 
 to make a local idea of it, as the Jews and their expected 
 Messiah. It belongs to Christianity, and not to Method- 
 ism in particular. It is one of \X\q foundation principles 
 ' in the kingdom of Jesus Christ, expressed, indeed, in other 
 'Voxels, thus, *' Know ye not that the friendship: oi the 
 w«rld is enmity with God ? Whosoever, therefore will bo 
 ^h friend of tha world, is the enemj of God."— James 4: 4. 
 "Now,"' 
 
 Observe, 1st. To tr(bat with the world is^to connive at its 
 vices by {orming friendships or alliances with it. 
 
 Obseryej %^. We cannot do so. without hieing at " c'»- 
 mity 7cith Goi^j^ ' ' =' 
 
 Observe, 3d. j!(p* 'enemy of God" is asubjectj^f Christ's 
 kingdom. * ' , - 
 
 Observe, 4th. We are necessitated to treat with «the world 
 .only as conquerors^ otherwise we must be at enmity with 
 it, — ojjjierwi^e atynmity with God.^ Midcfle ground there 
 is none. We must o^po^e the world, or 'oppose God! 
 
 Observe, 5th. If we cannot be conquerors\ we must enter 
 into no treaty witli**the world, involving principle, on pain 
 of e/er/m/ oi/^/airry against ourselves. : 
 
 ' Observe, 6th. According as this principle is maintainea, 
 tjir^, kingdom of Christ prevails anywhere and^ everywhere. 
 
 Observe, ^7 th. Oh this principle I draw the line otde- 
 i?mr^0ion hmj^jmu. and the world. I demand, in the 
 name of Qhrist, ^^vety soul of you dissolve your wqrld' 
 
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 fy frietidship9 frok this hour. Is this harsh? Is it un- 
 wlael^ Jsit impolitic ? J Iniipute it aot to wje^ but to that 
 pritAitive principle Xbayo quoted. Nor i» iliut the only 
 text t9 prov6 ii Hearken to God himself^ 'f Wlierefore, 
 emne but from amonijf ihemi and be yf^^eparate, and 
 touch Tio uncimn thiiiffj md I will receive you, and will 
 be a &thor unto you, und ye shall be my sons and daugh- 
 tersi saith the Lord AUijighty."-- 2 Cbr, 6 : 17, 18. I call 
 upon you, then, to obey (jod, or else leave oUr ranks. G, 
 i conjure you, do pot, by yow fric'ndshijp^ for a world at 
 entnity with God^^constitute yourself an Achai^ in the camp. 
 If yott do, vie flaay possibly suffer for your sake. But be 
 assured God will require the injury at ydur hand. Your 
 punishment will be terrible. ; 
 
 Now, my brethren, wo 'understand each other. "Quit 
 you like men! " by yMiZ/iiwr^the world,— -that is, by de* 
 parting ixom all its evil naKltims and spirit, — renmmciny 
 it forever. "Quit you like meft!" That i^, behave your* 
 selves* manfxdty^ as becometb the soidiers of Christ. 0, 
 that a noble am6iVio/t to signalize yourselves in this holy 
 war,.iB this great and decisive battle, may fill your hearts ! 
 and the spirit of burning^--r^m inextiiiymsJiable ardor 
 for the glory of Jesus, and an wiqucfichabie love to poor^, 
 perishing sinners,— may it also inspire you ! k ^ 
 
 To arms, then,, ye soldiers of the cross !" Be strong " 
 in tbepower of his might ^'WcUchya'' tor opportunities 
 to injure Satan's power. " Wateb ye I '^^ Look out lest he 
 take you by ^w/yme,— lest he steal a march tipoh you, 
 and So get the advantage. ''Stafyl fast in the faith," in 
 the true doctrines of the Gospel, in the great principles 
 involved in this war against Satan in his works, and m the 
 primitive principle of Christ's kingdoc),^ Nevep- to treai 
 with the world except as con^'ii^ror* /.« Stand iast ! " 
 
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 Ihj firm to «wMi/i, to endiirt, to bear^ to resist. " Stand 
 fiwt ! " iSTce/? m y^ur rAnks, without yielding, or rcwd- 
 «V^, or getting into disorder! "Stand ftt«t!"> wni/y" 
 Of mind and purpose. '♦ Stand fast ! " in the faith, with 
 good courage, bHieving that our Lord Jeeus is leading ug 
 to victory. "Qui/ you liko men,l" ijx full accbrdance 
 witb your prit^tples; ''like men !!' in sirmgtii, in vigor, 
 in bravef% it6norably, courageously, unflinchingly, and 
 ^vith ma^Wfl^MiwiV^ and judgment t^^V 
 
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 "let devila rago, let hell oasafj, 
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 Let/oe» ^mte, let Jfr it ndf deser.t, ' • . 
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 My fellqxi>*soldiers I what do you propose ? ,1 
 your intentions ? Anything short of throwihc your 'i^Ao/e 
 selves into this conJUctyr^indepcndent of wind, weather or 
 circumstances,^- to conquer -or to die? I need not ask 
 you.; I see it in your eyes, your looks, your motions, yonr 
 •uplifted hands! Yes, Uallelujah again! and in your 
 shouts, your acclamatio|i8 for Christ, for^ruth, for souls, 
 for^ victory I There is tlK) shout af a /cing in our cdrop! 
 "The Lord of hosts is with Us! The God >f iJucob is pur 
 refuge ! Selah ! '^ Mark that I f e«, le«^ lb inscribed 
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 Lord of hilts is with us ! The God of Jacob is our refuge ! 
 Selah."' Amen ! Hallelujah ! Now is the battle of IIud-» 
 dersfield to be fought ajod won ! 
 
 OJbr the spirit of that Swiss warrior of which I w»t 
 reading to-day, in jpoet's song,— " Victory or deajthl" 
 Ay, that was his watbhword ! It Jires ipy soul tiote. Let 
 anything fire us now, if it lead t9, Christ and victory^ to 
 Oospel arms and to Gospel power. 
 
 The Austrian phalanx stood upon usurped soil, — A/tV 
 ing wall, a human wood, a forest of armed men,- every roan 
 a tree, witK a spirit within ready to strike death to every 
 soul of yonder patriotic biMcid, who stand up fpr their right 
 on native soil against the Austrian invaders. •. 
 
 There is a solemn psttse; the mark of life and death 
 hanging upon the passing of a word frbm lips of Austrian 
 commander. The fire of conflict burns:, the battle trembles 
 to begin. The wprds " Fprwwd ! cbargel" Jiave not been 
 given. ^ ' '""■ 
 
 0, poor Switzerland, thif is thy hourof trial ! God help 
 thee, or thou art undone ! Thy, children, a hovering, band 
 of peasantry, love thee, Switzerland, even to the death, but 
 falter to strike the firit" blow for Liberty ! Behold them, 
 armed, indeed, for the Jight, to fight for fatherland^ for 
 &thers, mothers, sisters, wives, little one6, for their homes 
 aiid sanctity of their household hearths ; but againsi well- 
 fed, armed and highly-disciplined troops ; besides, at fearful 
 odds in numbers, but against th^ hated Austrian yoke and 
 tyranny. They, poor souls, hiive beahn their plough^ 
 shares into stoords, and their p^uning-hooks into spears, 
 and have come out to learn war en the bloody field. They 
 are there at Freedom's call, as Freedom's sons.' Their 
 hands grasp the sword as firmly as their hearts a trust in 
 the God of t^tr fajthers. They cannot, must not ^y,— 
 
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 . cannot, must not fall. WHt ia to bo done f-^die or fight, 
 fight or tlio. 0, §witzeriand ! gather thy departed apirits 
 -around thy 1»j11s and mountain-peaks, liko yoaider misi- 
 wreaths, ttf cheer tlwir sons in hattio strife,— in this th^i'r 
 final struggle for their rights, and lives, and liberties! 
 What are they to do/f Mti»t th^y assair yonder waiting 
 host^ "all I^nt^th projected spoars"? Whore is tho 
 point of a^sftm/ Strength is everywhere, and weapons 
 brUtling at oH'ipoints; A gap must be made in yonddr 
 blazing hedge pf lances- Who is to make lil li^ Swit- 
 iierlaid, like Roi?ac, a Marcm Curiiits, who. will plung^^: 
 into the gulf of destruction, an,d perish to save His country ? 
 Yes, tliore stands one amid tliat patriotic band- who will do' 
 it! Victory, phocnix*-lik,a, is prcpjwing to arise out of tho 
 ashes of that heroic one,, mid battle's blaze ! Where is he?- 
 Yonder ho is, out in bold reljef, ruminiiting, his fube all 
 thought, his heart all prayer, hk'ojecipons now with hved. 
 ones at home, next in a blaic of love for his*opprcssed coun- 
 try,— hatred and Ueatlt to tyrants in his compressed lips 
 and flashing eyes'. Angels protect that poor Swiss, that, 
 fearless viduntmnecr / Sec f as a bounding -hart, as tho ' 
 chamois leaps along Alpine crags, ho rushes h^a^long ' 
 aga\iist yon hedge of spears, with tho cry upon his. lips, 
 ''Make way/or LnJKRT,y ' '' Ten spears are dashed' 
 aside by his impetuosity, tho eleyeft,th " pierces, his heart, — 
 he falls in the breach liis valor has opened ! His^ comrades -. 
 enter it like a thundorbolt^ roiichoing his cry, ''Make way . 
 for Liberty ! " Panic seizes . the Austrians.^ "Makeiway ' 
 for 'Liberty ! ' '— it has the., power of an partbquakbj as- if tlie 
 veico of God is in it. The Austrians are' mown down as 
 they fly in all directions, and Switzerland is//-ec / 
 , AU this for Idvo 6^ country, home, and friends, and lib- 
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 Je?ttM,'.heaveh, souls, victory ? « Mjike way for liberty " 
 from sin anil Sutanic tyranny ! Jesjs, our great Captain, 
 was the first to'efitor the breach, where he fell in dcath^ 
 but^rose again, cdiiiaeror of hell, death aiid sin, and lives 
 to (lie no more, "/iw ownarfn brojiyht salvation." lie 
 is with us tiSfiihmi^i^^ bis peopje in ages past. Millions 
 how in gloijjwiil^ricd upon the earth,* in revival conflict, 
 with Jesus 3li|l^r ^cad, "Make Way for Liberty ! ". and 
 won it. . \i is ou^Mt^ now. " Make way for Liberty ! " 
 Yes, and the slaves of sin and bell iti this town shall soon 
 their liberty receive. Hallelujah ! To God and the Lamb 
 llahclujab ! ' To the iloly Ghost be riallelujah'!\ Amen. 
 
 FOjrward, then, to ^the fight of faith ! And, as a good 
 "brotllcr said, *'JBe sure you take with you to the -fight that 
 grcai^f/ow/JjOV^ ! " Ay, so bo it,^ Love unspeakable; 
 this war inust Ij^e^pd on by Love. • 
 
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 THE BEQINNI^O OP VICTORT. 
 
 The effect of suclf discourses aa the one oontainea in the 
 preceding chapter is visible in the following passages from ' 
 Mr. C.'s journal, in which variouai signs of vjctoiy overtbe. 
 
 adversaries of the revival wre recorded. '^ ' 
 
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 December 14th.--- Occasional flashes of divine power 
 last night, "laying open the sepulchral recesses of iniquity,*' . 
 as one expresses it, but closing again. *' The people had a 
 toind to woric,"— Ne^.4 : 6. There werp twenty^ve s^vod, 
 1 learn. A good omen. " • » 
 
 i The Theban general, who marched with an army of six 
 thousand men against an enemy four times his niimber, waa 
 annoyed, on setting out, Rollin tells tis, by the j3f%?ip«/t- 
 catot% who had marked this and that bad omen. JBut bb '. 
 cut them all short by quoting a verse from Homer to ihif 
 effect : ^' There is but one good omen,— to fight for oneji 
 country; fojward, men ♦ " |Ie marched ^ aiiiwoft jihe 
 victory,— and a great one, too, and over Spartans aS/ de- 
 tdrroinldas devils, whose motto wai to conquer or die f 
 Wo have had some sad and bad omeris, and not a few to 
 prognosticate upon them. Last night We ^d good omens, 
 — a gcneml disposition to fight for JesUji^^th right good 
 will I that is, with the weapons o{^ith and prayer. < ' If 
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 uaJ* said a monarch of old. So the devil understands it ! 
 . There was good fighting last night, then, — general prayer 
 all over the house of our God. The leaders were flames of 
 fire. The superintendent, the Rev. John Orccvejf, and his 
 colleagues'. Revs. Byan and Brice, entered into the work 
 with ardor. 
 
 The aspect of the conyregaiion is changed, — so briyhty 
 animated^ and determined, and increased. I thought of 
 the general who defeated the Lacedemonians three hun- 
 dred and seventy-seven years before Christ. He ordered 
 his army to their fences, — rather upon one knee, — with 
 spear at rest on the ground, supported by the otlier knee, 
 and covered with a shield, and in their looks defiance. The 
 enemy charged upon them, were daunted by the unusual 
 appearance, viexe rcptdsed and defeated! Thus appeared 
 our spiritual troops lastni^it. Grand sight and inspiriny? 
 The servante of the ^evil came flooding in to see what was 
 the matter, but found somethiny the matter witli them- 
 eel ves before they retired. So they have carried out the 
 news, and others will come, and the Lord will make bare 
 his arm. //i<///€rc;icc must die the death. Public atten- 
 tion once fairly -and fully awakened, we shall see that enemy 
 no more here; Huddcrsfield people never do tilings by the 
 Aa/re5, when fairly aroused, either for Christ or ^i tan. 
 
 Mt^rnoon.— A spirit of praf/cr and power in my soul, 
 with deep humility. It is wise in me to pause and refirrt 
 oyer things ktely past. a>e events of that menioral.lo 
 night I refused to preach have^ been overruled for gcioil. 
 B«t remember, my soul, thai impatience is a dangerous 
 ROGK in a revival; must guard ^against it ofver hcrcaftef^ 
 One is o^ liable to get upon this ro(ik in the cnim of popu^ 
 lar indifference as in a^storm of peHecutiwu A treach- 
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 911 the Wisdom of a pilot than a tempeit. The Greek 
 rord (or patience is a metaphor alluding to one who stands 
 up invincibly under a burden,— a definition that does little 
 credit to my patience 6n the night in question. I was 
 rathef inclined to oast the burden off my Ahonldor, and fly 
 from it, as Moses did from the serpent in the wildorneas. 
 0, what feathers wo are before the wind of temptation ! 
 Lord Jesus, do not leave qae to myself over I * 
 
 However, it humbled me well,^nd those who invited me 
 here. That was well. Wo wore driven to prayer. Our 
 cries reached the throne of God. \H won tl|e attention of 
 the skies. It was not aociul prayer, but single,, separate,'^ 
 and, alone with God,— liko Jacob hy tho ford of Jabbok, or 
 Moses by the Red Sea, when his heart cried to God, though 
 his voice was silent. It would bear the Welsh preacher's 
 definition of ejaculatory prayer. Ho said it is the Chris- ^ 
 tian's secret hiding-place; his express to heaven in cir- ^ 
 cumstances of difficulty and peril. But he had many com- ip^ 
 parisons, such as— It is the tuner of his religibus feelings ; 
 itis his aling and his stone, with which he slays tho enemy 
 ere he is aware of it; it is the hiding of his strength, and |k 
 ofcvery religious performance. It is the ra;»c of his .viiW/- 1 
 ual belfry; the beU is in one room, the rope in another; . 
 he pulls,— those near him hear notliing, but those in th« 
 distant room do. Moses laid hoU of the rope of ejacula- 
 tory prayer, on the banks of the Red Soa, and pulled hard 
 upon it ; and though no one heard or knew anything about 
 it in the lower chamber, the bell rang louder and louder in 
 the upper one, till the whole place was moved, and 
 replied, " Wherefore crieot Mom unto me 7 J^jmk 
 f he. children &f Isruel that they gi^ forwards ^"Ex, !.„ 
 Vk^ Inuiginative preachers these Welsh. The ohur^ 
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 Dw. 10, Mondoy morning.— Clouds of morc^ over- 
 ■hadowod us yesterday, but nut clouds without water. I^ho 
 Lord gave mo aearchiiig, words In answer to prayer; 
 mighty through God to the jmUing down of whut never 
 should have been up. Ilud masses of tiuth given mo from 
 above, with iUust lotions singularly black atxd portentous. 
 ">1 storm a breicinf/f'^ said a weather- wise one. It came 
 like Art//, — that is, harder than water. Words seemed 
 tpiitpons indued, and the slain iof tbijf Lord not a few. To 
 the Lord u lone bo all the praise! I^e docth thoworkf; 
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 never forget the name given by his dying mother,— - Be n- 
 , onty — that is, "jon of my ^orr6w." But his father called 
 him Benjamin, j* son of my right hand." — Gen. 85: 18. 
 
 These spiritual children are the sons of our, sorrows. 
 But, unlike Rachel, behold wo live. Now they||ire our 
 Benjamins, *' born of God," and the sons of our right hand. 
 How little some understand St. Paul, wliere ho says, " My 
 iittle children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ 
 be formed in you."— Gal. 4: 19. We will not forget they 
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 Ail old divine compares common blessings, that come 
 wWiout prayer, to the corn which grows up to the band of 
 the husbandoian, with all \\& chaff and husks about it,-^^ 
 some ra;ii/yi|r other about it, to remind him of the blosls 
 '^f sin ; Or to acorns, ivluch^swine gath<w as they fall, with- 
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 which flilli upon tho Christian, and for which ho is t 
 look up, and whioh bo will dwmttly acknowledye. Pi 
 tho Lord, I fool it to be so in this accession ofliicaU to 
 ministry I for somo of thorn, I do know, are my spiriiua. 
 children in deed and in truth. , * 
 
 I was thinking to-day of Samaon. Ilo hod a hard (ilu 
 ale witli the lion which mot him in tho wildorneso. After- 
 wards ho found a hniieyrmnb in tho sun-dried carcass. Tho 
 Jioney, I have no doubt, was all tho /twteler from tho 
 recollection of that perilous exploit. It is so with tiiis 
 honeycomb wo have found amid the carcass of our conflicts. 
 How evident tho change in tho spiritual atmosphere ! '« Tho 
 creeping pestilence '' of indifference and lukewarmness has 
 been driven away,-^" tho breath of God has chased it,"— 
 may it never return ! Tho loaders are all alive; they have 
 been thrown upon their own resources, which are laid up 
 with God, ond found them quite available in time of need. 
 What a shoifer of sdlvation last night ! -'« In vain wo have 
 not wept and strove." An old writer says, " Prayer finds 
 God free, and leaves him buund:' Bold sentiment ! 
 Bound to fulfil his promises. Tho Lord is j)loascd with 
 such bonds. Tho prayer of faith puts them on. It finds 
 God free from obligation^ and leaves him bound to fulfil 
 his promise in the best possible time and manner. A fine 
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 you, what things soever yo desire when ye pray, believe that 
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 obligation. He added another fine thought, — that to caU 
 
 culate on miraculous interposition in the ordinary aflBiirs of 
 
 ; life savors presumption and romance; b.ut that in. the 
 
 ' sphere oi-* Christian hope Jesus has made the extravagance 
 
 ' of romanee impossible, by promising to exceed hope; he 
 has given wing to our expectation, which disdains all limit. 
 He gives us immediate access to the treasury of divine 
 benevolence. In this world we can not only ward off and 
 suspend around us every evil, but we can draw around us 
 every good ; as though we possessed an omnipotent charm, 
 we can qreate around us an atmosphere of peace and joy. 
 
 , i He grants us introduction to the armory of God, and to all 
 his resources of strength; so that, like the angel who has 
 the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chaia in his hand, 
 we can fetter the operations and restrain the power of the 
 Prince of Darkness; or we can enter the field of conflict, 
 and overpower him ; rendering us, while moving in the line 
 of duty, invincible and irresistible ! This is certainly 
 strong language.* He referred to more promises than the 
 one already quoted, to bear hiiii out, — such as, " Ask and 
 ye shall receive." " If ye shall ask anything in my name, 
 I will do it." \ I have hardly done justice to his sentiments, 
 having quoted from notes in part; but the pith of them is 
 there. We hav^ realized in some degree their truthfulness^ 
 and shall more fully before many days. 
 
 Dec. 17. — A powerful prayer-meeting last night; ten 
 . or twelve saved. The earth animhe sea supply the atmos-. 
 phere with exhalations and clouds, and these prepare and 
 bring the r^'i It often happens, however, that consider- 
 able time elapses before that descifb^ in showers which 
 went up in vapors. But the shower comes at last, true to 
 some great laws with which we are imperfectly acquainted. 
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 quick the returns in this instance ! It is true they have 
 been. praying since last May for this; still, I do believe 
 "the effectual prajer of faith " occurred close upon this 
 
 D^. 18th. — Easj preaching now. The sword has^a new 
 edge,^ more apt to penetrate ; mova^stren^th in my soul's 
 arm to set it on and lay it around me fearlessly. It seems 
 as if approaching to what one speaks of, '' The sword of tiie 
 Spirit seemed newly-edged with power, and bathed in the 
 lightning o/ /te«i;e/«, flashing convictions on the consciences 
 of sinners, and piercing to, the recesses of the soul ! " 
 ^ Dec. 19th.— -Another piercing time last night. The 
 battle-sword was sharp, reaching unto the soul. A great 
 outcry among the wounded. It is of -little account to per- 
 suade sinners to think as we do, or even ^ith the Bible. 
 But to make them feel and repent, pray and believe, as it 
 , directs, is a work of poiver ; it requires Omnipotence. 
 Many saved. Praise our Almighty Jesus ! Have profited 
 :l *^^«^ fi^e "hints o^M^JJarris, of London, regarding 
 the condition of man ymChmk. came, and the method 
 of salvation. " The r^?^ of justice and the conrf/^/o« of 
 smful man were essentially hostile f they had diverged to 
 an infinite remoteness, and 8tood„ frowning at each other as 
 from opposite sides of the universe. He laid hold on the 
 nature of man ; and, planting Kis cross midway, created a 
 point of attraction which reached and drew them across the 
 separating gulf back to itself, as to a common centre. Jus- 
 Tic^ moved from its high and awful position on Sinai ; and 
 with ^11 the armies of holiness, brightening and still bricrht- 
 emng with complacency aa it approached, bowed with 
 reverence at tU cross, and said, 'It is enough.^ • The 
 sinner, detached by the same magnetic power from the 
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 as he draws Xear, till he falls prostrate before the cross,^ a 
 ' new creature iik.,Chri8t Jesus. By giving his heart to sin- 
 ners and for thenfi,, itoliness finds that it has nothing to ask, 
 nothing to- do, onlj?^.|o raise the sinner from the dust, and 
 to become the guard^n of his new life: the sinner finds 
 that nothing is left hic^sto desire, except that he may never 
 wander from the sight o^that cross which has made him 
 the ward of infinite holiness, and is preparing him for 
 heaven. Here God erects fe^s throne, and man adores ; to 
 each the cross is ineffably.prebious, for it is only in its im- 
 mediate presence that sin can ^ vanquished, und yet the 
 sinner, saved !" What a body of 'S^vinity is in the above ! 
 MysoSt exclaims with Paul, " God\forbid that I should 
 glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jl^us Christ." How 
 gloriously illustrated last night! Eafl^^^ljehind rank -of 
 broken-hearted penitei^j|||tached from the 'doj^federacy of 
 sin by the magnetic l^fKfp^ t^at cross ; linesX^^benches 
 behind benches filledc,'from end to end, and all thVykce 
 vocal with their Cries for mercy ! — but drawing nearer f 
 nearer to ihs^eross, one and another, and another, and 
 on, are chant^ed into new creatures in Christ. This will 
 do. Hallelujah ! More of this, my Lord ! Satan is hav- 
 ing" the worst of it now. The town begins to be moved. 
 
 lUec. 20th. — A hard time last night ; the greatest pains 
 brought the least success. Have had free, heavenly seasons 
 in preaching with little preparation ; an easy carelessness 
 followed by an amazing elasticity &nd power; a sorii; of 
 slap-dash, ofiF-hand talk has had in it somewhere "a chosen 
 shaft," which somehow reached the mark, and did its work 
 in the conscience, and won the ^eld. Perhaps there is peril 
 here. The Lord may not be willing to trust me here; 
 might become, too easy and careless, trifling and prayer- 
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 tnay lie in ambush hereabouts, tempting to a careless spirit, 
 to superficial preparation, to offer unbeaten oil in the sanc- 
 tuarj, which was a crime Tinder t^ law of Moses. That 
 which costs nothing is apt to gof^'r notjkinff. Have often 
 : been tempted thus, ai|<i punishe(^4r yielding ; driven back 
 again to my knees, to-my face oil the^^oor, in humiliations, 
 groans, cries and tears ; the LortMelling me p>lainly, as if I 
 heard his voice, that he would never make an exception a 
 general rw/e/_that a free, happy, ejastic time in preach- 
 ing, with little previous prepatatioiT of head and heart, 
 was an EXCEPTION ; but close thought and close union with 
 himself, with earnest cries for help from above, was his 
 STANDING RULE for a good and succcssful time in the pul- 
 pit. After such a lesson, I have returned to the pulpit ' 
 with- a tightly-l^nt bow, and the arrows of the Lord flew 
 tiiick as hail and straight to the mark, as if ^rW and 
 feathered by an angel's hand ! Now to my knees. * 
 
 iPast two o'clock. — Prayer and action ! blessed words. 
 Christian honeycombs !—0, what sweetness there is in 
 them! "Then most existence with herSelf is satisfied." 
 A great fact this. God has wonderfully woven owxJuty,\ 
 his glory and our happiness, together ; may the|^ of my 
 erience be this, till I enter upon duty in w^l^bove! 
 
 That Wtev^noble sentiment of that dying saint, "I 
 repent of all m^'lifi^t that spent in communion^ith God 
 and in doing g'ood.'^'^'^-gaiat, also, wasta fine remark of 
 another, w'ho had stood higlbkj^e world, .that the best 
 .^tate of mind a matt can .^attain isJ^lJlj^ljeat /eiswrc to do 
 good ! ay, if he will but employ diat leisu^ift^oing good. 
 These gentlemen tasted largely of this hon^^tnb, I 
 would go on eating of it, as Samson did his, and give of it to 
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 him go down among Pfiilistine sinfters, and slay heaps upon 
 heaps, with sermons, crooked, may bo, oS the Jaw-bone of 
 the ass. With it he slew a thousand men ; in it GocJ gave 
 him a Miraculous well of pure water to quench his thirst 
 after battle, just as he refreshes my soul in prayer and 
 action f • Samson called the place En-hakkore, that is, 
 the well of him that called, or cried. — Judges 15. Many 
 such wells does the Lord cleave for my thirsty soul in the 
 heat of action. Hallelujnh ! 
 
 A larger number of souls saved last night, I understand. 
 The work advances with sudh impetuosity that a poor ser- 
 mon, if it does no. good, has no power to retard, Praise 
 Jesus fw that! The people light their torches from above. 
 The angel of tb^ pbrd*has no lack of coals on ifce holy 
 altar to scatter aqafilCig tbfe people, if my poor words do seem 
 like coalg fallen*" out of the grate till cold and dead. — Rev. 
 
 Past, five o'clock. -— There is a great thaw upon the 
 hearts of the people. Spring has come indeed, with '* the 
 siriging^jof birds." He caused the wind to blow, and the 
 waters flowedl .He sent forth his commandment, and his 
 ^rd runs very swiftly. He sent out his word and melted 
 them, .and the hills flowed down at his presence. He pre- 
 pared' me rain for the earth, and made Uie grass grow upon 
 the mountains.— Ps. 147. 
 
 I was thinking, to-day, that when winter is disputing the 
 advance of spring death is in the aspect of everything. 
 There is nothing around to give sign of a change of season. 
 But how deceitftd' are such aippearances ! Break a twig, 
 how rife it is with sap! ' Scrape away the earth, behold the 
 germs and biids of life ! The sap is ascending dead-looking 
 ti'ee's vigorously, and circulates noiselessly and unseen oter 
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 everywhere with buds and blossoms. It is juat so previous 
 to a revival, frequentlj. So it has been and so it is in 
 Huddersfield ! 
 
 There is a great bowing among the people, with groan- 
 ing which sometimes cannot be tittered, but now and then . 
 loud enough, with entire consecration, V irreclaimable 
 burnt-offerings to Christ," as Feneloi^ expresses it. The 
 wise men of the East bowed before the infant Christ. ' It 
 was wise in them to bow the knee, and wise to offer gold, 
 . frankincense, and myrrh. It is wise in this people to bow 
 the knee, but wiser still to present ^n offerinff more valuable 
 than gold, and frankincense, and myrrh ! . 
 
 " Say, shall we yield him, in coatly devptilib, 
 Odort of Eden and offerings divine ? 
 Gema of the mountain, a.uA.pearh of the ocean. 
 Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? 
 
 " Vainly we offer each ample oblation, -' 
 Vainly with gifts would his favor secure ; 
 ' j •RtcAer by far is the Acarfs a«/ora/»on, . 
 
 Dearer to God a,TQ prayers of the poor.** ^ 
 
 Sinners are laying down their weapons in considerable 
 numbers daily. There appears to be an extensive disposi- 
 tion to surrender. Thinking, when out around, of the old 
 stories I used to read of battles and sieges, and surrenders ^ 
 of besieged castles,— how vigorously they resisted, how oBsti^ 
 nately they held out, but, in extremity, to save themselve^ 
 from the horrors of famine, they surrendered upon terms/or 
 at discretion — Acts 9 : 6,— thus it comes to pass in ^ese 
 days. ' / 
 
 Saturday morning, Dec. 21. — Preached last nigl^t on 
 sanctification. — Acts 26 : 18. " Sanctified hy faith that 
 isin me.^l Dwelt on the substitutes for faith employed by 
 
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 some to obtain sanctification, — such as abandonment of sin, 
 prayer, entire consecration, deejt conviction, and substi- 
 tuting the blessing itself for the faith that brings it. 
 Showed their inefficieiicy. Guarded my sentiments by 
 insisting upon the necessity of these things previous to 
 sanctification ; that God never cleanses a heart where sin is 
 indulged; faith in the world's rotundity would as soon 
 purify the soul, as faith ir^, Christ's veracity, when sin is 
 held on to, where prayer is restrained, consecration refused, 
 and conviction unfelt. Yet, these may all bo practised, 
 but, if faith be wanting, so will purity. They are to the 
 soul what Moses was to the Israelites, — a gtiide to the 
 verge of the promised land. Faith is the Joshua to con- 
 duct the soul through Jordan* over into the Canaan of perfect 
 love. Believe that ye do receive it, — Mark 11-: 24,— was 
 pressed home. Many saw their error and embraced the 
 Gospel plaH; and were saved. 
 
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CHAPTER VI. 
 
 PERSECUTION — CONTINUED TRIUMPH. 
 
 Tins chapter records Mr. Caughey's trip to Hull on a 
 brief missionary campaigr;. His reception tliere by tlio 
 enemies of Christ was singularly annoying, as the reader 
 will see. But they overreached themselves, and what they 
 meantjor evil was overruled for good. This chapter also 
 relates' to the further success of the truth in Huddersfield. 
 It will both please and profit the reader. 
 
 December 24.— On Sat 
 
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 2l8t inst., I visited Hull 
 - - . ^ some missionary sermons. 
 
 Found^the wicked in a great stir to render my visit disa- 
 greeable to myself, and to defeat the hopes of the friends 
 of missions. Handbills had been scattered broadcast over 
 the town, and placards posted upon the walls, designed td% 
 prejudice the people. One of them read thus : 
 
 KINGSTON NEW THEATRE, 
 
 nOLDERNESS ROAD. 
 
 FIRST FASHIONABLE NIOHT 
 
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 {By Command and under the immediate patronage of his most SuU 
 'phuric Majesty Beelzebub.) 
 
 ' TO-MORROW, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22md, 
 
 His Satanic Majesty^s Servaate will perform, for the first 
 
 
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 Earnest Christianity illustrated. 
 
 time,*tt N^w, Grand, Sorio-Cqmio Extravaganza Burlesque, 
 
 from tlif pen of Messrs. Self-Conckit & Vain-Glory, 
 
 entitled -• 
 ,^ YANKKE IIUMIiUa, 
 
 OB A NEW WAY Olf RAISIKQ THE WIND; 
 Being for the Benefit <if the Foreign Misiiont {7) 
 
 The leading character will bo performed by Yank^^ 
 Doodle, who has been engaged expressly for this stunniftg 
 occasion. This distinguished gentleman has, on former 
 occasions, acquitted himself in a pretty considerable tarna- 
 tion sort of a manner, and ^ho, wo calculate, will on this 
 occasion astonish the Britishers. 
 
 The Proprietors beg to state that this powerful produc- 
 tion must be seen to appreciate its excellence. Its effects 
 upon the audience are electrifying, some being so excited, 
 that, in spite of all decorum, they cannot refrain from 
 throwing oif the mask of politeness, and giving vent to their 
 ^ enthusiasm in various shouts, screams, groans, grimaces, 
 \ contortions, hysterics, transformations, &c. &c., surpassing 
 everything on thir side the Rivers Humber, gjYX^nd 
 Mississippi. . 
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 ^ONO -^ I 'm owrb Yodno to Maruy yet, - BY Yankee Doodle. 
 
 The entertainments will conclude with the exhibition of the 
 
 KESTITUTIONISTS AND THE FAIR PENITENTS, 
 In which the celebrated Dr. Cantwell, King of the Hypo- 
 crites, "Will appear, aided by a number of local and itinerant 
 auxiliaries of various denominations. 
 
 GRAND finale — THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, -'^ 
 
 "YANKEE DOODLE ;s" COME TO TOWN," 
 
 ^ PBEYIQUS TO WHICH A COLLECTION Wn.L BE MAPB. 
 
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 A nice Satanic compliment thia,— a potty rovongo for 
 the injury liis cause suatuinod hero last year, when ho lost 
 moio tlmn two thousand of his subjects, and the destruction 
 of his works in the hearts of about nine hundred belidvofs ! 
 No wonder his Satanic miyosty in angry, and would have 
 revenge ! Besides, his servants had but just recovered from 
 the 6I0WS and wounds received in that great conflict, and 
 were spiteful enough to render ready obedience to their old 
 master, the Devil ! 
 
 However, I doubted whether they had not gone beyond 
 his wishes in thp matter ; for it gave a notoriety and import- 
 ance to ray visit which it might not otherwise have had. 
 ' Our friends were a good deal excited and displeased. Tried 
 to cheer them to believe that Satan had been unable to keep 
 the control of his own family,— that I questioned whether 
 they had not quite exceeded the limits he had assigned 
 them before the Sabbath, whatever ho intended fo do.with 
 them onthat day; that they wore just publishing for me 
 
 twgh every street and lane ; thus many jpoor souls would 
 e to hear and see, who would not otherwise : that they 
 might keep themselves quiet ; tliere would be some sharp 
 and hot artillery from the pulpit that would preserve 
 order ! 
 
 Well, Sabbath morning came. The town was stirred 
 wonderfully,— a congregation of three thousand in the 
 morning, and a perfect jam at night. The devil's children 
 commenced their work; but they were divided, for some of 
 them wanted to hear a little,— cwno^/Zy overcame enmity. 
 However, the disturbance increased, and they would htivo 
 succeeded, had I kept to my intended system in the ser- 
 jnon. But, seeing the peril, I cast firstly, secondly and 
 thirdly to the winds, and went%t them with the broad-axe 
 of truth, wielding it unfalteringly, and without pause, A«tt>- 
 
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 inff on the right hand ami loft. The wicked wore atmntdf 
 ailenceU, forgot their errand, mouths open wide, eyes star- 
 intj, as if thoy would start out of their sockets l^ 0, glory 
 be to God, forty souis wore saved during the day and 
 night I Blessed bo God ! This was worth bearing a littlo 
 ridicule for. Wo read of a plant thait lived by dying and 
 greic by cviting,— an emblem of every successful minister. 
 He lives hy\dying to the world daily, and grows by tho 
 cuttings of \sore temptations and pcrscdttions ! JJlijah, 
 the prophet, told the Lord in Iloreb, "/ have been very 
 JEALOUS /orl Mb Lord God of hosts." Does Satan know 
 that opposition awakens this jealousy in a soul-saving 
 preacher ? TmX jealousy is an intense feeling ; as Solomon 
 says, ^' Tho oials thereof arc as coals of fire, which hath a 
 most vehement flame." 0, what ardor for Christ and souls 
 burned in my soul, with love and pity for thoseTisd cap-, 
 tiverb^4he dtvil at his will ! — 2 Tim. 2: 20. One can 
 understand how the church of God was such a pillar of fire 
 among the nations in times o( martyrdom, 
 
 Mr. Wesley had a pretty rough reception on his first 
 visit to Hull. Looking over his Journal, I found tho fol- 
 lowing: ; 
 
 " Friday, 24 April, 1752.— When I landed at the quay 
 at Hull, it was covered with people, inquiring, 'Which is 
 he? which is iie ? ' But they only stored and laughed ; 
 
 and we walked unmolested to Mr. A 's house. I was 
 
 quite surprised at the miserable condition of the fortifica- 
 tions; far more- ruinous and decayed than those at New- 
 castle, even before the rebellion. It is well there^ is no 
 enemy near. 
 
 " I went to prayers at three in the old church,— a grand 
 and venerable structure. Between five and six the coach 
 called, and took me to Mighton Car, about half a mile from 
 
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 the town. A hugo roultitudo, rich aj^ poor, horio and 
 foot, with sovcbl ooftchcs, wore goon gathorod together, to 
 whom I cried, with a, loud Toico and a compoaod spirit, 
 ' What shall it profit a man, if ho* shall gain the whole world , 
 and lose his own soul ? ' *Somo thousand of the people seri- , 
 ously attended; hut many hohavcd as if possessed by Mo- 
 loch. Clods and stones flow about jn every side; but they 
 neither touched nor disturbed meT When I had finished 
 my discourse, I went to take coach ; but the coaclnnon had 
 driven clear ^ay. We were at a Iosh, till a gentlewoman 
 invited my wife and mo to come intrf her coach. Sho 
 brought sOrao inconveniences on hersojf thereby ; not only 
 aa^lhcro wore nine/ of us in^he coach,-L three on each siide 
 and throe in the nfiiddle,— but also as tho mob closely at- 
 tended u^, throwing in at tho windows [which wo did not 
 think it prudent to shut] whatever came next to hand. But 
 a large gentlewoman, who sat in my lap, screened me, so \ 
 that nothing came near mo. "X 
 
 "The mob, who were increased to several thousands, 
 
 when I stepped out of the coach into Mr. A 's house, 
 
 perceiving I was escaped out of their hands, revenged them- 
 selves on the windows with many showers of stones, which 
 they poured in, even into the rooms four stories high. Mr. 
 A- — — walked through them to the mayor's house,*'who 
 gave liim fair words,, but no assistance; probably not know- 
 ing that himself [tho mayor] might be compelled to make 
 good all tho damage which should be done. ^ IJa then went 
 in quest of constables, and brought two with him about nine 
 o'clock. With their help he so thoroughly dispersed the 
 mob, that no two of them w«ro left together. But they 
 rallied about twelve, and gave one charge more, with oaths, 
 and curses, and bricks, and stones. After this, all waa 
 calm; and 1 slept sound till near four in the morning." 
 
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 The devil's chain is greatly shortened since those days. 
 
 ' He has great power yet, but he cannot exert it in these 
 quarters as he was wont. Mr. Wesley visited Hull many 
 times after that, but never again met with such a reception. 
 He lived to see Methodism the glory of Hull. The last 
 time he vi^ted it was in 1790, when he made this touching 
 
 , ^kCry ip his Journal : " Sat., 26 June, was a day of satis- 
 faction. I preached at seven in the morning and at six in 
 
 . the evening, to as many as our house could contain ; the 
 ground being too wet for the people to stand abroad. Mon., 
 
 .28th. — Thislday I enter into my eighty-eighth year. For 
 above eighty-six years found none of the infirmities of old 
 age ; my eyes did not wax dim, neither was my natural 
 strength abated ; but kst August I found almost a sadden 
 change. My eyes were so dim that no glasses would help 
 me. My strength, likewise, now quite forsook me, and 
 prol)ably will return no more in this world. But I feel no 
 pain from head to foot; only it seems nature is exhausted, 
 and, humanly speaking, will sink more and more, till 
 
 'The weaiy springs of life stand still at last.' " 
 
 About eight months after, he slept in Jesus, and rose to 
 worlds above. 
 
 On Monday night, 23d Dec, attended a missionary tea- 
 meeting at the Victoria Rooms, Hull, an^gave a short 
 address. The Rev. William Illingwjorthj one of the 
 stationed Wesleyan ministers, gave ai| Excellent speech, and 
 most ingenious and eloquent. His theme was Charity 
 her work at home and her mission abroad. At onepbint 
 he paused and asked, "Shall Charity %m at^^ome?" 
 "Yes," replied some voice, and "Yes," cried another. 
 " Shall Charity always stay at home ? "^^^o ! " shouted 
 a full Yorkshire voice. " Shall ChapX^ go upon ah errand 
 
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 of mercy to the heathen ? " " Yes ! " rejoined the zealous 
 voice. " How much will you give, then, to help pay her 
 travelling expenses?" That yras a'V/mcAcr .' The voice 
 \Was silent, and the audience were liighly amused. The 
 travelling expenses of Charity, — who should defray them, 
 arid why they should be paid, and the glorious results of 
 her angelic-like mission, — afforded him a fine field. The 
 effect was delightful, and left a most pleasing impression, 
 and l^ti.ng^ doubtless. Mrs. Osgood's pretty stanza would 
 have been a good motto to begin with : 
 
 " Let more than the (fomesh'c mt'/Z 
 Be turned hy feeling's river ; . 
 Let Charity • begin at home,* 
 But not stay there forever!" 
 
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 The collections on the Sabbath wfere £SS sterling. I 
 preached again on Tuesday morning for the -same cause, 
 and got i620, — making in all $365 American currescy. 
 Thus Satan quite overshot himself, or his children 4id so 
 fov him ; — the thing recoiled on him and them, and I teft 
 Hull, on ^Tuesday afternoon, victorious and triumphant. 
 Hallelujah ! He will hardly allow such a trumpet to her- 
 ald me again. 
 
 Dec. 25th, Huddersfield again.— I arrived . here last 
 night from Hull, in time to preach. Had a very solemn 
 time. While I was offering salvation to sinners, an unhappy 
 man passed by and threw himself into deep water and per- 
 ished. He was the owner of a low " shoiv" which he had 
 brought into town to take advantage of the Christmas holi- 
 days ; but " lowness of spirits" as they talk, seized him, 
 and suicide was the result. He had not attended any of 
 the meetings, I believe. Sad to enter eternity on a Christ- 
 mas eve, a self-murderer ! at a period so full of joyful 
 
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 interest to heaven and earth, to begin the sorr&ws of eter- 
 nity is mournful in the extreme. / 
 
 Eleven o'clock, Christmas night.— Blessed be God for one 
 more birth-day of my risen Lord ! A happy day it has 
 been to my soul, and a busy one. Preached twice in Bux- 
 ton-rood Chapel. The forenoon was a gracious season. 
 Prayer-meetiny in the afternoon, — several saved. To a 
 croiTfl? at night urged HiQ claims oi God, and the terrors 
 of eternity. Struck some hard blows on the necessity of 
 restitution^ which excited hard feelings in some. The 
 power of God was wonderfully revealed. About thirty-five 
 were converted, and ^/ec;t sanctified. : 
 , Brother John Unwifi Mid a company of the Sheffield 
 warriors were over and spent the day. - fThey came over for 
 what they call " a regular field-day ; " and they had it, — 
 the house of God the field, — and truly they acquitted them- 
 selves nobly. They were in action from morning till wiirf- 
 niffht. Such noble souls are invaluable in a work of God 
 like this. The Lord reward them, for they have fought 
 his battles this day with astonishing power. Bro. Unwin's 
 prayer after the morning sermon was attended with an ex- 
 traordinary influence upon the congregation. 
 
 I forgot to mention that the new converts in Hull are 
 Standing fast ; very few of them have gone back ; all seem 
 marching forwsc^d for heaven at a rapid pace. Now, thanks 
 be nnto God, who causeth my soul always to triumph in 
 himT 
 
 Dec. 27. — My soul is alive to God. Great sweetness 
 Wid. purity in morning prayer. Cramped some in preach- 
 ing last night ; overdid the night previous My poor soul 
 so lifeless, luaA, feeling had no place. "We have ihis treas- 
 ure in earthen vessels." It is well that the excellency of 
 
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 the power may be of God, and not of ns. But the work 
 went on as usual ; a score or more were saved. 
 
 Dec. 28, Saturday morning. — The necessity of holiness 
 for a happy death-bed was my theme. The re-touching of 
 life hjdjing persons convinced and touched many — sad 
 retrospections make sorrowful death-beds. Besides, the 
 existence of sin in the heart is painful at such a time ; cre- 
 ates a sort of death-bed purgatory, so far aa gloom axid mis- 
 ery are concerned. The rertouching of a life of holiness, 
 and comfort of such in dying, were contrasted. What a 
 heavenly glow I felt within my soul! 7%«r/y believers 
 were sanctified in the prayer-meeting , after the sermon, 
 and twenty souls Justified. 
 
 ** The peace of Ood, beyond description sweet, ^ 
 ^7/«<i every spirit humbled at his feet ! " 
 
 Jesus ia precious. His smiles are my sunshine. My soul 
 shares in the prosperity of his cause. I share his honors 
 somehow, as a wife those of her husband — when he is hon- 
 ored, I feel so too. 
 
 Some have imagined that the sun shines brighter after 
 an eclipse ; my faith is certainly brighter since that sor- 
 rowful eclipsa a few weeks since ; and so it is, assuredly, 
 with God's people,— zeal for God fills their hearts. Now 
 that God has lighted their^c&ndle (Ps. 18 : 28) they are 
 trying to give light to their neighbors who sit in the dark- 
 ness and shadow of death. Activity for God is a conse- 
 quence of a healthy soul, as green to a healthy leaf as 
 color to tho rose, as weight to lead, as heat to Jire, and as 
 light and sunshine to the 5W«,— inseparable, where there 
 is opportunity; consequently they are increasing in life, in 
 numbers; in happiness and in holiness. "Everything," 
 says some old writer, "answers the end of its creation: 
 
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 the star shines, the bird sings, the plant bears, the Chris- 
 tian labors,— the end of life is servipe.^' Just so ! and he 
 that does" not answer the end of life in respect to useful- 
 ness cannot enjoy the end of his desires — happiness. It 
 is in vain we look for that in ourselves, when we disappoint 
 our Maker in the other. Our Lord speaks of " one pearl 
 of great price, and again of a merchantman seeking goodly 
 pearls. Everj protnise in the Bible is a pearl of great 
 price. Faith makes a chain of pearls ^at of the promises, 
 by which she graces her neck, and secures her armor ; but 
 activity is a thread of silver running through, the chain ot 
 pearls ! Usefulness does not impoverish^ but enriches the 
 soul, and &ith. When we water others, we are watered^ 
 also, ourselves. — Prov. 11: 25. Solomon says, again, 
 " There is that s^ttereth, and yet increaseth, and there is 
 that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to pov- 
 erty;" and again, ''The liberal soul shall be made fat." 
 Lutlier used tQ say, activity made &ith grow fat ! There 
 is a liberality with the intellectual talent as well as the 
 golden talent,— the one enriches as well as the other. 
 This is a great mercy, for many hav&the former who have 
 not the latter, and some have the latter without the former ; 
 none need have a poverty-stricken faith, unless they 
 1{^>^ it ! Thus the jooor saitU may be equal with the rich 
 &cumL-^ sometimes, indeed, far above him, for covetous- 
 ness ik a mtUaria that hangs around the atmosphere of ^ 
 gold ! There may be a large-heariedness in working, as 
 in giving, ^^e see this every day, where people are alive 
 in religion. The ears, the eyes, the face, ^e^tongtie, the 
 /ee/, the knees, m^ be*as busy for God as the hand, and 
 ii» profitable. The fi<sad.and the heart may disburse as well 
 as the purse. Actionisin cross-bearing may save more 
 souls than fractions in Mammon. Character, activity, 
 
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 106 
 
 holifiess, exceed pounds, shillings and pence, in mora/ 
 power. Dr. Chalmers thought there is no more effective 
 persuasive to religion than the beauty of a holy life; that 
 the beautj of holiness, beaming through the life of a loved* 
 relative or friend, does more to strengthen such as stand 
 in virtue's ways, and to raise up those that are bpwed 
 down, than precept, command, entreaty, or taming ; that 
 the seen but silent beauty of holiness has an energy and a 
 moral suasion about it which surpasses the highest effort of 
 the orator's genius, and speaki more eloquently of God and' 
 duty than tongues of men and angels ; just as the beauty of 
 holiness, which is enshrined in the four brief bioffraphies of 
 the man of Nazareth, has done more to regenerate ihtr 
 world, and bring in an everlasting righteousness, and to 
 spread his religion, than all other means put together, or 
 all that has ever been written on the evidences of Chris- 
 tianity ! 
 
 Some months since I saw a bee dip into & flower success- 
 fully ; but it did not rob the flower of a single tint,— it 
 looked as beautiful, and smelt as fragrant, as ever; the 
 perfume seemed to be increased J^ the activities of the bee. 
 It is thus^ with one's soul. Activity, like the bee, car- 
 ries away theXhoney, but leaves the Aear/ lovely and fragrant 
 as ever, more so througli the motions of the active principle 
 within. I have often found it so — that by diffusing more 
 of God, I obtained more of iTod. Keligion in the soul is 
 like water in the fountain, oW in the rose, and swnskine 
 in the sun, diffusive, dispersing mthoxkt impoverishing ! 
 
 What one said of an estate we may say of our religion : 
 it may be imparted yet not impaired. I have often reja- 
 ized this in preaching, scattering Gospel truth, pulpit ma- 
 terial, and yet increasitig ; the five barley loaves, and the 
 two small fishes, multiplied into twelve baskets of frag- 
 
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 ments, each enough Ibr a semwn by and by. The oil 
 increased by pouring out. — 1 Kings 17 : 16. 
 
 Dec. 80, Monday morning. — W^hat an amazing work of 
 God is this shaping to be ! likely to sweep all before it, 
 ^* like mighty winds, or torrents i^drce." Within a short 
 time past hundreds have been saved.^ The town is shaken, 
 just by the simple preaching of a/ci Gospel A glorious 
 blaze this, surely ! and out of materials, too, apparently as 
 idisposed at first to catch fire, as thV wet wood upon the 
 afetc. on Mount Carmel, after Elijah had poured twelve bar- 
 rels orWater upon it ! When God answ()rs hyjire, apd his 
 Spirit blOwi|^it into a ^amc, how swiftly, aeeply, extensively 
 does it spread andvprevail, from heart to neart, from house 
 to house, from street to^street, from fiunily to family ! Let 
 the holy flame spread thul"4n every land, and how soon 
 would our sin-cursed earth be m^^laze ! 
 
 Forty sinners found mercy yestwday, and thirty-Jive the 
 blessing of purity of heart (Matt. 5 : o) ; all carefully re- 
 corded by the secretary, brother William Mallinsom with their 
 places of residence, each new coi^ert receiving atUhe same 
 time a ticket of admittance to a clai^, telling him where and 
 when it meets, and the name of his leader. This iaai) ex- 
 cellent plan, for it gathers the lambs into the fold at ohco, 
 out of the wolf^s way. Now and then one objects tajotii, 
 for this or that reason; but there is a spare column onJ^Q 
 book for "Remarks," such as "To be visited," or "Has\not 
 made up his mind what church to join," or '* Wi^hmto 
 consult his wife," or father, mother, or the wife desires to 
 consult her husband; as the case may be. If the conver 
 lives out of town, and there is a class in the vicinity, h^ 
 receives a ticket to the class, and the leader or pastor is noti-\ 
 fied. At . a leader's meeting, each week, the register is 
 examined, and the ^^ visiting calls" settled upon. This is 
 
PER8K0UTION — CONTINUED TRIUMPH. 107 
 
 the true way to preserve the credit of revivals, and t(|8ecure 
 the benefit to the church. 
 
 ^^ Dec. 81— Surely the word of the Lord is verified: 
 " He sendeth forth his commandment upon the earth, and 
 his word runneth very swiftly/'— Ps. 147: 15. What a 
 change in our spiritual atmosphere !. what hath God wrought ! 
 It seemed as if we were going to have a double winter, but, 
 lo ! the spring has come. Jesus seems to be saying to his 
 spouse, the church : '* Rise up, my love, my fair one, and, 
 come away. For, lo^! the winter is past, the rain is 
 ovei- and gone; the flowers appear in the earth ; the 
 time 6f the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the 
 turtle is heard in our land ; the fig-tree put'teth forth her 
 green flgs, and the vines with the- tetider grape give a 
 good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come 
 away. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, let 
 me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice ; for sweet 
 is thy voice, and ^y countenance is comely.'' And the 
 church is replying: " The voice of my beloved! behold 
 he Cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon 
 the hills. My beloved is mine, and I am his. He has 
 come to the mountains of myrrh,^and to the hills of 
 frankincense; until the day break and the shadows flee 
 away, turn, my beloved! and be thou like a roe, or a 
 young hart upon the mountains of Bether ! "— C&nt 2. 
 0, with what power the church Ifeings ! , - 
 
 " Before my faith's enlightened eyes 
 
 Make all thy gracious goodness pass ! 
 Thy goodness is the sight I prize : 
 
 0, may I see thy smiling fiwSe ! 
 / Thy nature in my soul proclaim, f 
 
 Reveal thy loTe, thy glorious name .♦' 
 
 " 0, put me in the cleft ! empower 
 " Mjf Boul the glorious sight to bear ! ^ 
 
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 DMoeod in thb sooepted hour ; 
 Fui by me, ivnd thy name declare ! 
 
 " There in the place beside thy throne. 
 Where all that find acceptance stand, 
 
 Receive me up into thy Son, 
 Coter me with thy mighty hand 1 
 
 Sot me upon the rook, and hide 
 
 My foul in JesuB' wounded side ! " 
 
 Praise the Lord, my soul ! He has made thee to remem- 
 ber thy sorrows, as waters gone by. I was thinking of that 
 question in the book of Psalms : " Who can stand before his 
 cold?" And who can stand before the cold of spiritual 
 mdifference? I was tempted to fly before it, as Moses from 
 the serpent in the wilderness. As the Lord recalled Moses, 
 saying, " Put forth thy hand and take it by the tail," so, 
 it would seem, he called me. It was well. The serpent 
 became ^rod in the hand of Moses, and by it he plagued 
 the Egyptians with thunder and lightning, and hail, and 
 sickness, and darkness, and other annoyances, till he shook 
 the throne of the Pharaohs, and made Egypt tremble, and 
 by it led forth all Israel from the house of bondage, and 
 over the Bed Sea, with songs and acclamations on the 
 further shores: 
 
 " Sound the loud trumpet o'er Egypt's dark sea I 
 Jehovah hath triumphed,— his people are free !" 
 
 Amen ! so let it be, my Lord \ As thou didst enable me to 
 take the serpent by the tail, and it has become a rod. The 
 Lord has opened me a great door, and an effectual ; but 
 many adversaries and hard fighting for further victories 
 are yet before us. The wisdom that comes down from above 
 is needed. There is no cause for fear^ 90 long as our 
 hearts remain right with God, and he is King in our midst. 
 Those words of the Lord by the prophet Haggai are; near ! 
 
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PBRSKODTION — OONTlfrUBD TRIUMPH. 
 
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 " According to the word that I covenanted wUh you when 
 you came out of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth among 
 you; fear ye not:'— Hag. 2 : 6. Then comes the promise, 
 m the next verso or two, of a shakitig in the heavens, earth, 
 and sea, and dry land,— the shaking of the nations, and the 
 coming of Him who is the desire of all nations, and the fill- 
 ing of the house of God with his gloiy, the glory of the lat- 
 ter house to be greater than that of the former. Would 
 that the glorj in the Queen-street Chapel may be greater 
 than this glory in BuitonKoad! Amen! 
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 To understand and Appreciate this chapter, the reader 
 must understond that Mr. Caughey is accustomed to pub- 
 \ licly defend mmself against the numerous objections which 
 \ his critics areiwontto make Id his manner of preaching. 
 — *. What they write to him privately he answers openly. The 
 practice, though, it works well in his hand, is not recom- 
 mended to ministers generally. As a rule it is best to leave 
 fault-finders alone. But Mr. Caughey has a method pecu- 
 liarly his own, and knows how to turn a criticism into a 
 powerful weapon of assault. The style of the following 
 extracts is very abrupt. But the reader will be able to 
 connect it by keeping in mind that each objection presented 
 and ansVered is supposed to have been sent him by some 
 one tiftn present in the congregation. The replies were 
 >^y&a. usually before preaching, as a sort of preface to his 
 sermons. There are Vany useful truths very pointedly put 
 in this chapter. ' 
 
 You shall hear my text in a few minutes. Let those 
 whom itrmay concern listen; and those whom it may not 
 mvfjuc^e the matter, and, be jtrofited also. 
 
 1st. My first reply is to "^ MOB.kL but restless hearer^ 
 
 — What can I say to you more appropriate and emphatic 
 
 " than that decision of your Lord and mine ? John 3 : 8. — 
 
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 . "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verify, verily, Tmu 
 unto thee, except a man bb born aoain ho cannot see 
 4hekinadafi, of Ood- What a fearful exception is Uns 
 against "a nu>ral man'^ Exceptions in law, jrou are 
 aware, have tremendous results often. It is to deny what 
 au opposite party has alleged as valid, in point of Icffal 
 pleading or law. '^ biU of exceptions " in law will sot 
 aside evidence for the present, porhaps>a//y; it has evon 
 caused a reverse of judgment, with groat loss. Do you un- 
 derstand me? He who expects heaven by virtue of his 
 fmrahty, and not -from tmj gracious cAaw^c wrought in 
 his nature, is met m the Gospel court by our Lord himself 
 Who there files this bUl of exception,—'' Verily, veHly I 
 say unto thee, bxcbpt a man be bom again he cannot 
 see the kingdom - This stands good in the highest court 
 of the universe. Now, woe be to him who, in face of such 
 an exception, persists in carrying his cose to the court of 
 eternity f He shall be cast, most surely; ay, not simply 
 lose his case, but himself his so,il; not only be ca Jin 
 his suit, but " cast into prison,"— Matt. 6 : 25 26 • ''cast 
 into hell,"- Luke 12 : 6 ; " cast into the fi,e,"- Matt 8 : 
 18 ; "cast into outer darkness,"— Matt. 22 : 18,—" there 
 shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." These phrases 
 everybody knows, were used by our Lord himself, showing 
 the result of being cast in that high court. 
 
 Are any more Scriptures needed ? Will you, or will 
 you not, depend upon his word? Can you persist with 
 your plea? Nay, nay! you must not! there is a more 
 excellent \fiiy,— repentafice towards God, and faith in our 
 .Lord Jesus Christ; pardoti, a change of heart, a new birth 
 unto righteousness, a new creature in Christ, a pure and 
 perfect morality as the fruit of the same, the happy «mil 
 
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 *Mld«t lUmlog worklf. in iham HMp 
 
 With Joy •hall I lift up taj \mA!r^^ ^ 
 
 ** Bold ■hftU I iUnd in tt^ jrvat day. 
 For who aught to my oh»rg« ■hall lajT 
 Fully ab«olT«d through th«» I am 
 From lin and ftar, flrom gailt and ihamo. 
 
 ' '* The holy, mMk, unipottad Lamb,* 
 Who from thrFather'8 bosom oame. 
 Who died fbr m«, oven ma, to atone. 
 Now for my Lord and God I own. 
 
 
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 ** Lord, I beliere thy pr«oloui blood, 
 Which at the mercy-neat of Uod 
 Forever doth Ibr sinners plead, 
 iPbr ffw, tvthfor my tout, was shed." 
 
 Hear me, thou restless on6 ! If thou art not in love 
 with error, if thou wo^^t^ther be right than wrong, ' 
 ratheflbe in sa^ty tha ^HaM>fc rbBt j^^ntil -^he above 
 stanzas are represeTjf/gff^K^our M^y experience ! 
 
 2d. To " A Serious Inquirer " a few words. — You have 
 
 heard my reply to the moralist. You have marked the 
 
 V decision of our Lord, — ^John 8: 3. You have there the 
 
 ^true notion of what it is to become a Christian ; the one 
 
 ►nly r&yal birth, which gives you the only valid title to the 
 
 inheritance ahove. It is the second birth; a ?iew birth 
 
 unto righteousness ; a c/iange ioithin, of the heart, of all 
 
 the affections ; the making the tree gtfod, that the fruit 
 
 may be good; a passing from (Heath unto life, — from 
 
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 peace, wid joj in the Holj Ohm. Eternal dtvtih ^^m 
 peril, till this change oocura in ymir nature. ^ 
 
 I wonder not that jou, abo, are " reatleatand *t^^mP 
 an exposure to this peril m the great cause of all tjdti- 
 quietude that afflicto our world. You are </tMi^e«/ bildw, 1 
 and jrou have been applying a wrong remedj. It haaiiHMde M 
 you worw, instead of better. Sel/^riffhteousness it »«> 
 herb. It is a weed that grow in nature's garden, h Wkn — 
 no business there. There is no' healing virtue in a >^ * 
 This weed is not only useless ond troublesome, but jmus,nm^ 
 0U9. He who seeks medicine in it might as well look for 
 ctire in common arsenic. How many are^/>(MjroM«(^ Ay mi 
 take,— ^A weed for an herb, a jwisonous root i&v k nyxi^^ 
 tious one, such as we heard of tbe other day, killing oiie 
 or two in a family, and sickening otiiers cruelly ! St. Paul 
 mourns over those who are going about in search of such a 
 weed.— Rom. 10 : 8. Ignorant of iie true root,—*' God's 
 righteousness,'* God's method of Mving sinners through 
 faith in Christ,-- they go about to plant the false root of 
 "their own righteousness" in the gwden ^of theil^ souls, 
 as a ^lea for salvation, as a method to curo*^ their corrupt 
 nature. But " Christ is the end of t&e law for righteous- 
 ness to every one that believeth."— Rftn. 10 : 4. 0, then, 
 be not one of those over whom Paul lioums ! If you go 
 abfiut any business, you wish to do it in a right manner; 
 pray carry this out in. soul matters. Haste yourself 
 Trifle not with life. Death may be near your door. Let 
 soul aj^airs be settled f Ifc 
 
 A young man once asked oncvof the fathers when was 
 the best time to repent, 'j,©, a^to that, the day before 
 your death will do ! " But, rejoined the inquirer, "Sure 
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 urge the same on you ; repent, believe, and be saved to-daj, 
 this hour,— ^y not noM>. 5* 
 
 Gi-egory, m ancient writer, compares life to a mariner 
 in f s/tip in full sail. A simple but great truth that. It 
 is equally true, also, we ate sailing either for the port of 
 heaven or the port of hell. Nor is there anything below 
 of greater importance than to be certified of the port for 
 which we are bound. You have not ascertained that yet, 
 you say ; then that is the cause of your uneasiness. If a 
 captain is traversing the sea without a reckoning, it is ten 
 to one he is sailing in a wrong direction. How stands your 
 reckoning? Had you ever a correct one, think you? 
 Have you ever known by experience the meaning of Bom. 
 8: 16?^" The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit 
 that we are the children of God," — of "the love of God, 
 shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost given unto 
 us." Are you not risking your soiU where you would 
 not risk property?—! mean on an uncertain or -defective 
 TITLE-DEED ? Do you scrvo the Lord with gladness 7 How 
 —c an you, jf yeu^ know no t "which w^ ymiaxQ steering? 
 How could a sea-captain be glad under such circuipstances? 
 Would his crew serve with gladness? Suppose'hB has ^s^ 
 his reckoninffy or suspects he never had a correct one. 
 You are now out on the high seas of life,— his cflwc exactly 
 illustrates yoi/r«. ^ ] -^^ r-'-^'----..,-:.:,: ^ 
 
 Let me tell you, nBver have you seen a better time than 
 this to ascertain your spiritual latitude. Besides, we are 
 now in the "trade-winds" for heaven. Hear me, all of 
 you! A finer breeze tor the harbor of glory none of you 
 may ever enjoy again. This is the day of salvation. 
 Huddersfield is now receiving a coil from heaven, a Divine 
 visitation. Never had a people a fairer gale for heaven. 
 What they know not now they shall know hereafter. The 
 
 
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 " trade-winds " for hell will be along by and hy. Those 
 who neglect the one are about sure to be taken and carried 
 awaj bj the other._ 
 
 M. Let ''One /rw/y^n'crcc?" hearken! —*• Disrespect 
 for the aged''? Not so! I dare not! God has com- 
 manded, "Honor the face of the old man." Did I not 
 quote Solomon on the occasion,—" The beauty of old men 
 is the gray head " ? And again, " The hoary head is a 
 crown, of glory, if found in the waj of righteousness " ? 
 Waa that showing disrespect to the aged ? Let gray heads 
 in this audience judge between us. True, I did say, and 
 perhaps the rwA was there, ''If found in the way of right- 
 eousness,''^ miak that!— "the hoary head, ^c, if 
 found in the way of righteousness,"— otherwise a dumb 
 anima/ grown gray in his master's service is more worthy 
 of honor, at least in some respectSj than he who has grown 
 gray in the service of the devil. This was harsh, I admit ; 
 but, after pondering the matter, I cannot conscientiously 
 unsay it. 
 
 P±*L**Jl s^ sijht tQ be^^^^^ 
 
 Time has showered its snows " giving evidence that sin has; 
 and still is, showering its follies ! It is diflScult to meet a 
 sadder sight, both as regards his fearful destiny and the 
 pernicious^xample he is giving to the youth around. This 
 may account for the fact that amid a population of thou- 
 sands we behold, comparatively, so few gray heads. Men 
 who are likely to grow gray in sin he who rides on the 
 pale horse, with hell following after, cuts 4own, usually, 
 and buries them out of sight. — Rev. 6: 8. Here and 
 there we behold exceptions, as if left to illustrate the for- 
 bearance and long-suffering of God,— like the aged trees 
 scattered over the American landscape, remnants of the 
 primitive forest, few and far between, spared by the storm, 
 
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 eke lightning^the axe, to wither at last, and die,— dead at 
 roots, dead in trunk, dead at top,— they fell at length, and 
 '^piecemeal are given to the flames. The application, I 
 cdnfess, had something of the terrible in it, nor could I be 
 so simple as to suppose such sentiments could be very palat- 
 able to those concerned. - , 
 
 But how sublimely glorious to behold " the hoary head 
 in the way of righteousness,^^ standing ^most on **Mc 
 
 that dread 
 
 stepping-stofies between two worlds j'' c 
 
 outlet to regions invisible, yet 
 
 '* Bold to take np^ firm to stiataui, 
 The consecrated cross ; " 
 
 firm in cheerful trust and fioly l^ope ; lending all his resi- 
 due of strength and influence to God and goodness ; standi 
 ing in ways of goodness, " in all the monumental pomp of 
 age," fresh in the strength and majesty of mind and beauty 
 of the heart ! 0, but I do sometimes wonder if earth has a 
 lovelier sight than this ! Such are the glory of Christ, and 
 the honor of the church, the joy of good men and the de- 
 ^ht^^uigels, whose company they are so soon to join ! 
 Such aged Christians are the joy of my eyes, and the^elight 
 of my heart. I live too fast to hope for it; but, should 
 God spare me, I should like to become such an one, that I 
 might tell it to generations coming that the ^'living 
 waters " mentioned by the prophet are as sweet, as pure, as 
 refreshing, in the tuinter of old age, as in life's gay morn- 
 ing, or as in manhood's summer ! — Zech. 14 : 8. 
 
 But to return : that I did " bear down hard " upon such 
 as put off religion till they are fit for no other work, and 
 hardly fit for that, I confess. Wh6re Christ is so slighted 
 wA affronted, it is wrong to be silent. The old sinner 
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 offer himself to the service of tho Saviour at so late an hour 
 realized my meaning. That he was not rejected, shows 
 that God does not reject repentance at the eleventh hour^ 
 although he has given it no special promise,— a,t least, no 
 promise of the ffrace of repentance at such a time. Several 
 stick have lately found mercy,—" brands plucked out of 
 ^ thWfire," indeed J they have been spared and saved, while 
 nearly all the generation to which they belonged are dead 
 and buried. Let no aged sinner present despair, therefore. 
 • But, BO few saved of such, and so few such above grounct^y 
 to be saved, is surely a matttirQt alarm to the unconverted 
 aged among us, and a powerful argument against procras- 
 tination m all you who are younger. 
 
 The aged persons who have been saved had a hard strug- 
 gle. Well might one say : " Old age is no good age to 
 repent. When thtjiw^ef* are hard and stifl^not easy to 
 learn to playon an instrument; when the heart is grown 
 hard in wickedness, it is but ill tuning the penitential 
 string. Poison long in the stomach is hard to get out. It 
 is bad to adjourn salvation, for that gives Satan a plea for 
 right of possession ; anyhow, it is hard to dispossess him. 
 SunseiLi&^m good time^tob<^n_^a^ay's Work, and what is 
 done is done to great disadvantage, and seldom wc// done] 
 there is a lazy weariness about it, and dimness of light 
 in doing it But in matters of religion it is all this, and 
 madness into the bargain. 'The night cometh, when 
 no man can work,' the Scripture says, I think. Will God 
 accept this late repentance? — that is the question. He 
 once asked for the first fruits, but waa refused; will he 
 now accept the gleanings? Cain Was rejected, and why? 
 I suppose he presented no sin-off ei]ing, like Abel, but it 
 appears that what he did bring for an offering he was long 
 about,— 'in process of time,' the margin of my old, neg- 
 
 
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 lected Bible has it, < at the end of dajs; ' alas ! that was 
 enoagh to cast him I put it off as long as he could — to the 
 end of the season, may be, and then brought gleanirigsy or 
 some driedrup, worthless rubbishy like what the poor old 
 sinner brings, — good for nothing else ! It is a wonder any 
 old sinners get saved ; but they do, and, therefore, there is 
 hope. Dry, ma/rowless bones! what an offering for God's 
 altar ! Hard work it is ! An oH sinner^ like an old tree, 
 is hard to be uprooted. No wonder that young folks get 
 religion so fiust and so easy ! These young sinners, like 
 younff trees, are easy of transplaniatioti. He is an unwise 
 captain who wonld lie in dry-dock till hull is leaky and 
 "gging rotten, despising fair winds, high tides and good 
 chances, and then and thus set saikin bad weather, — that is 
 the old sinner's h^tbry. It was ii^pressed upon my mind 
 that, just as i^eier slept between two soldiers in prison, 
 bound wi^Mbifo chains, so an old sinner sleeps between 
 Death J^the devil, bound Vith two chains — evU habits 
 and unbelief. I mean no disrespect to Peter ; but if an 
 angel of God were in mercy to come down and enter this 
 prison, he would rescue the old sinner from a more terrible 
 doom than fliat he helped Peter away from." Let us give 
 God the praise, if young sinners have been saved, old ones 
 have not been left to perish in their sins. More of the aged 
 are coming. We shall have some of them to-night. Let 
 the young, the middle-aged and the aged, hear the command 
 of the Holy Ghost: "Whatsoever thy hand fihdeth to 
 do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor de- ♦ 
 vice, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave tohither ' 
 thougoest."—l^\eB. 9: 10. 
 
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 Let some others listen for theirs to-hi^t. 
 
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 Ist. Let " A Protesting^earer " hearken. — I like the 
 word protest; it ia the good old^/ from whichcame our 
 good old title of Protestant. ButWorefathers prattSated 
 against error and darkness; your protect be^ against 
 truth and li^ht. How ia this? Are you u^ahje \ to bear 
 the sight of your own principles ? Must they beWouded 
 in " a dim religious light," to render them at all bearmt^ 
 to yourself? The light in which you have Utely seen 
 them has been somewhat/too vivid for your /ai^A Or the 
 weak eyes of your conscience. You blame the vividness 
 of the medium through which you have viewed your prin- 
 ciples. What has that to do with them?" Jt is like a tel- 
 escope^M shows theta as they are, adds nothing >/»- 
 twus. Why blame the light? I climbed the ^/>cn«me*, 
 once, with a friend, in the darkness of the night; morning 
 dawned,, and flushed with Ught those scenes of savage 
 grandeur. Did the light create that scenery, or show it only ? 
 It was there in all its savage aspects before we or morning 
 visited it But we were thankful for the light, as by it 
 we were enabled to avoid perils on every hand. You have 
 sense enough to apply this to the light which has lately 
 shined upon the objects bf your faith, rendering them so 
 terrifying to your consciences. 
 
 . Come, come, sir ; pray try to look your principles in 
 the face. If they are o?iyM%, they are everything; if 
 tr^ie, they are tremendously true. If they are worthy of 
 my attention, they are worthy of thine— of the attention of 
 all present in this assembly. Learn to look them in the 
 face now, or by and by the^ will look yow in the face, on 
 the death-bed, ^\ frighten >ou, as if so many devils were 
 glaring upon you. 
 
 Perhaps you are not accustomed to wee your protestant 
 prmciples in so ^8t^Hlg a light. Besides, a viyid light is 
 
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 p&inful to weak eyes. It ia apt to make such like the 
 ' Swedish poet's '^blear-eyed maw," who was always the 
 first to bawl out against strong light ; he became, at last, so 
 nervous that the sfnallest ray made Kis eyes smart, and 
 rendered him exceedingly troublesome to those who could 
 bear a good light. Upon one occasion he protested so loud 
 OS to excite another, "who became rnervous too, till their 
 <^ noisy protests awoke one Mr. Bulness out of a comfort- 
 able nap, and so abruptly that he leaped clear &om his seat, 
 protesting that there must be something outrageously wrong 
 with the lights, or such gentlemen w(^uld not be so offended ; 
 while the shrewd poet pointed his quill at him thus : 
 
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 ** The seiuelinMBwine oftn do no leas 
 
 Than blush t6 be discovered making 
 
 The only drone amongst the waking." 
 
 Protest away, then,/ as loud as you please ; ay, till .they 
 hear you at " head-quarters^^ up in Ipondon yoijder ! If 
 no other good effect be produced than to awake "Mr. Dul-\ 
 ness and &mily here in Huddersfield, that will be some- 
 thing; for, certainly, I deprecate indifference more the 
 j^iSrsecution. 
 
 2d. A few hints to another. • — ^There is such a thing 
 a spiritual apoplexy — to be sick, and yet insensible of ijt. 
 You remember my pause after reading^ Rev. 3 : 17, tne 
 other night? "Because thou sayest, lam rich, and «n- 
 creased with goods, and have need of nothing; and 
 KSOYTWI NOT that thou art wretched, and misercmle, 
 and poor, and blind, and naked" What! *' wretched, 
 and miserable^ ondpoor, and blind, and naked," and not 
 know it! — this is a spiritual opegofeary, indeed! There 
 are a great many folks in that state in and around this 
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 religion; the functions of the conscience seem as much 
 suspended as the functions of the btain in ih^apoplexed. 
 Thank God, some hundreds have recovered both sense and 
 motion lately, and they begin to see and leel their wretch- 
 edness. Many have got quite cured. The same Jesus who 
 cured the ancient demoniacs is doing the same for m^odern 
 apoplectics. That yon pray against sin is well; so did 
 Auffust ine ; ATid yet he tells us that even then his heart 
 said, "iVb/ yet, Lord ! not yet ! " Has your heart been so 
 naughty? If so, what becomes of sittcerity? If not^ 
 why do you remain unpardoned ? Why yet unsaved from 
 sin ? This is coming up with you at once, regardless of 
 your circumlocution! Man! ^^ Know thyself!" a motto 
 once written over the door of a heathen temple ; I would 
 write it over the door of your dwelling, or that of your 
 understanding. 
 
 There must be a screw loose somewhere in the upper 
 works, or your wiU, the master-wheel, has got badly warped 
 by the heat of this revival. Its eccentricities may be but 
 the putting forth of new depravities. 
 
 Perhaps you are troubled with "the plague of the heart." 
 — 1 Edhgs 8 : 38i Devils may be saying of you, as IJa- 
 vid's'foes oflaqa, ^^An evil disease, say they, cleavethjast 
 unto him: and now that. he lietk, he ^hall rise up fio 
 more." — Ps. 41: B. And, besides, as of old, 'there may 
 he ^^ the leprosy of the- head." — Lev. 13 :M2^ 44. A 
 troublesome and loathsome thing was this plague of the 
 head, and is so still. " . 
 
 I have thrown out these hints to assist you in self-exam- 
 ination. Much evil may be done by a physician, if he 
 prescribe without knowing the seat of the disease. Ascer- 
 tain, if you can, the seat 6f your malady, whether in your 
 head or heart, — error in the mind, vice in the heart — 
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 two forts belonging to the same enemy, and they hold oor- 
 respondence with each other ; the outworks may be found 
 in the life. My figures do not hang together very well, 
 but you understand me. It is necessary to subdue the 
 outworks before the principal fortresses are taken. The 
 Holy Spirit, however, often attacks the heart and the head 
 first ; these subdued^ the outer works are silenced, as a 
 matter of course. You discover something of this in my 
 preaching, I suppose. ^ > 
 
 ^£7n'or poisons ; sin stabs the soul; the world Barfe\iB\ 
 pride, vanity and d&ubting, give the viiRTiGO, — a spiritual 
 giddiness or dizziness, a wavering inconstancy, which 
 result finally in a spiritual palsy, which, like its namesake 
 in the body, becomes a hopeless malady. The poor soul of 
 man is a diseased thing, and needs the great Physician's 
 skill. The prophet asked, "Is there no balm in Gilead? 
 is there no physician there ? Why, then, is not the health 
 of the daughter of nay people recovered ? " — Jer. 8: 22. 
 This is all I have to^ say to such an one at present, ofll^ 
 trusting for some mir^le this night in your perfect cure. 
 
 8d. Another case: "One thoroughly disgusted." — I 
 should think something had produced nausea, else you 
 would not have exposed such stuff as this. Your spiritual 
 stomach must be greatly out of order. Scepticism, like 
 the liquors of the present day, is notorious for deranging 
 the organs of spiritual digestion. . I shall offer you an anti- 
 dote In my sermon,* therefore you are dismissed for the 
 present. 
 
 4th. To another : "-4 doubter. ^j^- The lamp of your rea- 
 aon^ to say the least, must burn biA dimly when you rea- 
 son thus. It may, however, be convenient for you to carry 
 a dcirk lantern} but is it safe? is it honorable? is it free 
 from suspicion ? It is dangerous to have the eyes of your 
 
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 understanding darkened. — Eph. 4 : 18. In matters of 
 natural sight this needs no argument ; but people are not 
 willing to be convinced there is peril in travelling spirit' 
 ually blindfolded to eternity. One would think this also 
 needs no argument ; but it does. It is tho theme of most 
 Sabbath sermons. It is borne with, because the minister 
 must be allowed to tal)c about something; and so long aa 
 he will keep his distance, and not use too harsh means to 
 remove the bandage, he is praised for his eloquence oi; tn- 
 genuity. But if the sword of truth cut into the bandage^ 
 or if the sparks of truth fall upon it and burn, or if, by 
 any unusual boisterousness, he shake it and loosen .the 
 fastenings, so that daylight ^flashes through the eyes of the 
 understanding upon thd conscience, then woe be unto him ! 
 he is a trouhler of Israel, and the carnal mind is indig- 
 nant ! , 
 
 Mmt^/er^, not a few, recoil from the deed, fearing the 
 penalty, and so deal with a gentle hand and soothing words, 
 -|- hoping such will Ksonsent by and byJ or remove it of 
 themselves. Thus Satan has his way. as leads the cap- 
 tives onVard to the pit, and meets with but tricing inter- 
 ception. Thus multitudes never lose the bandage till the 
 flames of hell burn it off. What is to be done? Must 
 things continue so ? Is there no help ? By the grace of 
 God assisting, there is. The thing must be done by some- 
 body. The bandages may be removed from the eyes of 
 thousands. The thing can be done. Where there is a will 
 there is a way. Let none meddle unless he has counted 
 the cost. If he has, then let him unfalteringly proceed, 
 at all hazards. We think we have counted the cost^ — 
 wishing nothing, desiring nothing, expecting nothing but 
 souls for our hire, with some hard thrusts and knodu from 
 p e rsecution, which w e can bear with a pl e asant fac e , if sin- 
 
 
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 new arc converted. I doubt you hardly underetond those 
 principles; or, if you do, toay have the art, at in other 
 things, of doubting them away. "* 
 
 Some are necessitated to wear a veil over their Tinder- 
 standing, and so thick, withal, they -^not distinguish truth 
 from error, friend from foe, light ^m darkness. If you 
 are an illustration of the old pro^fl^, "None bo blind as 
 those who will not see," you are-°%ore to be pitied than 
 laughed nt 
 
 6th. Let another /^earken.— There is one present who 
 reminds me of .the saying of a shrewd man,^^" Many a one 
 can remember a story, |[h|0 has forgotten his creed.^' The 
 memory of some resemw^ liv sieve^ — excellent for catching 
 bran^ but lets the jlcmr quite escape. My preaching would 
 not be human if it had not some bran for such sieves. 
 
 The doctrine may be rfiinw^p^le the verbiage and illus- 
 trations are decidedly and significantly human. Pi'^tend- 
 ing, as I do, not to any higher sort of inspiration than 
 what any other God-sent minister may claim,^ exemption 
 from auch frailties should hardly be expected. The coming 
 sermon will afford something for your sieve, I have no 
 doubt, — that is, if you can find time to sift. One of your 
 brethren came for that purpose the other night, but the 
 material came so fast it overwhelmed and buried him, 
 sieve and all, till his sobs and groans for help told the 
 whereabouts of the poor sifter. He sits over yonder, happy 
 in God ; if you happen to be at the love-feast, you may hear 
 all about it. « 
 
 All you say regarding these repeiiting- sinners may be 
 true enough, but hear me, — If they hjive sinned fervently, 
 ihould they not repent fervently? If they were (iestroy- 
 ing themselves heartily, is it surprishtig they see^ to save 
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 should be doing, — " working out their own salvntion." If 
 it be "with fear and trembling," that is scriptural. — Phil. 
 2: 12, 18. And it is Ood that is working in them to 
 wHl and to do, if you will consult the passage. If there is 
 a noisCf it is not as loud as that which awakened all Jeru- 
 salem on the day of Pentecost. Besides, it is a noise for 
 something worth making a noise about. That is a fact 
 which anybody not an idiot will admit^ — 'secretly, at 
 least. If you die without it, you will noise it louder in 
 hell than these upon earth ; ay, more vociferously, cer- 
 tainly more hopelessly ; loud as the ^^rich man*' there, 
 when one drop of water to cool the tongue will be denied 
 you, though you cry loud enough to be heard the other side 
 of the impassable gulf. — Luke 16. I shall. Providence 
 permitting, answer other questions to-morrow night, — 
 enough for to-night. Now for my text: 1 Kings 18: 21, 
 *' And Elijah came unto all the people and said, How long 
 halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be Gopl, fol- 
 loto him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people 
 answered him> not a word.'* * 
 
 Having taken this text before, and related the history to 
 which it belongs, you will excuse me from a repetition of 
 it. I have one proposition, which you will please kecsp in 
 memory. That opinions about religion, which may der 
 termine a man's course of conduct regarding it, are of^ 
 far m^re importance than men generall^imagine. 
 
 There are several sorts of opinions which ruin men's 
 souls ; let us notice a few of them. 
 
 I. Uninvestigated Opinions,- — Opinions adopted as 
 principles of action, without a proper search into their 
 truth or falsehood ; c«/JOM5cd without sufficient care and 
 scrutiny. 
 
 II. Second-hand Opinions, — Opinions received from 
 
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 tomahndy elie, — » wicked neighbor, a moral, anoonrerted 
 neighbor, a sceptical neighbor, a fault-finding^ ftaw-Bpy- 
 inff neighbor, a hackalidtlen neighbor, or from the devil 
 himaoir. All these advance opinions characteriatio of each. 
 Many of you have been receiving their opinions into youi 
 •ouls, and acting upon them. You would not wear a sec- 
 ond-hand coat upon your bodies, but you will a second-hand 
 Ippinion on your souls. This is iriconsistdnt. It is thinking 
 more of your body, which is the inferior part of you, than ' 
 your souls. You would not discredit the outer man in tho 
 eyes of your follow-men, but you scruple not to discredit 
 your soul in the eyes of God and angels,— ay, and in the 
 eyes of those who love God and know something. He 
 makes lymself contemptuous who follows the opinions of 
 others, without thinking for himself. If you will tell me, 
 prodrastinating sinner, what company you keep, I will tell 
 you what opinions you are following. 
 
 ill. Second-rate Opinions,— Not the best,— mingled 
 with truth and error, therefore unwholesome for the soul, 
 to the family, and detrimental to the progress of the 
 church. Some good in them, may be, but not enough to 
 comfort and bless the soul ; like a tight pair of shoes, or in- 
 BuflSciency of cloth to make the coat,' it is made, but too 
 tight for comfort ; ^he material may be good, but too little 
 of it. The prophet^ illustration is good,—" For the bed is 
 shorter than that a inan can stretch himself on it, and the 
 
 covering narrower tWn that he can wrap himself in it." 
 
 Isa. 28: 20. C/»co>^/or/aWc^- rather, for a weary body 
 and a cold night,— decidedly so in religious matters. 
 Some good in such s^ond-rate opinions, possibly, but not 
 enough to sajse the soul ; like some second-rate ships, so 
 pronounced, with mateAals for a swarm of leaks in strain. 
 
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 IV. BioowD OpiNiowf,— Sustained bj blhid attach- 
 ment ; cannot tell why, perhaps ; unreasonably blind, and 
 obstinate as both ; defiant of reason, argument, Scripture, 
 and ill-natured withal. Such opinions have been the curai 
 of the world. Edmund Burke, your celebrated statesman 
 and orator, was hoard to say tfiat the loss of life by wars, 
 •inoo the days of Mosos up till 1790, could not be less than 
 five hundred and thirty-fivo millioni of liv§3 ; adding that 
 a groat part of these were destroyed in religious wars, on 
 mere points of opinion and forms of worship. 
 
 V. DouBLB-MiNDEO OPINIONS,— Such 08 JlitHde the 
 mind, halve it, weaken it ; as one mournfully explained, 
 '• Half of the mind hangs one way, the other half another, 
 consequently easily moved either way with the least breath 
 of temptation," Just so,— half Obd-ward, half devil- 
 ward; half for the Bible, half for scepticism; half for 
 religion, half for the world; half Aearcnwarrf, half hell- 
 ward; about OS safb a position as had that bewildered man, 
 poising over the airy bi-ink of Shakspeare's cliff, subject to 
 the least whiff of wind or motion to bo precipitated into the 
 abyss below. ^ / 
 
 In this class of opinions we find unseitlednesa, indiffer- 
 ence, neutrality and dissembling, most frequently in- 
 trenched during a revival ; WQvering, indeterminate, ir- 
 resolute, is what we find in uhsettleducss ; — big words 
 these, which is not my manner ; but we will mince them 
 by and by. What do we find in indifference ? Want of 
 preference^ wish or aversion. What is neuthauty? It 
 partakes largely of indifference ; it takes neither side in a 
 cont e st; it has no anxiety no r interest which aliall be victo- 
 rious, — a state of mind which seldom lasts long in a re- 
 
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 vival, for truth will fwee a man to take one side or the 
 other decided! J. 
 
 What do we find in DISSBMBLINO? Hypocrisy ; \t is 
 to plaj the hypocrite bj concealing your real dispoaitions 
 and sentiments. It is to act a double part. 
 
 It is to act a double part, to temporize between two par- 
 tics, to conciliate both if possible. Like Ayat, the Jew, 
 who took bribes from both parties, and did justice to neither. 
 Or, like the priest of Hercules, who played with one hand 
 for the god, and with the other for himself. 
 
 The prophet's invective was in this direction. It was at 
 thb Elijah slashed with the Bword of truth upon Mt. Car- 
 mel.—^" How long halt ye between two opinions? If the 
 Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow himJ* 
 He woutd- be the death of indifference, neutrality and 
 dissembling, showing that th^y could not avoid being at 
 deadly feud mth God himself or Jezebel. 
 
 , When travelling in Holland, some time since, I was con- 
 Versing with a gentleman on the necessity of decision of 
 character in a Christian. He quoted those words of our 
 Lord, "He that is not with me is against me; and he that 
 gathereth not with me rfcattereth abroad," — Matt. 12: 30, 
 — and then added, " The doctrine of this text is, neutrality 
 in religion is not admitted. " These are Christ's words, and 
 from him there can be no appeal. Christ and Satan divide 
 the world, and we must belong to one or the other." One 
 of Switzerland's choice divines commented on the same pas- 
 sage thus : "This is the Gospel in all its intolerance; hi 
 its intolerance consists in considering every man an enemy 
 who is not a friend." " There is no underground road to 
 heaven," said another. " There is no tunnelled road to the 
 skies; there is no night passage to glory; you cannot go 
 masked to Par&dise ; nor can you ride into the New Jeru- 
 
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 salem in the c/iaru)t of neutrality. Religion is lights and 
 you cannot hide it. If you have it, it Hyill cause you to do 
 Nothing by which you will be exposed and kmion. If a 
 man has it he wiU show it; it is like light in a dark lan- 
 tern, it will sparkle through some crevice; if no light be 
 there, it may well be dark. If a man has religion, he 
 will show it; if he show it not, he has it not; if there is 
 nothing of it seen, there is nothing of it within. Visibility 
 is the unchanging feature of Christianity, wherever she is, 
 among friends or fo^s. It is upon this principle we have a 
 visible religimi, a visible church, a visible membership." 
 Hear me, all ye who are halting between two opinions. It 
 was this principle which once filled the world with martyr^ 
 dom, and reddened the earth with the blood of the saints. 
 
 The Romans and Greeks once declared war agamst each 
 other. Hostilities commenced. Readers of history, dp you 
 remember the debate in the senate of a certain nation, at 
 that time, whether they should join the Romans against 
 the Greeks, or remain neutral 7 The debate was intensely 
 exciting ; opinions differed greatly. Neutrality had voices 
 in its favor, as the most likely way to retain lieir friend#^ 
 and make no enemies. Others contended that this middle 
 course was the unsaf est of all; for by it they would pro- 
 cure no friends, nor would it lessen the nuflier of their 
 enemies. Aristen^s wound up the debate, saying he had« 
 weighed the opinions on both sides; argued thatin ncw- 
 trality there was no safety, and for this reason,— the 
 Romans had peremptorily demanded their aid against the 
 Greeks ; therefore they must of necessity enter into the con- 
 federacy and strict league with the Romans, or bo at deadly 
 feud; middle coa/r^e there was none! 
 
 See, then, the importance, simrtir, of opinions! Ab, 
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 the Greeks, so sure he demands thy aid against the infernal 
 confederacy of devils and sinners against his government. 
 This iavk Bible fact — more certain than the historical inci- 
 dent. He demands your alliance, on pain of his displeasure 
 on body and soul, in this world and the next. Middle 
 course there is none. ^^Come out from amonff them, and 
 be separate," is his challenge. The Lord can give us the 
 victory without you ; but that will not excuse you,_ I was 
 reading to-day, in Judges 4 and 5, how that Jabin, King 
 of Canaan, sent up a great army, with nine hundred chariots 
 of iron, commanded hj Sisera. The Lord made Israel vic^ 
 torious on the field. Soon after, the voice of an angel of 
 the Lord was heard, crying, ^^ Curse ye Meroz, curse ye 
 6iWer/y /Ac INHABITANTS thereof; because they came not 
 to the help of the Lord, to the, help of the Lord against 
 the mightyy Now, there was a time, doubtless, when the 
 matter of taking the Lord's side against Jabin, or remaining 
 neutral, was a matter of debate in the halls of Merok\; 
 opinions were in contest, till they were all of one opinion t^ 
 to leave the Lord to fight his own battle ; they would do 
 nothing against him, nor for him^and hoped to be irre- 
 sponsible and unblamable. Was%here no importance 
 attached to such an opinion ? Did it not bring a curse? a 
 bitter curse ? perhaps mare Utter than if they had joined 
 with the enemy in actual hostilities against the Lord. Upon 
 what principle? Because they had light enough to restrain 
 them from such a coupie ; but they sinned against light 
 in not taking the Lord's side, agaipst tlbat doomed nation. 
 Hear this and understand, all ye who have light enough to 
 halt between two opinions,: — whether you will take the 
 Lord's side heartily, sincerely, scripturully, against a 
 world in arms against him, or remain neutral. I tell you 
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 yoa will surely perish! That ground will as surelj sink 
 under you, as that did beneath Korah, Dathan and Abiram, 
 when t/iey went down quick into the pit, they with aU 
 that appertained to them, because they had provoked the 
 Lord,— Numb. 16 : 80. 
 
 Away, then,, with doublb minded opinions, and all 
 that appertain to them — indifference, neutrality and dis- 
 sembling! Turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart. 
 ' Repent of these sins against God, for, alas ! you have been 
 wofully guilty, of late, with regard to them. Repent oti\\ 
 your sins; forsake them, confess them, supplicate mercy 
 on account of them, plead the atonement for them, believe 
 and trust in the blood of the Lamb, that all may be for- 
 ^ ffiven; otherwise you will be of wo use on the Lord's side, 
 ^ no more than Achan among the Israelites,— Joshua 7,~ 
 or /wrfa* among the disciples, or ^»a»Mi« and Sapphira 
 among the first Christians,- Acts 5,— rather as helps to 
 the great enemy. ; 
 
 Hearken to another class of opinions : 
 VL Emotional Opinions— Such as spring from the 
 feelififfs, or passions, opinions begotten hy likes or dislikes, 
 affection, or aversion, or prejudice, tt;or/<% hopes or 
 worldly fears, without the ordifiary process of the under- 
 standing, regardless of the decision of the Holy Ghost in 
 the Scriptures; selfish opinions these, and unsafe as they 
 are selfish! 
 
 I have but touched upon some gr«at principles ; but have 
 not had time to cany them out or iUustrate them properly. 
 You will hear from the text a^in. But yoti have heard 
 i\iQ elements of much of my "conning preaching,"— and 
 are they not elements of power? Taken loosely and sepa- 
 rately as to-night, they may not move you much; but the 
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 witli hia word ; and when combined and concentred they - 
 make a thitiff of power ^ to be felt in this world or in eter^ 
 ,nity ; as gunpowder is composed of saltpetre, milphur and 
 charcoal, simple materials when separate, but wnen mixed . 
 and granulated, — that is, formed into grAinS)-^ it has an 
 eayfosirc force whichtdefies opposition. ^ " 
 
 Myself and young Mt. Hutlson, son of one of your Wes- 
 leyan ministers', were caught in a thunder-storm, some time 
 since, on the shores of the Bay of Naples.' The thunder, " 
 and li(ikthing, and wind,9iA rain, were terrible in the 
 extreme. It happened at the twilight hour,^ and we were 
 exposed to its fury; but 1;he scene was most sublime, the 
 flashes lighting up the finest scenery in th6 world, revealing 
 fitfully Uie grave of buried iJercu^raeum, and VesuviuSy 
 with its^robe of green, its heart of fire, and its banner of 
 smolke, and, in another direction, Fir^i/ '5^ tomb./ Tho 
 heavens were filled with sheets of fire, and the thunde.rs 
 rolled as if they would '' shake down the props -9^ pillars 
 of the sky," and ih^unnd blew, reminding one of that which 
 x'ent the mountains around Elijah, and the rain came down 
 like a second deluge, and the waves were dashed in heaps 
 along the winding shore. Superstition might have fimcied 
 the spirit^ Virgil out amid this ws^ of elements,' analyz- 
 ing, as in days of yore, when he investigated, thereabouts 
 perhaps, the constituent eleinents of a thunderbolt, thus : 
 
 - ^'Three rayt of torithen rain, of fire three mortt i 
 
 ~ Of toinging southern winds and cloudy store /^ 
 
 / As many parts, the dreadful mixture frame, '■.%■ 
 . And fears an added, eoidAYeiigmgiAmal" 
 
 A TjHXiNDBRi^OLT is a thing of power\ ho;ifever, whatever 
 becomes of the poetic philosophy of Virgil ; aDtd so is tlie 
 truth of tlvB living God, and so are the principles this ni^t 
 
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 f passed in array before you. Calculate sooner the might 
 of a thunderbolt froDtt\ heaven- than that of right or wrong 
 opinions in their eflFectsVupon youi^ eternal destinies ! 
 
 The BiBLB declare? that " Upoti^ the wicked he shall 
 rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an hon^le tempest ; 
 this shall be the portidn of their cup."— Tall: 6. A 
 terrible ''portion" th^t, and bitter/ But, alas! listen to 
 me, and dojt't leave! compounded in full accordance with 
 the degree in which .thosQ evU opinions may have influenced 
 you, in your lifetimes! A terrible ''tempest" that' 
 compared with which, all the storms of earth were but as 
 tnfatit breathings ! A scorching "^re" that I in com- 
 parison of which all th§ fires of earth were but as painted 
 fires / A wasting ^^rain " that \ delugiftg the soul with 
 eternal sorrows. Horrible "snares" those! wHibh shall 
 entangle the soul in sudden and unesfpected evUs for ever 
 and ever I I say unexpected, for those who ikdulge in the 
 evil opipions we have reprobated little susplct into what 
 troubles the^ will finally involve them ! l?her^ are storms 
 commg— pulpit sto^rms — under my humble ministry. I 
 wish to prepare you for them, with holts oi truthX effective 
 fis those which the Mwwcfer carries oh its wings,— biH-death . 
 to sm only, evil opinions, and a wicked life ! You willN^cor 
 them, then, and not be angry, nor out of patience. Con- 
 sider their design ! Better bear the storm^s of truth here * 
 and be saved, than bear the beatings of that eternal stom^ 
 hereafter, and be damned, and lost eternally ! 
 
 Oye sinners of Huddersfield! flee from the wrath to 
 come! My heart is enlarged toward youj my swl is 
 movcrf for ybu-j my ^rroawi disturb the night for you - my' 
 cheeks are wet for youj HeaveH has np rest on you^ ag- 
 couut J our cries awake the echoes Of heaven for you • your 
 case fixes the attoation of the skies; the power of <?od \n 
 
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 now descending upon us f Jesus died for yon^ Kis precioiu 
 bhod flowed, for you; h&ifitetcedes for yori ; his interces- 
 sions have been for years as a wall of fire bfetween you and 
 the fire that shall never be quenched. 0, ye prisoners of 
 wrath I nay, 0, ye prisoners of hopie ! look unto Jesus 1 turn 
 and look upon him now ! Jesus, thbu Son of God, look thou 
 upon thdn), and break every heart of stone ! Look with that 
 look that broke the heart of unfaithful Peter ! Loiok as thou 
 once did through the cloud upon t^Egyptiana in the morn- 
 ing watch, and struck off llieir chariot- wheels, so tbbt they 
 fragged Aeavt^,— so that these sinnerp, which are inclined 
 eVen noto to fly, are flying from this dreadful place, may 
 drag heavily ! Look at them, thou Son^of Qod, and they 
 shall fall into repentance before thine eyes ! 'I is done ! 
 behold, they are weeping bitterly! the people are moved as 
 the trees of the wood ! N6w is thy time, Jesus ! save them 
 now ! 0, smner, fly not the arms of pursuing love, which 
 almost reach thee-now ! — fall, fiill into those arms ! Look ! 
 yes, look at his wounds for %ss/', look and believe and t)e 
 saved forever ! or wilt thou then but listen, look, turn ftway, 
 and perish f<»rever ! 
 
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 BEBELLION AQAINST TH^ HOLT SPIRIT — A SEIIM0I7. 
 
 The following pungent disooune exhibits Mr. Caughej's 
 method of addressing the impenitent. Ministers may gain 
 some hints from it with rei^pect to the kind of preaching 
 which is most likely to reach the conscience in leyival sea- 
 sons ; while it cannot be read \^j an' unconverted man With- 
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 ^*He that Juith an ear to heoTy let him h&ir.^^ — Rev. 
 
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 The" Lord God said of the people before the flood, "^itfy 
 Spirit ^hall not always strive with many— Gen. 6 : -8. 
 
 Let that " observer and hater of heterotloxy " mark well 
 what I am going to say, and then judge for himself. Let 
 "A hater of cant and hypocrisy" hearken and judge. I 
 neither dpbak whiniiigly nor affectedly yhxni right out, from 
 
 ' the heart, the truth, iQNeWeA point-blank at the hearts of 
 my hearers. Nor do I use words or phtases Unauthorized 
 by Scripture, by the nature of my theme, or by good, plain 
 common sense. - Neither ^o I feign, cdnceal or dissemble, 
 nor act a double charaxiter, but am single of heart and mo- 
 
 "tive to glorify God and save souls ; the power of godliness 
 within, the form of go^lineea without ; nothing assumed, 
 unreal or fictitious, God knolreth,—^ outward appearance 
 harmomzing with inward r e ality. This is my ministry 
 
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 "before God and man. Forbid, Lord Jesus, it shonjd ^ , 
 
 otherwise! , ^r 
 
 You a^e both '* haters; " well, let me be one, too, in ^ 
 innocent sense, and A) have a /no,— for I am sure I love 
 heterodoxy, cant and hypocrisy, as little as yourselves. . 
 
 With the Bible in your hands, how can you doubt the 
 effects of my preaching ? That some are softened, and oth- 
 ers are hardenedyjsife deny npt. If it be death to some, it 
 is life to others; put this and that together. You have 
 sight for the deaths but are blind to the life. Is that fair, 
 or candid, or impartial? Why so? Look at both, and 
 then judge. Cannot you account ior the sjnritual death 
 which has happened to some, perhaps to yourselves, on 
 other principles ? . 
 
 Did not St. Paul say, speaking of the different effects 
 of his. preaching upon his. hearers, " To the oie we are the 
 savor of death unto death ; and to the other, the savor 
 of life unto life. And who is sufficient for thfise things?" 
 
 .2 Cor. 2 : 16. Are not such contrasts to beexj^ted 
 
 now ? Or is the ministry of the present day more sancti- 
 fied thm in the apostolic? Take care! that supposition 
 fould be heterodoxy. 
 
 TH Gospel is the same now as then. The Holy Spirit 
 the same also. As to the great elements of human deprav- 
 ity, they differ little. Why, then, should not similar results 
 occur i— death unto death to some, life unto life to 
 others. Is the preacher accountable? Is he worthy of 
 blame? Beware! lest you slur the character of St. Paul 
 whom you " venerate ; " that would not be orthodoxy. 
 
 Th^pirifs presence is glorious and life-giving; nor 
 can the^ be life without him, so tremendous is the spirit 
 of evil m the human heart. By his aid it can be subdued. 
 
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 Botil of a sinner, he leaves a ^sad farewell" behind- "a 
 • certain fearfulJmkingf^ of judgment and fiery indigna. 
 twn, mtc/t shall devour the adversaries."— Ueh. 10 : 27. 
 If you wish to read the whole passage you may, for jt'is 
 , nduch to the point.. *'And hath done despite to the iSfpirit 
 ^ of grace.-^' There, that telb the story ! It was doing 
 " despite to the Spirit of grace " that brought about this 
 fyear/ul looking for of judgment and fiery indignation.'' 
 Observe, furthtii-i twenty-sixth verse, this thing is done 
 *' WILFULLY," after the knowledge of the truth has been 
 received; siiining imV/mZ/jt against the Holy Ghost,— the 
 rebellion of the wUl under superiw illumination; for 
 '^ knowledge'' is LIGHT,— the will renouncing its alle- 
 giance to the Spirit of God, at the instigation o(t^ corrupt, 
 envenomed and revolting heart. At a certain point it is 
 'i THE SIN UNTO MATH," for which WO are not to pray.— 
 1 John 5 : 16, 17. And why ? Because it is a sin never 
 followed by repentance, or contrition, or faith in the blood 
 of the Lamb, or desire for repentance, faith, pardon ; 
 no pardon can reach a sinner, without these; with them 
 there is pardon for every sin in the whole catalogue of 
 htunan transgressions; it is never denied to thp vilest, when 
 ihey repent and believe. Read over the passage again,— 
 Heb. 10: 26— 81,— and you will plainly see that the^n- 
 ishing art, that damns a man above ground, is a despiteful 
 sinning against the Spirit of grace) there is malice, angry 
 hatred, malignity, irritation,_ds/lance, contempt, in the 
 word "DBSPiTB,"— to vex, to offend, to tease. What are 
 the consequences of such conduct? Hear the word of the 
 Lord, laa. 68: 10,— ''But they rebelled, anrf vexed 
 his Holy Spirit; therefore he was turned to be their 
 ENEMY, and he fought against them:' ' Ah, yes ! and his 
 retribuiitms ar e TRRRTm.n ! \ 
 
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 Observe, ngab: This is done by the self-same Spirit 
 that creates anew the believing penitent, and which refreahet^ 
 and supports the adult believer. 
 
 Nature has something to say here ; " the same element 
 which sweeps away the harvest from the poil is the source 
 of all fertility. The furrmo torn by the thunderbolt differs 
 little in appearance from the tillage of the plough." The wind 
 in one place may be fanning the cheek of labor, or of poverty, 
 or of fever, or wafting the strong vessel towards her destined 
 port, or helping another ship to wrestle with the waves vic- 
 toriously ; while in another ploce it may lull suddenly to a 
 sephyr, that would not stir the down upon the sea-bird's 
 breast, but to let the fated vessel drift upon the rocks on 
 tack; while yet in another it may be the strong hurricane, . 
 driving the, doo^d ship among the breakers of an iron- 
 bound coast. Bu^it is the same element, differing only in 
 administration^ ' 
 
 The rqiri may be " coming down like music," ai the poet 
 speaks, gving life to everything capable of it; while in 
 another place it may be rotting the harvest, or hastening 
 the decayed tree to its fall, or the leaky house to itd ruin ; 
 and yet in a third region it may be descending in torrents, 
 raising the mighty inundation, destroying, in a fatal hour, 
 all the hopes of the farmer. It is the same element, the * 
 administration being different. 
 
 The sun in one region of the earth may be causing spring 
 to appear, with its blooms and its blossoms, while he is leav- 
 ing another region to all tjie rigors of winter. In one place 
 he°proves himself the />micc of life, sending a tide of life 
 through everything that loves his beams, causing heaven 
 and earth to rejoice in each other's smiles ; but elsewhere 
 he ia Bfiorfthin g all vegetation to the verge of destruction. 
 His warm rays may convey life, and animation, and ^eas- 
 
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 ure, to thousands in a citj, while here and thor«, on the 
 streets of the same, those rajs are death-blows to some,— 
 
 ^im-stniclc is the word. But it is the same sun, only dif- 
 
 ^ fering in the mode of his administration. 
 
 The thunder is rolling over heaven iii grand harmony, 
 and the lightnings ''flashing glorionaly,'' shaking the rain- 
 clouds, and blessing all that breathe with a purified atmos- 
 phere; not for a//,— there are de^th-flashes, too, which 
 ffend mourning, lamentation and woe,! into some families. It 
 is the same element, differing fearfully in its administra' 
 tion. It is thus with the^lS)>t>i/'« operations ; not arbitra- 
 rily, as if by decree, irrespective of character. It is because 
 the sinneir vexes the Iloly Spirit, and rebels against him, 
 that he turns to be nis bnbmy, and fights against him — 
 Isa. 68: 10. ( 
 
 There is a wide compass of meaning in those expressive 
 hints of St. Paul, 1 Cor. 12 : 4— 7.— "^bw there are di- 
 versities of; gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are 
 differences af administrationL but the same Isord. And 
 there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God 
 which worketh all in all. B%U the manifestation of the 
 Spirit is given to every man to profit wifJm.^' Ay, "to 
 PROFIT :^ithal," and >yery man" receives "the manifesta- 
 tion of the Spirit" for this very purpose. But if those 
 manifestations are abused, then commence the "rft/fer- 
 ences of administrations'' toward the sinner. Ist, He 
 rexe» his own conscience. 2d, He c^ismme^ his own peace. 
 8d, He.^ar* the gates with his own wicked hand, and 
 thereby constitutes himself a primer of wrath. Thus far 
 ^^the singer. 4tli, The Holy Spfrit sets out to ^nwc him 
 grievously. 
 
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 tntion,-^ verj difKsrent, indeed, from the mild and (mnvino- 
 ing influences of the Spirit formerly felt. Now the Spirit 
 of Ood fights against htm ; as Madame Ouyon strikingly 
 remarks : '♦ The sword of the Spirit and of Providence may 
 be applied successively to every tie that binds him to the 
 world. Property, health, friends, may fall before it. The 
 inward fabric of hopes and joys, where self-love was nour- 
 ished and pride had its nest, may be levelled with the dust. 
 He may be smitten, within, and withered without, and over- 
 whelmed with tho waters, and scathed, and bbsted, and 
 peeled to the very extreme of endurance, till he learns in 
 this dreadful baptism " that it is an evil thing and a bitter 
 to vex the Holy Spirit, and to rebel against him ! 
 
 But should all this prove profitless, the administration is 
 again changed, and he is cut oflf in his sins, — he dies in his 
 sins. Let eternity tell the rest. 
 
 ' « Obse«f e, I do not say that all sinners are so dealt with, 
 nor all who perisb. " There are diversities of operations, 
 and differences mf administrations.^^ One tree revives by 
 pruning and becomes fruitful, or is killed in tho process ; 
 another has its branches lopped off by the axe, or severed 
 by the storm, and lives ; while another dies of a similar in- 
 jury; a fourth is girdled, in part or wholly, Amerioaji 
 iftshion, lingers a while, outlives it, or dies in a season ; a 
 fifth meets with no outward violence, but there is deaih ai 
 the root, or at the heart, and it gradually decays and dies ; 
 a sixth is prostrated by some sudden gust of wind, and per- 
 ishes ; a seventh is undermined by wind and weather, and 
 falls at length ; fire in the woods destroys the eighth ; while 
 a thunderbolt from heaven scathes ox shatters to pieces a 
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 trations of the Spirit's different adminiatrations. There is 
 
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 iomething of this sort coiwtwitfy ocotim*ng to tjwj resUt- 
 ing and impetiUent sinnor. But the Spirit of Ood often 
 leaves a man's out#ard goods untouched, and works either 
 life or death within. 
 
 What the Lord said of the people before the flood has a 
 fearful application to this daj. ^'My Spirit shaU not at. 
 ways aiHve with maw."— Gen. 6 : 8. Hear this, every 
 one of jott ! It is not m AbU mm become finally impent 
 tent: If we believed that, wo might venture to preach a 
 Roman Catholic purgatory. No, they are finally impeni, 
 tent, without the possibility of a change for the better, be- 
 fore ever they go there; in /Aw world is the full prepara- 
 mn for hell attained. # . • 1 *^ *^ 
 
 That preparation comes gradually, hvX it comes at last. 
 Winter approaches gradually, and so does night; and a 
 tree dies gradually. All these have attendant signs. But 
 a period com^s when ''winter reigns tremendous over the 
 conquered y^» and when night lies black on all the 
 ground ; and ^ point of time when the tree is actually dead, 
 and all hope 0f reviving it by shower, or swishine, or any 
 other means, is gone forever; let it he cut down, for the 
 longer it stands the worse it becomes I 
 
 It is thus sinners gradually approach 'Hhe sin unto death," 
 for which we are not to pray.— 1 John 5 : 16. But the 
 crisis comes ; the sinner passes it, and his doom is sealed. 
 Hearken, every procrastinating, spirit-resistitig sinner 
 among you, and venture another step hellward if you dare ! I 
 
 
 " There is a time, we know not wlien, 
 ^ A point, we know not where, 
 That MARKS the destiny of man 
 To glory or despair. 
 
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 " Th e r e ig a lin e , by ua lunpen. 
 That oroMes every path ; , 
 
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142 BARNES5 CHRIfflPliHITT IIXUSTRATBD. 
 
 The hidden BOUl^AKT between 
 Qod's pftUenoe and hif mrath. 
 
 «• To PASS that lindt is — T^ DIB.— " 
 To die tt8 if by stealth ; 
 It does not quench the beaming eje. 
 Or FADB the glow of health. 
 
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 •* The ooMcienoe maj be still at ease. 
 The spirit light and gay ; 
 That whi<di is pleasing still may please, 
 ^ ■ And care be thrust away^ 
 
 ** But on l!HAT FOBiHEAD Ood has set 
 IndeUbly a MARK 
 Unseen by man, for man, as yet, 
 is blind and in the dark. 
 
 ** And yet the doomed man's path below 
 l4ke Eden may have bloomed ; 
 He did not, does npt, will not, know 
 Or feel that he is doomed. 
 
 «< He thinks, he feels, that all is well. 
 And every fear is calmed ; 
 He lives, he dies, he wakes in HELL, 
 Not only DOOMED, but DAMNED ! • 
 
 •* O, where is this mysterious bourn 
 By which our path is crossed, — 
 Beyond which God himself hath sworn 4 
 That he Who goes is LOST? 
 
 i «« HOW FAR may we go on in SIN T 
 
 How long will God forbear? ^ 
 ^ ^ ,._ WHERE does hope end, and WHERE begin 
 
 ^""^ The confines of despdr ? 
 
 "An answet flrotn the skies is SENT, 
 • Ye that from God depart,' ^— ^ :^ _^ 
 While it is called • to-day ' REPENT, 
 And harden NOT your hetorti" 
 
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 148 
 
 You have heard of the death of that young man who - 
 died in his sins. Listen to the circumstances, and reflect: 
 
 Upon the bed of his last sickness lay a young man. All 
 that medicine could do had been done, hut it was more and 
 more evident he was drawing near to the confines of eter- 
 nity. His weeping friends could not conceal their forebod- 
 ings. But he knew it all, — that there was no hope of his 
 life. The ni{fht of deaths merely, was nothing in his esti- 
 mation. It was the Curtain of eternal night, which he felt 
 enshrouding his departing spirit, that filled him with uaut^ 
 terable emotions. His conscience, too, was busy, auditing 
 his last and long account with the Supreme Judge. He 
 saw, as plainly as you see me, the hand of divine Justice 
 closing the gates of heaven and opening the gates of hell. 
 <* Pale as a ghost sitting on a cloud " lay that young man. 
 What was it that " wrapt the hour of gloom in ten-fold 
 woe," and made death what Aristotle called it, " the terri- 
 ble of terrihles"? It was his repeated acts of rebellion 
 against the Holy Spirit. With his soul upon his trembling 
 lips he confessed it, ^^ while grief beyond description 
 grieved" around that dying h^di) for his weeping friends 
 were there, and an aged father, and the yoiuiig lady to 
 whom h6 was betrothed. But hear his skd confession ; 
 
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 *' In early days the Spirit strove 
 
 To guide my feet to heaven ; 
 I heard the gentle whispers then, 
 
 * Repent and bt forgiven.* 
 And yet, I grieved that monitor aw^r. 
 
 He plead in vain, ^ 
 
 And 't were a boon I dare not crave 
 
 To hear his voice again ! 
 
 ** Say not the star of Bethlehem 
 Shall glitter o'er the tomb ! 
 
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 ^ 0^ me his beanumay noTer lUl, 
 
 ^q gild my pathway home. 
 The wigs of the undying worm 
 
 Are toieroing now my soul ; 
 I see the^^Tems of despair, 
 
 I hear il^e billows rolL 
 
 *' And now, fiurewell! dissevered 
 Is the last terrestrial tie ; 
 Swift-pinioned to the bar 
 
 Of injured MijBstyL fly! 
 And ere the herald of my eut 
 " Chimes its Solemn knell, . - 
 
 Te are weeping o'«r the dust 
 Of one who lives a fiend in helL 
 
 " The veil is drawn ; eternal truth f 
 
 Is to my soul revealed. 
 And by Jehovah's fiat sure 
 I know my doom is sealed." 
 
 I have not repeated those lines hecatise of any excellencj 
 in the poetry, and they are not bettered by my imperfect 
 memory, — but for the solemn warning to you, sinners, 
 which they contain. The young man died thus, and wa 
 buried. Whatever was his fate in eternity, he had a mis 
 able deadi-bed. No one could doubt that the Spirii yl, 
 often strove with him. It was his treatment to the Spirit, 
 and his kitewledge of the^ fact, that filled him with such 
 fearful forebodings. 
 
 "What other death-bed can you expect, if you continue a 
 similar resistance? ^Beware of suppressing the* voice o^ 
 your own consciences ! ^^ Grieve not the Holy Spirit of 
 God." This hetCI'ei^y Dove is still with you; weary him 
 not — drive him not away from the ark of your souls ! Have 
 you fiiith, and repentance, and a desire to be saved ? Then 
 would I say to every such soul, "7%» is the accepted 
 time; behold, now is the day of salvation." Jesus hath 
 
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 1#5 
 
 died for you. Believe it, and tirust wholly in 'the merits 
 of his death. Why not ? You are a sinner ; and for whom 
 but pinners did he bleed and die? Why not this moment 
 throw thyself upon his mercy? He stands ready to save 
 thee. 0, fly into the arms of his everlasting love ! Where 
 else canst thou fly? The law of God threatens thee with 
 eternal death. Jesus offers thee eternal life, if thou wilt 
 but accept of him as thy Redeemer and Saviour. It is 
 Christ that died; he alone oan justify; and when he justi- 
 fies who can condemn? Make him thine, by cordially ac- 
 cepting him as thy Ransom. Amen. 
 
 But let us proceed. The sinner is represented in Scrip- 
 ture as being dead in trespasses and in sins, and quickened 
 put of that state.— Eph. 2: 1. Jesus says, "It is the 
 Spirit that quickeneth.^' Paul ech'bes it : " The SpirU 
 ffivethli/e,''—quiciceneih,as the original has it. You 
 know something of the retina of the eye, doubtless,— that 
 fine, transparent net- work of nerves over tEe bottom of the 
 - eye, which receives the image of an object in virion. It is 
 said, if you open the eye of a dmd man, you will perceive 
 that the retina is as active in receiving the image of an ob- 
 ject as that in the eye of a living person. But the ej^ct 
 goes no further. The brain receives no impression. And 
 why? There is no life within, no soul, no intelligent prin- 
 ciple. The new-made image stands alone oii the retina, 
 untelegraphed to the brain. The optic nerve is in its place, 
 it is true, but all is death m the brain; tho all^nforming 
 mind is gone, — therefore the image stands mtnoticed. 
 
 A better illustration of the sinner's case one could hardly 
 select. He is spiritually dead* An image of a truth may- 
 impress itself upon his natural understanding, fia well as 
 upon that of a living Christian; but there is no correspond- 
 ing impression made upon his heart, no communication with 
 
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 . hSsi oonfwienoe, no sympathj within ; he is dead to spiritual ^ 
 things. 
 
 These phenomena are ntftorious. In ever^ congregation 
 
 • there are men to be seen listening to the tuM 8,tartli.ng 
 truths quite unmoved,^ truths conveyed^ under the moat 
 bnUiant and striking imagery ^m-- enough, one would think, 
 to move even devils, and which really does move them till 
 they tremble.— James 2 : 19. Why is it not so aW with 
 suchiben? Life within is wanting ; there is cfco/A' within-. 
 The Spirit o/'Qod alone can create that life. It is his 
 work to quicken such dead souls into life. Until then 
 TRUTH Receives no response,— no more than an jmag^ in a 
 dead man's ey^. The presence of t£e soul is Ranting in. 
 the corpse; the presence of the i^irt/ is wai^ted in* the 
 
 .sinner. ' ,- ., / '■ <■' 
 
 Every living Christian present is a'witness^to the, truth. 
 of divine influence; its wcces^y, first,- for there* was a 
 time in hi# history when he also was dead to God,, but the 
 
 • quick^ing Spirit came at last. Every new convert^ ay, 
 and ^yery penitent sinner, has this dime signature wit^mi 
 
 • himself, clear and satisfactory. JaiA]^ heterodoxy? K 
 8(5, hate it; reject it ; . if not, pray receive it, and' do not op- 
 erate against the stranger. VWhat thinkest thou? B«i 
 what may be heterodoxy at thy tribunal may be orfhodoxy 
 before the tribunal of the Bible! There I leave it. As 
 Paul appealed to Osesar, I appeal to the Bible. What 
 Paul said of a sinful woman maj^ be «dd of a sinful man : 
 ^*But she that livetk in pleasure is dead while. she liv- 
 ETH."— 1 Tim. 6: 6. Hearken again. Col. 2: 13,1— 
 " And you being dead in your sins, hath Jie quickened 
 together with him^ having forgiven you ,all trespasses." 
 Hearkeu again : ^^ Because we thusjvdge^ that i/€n&.died 
 
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 ^ /or a», then were all cfeorf."— S Cot. € : 14. Theae » 
 are to the pomf. Can you reqmre more ? 
 
 Oonaderaco/yje. Had^ou the oompaw of a thousand 
 voices in on^, you eould not n)^e the hfain «rf that dead ' 
 man recognize that imagp on the iwtina of his «ye. l^o; 
 nor by a similar voiee caU forth a «iWw^ recognUion of i^ 
 smgle truth, impressed upon » th^ undenrtanOiBg of a sinner 
 spiritually dead. But a «i«^/e wice coiild do it, if accom- 
 panied % "the stip sn^l voice » of Ih^ ^^ of truth. 
 
 InstanceUat ^o/i^ary 'voice of ,tl|e pni^het Jonah upon 
 the walls oiNiheoeW: It felf upon their eaiB " like a blast 
 from {he trump ofGpd,; It pealed through th6 streets of 
 Nineveh tiil ail her pdlaces trembled," till the capital of " 
 t|ie migljfiest natidn of th^ ^at wiw humbled into tears and 
 
 cirJes of re 
 
 ice ! 
 
 N ^- ^' * '- '^ytoreflectt Thefltrangwwas 
 
 ^ f^narmed,r-rmpoi^^^^^ nothing remarkable in 
 
 j^ compasSjjl)r volume bf sound, that we read of There waa 
 
 "^ visible 4wy outdide those.walis, to give'^Aow* to His 
 
 summomng voice, lis^o-thfet of some g^pat general. Why 
 
 _^ m they.not suspect hid sanity, or suspect him jfor some wild, 
 adventuring fenatic, coming with such unheard of and un^ 
 
 : , Ukely intelligence,-^" Yet foHy days, and Nineieh shaU 
 
 be overthrown"? Why did they not'arrW him? why not 
 
 '^fine him in awkw^Aott^e/if theyhad one, or in a prison? 
 
 Why did the. people fell a wfeeping, and repenting, and fes«- 
 
 °ing,oneimdall,^from the king on his ^irone down tp the 
 
 , humblest citizep? Nobody meddled with Jonah, except the 
 devil; his voice still reverberating the dreadful words, 
 " r^/ forty days, and Mneveh shaU be overthroum.**' 
 Ah ! that voicejms ntit'alqne ! The SpiriC of God accbm- 
 paniedlt.to evei-y ^nsdence, and a whole city of more than 
 stx-score thousand^ ^reom, hitherto, dead k sin, awoke 
 mto agonizingii | fe ,af1d cried » to Jonah's God forme roy J 
 T^nS thfe prediction of the^ity's overthrow overthrew the ^ 
 
 
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 prediction ; 'the death-sentmce from the walls brought liib 
 to the city, and Nineveh stood in its glory after ,the forty 
 days had expired. Truth owes its power to " the Spirit 
 of truth;'— John 16: 15raa the bullet to the powder 
 that impels k, as' the sword to* the arm that wields, as the 
 seal to tk Iia^d that passes it. * 
 
 Hear me, all of you ! I care not though heaven and earth 
 and hell heard it, for it is my steadfast foith ; the arrows of ^ 
 \ruth, " though barbed and winged by an angel's hand/'-, 
 would foil to stick fost in a sinner's conscience without tHo 
 power of the Spirit. The sharpest artillery of the Gospel^ 
 would be no more than as the chirping of the grasshopper, 
 in his absence. This is my iaith,— fie/orc every seronon, . 
 and during its delivery, and "after. To him I give the all 
 GLORY conti^ually for any good done. This is the wwrfer- 
 standing hetvimn him and my Soul, be the conversions few; 
 or many, or much or little liberty, or popularity small or 
 great. Tn doing so. he blesses my labors, and ke eps the lifo 
 of Gfod alive in my soul. This is my apt^lW These are 
 my principles; by them I stand, without wavering. The 
 preacher has life and light mihm — not se^^'driginated, 
 but derived,— as the stream from th^ fountain, as the light 
 from the sun, aa the matin shines by the sun, my life, my 
 light come from Jesus, created and sustained in my doul by 
 the power of the Holy GhoBt. 
 
 • It was said of that great sculptor, Michael Angeh, that 
 eVery touch of his chisel was life, and that he struck 'out 
 features and forms from the marble with the power of a 
 creator. Ay, but he left them still in marble lifeUssness. 
 Not so- a Godnsent preacher. He enters the d^iVs 
 quarry ; hews out sinners there as dead to God as those 
 marble blocks to the chisel of the ^eat wtist. It would be/ 
 a sJmine if the chis e l of such a pre ac her is less productive 
 of saintly form and feature ; but a greater shame, shoul^ 
 

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 "^e leave them, like Angelo, in the ool^ness of death. Such 
 saintly imitations bom the Qoapel ohuel would aoon perish 
 like^the firost-work we observed the other tnoming, under 
 
 ' the breath of temptation, or the sunshine of worldly pro*- . 
 perity; whereas Angelo's *chisel conferred a sort of earthly 
 immortality, at least, upon its productions. But, sirs, what 
 do you see? Look around upon these hundreds, thau- ' 
 sands f^ Here are scores and hundreds^ who, a few weeks 
 
 ' since, were dead to divine influence as that Italian's mar- 
 bles, dead to God as the body of Lazarus when four days in 
 ^b-ton)^,' where Jesus found him, — alas! not four days spir- 
 itually dead, but years -5- twenty, thirty, forty i fifty, ay, 
 seveirty yei^, in that state. But, ''^ Lazarvs^ come 
 forth r^ They have com^ forth out of their spiritual tombs 
 at the call of the same voice, bound hand and foot^ in their 
 carnal grave-clothes. Satan thought he had bound them 
 securely enough, and only waited permission to carry them 
 off to heU. But they l|ave pad a resurrection, miraculbur^ 
 as' the raising of liazarua. Scores of.these men and women 
 of God haveai^ed in loosing and lettmg them g6, to run 
 the race fi)r the . heavenly, pri^® ; and most of them have 
 started with a shout, wliich tb^e angels of God respond to in 
 heaven.— ^ Luko 1&: 10. > # 
 
 Their life, like ours, is derived from above. It was the 
 Holy Ghost that &wi^ened them; he it was that animated 
 the chisel, that put upon them the forms and the features 
 
 , of ihe children Of 'God; and life immortal still animates 
 
 piese tiew creatures ki CShrist Jesus. Old thmgs have 
 passed away^firom them, indeed, and all things havo become 
 new* — 2 Cor. 6 : 17. And now, glory be to the Father, 
 and to the Son, and^ to the Holy Ghost ! as it was in the 
 begiilning, is tLo% a^4 o^^r G^utll be, "world witliout end! ^ 
 Amen I and am e n I ' — -4 — — ^^ — - ■ / ' . • .' — ■ . . — — 
 
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 ^ 1 . PRQQBK88 OF THE REVIVAL. __ 
 
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 We shall now resume our selections from those portions 
 of Mr. Co journal which relate to the Huddersfield 
 revival. 
 
 Jan, 1, 1845. — Adieu, 1844 ! A happy and successful , " 
 year hast thou been to me — tho most so in all my ministe- 
 rial life! Hail, 1846 ! a new friend, butf an untried one;^ . 
 has taken me by the hand. Through what scenes of j(^ or 
 qprtow is it to lead? To what is it to. introduce md? „ 
 ."There is a timei» be iorw, and a time to rfi€,",says Solo- '> 
 mon. Whatlmnd not a word about the time between? 
 No; it seemed sa short, I suppose, he need* make nc(^ ac- 
 count of it; as if, taken in itself, it was not worth mentioA- 
 ^ ing, but just puts the. cradle on the grave's brink. 0, my ' 
 soul, be watchful and active ! Death is on the swift march 
 td meet thee ; and, though he cannot kill thee, he may un-. 
 . hou^e thee suddenly, which he will do sooner or later. 
 May He find thee as now, only h51ier, and filled with love I 
 Let thy religion be experimental, practical, doctrinal. And 
 thy prejachmg, let*it be the same, that thou may est save 
 thyself and them that hear thee. Bemenaber Rowland 
 Hill's sentiment, that a merely doctrinal religion leads to 
 Antinomianism; if only experimental, to enthusiasm; and 
 it practical only,,to pharisaism; but the (hree combined 
 
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 make the \ real and scriptural Christian. Just so! This 
 triniii/ in personal religion is of high importance, next to / 
 the doctrine of a trinity in theology. How things run in j 
 .trinities f Matter, light and heat,' one aun ; hail, rain and 
 snow, water; bgdy, soul andjspirit, one man; Father, Son 
 and Hoiy Ghost, one God; rejoice evermore, pray wUhaui 
 teasing, and in everything give thanks, entire ^anctifica- 
 /tV/i,~at least, a blessed evidence of itf adobtrinal, ex- „ 
 perimehtal and practical religion, one Christian. Oj my 
 soul, never detach Jjjyself. from ^hese ! 
 V My mind is solemn. 021*' new year ha^ me by one hand, 
 so to speak, and Providence holds me by the other. If the 
 latter remain my Fnend, the other cannot be my enemy. 
 At peace with the Master, at peace with the servant. 
 Amteri J so be it; and so it is ! ^V ■ ; . 
 
 Held /our watch-night at Buxton-road Chapel. Text, 
 ''Awake, thou that sleepestf &c. — EpB. 5 : 14. Thir- 
 teen soul's were converted. Glory be to i^od! some bom 
 of the Spirit at the close of t|ie old ye^r, and others in the 
 beginning of the new. Interesting scenes to Heaven, if ther0 
 be»etill joy ttm^ over a sinner repenting. — Luke 16 : 10. 
 That settles h ! Good news for the skies V Hallelujah to 
 God and the Lamb for over and ever ! «Amen! 
 
 Afternoon of New Year's.Day. —Out for a walk; med- ; 
 itations retrospective, rememl^ering all the way the Lord 
 my God has led me in the vvildemess, to humble me,, and to 
 prove me, to know what was in my heart, whether I would 
 keep his commandments or no. — Deut. 8 : 2. Had much 
 cause for humiliation, indeed.; andl much, also, for thanks- .. 
 giving and gladness of heart. At times sombre,— the pO- ^ 
 grim habit would return upon me ; the looking up, and for- • . 
 ward, and upward, and inward, mih sighings of soul, and 
 
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 ■ABlfirr OHRIBTTANITY ILLUBTKATBD. 
 
 unocrtaintieB afl to the providential path, and sorutinjr as t9 - 
 prinoipki, motires, courage, puritjr, faith. g 
 
 <« «T is twitt apmstimM to apeak and be the hearer ; . 11 
 
 . ' For ke ii iwie$ himttlf who can oonTerie 
 
 With hill own thoughts, as with a living throng , 
 Of fcUow-traTellerti in • (wlltude." 
 
 Jan. 8. — Last night had a meeting for the new converta. 
 Had a large proportion of them present. They knelt in 
 succession around the altar, after receiving "»*&w words of 
 advice and exhortation to faithfulness, then a few words of 
 prayer, pronouncing over them the apostolical benediction : 
 ^^The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the hve of 
 Ood, and the communion of the Holy Ohost, be with 
 you aU. Amen:'— 2 Cor. 18 : 14. And while singing a ^ 
 verse of a hymn they retiredjfco their seats, and a fresh com- 
 pany came, up ; and so till all • had been so confirmed,^— a 
 good Methodistio " confirmation " this, of truly regenerated 
 souls ! By this means, also, we found who had not yet 
 been appointed to class, and had the thing attended to. 
 Then we had a prayer-meeting for mourners, and a number 
 
 saved. 
 
 It was ascertained that six hundred and forty j^twda 
 had been saved in justification and sanctification since the 
 meeting commenced, the proportions thus: two hundred 
 converted from the world ; owe hundred and forty mem- 
 bers converted — persons meeting in class before the revival, 
 but unsaved ; and three hundred cases of entire sanctifica- 
 tion; total, sLt hundred and forty. % 
 
 B.OW satisfactory to record the name of every person 
 saved m wch a work ! It enables one to judge pretty cor- 
 rectly as to the character of the work, and preserves from 
 exaggerated reporUk All gloiy be to Ood ! He doeth the 
 
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 works! How easy to gain the victory when Joaus takoB 
 the fioli^! How hard the coliUict wheii hq atauds aloof! 
 " 1 go not up to the feautryot," said Josus; but others wont 
 up. Ho was in the mountain, at prayer, while the disoiplca 
 were rowing in vain agai^t the wind and waves qf the 
 Tiborian Sea. But in the fourth watch of the night Jesus 
 came to them, walking among the waves; fear caipe upon 
 them when ihoy ought to have had joyJ ^They thought it 
 was a spirit; but a voice came booming over the waveg, 
 "jBc of goiid cheer; it is I, be not afraid:' Peter wa» 
 soon out among the waves to meet his Lord, with only 
 the plank of faith to support him, which the winds and 
 waves soon deprived him of. But Jesus caught him as h# 
 was going down, and saved him, with Uie sweet words, "O 
 thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? " Peter 
 remembered that, doubtless, in many an after conflicybr 
 souk ! With Jesus aboard, they were victorious over winds 
 and/waves, and soon reached their quiet harbor. 0, but 
 ^ 5re is much of this administration in these revival 
 eflforts! 
 
 Jan. 4, Saturday morning. — Pressed faith for purity, 
 lovingly and intensely, last night ; faith in a promise, a naked 
 faith, stripped of all feeling, in a naked promise ; "believe 
 that ye do receive, and ye shall have."— Mark 11 : 24. 
 Faith is a voluntary act of the mind ; otherwise it could 
 not be a condition of salvation. Showed that everything 
 stands still till this faith is exercised; as the ''unclean 
 spirit " went not out of the man's son, till the father cried 
 out, with tears, ''Lord, l believe, help tho^mine unbelief:' 
 For Jesus had said to him, "If thou canst believe, aU^ 
 things are possible to him t/mt believeth" Faith, under 
 the Gospel, seems to be the finishing act of the mind; It 
 is like signing a cheek on the bank, without which the best- 
 
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 drawn ohook is good for nothing. The promise of Jesus i« 
 like an unaiguod check until the believing soul endors^n it 
 by its fttith ; then it is tiegotiable at the bank of grace. 
 Many do not understand this, and plead the promise moHt 
 earnestly, and wonder that it draws nothing, while they 
 refuse to believe. They might jiist as well present a draft 
 »t jl bonk, a»d.|[|oad intensely to have it cashed, while tliey 
 revise- to endorite \%. When we are pleading a promise for 
 full salvation, we endorse it by believing that we do receive 
 it ; tliat instant we shall feel that the promise is honored, 
 and we do rooeivo. I love to press upon believers that son« 
 liment of Mr. Wesley, — " It is of importance to observe that 
 there is an inseparable connection between these three 
 points: 1st, expect it A8 you^e; 2d, expect it by 
 FAITH; 8d, expect it now. To deny one. is to deny 
 them all. To allow one is to allow them all. Do -you 
 believe we are sanctified by faith? Be true to your prin- 
 ciple, ond look for the blessing just as you are, neither 
 better nor worse, — as a poor sinner that has nothing to 
 pay, nothing to plead, but Christ died. And if you look 
 for it as you are, then expect it nota ; stay for nothing. 
 Why should you? Christ is ready; and he is all you 
 waijt He is w;aiting for you ; he is at the door." Worldly 
 wisdom and the wisdom of the serpent will have much to 
 say against such sentiments; but they will stand good and 
 unimpeachable to the end of the world. I preached as one 
 beating the air, for years, upon this doctrine, because I was 
 in the fog on the simple way of faith. But no sooner did I 
 clearly perceive ^e scriptural truth of those propositions of 
 Mr. Wesley, experience them, and preach them, tkan 
 " the arm of Grod was m^e bare in the full salvation of be- 
 li e vors. — It was by pr es sing th e m hom e by all the varied 
 illustrations I could coiniiand that those three hundrtd 
 
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 «=r,bod wlu.. Ae ^, „Hat „<™ ; ,hat hi. hZe «Z'Z^ 
 
 a place of prayer, it. >talc now ; that he w« 11 : 
 ^"^^^^•^ empty and lighlU>, me. Mv apr^b JZ™! « 
 dhmick out of ha pUce mto the grave, into perdition un- 
 
 rf m\'*^'' "■"'-" " Shakspeare dep««a J 
 -tha, would have been well in this inatanV^.. qS^ 
 ftomaelve, .bro«l " did the mUckUf with the b.Ct°? 
 ■ ^tmlT\ «•" ."f '"-*«"' went, Xg^ 
 ^„frh,f. fi>"nd a resting-ph^e far enoogh f™m the-, 
 pulpit, but happened to hit nobodv tl.n..»h .i,» -i. . V>' 
 full ft nn..M MT. I. I , ■ "™"'' tuongh the ofaapel wmj», 
 
 h. ^Tu ^*''*^''- "idnotd-ignit, foroTrtain- * 
 the people know it; I «,i«Kl it as an illusti^tion oMhe 
 bghtl^s iackmer, that thus and thus he shouU Z 1 
 
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 •^iL !i f ■ / J"k8'ider wo, present, o«ne forward to be - 
 pr,,edfor,andtheI*,d l„ved him. Belighted Z^ 
 dlestiok, and sent him home to his house, wii hi, Zr7^ 
 / fa »'» ^ y with th e fe g e of God. — 
 
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 V 1, (UA hid. one as he hinted to Jonah, Jonah 3:2, 
 H:"hy «> doing, have I l«t the ^ op™.on of 
 ^^. of taste anai*^h---;;^A.,- " 
 
 t:^^^;::rLin^"wa:'^he^"£ 
 
 *^?Z^l A noble edifice, capable of eeatmg more than 
 
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 «p ;ffl interior it is a tnodel^— m netgnc ui w« i/ j 
 
 1Z 5::'U«nd it, and in ^e ^^f^^ 
 
 too low, plmn-sur/aced, die U^e f™^, ^ . ^^^ 
 
 ra«i<«i ceilings are a curse. ™ P"'P'%'"° i.;, by 
 onnosite end from the doors, projects, and iB-sarro^nded by 
 
 dence. Behind the pulpit- is the ««he,ta^ jo,n«d 
 ^^Tmain galleries, and sufficiently elevated behmd Ae 
 
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 the wind, nor creaking of doors, i^^mmminff, n* noiw 
 of earruves without; for the chapel etaiub back a consid- 
 erabfe datonoe fipom the street, and the space in front is 
 flagged hke a pal«#-yard. Everything, in lict, is inkier. 
 /«< order and eioeUent taste. It suUimes ud tpmLl- 
 .ze, the soul to look aronuA There is nothing gaudy, buf 
 thegreat^l»^plicUy. Would that dl chapel-building ;om- 
 
 cu^, '^T^J^''^^ '^* » few lessons in Queen^treet 
 Chapel, H«dde«fiold! Th,cong«gation seenM ^ harmony 
 , with the phwej a fi„e, mtelUgent-looking people, and de- 
 vout good specimens of genuine Yorkshires. We shaU 
 get better acqmuntod by and by. What if the Gospel, like 
 Ithunels spo«-, m MUton, should find the dbvil Z^ted' 
 here anud^aU this devout intoUigenbe ! If «, ^ Zt 
 t^, ('^'^^'"^ 'f Mcele^u^ if eo, then 
 we shaU have a blaze of opposition of some sort- 
 
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 Lights on a heap of niirout powder, Uid 
 Fit for the tun Bome magajtine to store 
 Against a rumorerf war, the smutty grain, 
 With sudden blaxe diffused, inflames the air ; 
 So started up, in his own shape, the KKND !," 
 
 fW.™ 1' ■"* '^^ *" "■"P"'' *» » «»' '"H preached 
 from those awfel words in Jer. 28: 19, 20,-"Behold, a 
 .v>h^w„ui ofth. Lord is gone forth in fury, evj. a 
 ^-^^M^.. U ShaU fall grie.o.Jyl!;ontJ^ 
 head oflheu^ted. The anger' of the iJd Zu not ■ 
 r^uni, unM he have executed, and tiU he have performed 
 the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye ^ 
 ^nsukru perfectly." There y,ero t„,e„ty.fL persons 
 ^ me,^, ««1 eleven purity of heart. ^A good be^ 
 ^: 0, Jesus, nde on ! subdue the people under th«, ! 
 we .were brought tow, and then didst help us. This is 
 
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 kno^ to all tW people. Thj finger is seen, thy pow^ is 
 acknowledged. Man was humbled into the dust, was made 
 nothing, as he sprang from nothing, and continues as nothing. 
 Hallelujah! 
 
 Jan. 7th,* Tuesday morning.— Brother Ryan preached 
 last night a good sennon on Rev. 22: 16. Four- souls 
 were save^. 
 
 To-dajl, when walking out, met two young sinners, 
 through whose lips Satan coinplimented me in no measured 
 terms. I had reproved them for swearing. It only edged my 
 spirit to preach as I have never done against all sins by 
 which the devil peoples hell. Amen. 
 
 Jan. 8th. — A fine spiritual breeze last night. Liberty 
 of soul, great ire^m of speech, with simplicity. A timely 
 lift so early inr &i§leek ; made the best of it, and in a 
 holijpr sense than Burns intended : 
 
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 " Then top and maintop crowd the sail, 
 „. Heave Care o'er side ; * 
 
 4 And large, before Enjoyment's gale, *. ' . 
 
 Let 'a tak'the tide,*» . 
 
 The two revivals are going on side by side, sweetly ind 
 evenly,— jtkstification and sanctification ; like two great 
 Streams to the same ocean, or like the two rails in.a*rail- 
 road track. Over twenty saved when the meeting closed. 
 
 My soul enjoys conscious purity. What a paradise of 
 sweetness there is in it ! The blood of Jesus Christ, his 
 Son, cleatiseth me. Doubts are met by an instant applica- 
 tion to that blood, »through that promise.-^ Mark 11: 24. 
 ^A ffreat promise that, when one's consecration is entire.' 
 
 My tiroi is fully occupied; pen a-going six or seven 
 hours a day. My correapondience is a heavy tax 09 tinae 
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 aiid Ameruja; occupied sometimes till midnight, Jfr Webb 
 m^^ sealing.^,, lette. as fast as wriSe^ I^ 
 
 L^ti/Tr "^ "°^ ^'^tion,- it rather inci^ases. 
 But It IS a fine opportumtj to do good. It is my harvest- 
 shame to let the sickle rust. Thei. is a time'^inTvIry 
 
 f e is^e^to improve it. /.cWcr^n/,';,^ suggests fiooU 
 ihoy,h^s, wh eh I save for my sermons ; r^sTthJ^t 
 adistance toll well upon particular .as;s here ; so tha al 
 •IS pressed some way into service in this war. My soul too 
 w kept aLve and happy by constant activity. ^ ' ' 
 
 •^Vv "^'imonungfinda some task beguni ^• 
 
 ^Eacli evening sees it close ; *• 
 
 ■ .p/ . S«°>ethinj|^ttenipted, something 4one, 
 
 Has farnc(< a night's repose." 
 
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 Jan. 9th.-A /*«rrf onset last night ;. could not^'^,; 
 a/ojf on my spirit; ^lootn on the people,^j^e thought i 
 tn/ernal. Poor sinners^Melt it, too. 7%^& when we 
 have a ha,d time, and know, also, the bri^^u,^ of the 
 Witual atmosphere,, thougli they cannot understand it. 
 
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 . *>>« power of God was wealed, and that "ahastln 
 
 saved of the Lprd, ,fth ftces beaming like seraph,. 
 a J r" "m*"" •'"'S'"^- a good day, consla.a peace, ' 
 and thoroughly «rtve. I ff>l ^ spiritml start in Jommg 
 pmyer, «,d kep| .head .11 day; a g,*.* .dvajtageto l^gin 
 tte day well there; th« mind wefl perfumed titb gle 
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 MRMtiST 0HBI8TIANIT7 tI«LUSTRATED. 
 
 fiulgwHfame; it is the creamjUt the day ; when wq^ give 
 Go4 that, the milk of enjoyment is sw^t all day aftw? 
 
 Jan. lOth.^ — Managed to introduce Jesus in my sermon 
 last night ; he is the Soul oC. preaching, iu9 one said, and a 
 serinon without Km is likp^ body without a soul. ^^laM- 
 theJi&hi of the world." Yes, my Lord, and the light of 
 a sermon f too. One observes of him that "He arose on the 
 woj^d an obj^ tAw&nderful and nevf in his person and 
 o£Sce as the^un w)ien it first took rank among the stars of 
 heaven; and, like the sohr light, while pouring a flood of 
 radiance on everything else, he remains himself a glorious 
 mystery." Ay, and, like the ri&ing sun, he is Still ^eph, 
 new, refreshing and lovely, in a discourse; and floods every 
 truth, as the sun every plant, and flower, and gem, with 
 heavenly radiance.^ As lidht is enthroned 4n the sun,, so ' 
 was the Gpdhead in the manhood of Jesus Christ, my Lord; 
 and he is still sencfeng forth hi6 rays of omnipotence, benev- ' 
 olende and love, A large number of sinners looked unto 
 him and were saved. '^ 
 
 Saturday, A. M., 11th. — Bore down hard upcai uncon- 
 verted folks ; showed the folly ot fretting a^d conteoverting Y 
 about sanctification, when In the dark regarding their own 
 justification; that they could ndt reason correctly upon this 
 high branch of experimental salvation, while ignorant of • 
 the Imffer branch ; that it was like a boy trying to read^ 
 who had never learned his alphabet, or making an efibrt to 
 read writing if unable to read prints mt essaying to work 
 out a sum in division when ignorant of ihe_fjriuUiplic€Uion 
 table. ' ^ minister shojuld disallow it ; otherwise he resem- 
 bles e. tutor setting a student upon some high effort of logi- 
 cal deduction or mathenMtical demonstration, before ever, 
 he had learned the premises from which his deductions 
 
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 should be drawni or the axioms upon which his problem 
 should turn! ;M g. 
 
 i'hey uftderttood ftnd felt the remarks. More than a 
 score of such fell down upon their knees, resolving to learn 
 their religious alphabet, and commit such toWj no more. 
 * God be merciful to me a sinner" . sounded sweetly ' 
 -Most of them were enabled to read their own title to divine 
 fevor clearly before they left. The Lord Jesus does not 
 confer his Aoworory degrees, as some colleges do iheir diplo^ 
 masQ^ doctor of divinUy, in a language y^hkh thejionored 
 rec^t is quite unable to read, and hartlly knows what to 
 mak§ of It till he procyesjjomebody to read it for him. 
 
 Some who had profyssed conversion had their wounds 
 >id open to bleed afresh. Well, better have them bleed 
 now than months hence, -when there may not be so good a 
 chance to obtain a Ihorough cure. Many bl^d to Seath in 
 their last sickness, and go tb the judgment wounded all over 
 witb the Spirit's sword, as well aa by the wounds ^n haa 
 m^ade,- wounds which ]|ge not been cfo^crf, neither bound 
 up, neither molli^ed wimointmenf,— Iaaia,\i 1 : 5, 6 — and 
 so perish forever. This close, searching preaching is safe, 
 thii^it he severe. The work o| Ao/iwew, however, is ^ 
 advping with great rapidity and "power. ^ 
 
 Monday, a. M.,|||„., 18.-^J^n«|g ,time, vestenJay, 
 on-Rom. 1: l6,-"For / am notW^me^ d^h$ Gos- 
 pel of Christ ;for it is the power ofi GofMkto saltati 
 to every one thatMieveth; to the Jew ^^and also « 
 the Greek:] Much weeping. Glad to see it! Long 
 looked for, is come at last ! like digging for water, the vein 
 IS struck at last ! « We have found water,'' said I^c's 
 servants. -Gen. 26 : 82. Webave.found Vater, exclaimed 
 my soul. Chrysostom dSTed- tears a sporlge to wipe out 
 Bin; objectionable, somewhat,— the bl6od of Jeeus Christ 
 
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 itcSmidt be dejt^i^d 
 ^>car*», . Tears, % 
 ?' when the tears <?f a p: 
 thei, freshet has- gi^l 
 logs 'and dam-like 'hiQji 
 Vvoir; — ^good thinl^''; 
 '^ho Gospel ! ^ It is a 
 ^ferse. ' AttracHon ki 
 
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 jiearen wipe 
 score against 
 /nbelief. Be- 
 to shoff meroj, 
 t^ preaohei; to 
 Ani^oseynw something >of 
 he remarked that an offence which 
 argument ma^ be concealed by 
 rs, are increased by tributarieot 
 ler flow with thoed of his hearers, 
 ee to sweep off old stumps and 
 oces, to be seen no more for- 
 iears ! Blessed be God for 
 among other powers in the oni- 
 er, aijid so is gravitation^ and 
 ^^Ision, and adhesion; and so is the Gospel ; it has all 
 ;.'tl^e in itself, in the high, and supernatural sense; like 
 ^ ^hem, invisible; and, H^fr all other powers in the uniyerse. 
 " it is perfectly a^pted 19 its purpose. It is, so to' speak, 
 the dounterpart'pi man \ \Bb wants, his longings, and many 
 otheir mental facts, ar&all met and supplied in the Gospel. 
 It is as necessary to hii^ well-Bemg as earth, air, fire, water, 
 attraction, ^vitatfdn, repulsion, adhesion, sun, moon 
 8tan|^d stormy wi 
 a "liler-'jgiviiig pawer, 
 power, a sinner-aWf 
 Ba^ctifying poi 
 power, a supei 
 power, a plenary* 
 soiously-felt power' 
 power, a trans^i|rmin| 
 
 ciful power, a sout-temfyi^ power, a sinner*resi 
 an available 
 
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 The Gospel is a. revealing po 
 
 ;ht-giving powQr; #* lifcKflpiYiSg 
 
 er, a soul-converting pdlrer, a 
 
 er-dejtectibg powdr, an invisible 
 
 wer,, a specific pow#, an inspiring 
 
 conscience-moving powlbr, a con-^ 
 
 softening power, an byei^ming 
 
 ir. a compensating powc^j a loer- 
 
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 power, a s oul-quickening, soul -e l e vating 
 
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 power, Ml eternal power,- i«.*M<r;w«.«ro/Oorf/ Gre»t 
 bon«j the« ! »d when bone ia brought to bone, «id rinew. 
 «nd fled, oome upon them, «d the dcin cover, them. .ukI 
 embroidored , Uttl. with „terie. .nd yein,, »d WA 
 from heaven la uiepu^ into them, and fin such as Prome- 
 theu, never etole, it i. ^/ormidatk power for a rinner to 
 encounter. As Luther ob«,rved, it is . .word, , ^, a 
 destruc^on; .t&lU upon the children of Eph«Jm, lik^ a 
 
 Z , > '^ ^:T'' ''"* ™" ""1 l-nevolent to the peni- 
 ten^ and to the believer, a. the angel-visit«,ts to Ad«n and 
 Eve m a,on unfJlen Par«|i«, ! So it was yesterday to 
 the <T«i«fa who came under it. influence. HaUelujahl ' 
 One has remarked that some come to hear the Ckwoel 
 merely to its eloquence; others, a. they would attend a 
 concert of musw, for mere amuwment; otheis, to ouU a few 
 flowen, as they do in a garden, but not to subdue lusts, or 
 to better th? heart J other,, U,/ea,e the fancy, while they 
 »<ar,« the soul; others, in search of rouge for the imagim; 
 
 ^^u.'.T""'''."'"'"^ **'■>'«' wMo-Ae ne^ects 
 her health! Yes, and Mme oome to feast the «)ul "with 
 IiTOg bread sent down from heaven," and to drink of the 
 linng streams which make glad the city of our God. The 
 ;^m»ka)m to be strengthened, the sad cheered, the sick and 
 funded to be cured and hmled, the dark to be enUghtened 
 
 ^IhM^lesisd'be 0(4 wero not disappointed ! 
 
 ThfiTVt"^"^**''* ^^^ '»^y> •»<' '^* God- 
 mt-^,^^ *"■ *" ?"*«*' She «»iM Btrongth 
 pr fr?A battes thus; d,oj«!ounts her successes, retouches 
 her d«^, "ffl* U,» .all the-glory at the feet of her 
 
 ^^ f* ^ : »'Wlhe8oodrsound,robu.t.sinner.awak. 
 •nmg truth.* if yw,^^^ ^ amusLent-AutZs 
 
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 were disappointed, food-seekera and prqfit'Seekers ^ere 
 AjDOt Praiae Jeans for tliat fact! Flpwers oi oratory, 
 "ronge for the imagination," as rouge for the face^ fironi 
 safflower9^? Nay, but /car«, in pfenty, to wash off paint\ . 
 if need be,-r- though I think English ladies dfp't medclle 
 with rof<^0 much, the climate sind out-door exercise supply 
 their color and excellent health, — tears, to wash away 
 hypocriiiml indifference, more common than ^int! 
 l^ears'are tell-tales f ''Others go to hear the Gospel as 
 they would to a concert of music.'j 0, but there was mel- 
 ody in the Gospel ; the melody of mercy ^ and it sounded 
 sweetly in the ears of many a drooping penitent. If " the 
 echoing hills and ansjjFering firman^ent" 4id not reply to it, 
 as to a nation's anthem, scores of stricken consciences did * 
 hold sublime communion with its ^^Joyful^sound." If it 
 did not, in that glad hour, ^ 
 
 "Djl««o/tf« their Boul in ecstasies, — 
 
 And bring all heaven before ilbir ^es," 
 
 as some poet reiharks, it did dissolve their doubts of mercy, \. 
 by bringing );he compaasion and willingness of Jedus toBave, 
 and hi§ ability, before their eyes ! And then the choir, and 
 the pealing orgai^, and the jg^orious voices of a multitude : 
 
 *' With joy we meditate th? grace 
 Of our High Priest, above ; 
 His heart is made of tenderness, 
 His bowels melt wUhJ^ye. 
 
 " Touclied with a fyiOBftthy witliin, 
 He knows our fti^e flrame ; 
 He knows what sore temptations me^. 
 For he hatkNfblt the same. 
 
 *' He in the days of feel^le flesh 
 Ponr s d out strong criet and t wtWi — 
 
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 And I^ hlfl ni«Mar« Mm afy«th 
 WjUt eTei7 member baan. 
 
 *• &• 'U netar qucAoh the ttnoUng flu. 
 But rsiM it to a fUaie ^ ' 
 The bruia^d reed he neyer breaks, * 
 
 / Nor aooma t|i« m«aneet luune. 
 
 •• Then let our humble fktth addiaai "" 
 
 Hla meroj «nd hia power ; 
 
 We ahall obtain dellTering grace ' ^ 
 
 In eteiy trying hour I •* 
 
 Whiulihall r aaymom? ^ did not, as Milton hinti. 
 
 lap U in tte brightening c^rtaini^^ salvation nigh at 
 
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 the Sabbath cloaed, and ift.U,o «ncti6oation o[ thirty mem- 
 bora, all carefully enrofled, with their phces of reddenoe 
 «d mostly appomtod to ehtfaes, by our indo&tigable^oif 
 
 Surely, the Goepel i.the power of God uDto salvation! 
 
 Sr^lJ^ *" ^ *".'""'' VSabbath-daT/„ yesteriayl 
 Let all the people prai«.the«)i^to»s! Wall the peoDle 
 pra»ethee!-P,.67: 8. ^moiZnf WeZil 
 down of the Sheffield warrioraover, witt Brother Vn^in 
 at 4eir head ; they were flunea of fire, /and m^hUly moved 
 
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 wniSPERS TO OFFBNDED nSARERS. 
 
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 Tbhi chapter is made upj||f brief pasi 
 replies to such as for various reacfens took 
 Gaughey's preaching, ijhoy are yery 
 pointed. They are stray arrows, > with sharp Wds, and 
 may be useful to the " itching oars " of any coo^|atioii. f^ 
 
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 vroald ra^er be called ^^ impertinent ^* by man, Sn || 
 fm/<il/A/«/ " 1)y the Lord. Which is safest, think ypu? 
 By the way, this revival is the season for the study of 
 hitman natur^. || is with minds as with the Jields upon a 
 fj^rm -^% is the^easoff wet or dry, which develops the 
 naturo Qylo ^^, «i^d ihe ^ts which best flourish there . 
 a^^irdinfiy. When, all is' quiet, and the Gospel comes in 
 «Hp 0^, how ver^ good-natured sinners arel'^^She 
 inpdaoherls a very^ fine fellow, — an agreeable, eloquent gilfir 
 tl^ian, if yoU^please, of rare talents and learning*— /Ae 
 ^rery preacher for them ! How polite and amiable they are ! 
 Fine times* for church-members, too ! Religion is basking 
 in the sunshine of the world, and they share in it. But, 
 let the Gospel come, not in icora only, but in power, and 
 in the Holy ijrhost, and with much assurance, — 1 Thess. 
 1 : 5,v-l searching the inmost of the soul, flashing the light- 
 nings of eternal truth around the wq.lla of the temple ; then 
 are the dispositions and ""the thoughts of many hearts 
 
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 reveled. -I,«k, 2: 66. Ut th, truth of (hi .triko 
 
 hoM the attitude of tfeocrmj mind. Wh.t indignation 
 
 J what malice what revenge, may,bo, .gainst him who 
 ung the fatal weapon, and against all concerned I 
 Wo read of a i.y«r which hides its teeth in its gums 
 requ,r«.g good sight to detect them. Sim^iciiy S 
 conclude them, <a™fc„. Provoke tho vipTr: th, Sh 
 ore. nsuntl, seen protruding in battle arr^^! It is thus 
 With the carpal mind, the world over. 
 
 . This c/imZ/yig not apt to slumber in a reyiv,^. It is like 
 the American snake, seldom caught napping in hot weather. 
 In cold weather, when the thermometer is beloir ,oro, there 
 18 no danger from snakes ; bring them to the fi,t>, however, 
 and hfe and emnity will soon appear. It is like^c smoul* 
 dermg under a heap of ashes -that is, carnal enmity; stir 
 It up, and It shdws red life sufficieM to Jcindle a conflagra- 
 tion that manjr waters could hot quench. 
 
 A divine in Swit^rla^truok this chord with a powerful 
 W. He «iid, <« Roli^^hat which so nearly Lerns 
 every man that it is ha|PLible for a man to be without 
 ^Hmeni regarding it For, on ordifiary subjects, our 
 tastei change and oscillate between likes and dislikes from 
 avernon to affection, without ever stopping in the iJerme^ 
 dmte space. But, when any subject presses upon our 
 hopes or fears, OMT love or hatred, we are constrained to 
 flee from ^difference, as fi-om a sort of death. And « 
 why ? Beca^ we are creatures of feelmg aU sensibil- ' 
 tty! Therefore, upon the presence of a fact so immense 
 and so overpowering as that of religion, which eveiy mo- 
 ment solicits our decision, we may truly say that indifference 
 finds Its limits." How does this Swiss sentiment taUy with 
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 Open your c/oc^-door, and observo the motiomi of th« 
 penduium^ how it vibnitee and osoiilatci to and fro. I| 
 tarries not a moment in the centre ; neutrality is impowibi* ' 
 while the weig/Us are suipended aqd the olook moyei. It if 
 ■0 with the human mind, when tlie weight of roligion ii 
 upon it, and eternal roalitiee are suspended, foroing the mind 
 to action. Neutrality is next to impossible daring a gremt 
 revival; for it is then tlie mind feels most decidedly tlm 
 tveiyhi and eternal oonsequences of religion. Like th« 
 pendulum in a olook, the mind finds no rest in an intermo* 
 diate space, between likes and dialikea, affection and aver- 
 sion; it is ever in one state or the other, and ^ies indiffer* 
 ence — abhors it, as nature a vaatum. It must be on one 
 side or the other; on the side of religion or on the world's 
 side ; on the Lord's side or on the devil's side. The resuUa 
 »re seen upon the dial-plate of the clock ; equally so upon 
 the dial of our character. Moses cried, '^Who is on the 
 Lord's side, lot him oome unto roe." Ho never suspected 
 neuircUUy. It is thus I interpret certain phenomena which 
 now begin to appear, unmistakably — opposition from 
 unexpected quarters ! 
 
 i>etu/i themselves cannot maintain neutrality. They 
 could not in the days of our Lord. But [pardon me] there 
 was a dignity and candor about devils not found in many 
 human opponents of revivals. Devils always accosted our 
 Lord with respect and deference. "/ know thee, who thou 
 arty the holy one of God; art thou come to torment 
 us?'* Again: ** What have we to do with thee, Jesus^ 
 thou Son of God; art thou come hither to torment us 
 before the time?" Again: ^^What have I to do with 
 thee, Jems, ihou Son of the most high God? I adjure 
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 moft high? I bceoeoh thee, torment me not." Such wm 
 the language of deyila, u«ually eetimated •• mind at tti 
 worst . Great i?n«n^ in their deprecation*, but groat re- 
 sfi$et ind vmeraiitm»\ JUtit look at the treatment our Lord 
 received from the tonguee of einnert. Anything of thif 
 respect and deferenfe to hit oharaoter ? " U noi this th9 
 carpenter's stmf*' 4btt^ jhey called him "o mns-lnbder 
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 to», the prince of the deviis, mad, poeeeeaed of a devil," 
 and other hard names and language. That Name, to which 
 every knee upon earth, as well aa in heaven, shall bow, 
 made a jest and a by-woid I That demls prompted to all 
 vthis I would not deny; bu^ it seems they could not, or 
 dare noty do so tbemaelves. . 
 
 Well, some good among ^e "wt//" if my preaching 
 " hardens," it so/tens otherii. That is a mercy. Walk- 
 ing out, the other morning, I ^ticed a piece of ice and a 
 lump of clay ; the sun was njelting the ice and harden- 
 ing, the clay. There is much ^ this, possibly, gojng on; 
 among those who sit under mjif ministry. Was t3i sun to 
 i/l^e that his rays did not i^elt the clay-lump? You 
 '\jfMild not say so. Why, then, 1 impute to my preaching 
 tfa^t which the nature of the sinner produces in himself? If 
 my illustjjptions "play the mischiief with sound objections," 
 pray, blame not them, but the gossamer nature of the objec- 
 tions 'themselves. If the objections were sound, my illus- 
 trations would be as harmless as tlije southern fire-fi%f. ^^. 
 
 If my preaching ** stumbles" soWe, It humbles others; 
 ay, and converts them, too. My Master's preaching had 
 
 flimilar eflfects. He was "o ro ck &f offendte^and a stone 
 
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 prophet By the side of my I^rd Jesus 
 and me cnr fall with him, in human esti 
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 Lord. It is enough for the disciple 'that he be as his mas- 
 ter, and„ the servant m his lord."— Mat|. Id : 25, Amen 
 to what my Lord doth say j 
 
 If Bcepti^ gather poison out of my ''fleers. of speech," 
 they are not the ^n^wasps that have suekdd poison out of 
 b^e-flowers. It was so, als^, with my Lbrd's preaching. 
 Some of his hearers, afteif^- listening to a/discourse full of 
 heavenly eloquence, went and held aiourtcil how they 
 might entangle him in his talk,— Mtttt/^2 : 15; and oth- 
 l^rs said, ''Never manspafce like this nmn.'* The " king- 
 ii>a*/>"ofall was Judas'; he kissed those Jjtoent lips, and 
 betrayed. ' 'Judas, betray est thou the S^^ man with 
 a kiss ? " Judos gathered no honey from**^o0e lips ; or, 
 if he did, it was soon converted i^to a poison that destroyed 
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 sucked honeyoutof his words,— these I^harisees; Sadduceesf 
 and the swarms thkt surrounded them ! " Why do ye not 
 understand my speech? even because ye cannot Jfiear my 
 ^ord} ye are of your father the devii, for tlfie hists ef ** 
 your father ye will do." There you have a question, an . 
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 and hast a devil ? " But he who changed ^|he water into 
 > wine turned the poison they would adnpister into honey 
 again, by replying, ^' I have not d devil ; but I honor my 
 Father ^ and ye dojfiahomr me. And I seek not mine 
 oitn glory : there is one4ltatjud^eth. Verily, verily I say 
 unto you, If, a man keep my saying, he khaU never see 
 death.'* Another beautiful flower, full (if honey to the 
 believer; but the wasps dipped into it, a^^ converted i|8 
 nectar into inltaht and deadly poison : **Nowwe knS that 
 thoH hast a devil. Abraham is dedd^ and th^ prophets ; 
 and 4hau say est y If a man keep my saying, he shall 
 never taste of death.'' Then Jc^us answered, ^VeriSty, 
 \ verily I say unto yow, Bbfoub Abraham was^ 1 am." 
 Flower of eternity! the morning-flower of glory! the 
 hon»y-flower of heaven I the delight of angels ! the glory 
 of saints above,4)elow ! Thoy dipped into that, also, tfnd 
 transformed its sweetness into a poison which soenvenofned 
 . them into wiarf/ic«», that they ceased gathering poison to* 
 gather stones to fehower the best of beings; but he glided 
 Qutfof their presence, and passed away. 
 
 Hud you been tfcere, with your present views, you would 
 have questioned the wisdom of Jesus in ofiering such flmvers 
 ' to such a waspish mass as surrounded him; for, dfrtainly, . 
 the discourse nup^e their hearts aa Aarrf, as th^ stones they ^ 
 were about to fling at him. But, marit/ it is stated in^ 
 * the thirtieth verse, ^'As he spake these words mahy be- ■ 
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 "was w^mniw^wBouls to himself—" many." He was in the . 
 midst of a revival just there. His preaching was produc- . 
 tive. The rfcyi/ikneirlt, aad' set on the t/w^oc%. Thus 
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 '>^ke'6n the/ cultivation of religious principle, — ^ to aim' at 
 
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 impulse." pur world has ott^un, and it answers every 
 purpose ; any more would be an inconvenience. A mill- 
 wheel has one motive-power, turning it in one direction, 'and 
 BO there is harmony among the machinery within ; but two 
 motive-powers, driving in contrary directions, would create 
 disorder, retard business, and strain and damage everything. 
 One motive-power for the soul! a constant, steady aim 
 at pleasing God ih every thought, word and action ! Then, 
 a8„ Dr. Chalmers happily says, "there is the well-going 
 machinery of a well-conditioned soul, and principles in full 
 consenting Aarmo/iy with the laws of eternal rectitude. *V 
 But a second motive-powor, turning the soul to self- 
 pleasinff, \and devil-pieasinff, and world-pleasing, Bet|im 
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 Many felt the truth, and took higher ground in Christian 
 ;>r*nci/>/c — to aim at pleasing God in everything, and to 
 seek all their happiness in him ; which is, in fact, nothing 
 less or more than practical t^nd experimental Christianity, 
 through faith in Christ Jesus. A large number were saved. 
 Ten o'clock) p. m. ----To-nigW 1 delivered a temperance 
 odd^esiiin the Philosophical Hall. A great crowd, astir* 
 . ring time, but the place like an oven. England has been 
 Qjalled " a reservoir of strong drink." Well, ^ere will be 
 fewer by several hundreds to drink from it, after this night, 
 it is hard coping with the dritiktng custoimM this coun- 
 try, in U>e cliurch as well «8^, outside. But the* principles 
 of the temperance reformatid^ an^taking deep root-;^ despite 
 of opposition, they are making jthemselves to be felt. T^ 
 jM citadel had a shaking to^ii^t ; several of th0 fHodero^ 
 ^io» outposts uid bastions cr^blod and surrendered. 
 
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 176 
 
 Jan. 16.— An adoring state of mind, which some, in 
 old times, supposed to bo the highest hve. It is, certainly, 
 astfieet state of soul,— Ml of gratitude, love, eontent^ 
 m,ent, hutoilitj, and decided happiness,— a mrt o{ quit-renf 
 one pays to the Author of all (kr blessings. It is the duty 
 we pay to Heaven on%pur goods. He who avoids the duty 
 is a smuggler, and risks all his merchandise. There are 
 many smugglers noW-a^ys, and many forfeitures. It 
 coats some all they possess; and some lose thoir health, and 
 cithers their /iwSr, by running their goods tlirough Imitian- 
 uel's land without paying the duties. Sinners do not or 
 will not understand, and wonder at the severity of God's gov- 
 ernment towards them. Professors are often in trouble for 
 their neglect. God will have his revenues, or resume hig 
 property. * ^She ^id not know that I gave her corn, and 
 ' wine, and oil, drtd muHiplied her silver and gold,, which 
 they pr^mre^for BaaU'-EosQix 2: S,^ Ah! Baal re- - 
 ceived the revenues that belonged to God, just as the world 
 and Satan receive them now ! What does the Lord resolve 
 upon ? " IViercfore will I re/urn and tak§ away my 
 com in the time thereof , and my wine in the season 
 thereof y and will recover my wool atui my flax gipento 
 cover her nakedness:'— Uoma 2: 9. Remarkable lan- 
 guage ! Those who think God cares little for thi^rld, 
 because of its insigniBcance, are greatly mistaken, ^^i^ 
 or later they will find this out, to their sorrow. TbiSnk gtx 
 this, my soul, and be much in doicologies! Amen, ii 
 order io this, let mie hold fa»t to coni'entmbnt; k'is » 
 buoyant, light-hearted; yet profound emotion ^ more of W. 
 haUtof mind than an amotion, perhaps; but it is as fuli 
 of sweet sensibility to one's happy condition, as of rest aad i 
 quiermss of mind. A ^on^ntod mind may be hkmtd i» • " 
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 buoyant and unhurt. Discontent is like a leak— it sinks 
 the ship, the poor heart, till all the waves go over it, and it 
 sinks down, down into the abyss of misery. It is economy 
 to pump out discontent as speedily as possible, but better 
 economy never to let ii in. , 
 
 Ahab called Elijah ♦'a troubler of Israel," falsely; but 
 discontent is a real squl-troit^. Jt brings troubles, fre- 
 quently, '^not singly, but^n battalions." It grieves the 
 Holy Spirit.. It nri^ts tlie kind designs; of Providence. 
 It tempts th© Boul lo plan $r itself, — to say, I know better 
 than Providence seems to know what is best for mo. Dis- 
 contbnt ^ould not allow the soul of one to hearken to that / 
 piece of good advice, — -" The man who thinks he can man- 
 age his aiairs himself bettor than Providence seems to be 
 managing them has as much lost his wits as his faith; he 
 might as well take upon himself to govern the world!" — 
 but no ; ho would carve for himself, and cut his fingers ! — 
 and so he entered " Disappointment's school, amidst the 
 wreck of is, and the wreck of was, things incomplete, and 
 purposes, betrayed ; with sad fears, swayed by sorrow and 
 plvnihide of ill J^ And what is this, my soul, but the 
 history, of thousands in epitome ? 
 
 Discontent vitiates prayer. ^ Its requests are often 
 gi^inted in anger, and no good comes of them. "C?ive wte 
 <?AI2tfren/or /rfie," cried discontented Rachel, llerrequest 
 ' tfas granted, but it cost ho^ life. ** that Ishmael might 
 live before thee ! " prayed Abraham. The boy lived, grew 
 to be a man ; but Abraham had little comfort from Ishmael. 
 He became a man of strife. His hand was against every 
 man, and every man's hand was against him. 
 
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 Ugjrpt. Quaib oamo in plenty, and with them the plague; 
 while the flesh was but between their teeth, the plague wol 
 upon theii: bodies; —aha! and that encampment was called 
 " the place of graves,'' for there wore many buried there. 
 — Numbers 10. 
 
 He who compared a contented heart to a tmtch hit upon 
 a good simile ; for, whetheir one runs, or walks, or rides, or 
 is jostled about ever so much, the nMin-»pring keeps its 
 ' place, and every Wicc/, and the motion remains regular and 
 perfect. Ihavet)ftenrealiaed this. So did St. Paul: "/ 
 have leanwdin wfuMtsoever state J am, therewUh to be 
 cmtettt:' A profitable education that ! To have ttiis the 
 habitual state of one's mind is worth a world of wealtli, for 
 real happiness. To be pleased when everything |^ as Okie 
 would have it,— ainybody may attain unto that. But, whei» 
 things are contrary, to be content i» grace, Js Minoss, 
 The former \% f^ fortuitous state of mind ; the latter is per- 
 manent, khA independent of oveivts. fho one \^ accidental, ' 
 or a happen-by-chanco state, as a face: naturally pale ^And 
 unhealthy may redden into bluslie? attd KeaiUiy color; bitf 
 the hftbitually contented ar« a^wfo co^stilutionally so, so to 
 flpoak, |)y divine grace, like a^ir face i^ healthy, batu- 
 rallyl To bo fair and ruddy Is the habit of the fiiqe ; to bo 
 contented and happy, the Jit^it. of the::miad. Aristotle, m 
 his Rhetoric, makes ^iffinilar dlpancUon, sbmewhat; whew 
 he speaks of color frottf passion $iad i)ol<» from complexion ; ' 
 an idea I have onc« s«eji enlargCNl upon in|»niouily b v ^ 
 another old author. 1^::^ t > -,£ .■\-.,-*T _,■ : "*» 
 
 Friday morning, 17th.^ A>oiftfcr6j«* iiine Jast night, 
 and % coughing congregation, which one (alls ''Th^ English 
 Christmas Psalmody:' JPl^mas! it la^ nearly tiXk ' 
 the year in England ! Sucli ioughin^,m America, would ; 
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 into a profound, ay, **a galloping cotMumptionV At 
 present it sounds often like a perfect tempest. Many tako 
 no pains whatever to suppress it, but with open mouth aound 
 ^ Jt forth like a trumpet. One cannot be all the time begging 
 silence, or chiding,— fso now for it; the pulpit, or the pews, 
 which shall be loudest? — at the expense of strength, grace, 
 elocution, and comfort, and tho natural in speaking <ind 
 gesture, with ''o hMub of itordii'' and empty sounds,^ 
 and, finally, a right-down hard time ! 
 
 Qpe hardly k^ws what is best, whether to insist, chide, 
 6^ or yield, and bo content that a few only should hear, 
 or to rise bravely above it, as last night, at any sacrifice. 
 Mr. Parson, at York, adopts aS easy a course as any,<^nd 
 perhaps the best, under the circumstances,— re/iwc* . to 
 raise his voice above it, but pauses at short and re^lar 
 intervals, and allowsathefo time to blow off", and then "start 
 off for the next station/^ railway fashion,— wllich might do - 
 very well, if tho stations bo not too close together. It is 
 diflScult, in the fervor of extemfporaneous speaking, to com- 
 mand one's self so, especially, too, when the sermon must be 
 short, and one is anxious to make a deep and telling impres- 
 sion, such as may be felt in the prayer-meeting afterwards. 
 Bejjdos, one has not always interesting matter at hand, such 
 as with a low voice might lure to silence where people have^ 
 such a strong propensity to cough. A littlo piece of good 
 poetry, or some pleasaiit, touching jjipecdote, is an excellent 
 sedative, but one has it not at hand'always. 
 
 However, we had a good prayOr-moeting ; heard no mora 
 of the coi^^Ai^i^,— a noise of another kind, a match for a 
 thunder-etorm — good old-fashioned Yorkshire Methodiam '^ 
 in its glory. Poor "Binners crying for mercy, ie if they were * 
 ?* dropping into hell, and believers Wlii^ Aem there was n^ 
 /^reason why they should go ther^, if they would but lay hoM 
 
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 upon Christ bj fiuth, while othoin were pleading with God 
 for help a. ,f they saw them half-immersed in it. flames. 
 Judes advice received. a stirring illustration,-^" Other, 
 mve wtthfmr, puUing them oui of the fire:^ The saved 
 of the Load were many. " 
 
 J^^f"^ T'"^; ^^'^—'^' "ight, on the necessity 
 of hohness, a dmncluu^tion to sin^ a ahr'mis prMeye I 
 
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 that aaer Bhe had attained this inward crucifixion to the 
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 came up before her pure soul, it was instantly «,jected, and 
 
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 drawn before It, and her spirit remained umnllted. Paul 
 
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 Wantof in^tion to sin, and an abhorrence of it-a / 
 ^.stmcianduirequivocal mark of enUre sanctification, rf«. 
 
 /««c/ from the experience of most justified persons. It is 
 diffenant to abstain from sin, not from wont of inclination, 
 but from fear^^f conscience and other consequences, and 
 wojst of all fn»i lack of opportunity. AMie/ would steal 
 If he had a chande, but ho fears detection ; another would 
 indulge m sth)ng drink, but he has not the means, or disease 
 forbids him -l^' appetite is strong enough! A third 
 woHld enjoy a certain dish, but it disagrees with him, and 
 he dreads the penalty, ^and abstains ; but it is 9 great self- 
 denial, anda)sts him uneasiness. A fourth is a profligate 
 but ton^gfcwould be to risk the loss of an expected leg- 
 
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 How different to abatain from theft, or from strong drink, 
 or from the tempting dish, or from alluring vibe, from w^nt 
 of inclination, or positive dislike, or abhorrence ! But such 
 distinotiops largely prevail, with wgard to sin, between those 
 professing pardon and those cnjciying purity. Many who 
 really enjoy religion, refrain from sin,, though they feel mo- 
 lions within in fiiW of it. Holy souls^ abstain from disin- 
 
 olinatio|i. ' y^ urn 
 
 This is a powerful vantoge-ground. Oret^t numbers felt 
 it to be so, sought and obtained. Jesus, my Saviour, pro- 
 •erve my soul in this stote. 0, search mo, and see whether 
 there is in my soul anything contrary to this toechmg. 
 
 The new converts were greatly oonvuiced of the niipd of a 
 further and deeper work. T^his is the benefit of these con- 
 tinuous meetings. Then: education is perfected early, bo- 
 fore they are schooled in heart-scepticism — the plague of 
 many an old professor. The knife of truth was very keen 
 .among remaining corruptions, scraping to the bone, and 
 lenetrating to the marrow of carpality. 
 
 That fable among the Turks has a good moral : that Mar 
 homet, when a child, had. his heart cut open, and a black 
 grain, called THE devil's portion, taken out of its centre. 
 A Turk has some notions both of natural depravity and tho 
 necessity of holiness. NSt a few of those babes in Christ, 
 with us, have had their hearts laid open by the Spirit's 
 iword, and the deviVs portion really takep away. That 
 ^' black grain'' of indwelling sin^ had it been allowed tp 
 remam, would have given color to all their future character 
 and history. There was much weeping and crying to God, 
 and many shouts of deliverance. 0, the depth and glory of 
 that tWth,— " The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleans- 
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 FtUher thai in him ahould all fuU 
 wa dwell.'* Wm enabled to propatt) a gloriom high 
 throne for Jesiu, and surely he was seated thereon ; ay, 
 and enthroned in many hearts. With one consent, and with 
 one heart, and with many tears of joy, and acclamations of 
 praise, tho happy multitudes seemed to say, 
 
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 Let angels proatrnto fkll ; 
 » Bring fortli the rojral diadem, 
 
 And orown him Lord of all. 
 
 "0 that with yonder laored tKrong 
 We at hii feet may &U ; 
 Wo Ml Join the everlaiting long, " 
 Ana crowQ him Lord of all." • 
 
 And many a poor sinner, saved and happy, did rdmember 
 "the wormwood and the gall," and spread the trophies of 
 his affections at the feet of Jesus, saying, with holy joy, 
 
 " Crown him, crown him Lord of all I** ■^' 
 
 What a divine glory seeme4 to* beam upon the faces of the 
 thousands present while I illustrated his divinity by his 
 miracles ! as we have tho glory of the rising sun reaected 
 upon surrounding objects. 
 
 That sentiment of a writer had a sweet and liyely verifica^ 
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 human hearts and sanctified affections, has sent his Spirit 
 into the world to collect tho revenue, to gather iip his glory 
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 shcdl show it unto you ; he shall ghrjjy me ; for he 
 shall receive of 7nine, and shall shm/* it junto you^— John 
 16 : 14, 15. St. Paul thrills upon tha/^me theme, — ^^But 
 we all,jmth open face beholding astn a glass the glory of 
 the Lordy are changed into the sanie image from glory 
 to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.^'— 2 Cor. 
 3 : 18. The Spirit holds up the glass of his character and 
 sufferings, and of the glory that followed; and how resplen- 
 dent with glory do the souls of tlie people become, making 
 even their faces tOxflhine, like Moses ! 
 
 In the afternoon prayer-meeting there werfe sixty-eight 
 souls saved, of whom forty were pardoned, and twenty 
 purified. ^ 
 
 Crowds upon crowds last night, and hundreds had' to go 
 away, for want of room. About three thousand people 
 filled the spacious temple in every part, aisle and all, thick 
 as they could stand. The power of God was present, to 
 ^^ kill and make alive'' in a wonderful manner. Indeed, 
 during the last eight days the success has a,mazed us all. 
 Over one hundred atid fifty have been converted, and 
 about one hundred sanctified throughout spirit, soul and 
 body.— IThess. 5: 23. 
 
 All glory be to God ! The work is his, and man is as noth- 
 ing — only as an axe in the hand of the hewer. The axe 
 has nothing to glory in ; to the arm that sets it on J)elong8 
 the "glory. This is one of God's own illustrations -^ISaiah 
 10 : 15,— ^^Shall the axe boc^ itself against him that 
 heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against 
 him that shaketh it ? as if the ROD should shake itself 
 against them that lift it up, of as if the STAFF s^oidd 
 lift up itself, as if it were no wood" No, no; why 
 should they? The axe and the saW' might have been left 
 to be devoured with inglorious rust, had not the hewer 
 
^ ONWARI^OVEMBNT OF THE RfiVlVAL. 188 • 
 
 employed them ; and the rod^ and the staff to rot and perish, ^ 
 but for the hand that lifted them up. Lord Jesus, thou 
 hast used me aa an axe, a saw, a rod, and a staff, upon tho 
 8|uls of sinners ; but, 0, forbid that my soul should lift up ,. 
 iSelfand glory! No; ''God forbid that I should glory, 
 save in th^ cross of my Lord Jesiis Christ." Yet, my 
 Lord, let it not offend thee that I "record thy wonderful 
 doings among this people, even aa we have heard and 
 known, and our fathers have told us, of the wonderfid 
 
 works thou didst perform in their d^dy Ps, 78: 3, 4 
 
 These thy works are worthy, Lord, to be had in everlast- 
 ing remembrance. 
 
 Afternoon, four o'clock. — Happy, thrice happy, and 
 
 honored of the Lord, is any minister of Jesus to whom the 
 
 Lord condescends to say, «7%om art my battle-axe and 
 
 WEAPONS OP war; for with thee will I break in pieces 
 
 4ke nations, with thee will' I break in pieces the horse 
 
 -^dnd his ridcr^ man and woman, the young man and the 
 
 maid."— Jer. 51 : 20, 22. Not, indeed, in " the carnal 
 
 warriofs" sense, but im||te spiritual sense, Uh weapons 
 
 of eternal truth, killing and mating alive, wounding and 
 
 heaHng, wasting, destroying and depopulating, the kingdom 
 
 of Satan. . How gloriously is our God doing all this i^ this 
 
 ; town at present ! 
 
 ' ^>"Go on, thou? conquering Immanuel ! behold, I am thine ' 
 Use. me for thy glory. But, 0, take me, an^imake me as 
 holy, and as pure, and as fidl of hve, and of the Holy 
 Ghost, &sl am urging others to be. Otherwise, woe is ' 
 me f — like that Assyrian of old — Is. 10 ^ whom the Lord 
 made the rod of his anger, and the staff of his indigna^ 
 twn, and used like an axe and a saw upon a disobedient 
 people. But he forgot himself, and boasted, putting on the 
 glory of high looks, and saying, "% the strength of my 
 
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 EARNEST CHBISTIANrEY ILLUSIBATED. 
 
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 hand I have done it, and by my WISDOM, for I am PRU- 
 DENT; I have removed the bounds of the people, and 
 robbed their treasures ; v^j hand hath found, as a nest, the 
 riches of the people; and as one gathereth eggs that are 
 left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was noti/B that 
 moved the wilig, or opened the mouth, or peeped.''^ Poor 
 man ! God rebuked his pride, and sent leanj^css, and at 
 last consumed him, soul and body. 0, then let me be pure 
 in heart and pure in motive, lest thou wilt at last break the 
 instrument, cast it aside, as that in which thou hast no 
 pleasure; when the work in which thou host used it has 
 been completed. .Amen. 
 
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 > \ " Till glad! lay this body doi^, 
 ' - ' Thy servant, Lord, attend, 
 
 And, 0, my life of mercy crown . 
 "With a triupiphant end ! " 
 
 Tuesday night. ^tXHIm^ was my theme to^mg|it. No 
 diamond like that'oS? name, for the bosom of a sermon. 
 
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 It throws a divine- lustre over all. One of the fathers used 
 to say, '*'If thou writest, it doth not relish with me, unless 
 I read f^su^ there ; and if thou disputest, or conferrest, it 
 doth not relish with me, unless Jesus sounds there." This 
 spirjtuol taste still remains in the church of God. Every 
 dhild of grace enjoys it. How insipid- the sermon from 
 which Jesus is excluded ! Or, if admitted, it is ia^Ohie out- 
 of-the-way place, and draws little attention; — like a picture 
 in disrepute by an exhibition committee, it is sure to be 
 hung in a bad light, to the scandal of the deeply-wounded 
 artist. 
 
 Lord Jesus, save me from ithis ever ! Jesus had the very 
 best position I could select, in the exhibition of truth. How 
 sweet to my own soul was his name ! Who can wonder at 
 Lambert crying, out of the midst of the flames, ^^None but 
 
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ONWARD Movement of the revival. 186 
 
 Christ! none but Christ! " Amen, my soul ! none but 
 Chris^. J^one but Christ can do wretched sinners good. 
 
 The believer was bidden tolook unto Jesus, and to the 
 riches of his goodness,— Mm. 2 : 4 ; to the riches of his 
 i^/ory,— Rom. 9: 33; to the riches of his ffrace,-^E^\ie8. 
 
 1 : 7 ; to the riches of his inheritance in the saints, 
 
 Ephes. 1:18; to^ the exceeding riches of his grace'— 
 Ephps. 2: 7; \^.Mh riches in. glory — V\ii\. ^•. 19,; to the 
 unsearchable ri^ies of CArSfs^,— Ephes. 3 :' 8. 0, what 
 ^rich Saviour is ours! .How^ofteiT, when unfolding his 
 love and the riches of^his gfory, I feel to say, with the great 
 and good Rowlan4.litill,M. Who can comprehend this mighty 
 subject? It has breadths, and lengths, and depths, and 
 heights, yiViQh. pass knowledge. But I don't think there is 
 a little sprat to bo found wh© would complain that there is 
 too much water in the sen for it to swim in ; and so I, with 
 my poor-j^tle sprat-likp powers, am permitted to plunge 
 inlD'this ocean of Hjve I shall never be able to fathom or 
 fully comprehend." 0, Jesus, who would not love thee 
 Avith his whole soul and mind? People ftel honored by 
 their connection with some rich friend. 0, my soul, Low 
 art thou honored by being united to Christ ! JJL ', 
 
 How expressive! '« The unsearchable fflfes of 
 Christ!'' one is afraid to comment upon them ;- they are 
 above all notions, names, conceptions, pmables, expres- 
 sions,— infiniteli/ so! —eternallj/ so! Well mighfone say, 
 " Our necessities may be aa many as the sands upon the 
 sea-shore; our desires slb boundless as the ocean these sands 
 encircle; our hopes and aspirations as high aa the heaven 
 that looks down upon those sands and that ocean; yet in 
 Christ there is a sufficiency of supply — infinite, unexplored, 
 unfathomable." What a powerful unction in those words 
 of John ; ''Aji^ IJ)eheld, and heard the voice of many 
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 angels round about the throne^ and the beasts, and the 
 elders ; and the number of them was ten thousand times 
 ten thousand^ and thousat]i,ds of thousands^ saying, with 
 a lottd voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to re- 
 ceive POWER, and RICHES, and wisdom, and strength, 
 and HONOR, and glory, and blessing." — Rev. 5 : 11, 12. 
 And next came the universal chorus, of every creature in 
 heaven above, and on iearth beneath, and under the earth, 
 and guch as are in the sea, and the burden of their united 
 ' voices was. Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be 
 unto him that sitteth upota the throne, and unto the Lamb 
 for ever and ever ! 0, but I do wonder how there can bo a 
 mere Unitarian or Socinian upon the face ofthe^arth ! 
 
 Thursday, Jan. 23. — A storm last night ; the elements 
 of eteraal truth in tremendous motion. -That sinner has 
 studied -^oifer/eeire more than his Bibje, I fear ! Perhaps 
 he was not far wrong ; for it was awful ! 
 
 ^ " Since I was fi^tsn 
 Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, 
 ^ ■ ; Such groans of roaring wind and i^ain, I never 
 Remember to have heard ! " 
 
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 Perhaps he may reflect upon another storm, which stands 
 amoi^ the threatenings of tjod : ^^Upon the wicked he 
 shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible 
 tempest ; this shall be the portion of their cup."^-l^s 
 
 An old Anglo-Saxwi poet said, *' Thunder is the loud- 
 est of noises:' Well, this was well-nigh my Imidest 
 preaching, and it was the Spirit's thunder-word, surely, to 
 many a poor sinner, who, otherwise, perhaps, had not been 
 awakened till he heard the thunder-wail of the lost in per- 
 dition. However, my noise was nothing, compared with 
 what terrified sinners made. There was a storm of cries, 
 
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 ONWARD MOVEMENT OF THE REVIVAL. 187 
 
 indeed. 0, how glorious it is, when the Gospel really be- 
 comes the power of God unto salvation ! Surely it is worth 
 weeping, crying and groaning, in secret for, no matter what 
 persecution follows; for it is sure to raise the devil in sin- 
 ners and formalists and carnal professors ; the Gospel, with 
 the power of God in it, is a thing intolerable to the whole 
 of them. Well, they have had it so, for once in their lives. 
 Plenty of material for critics and croakers. * No matter • 
 sinners were converted. ' 
 
 Friday morning, 24th.— A cramped time last night; 
 fettered, overdid the previous night : 
 
 " The soul waa dead* and feeling had no place." 
 
 " We have this treasure in earthen vessels^ It id well : 
 that the excellency of the power may ie of God, and not 
 of us, as St. Paul says. The work went on as usual; a 
 great company saved. The people of i&od very happy. ' 
 
 " Thrpeace of God, beyond description sweet, 
 PiUed every spirit humbled at his feet" 
 
 And my poor soul was happy, too; enjoying the sweet 
 blessedness of being little,— decreasing, while Jesus, my 
 liOidi, is increasing. 
 
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 THE "BKSETTINQ SIN " DESCRIB^SD. 
 
 Some one inquired of Mr. Caughey conc^ing the nature 
 of the besetting sin. That inquiry is answered in the present 
 chapter. 
 
 »^ Let the ** Inquire^' " listen ! You want to. know what 
 we mean by " the besetting sin of our nature," I reply, 
 it is that which its title indicates, — besetting; it is that 
 which waylays, encircles and besieges, the soul ; that which 
 presses it on all sides, perplexes it, entangles it, and often 
 renders an escape from falling by it exceedingly diflScult. It 
 is that which most embarrasses the conscience in its decisions. 
 
 . It i» the habitual sin, ever'j)resent, and makes itself to be 
 felt and knOwn upon odcasion. It has many servants; 
 some of which may be mistaken for itself, — as in great 
 houses a servant is often mistaken for the lady of the 
 house, she dresses and appears so well. 
 
 I said, the other evening, you may remember, it is the^ 
 plague of the heart ; or, ^' the sin of the inclination,^' as 
 one termed it. It is the bosom rebel, a trajtor to the soul 
 and God. It is the bosom abomination. In some it has 
 one complexion, or form, or tendency ; in others, another; 
 and so on, differing in each, as faces differ. It is **the 
 
 ' complexion sin,'' as one called it who mourned over it, 
 and " the sirp of the temperament." It is that sin which 
 
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TUB "BfiSBTTING 8XN " DESGBIBBO. 
 
 189 
 
 grieves God, and frets your conscience,— brings leanness 
 upon your soul, and Heaven's chastisements upon your 
 body, the oftonest. It is that sin, that tendency in your 
 nature, to which Satan most frequently appeals, a^d which 
 is the aptest to respond. That is your besetting sin. ''8i 
 
 Ian 
 
 you detect it now? — that sin which you think most of, the 
 hardest to give up, or deny, and for which you are prone 
 to invent many apologies. 
 
 Looking over my private note-book the other day, I met 
 with the following, which had been noted down, some years 
 ago, from an old author that fell in my way. He gave, it 
 seems, some half-dozen marks whereby we may know oup 
 besetting sin. His eiact language I shall , not promise, aa 
 my notes are meagre; but this was the spirit^ or substance. 
 
 You may detect it, 1. In that for which you do not 
 like to be beproved ! * 
 
 Herod could not 'fear t(^ve the sin of incest touched; 
 if J6hn the Baptist medd^lwith that sin, he endangered 
 his head. * 
 
 You) are content to have the sins of others given to the 
 knife ; but if the minister puts his finger upon that sore, 
 touches that . frin, your , heart bums with malice, or you 
 become sick of the frets, and plan for retaliation, — W 
 shrewd sign that is your Herodias ! 
 
 2. 'It is that sin your thoughts run most upon. 
 
 If it come as a visitor, your thoughts run to meet it at 
 the gate, |nd hail it at the open door ; beckon to it from 
 the windows, and give it a smiling welcome. It never 
 icomes tfmiss at the table, in the shop, in the counting-n^m, 
 in the house of Qod, in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the 
 cellar or garret, out of doors, in doors, or in the bed. It 
 is welcome everywhere; i{ untimely, not unkindly, or 
 chidingly received ; deferred, not cashiered. Which way 
 
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 the thoughts go, tho heart goos ; and 'which way the heart 
 goes, tho whole drift of your nature runs. 
 
 That sin is apt to bo Jirst in your morning-thoughts, 
 and last in your night-thoughts ; present when you awake, 
 present as you go asleep, and present when you awalco 
 again. Uo that is in love with a person cannot keep his 
 thoughts from her. It is' thus you may detect the predom- 
 inant sin of your nature. 
 
 8. It is that sin which leads you CAPTIVE the easiest. 
 
 That is the beloved sin of your soul; the darling of 
 your heart. Other sins may ask entertainment, but you 
 can easily put them off, and congratuhite yourself that you 
 are bettor than other men. But, when the beloved sin is 
 ^ut/or, you canno/ deny it ; it quite overcomes you. That 
 one sin is your bosom sin. The young ruler, who visited 
 our Lord, inquiring, ^^ What good thing shall I do, that I 
 may have eternal life ? " had denied himself of many 
 sins ; but one sin foiled him, — covetousness ; rather than 
 part with thtrt, he parted with the hopes of eternal life. He 
 went away %ery sorrowful^ but would not be divorofid from 
 kis beloved sm. • '^ — -^ 
 
 Here let ine pause. Haa any light dawned upon your 
 darkness ? Can you yet discover the features of your idbl 
 sin, through the murky gloom that surrounds it? Beware 
 of it, else it may yet constitute you a guest of hell. Jesus 
 once said, "Make to yourselves friends of the Mammon of 
 unrighteousness, that, when ye fail upon earth, they may 
 receive you into everlasting habitations}" — that is, be char- 
 itable and kind to the Lord's poor ; for they may yet requite 
 you in heaven, by being the first at heaven's gate to meet 
 and welcome you ; or they may receive you joyfullylnto 
 their heavenly mansions, reminding you of all you did for 
 them while in your own earthly mansions upon earth. So, 
 
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THB "BBsirmNo sin" dbsoribkd. 
 
 191 
 
 by making to youniolf a friend of this bosom sin, it may 
 turn out to be a fiend,— tho firet at hell's gate, to re- 
 ceive and conduct you to tho eternal prisons,— to bo your 
 torment ! There is no gratitude in hell. But iet' us 
 proceed : 
 
 4. // is that sin which, usually, you use most arou- 
 
 MBNTS to DEFEND. 
 
 Tbot is the darling sin. IIo that has a jewel in his 
 bosom which he loves dear as life will defend it as his life, 
 and with his life,— at th(5 risk of life,— to the death. 
 " Doest thou well to be angry '/V said the Lord to Jonah. 
 "I do well to be angry even unto death,^' replied tho irri- 
 tated prophet. 
 
 It is that sin for which you will advocate and dispute 
 with conscience and others,- perhaps wrest Scriptureu to 
 justify. Be sure that is the sin that lies nearest your 
 heart ; for any other you will neitheiufispute nor. ^lead. Let 
 others plead for* them, if they will;^r, let Baal plead for 
 M^eff. But this sin never lacks an advocate when you 
 %^ awake, or it is present ; unless, indeed, it has procured 
 you a soiled character, a broken skin, or a wounded con- 
 science. Then- you may be angry with it for a little while, 
 — as Samson with his Delilah, when she thrice jeopardized 
 his life, — but only to make up the quarrel again, soon, , 
 and to be taken again to the bosom, and to the sours 
 undoing, as poor Samson. — Judges 16. , 
 
 5. It is that sin which most troubles your conscience 
 when in trouble. / 
 
 In business losses, in family affliction, or in personal sick- 
 ness, then it flies in your faQB^' and tautits conscience. 
 That is the Delilah sin. " The Philistines be upon thee, 
 Samson ! — and I have been the cause of it ! ' ' 0, "what 
 a stab that is ! 0, what a bi tter pill of real ill from the 
 
 
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 hand of one you lovod hotter than you did your own poul, 
 and yoiir Qod ! And momory, busy memory, acknowledgefl, 
 and consoience lectures, and fruwnH the sky of the sou^lurid 
 as thft^ judgment heavens ; with a pal« face, and trembHng 
 .4iPr aiid sorrowful soul, you acknowledge to it all. 0, how 
 heavily docs affliction lie upon soul and body at such a time ! 
 IIow did it double that sore trial of Joseph's brethren, when 
 they said one to another, ** We are verily guilty concern- 
 ing our broth^y in that we saw the anguish of his soul 
 when he besought us, and we would not hear ; there/ore 
 is this distress come upon us,^^ — Gen. 42 : 21. 
 
 Had not their besetting sin, envy, and its doings, 
 stared them in the face, they could have borne their trial 
 with manly courage, trusting in God ; — even with starva- 
 tion at home, and imprisonment abroad, staring them in the 
 face. ^N, 
 
 6. // is that sin which, above all, you are most unwil- 
 ling to let go of. 
 
 That is the endeared siiju. You can part with all other 
 sins easier than that. Jacob could risk all his sons into 
 Egypt, Benjamin excepted. You can risk all sins else 
 under the word, but your Benjamin-sin. When Benja- 
 noin ii9A demanded, or the family must starve, Jacob cried 
 out, " Me have ye bereaved of my children ; Joseph is 
 not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin 
 away. All these things are against m£." He had ten 
 sons beside him; but they were as nothing hi his eyes 
 compared with Benjamin. It is thus you may know your 
 besetting sin ; all may go but that What is life without tiiat? 
 
 A CASTLE may have several /or/* round about it The 
 first and second are taken, perhaps the third ; but, when it 
 comes to the castle itself, the governor will fight for that, 
 and die, rather than surrender. ~ ^ " 
 
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 TUB ."BMOTTINO SIN ". DB8CRIDKD. 
 
 108 
 
 It if thus you mny dotoot your besotting rtn.\It it the 
 last you will deliver up to the aword of truth,— clinging to 
 it for dear life. 
 
 Are ypu rottdy for the text? Hearken: ''And if thy 
 hand offend thee, cut it off; it is^tter for thee to enter 
 into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, 
 into the fire that never shall be qt^ched ; where their 
 worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 " And if thv/oot offend thee, cut it off; it is better for 
 thee to entcrltalt into life, than having two feet to be 
 cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched; 
 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
 "^^-Xnd if thine eye offend^hee, pluck it out ; it is bettor 
 for thee to ent^r into the kingdon^ of God with one eye, 
 than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire ; where 
 their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched: '— 
 Mark 9: 48, 48. 
 
 The allusion ii medical or surgical. Men do not refijse 
 to part with a hand, a foot or an eye, to save the body from 
 death. Christ would have us part with a sin, dear and 
 pleasing as a hand, or foot, or eye, to save the soul from 
 eternal death. Such a motive is necessary for him who 
 sots out to cope with the besetting sin. It is' by losing sight 
 of ihi consequence that somd fall such an easy prey to the 
 secret vice. Jefitls ChVist would have us throw ^' hell-fire'^ 
 between us and it, as the retreating general did against the 
 pursuing enemy ; he entered a narrow pass, filled it with 
 woodtoi^ brush, and setr^^re to it; and, while the enemy 
 was fighting fire, he made good his retreat and' escaped. 
 May the living God help every one of us to do the- same 
 towards our besetting sin,— yes, every sin,— till we finally 
 escape to the land of the blest ! 
 
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 . CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 JDHB " BESETTING SIN " DETECTED AND SLAIN. 
 
 TiiE subject of the last chapter is continued in this, in 
 the same quaint, pungent and heart-searching style of 
 address. ; 
 
 And so you have detected your ^^ Besetting Sin"?. 
 You and it have been like some married couples, who 
 know little of each other's real feelings, though they have 
 lived together fw years. You say, " When this sin was 
 pteached about, it was in my sight as a lion painted upon a 
 wall ; now, it is like a living lion meeting me, and roaring 
 in the way, with all his whelps after him." Just so; what 
 a change ! It is like its father the Devil, who is said to 
 have ffreat wrath, because he knoweth he hath but a 
 short time, — Rev. 12: 12, — and so h^' and all hiS' ^encf^ 
 are in motion. Your bosom and all its brood are in 
 motion. ^^When the commandment came, sin revived, 
 and I died," says the apostle. 
 
 The Lord hsls been showing you not only the particular 
 sin of your heart, but the entire sinfulness of your nature, 
 as well as your practice; " the body of sin" as St. Paul 
 terms it; the original fountain, which has been the evil 
 spring of all the streamir which have defiled you. 
 
 So your defences are gone, your excuses ended, your 
 plea is annulled, and sin is nonsuited.^ It is well for thee. 
 
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 TH#»<«BTISBTTIN0 SIN" DETECTED AND SLAIN. 196 
 
 The loss be Satan's; thine be the eternal gain. You see 
 now, what you pertoeived not before, that this sin, this 
 leading sin in our soul, is to your nature what the devU is 
 to earth and hell,— the rallying-point and support of all 
 sm ; the great centre to which all the e?il of your carnal 
 nature has been tending; where it has been recruited, and 
 from which it has been impelled throughout spirit, soul and 
 body. The strength of sin has been thereabouts, as the 
 Btrengj^ of Samson in his hair. I have no particular 
 theory on the sul^ect ; no hobby-iden to prove or support 
 Your experience is suggestive, merely. Why did you not 
 detect It before 7 The name of sin is legion. The com- 
 mander-in-chief was lost in the crowd. You did not study 
 yourself. You were a creature of oirci^stances, borne 
 along on the current of events, withont soundings, careless 
 whether the water was salt or fresh/or what hand was at 
 the helm. It is a miracle you are not in hell. Perhaps 
 chameleon-like, it has deluded you by its changes of color' 
 aspects and positions. I knew a deeply pious man who was 
 puzzled for years to know which of three leadipg tendencies 
 of his nature was the king-sin. Sometimes he suspected 
 ^e changes arose from different sorts of devils tempting 
 hun at different times. He could always tell, as he ex- 
 pressed it, when there waa going to be "« change of 
 mnd," as he termed it,— the annoying influence about to 
 blow from another point of his spiritiml compass. 
 
 It is well you now understand. Providence has been 
 wamng against you on the account of this ring-leading 
 Bin. So has the Spirit of God; so haa conscience; so have 
 your reason and understanding ; so have faith, law anf Gtes- 
 pel, and the ministers of the sanctuary; —for the preacted 
 word has been against you,— always' like Micafah the 
 prophet to Ahab, never prophesying good concerning 
 
196 EARNEST CHRISTUNITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 thee, but en7/— therefore you have hated it — 1 KitlgB 
 
 22: 8. 
 
 If you yield to it any more, you will have trouble. The 
 viae men of Troy, you remember, advised Priam to send 
 back Helen to the Grecians, and not to allow himself to be 
 captivated by her fascinations,' as it was likely she would be 
 the cause of a fatal war. Hear me, then, thou " In- 
 quirer," dismiss from thy soul this bosom sin ; away with it 
 to the devil, to whom it belongs ! I urge no divorce. The 
 union between thy soul and it was never lawful. God 
 never joined thee and that sin together. " Away wUh it ! 
 away with it ! Crucify it ! crucify it ! " Words like 
 these were once unrighteously flung against thy innocent 
 Saviour; fling them righteously against this bosom-sin. 
 Anything to get rid of it. It will bring on against thy soul 
 and body a more terribly fotal war than ever Helen brought 
 upon ancient Troy. The King of Syria commanded his 
 army not to fight with small nor great, but against the King 
 of Israel only. A strange and unheard-of order ; but it 
 was obeyed. There was wisdom and foresight in the Syrian 
 king. When the Kmg of Israel fell, fatally wounded, the 
 battle was ended ; victory was achieved. 
 
 Direct all your force against this king-sin. " What thou 
 knowest not now thou ahalt know hereafter," saith thy 
 Lord. Win the victory in its death, and all its trOOps and 
 aliies will soon be overcome. 
 
 How great will be the peace and joy of thy soul, then ! 
 How great the satisfaction of heaven ! There will be joy in 
 
 heaven. ^ 
 
 Have you not read of Mithridates, the implacable enemy 
 of the Romans? What joy in the Roman capital when 
 news arrived that he was slain ! Whait feasts were made I 
 what sacrifices to the gods ! Why all thi^ stir for the death 
 
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 of one ? Because they counted that as good as an army of 
 men were slain in hfs single death. It is thus I would have 
 you view the destruction of this beast and devil in thy soul. 
 Austin cried out, " Jjord, deliver mo from myself ! " Rather 
 pray, "Lord, deliver me;iipom this part of myself! " 0, 
 come, now, bring out this Affaff, and let him be hewn in 
 pieces before the Lord. Open thy breast, man, and pray 
 God to send a bullet that may be the death of it ! 
 
 Let me shout in thy ears ! let me thrill thy very being 
 with the war-cry of a spiritual hero, before he Icfft the bat- 
 tle-field of the church, for glory ! Hear him, to one like 
 yourself, "0 make an onset ! tun the s^ord of the Spirit 
 to the -hilt in the blood of thy sins ! Stab thy heart-hists 
 to the heart with the knife of mortification! Fight a duel 
 oyery day with inbred sin, and you will have. Christ for 
 your second ! " Every day a duel with inbred sin ? Nay, 
 blessed be God ! Hear me, every one of you who are 
 troubled with the plague of the heart, — you may all have 
 victory this hour." Oao duel ought to be enough for a life- 
 time. You all have had many duels with sin. Some of 
 you have received more wounds than you have given ; but 
 none of them have been fatal. Thank God for that ! You 
 have fared better than many a duellist with sin, who is dead, 
 bui-ied and damned. Come on ! this may be your last one, 
 and victory. I know you camnot do this alone of yourself 
 " Can the Ethiopian change his skin^ or the leopard 
 his spots r\ is a Bible illustration on the subject. He 
 spoke well who said, a man might as well try to shake off 
 the skin of his body as the sin of his soul, — that is, 
 without divine influence ;^ but this is ever near to assist all 
 who fight against sin. I like the duel idea. That writer 
 did not make a vain pledge of Jesus being your second. 
 Fight this (^1, then, this hour ! Jesus will stand by you. 
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 BAHNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 There is no law in heaven above or earth beneath to con- 
 demn ypu. If yott are victorious and shall slay your antag- 
 onist, you may fear no police. HeU-fienda only are against 
 you. Be it so ; that is to be expected. You have noth- 
 ing to fear from them. Your cause is good. Begin at once. 
 Jesus is ready; he is by your side now. Hear his voice: 
 Math. 21 : 22,— "^wd all things whatsoever ye shall ask 
 in prayer^ believing, ye shall received This is your 
 weapon ; sin and hell shall fly beMe„ it. Seize it ; lay 
 hold of itrBOWj like a man ! Christ is by your side to make 
 it vidtorious. Talk not of swords, pistols or revolvers ; this 
 surpasses them all. ^^ And this is the victory that over- 
 comet h the world, even our faith.''— 1 John 5 : 4. That 
 is but the jewelled hilt of the sword,^ " All things what- 
 soever ye shdH ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." 
 But, to use an idea of Willis, it is "the jewelled hilt 
 whose diamonds light the passage of the blade." Have 
 faith, then, in the will, power, strength, presence and 
 veracity, of Jesus, and this shall be the hour when that old 
 serpent-sin shall die that has stung you so often with his 
 temptation ; — ay, and «very sin, the whole " bcMy of sin," 
 shall be destroyed. Some say, if the Pope were destroyed, 
 and his power as a secular prince were annihilated, the 
 Boma^ Catholic church would necessarily crumble to pieces 
 and become extinct ; which others question. Hearken ! 
 The same power which shall destroy this prince-sin of your 
 soul is able, willing, ready to overthrow and extirpate all 
 his subjects within you, and annihilate all the power of the 
 enemy. 
 
 Victory is. yours, if you only perform the conditions, — 
 
 » " Believe." But you will ask, " What am I to believe ? " 
 
 Believe that Jesus will keep his word of promise to, y&u ; 
 
 — that if you believe that you receive, you shall receive. 
 
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 Offer yourtelf wholly to the Lord. Renounce the devily 
 and that besettitig ain^ and every nn, hejfftily and energet- 
 icall/, — for he never saves " the passive soul antagQuist 
 to nothing." No ! but you must be antagonMt to the devil 
 and all his works, — within you and without you ! Desire 
 victory ; — ^that is, full salvation from its power and presence 
 within. Pray that thus it may be untO(^ou. Offer the 
 blood of the Lamb as the full equivalent, the Now Testa- 
 ment price, the infinite price, for the salvation which is of 
 infinite value. Let desire reach its highest point of intens- 
 ity. What next ? Anything more ? Yes, surely ; for, if 
 you stop here, you leave oflf just where you began ; — you 
 are little the better for the effort, -^ no nearer Che blessing ; 
 abandon the efibrt, and you will diverge wider and wider 
 from it. What is to be done? Hearken ; " Believe that 
 ye receive, and ye shall Aave."— Mark 11 : 24. That is 
 it ! saving feith is there ! That is the climax. You can- 
 not get beyond it. If you stpp short of it, you are unsaved ; 
 if you reach it, salvation is yours in that instant. Be on 
 your guard here! Satan is in ambush! "Believe that 
 ye receive," says Jesus. " Believe that you have it, and 
 you have it," say some; that is simple /wiwewse .' Those 
 who can receive such a sentiment may; I could not, with- 
 out first casting away my sense, feeling and reason, which 
 would be next to^ casting away my faith. It goes far to 
 make salvation wholly dependent upon my will, instead of 
 the power of Christ : — it would nftike a Divinity of my 
 will. Alas ! I might as well pretend by my will to create 
 a world, or to thaw the ice around the pole, or to cleanse 
 hell of devils. Who but God can will a thing, and it 
 Cometh to pass? It is God alone ^^ who worketh all 
 things after the counsel of his own will." — Ephes. 1 : 11. 
 I know experimental salvation is the result of twowiUs^ — 
 
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 BARNBBT 0HRI9TIANrrT ILLUSTRATRn. 
 
 the will of God and tho will of man, — and that what Paul 
 Baid.to Philemon God saya, in effect, to every soul ho would 
 save, "But withoiU thy mind would I do nothint; ; " — 
 that is, without thy will or coiihent. We know, also, that 
 it is God that worketh in us, first to will, and then to do, 
 of his good pleasure. — Phil. 2 : 18. But to say, will it to 
 be so, and it is so, — / have a thing merely because I 
 WILL to believe I have it, — is too much, in all reason, for 
 man or angel. With regard to inward holiness, or the way/ 
 to possess it, it is a figment of the imagination, which one 
 of old called the fool of the household ; it is a disturbed 
 fancy, a plewing but deceitful dream — another illustra- 
 tion of the prophet Isaiah's striking similitude. / 
 
 " It shall even be as tvhen a hungry man dteam^th, 
 and, behold, he eateth; but ho awaketh, and his soul is 
 EMPTY : or as wheft a thirsty m^f^dreameth,- and, behold, 
 he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, 
 and his soul hath appetite."— ^aiah 29 : 8. To make 
 existence out of non-existence, purity out of putridity, a 
 holy heart from an unholy, a c^n thing out of an un- 
 clean,— Job 14 : 4, — it is not in ^e xcilt of man, but -in 
 the power of God, to accomplish. Nor does the demur^* It 
 is not the will that purifies the heart, but the Holy Ghost, 
 when that faculty does ife office," relieve tjie matter of its 
 tendency to grievous oelerodoxy. Be it so; ifis neither more 
 nor less than to be sanctified by the will ; — and the will 
 forcing the soul to believe it has what it has not, — on the 
 principle that if it believe it has it, it has jt therefore. But 
 we are said to be " sanctified by faith,^*— Acta 26 : 18 ; 
 purified by faith, — Acts 16 : 9. But what is this, but to 
 substitute the will for faith? If such mean diffeirently, 
 ' thej certainly express themselves unfortunately, nay, un^ 
 
 ^ripturally. 
 
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 BBSBtTINO SIN" DBTBCTBD AND BLAIN. 201 
 
 Many ha?e been stuTtibled here. I do not wonder at it. 
 / And now suflfer me to implore all you who are in tfce habit, 
 in these meetings, of instructing seekers of full salvation, 
 to avoid such teachings and phrases as you would the 
 plague. They have done mope to bring the doctrine of 
 sanctifioation by faith into disrefrnte than all else put ' to- 
 gether, the inconsistent lives of tho^ who profess it ex- 
 cepted. There is no foundation for such sentiments in the 
 word of God, nor in reason or common sense. 
 
 We admit, believing ^has the consent of the will ; nay, 
 without the will there can be no rational, sincere belief. 
 You cannot credit a promise, and act faith upon it, without 
 the assent of your will. Nor can you " believe that you 
 receive ^^ unless will agrees to it.. Let will withhold its 
 consent, and believing, in the saving sense; is at an end. 
 
 Some of you may inquire, " How are we to ffuard against 
 the error, seeing that the will is such a powerful, present 
 and prominent ally, both of faith and unbelief? — indeed, 
 inseparably connected with one or the other ; for in assail- 
 ing unbelief we have to criminate the will, and in urging 
 to believe we have to secure the alliance of the will." To 
 this I reply : Keep the will in its jplace. It is naturally a 
 usurper. If* ijiade devils of angels. It would make fools 
 of you, if you allow it Keep the will in its place. Abide 
 by the word of God, an3^ by the terms or conditions of the 
 promise ; — instance, Matt. 21 : 21,— " Iwrf alt things 
 whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall re- 
 ceive.'' The conditions are prayer aiid believing, — not 
 merely willing, but believing. Instance; again, Mark 
 11 :^, — " Therefore I say unto ydu, what things soever 
 ye' desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, 
 and ye shall have them J ^ Other promises might be quoted, 
 but these are sufficient. The conditions here are to desire, 
 
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 BARNBBT OHRIBTIXVITT ILLUBTRATKD. 
 
 to pray, and to believe that you receive. This is plain. 
 Now, ohwpvo ; to wUl and to believe, are like soul and body 
 — they go together ; but thej are not the thing desired and 
 proved for, no more than the atmosphere that conveys sun- 
 shine to the earth is the sunshine itself; for it is but atmos- 
 phore still, when the sunshine is out of it : no more than 
 the telegraphic-wire ^fit conveys iXni electricity is the oloo- 
 trioity itself; the wire may bo there, and the electricity 
 not : no more than a galvanic battery is electricity ; cop- 
 per and zinc may be there, plate upon plate, a pile of them, 
 and yet no galvanic actim. Do you understand me ? To 
 will and to believe go together; but they are not the bless- 
 ing itself; the blessing attends or follows their action. 
 
 Observe the promise : " Believe that ye receive, and ye 
 shaU have:' Believing and receiving must go together. 
 Now, observe ther? is a distinct difference between «' Believe 
 that ye have it, and ye have it," and " Believe that ye re- 
 ceive it, and ye shall have it: ' Is there not ? You can- 
 not but perceive it. The folly of man is evident in the 
 first, the wisdom of God in the second. The one is at war 
 with common sense ; the other is in harmony with it. In 
 one we behold an inlet to self-deception or hypocrisy, or 
 both ; in the other, a preservative from both. For, if you 
 believe that you receive, and you do not receive, it is evi- 
 dent there is something wrong;— not with Christ's veracity, 
 — that would be blasphemy,— but with yourself; and you 
 must believe again and again, till you do receive, or have 
 your heart searched, as Jerusalem of old, with lighted can- 
 
 dies. ■ ^-^ 
 
 A difference? Yes; as much as to believe that you 
 drink from a cup which is off in another room, when the 
 thing ia impossible ; and to believe that you are drinking 
 
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TUB " BMITTING SIN" DMTlOniD AND BLAIN. 208 
 
 from a cup at your lips, and the jmre water ia gUding down 
 and over the pulato that craves it * 
 
 Allow jne to repeat,-- for it is of the highest importanoo 
 you BhouK understand li,^ believu^ and recLng go 
 together. The error lies in di^^dng them, and foiling 
 the WILL to create what it should only receive by beliovin/ 
 -- even by an outstretehed, empty-handed faith, taking the 
 blcssmg from above ;^ the heart believing that it does 
 reoeive mto .tself all it has wished, all it has desired, all it 
 has behoved for. - Boliove that ye do reeeivq " all that 
 your craving soiil and grasping faith desired. 
 
 Guard yourselves, therefore, against two errors. Ist. 
 TJewaro of forcing your will to create that which it must 
 receive by simple faith only; that is, by believing that 
 you do receive. .* ® 
 
 2d Beware of refu^ng to believe until you know and 
 feel that you have received ; that would be to be saved by 
 knowing and feeling -hy knatpledge and sense; but 
 neither txro faith. But we are sav# by faith. To refuse 
 to believe till you thus know and feel, is infidelity to simple 
 
 Romemb^, then, the blessing of entire purity,- all that 
 18 comprised in entire sanctification /comes by pure and 
 naked faith,— believijig that you do tfeceive it. , This is all 
 Christ desires of you just at this poirit. To refuse this un- 
 til you know and feel it is done, is lik^ refusing to drink, or 
 to believe there is anything in the cup at your lips, unless 
 you are first assured that what yoii des^e is safely deposited 
 m your stomach ! - a thing simply impossible. Upon one 
 or oth|; of these tivo rocks thousands'^of our Methodist 
 peopl^it. The grmmass of them seem to be oseiHat- 
 tfig, like ^pendidums, between these two errors, only one, 
 here and there, stopping at the true Gospel centre, ^^hose 
 
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 of God BTOitly in tbi« dopirtmont. ^ , « i „„„ 
 
 Hot r., then, m, brother ! Stop at the Qoepel oen- 
 r^^^lte r^ moro' Stay yoar «,»! upon the v,racUy 
 Tul. Desir.. pray, Uli^e. " *er. h»pj«n U, U 
 L defect in your consecration, or in renunciat.on of .in, 
 r^^tlUing in the .eoret place of your hear^ your 
 ««ctifying Lord will reveal o»n th» unto you. But k^p 
 
 can, and obstinately Miemnff all the wh.K »«"«'»•- 
 Zpt to believe you Ka.o «hat you know and ^ JO-J-J 
 not But do attempt, and with all your might to believe 
 Ztyoudo recJe it, and he who has power to do .t w.U 
 • ouTthHork .hort in righteouBne«, and »ve you to the 
 
 "'rrJhisinmind-, when you do receive, you .hall /«i 
 
 that y<ta receive. The great harrier to bo ^T"-"- '» J° 
 
 • ,e^l^.to take Christ at his word; -not to feel that you 
 
 JZZ before you believe , for then the p«.mise would^o 
 
 '^ .-FraLthat you receive, and S«.»h»ll h»v,," .Uw. ^ 
 
 Wt " Believe that }o receive." B^ina?^ M"^ «"> 
 
 verv diferent. But to beffn believisg with an empty, h«d, 
 
 Ted td troublodheart-.-th^4thediffic«lty,afo^ 
 
 „.idable difficulty to many; they *o«>er <«»">'. »*"»} 
 back from the contest, and .Uely ^ away their shield of 
 . faith, and abandon the field. B,t tho«, who w.ll Ae«r >, 
 nothing, see nothing, believe nothing, but the pure, nak^ • 
 promise of Jesus Christ, that •'<.« Mi^. <.r« P..».«fc'<' 
 Aim that believeth," they, even they, shall have the no- 
 
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 "• trarcA, whon ho ponnod Uiom linoii 
 
 - VIotorioa- f^»m. to th- halong. ,h« pHw ; 
 On e.rth thjr powT i. Wl. wd b ,h. o,„„^ ^^.. 
 
 Close your ear against tho Old Sornont f n.- 
 
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 f«.th, «l hough h. ruinoJ oar fi„t p„*„u, bvwJ ~W. 
 prom... U.„t tho, .houM not die though tho^ mZ!^ 
 
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 But „ wo must W.W that wo n,ooiv„, in „rd„r to 3vo 
 make »p.ta, „f ^^,_ ^„j ^^^^; to ^oo»» 
 
 th»t ho wll A.^ « you. «.^„,rf hi„ „„, -PorhaMTo 
 ma, h«5 you through human lip,, evon tho«, tr^T^, 
 jouoxpoct^dbottor things. II<L' til Jr Z vo« 
 o«™ a«a,« i„ nd agai.t all who would JZZl 
 or laitft.* tut thorn a 1 short bv tumin,, f^ -^ 
 
 Urd. hcarUening for hia voico. a^ndTrMTI T 
 Ho a good servant, a dutiful child. - BcliZ Tj^' 
 
 aTr" "f ^'"' "PO" «■«'. -on with a aZ Sh'l 
 a<ath«„rff fueling, .tripped of all «,naibIo fc 
 raon , an empty, hard, tossed heart -tho heart von lii 
 w.th.nyounow. Jesus will «.n appear a Jol^'thrwr 
 
 /iaw. You do believo you do receiyo. It is faith', 
 tnumphant hour. I„ that ahrio„s iu^taJZ do « 
 ^, you are ,«..rf - sweetly, eonsoiousl^ ^Z^IZ ■ 
 fi«m sm; -the blood of Jesus Christ his'son oloZ:! 
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 bat in this oaae you have U before ydtt believe that you 
 have it; belUmng that you received brought it; believing 
 that ua have it iB an after faith, lo to ipeak. A differ- 
 onc^^re, and an oMential one, too ! 
 
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 it" /?o/ieDfl that you have it ! That is too ir«i^ a word; 
 it is defective. Nay, but you shall KNOW that you have »t. 
 Believing eitds where kmwlmUje begins ; their ground li 
 not common. When I credU a promise, so as to trust my 
 all upon it, that is faith or believing. When the promfte is 
 fulfiUed upon which I relied, faith has no more place m 
 thifljftse; it » ^^^^flgjjii,^"^ therefore^ijgproper to 
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 the lists against his bosom sin, and its legion, come to 
 Jesus, 'tou come to him when you reach his promise ; 
 -. you tmch him when you touch Ma// — that is the Am 
 of his garment now. " Believe that ye receive," and you 
 Couch him. As many as shall thus touch him shall bo 
 made whole, whatever may be the nature of your spir- 
 itual diseases. This is faith's climax.\ — the top summit 
 of its action! — its highest altitude for full salvation.! 
 Jesus cannot lie ! So sure as he has, in this promise, de- 
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 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 THE NEW OONVBBT EXnORTED TO HOMNESS. ' 
 
 IBT Lei that new convert hearken! -The remains of 
 J!!y^ the Beed of every sin-is within till you are 
 ZJi throughout spirit, soul and body That was a g~d 
 ^rTof onef" There is muck of the »« T" "'^« 
 Alre^lyhave y^^^^^'l'^^l'^X^ 
 
 new. 
 
 ihose seeds have taken root. They are rooted m that heart 
 rf ™uL, among the plants of 6r«=e, li^e jeed-roots^ m a 
 W of vegetables. They must be uproated, or they wUl 
 destroy or dwarf the plants of 8^^""°^ ". ^ ,„^j 
 Indwelline sin is Satan's capital. He who tos a small 
 capWwm keep .d*.g to it. It is Satan's .nvestmen t, 
 auLewiU not%lectlt;,the d^.»'-Mn2^; 
 watch its rise and fall in the market close as a^ stock job 
 ber Sin is, in itself, an accumulating prmcipfe A slighir 
 ^d is pro;e to additions. It is sowia, in^wdjang sm 
 itn^u'e is to render you cold' i. duty, and cold ». yo^ 
 affections toward God and his people. It contracts th^fim 
 Xtions of your soul, as a cold the fine vessels of your 
 Wyi-rcnderingyouWlyand shivering in the presence 
 
 "^^ttSsStr^me old professors in tins town. m» 
 we see l man shivering in the sunshine, or by a warm fl^ 
 ride, we suppose his ague is bad enough^ To see a pro- 
 S^r shiver tothe warm sunshine of the Gospel or encom- 
 
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 MB NBW OOHVIRT KXHOBTBD TO H0UNB8S. 2^ 
 
 P««ed by the bU,«, of « glorious reymUuch us this, arKues 
 an jnreterate spiritual ague. The devil has his eye udou 
 such, to gire them . hot corner in hell, by and by. It is 
 to save you fmm such an a^uel address you, young con- 
 vert, while you hare indwelling sin in you. You h.l7e 
 element of this ague within ; it has be^ in &ct, in ^.^ 
 incipient Stages. . ' ««'•', ia mese 
 
 it %'h"'°L'--. ^""""^ "^•^'«"» ci""' ''^"^ of 
 
 It. Ibemedmne m ready, if your fiuth is ready. Why 
 n^now? "AUtMnasare posmetoHUn thit iZ- 
 an. May you have no rest till you are cured of these 
 ague-fits slight, ind«„l, .t present; it would be a woX 
 
 w«e:t,oAerw««,, considering your presi,nt«lv.„,.ges. But 
 h«^ a lodgment m your nature, «,d eyery ei^ure to 
 eyil air," to bsd company and bad influence, will add to 
 It; your ague-Jit, will increase, until you will be ashamed 
 tobeseen,nacto„-m«ert„^. Better you never had been 
 converted, than enterthe liste of these^«A^ye„^,. 
 
 Zd. Let the "prone to v,ander" new convert listen—If 
 m now, a,at promness may increase ten-fold hereafter 
 i-ifniy of W 13 your remedy. Be not deceived. Are 
 
 IZ "7 " /""l T"*""'"" ' ^ "»'■ " •" likelihood 
 you will wander back to the devfl. Some chUdren stray 
 
 away fronrtheu- parents and return again. His e«e is upon 
 you - he never took it off you in all your " im and oM»" 
 among us. Forgive the apparent Ao™A»m. Tou under- 
 stand me. I would fain probe your soul to the bottom. It 
 wn do you no h«™, if a genume convert; if otherwise, 
 
 of tJderir"^^""^' ''^'^ '°"™'^ ""* °^ ^ '^ 
 Be not deceived in your intentions regarding sin. Tou 
 tove put It away; surely you have, if regenerated. But • V 
 bave you parted with it forever, think you? Have vou *' 
 
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 210 
 
 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 quite removed your eye off it?|no treacherous inclinations, 
 towards it? no hankering after it? Do you hate sin? 
 Tlpre was much in that remark of one, that many deal with 
 their sins as the mother of Moses -with her boy — put him 
 away, but provided for him; hid him in the ark of bul- 
 rushes, as if she had forsaken him quite, but her^ye was 
 upon him, and, at last, became his nurse, Thus many 
 leave, but hve, their sins. They hide theism the eyes 
 of others, but their hearts go after them. /|^^t thfey take 
 their sins to twrse, and give them th^^?#^ Can you 
 detect anything of this in yourself? Theh^net me shout in 
 your ear, PERIL. " Make a clean breast of it," as they 
 say sometimes to criminals. Besolve upon heart purity. 
 It is your onlyBafety. The blessing is your spiritual birth- 
 right; if you are born from above. You will backslide, 
 perhaps foully and fatally, without it. That was a wise 
 prayer of Beza, «' Lord, perfect what thou hast begun in 
 me, that I may not suffer shipwreck when I am almost at 
 the haven." Ay, that would make damnation what Aris- 
 totle said death was, '^ The terrible of ternbles!'' If 
 ever you are to be saved from such a hell, you must folhm 
 after holifies^ with the same ardor that a hunter pursues 
 his game. -.^ ^ 
 
 Let some old Christians present look back upon past life. 
 How near you were to falling, at such and such a time,— 
 perhaps did fall,— altogether by your corruptions! How 
 prone to step out of the order of God! How often haa 
 Providence formed itself into a hedge of thorns, or spears, 
 to keep you back from ruin, as you were impelled on by 
 your unsanctified passions I When about to be carried head- 
 long into an ocean of miseries, it required an angel of the 
 Lord with a drawn sword, between two walls, to keep you 
 back,— as in Balaam's case,— forcing you to stand still, 
 
ME MBW OONVIOM KHOBIED TO HOUNsaS. 211 
 
 With » bruised foot, or a'broken limb, or a disorfered bod v 
 
 or deranged affairs, or wounded feeling, ^' 
 
 Behold that solitary backeUder who site over yonder 
 
 . He has a history. Would that you could hear it n^ „ 
 
 vert,- that ho would think aloud I Whamrnr"" 
 
 *«at has been the root of all thy sins and sorrows » Anv' 
 thing else than indweinng sin ? You wei« clZ^ f 
 outward sin in the days of your tot W but^. " 
 ■ we™n„toIeansodf™.in„Jsi„. Aa J^: J':lyt tnC 
 to their fountain-head, so n^y the troubled and p^S 
 streams of thy wickedness and baokslidings to the fCtet 
 of a corrupt heart backslider, I „i,l\te up Z^Z 
 
 Martha's lamentation over her dead brother, "£„;^,.; 2« 
 
 .tkokness h^ been in my brother's heart, heTlad noS 
 for itwaa„„A„&Wd,«ve thee from hi^ heart, "nd thin 
 ho died New convert, let his case bca^^.v^tyou 
 a^^n^ ^;i;'^"'^''°P* °' Slory," say, St Paul. Ld 
 
 Yes; but reflect. Will Christ dwell in an impZ,4eart , 
 
 ht:^sr"''"^"-^---"^-? 
 
 afVl- ~^*''y°"^"''«""«K<'/«"<»-« Who speak lightly 
 of holiness, and of those who enjoy it They seem to 
 gl^ in the feet that they are not of L nuJ^T.!^:, ^ 
 fit weream^rt; to be unholy. I wish I could ,ho^ 
 those word, of an old author into their eara, with the vdce 
 of a trumpet: "Some thank God they are ^ot of thlZ 
 number; tho«, who thank God for their u n h oline^ U d " 
 
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 fiARNBST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 better go ring the bells for joy that they shall never see the 
 Lord ! " As to yourself, study well that declaration of 
 St. Paul : " Withmit holiness no man shall see the 
 Lord." Besides, let me advise, keep out of the company 
 of such despisers of holiness. They will shear ^om. of your 
 strength; will rob you of all your desires after this great 
 blessing ; will prejudice you against those who profess and 
 enjoy it. No man's heart can be right with God who 
 speaks lightly of holiness. Dying Jacob said of some, " O 
 my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their 
 a^hnhlyymine honor, be not thou mited.''^Qen. 49 : 6. 
 It seems they had slain a man in theip^r«nger, and in their 
 self-will they digged down awa^ They would slay your 
 hopes of heaven,— would encouragfe> that within your heart 
 that has slain its thousands and its tei* of thousands. In their 
 self^wiU they would dig down the Wall of holiness from 
 around you, and leave you exposed to the roaring lion of hell 
 that is going about seeking whom he may devour. A longing 
 desire after holiness i^as a wall of fire around your soul. 
 Their company is not safe for you rmw ; at least, their 
 thoughts are not the Lord's thoughts. God is not in alt 
 their thoughts f, but such as have God in all their thoughts 
 should be your companions. 
 
 With respect to the other parties, your duty is impera- 
 tive ; — abstain from their company. They will injure you. 
 Polished mptal never polishes rttsty metals by mingling 
 with them; no, but it is sure to catch their rust. A well 
 person will not add to his health by sleeping with one whf 
 is sick. Do you understand me? It is. equally true in 
 
 spiritual things. 
 
 Ponder well St. Paul's deiclaafation, " Unto them that 
 are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure ; btU even 
 tfteir mind and conscience is defiled."— Titm 1:15. 
 
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 M» mw OONVBE* EXHOBMI, TO HOLInL. 218 
 
 What a «a .tote ( How unwholewme their atLphero ' 
 
 IS unclean. ^Thejr «,„& are leprous; they are Mclean 
 I'heir words leaw their mark. Their brpo// ;. - "" f 
 
 . tion. The atmosphere around th^i^ it neTh:: 
 never yet found the philosopher's stone, tha't tu™7.uT 
 
 a,rLM ? r '""'""^' '*'" '«"" '»n, the gold of 
 the sanctuary into dross, is no secret to them ,Astre.J^ 
 pure ^ ever sparkled in the Tight of dayT, d file73 
 changedm passing through a foul swamp. A MoZTpTr^ 
 . as sparkles .„ an angel's mind would be^UutedTpLTna 
 through such minds. p„ul hands sX iZ, T^ 
 clean mouth stoins snow a fnnl fn^^ ^.'"f"' *° "°- • 
 SDrinff- <,„ J . ' "^' ""''* t*"* mountain 
 
 sprmg , -so does an impure heart all it touches. One of 
 
 the seraphim noticed by Isaiah is needed, withali™ Ul 
 
 g- under them, "^i'll^j^ri -2'^ 
 walls, or taint the air of glory. The fire /g^ ZZ ^ 
 
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 Wore "V -f '' "^ " ''""«^" J^o ^"""^i. 
 
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 4th Let "a young begimicr" hearken. _ Tou must 
 learn to discriminate ; that is, to distinguish, or mie aT 
 ference between religious characters.' Pi^fes^ di^f 
 Make distinctions. Do not>«4& them together 1 i(Zy 
 we" »». <-^t in the same mould, or we., ^ima Jby the 
 same spn:it ; else you will be tempted to think as I did whm 
 ^adrng-MosheiVs Ohnro.h HL.y,» that X. St:^^ 
 
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 214 BABNIIST OBBIBIUNOT nSLttSXBAHD. 
 
 there ^» not a real Cbrtatian in th<, ohoroh. ^^^^^ 
 ^r The church ,.. in the ^ildeme*.. H|ator««u,dd 
 Tuv/in the mldeme™, but if "the city fuU^ rather 
 SJ«n iu "the void w»te.". Jhe^ '«» »«' ^"-^ ''* 
 . God'B secret ones, — 
 
 Th«irfer.M>t«pWuWx>redJ n«re they fought. 
 And l»<re «btiUn«i «te.h irlimph. o;« thMMehe., 
 And BetKJfUheriiig wmtl^», oomptted with wiwh 
 The i»iml» that ».C«M»rrekpediT««weed»." ■ 
 
 Not many SauU among the Lp**'* - "o* ""'"L^'if'" 
 rians among those A.rf*» ^arr-^rs. How could they 
 judge or write of those thfey ifiew not "J he^f. "'f f ';;,; 
 Lf to their prejudice? lloiheim gathered ^^"f^' 
 from such. History admito ct animadveijuons, censures or 
 criticisms, of the writer, flf W »« "ght, » •"> ""^ .^, 
 wroig or prejudiced? ' Studi-life is apt to he ^e«/W.«« 
 m which often differs widell from real life and M^ve hfe. 
 fj>l who always Uve in thf , cUy know little of the coun- 
 try: thosewho are always clfistered in the ./«% know little 
 . c/^en-Wfc* axe studied more than men. Hjstonans 
 L history, must he* takeJ and judged m the historical 
 sense i that is, in the oifcumstaSces of time and place 
 under which they wrote, f Church hisl»riM», »> almdy 
 hinted, knew-little or no4ing of the " hMden one, of 
 God - Psalm 88 : 8. Thiy only marked the surface of 
 "Moiety, mi the upheavinjfH of error, mA the stream of 
 chJi cmUe«iUms. with] il» froth and '^ s<mm, ajid lie 
 prominent actors therein, Uo were more distrngmshed for 
 «,eir/!«-y 2«.2 than for kheir personal yte<y. They d.d 
 not see the ,e»«» tfumsa^ who had never bowed the knee 
 to Baal,-1 Kings 19 :k8,- a circumstance St Paul took 
 ere to remember, -4m. 11= 4. But M h „ tonans 
 
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 THE NBW OONViRT EXHOBTEI) TO HOLINESS. 216 
 
 were ^Qti>a,/&-. far fremiti Neverthelea., the Lord has 
 reserved to himself such thousands in aU al of t1^ 
 
 time from the ej.es of the multitude. The Doet «7ninL 
 choid which vibrates through all the pLt, ^011^^.0 
 present, and onward through time : ^ 
 
 " i?rfMrm have a sUent field to ight 
 And their exploitB are veUed from h^man aight : 
 
 Eternal tnumphs crown their toila divine I" 
 
 -i Wo, the, fen a^lip in t^™^ ^Cd S 
 to p«ud»e, leaving th<«e ,ho knew them best Z^^t 
 senument on their tombs, or to en-nuve it on Z Tm / . 
 their own alfeetiom.te memories: ^'^'' " °" *''« "^'^'of 
 
 B^t happier tt^ who «,, the «r|d to come 
 
 ifcrnoi (ri»my4, orown their toil, dirae 
 
 Aad «U the« triumph., c4r.-.«,«, „„w .;.ai„^., 
 
 Lm T T ^"""^ impressions." Sinalar views 
 
 would have saved me from a /«„;,,<^i^ , b„t j ^ ™™ , 
 
 and me^nenced. The ,a^ pHnciples are app^Xto ' 
 you relate. ^« «re ««< Israel who are of Israel " AnS 
 
 »a»Ciryf««.o»; with those who have had light, and iZ 
 proved ^t„ot, but retained.it for speculationf it iaTlw 
 <« the>r hands, and b«Ki worms of doubv Ub> a.e S 
 
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 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 You say, " Some doubt whether such a blessing is attain- 
 able until death. But by far the largest number admit its 
 attainability in Ufe and health ; they seem to know all about 
 the theory of hoUness, and speak well of it, but when I ask 
 whether they enjoy it, they say nothing, or confess that they 
 do not. This discourages me, and holds me ba«k. Why 
 Khould I outstrip them? When I am equal with them in 
 knowledge, then I may venture to surpass them in holiness." 
 But is that a business principle ? Do you intend to carry 
 this modesty into your business operations ? It would rum 
 you, most likely. There you must depend upon your own 
 judgment, mainly — must act from the individuality of your 
 own character. Your neighbor's rule and habit will not do < 
 for you. Some, besides, know how business should be done, 
 but are too indifferent or slothful to do it, while procrasti- 
 nation is the bane of others. Your knowledge might be, 
 inferior to theirs, but it would be very foolish in you to fol- 
 low their example; nor would you. No, indeed; you would 
 .plan and act for y(Wself, risk mistakes, and bid g9odi!^ to 
 modesty, and "^(^ ahead," aa they say on the other side 
 of the waters, rather than risk the consequences of their 
 procrastination. Why not do so in your religious mat- 
 ters? my young brother, fall not into the folly which 
 St. Paul shuddered at and condemned, when he said he dare 
 not bex)f the number of those who measure themselves by 
 themselves, and compare themselve? among themselves. 
 Hew out for your own self your spiritual fortunes, accord- 
 ing to the Scripture rule, regardless of the paltry rules of 
 others. ^'What is that toMee?— follow thou me,'' is 
 the call of thy ris6n Lord. " Be ye holy, for I, the Lord 
 your God, am holy,'' should weigh more with you than 
 the sentiments, example and experience, of mUlimis such 
 as you mention. There is much " head-knowledge" among 
 
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TH« NIW OOKT.BI MHOBMD TO H0LINB8S. 217 " 
 
 onrprofA»r.«g.r«ng«„,„tifictio„. Tho head ha, Rone 
 further than the heart with ».„jr of them. The expTriC 
 
 I J JT i"" ""' '■*'" ^ ''* ^^o knowledge of "l^ 
 head. They W more than they have ever er^ojZ. TU 
 atmo.ph.re of euoh i. not healthy, unle«, they%re rZ 
 perHuu mdeed. j o™ rare 
 
 An old mathematician demonstrated of him who performed 
 a joum^ round the world, that hi. head travellS «T,^ ■ 
 tho««nd mile, more than hi. feet, as his head perS 
 
 ZihlS"-""'^''^^--""'-™-'-. 
 
 This is no new problem in theology. I ha™ often seen 
 .t demonst«ted,,and so hive you, in the ohanote™ Z 
 mention. We meet with sueh eVe.7 day, who, for^ 
 We gone tf.e oircuit of theology, L i^„ "iZy^- 
 
 ^oire^ener,cT^^:S^t:Z:r'^'''^'"''^ 
 
 Ho%oTer, we have something to set off against this feet * 
 W^havesome and they have increased to hundreds ^S / 
 town within the last six weeks. who«, A«.«, have kT ■ 
 
 eqm.1 pace with their.«««fe in holinea. Nor would I 
 undertake to p^vo that there are none among them wle ' 
 W, have not out-travelled their heads. St Paul spodts 
 
 Ephes.8:19. Ther? are few who experience /„/,a/^ %. 
 
 t.on who do not find the enjoyment of it to exceed Z t 
 anttcpat^. And what is that but e^erience surpassing * 
 
 iT^tl 'f.7"«.^ «»»•«». "nd the i,^atian 
 
 wan inspiration in pbrfbot LOVfii^hioh 
 
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218 
 
 lARNBST 0HRI8TIANXTT ILLUSTRATID. 
 
 givei leasoiuito the understanding, neldom', if ever, learned 
 otherwise. "^ What a ohiyigo tlie soul undergoes when the 
 body dies ! Who among the liying comprehends or con- 
 ceives what it is ? — that surpasses knowledge, %lso. How 
 great the change when the whoje " body of ain'' dies, and > 
 the soul is free from its inHuei^! I never saw any one 
 who allowed that his previou»^iii>|6rmation upon the subject 
 was equal to the actual expenci^jiiCQ. 
 
 The admission has been made ; the heart of some out- 
 travels the head. I like the idea. The heart is apt to 
 prove deceitful, if the head leave it tfio far behind ; lijca 
 ' Peter, who followed |us Lord afiur oflF, and a woman involved 
 
 him in trouble ; Kmhead was right, poor soul, but his heart 
 
 ■"-^' ■ -. • ■ 
 failed him. ' 
 
 We have those among us who are not retaaarkable for 
 " theological, accuracy j^}--=iAkLe head may be at fault, now 
 and then, nor does it offend them to hear Of >t; and the 
 tongue, perhaps, unable to marshal its words in the exact 
 theological order desired ; but the heai^, ay, the heart quite 
 out-travels both head and tongue in the deep things of God. 
 Their motions are not circular, like him who travelled round 
 the world. They may never have gone, in abstract theology, 
 the segment of a circle, as they say in geometry; never- 
 theless, Christianity, in its saving and purifying influences, 
 has taken the entire circuit of their nature, subduing the 
 whole to itself. Their hearts have gone further than their 
 heads, but both are travelling heavenward ; both will be 
 equal by and by, and wiser than the wisest philosophers be- 
 low, when they gain their crown above. Hallelujah ! 
 
 However, let us praise the Lord, there are those among 
 us whose head and heart travel together. They traverse 
 the whole circle of theology, — all that lies within the hori- 
 ^^ of theological investigation,-— but the heart is never 
 

 THB !rBW OOHVIBT MOOBIlD TO HOUNMS. 219 ' 
 
 • I«ft behind. A« one remarked *' ^/.•...^v^ ^- • . 
 
 The, have one dLotTr^^to ' w "^i* "' °'^'""~' 
 
 will, oneai5irbetC'~r"" '^'"'"<"' *» ■■" 
 •..iahol,, "dtolWehim ^^.TlteVy^- 
 nKl mind, and .tr«n,rfl. . jT . ' ''**"' »»^ «o»l. 
 
 •• Ui^e their way through graoe fbrgitw, . 
 ^0 .ca/« tt« mown/ 0/ Ao/Mrf low 
 
 -^"^'^''tlubrightut crown in h»av4nr* 
 
 entrance into the heavenly kCo^ andl/* "*""* 
 
 the peouliarlv r«l««m^ i '""•gaom, and a tknne among 
 
 could leam sa^TJJ' t " ""^ '''' '""' "»« '*''"' "»« ' 
 
 ^oiwed.eChietrrer:!i£\T';t 
 
 ^^. but Which it haalr eS/r^r '-'»»'- 
 
 They are " </ie r«rafar finer, '^r! 
 which steer straight f»^*ri?v'' "" « »ea-phra«,, 
 
 ef life. M the ufw^T i T IT "'^°°' ''^'"' ** ■ « oeean ^ 
 
 « w*, » u„ New lork and Live^Kwl line of pactot^S • 
 
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 lAENUT 0HRI8TIANITT ILLUffnUTIO. 
 
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 oroia the Atlantic straight to tho destined port,, and having 
 nothing to do with the coasting trade. 
 
 To alter the figure once more : like Abraham, they walk 
 up and down in tho length and breadth of the Canaan of 
 perfect /ot>tf.— Gen. 18 : 17. Caleb-like, they said, long 
 ago, *• Let ua go up eU once and poaaeaa it ; feir we are ^ 
 well able to overcome it.'* And so, like him and a host of 
 others, " they poaaed over thia Jordan, and poaaeaaed the 
 land.^* And, lik* them, trUo to their principle,— /ai/A 
 in the immediate power of God, in accordance wiUi his 
 promise,— they took no round-about way to enter the land 
 of holiest love, but wont straight forward through the swell- 
 ings of Jordan, undaunted by diflBculties and perils. They 
 were not submerged nor overwhelmed ; opposition gave way, 
 the^bedient waters divided before them, like Jordan, and 
 ^they passed over dry shod unto the land that flowed with 
 milk an^r Eoney, and thus possessed their promiaed reat. 
 There they abide, to this day. Their numbers are increas- 
 ^ ing in this town daily. More than four hundred purified 
 ' souls have joined them within a few weeks. Hundreds 
 more are all in readiness to leave the wilderness side of Jor- 
 dan to enter the promised land, — 
 
 ** Where dwells the Lord oar righteousneMi 
 Who keelM his own in perftot peaoe, 
 And •T«rlMting reit" 
 
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 JMTmBD PBM0N8 DBSIBH I-OMTr. ' 
 
 l8T. To " A perplexed and anxmua tnqf,irer " 
 y<«'' prefirehce, Uy« mt bfm tot bohnm. Your jut- 
 
 .h«rtyde.,reYor parity; that i. th« brighteet ^ tUt 
 
 »<».«»<, a CROWN fo Aer A«^„rf." p^ ;, j^, 
 
 of ja.t.fio.t,on. If it be genuine, thi. de^r.'^i. ..^W 
 
 U^«l ^.t.- „ weight to lead, „ he.t tp fi™, „ f^^.^^ 
 
 John comes down «pon thi. point unmi.tak.bl/ ■< Behved 
 
 now are we the ami, of God ■ and it d^,h „ ,**' 
 ,.1 . „ . ,, , . • •' """' "«■» ^ aotn not appear 
 what we shMbe : but we know that when he ,Ao/7 J 
 pear, we sHaU be like hi^ , for we shaU see hUnaX 
 «. And evew man tdat hath this hopb in him 
 
 PDMFIBTH HIHSKl, KVBN A8 HE ,g PraB.'._l Jofa, 8 • 2 
 
 «. It 13 upon thi, principle he .peak. «, pcitively, fiom ihe 
 /o«rM ver«, to the ^e„«, that ■< wAosoe^ i, «4 »/ Oorf 
 *.rtno/^««„„... IIewhoi.tl,„.aiming.ndarientIy 
 de«ring to be «i pure ... Jcu. will hate and ,vo^°- 
 
 ke canmt «< certainly not when filled with .uch . . 
 "ooloambuton taii ceaaelesa aspiration 
 
 Some y»„ ago a young lady in PhiWelphia, .mce gone 
 
 «.re mental conflict^or other. But one day. when Sstening 
 
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 to a sermon on Bom. 8 : 16, she regained it. "Then," saM 
 she, " n^ith the blessing of justification in one hand, I held 
 forth the other for full salvation." That was the proper 
 attitude for a truly justified SQul. She soon after obtained 
 ^fhe blessing. Now, some have neither handy right nor left, 
 of soul or faith, held up for justification nor sanctification; 
 ihej possess neither, desire neither. These are imawak- 
 ened sinners ; both hands are withered, and they refuse to 
 stretch them forth unto God. 
 
 Others profess to grdApjustiJicatimi with one hand^ but 
 
 ,,hold not the other forth' for sanctification. It is well if such 
 persons are not grasping a worthless pebble, instead of a 
 pribeless diamond. " Every man that hath this hope in 
 him purifieth himself even cw he is pure." But here 
 are persons who profess to have this hope, and yet recoil 
 
 ~ from the blessing of heart puiity. Is my surmise unjusti- 
 fiable, think you ? 
 
 But there are. those who grasp justifics^tion with one hand 
 of faith, 4ind reach forth the other for full salvation Such 
 are grasping the true diamond. Can you separate green 
 from a healthy and growing leaf, and keep it* healthy and 
 growing ? Or hea^ from fire^^and keep it fire ? Or sun- 
 shine from the sun, and keep it sunshine ? As well try, 
 habitually, to separates desire for purity from your justifi- 
 cation, and £eep it justification. God commands you to be 
 holy. " Be ye Holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.^\ 
 How can you continue justified in disobeying so plain a 
 command? 
 
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 Again, " For this is the will of God, even your sancti- 
 fication." How can you retain the blessing in question, with 
 a toill so contrary to God's will ? You may answer these 
 questions as best you can ; they req;iire none from me — 
 

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 onlj this, I would not like to trnst the safety of my state 
 to such a justification. It is deceptive and dangerms. 
 JL desire for ptirity, like a precious gem, is inlaid with 
 this heavenly gift. Indeed, it is that which preserves the 
 blessmg from moment to moment. Dr. Clarke says "HoU 
 nessj like every other gift of God, comes with the principle 
 oi sdf preservation in it." That is, Ao/mm preserves 
 Itself, and those who possess it,^a high encouragement to 
 seek It. ^I would add, a desire for punty, like every other 
 gift of God, has a simijar virtue; it preserves itself and 
 our yM«/i/?cflr/io», as salt preserves meat. 
 
 No wonder, then, that your « religious experience " has 
 changed color so often. Not to go forward is to go back. 
 Every thmg we behold is either advancing or receding, grow- 
 ing or declining, going on to a higher state of perfection.^ 
 or smkmg into imperfbctim. It is so with the human 
 soul. I 
 
 The day begins, advances to ite noon-point, and then de- • 
 clmes to night. The bud expands and opens into a flower 
 but hastens .to decay, ne leaves of a tree brighten intb 
 green, but soon tend to the sear and the faU. Spring 
 pushes into summer, summer into autumn, and autumn into 
 winter. Degradation i^ the tendency,^f our nature, unless 
 aspiring after holiness. ! 1 
 
 This^has been the Cf USE of your "sinning and repent- 
 ing, and repenting and sinning again,"- your constant 
 oscillations between dairkness and light, and light and dark- 
 ness; ay, and of all y<\ur troubles. 
 
 I have another chafracter to address; my reply to him 
 Will have something fnore in it for you; so hearken, and 
 attend also to the siwgestion^ of your own memorV and 
 conscience. ^ ^ 
 
 2. Let " the afflict^ without mdihe afflirts^ ^^pithin " 
 
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 give attention.— 7%cre is found some good thing in you, 
 towards the Lord God of Israel^ as in one of old, — ^1 
 Kings 14 : 13, — or you would not write bo freely of " all 
 your history and present state." There is some good in 
 yon, and therefore the devil hates you; but there has been 
 evil in you, and therefore God has afflicted you. I say not 
 this on the evil-surmising principle of Job^s comforterSi 
 but I gather it from your own confessions regarding holi- 
 ness! 
 
 Your preference have not been for holiness. There has 
 been a sad misunderstanding between you and Grod, all these 
 years. Not, indeed, upon the part Of God. Ue can no 
 more mistake than be unjust. But you mistook God's pall 
 at first, or you unwisely procrastinated obedience to it,. or 
 w^ickedly rejected it. He called you to holiness on th© day 
 of your espousals to Christ. Yes, as sure as he called the 
 Israelites, after they had crossed the Bed Sea, to go straight 
 over the wilderness into Canaan, so did he call you then, at 
 that crisis of your "history," to go over straight into the 
 Canaan of perfect love. To pass over into the promised 
 LAND,— the land that flowed with milk and honey, — 
 "with every blessing blest, ^^vored with God's peculiar 
 smile," was among the first instructions the Lord gave to 
 Moses, for that people. What shall I say ? Can you deny 
 it ? To hasten over into the spiritual Canaan was among 
 the first lessons of the Holy Spirit after your conversion. 
 
 IPhe hour yon left the bondage* of sin, and escaped the 
 cruel oppression of heWk Pharaoh, light for holiness 
 dawned upon your soul. When you crossed the Bed Sea 
 of your Bedeemer's blood, and shouted your delurerance on 
 the shores of salvation, he called yon into the Canaan of 
 perfect love. More favored thaii those of old, who, with 
 timbrels and dances , replied to Israers host, " S ing ye to 
 
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 225 
 
 tha Lord, for he hath t^umphed glorimtsly ; the horse 
 and the rider hath he tt^rmon into the sea^ thev, happy 
 people, saw their deliven^nce, but not the land that flowed 
 with milk and honey, ^eir hoped-for Palestine.^ Exod. 
 16 : 14. But yoti beheld it ! like Moses from Mo^t Nebo 
 -fromv the highest Pisgah summit,- the Lord showed 
 you all the glorious W, unto the " tUmost sea,''-- Deut. 
 34 : 1, 4,— and gave joxa ravished soul a taste of its beau- 
 ties and privileges, and you sang : . , 
 
 " Rejoicing now in earnest hope, 
 
 ' 1 8tend,jand from the mountain top 
 
 See all the land below : 
 
 Rivers of milk and honey rise, , "" 
 
 And al? the fruits of paradise 
 
 ^ In endless plenty grow. 
 
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 "A land of corn, and wine, and oil. 
 
 Favored with God's peculiar smUe, 
 
 With every blessing blest J ' ' 
 
 There dwells the Lord our r^hteousnees. 
 And keeps his own in perfect peace, 
 
 Ai^d everlasting rest" 
 
 But the tempter came. Moses greatly desired to go over 
 into the Canaan t6 which he had led fcrael, and said to the 
 i^rd, 'I pray thee, let me go over and see the good land 
 thatts beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Leba^ 
 non. But the Lord said, « Let it suffice thee; speak no 
 more unto me of this matter,''— Deut. 3 : 25 26 -a sad 
 intimation to M6ses. Bid he say so *to yoi? 'Ahno' 
 FavopQd above Moses, he intimated his wiUingness yoii 
 should go over and possess it. But, instead of saying, 
 
 ** Q that I might at once go up ! ^ 
 
 • No more on this side Jordan stop. 
 Bat now the land possess ; 
 
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 BABNBST OHRISTIANITT ItLtTSTBAtED. 
 
 This moment end my legal yeafs. 
 Sorrows, and lins, and doubts, and Aan, 
 A howling wildemeM] 
 
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 you tarned away, saying, " Not now, Lord; not Tunpy 
 Alas, alas! what could you expect, after rejecting such 
 superior light — such glorious manifestatioins of the willing- 
 ness of God to save you unto the uttermost ! 
 
 More than once you had such a glorious view of your 
 purchased inheritance; — your birthright inheritance. But, 
 like poor ,Esau, you sold it for ** a mess of pottage.^' And 
 so, as Esau, by that act, entailed upon himself and poster- 
 ity an untold amoun^ of disability and trial, so did you. 
 More of this by. and by. The moment you were " born 
 a^ain" ypu became an heir to full salvation; ay, sure as 
 you were "a» heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ." 
 — Rom. 8 : 17. But ybu soon preferred som^ttung else. 
 Like the Israelites, you gave the *' wilderness " the pref- 
 erence, where were fiery serpents, hn4 soerpimsi and 
 draught; where, there was no wa/cr,7-tJ)eut. 8 : 16, — 
 a land of deserts and of pits, a land of drought and the 
 shadow of dearth)— Jer. 2 : 6, — rather than fight for your 
 inheritance in the Cuiaan of perfect love. 
 
 I. say not these things to makiBsyou sadder,- but I want 
 you to Ihave a penetrating view of your past folly, i/, hap- 
 pily, you may learn wisdom, obedience and holiness, from 
 the things you have suffered. .Besides, the^e are others 
 present whose history has been almost lis painful as your 
 own. They, too, may perceive their error, and now, at last, 
 be'saved.^- .-■". ^:' v ^. "r.-;/ ■-■■''■ '-^ ;: 
 
 iiiketbe Beubenites and Gadites, and the half-tribe, of 
 Manasse^, in the days of -Moses and Joshua, you preferred 
 your rest oh the wilderness ude of Jordan, witfa^ithe 
 m a nna of jnsti^cation, and soni e oth e r t e mporal advantag e s, 
 
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 ,'JI*STmilD PKBSOKS BBMRB PUEITY. < . 227 
 
 rathef than thp conquest of the land flowing with milk and 
 
 ' ^Z Yl. """"' '^' y"" """y l^ve helped Tth^rHo 
 take the fa^ o/ promise, but returned youWlfto"^ 
 P^-ble, to your old wilderness stote. If /„„ did n^ likT 
 them,p„fer that. side of Jorian, because there ^'Jl 
 pasture for your cattle, if you had any, yet the" Z fZ 
 oU>er temporal or carnal advantage ofVual i:;Zrt: 
 
 It is mournful to read of the . ,.Ae««i,^ talis of these 
 tribes W.U. Moses en the subject; their " Jak ''wls2 
 to be spoken of^_ Num. 32. They plead for theb^^r 
 
 ■ "* « a land/or cattle; thy servant, have cattle -hL 
 '" "" '^'^ r'-*'"-" Moses said : .. SfM yJiroTZ 
 
 ■90 to war, and shall, ye Ht here? And JLeZedZ 
 courage ye the heart of the children of Israel fiZ^: 
 ov^ «Uothe lana u,hich the Lord h^u .i^ S? 
 Thus d^ your fathers, v,hen Ise,U then, from Ka^k 
 
 barneatoseetheland; and behold,yeJ, ris^t 
 
 'Zt^ r,t T"- "" '"'^^^ "/ '^nfulLCtoaC 
 r^tyet the fierce anger of the Lord t^aJd I^Z 
 .^fye tuma^oay from after him, he vnU yet Itn ■ 
 
 people. This touched th^; but the very next thnn.kt 
 
 wasabouttbeirsheep-foldsandkeircattiefTwlvS 
 ■n their, request, offering to help the other trib«tofo^ 
 «ad possess the land, but as for them, they Ce^to t 
 excused from living in it. Their request Z S an^ 
 
 Alas for them I They were the tot of all the tribes Aat 
 were overcome by their enemies, and Icattied awaT^nti™ 
 quite out of their chosen lands. '^«" *W eaptive. 
 
 Apply this to yowBelf Yoar hisioiy is somethimr like ' 
 ■t. counterpart H owofte n w e r e yo, u;yJL by ming S 
 
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 EARNBST OHRISTIANITfY ILL^flTBATBD. 
 
 others to go /into spiritual Canaan j but ygu would not! 
 The Holy Spirit again. a,nd^again solicited you. The hearts 
 of otheB'Were weakened by you, and not a few pjevented. -;, I 
 But you had selected your ground — your land was eke- 
 where, with some temporal advantages. Yoxir choice was 
 granted. There you set up your rest, and almost sai4\ to 
 your floul, * * Soul, thou hast much goods laid up fwj rnany 
 yeojis; take thine ease^ eat^ drink^ and bemfrfy/' Alas 
 for you! there wte no rest for your soul there/ ^ Can hell 
 be satisfied, with souls,^or the grave wittf dea4, or your 
 stomach with wind ? As pasily, say, as your soul could 
 be satisfied with earthly good ; much less with secret inter- 
 course with sin. But troubles came upon you,— losses, 
 and crosses, and sorrows. How often, besides, have you 
 been carried away captive by the devil and inbred sin ? 
 
 Most of your troubles ar^ traceable to this wrong choice 
 in the beginning of your Christian career. This is all I 
 have to say to„you at present. Another person's case re- 
 quires a few words. It haa_^me resemblance to yout own. 
 If you follow me closely, you may find something more for 
 
 yourself. 
 
 3d.' To "owe who was called iopurity, ahdrefused." — 
 My closing remark to one just addressed is eqi^ally-appli^ 
 cable to you. Your troubles are traceable to a neglect of 
 holiness. It is jocrifow* to resist a plain call from God "/o 
 ptirity and perfect l&ve" He is sure to change his Coun- 
 tenance toward such, and to, place them under a different 
 ^ dispensation: ihm. before, so far, at least, as is disciplinary 
 and painful. All justified persons are called to be holy, ^ 
 and /ccZ it ; yet I cannot help thinking some are called more 
 loudly than others. Perhaps for the work they have to per- 
 form, the good they are capableof doing, the peculiar tempt- 
 fttioDB which are sore to, aasail them, the supetwr ligh^^^ 
 
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 they have upon the suhject, the shortness of their life the 
 peouliar crown or walk that maybe awaiting them here- 
 after if not \n the present world. It will require.another 
 l^d to exphiin all the Mings of Go^ towarf us in this, 
 
 r" 1!?^^ " "^^""^ "^« *^°«*» y^^' «>¥J in the time 
 'iiT" ff ,^''" "^' y^holy,/arlJke iard thy 
 »orf, am Ao^," washiscall to you, as to ^ym^gSamZ 
 m the temple. He knew not the Lord^s voice ihen, but 
 you did, and became responsible. J But you were youtw in 
 rehgion, and he dealt tenderly with you, and would not cast 
 yoti^away; but his countenance soon changed a little and • 
 your love coo^rf. Again and again he called you to be 
 ^o\y,h^t 'Mother affairs crowded in;: tm^ you still kept 
 on in a « ImD pmh, but in a good SQrt of a way," till the 
 Lord mtercepted you agam, and asked you into ^ higher 
 patJi, which you shrank froin and became unhappy. These 
 visita^ons were repeated, with like results. ye yourw 
 cmverts, maxk these points of deviation from the will of God 
 and^roirf them, aa you would the road that sinners tread ' 
 
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 Loi^ drew nigh then. His banner over you was love He 
 
 gave you elusters of the grapes of Canaan ; for he had sent 
 your thoughtB out to spy the land, and they had returned 
 rich y laden; but, alas ! mr^ of them brought a bad report 
 of 'gianta m the. land" that it would be troublesome to 
 °T!!!:!!'- *^"^'^°^« ^ retain when conquered ; and so 
 a cfe^rf*;^^ thought came in, and then a murmuHng 
 
 oTof '^ ri™'*^ ^ allowed' to go on in the good 
 
 nl^ t T^n ''^*^''' ^^ ""^^ ^^*^ nn&ithfulness, 
 ui(ieed,.but still meaning to serve the Lord. So, resolving 
 
 to have my own way, I hardened my heart, and rebelled, and 
 
 ^e d away I lost the'^.e^ c^^ I had j ust h.fnr. 
 
 flouii temptauons encompassed me, as Bees with honey in 
 
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 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
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 their moiitha, but stings in their tails, and stupg me. 
 Then other trials came, crosses and losses, an4 ^hen I 
 sought to have my perfect rest in Go4 they rushed upon 
 me like a troop, and overpowered me; sincfe then,I*ave 
 been walking softly, in a sorrowful way. The Lord has not 
 wholly cast me away, nor does he smile upon me from above, 
 as once; I cannot get to his breast. I dare not leave his 
 service, t cannot leave his people ; the wicked cannot be 
 companions to me, and I «m sure I cannot* be a companion 
 such as they would desire. My path j? solitary and lonely, 
 and the Btilbess in my soul is oppressive. What shall I 
 
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 \^oor soul! For the good of my spiritual children 
 present, will you allow me to illustrate" your case, without 
 writing any more bitter things against yourself. Be not 
 discouraged. Look up ! Your pitying Lj^rd is at hand to 
 fbrgive, and change his dispensation towards you. If I open 
 your wounds afresh, and they bleed, they may heal all the 
 sooner when the heavenly balm of your fiedeemer's blood 
 
 is applied. - . 
 
 How soon ipight you >ave gone into the Canaan of per- 
 fect Uwe when called to do so in your '^ first love" ! And 
 when brought to its very borders in that gracious but 
 ■ awful crisis, it was but a few steps, for Jordan was r6ady 
 to divide for you to pass over. The Israelites, had they 
 marched straight on from the Red Sea, could have entered 
 Canaan in less than one month. Indeed, it only consumed 
 about eleven days tor the whole camp to travel from Horeb 
 to Kadesh-bamea, which :wM on the very borders of Ca- 
 naan. From thence they sent the spies, who brought back 
 an^l report of the land. For, though they returned with 
 most delicious fruit,. yet with such an app^g account of 
 the difficulties of conquest as filled the people with unbelief. 
 
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 JtrStlPIID PBRSONS DESIRE PURITY. 281 
 
 They rebelled againal God, and would not go over Jordan 
 From^that day their sornms began. The c<»inte?iance of 
 Qdd changed towardB them, and he sent them back into that 
 great and howling wilderness. The place where they thus 
 smnocl was named, significantly enough, Kadesh^rnea : 
 Kfldesh, that is, " sanctijied in them,"- Bamea, that is 
 " wandering ^i." Because there God sanctified or hon- 
 ored h,s JUSTIOB, in condemning them to ^ jxidicial pmmh- 
 . fmnt of spending^ year in that dreadful wilderness for every 
 day the spies had spent in searching the land,— /or/y days • 
 forty years was their sentence. Thus Israel became a 
 Barnea,-^ " a wandering son." They would not allow 
 God to sanctify his faithfulness and mercy in them by in- 
 staUmg them in that goodly land according to promise, and 
 ftus Aowor his veracity in sight of the heathen round about/ 
 Now he began to honor his justice in their punishment 'i 
 the Mght of those ver> heathen. And so they wander^ 
 backward aaid forward, in that wilderness, during foriy 
 years, almost ^n sight of the fair and beautiful hills k 
 Canaan. They were hedged in witJi difficulties on evety 
 side. ^They could not go back into Egypt, nor go forward 
 mto Canaan. Ten of the twelve spies we^ struck dlad 
 on the spot. Joshua and ^Caleb were spared, Wuse t£^ 
 had said, " Let us gq up at once and posses^ the laid ^ 
 for we ar^e well abl^^o overcome tV."— Numb 18 K 
 Nevertheless, these two servanta of God shared the reneled 
 sorrowB of the wilderness during those/ forty years. A^fter 
 >t, they did enter tiie land in tri^ph, but not till|the 
 carcasses of that whole generation of unbelievers had fcer- 
 Mhed in the wilderness ; all, except the two already Ln- 
 taoned, from twenty years old and upwaxds, laid their binea 
 in that wilderness. By that time their children wereT old 
 
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 BARNBST OHRISTIANITT ILLU8TRATBD. 
 
 enough to possoss tho land which theiir fathers and mothers 
 had forfoltod, and they did possess it. 
 
 I have passed over this mournful event in Israelitish h^- 
 tory, because it so much illustrates your cose, as well as 
 that of some others present 
 
 And now, whftt is to be done? Much depends 'upon 
 yourself. You have an advocate with the Father, Jesus 
 Christ the righteous. There is no necessity of your remain- 
 ing any longer iii this wilderness state. iHirdon is offered 
 in the Qospel for all manner of sins, and for the sin of un- 
 helief, and thii^ species of disobedience, also. It is folly 1% 
 you to think otherwise. All things are ready. Jesus is as 
 willing to sanctify you to-night as he was on that ever-to- 
 be-remember«id ^'^ crisis ^^ in your history. He will not 
 keep his anger forever. Your punishment has not been- 
 continued so much on account of that event, as for your 
 odhtinued unbelief. Satan got the advantage of you, and 
 you allow him to keep it. That is why he has been dis- 
 pleased with you. . 
 
 What shall I say to arouse you 7 You have injured the 
 cause ofGod by your low state in religion. Joshua and 
 Caleb had to suffer forty years for the unbelief of others. 
 But ho^ many have you held back from the Oanaan of per- 
 Kt loVe, by your sad example ! You will know more of 
 this ii^ the eternal world. What Daniel was to Belshaz-' 
 zar^ im the night when letters of flame followed the fingers 
 of the supernatural hand on the walls of his palace, my 
 ministry may be to you this night. Listen, therefore : re- 
 fleqt, decide! It is for ypur life. He has borne long with 
 — afflicted vdA. chastised you in many ways, -^ all fpr 
 y|6ur good, to render you willing to be holy. " Why 
 fhmdd you be stricken any more?" — Isaiah 1 : 5. Let the 
 
 9t suffice. The Lord is waiting to be gradous. /You 
 
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JTJBTIMBD PRRBONB DB8IRB PUhlTY. 
 
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 need not die in tbe wilderness. If I rightly understand 
 your case, you cannot doubt your pardon. You believe 
 yourself to be a child of God. But that sorrowful impres- 
 sioftsPf ufifqithfulnesa to his call to holiness haunts you 
 by day and by night — as the cause, too, of the waves of 
 sorrow which have followed your wavering footsteps. 
 
 It is enough. He now invites you, by my ministry, to 
 that goodly land that flows with milk and honey. I feel he 
 does. Say, " By the grace of God I accept the call ; from 
 this hour I rest not till fully saved." /Vmcn to what my 
 sorrowful friend says ! There ^^re hundreds all around you 
 who have entered the land of promise. Their souls are 
 richly laden with its delicious fruit. They tell you that 
 you are well able, God ai^ting, to majce a conquest of your 
 iijjieritance. Inbred sin has lost all Its defences. The tall 
 sons of Anak shall fall before you. There are Jpshuas and 
 Calebs t<) lead you in ; their trust is in the mighty God, and 
 in the power and efficacy of tlhe cleansinc blood of the 
 Lamb. You may now possess theAand. God has spoken 
 the word. Your enemies shall be as gnwshoppers before 
 you. Through Christ strengthening yjk, victory is sure. 
 Take him at his word. He has been Reading sprtly with 
 you in the wilderness, lo, th^se many^ars. G6d speak«^ 
 you in Ezekiel 21:84, SS/SS-fhe has plead with you, 
 as It were, face to face in Ae wilderness, and caused you 
 to pa«js under the rod^, b\it it was to bring you into the. 
 t)onds of the covenant, tbj^t you might know him to be your 
 sanctifying Lord. Come, now, come up out of the wilder- 
 ness, leaning upon the arm of thy gloved. He promises, 
 in Ezekiel 86, to sprinkle cleto wpror upon thee, and to 
 mj^e thee %lean from all thy filthiness, and from all thy 
 idols to cleanse thee ; to take away the stony heart out of 
 thy flesh, and to give thee a heart of flesh — tender, soft, 
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 pure and warm, and full pf love ; and to give thee a right 
 spirit, and to put hia spirit within thee ; and to cause thee 
 to walk in his statutes, and to enable thee to kc«p his judg- 
 ments and to do them ; will save thee from all thy uncloan- 
 nesses ; will call for the com and will increase it, and laj 
 no famine upon thee ; and the land of thy experience shall 
 be like the garden of the Lord ; and the deepest, sweetest, 
 most loving humility shall fill thy heart all the days of thy 
 earthly pilgrimage, and thou shalt reign with him forever- 
 more. Hallelujah ! Amen. 
 
 Hearken. John 11 : 40.— " Said I not unto then that 
 if thou wouldst believe thou ahouldst see the glory of 
 God?^^ By thy countenance^ O.thou chastened and 
 severely-tried one, I see thou art willing to be saved. Now 
 even solvation has come to this house. 
 
 When St. Paul was preaching at Lystra^ he noticed a 
 poor cripple among his hearers — one who had never walk^, 
 but was a cripple &om hia mother's womb. Paul saw, by 
 the man's looks, that he had faith to be healed, and stead- 
 fastly beholding him, said, witli a- loud voice, *' Stand upm 
 right on thy feet f"* and he le^|)ed up and walked, amid tlie 
 shouts and acclamations of thf amazed multitude. 
 I What do I behold 7 This,— thou host &ith to be healed, 
 
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 ay, more than/otir«cor« of ypu are ready to leap into the 
 land of perfect love, and walk up and dovm in the land wHfth 
 flows with milk aiid honey. ** Stand upright upon your 
 feet" "Believe that you receive, and you shall have.'* 
 Now, 'even now, salvation streams into believing hearts, and 
 the temple of the Lord is filled with his glory. Halleltgah 
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 MLW TO A DBLIBP IN BNTIRB SANOTIflOATION. 
 
 " Onb prbsbnt ♦' makes ^e following important inquiry : 
 " By what means may a wavering mind establish itself in 
 the belief of bntirb sanctiwoaiion ? " 
 !t^ this I reply : 
 
 "L By a proper knowledge of the word op God, and 
 a profound rbvbrbnob for it. 
 ConsuU the word of God. Jt will be " a light to your 
 feet, and a lamp to your path:' We read in the book of 
 Psahns, " They that know thy name will put th$ir trust 
 in thee." So they who know the Scriptures of truth, will 
 put their trust in their decisions, for " the Scr^tures can- 
 not be broken."— Jcihn 10: 85. Jesus prayed thus: 
 ** Sanctify them through thy truth; THY word is truth." 
 But I insist upon a profound reverence for the word of 
 God. And for this reason: many have a more profound 
 reverence for their creed, their oum opinions, or thoeo of 
 oMcr«,--for their prejudices, or favored preacher, or com^ 
 mentator, or catechism,— than for the word of God, though 
 they are unwilling to confess it to then- own consciences. 
 2. By believing the truth. "x^ 
 
 Refer again to those words of Jesus. " Sanctify them 
 through thy truth; thy word is truth."— John 17 ;17. 
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 frtyin the beginning chosen you to salvatimi through sane- 
 tification of the Spirit and bblikf of thb truth." 
 
 But you are ready to ask, " What are we to understand 
 by 'the belief of the truth*?" 1 reply: It is, first, to 
 credit the truth in thbobt ; and, second, to credit the truth 
 in a PROMISE. By the first I mean to credit the doctri- 
 nal truth as laid down in the Holy Scriptures^ and Just 
 inferences therefrom : such as, " Be ye holy, for J, the 
 Lord your God, am holyJ*^ " Then will I sprinkle clean 
 water upon you, arcd ye shall be clean; from all your 
 fiUhiness, and frmn all your idols, will I cleanse you. 
 A new heart also vnll I give you, and a new spirit will 
 I put within you ; and IwiU take away the stony heart 
 out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of fUsh. 
 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to 
 walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments 
 and 0themy— Ezek. 86 : 25—27. And again,^^< J%om 
 shall l^e the L&rd thy 0od with all thine heap$, and 
 with aU thy soul, and with all thy m/ight." — Dfeut 6 : 6. 
 " Thou shall kvethy neighbor as thyself^*-— Lev. 19 : 18. 
 Beenjoined by our liord, in Mark 12 : 80, 81. Proceed to 
 the New Testament, where the doctrine is in its noonday 
 glory. Hearken to Jesus: ^^ Be ye therefore vekeect, 
 even as your Father in heaven is perfect.*^ — Mark^6|^. 
 "Blessed are the purb in heart: for they shau see 
 God."—'M&tt 6. : 8. Hear St John : «7%e blood of Je- 
 sus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." — 1 John 
 1 : 7. And again : "And every man that hath this hope 
 in him purifieth himself even aa he is pure," — 1 John 
 8:8; adding, " Whosoever ahideth in him sinneth not : 
 whosoever is bom of God doth not commit sin, for his seed 
 remaineth in him ; and he cannot sin, because he is bom 
 of God." Hear St Paul : "Shall we continue in stn^ thai 
 
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 grace may aboLd? Qod forbid. Haw ahaUwe that 
 are dead to ain\ live any longer therein?"— Bfm. 6 : 1, 
 2. Adding, *^ Reckon ye aUo yourselves to be dead 
 indeed unto ^, but alive unto Oqd, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. But now, being made free from wi, 
 aful become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto 
 holiness, and the end everlasting life." Listen to Peter: 
 "For he that hath suffered in the Jesh hath ceased 
 raoM SIN ] that he no longer should live the rest of his 
 time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of 
 God."— 1 Peter 4 : 1, 2. tiere is a whole " body of divin- 
 ity," on the subject And I wish you to keep it in reipem- 
 brance, as I may refer to it again. Now, it is to credit this 
 great truth, according to the above theory. I could have 
 added muchmore; but, then, one good "title-deed" to prop- 
 erty is as good as fifty. By crediting the truth in a prom, 
 ise I mean phwing unwavering and impHcit fconfidence in 
 such a promise as that i^ 1 John 1 : 9. — " If we confess 
 our sinsy he is faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, 
 and to cleanse us from, all unrighteousness." To which 
 add that promise of our Lord, ''And whatsoever ye shaU 
 ask in my name, that wiUIdo, that the Father may be 
 glorified in the Son. If ye sttaU ask anything in my 
 name, I wiU d^ «V."-- John 14: 18, 14. Credit these 
 promises; place unfaltering reliance upon the veracity of 
 Jesus. 
 
 8. By takino cabb not to misapply Scbipturb. 
 
 That is, applying it lio a purpose never intended by the 
 Holy Ghost Mis-assigning Scripture; that is, taking a 
 text to prove what it never was designed to prove, <^a^- 
 gmg a Scripture away from the doctrine to which U 
 mmgs, and applying it to that for which it never was 
 mtended. Instance : « My Father is flBBATBR than 7," 
 
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 which evidentlj refers to his hunukn nature ; this the 
 Unitarians drag out ef its place to prove that Ghrist did 
 not allow that he was equal with the Father as re^urds 
 Divinity, — therefore not God. The passage, yoti see, is 
 mis-«ssigned. The true text fi>r that ought to be this : " / 
 and my Father are onb." — John 10: 80. And it be- 
 longs to a text of the same class, proving the same 
 thing, that Jeisus claimed to be God, — such as, *^And the 
 ghry which thou gavest me I have givers them; that 
 they may be oney evbn as wb abb one." — John 17 : 2^. 
 '" For One is your Master ^ even Christ ; and all ye^ 
 brethren." — Matt. 28 : 8. Inhere you have the 
 equUlUy o{ the Christian brotherhood. " That they may 
 be one"—^ equality recognized again, — " even as we abb 
 ONB.^' Here you Imve an assumption ; equality with the 
 brethren he does not look at, but claims at once equality 
 with God. Could he have done so without being guilty of 
 blasphemy, had he not considered himself equal with God, 
 and'God, in J($hn 10: 80? Is^ it not to this St. Paul 
 refers, where he says, " Who being in the form of Gody 
 
 THOUGHt rr NOT ROBBERT TO BE EQUAL WITH Go] 
 
 but fhade himself of no reputation, and took upon hi 
 self the form of a servanty and was m>ade in the like- 
 ness of m()n ; and, being found in the fashion of a man, 
 he humbled himself" (^c.— Phil. 2 : 6, 7, 8. This is a 
 digression ; but I have thrown out the hint for the benefit ' 
 of that " LQquirinjgyUnitarian." Pardon me, but it sho;^s 
 how such misapply Scripture. Nor is this misconduct 
 confined to such. Those who deny the possibility of being 
 cleansed from all sin before death are guilty of the same. 
 The seventh chapter of Romans, for instance, is dragged 
 away from the experience of an awakened and penitential 
 sinner^ which Panl personifieB, and which it strikingly 
 
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 illustrates ; and is held as a torch over die experience of all^ 
 believers y to prove that none before death can attain unto a 
 higher state. They do not understand that the passages =*^ I 
 quoted in the beginning are the irite torches to illustrate 
 the doctrine of a higher experience. There are other t^^b- 
 BDkgeBmis-ctssiffnedf but time will not perfhit 
 
 4. By a serious consideration of the PRapRtBTY of this 
 doctrine. . ' V 
 
 That is, its fitness and suitability as to Yime and places 
 
 .as. well as Aarmony with the Scriptures. Howjs^ we 
 
 should be haly and pure Aere, thatwe might be happy 
 
 and useful here ! How becoming to those who serve so 
 
 holy a Oodf asid probationers for a hoi/ heaven. I 
 
 &. By not holding the truth in mere SPECULATioisr. 
 
 That is, holding it in theory only, without reducing it to 
 experience and practice,— ■ the sin or faidt of many of our 
 Methodist people. Consider well what you have heard, and 
 may the Holy Spirit guide you into all truth. Amen. 
 
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 wbom^-I adclressed last night hearken J Tou'^say,' 'VjAst 
 night you ncged me to consider 0ie propriety of the dcic-. 
 tdne that wd may he cleansed h^m aU sin^in life' and 
 health. Now, here is just my difficid^. > I have not ma- 
 terials of thought su£Sciently strong ,to enal^e me to coj^ 
 witii ihp prejvdices of education^ and* other teniptatwns 
 which a^ail my mind against the doctrine. It is true I 
 have tl^ Scriptures, — and I .did admire the/6oc^ of 
 divinity^ of them vfhich you printed so convincli^gly. 
 But I &m nnahle to classify and draw proper inferences,- s6 
 as to silence objections within and without. Can yon hdp 
 me any further ? " , Ji- 
 
 Perhaps I can. But let me say I am a pooir contro- 
 yersialist, especially with the children of God oi ^other 
 denominations. It is not my forte. I have no heart to it. . 
 It does not quite bec^jme a stradger. It isHhe proper work 
 of the regular pastors, I thiak, if it must be done.; Nor 
 should it be in any other spirit than that of lote^-^ seeing 
 that 'One is our Master f pv&i Christy and all we are 
 lirethren.-^'M.9,iL 28:- 8.. However, I h&ve no objections 
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 others in like cirQumstances with yourself, they may be 
 bei\efited, also, by this publio reply. But I miist apprise 
 you time will' not aHow'me to expatiate largely ; -<p as brief 
 as is consistent with perspicuity^- 
 
 Let me ask you a few questions. You need not trouble 
 >bout noting them down, ys that will distract your attention ' 
 and weary you ; besid^, I am Hot fond of seeing su6h 
 Mote-takers in our assemblies.^ .jt^you wish a copy of the 
 questions afterwards, you can have ,^em. GivS* me your, 
 undivided attention now, and if the ^oljt Spirii condescend 
 to write the questions •and 'answers on your hearit, you 
 will have no difficulty ii^^ calling the substance of them to 
 remembrance. ^ ^' , Wl'r ' < 
 
 1. WHBRB'tra* the sin of our race contracted? ■ ' 
 
 TWe can he but oiie answer; Jn this world. And, besides, ' 
 by oui; first par^nitrf, when in^peifect healthy and long before 
 delith. 'TooTir o;^i^ma/ifm we ha,te added our oWn^acr- 
 sdnal impurities J which 'bear the mark of years*. Now^ 
 whi^ 18 th^ .improprieHty of supposing we may be cleansed 
 from'them in this worldj . i .' ;, ^" 
 
 ' If oui|. first parents siftned when in perfect health, why ' 
 may not their posterity be cleansed from it in perfect health? 
 If, they lost their holiness long before death, why may not 
 we regain it long before death ? 
 
 If Satan has tempted and polluted every one of us, less or 
 more^ in health, why may not Je^us cleanse us from it in . 
 health? Or, has Sjitan mdre power to joo/^^/e than the Smi 
 of (jod to purify,? This Would .be curious theology, and, 
 Christ-dishonoring. \' ; ' 
 
 If Adam, and- Eve, and each of us, have been rendered 
 guilty and pollutedJby helieyjng Satanic proKfises, why, in 
 the nt^e of all that » good, may we ^ot be pardoned and 
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 Btanco :*^If we confess our sins, he is Jaithful and 
 just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
 unrighteQUsness."—lJ6tinlr:9. Or, is Satan's veracity 
 more to be depended upon than that of the Lord our God ? 
 ^ Who of us has never credited Satan in his temptation- 
 ptiomises? Why, then, should we distrust the veracity of 
 tftir Lord Christ, where he says, "If ye shall ask any- 
 , thing in my nime, I will do it. And whatsoever ye shall 
 Ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be 
 glorified in the Son." Does he not here solicit us to place 
 unlimited confidence in his veracity, as. well as in the virtue 
 of his name ? Ponder these tilings. ^ I have another 
 question. 
 
 2. Inwhat.world was the BSMEDT (or Bin ptovideA^l • 
 In this world, and botH for pardon and for purity. 
 Why not, then, have the remedy applied in this world ? 
 Where is the impropriety bf* expecting this, and urgng 
 others to expect it ? That " j^e may be pardoned any tipie, 
 we repent and believe,** you seem not to qufwtion ; but, why 
 exclude purification with the saDDi|Q reaom^ on our part? 
 Whj thus limit the appliqation of that precious blood ? — 
 Another question. \ V^ ^ 
 
 8. Is there any likelihood of our beitig cleansed from 
 
 sin AFTER DEATH? " 
 
 In a Protestant mind there can be but one answer: 
 
 ^* Now whatever." The Roman Catholics, indeed, fondly 
 
 cling to the notion of a j9t<r^a/orj^; vainlyr supposing that 
 
 ihe fires of hell may do in another life what Christ's blood 
 
 has &iled to do in this. But is there any promise in ,3crip- 
 
 ^ ture to this eflfect? Not one. The Protestant, with\t^e 
 
 Hf Bible in his hand, rejects the conceit. He recognizes for 
 
 V that office the blood of Christ alone, aiid in this life only. 
 
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 4hat none soffer after death but those who sulier eternally, 
 Youliee the propriety, therefore, of insu|ting upon parity 
 of heart in the life that now is; otherwise we are undone 
 forever.. — • 
 
 4.^ May wepe cleansed from all sin one minutb before 
 death? ' ' *. 
 
 Yes, surely ; for i^ moment after would be too latef--it 
 is eternity then ! As to " the article of death, when the 
 soul is neither in the body nor out of it ; or an tn/er- 
 n^diate state, which is neither time nor eternity," it is 
 simple nonsense. Death afibrds noUiing of the sort The 
 soul BI6SJ9 i^ the body till the stroke of death severs her 
 from it finally. It ia time with the soul till the close of 
 the UiSt'Mtoment of its connection with the body; after 
 that, it is'broad eternity. 
 
 ** The soul, th^, must be cleansed before death, or not at 
 all foreVer. A moment ?— a minute before death ? This 
 is all we claim 9B\b€^is for bur argument for purity long 
 before death. Consider. What is a minute? It is the 
 sixtieth part of an hour,— ^ a small portion of duration, 
 indeed ; but it i» tirne) nevertheless, as truly as the hour. 
 Now, if the soul may be cleansed from all sin one minute 
 before deaths why not otte.^h&ur J, — ^a year ? — or years ? 
 \ Where, then, is the impropriety of insisting tnat we 
 may be cleansed from all sin long before death ? On rational 
 and Gospel principles, nqne whatever. Let us fibide by the 
 .Gdspel and common seni^. J^^^htetaphysiqs " dip deeper 
 than tl^y, those may dive after them who please. But I 
 know noting in that respec|»ble science which would go to 
 teach ot prove that the. soul may effect its purification from 
 indwelling sin merely by going out of the body. «And, 
 if it did, what becomes of the blood of Christ, the only 
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 ' 5. Have we any, PROMiSfl we shall be oleai^ from tin 
 when dying? 
 
 No; not one direct promise, froni Genesis toBevelation; 
 at least, I have discovered none, and I am going through, 
 the Bible the second time upon my knees. '' But do you 
 deny the possibility of it?" No, indeed. I believe the 
 largest porti^ of Christians are cleansed from sin at that 
 time. Not that they are necessitated to wait till then ; but, 
 from causes to which they voluntarily yield, they do wait 
 till then. But thi^t is not to the point. The Lord may 
 save without a special " death promise.'''^ Inference is o&e 
 tiling ; a direct promise is another. XWhere is there such a 
 promise ? But I could count you ofiT promises by fives, and 
 tens, and scores, that we may be purified m. health and lilb. 
 Take that beautiful one, which shines in the New Testamient' 
 like the sun in the firmailSent of heaven, pronounced* by 
 Zechariah, Luke 1.: 78, 75, — ^^ The oath which he swore 
 to our father Abraham, thiit he wottld grant unto its, be- 
 ing delivered out of the hand of our enemies [our Vt«* 
 are enemies indeed], to serve him without fear in holine^ 
 and JLiQRTEQjja^vss, before him j all the days of our 
 liilFB." Mark .that, — ^^ all the days of our life;" not 
 when we are just leaving the body a moment or two Wore 
 death, — no, hut all the days of our life. . 
 
 Ponder- up<m another question. 
 V 6. How many Neyf Testament arqumbnts cotdd you 
 bring against this doctrine? 
 
 The sevendi of Romans ? But the opinion has long pre- 
 vailed among the learned that this was the experience of 
 Saul pf Tarsus, 'not of Paul thei Apostl^ Some, suppose 
 he only personified a Jewish penitent,— -that is, assumed 
 his character, — one deeply convinced of sin, .and of the in- 
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 anoe fit)m iti oppreMive power. Besides, whalt became of 
 St Paurs rich experiebce in the sufth of BomanB ? — In- 
 stance.: " How shall we that are dbad'to BIN live any 
 hnger therein ? "— Ronr. 6 : 2. Does not this imply total 
 separation from . sin ? as the soul is totally separated from 
 the body at death, and has riothipg more to/ do with it till 
 the resurrection at the last day.?. Was nofc the pionoun 
 «( w«" an inclttsion x>f himself amptig the saved believers? 
 And again : *' Kna/wing^this^ that ouji old! man ia cruci- 
 fied with him^ that the body of sin might be dbstroybp, 
 that hencefprthYfE sljfiuld not serve sin. ' For he that is 
 dead is free front «»»*."— 4plbm. 6 : 6, 7 J By the " old 
 man "and tho " body 6f sin^-^ he meant we entire system ; 
 of corrupt Yatttw,— sinful self, — " crucified " and " de- 
 stroyed;" truly so, as ever Christ was crucified' to death 
 upon the cross, bleeding to death drop by drop, till he act- . 
 ually expired. That was his illustration J — his idea of the 
 death to ^in which he and others had experienced, and, in- 
 d^, which harmonized so well with what he had written to 
 the C?a/a/ jaw church, some six yeara, previous, "i'am 
 ORUOIFIBD with Christ : nevertheless I live; yet not /, | 
 but (Christ UvSftin me: and the Ufe which J now live in ' 
 the fleshy I Me by the faith bf the Son of &odt who loved 
 me^ and gave himself for me." — Galatians'2 : 20. 
 
 But, after all this, to insist -that the experience in the . 
 seventh of Romans was really^his is monstrous. St. Pe- 
 ter says, " Grow in grace." ' Alas ! what shall we say, if 
 St. Paul retrogr&ded so ? But he did not ! I call upon the 
 eighth of Romans to'bear witness ! That one dash of his 
 pen, in the second verse, is ^laough to blot out foi^yer all . 
 the inferences which have ever been drawn against him, 
 from the seventh of Romans !, Hearken ; ^^For the law of - 
 the Spirit of life in Christ Jestis hath made MB free 
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 froni tht law of sin and death.''^ Well might one ex- 
 .cfaim : " Until tlie noat palpable absurditioB and contradic- 
 tions o&n be reconciled, those two opposite states can never 
 exist in the same person at the same time." What thinkott 
 thou ? When ther6 is so little against, and such a mass of 
 evidence in fitvor of, full salvation, where is the impropriety 
 of pressing its attainment upon justified believers? Has 
 - God FORBIDDEN US to be holy in anj part of the Scrip- 
 tures? no! but he has commanded it in the Old, and 
 reenjoined it in the New Testament. '* Ye shall be noLY : 
 for I, the Lord your God, am holy. ^^ — I^evTlQ : 2. * And 
 again : ^^ Sanctify yotirselvesj (herefore, and be ye holt : 
 for I am the Lord your GodJ^ — Lev. 20 : 7. Now turn 
 to the New Testament. 1 Peter 1 : 15, 16.—" But as he 
 which hath called yw is holy^ so be ye holy, in allinan- 
 ner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy ; 
 for I am holy.^^ He has not forbidden our holiness, ihen, 
 but enjoins it ; and by St. Paul declares anew that it is HI3 
 WILL our sanctification. — 1 Thcss. 4 : 8. ' 
 
 But is his ability to cleanse us from all sin before death 
 questioned in the Scriptures? No. They teach that he is able 
 to save us to the uttermost,— Heb. 7 : 25 ; arid it is declared 
 that ** the blood of Jesus Christ his *%/* cLbansbth tis 
 from all sin." Mark that : '* Cleunseth,"— in the pres- 
 ent tense, not in tlie future merely, away in the extreme 
 death-hour ! Is there any hint that the blood of Christ re- 
 ceives any special cleansing eflScacj^ froih death ? No; the 
 above text disabuses it of that degrading insinuation. 
 
 Your reference to Eccles. 7:20 is worthy of notice. 
 " For there is not ii just man upon earth that doeth^ood 
 and sinneth not ;'^-^ may ^ not sin, as the learned Dr. 
 Clarke ' " " 
 
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 .An4 again, 1 Kings 8 : 46.— ^^ If th&u»in against thee, 
 for there is no man that sinneth not." T The same learned 
 critic quotes, the Hebrew word, which is similar to that in 
 IJooles. J : 20, ahd renders the phrase, " For there is no 
 mm that MAY not «i/i,"— npne that is not liable to trans- 
 pm. { Ti(»t| this was Solomon's meaning here, is evident 
 from his sjipposition, '^ If they sixV," lihowing that they 
 might or might not sin ; whicli seems quite a contradiction, ^ 
 or, to say the least, an unnecessary proviso, if no man can § 
 live without sinning. What thinkest thou? Xs there not 
 evidence on the face of It that Dr. Clarke was right in his 
 translation? It seems as if St. John looked towards Sol- 
 omon's admission wheij he said, "Afy little children, these 
 things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if ANt 
 MAN BIN, we have an advocate," &o. — 1 John 2:1. Here 
 is a total prohibition of sin, and an admission of our liability 
 to commit it, uttered in the same breath. ^ 
 
 Bufc suppose we drop the criticism, and take it as it reads; 
 whatihen? It was spoken of those under the law. Is it 
 eq^4ly applicable to those under the Gospel? Is our dis- 
 pensation no better than theirs? Are our privileges on a 
 par with theirs? He who says so knows neither the Scrip- 
 tures nor the power of God. 
 
 Let us set the two dispensations a replying to each other, 
 like the Jura ^nountains and th| Alps during a thunder- 
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 §in ; for hit a^d rtmaineth in him : and he cannot tin, 
 because he it horn of Ood^ — 1 John 8 : 9. 
 
 Solomon : " For there it not a jutt man upon earthy 
 that doeth good and Hnmfth not." — Now, Peter, replj to 
 that! '^ 
 
 Peter : "For he that hath tuffered in the flesh hath 
 0RA8BD f ROM SIN : that he no longer thauld live the rett 
 of hit time in the flesh (p the lutts of man^ InU to the 
 wiU of Ood."— 1 Peter 4 : 1, 2, 
 
 Solomon : ** Who can tay, I have mad^ my heart 
 clean, lam pure from my m?'W Pjco?. 20 : 9.— Now, 
 Paul, — now ]'■ year turn ! 
 
 Paul: " But now being made frbb from bin, and be- 
 come servants to God, ye have your pruit unto holi- 
 ness, and the end everlasting life."— Bom. 6 : 22. ^ 
 
 Peter: '* Purifying their hmrtt bu faith."— AotB 
 16:9, ;■ ' - ■ !^ 
 
 John: " We know that whotoever is bom of Qod 
 tinnethnot." — 1 John 5 : 17. 
 
 You refer me to 1 John 1 : 8, 10. — " If we say that 
 we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 
 in us. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him 
 a liar, and his word is not in us." To your remarks I 
 reply : Tou should bear in mind the opinions St. John was 
 combatii g. It was a blow at the errors of the Gnostics, 
 a wet which prevailed at that time, some of whom affirmed 
 that they were bom pure and remained pure ever after, and 
 therefore never had any need of the cleansi|ng blood of 
 Christ. These he told, right out, that they weire deceived, 
 and the truth was not in them. Others declared they Imd 
 never sinned, therefore never needed any pardon ; therefore 
 the sufie r ings of Christ and his atoning blood w ere unneces- 
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 — ft>rtotrfl »ii»nh« miikfti God a" /lar," is to charge 
 him witli the moHt outrageous blasphemy ; guilt/ of the 
 highdat and qaost daring indignity towards Go<l ; enough to 
 .nuike the sky of his soul blaoK 08 the vault of hell charged 
 ^^^^'•^^thunderbolta of eternal wrath. ^ 
 
 ^ U lias all this to do with its f We neither believe 
 ^uch deceptive, blasphemousjpitrine. We deny 
 . ^ re were "bom unholy andlfficlean ; " therefore 
 need the clounaingJdood. Wo dwiy not that |p» have all 
 aitined, and come short of the glory of God, and therefore 
 needed a Saviour in all his offices. This is not the point 
 under consideration; but this,- whether we may be cleansed 
 from all sin. St John had just declared that " the blood 
 of Christ cleanseth from all i»y* ; ' and shows in the ninth 
 verse, exactly between the two Errors, that '' If we cottfes* 
 our tins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 
 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness? Now, 
 surely, when this is^e, we may know it; and if wd know 
 It, can it be wrong^Hroper occasions, to confess it to the 
 honor of the cleansing blood ? and should such be charged 
 with self-deception upon such occasions ? * 
 
 But let us proceed. I have yet another question. ' t^ , 
 7. Is the necessary union between soul (tttd body nn 
 
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 ; Ko! far St. Paul prays, <' The very Ood of peace 
 sanQlify you wholly; and I pray Ood your whole spirit^ I 
 soul and body, be preserved blameless unto the coming 
 of mr Lord Jesus C/irist. Faithful is he that coU^i 
 you, who also wUl do i/."— i Thess. 6: 28. > 1*^; 
 
 .». .Indeed, the believers in a death-bed purification virtually 
 ^Wl4,th^t point. Becaus^,.:the soul, if ever cleansed from 
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 and with no very determinate meaning. I never vse it my- 
 self, doubting its Scriptural propriety, or, indeed, whether 
 there is anysuch thing. It is an absurdity to suppose mat- 
 ter can be smful. Mr. Wesley was of the same opinion, 
 «nd inquired of such fts used the term in what part of the 
 body sm is lodged. ^' It cannot lodge in the skin, nor in 
 the muscles, or nerves, or veins, or arteries; it cannot be 
 in the bo^es, any more than in the hair or nails." Where, 
 then? In the soul; the seat of sin is there. The spirit 
 alone is capable of sin. " 
 
 Let me entreat you -to beware of this, and other phrases, 
 ^hich have been urged against this doctrine again and again, 
 instance, that sentunent of St. Paul, " TAcy ^Ao/ are in 
 the flesh cannot please Ood:^ l^ow, this I bcJieve; but- 
 not as our opponents receive it, because they say it is equiv- 
 ' alent to ** they that are in the body cannot please God, be- 
 cause while in the body they cannot be holy." Indeed! 
 Where is the soul, then, whe« it is cleansed in death? 
 Where waS Enoch^s soul when he had this testimony' that 
 he pleased God?—'B.eh: 11 : 6. The same may be said' 
 of that Jiost of worthies recorded in the same chapter. 
 What does it mean, then ? It mieans those who are in their 
 ^natural state^ — those who have the carnal mind, which is 
 enmity against God,^— as you may see by consulting the pas- 
 sage vtA the amtext.— ^m. 8t6, 6, IT. It certainly 
 does not mean that those who live in the body cannot be 
 holy. Listen to Mr. Wesley upon this very theme. " But 
 let us attend to the reason of the thing. Why ciumot the 
 Almighty sanctify the soul while m the body ? Cannot he 
 sanctify you while you are in this house, as well as in the 
 open air? Can the walls . of brick or stone hinder him? 
 No more can these walls of flesh and blood hinder him in a 
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 • ««a7 mo you from M riuimhe body, „ oit of the body" 
 The ««on of ^1 „d body, then, i»*^«.tock in thS ^y 
 <2~' -"ot-fying lord. See. .hen, lie pro;,H«<y™f 
 ^ bd,eve» to^expeot .hi, g«.t ^Jvaeion^::^ by 
 
 rhi., I think, you have oftmxrf already. But why not! 
 f«n>rf abo 7 If he can parfon aU eiu, id Jel f2 
 
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 hypoonte. ! for ye nyAe clean the outside of the cup and 
 
 ^d^phtter, that the c«tdde of themVy ^ olean also." 
 Wbatdadhenean^ That they might be ;««* & heart." 
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 .ng of theee Pharaees an inwud perfection that hfa own 
 foUower. never could attain to, what are we to think of ^ 
 «urfor or smcenty? I^t us away with the suspicion ! I^ 
 . B an <wper«o» on our Saviour's character! /''' :t 
 
 The Lord ptomisM^ a »«»> Aeort in Ezek. g*"* 25 •^'' 
 B«^ lest we n>igh;a|«t that wb^ he iiLOS ■ 
 *to»y Aeart," and put, ^e '*.„«, *«««" i, h/pU«^ ' 
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 h^'eb^rd enfi,«ed tbe feet ft* wedts. : Btoed be to: 
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 9. Does not sin i7i the heart check growth in grace? 
 
 But wo are commanded to ''grow in grhce.'' Can 
 Christ, then, will the presence of what would re/ord it? 
 , Satan w'ills it, doubtless. He fosters it there for that pur- 
 pose ; nay, glories' that it is theret Is Christ also the 
 minister of sin ? God forbid.— Gal, 2 : 17. 
 
 But is Satan more desirous to retard our growth in grace 
 *th«n Christ is to advance it? With as much propriety 
 might we suppose a gardener indifferent ta the weeds which 
 threaten to outgrow and dwarf his vegetables. Let us away 
 with the notion of Christ's indifference, also. Would that 
 we were all as willing and desirous to be cleansed from all 
 sin as Christ is to cleanse us! What scenes of salvation we 
 should this night witness UJ^t us cry out, with the poet : 
 
 •« Make our eaMity souls a field 
 ,, lyhich God delights to Wess ; 
 
 ' • Let us in due season yield 
 
 The fruits of righteousness. ' \ 
 
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 "Which more and more thy praise may show ; 
 Deeper sink, and higher rise, 
 And toperfeotiongrow!" , 
 
 iO. Does not the hoMr of Christ, require we should 
 be pure within? \)^', * . 
 
 If we are unholy iri/A% are we likely to be holy with- 
 out ? If the fountain he impure, can the streams be 
 pure ? If the water be /on/ in the well, cin it be clean in 
 the Imcket? If inconsistent in heart, is consistency of 
 life tp be expected ? If Christ and Satan divide the heart, 
 will%ey not divide the life also? Division within and 
 division without,^ Is that for the honor of Christ, or his 
 cause? Nay, verily! i^ 
 
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 without. If the fountain be pure, so will the 9treuma. 
 If the water is pure in the well, it will be pure in the 
 bucket ; if the heart be pure, so will the life. If all be 
 Chrjbit-like within, alfVill be Christ-like without These 
 maxims are so self-evident they need no further argument. 
 Aaron had a holj heart, and a yiaihle breast-platef on 
 which was insci'll|pd ''Holiness to the Lord," The out 
 ward r^[iiMented tie inward. When we hAve a holy 
 heart within, ''Holiness to the Lord" wiU be written 
 legibly on the breast-pkte of our outward character. 
 When t/te kind's daughter was all glorious within, her 
 cloth^ was of wrought gold, and her raiment ^f 
 tieedle-wOFk. — Ps. 45 : 18, 14. God himself is said t/be 
 "glorious in holiness." When we are inwardly holy, we 
 are vas^*' glorious within " alip; and our Outward moral- 
 ity of wroug^f gold, bespangled with the golden graces,' 
 works of love, and faith, and purity, with allthe fruits of 
 the Spirit. * O, who can find it in his heart, this'nickLto 
 doubt whethei^ this doctrine of~^mmediate holinessj^;^ 
 God? Jt comes to^.us this hour bearing its Aeailc^^K- 
 dentials with it, as truly as the visible breast-plate upon 
 thepersorfqfAaronL * ' ^ 
 
 I shall trouble you with but one more question. f 
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 Ay! perfect sinners, and perfectly graceless before 
 death. Did he not succeed with Judas, even under the 
 eye and ministry of our Lord ? " Have fiot I chpsen you 
 twelve, and one of you is a devil ?"— John 6 : 70. Do 
 you think that was theto*/ of hia finished specimens under 
 the Gospel ministry ? We have reason to fear such trans- 
 mutations are going on daily around us.- And istlhrist 
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 sinless ? Or, has Satan more poW€F |l»«^n Christ ? ' Ha» be 
 more power to destrpy the works of Christ than Christ hai* 
 to destroy his works?. Take care, all of y^! that woufi- 
 be bad theology,— 6/aJ/>Aemy, in fact; against Chriat. For 
 what purpose, but to destroy the -works of the devil, was 
 Christ manifested in this world? — 1 John 8: 8. Read 
 that chapt5er again, and you will find tluit to be the great 
 Gospel piyot upon ?rhich his argument turns, that whosoever 
 is boi^ of'God in tl|e highest sense doth not commit sin^ | 
 
 You will not say that^atan is a better iransmutaiidnisi 
 thaii the Lord of heaven and earth ; or, that he has more 
 power to TinwAq/ our poor huminity after his likeness^d - 
 image than God himself; that he can ^^ turn of" his 
 finished specimens sooner, at least, by many a year, than 
 Christ. Of tell it not in Oath! publish it not in the 
 streets of Askelon! lest the daughters of Philistia re- 
 joice ! Let no ProtestanI think sp, or say so. Let him 
 look at that glorious declaration of St. Paul, and look and 
 believe. "But we alt^ as with opeiiface beholding as in 
 a glass the glory of the Lord^ are changed into the same 
 image from glory to glory ^ even as by the Spirit of the 
 Lord." — 2 Cor. 3: 18. A glosious and sudden trans- 
 formation this ! — depending, doubtless, upon the degree 
 of our FAITH, and the steadiness and intensity of the loolc, 
 — as quick J often, as the formation of your own image in 
 the mirror into which you daily, look. %^^ 
 
 Hearken to St, Paul, again : ," For when ye were the 
 servants of *m, ye were fr^b from riohteottsness. 
 But now being made free from sin and become servants 
 to Godj ye halve your fruit i^nto holiness^ and the end 
 everlasting /i/e."— Bom. 6 : 20—22. %[ere, you perceive, 
 the devil's servants and Christ's servants are set opposite " 
 each other. Let me ask a question : Has Satan outdme 
 
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 our Lord? Haa he made ^hi8'Beryant8 *^free from right- 
 eousness,^! — that is, perfectly graceless, and perfectly gin^ 
 ful,— and has not our God made his servants perfectly 
 *^ free from sin 'V But this is St. PauFs claim. As Dr. 
 Clarke remarks, in the one we have ^q finished character 
 of>'^ sinner, and in the other the finished character of 
 a goni:dne Christian. ''I know not," says that learned 
 writer',- ** whether it be possible to paint the uttcsr pireralenco 
 of Ai'n in stronger colors than the apostle here does, by say- 
 ing they were freb from righteousness. It seems ti^nta- 
 mount to that expression in Gen. 6 : 5, where, speaking of 
 the total degeneracy of the huipan race, the writer sayA, 
 Every imqpination of the thoughts of his heart was only 
 evil continually ; they were alt%ether abominable ; there 
 was none that did good ; no, not one." And I would ask 
 whether Jt is possible to paint in stronger colors the entire 
 prevalence of holiness throughout spirit, soul and bodj|^;, 
 than the apostle does, by saying, they were frbb from 
 sin. Mjhis is all I ha^e time to say on the subject at 
 present. 
 
 
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 |b qixe(Stion is a OoiMob one: "Is siutotifioation 
 iiklt or i^ it initantarims ? " li is o&e frequently 
 |*k«l in %reyival of tli[w 4poSle; and very properly, too. 
 *; .^ I would i?epljr, It iaffrtfdti^n three respects, and it is 
 ' instantoneous in one. We gfSually advance in it, 1st. 
 ^rPrdi^iJ^ tfument^e ar(b'jtts^^ed. Inward sanctification 
 ;Degi|| l^n; j(i9om th&t l}Our, i^ gradually die to sin and 
 
 .live"td0od. 2d. After, we are cw/ire/y sanctified, we as- 
 ,fJend,'4lJ\thrdughlife,\t6 higher degrees of it* 8d. After 
 .d^th^we «hall rise still high«^ and progress eternally in 
 thto loW vttid image of God. ^h|re will be no period m our 
 heavenly history when we shailj pease this progression. I 
 suppose it IS the same with the wicked in all the infernal 
 depravity of hell. Th^s if ^ a digression • but it is a terrible 
 
 thpught. 
 
 Howevertf««lke idea of risii^f 
 7ies8 and It^e, through all et 
 uriatian, a most pleasn 
 se is glory in tb^ 
 fer. In short, glc 
 menqing and taking itsl^Dl 
 his education in it university 
 and enters upoi 
 
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 vances to hii 
 
 highei" (legrecJs of hoH- 
 , is, to me, and to every-^' 
 An old writer remarks, ■ 
 ^jlind glory is grace Jn the 
 >thing else but graitS^ co^- ' 
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 greatneas; that is, if he make a good use of his education. 
 And, indeed, so he would were the Almighty to confer 
 upon him an earthly immortality, — such is the nature and 
 grandeur of the human intellect. The sentimi^nt of a fine 
 writer is beautifully true, Jhat the most perfect human 
 being is, at best, in this world, nothing more than an tin- 
 finished sketch of humanity ; a creature full of pre- 
 assurance^ and anticipation of future development ft|a4 
 final perfection. 
 
 In one respect entire sanctification is instantaneous; that 
 act of the Holy Ghost, accorded to our faith, by which sin 
 is entirely expelled from the soul, ^- when the blood of 
 Jesus Christ deanseth fwom allsin^ — \% "an instantane- 
 ous deliyerance from all sin ; and ii^dudes an instantaneous 
 power then given always to cleave to God." Thus, as an 
 excellent m*ii remarked, it is gradual in preparation^ but 
 instantaneous in reception. And the more earnestly we 
 long for this unspeakable blessing, the more swiftly the 
 s prejporation increases. 
 
 The gradual preparation }$ ofben short. When the spul 
 wills it, earnestly desires it, and quickly abandons all for it, 
 and prays, as it should,— ; 
 
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 •' From this inbred sin dellrei^.t 
 Let the yoke now be brdce^} 
 M»ke me thine fbrfi^er. 
 
 « Partnei^ of thy psR^fcot nature, 
 JC#t me begij^ in thee 5y. 
 4 few, «inlMB^il^eature. 
 
 V . *' £pme» LiHrd, be maniftsted heif^ 
 
 "^iKnd aU the detJI'sworka deetroy; 
 '^ MbwjiHt£toat sini in me appear, 
 Ji^^^lfitiKpeTerlasting joy 1 
 
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 O, witlio&e of old, cry '^ Create in me a clean heart, O - -^ 
 Ooiiy and renew a tight spirit within mc; " and to all 
 ihtt add "inkplioit trust in such premises as 1 John 1:9, 
 Mark H : 24; then willx)Ur God cm/ short the work in 
 righteousness.-^ Bom. 9 : 28. 
 
 If men have anj. great work to do, time, and labor are 
 r^uired in {nroportion. A familiarity with this human rule 
 tempts me^ to limit the Holy One of Israel, in the work 
 #f human tonctification,— making it a tedious process. But 
 when God worfa little time is needed. As Mr. Wesley re- 
 marks, f What is time necessary for ? dt must be either to 
 do or to sufler. Whereas, if nothing be required but sim- 
 ple faith, a moment is as good a# an ago." Nature has . 
 something to say. How soon the sun can fill* our hemi- 
 sphere with sunshine ! — in the twinkling of an oye.' When 
 Providence sets out to banish night, how quickl^ it is done ! 
 No sooner does momhig begin to tii|toible over the sky, than 
 day waves his banner over us, ani, as the im)phet Joel finely 
 remarks, " mornino is ipreadnpon thk monntarns ; " ; 
 ay, and light and sui^hine fill the valleys. Is it more dif- 
 ficult to banish the darkness and pollution, of sin from the 
 soul, an4 fill it wUh unity and love? If unbelief whis- 
 pers " yW," I would jog it widi the question, ''Is any- 
 thing too hard for God?"—Qen. 18:14. I think it 
 detracts {rom hia omnipotence to insist altogether upon a 
 gradual deliverance from sin ; or, t^t it is not that hdte/ul 
 thing which God himself declares !{ to't)o; an^ this, also, 
 would detract from his veracity and ||Boenty. ^^^ 
 
 You ask for my "argument, i|^it'be instantaneous." 
 Well, I would say : 
 
 1. We are constantly exposed to suddrn death.'^ 
 Many real Christians die in a moment, by accident or other- 
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 What, theQ,. becomes of the'argument fin* the gradual irork? 
 
 If they are cleansed froms^all sin at all, it must hqtve been 
 
 in a moment, and when in perfect healUi. If a moment 
 
 before, and when in health, why not a yeajr, or ten, years? 
 
 The argument falls to the ground, therefore. ;^ ] 
 
 2. Tf^s are jubtivied instantly ^ and not by degrees. \ 
 
 There is a last rUcimeat when a believing penitent is not 
 
 justified, and a first moment when he is. This is common 
 
 / sense. It cannot be otherwise, if he is justified at klL Th^ 
 
 process may, indeed, be gradual and painful, but his pardon 
 
 is instantaneous; consequently there must be a last moment 
 
 ' and a first, as already remarked,— a wt moment when he is 
 
 3ir of Hell — a 
 
 a child of the devil and an heir 
 
 first moment 
 
 when he is a child of God and an heir offlben. 
 
 How is this brought abouR By faithT^" Therefore^ 
 being justified by faith^ we have peace with God, through 
 otir Lord Jesus Christ." — B,om. 6:1. 
 
 Why not sanctified In a similar manner? The instru- 
 mentality is the same, — faith; ^'sanctified by fiutlh^'^ — 
 Acts 26 : 18. " Purifying their hearts by faith. ' ^^ Adti^ 
 15 : 9. By what authority do we J||M^Q|ipon the gradual 
 process entirely ? I say entirely, nKraK we believe also 
 in the gradual process. But a beginning implies an end; 
 a commencement, a finish ; progression, a termination. We 
 believe in the instantaneous, therefore; that 1Ji§^ believer, 
 like a dyinjg person, gradually dies to sin. The progress is 
 gradual, and oftenrpainful ; but there is a last moment letnd 
 a first ; a last moment when sin is not dead, and a first mo- 
 ment when it is ; — as in the 'case of the dying person, a 
 last moment when the body is not dead, and a first mojoaeni 
 when it is. . Al with the believing penitent, a last mom 
 witen unform^MJ. and;ft first moment when forgiven "* 
 
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 believer dies aQ^^|MMy^rnity ! How glorious,, also, when 
 he dies to aid,'CQa' livel all ftt^ lift of glorious love ! 
 
 8, The ,BXPBRfBNCis of the children of Ood is iipother 
 argument. - \ 
 
 It is seldom we meet with a justified person who is unable 
 to assign an bra to the forgiveness of his sins; — at such and 
 such a time, '^Qod, for Christ's sake, forgave me ^y 
 sins, and enabled me to rejoice in his pardoning love." 
 Now and then we meet with an exception ; but thej are 
 exceptions to a ^neral rule. Indeedjihe work of rapent- 
 
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 ance, faith, regeneration, is such a pKiful,^trenupu 
 
 **% personal affair, it seems hardly possible to pass throa 
 
 » Without knowing it, or without marking it as a distinct a^L 
 
 in thejiistonr of our feelings. Persons. who are the exolp^ 
 
 ' tions W^imllj the subjects of painful lioubts. Whereas, 
 
 tho&e w)t^havi^ had a cl^ conversion at first are generally 
 
 M^liablirio thifii, — tha^ is, if faithful to the grace of God. 
 
 A person |who has been shipwrecked, and rescued at great 
 
 hi^Mto||from a wi^ry grav%is never likely to forget that 
 
 eventi There is s^Jcin^ of morfC/nd^piritual shipwreck 
 
 experienced by aUj||iM>, grasp the plaak of faith thrown out 
 
 by the Goi|dL and escape upon it to the shores of salva- 
 
 1V^ may"^ the same of those who are entirely sancti- 
 
 jltik It is seldom we meet with any such who are unable 
 
 ^ to assign to that great blessing a distinct era also. Wo 
 
 allow there are exceptions^ but they are exceedingly rare, 
 
 ^ and those few are seldom the clearest in their testimonT. 
 
 A few yjBars since I' was struck, with Wesley's testi- 
 mony upon this point. ;"I will simply relate what I have 
 
 see n mys e lf, in the cours e of many y e ars," s ays that eminent 
 
 divine. " Four or five and forty yefurs ago, "when I had no 
 
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 distinct riows of what the apostle meant by exhorting us to 
 ' leave the principles of the doctrine of Christy and go on 
 to perfections^ two or three persona in London, Vrhom I knew 
 to be truly sinoere, desired to give me un account of their 
 experience. It appeared exceedingly strange, being different 
 from lAy that I had heard before. The next year two or three 
 more jjtrmuR in Bristol, and two or three in Kingswood, com- 
 ing to me severally, gave me exactly the same account of their 
 experience. A few years after, I desired all those in London 
 who made the same profession to come to mo all together 
 in the Founddry, that I might thoroughly be satisfied. I 
 desired that man of God, Thomas Walsh ^ to give us the 
 meeting there. When we met, first one of us, and then 
 the other, asked thom the most searching questions we could 
 devise. They answered every one without hesitation, and 
 with the utmost simplicity, so that wo were fully peniuaded 
 they did not deceive themselves. In the year 1759, 1760, 
 1761 and 1762, their numbers multiplied exceedingly, not 
 only in London and Bristol, but| in various parts of Ireland, 
 as well as England. Not |l||pting to the testimony of 
 others, -J carefully iiTmniinrfVi^MT of these myself, and in 
 London alone I found six ^^^ed and fifty-two of our 
 society who were exceedingly clear in their experience, and 
 of whose testimony I could scib no reason to doubt. I be- 
 lieve no year has passed, since that time, wherein God has 
 not wrought the same in many others ; but sometimes in 
 one part of England or Ireland, sometimes in another, — as 
 * the wind blmoeth where it listeth^ — and every one of 
 these {after the most careful inquiry, I have not found 
 one exception either in Great Britain or Ireland) has 
 declared that his deliverance ftnym sin was instanta- 
 NB0U8 ; that the change was in a moment. — Had half of 
 
 theaei or one third, or one in twenty, declared it was grad- 
 
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 ualty wrought in thorn, I should have believod this with rvgtnl 
 to Mw», and thought that #<?m<? were gradually lanotiBed, 
 and some instttntoneously. But as I have nol found, in so 
 long a spaco of time, a single person speaking thus,— as aU 
 who believe they aro sancti^ed declare with one voioe that 
 the change was wrought in a moment,— I cannot but 
 believe tlmt sanctification is commonly, if iiot always, an 
 irutanianemts work." This testimony of Mr. Wesley k 
 worthy your closest at^ntion. It differs little, in my 
 opinion, from the experience of those who eiyoy that blesi- 
 ing in the present day. 
 
 My last argument is drawn from " 
 
 4. T'Ae PROMISES awrf COMMANDS o/ Crorf. 
 
 Hearken to them again ; for you can haidly hear them 
 too often. •' Be yelioly, for /, the Lord your Ood, atn 
 holy:' <* Thou shall love the Lord thy Qod with alt 
 thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
 might," " Be ye therefore -perfect, even as your Father 
 which is in heaven is perfect:' " And every man that 
 hath this hojm in him purifieth himself even as he is 
 pttre:* Now, these partake of the nature of commands, as 
 well as promises ; and they are fqr the livif^, and not the 
 dying or the dead. - . , 
 
 It is clbar, also, that 89 long as sin remains in us wo 
 Cannot be holy of Qod is holy, nor perfect as he is per- 
 fect, nor pure as Jesus is pure ; nor can we love God with 
 all our hciart 80 long as sin and unholindss divide it. 
 
 But can wo be thus? Most surely ; for why should Go<l 
 command us to be what it is-not possible to bo ? But can 
 wo make ourselves thus holy, perfect, pure? Nay, verily, 
 no more than devils ! or than the Ethiopian can change his 
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 htm 8t Pftof itttlM tfafttt ^Andth»\§i^(3odof 
 p€€ic€ sanctify you wholly, and I pray Qod your whoU 
 spirit, »Ofd mnd body, be preservifd blameUsB unto the 
 coming of our l^ord Je$ut Vhrk4» Faithful it he thai 
 calkth you, who also wiU da%^^l'thm' 6;23, SNfc 
 Qod biniMirMUlM th« point: **Thm will Tsprinkh clem 
 iMter upon you, and ye shall be clean; from 0Uyyotmi 
 JUthinesSf and pom all your idolif, will fckms^yoH}^^ 
 «^ Eiek. 86 : 26. Booi Qod desire us to be wbat he com* 
 mandi wt Surtl/, ym. We would not, sareljr, slur his 
 oharMjt«r |i|r insinuAting the oontrarj. Besides, it is stated 
 ify^iPf 8 that It is Tan witl. Of ODD bvbn our sanc- 
 YiriOAtiitH- It iD*7 not be the will of God that we should 
 be rfcA, w ffreat, or noble; but it is the will of God we 
 should be holy. Thenj oaii bo no division of opinion upon 
 that |n this assembly. '. ■ 
 
 But does God desire ns to be holy now? to be petfscl 
 now? pure now t to love him with all our heart now--* 
 this moment? Most certainly. To suppose the contrary, 
 would be to «9t God a Iriflinjy with us,. and us trifling with 
 
 God! /" ; 
 
 Had he said, Thou shalt lovo the Lord- thy God, ^ft., 
 at su0k»nd such a time in the future,— not till to<mprroW| 
 ly, or next week, next y'oar, or jusfas we are about 
 'ieto eternity, or in a prayer-m6cting, and not when 
 the word of the l|0rd, tlie willV God, is made known,-- 1 
 should have wondered at it ; but I should have certainly 
 limited that great salvation to such and such periods. Or, 
 had the apostle St. J[ohn said, "The blood of Jesus Christ 
 his Son cleanseth partly from sin when we are in health, 
 but shall cleanse us from all sin when in death," why, 
 Uiat would have been my doctrine in this pulpit. (But when 
 he says, diHiiiotljand plainly, ''ThebhodofJet^ Christ 
 
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 his Son CLEANSBTH US from ALL *in,"— CLBANSBTH, 
 
 which surelj cannot mean in the future, but the present; 
 and from all — aU sin, w)iich cannot m^m ft pcwt ; then, 
 bj the help of God, I will prej^ch the doctrine of present 
 salvation from all inward as well ^ all outward sin, with 
 the same assurance as I would proaofi on the Godhead of 
 Christ or the day of judgment.^ What thinkest thoii ? 
 
 What, then, if the true and -just conclusion? We may 
 be holy, perfect, pure; may love the Lord (htr God 
 with all our heart, an^ soul, and might. We cannot bo 
 thus of ourselyes. , God must do "it for us, if it is eter done. 
 He wiUs that we should^ bo thus, and thus i^ow. Are 
 t^' you aware you now stand with iie at the highest stim- 
 mit of my argument for this uii^Tersal and instantaneous 
 change in our nature ? But why is it not immediately ac- 
 complished? Because the changd depends upon the union 
 of TWO WILLS — owr will, and the will of Ood; M power 
 iff faith, and the power of God. , The wiU'-M;^^ is not 
 wanting, neither his jHneer; for this you haver' a^Bjy ad- 
 mitted iii your own heart. But oftr will and oiirfmlh arc 
 « wanting, and without these God chooses to leave the work 
 undone ; for without our will ohd faith he will do nothing 
 in thit matter. Both are evidences of our sincerity, as 
 well as the mediums through. which he saves tis. ** Sane-, 
 tified by faith." ''Purifying their hearfs by fditfi^ 
 *' Therefore I say unto yoit, Wh€^ things soever ye desire 
 when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye^shall 
 have them.'* As the atmosphere conveys the sunshine to 
 the earth, m faith, or ^//et^in^j conveys the cleansing 
 power of t^te Holy Ghost to«tJ^sij|A The blame, then, if 
 ..we are not entirely Bancti^|^^tl^with^Q(urs«lY^ 
 
 In conclusion, I woul$ 
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 objection can you have t©4he living the Lord y^w God 
 
 with all your heart?- Why shauld you h afraid of it? 
 
 Wotild it ^0 you any hurt? Would it Ussen JWir happi- 
 ness, either in this world or the' wdrld t0 tjonie? ' .'And why 
 should you he unwilling i^it otheirs shoiild give him tWr 
 whole heart? Or that they should lo^6 th^ neig^ibor a* 
 themselves?— yeaj 'as Christ hath Mpd Hs.y U thi|;. 
 detestable? Is it the proper object of hatred ?^ Or k i^ ^ 
 not the meet amiable thing under the sun f Is ^'^propet to 
 move terror ? Is it not desirable in the highest ^degree ? 
 Why are you averse to having the whole 'fpind whiSh jioa^ ' 
 in Christ Jesus*? — all the affections, all .the tefmpers and^ 
 
 'dispositions, which were in him when he ^welt among mep? 
 Why should you be afraid of this ? Would it b^ any w«;>f8e 
 for you were (Jod to work in you, this very hour, all the 
 mfnd thai was in him? Why. should you hinder others 
 frjom seeking this btessing, or be displeased at those who 
 tUTrofc^they have attwned it? Is anything moxQ lovely?' 
 anything moir^ to he desired by every child of man? Why 
 are you iiverse to having the whole 'fruit of the 5^/iinV? 
 — 'love,. joy, peace, l^g-suffering, meekness, gentleness, 
 fidelity, goodness, temperance ' ? Why should you be afraid 
 of having all these pUnted in your soul, yei, in the soul 
 of every inhabitant of the earth? Why entertain an aver- 
 sion to be ' renewed in the whole image of him thai created 
 yoti^? Is not this more desirjoble than anything tinder 
 
 V heaven? B it not consummately amiable? What can 
 you wish for in comparison of this, either for your own soul 
 
 * or for those for whom you entertain the strongest and teh- 
 derest affection? And wh"^ youenjpy this, what remains 
 but to b^* * changed frmlfgloihy to glory ^ by the Spiriiof 
 thp IfOrdf ? Why should jou be averse to universal^oXi' 
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 tuin any prejudice against this, or look with apprehension, 
 whether you understand by that term the being in^ardl/ 
 conformed to the whole image and 'will of God, or an out- 
 ward behavior in every point suitable to that conformity ? 
 Can you conceive anything more amiable than tlys^ any- 
 thing more desirable? Set prejudice aside, iind surely you 
 Will desire to see it diffused over the whole earth. Is it 
 perfection,— the being 'sanctified throughmu)tpirU, soul 
 and body'? What lover of (Jod.and man can be averse to 
 this, or entertain frightful apprehensions of il? la it not, 
 in your best moments, your desire to be all of !a piece;— all 
 
 consistent with yourself— all fkith, all toeekftess, all loYel 
 And suppose you were once possessed of this glorious liberty, 
 would you not wish to continue therein,^ to be preserved 
 ^blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ'l 
 Why be averse to entire consecration — offering up all 
 your thoughts and actions as a spiritual sacrifice to God, 
 acceptable to him through the blood anU "intercession of his 
 well-beloved Son ? Jb not sin the great^t evil pn this sid^ 
 ^' hell ? And is ^ot an entire deliverance from it one of the^ 
 greatest blessings on this side heaven? Why, then, be avers*. 
 ^ to deliverance from it ? Po you Wc sin, tliat you are so 
 unwilling to part withi it ? Why not rather wish to have sin 
 totally rooted out both of your life and heart? *' How would 
 ^ your friend receive a succession of questions like these? 
 
 How would he anawer them? Would he attempt Ml Nay, 
 ffhutthinkestthou? And all ye who tear me this night,' 
 what think ye? Now is the day. of salvation; tbisig 
 the accepted time. ,,AI1 things are ready. Look for it 
 * , every moment hyfailh, not by works. If by works, then, 
 you are not under enough, not convicted enough, not good 
 enough,-^and by such '' enouijhs " you may perceivo'you 
 ^. ^ seeking it by works till this hour. But if1by7a*/A, 
 
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 If h V not this moment, a* you arel and where you are ? Come, 
 my Saviour! blesaeivery believing soul. Apply thecleana- 
 ing blo<d. ° » 
 
 <* 0, l«t it idnk Into ouir loal , 
 
 ^ ., . Deep M the inbred lin i« 
 
 * M»k(» eveiy-ilrottaded spirit whole, 
 
 I And every leper olean ! . 
 
 ** From eyery evil motion freed 
 [The Son hath made Ofl free], 
 On all th6 powers of hell we tread, 
 In glorions liberty. . • . 
 
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 «* We walk in glorioun liberty, 
 ~To liJr entTrely dead : 
 1%e Truth, the Son, hath made ui free. 
 And we are free indeed. , 
 
 " iixroiigligat oar wnl thy glorief ihineL;.. 
 Our Bottl is aHjrenewed, 
 Andjdeoked in r!g)iteousness divine. 
 'Aid clothed and filled witti Ood. 
 
 « TlSris the /est, the lift), the peaoe, 
 Which 01 thy people prove ;'x . 
 Ill is tbNB bond of perfeotness, 
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 PERSONAL BXPBRIENCB -r- THE REVIVAL. 
 
 We resame bor extracts from Mr. Oaaghey's recoH. of 
 bis mental Exercises, and of the work of God in ^udders- 
 field. It contains some very interesting incidents, and some 
 affecting meditat,ions. 
 
 Jan. 27, Monday morning.— Jletum onto thy rest, 
 my soul! fThy p^ace is in the dust Humility becomes 
 tilttl^ Thou bast nothing whereof to boast — nothing upon' 
 t^iob to look with compkcency. Aside from Christ, what 
 is there in the/t/// *mi» Of all thy sayings and doings ta 
 recommend thee to God, or upon which thou couldst rely 
 for a single moment? 0, with what tremendous arguments 
 mayest thou enforce humility oh thyself! But this need 
 jiDiOt lunder thee from praising God. A high day yesterday 
 in Zion ; act^es of sinners saved. -.^ A^ 
 
 Jan. 29.^ — A solemn letter from a friend 'm Hull, who 
 
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 '^Two of your spirituaV children, saihrs, have gone to 
 heaven; they were drowned inthp sad shipwreck of which 
 yptt have read. Thirteen women %ero loft widows by the 
 catastrophe. Many ethers who were seals to youp ministry 
 haveasoende^ ^^ J <> 
 
 " A ship has lately returned to peat with one who was ooo- 
 
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 Terted under your ministry abroad, — the young sailor who 
 was awakened, you may remember, the night you described 
 so terribly a sea-scene. He mentally exclaimed : ' It was 
 just bo; Uiat is for me; he means wc/' and soon cried for 
 mercy,' and found it. He went to sea, and found himself a 
 lamb among wolves, and they worried him to death, — 
 spiritual death, — calling him Uhe Cmmhey convert,^ till 
 he lost his hold on Chri8t.| Another young sailor was his 
 chief persecutor, and the cause of all his troubles. After 
 a long voyage the ship returned to this port, a few days 
 liiiot. Alas for the persecutor ! lie was taken almost im- 
 jBiediately with the small-pox,lWid died miserably. The in- 
 oidejit has been sanctified to your young friend ; he is now 
 - .seeking the Lord mith all his heart. 
 
 "The poor *bfickstider,^ whose character you pictured so 
 Vividly when last hero!, died last week, and was buried on 
 Satunlay. You said : * There sits one in this congregation 
 who is hardening his heart, and resisting the Holy Ghost.' 
 You then described his history and character fearfully, and 
 that it was' impressed upon your mind that he would die 
 soon; but that before he died he vrould acknowledge all 
 this,— even on his death-bed. He did, ifideed, acktuwl- 
 edge all, and died. I cannot speak as to the sftfety. 
 Strange that such instances of divine interposition do sot 
 convince men. As m^ny as thirty of your spiritual 
 p^dren h^VQ fallen, asleep 'in Jesus since you left lis. 
 j^emarkable. , Yours, very Iruly, / 
 
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 The work of restitution is goin|^ ob. One of <iox. friends . i 
 
 ifceived the following nota : 
 
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 yott for what! stole from yoji • naiDb^j;!i|if yotri tlnee. 
 Forgivo me. Pray i\uit I may be honoit with God mud 
 nkail. It made, me uneasy this long time. I ootiolad#d. tQ 
 restore it, when listening to iM^. fkni0h$if$ preacBbig. 
 The Lord bless you and yours, prays one who it unworthy 
 of God's iperoies." ' • jS 
 
 TtiKlay t received the following Ip^r fr<»n a good. ntMi 
 in Leeds: ' ■ 
 
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 . ^* Pbar Sir : Iti the month of August/ previous to your 
 
 last visit to Leeds, I was sick in the Leeds Hospital^ and 
 
 . itn unconTetMJd sinner. As I lay delirious of typhus fever, 
 
 . , L.dreamt that a stiUnger from a;fiir country stood before 
 
 .aae. Ho was in ;khe iwl; of preaching salvation to poor sift^ 
 
 neiii, urging me anda// of us * to flee from the wrMb to 
 
 come^ and iram^ us against false pmpheti that iPtuld 
 
 com^ — y#, and hi^alireiady come* . ' 
 
 *^Ho approached me and asked if I wjis t<r«Wm^ t<^ bo 
 > saved. Itwud I was. Then; laying his hand upon my 
 shoulder, he said: VBcliove in the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 thouahalt be'saved,' Instantly I saw Jesus Christ upoi^ 
 the cross, between -the. twQ thieves.} He. was blooding. J 
 saw Jiis five wclunds plam to my b/&,a8 ever the Roman 
 soldiers whjpi crucified him did./ ^' 
 
 ^'lasked^ ' What is tf^ becopoe of my wife and child? ' 
 The Itnti^r replied, ^Th^^ 
 
 " I recijvered, and told uiy wife my vision; but sh^ 
 
 - treated it as rfmjmj* are treated,; but ^n after our child 
 
 ^ died. Thus was one saved out of tlie tliroe. I 
 
 "Well, sir, on tho Sabbath night you preached at Oxf 
 
 ford-place Chapel, my wife was there, got awakened, an4 
 
 j^ God. J^ome she came, a new woman, with 
 
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 news aboat'a itrange minister who had arrired in ^ town; 
 telling me of the ories for mercy among sinners stricken 
 down by the word or God. Tirro out of the three were now 
 saved, — one jn heaven, the other on earth. 
 
 " My Boul was seized with a strange emotion. 1 said, 
 ' I '11 go and hear him, too.' I went ; but the moment I 
 saw you in the pulpit, I exclaimed, * That is the very man 
 I saw in my dream in the hospital.^ True as eternity, sir, 
 is wj^at I am telling you. The sermon troubled mo. After 
 sermon, you came down and made your way through the 
 . crowd, and came to me and paused^and laiu your hand upon 
 :. my shoulder, — you did, sir, — just where I felt it in my" 
 hospital dream. I left the chapel ; but heard you again 
 and again ; seeing nothing before me but eternity, witjh its 
 blackness of darkness. '.*■ 
 
 " Well, sir, one night, in prayer at my house, when I was 
 pleading for mercy, light sprang up in my heart bright as 
 noonday; but I did not understand it. The following Sab- 
 bath I was freelyjustifiod by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 *' Now, the ll/Iirce were saved ; and my wife and self are 
 on our way to heaven. I hope, sir, you will see in these 
 things toke^ of the providence of God. ' We hav9 one 
 favor to a9kj-~ a copy of those lines you repeated from a 
 German poet ; and tell us bow the work is advancing in 
 Huddorsfiold ; — and yet another favor, that you will visit 
 ' us in Leeds before you leave England. J. 8." 
 
 " 1 know not how to accdunt for the above on any other 
 principle than &s a divine interposition. I have only 
 inserted bis initials ; but ho gave me his name in full, and 
 place of residence. 
 
 January 29. — A groat' infidel struck under conviction 
 the othei;;Dight ; but made out to totter to his lodgings very 
 
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 iniienibl«. Bat, finding no ^t, he fentured baok, and at 
 Jength cried for meroj, wrestling Jacob-like till he found 
 1% and a changed nature within. lie has written a long 
 Ie^er to my friend Dr. Booth, giving an account of the' 
 matter, 4hua : 
 
 "M/ name is T. 8., thirty-three years of age, a native 
 of Yorkshire; was a Roman Catholic till fifteen years of 
 age ; but soon after became a Deist, and well-read,, too, in . 
 the works of Voltaire, Paine, etc. I left my wife in Not- 
 tingham last October, with oaths and curses, more like a 
 devil than a man. In November I was prostrated by sick- 
 ness, and Iras brought to the brink of the grave, but was 
 fearless of death. I recovered. Walking down street, saw 
 a pla(»rd on the wall, announcing Rev. Mr. Gaughey to 
 preach. < Money again !' I exclaimed to one by my side. 
 * I tell yt)u it is money they are after. They must be hard 
 upy to get this man a|l th^way from America to get a full 
 house, theatre-like, for money. It is all priestcraft.* 
 Sabbath came ; took tea with a friend at Newtown, to kill 
 tim«. But conversation fell short; so talked of this Mr. 
 ■0—. Asked my friend to go and hear him; would have 
 asked him to a public house, but, as he had taken the 
 pledge lately, thought I would not tempt him. We came 
 to Queen-street Chapel, and sat in the furthest part of the 
 
 gallery, — a bad place for hearing. Mr. C introduced 
 
 the question : * Is man immoral, or is he not ? ' | did not 
 believe it But he introduced the testimony of Cicero. ■ t 
 mstantly listened to what the Roman senator could say on 
 the subject, when these words pealed in my ears : ' If I am 
 wrong in supposing that the souls of men are immortal, I 
 platM myself in my mistake. Nor while I live will I ever 
 choose that this opinion, with which I am so delighted, 
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 ftnnihil&tod, as some roinato philosophers suppose, I am not 
 afraid those wise men, Vrhon extinct too, shall laugh at my 
 mistake. When I consider the wonderful activity of the 
 mind, its great memory Of the past, its vast capacity of 
 penetrating the future,— when I behold such a multitude of 
 discoveries thehco arising, — I believe, and I am firmly per- 
 suaded, that a nature which contains so many things within 
 itself cannot be inortaV The preacher then, appealed to 
 us Eiigliahmen, with the Bible in our hands, doubting the 
 immortality of the soul, when Cicero, without any Bible, 
 came to such just and clwr convictions on the subject. His 
 appeals marched i^to me, and knocked Tom Paine out of me. 
 To clench the nail, he shouted, < Where is that Infidel ? I 
 know he denies the immortality of the soul, — and he is 
 here.' He then ^cnt on to describe mo. My head dropped; 
 I said, ' That '«^c.' -The tears gushed from my eyes. 
 The preacher eveN^nt on to detail my late attack of sick- 
 ness. That God Jmm raised me up from the margin of the 
 gravd { and why 1 That I might bear the stranger, ttnd 
 repent, believe and be saved ! Yes ! I haye been sick, 
 ' indeed ; and hereJE am out of hell. The s^mon closed ; I 
 desired to stay for /prayer-mecting, bi^ my companion said 
 ' JVb.' So, failin^in courage, we left when they were sing- 
 ing, puring throe days thoughts on the immortality of 
 the soul were, ever||^sent,-*- could not disengage my mind 
 from them. On We^esday I nearly yielded to resolve to 
 venture to hear V^^ again ; but decided not, and spent the 
 evening in reading a ne\fspaper. , Next morning, too late 
 for wotk ; ejM^ver out of humor. It w^s well ; it was the 
 means of id^HSvation. Read the Bible; resolved upon 
 bearing Mr. c|i|^. Started for meeting, planning in my 
 mind to sit if^s^p^ute door, so as to make my exit soon as 
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 right in front of tho oommunion-rail I found a scat. The 
 teit was on Sa^an'a device€.— 2 Cor. 2: 11. After, ser- 
 mon, I said to myself, ' Go away ! — have served tho dovil 
 long enough ; lod^ by him into all manner of wickodno«8. 
 However, let me pause, and see reauUa.' A few women 
 only went forward for prayer. *Oo away^^' something 
 seemed to say. But I could not ; a strong power rested on 
 
 me,-^ held on to me, till Mr. C passed by mo, when I 
 
 trembled, and my knees smote together. I shook as with an 
 ague- (it ; cheeks wet ; tears flowed ; my sins, a burden, op- 
 pressed my soul ; felt my legs would not bear me out of 
 ho chapel ; thought I might be able to reach tho nitar ; 
 ricd ; found myself there on knees, but proyerloss. One' 
 id, ' Cry to God ; say, God be merciful to mo a ainncr ! 
 Lord have merry on ww.' I replied, ' What ! I pray ? 
 I, who have acoffed at religion, and peraeciited its teach- 
 ers! I ! a play-actor^— an Infidel of the vilest kind ! — I 
 pray ! ' But I did pray^ compelled from a feeling within ; 
 and yet, to my opprehension, without any feeling. But I 
 did believe' then and there Jesus died for all, and ho can 
 save me,— fec/t me, who once called him ' The carjteuter^a 
 apnf^ — mo, the vile wretch, who has ridiculed the Saviour 
 in many companies, — defaming his character. Ilis blood 
 was now my plea; lus atoning, /cleansing blood, so often 
 despised. I belioved, wrestled op in; mighty prayer; but 
 neither pardon nor love to God visited my heart. At 
 length they began to sing something like this : 
 
 * Ho wilt lare jTou ^' He will save you, 
 ' He will aave you juat now ! 
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 toTn whlt"a greut^W^I had been, and what a great 1 
 Saviour I had found. Went to my lodgings, knelt in 
 prayer ; went to bed ; could not sleep for joy and gladnosa. 
 Arose for prayer and praise in the night, and again at fiVo 
 in the morning; still feeling perfectly happy. Told my 
 companions what the Lord had done for mo. They said 
 nothing, nor do they persecute. Explained to them what 
 a slave of the devil I had been, which they knew veiry 
 well. Declared I would now be a valinnt soldier of Jesua 
 
 Christ." , .. ,' 
 
 Dr. Booth, our beloved physician, who sent me this let- 
 tor, exclaims at the bottom, " Glory bo to God ! Is not thiM 
 another brand plucked from the fire of hell? " To which 
 my soul replies, Yea f Amen, Praise the Lord ! ^ 
 
 But how curious that one pagan idea should weigh more 
 with some men than a hundred declarations of the Bible! 
 Well, we must take sinful men as we find them, and 
 find out ''Uie jointe of the harness," where they may b« 
 
 pierced ! •■ . 
 
 David picked up tlie smooth stone out of a baUding 
 brook, that slew Goliah. '^Breakers ahead, sir!" once 
 gave mo a soul ! It was a cry from the pulpit; it entered 
 a sinner's cars, swept over his conscience. There wjia no 
 rest for that sinner till ho found mercy ; till tho hand of 
 Jesus jeached him, as it did sinking Peter. He is now 
 preaching the Gospel, I believe, or preparing to do so. ^ 
 
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 lish infidel two thousand years afterwards. These are words 
 ii^hich never die, but have a sort of vitality about them 
 which is imperishable. 
 
 Well, Ahab Avas not the last man who was wounded 
 between the joints of the harness oy a bow drawn at a 
 venture. Besides, the 8©ul sometimes outgrows its infidel 
 panoply, and renders itself assailable. Nor was Achilles 
 the only hero invulnerable in every part except his heel ; — 
 aclassic fable, but it has a moral. His mother, while "dip- 
 ping him in the j^vqv Styx when an infant, held him by the ,;. . . 
 heel ; that part was not dipped ; there he was vulnerable, 
 — he might be U'OMwc/erf mortally there. 
 
 The devil dips his children in the Styx of in^elity, to 
 render them proof against the arrows of the Gospel ; but, 
 in doing so, he must told on to them by some part, like the 
 mother of Achilles, — ^and that cannot be dipped conve- 
 niently ; there they are assailable. Satan's hold upon this 
 Huddersfield infidel was a denial of the soul's immortality ; 
 there the arrow of Cicero pierced him. . ' 
 
 Belshazzar was a cheerful sinner on the night of the 
 great feast, till a hand wrote something on the wall that 
 spoiled his wine and his wit, " and put an end to his mirth 
 and his monarchy together." The hand of conscience wrote 
 
 something on the walls of T. S 's soul, which put an 
 
 end to his Jo///Vy and his i/i^</c/«7y together. 
 
 Another private note lies before me, telling of a sudden 
 death close by, within a few days. The man, notoriously^ %^ 
 
 wicked, snatched away by death, almost within hearing of 
 our shouts of victory through the blood of the Lamb. He 
 had scoffed at the people on his way to the meetings* But, 
 when seized by death, their prayers were the boon he. 
 craved. Those around his death-bed gave little encourage- 
 ment to p rayin g people, and chilled them. The cloging 
 

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 scene was terrifying. He' assailed those wicked persons 
 who waited to see his end; painted their characters in hor- 
 rible colors, and ordered his wife to put them all away, for 
 'their presence torment^^im, and to burn the gaming^ 
 cards which were in the house, and to lead a new life. His 
 shrieks roused the neighbors from their beds ; and, putting 
 himself into a^lttitude to fight a duel with the devil him- 
 self, he instantly expired. It seems he was a fine-looking 
 man, and appeared full of strength; but his hour had 
 
 come. ' ^ -> ■ , V . " .' 
 
 I received the following letter, the other day : 
 
 ^^^ \' Huddersjield, J(in. 22, 1845. 
 
 "Dear BROtHER Caughby: The following instance 
 of the power of God to save came under my own observa- 
 tion. It occurred lately under your ministry, and may 
 serve to cheer your heart, as a proof, among many, that 
 your Master is with yofi. 
 
 " On the 9th instant I went to Manchester, where I met an 
 old companion in sin. We had both served Satan^ ^together 
 in the time of my impiety. 'Well, Jem, ho^ ire you?' 
 was iiis first salute. ' Bless God, very happy ! '. was my 
 reply. He looked surprised. I added, * Andrew, souls are 
 being saved in Huddersfield ; d,j, scores and^ hundreds, 
 praise the Lord i ' ' Indeed !' ' Yes, glory be to GcS i — 
 and if Vow will come and hear for yourself, you, also, jmay 
 be a happy man.' Vis everybody saved who hearS|)that 
 preacher ? ' * No ; only those who will it.' I pressedrhito 
 to come over *and stop at my house. .'I'll come,' said 
 Andrew, ' on Saturday, 18th instant.' We parted ; and on 
 the 18th Andrew arrived, late. I had been crying to God 
 for him much. I introduced the subject of religion. But 
 Andrew cut the matter short by saying, ' I must be honest 
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 withy<^u; lam an infidel in my views.' My heart sunk 
 within mo ; but, having confidence in God, I pressed my 
 plea for tl^e Bible till one o^ clock in the morning. Next 
 morning, being Sabbath, had a few friends at my house, 
 when the subject was renewed with Andrew, till it was time 
 to go to meetin)e. We left him . in the hand of God, and 
 took our places n^ the chapel. i ■'.. 
 
 " Well, sir, yoitv announced your text, hnd took ujiHhe 
 thread of convers^tiim just where we had dropped iti* The 
 word came with- power, and with the Holy Ghost, and much 
 assurance. Andrew actually trembled under it. After we 
 returned, I said, * Andrei^f how did you lite the sermon ? ' 
 He repli^, with indiffereneie, * 0, very well.' 'Well, but 
 what did you think of his taking up our conversation pite- 
 cisely where we had l^ft offt' 'Think ! why, that you 
 had told him everything, or sdmebody did.' I declared to 
 hjm that nof" one of us had had^ny commtt|||||tion with 
 Mr. C — — , or any one else, upon me subjespKit that I 
 thought yoil were directed by the Lord. \fi is odd; and 
 the preacher looked straight at me,' rejoVed Andr&w. 
 
 "The crowd wa% great at nigl|t, two thousand people 
 being present. I had strong faith for AndrcT^lthough he 
 was still hard. After sermon, I found him tuqiong the 
 />e?{;Ven^;9, groaning, sobbing, crying for mercy, — which he 
 fouiid,. to his ex^i^eding joy/ - ^. \. 
 
 "Next morning he was out at the six-o'clock prayer^ 
 meeting, beseeching God to keep him &ithful until death. 
 When giving an account of his conversion, he said, * As I 
 listened to the forenoon discourse, the feelings of a little 
 child came over me: Presently it was as if I had been 
 seized by the hand of >a giant, shaking me violently by the 
 collar.' I now saw why he 5A00A; B,nd trembled so. 'I 
 feared pbeervation,' he continued, 'and would have gladly 
 
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 escaped from the chapel. I attended a select meeting before 
 sermon. Mr. C. had us all kneel. After giving us some 
 instruction on, the nature of repentance and faith in Christ, 
 and prayer, he urged us to promise God, there and then, 
 that when sermon was over we would go forward for prayer. 
 This I did not like, and mentally refused. Mr. C. ex- 
 claimed, "Tf^Aa/ means that man who draws back? Can 
 you justify it? Shall you be able to do so when in eter^ 
 nity?" Then he ^lead \^ith God for the man, which I 
 know to be ^ysisld He plead till I was broken down, and 
 mentally y^lded the point, when I secretly promised God. 
 The mattei: being now settled, my way was plain. Heard 
 the sermon, kept my promise, and found Jesus Christ the 
 Son of God to be my Saviour indeed.' . 
 
 low, dea#sir, may God* give you countless multi- 
 tudes of such^ealri»~yjoutnainistry, is the daily' prayer of 
 your sincerely attached brother m 
 
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 Jan. SO.--' Lights dull last night — gloomy chapel ; want 
 of judgment at the gasometer, I suppose. When the Mills 
 stop, at eight o'clock, the gas is reduced accordingly, which 
 is well enough if done moderately, which they have failed in 
 during several nights ; — like some preachers we have known, 
 who were so afraid of tvhat they called wild- fire, they kept 
 reducing it and putting it down, till they had no fire at all, 
 tame nor wild, and the spiritual thermometer at zero. So 
 fearful of the effects of a few Glorys, Hallelujahs and 
 Amens, as to gradually decrease and thin them out, till, as 
 Mother Unwin used to say, there was not a " cAirp,".and 
 the place of worship silent and gloomy as a sepulchre ! 
 
 However, a badly-lighted church has an ill effect upon a 
 congregation; it renders the people stupid and gloomy- 
 
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 looking, and really so in their feelings ! It discourages the 
 preacher also, weakens faith, and renders . success doubtful. ' 
 It should not be so, but it is so ; and'constituted as we are, 
 it is difficult to avoid its being so, so much are we liable to 
 be affected by circumstances, , 
 
 Xenophon tells us that the city of Larissa was cap- 
 tured during the consternation caused by an eclipse of ^the 
 sun. The people thought the world was coming to an end^ 
 or that the gods were displeased, and so reasoned it was 
 no usd to hold <mt,ov fight, arf courage was useless under 
 the/roM>w» (tf the deities. So the city was taken^ because 
 no one had'a heart any longer to defend it. , .. 
 
 Ah me ! if twinkling lights and a gloomy h^use do not 
 create consternation, they do stupefaction — remind of bed- 
 time ^ make it seem later than it is ; if no fears about the 
 world's coming to an end just yet, a /car that the sermon is 
 going to be " a Idhg-spun " becofnes rjfe if the preacher 
 does not happen to be lively ; —that by the time the sermon 
 is ended, the meeting should end. 
 
 A gloomy atmosphere, besides, is kindred to unbelief, 
 and then evil reasoning corned^ in ; — to some it seems as if 
 God is absent from the place. *' God is light/' is a New 
 Testament axiom ; it seems an instinct of our common na- 
 _ ture so to think of God. VU\o said, " Light is the shod- 
 OM? of God ; and God is the light of light itself:' But 
 darkness; what is it? "A privation of light," say ihe 
 [jyiosophers, whi6h leaves us wise as we were before. But 
 ItreMndgtimid Christians of the ''prince of darkness ;'' 
 and, for^ttmg^t^t it is said in the Scriptures that dark- 
 ness and light^re^hotkaUke to God,— that he can see, 
 or hear, or bless, in ttrcfcrl^^awe^l ^^ in the light,— the 
 idea of divine absence takes possession, and it is hard to be 
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 How often, when leading our spirUtuil troops fo charge 
 the enemy, have I been made to realize this, however un- 
 reasonable it may appear ! The strange vacancy and dul- 
 ness, with lights twinkling amid the gloom, construed into 
 the presence qf Satanic influence; and who shall be /?ost/trfl 
 Salan never takes advantage of such a state of things ? " Tfe 
 are not ignorant of hi§ devices, lest Satan should get an 
 advantage of us,'' says St. Paul. The meeting is captured^ 
 by these unhappy impressions ; or, if some victory is 
 g&ined, as last night, it is after a hard fight with Unbelief, 
 Morpheus, and the Bevil! / 
 
 Give me a church brilliantly lighted, if success is to be 
 the order of the night. We are creatures of feeling and 
 / sensibility, and are influenced by such things in spite of us. 
 A gloomy or chilly house, an unwelcoiiia* current of air, a 
 creaking door or^a jsrmdow rattling injthe wind, I have 
 known to put preacher ttnd^people " all off the poise within," 
 eventuating in a hard and unprofitable time. They are 
 sure to lessen the congregation ; — sinners, especially, are 
 notfoad of frequenting such an uninviting place. I have 
 known some preachers to laugh at such trifles, and to take 
 no small credit to themselves for being superior to them; 
 but a trifle more knowledge of human nature, and closer 
 observation, would render them paore serious matters than 
 they are aware. Jjiok. B.t public saloons in cities and vil- 
 lages, — how brilliantly lighted and inviting they are ! and 
 how crowded ! " The children of this world are in their 
 generation wiser than the chi^ren of light ^-^IxikQ 16 : 8. 
 ^^Let your light so ^hine before men, that they may see 
 your good works, and glorify your. Father which is in 
 heave7i," might have a secondary application in ckurch- 
 ii^hting^Xihivk. However, thete nxe facts,— evils that 
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 8u<Jh matters. Inattention to them is bad economy, finan- 
 cially as well &B,spirittially. Huddersfield is the place for 
 attention to such things. The dim gas-lights will soon< 
 have a remedy, now that the cause has been ascertained. It 
 is seldom one meets with a class of men in Methodism who 
 have so entirely incorporated the Lord's business with their 
 own as here. The affairs of the church are their affairs; 
 they conduct them upon the s&me principles as they do their 
 own; what ought to be done is done, and with des]ii^tch. * 
 That is the way to sustain and keep m action^ a v^orous 
 church. Methodism has great vitality and strength here. 
 It is written. They shall prosper who love Zmi ; and our 
 leading brethren here realize it to be so, for time and for 
 eternity, / 
 
 Jan. 31. — I forgotrto note that last Friday night we had 
 a sweet and powerful time on Holiness, and that tfiirty per- 
 sons professed to receive the blessing, and eleven vrere jus- 
 tified. Last Sabbath one hundred souls were saved and 
 recorded. 0, may every name of them be found at last in 
 thebook of life! -^Uev. S: 5', 21:57. 
 
 Last Tuesday I rode over to Leeds with Mr. Webb. We 
 enjoyed an agreeable season at the Wesley an Missionary Tea 
 Meeting and Bazaar ; — a groat variety of uvticles for sale; 
 among the rest, a few verses celebrating our hard-fought 
 battle in Leeds. 0, but it did bring to remembrance scenes 
 of conflict and victory, Satan fought hard for his kingdom 
 those j^i?c months, but the Lord did give us the victory in 
 the conversion of sixteen hundred* souls, and in the sanc- 
 tifioation of one thousand believers. All glory be to God 
 in the highest, from whom cometh such victories through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord ! 
 
 I preached that night in St. Peter'' s Chapel, the largest 
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 tween three and four thousand hearers, and it was full. 
 Had an awful time ; those who would not yield fled in 
 terror at the oldie. Wit is a perilous talent ; hard to be 
 suppressed, I suppose. One of the preachers in the pulpit, ^^ 
 observing the scene, turned to the other, and teid : " See ! 
 they run as if the devil was after them ! " I am sure the 
 devil-'was angry that his children should have such n. fright. 
 Could I have stayed a little longer in Leeds, should have 
 had poetry oi andther order, doubtless; but, after fifteen 
 souls were saved, we started for Huddersfi^^ where we 
 arrived at one o'clock in the morning. >i^ ' .. ; 
 
 Had a good time last night, here. If the natae o^jTesus 
 happened not to be in my text; he had a place in the ser- 
 mon. Blessed Jesus! Thou art my love, my life, my 
 
 all in all ! 
 
 "" Insatiate to this Bpring I fly." 
 
 Saturday mortiing, Feb. 1. — Purity mj J^me last 
 night. A snake may cast its coat, but keep its^||c«n. A 
 sinner may caat off" much of the " old man " in lutward, 
 and even inward character* but, if not cleansed from all 
 sin, there ia a stiaky inclination in his nature that may 
 wound others, or the cause of God, or himself, eternally. 
 
 That was a'shrewd saying of one, that " a profession of 
 religion, without p?<n7y, is like a fair glove drawn over a 
 foul hand." Purity is the prime jewel of moral worth, in 
 man or woman. What is the most graceful dress humanity 
 ever wore, if the one who wears it has vi, filthy person ? We 
 would shrink from such a creature. But such is he who 
 makes a graceful profession of religion, and carries about 
 him an unclean spirit, an impure heart ; he lacks the prime 
 jewel of moral worth — purity. He resembles those Swiss 
 smugglers in whose company I crossed the Jura moun- 
 
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 tains not long since. Wo noticed that they wore a profusion 
 of jewelry, and marvelled that persons otherwise so dirty- 
 looking should be so adorned. Gold chains, with gold 
 watches, thrown -around necks that would have puzzled one 
 to say when they were washed with pure water ; and fin- 
 gers glittering with rings and gems, that seemed never to 
 have had a moment's fellowship with soap! Butrwe re- 
 ceived a hint they were smuggling^ them into France from 
 Switzerland. 
 
 There is a g6od deal of smuggling going on in religiotiy 
 — avoiding the Lord's customs on taxable goods : purity 
 of heart is the duty for outside accomplishments in reli- 
 gion. Many are deceived thereby, and many deceive them- 
 selves. God we cannot deceive. It will be sad if we are 
 detected in the last hour, and lose all our accomplishments 
 and our souls together. It will certainly be so if our out" 
 side appearances are found to be contrary to inward 
 realities ; if underneath all our Jine professions we have 
 impure hearts ; — as those people mih filthy persons under 
 gold chains, rings, and jewelry. 
 
 Feb. 8, Monday morning. — A gracious sacramental 
 season yesterday. A melting time oft the sufferings of 
 Christ. "TFc preach ^Christ crucified,'^ says St. Paul. 
 *' We should look at sin in two glasses," observes one ; "in 
 the glass of Christ's precious atoning blood, dnd in the 
 glass of his death." Thus, when Paul preached a cruci- 
 fied Christ, he preached against sin most effectively — 
 described it as a crimson die. 
 
 Jesus was "a m>dn of sorrStos, and acquainted with 
 grief" says Isaiah. Grief and Jesus were no strangers. 
 How sensibly that touches an audience ! When did the cup 
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 •• Can w« thy honieW nighu forget ? 
 The cold dewa on thy temples lying ; 
 The taunti, the iptar, the bloody $w«at. 
 The laat long agony of dying ? 
 Thy present gllle to large and free, 
 The tranaporta of eternity! " 
 
 Ay, that " blooch/ sweats Al ! who can forget that 
 grief, or, being reminded of it, remain unmoved? Grief 
 met him at the garden entrance ; but never, no, never had 
 he met grief before with a heart bo full of sorrowful emo- 
 tions. His disciples marked the chan^ in his appearance, 
 — that he began to be " very heavy ; "} that he entered the 
 garden with sighs and sobs of grief, and with mournful 
 utterances and broken exclamations of sorrow — such as, 
 ''my soul is sorrowful;'' a little further on, '' my soul 
 is exceeding sorrowful; " a few steps more, and he ex- 
 claimed, in yet more saddened and lamentable accents, " sor^ 
 r&wful even unto death; "—shows'? how deep fM real it 
 was. Ah ! it was not a mere semblance of sorrow, but 
 real, downright sorM|||. When King Artaxerxes noticed 
 -the dejection of NJffiiah, he inquired, " Why is thy 
 ~ countenance sad^ seeing thou, art not sick ? this is noth' 
 ing^else but sorrow of heart." 0^ Jesus, my Lord ! this 
 is nothing else but sorrow of heart ! But why art thou thus, 
 if thy death is but as a martyr's deaths witnessing for the 
 truth? for before thy day, and since, have men gone forth 
 joy^illy to die for it. Ah ! a Tnar^yr's sensations afford 
 no -solution of the mystery *of thy passion, Christ! — 
 he began to bear the weight of thh worWs atonement^ 
 which martyrs never bore, and lyhich all the men upon 
 earth, and angels in heaven to helpihem, could not have 
 borne f H 
 
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 toring Btepa wore hoard, -with atiflod groons. No wonder 
 his poor diHcipIcs wore ovorwholfnod with sorrow, too, till 
 pitying grief called upon sleep to soothe tliom into forgetfiil- 
 nesB, while a hovering angel longed for permisiion to min- 
 ister to him, all prostrate as ho now lay upon*the cold 
 ground. Thrice had he declined that rajstori^s cup of 
 our grief proffered to his trembling lips by the hand of his 
 Father, saying, " O my Fat her ^ if it be possible, let this 
 cup pass from me ! nevertheless, tiot as / will, but "a^. 
 Thou wHt,^^ — and all this, as the apostle says, with 
 ^^ prayers, and supplications^ with strong crying and tears, 
 unto Him that was able to save him from death, and was 
 ' heard, in that he feared." — Heb. 5 : 7. In the thing he 
 feared, he was heard, Wliat was that ? for did ho not 
 finally drink of that cup ? It the mere cup of death was 
 it, ho. was far from exemplifying the courage of a martyr. 
 But if that cup contained the full pei^alty duo to the 
 sins of the whole world ; — if Jesus was the representative 
 of that world, to die in its stead — the sacrificial lamb of 
 God, to bear the general sins away in his own suffering 
 person J making a full atonement for the same; — then in 
 ' some measure we comprehend the character of the sufferer, 
 and the nature of those sufferings which ensued. I had 
 power on this point, — exclaiming, let us cover our faces, 
 as Elijah with bis mantle, as our suffering Lord passes by. 
 Betiis recognize in the emotions which sway our hearts, 
 and in the tears that bathe our cheeks, that we know and 
 feel those suflkrings were no common sufferings, that grief 
 was no common grief, that agony was no common agony ! 
 No, no ! — men nor angels cannot measure it, — cannot 
 estimate it! — *^ 
 
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 A iM^ of wot more thui whole worlds oould bear." 
 
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 Witb what tender sympathy do those words of Jesas fill 
 my hoart, — tho last words ho uttorod before ho tasted of 
 that cup, *' © my Fatfier^ if this cup iruiy not pass away 
 from WW, except I drink t/, tuy will db done; " if 
 man cannot be saved except I drink it, my hearty my lips 
 are now ready ; and ' then that dark cup of our grief and 
 sin penalty touched his lips, and he drank it; but it 
 was taken voluntarily. — a fiict the infidel was called 
 upon to mark. It had his full and free consent, througP^ 
 intense love and pity for tho infidel's soiil and for my soul, 
 — for every soul of man. What a! powerful hold Uiis 
 gives one of an audience I 
 
 How instantaneous the effect' of that cup! " The 
 bloody sweaty ' ' — how ftrailtar the phrase ! Do we^jroperly 
 comprehend it ? How terrible the import ! The blood first , 
 oozed out through every pore in crimson dew-drops all 
 ^^t)^t his body, increasing in magnitude till, as St. Luke 
 tella, his sweat was like great drops of blood falliti^/ down 
 to the ground. There is evidence, too, that the night was 
 not sultry, to cause sweat ; for Vkfire was needed a few hours 
 afterwards in the midst of a hall, where Peter desired to 
 warm himself. He sweat lying upon the cold earth. He 
 was bathed in blood caused by no world weapon; was 
 crushed in soul, and bruised in body, but by no mortal 
 hand. . It was the storm aftd agony within whioh made 
 the blood to appear without. ' Ah ! how ten:ible that storm/ 
 How intense that a^gony ! How intolerable that pressure! 
 The tides and wave^ of the ocean, mighty as they are, are 
 arrested by a slender strip of in^i^ificant sand, as Jeremiah' 
 notices: <' Though the waves toss themselves, yet •cannot 
 they prevail; though they roar^ yet can they not pass."— 
 Jer. 5 : 22. Not so the purple tide in our dear Redeemer's 
 ^1x)dy. Its orimson waves were set in motion by that storm 
 
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 BABNEST CHMSTIANm ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 within,— a storm hitherto unknown and unfelt in any hu- 
 man frame, and never to be endured again !— that /trfc, 
 those waves, driven on by it, soon rushed through and over 
 all opposing barriers, deluged the surface of his body, stained 
 all his garments as one treading in the wine-press,— Isaiah 
 68 : 1, 8,— and reached the earth upon which he lay ! In 
 the prime of manhood he entered that garden,— in the 
 bloom of youth, and Bfealth, and vigor, and with a consti- 
 tution ^hich never was debilitated by sin or by disease, he 
 took that cup with no earthly liquid filled, and behold the 
 
 result! 
 
 And hoyt men's feelings looked out of their faces at the 
 cry, Sinner ! behold the Lamb of God ! Weep for him 
 who wept and bkd for thee I Yes, thou dost weep ; thou 
 canst not help it ! But 0, weep not so much over the suf- 
 fermgs of thy innocent Redeemer, but weep for thyself — 
 for ^ysins! Begin the imitation of thy Lord, with proycr* 
 and supplications^ strong crying and tears, that thou 
 mayest be pardoned and saved ^om that dreadful hell firom 
 which thy Saviour's tears redeemed thee ! And thou hast 
 reason to fear it ; for be assured that those agonies in the 
 garden, and those sufferings of which Calvary tells, only indi- 
 cate what thou must suffer in hell, if thou thyself shalt drink 
 of that cup afl a satisfection to infinite justice for the sins 
 of thy soul. Alas for thiee then ! It will require an eter- 
 nity to drink it. If a few hours of agony and death suf- 
 ficed thy Bedeemer to make anj atonement for thy sins, it 
 was because of the exceeding dignity of his person, and the 
 
 infinite merit of his sufferings. 
 
 It is good to />arficMtori;8rc,— to single out this and the 
 
 other character in an audience, — to discern the who By the 
 
 EXFBJsasiOTSff differing in this and the other, according to 
 
 temperament, education) habits, views, prejudices. It makes 
 
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 the Gospel a personal thing ; brings it home to the individual 
 bosom; puts the honeycomb to the lips, or the cheering 
 cordial, or'^he bitter but medical potion, or the potetU ^ 
 remedy. How inspiring, as yesterday, to behold or hear 
 iheindi^ual effects,— the responsive word» or look, or tear, 
 or shout, here and there, over nearly three thousand souls! 
 Truly the Gospel is designed for the whole world; and 
 there is a decided and an electrifying advantage in having 
 an immense mass of miiuLnt once under its sound. 
 Perhaps more angelic being^^mhle then. Did the LoJrd 
 intend to teach this, ordaining that his famous temple should 
 be in a manner lined with angelic figures? One of the 
 fathers, a short time after the apostles, tells us that a cer- 
 tain person of undoubted veracity and piety declared to him 
 that he had seen a vision of angels leaning forward towards 
 the altar, and listening, as soldiers around their general. If 
 they are ministering spirits sent forth to minister to those 
 who shall be heirs of salvation, where should they be, but 
 hovering over such a mass of redeemed souls ? — the inter^ 
 ests at stake forbid one to suspect mdiflerence. It is reason- 
 able, also, to suppose a greater amount of divine influence 
 present under such circumstances, to say nothing of the 
 electrifying effect of such an imposing spectacle upon the 
 preacher. 
 
 ft This is a digression. No matter ; I do not feel good for 
 much else to-day than to scribble and ^vrite out all the feel- 
 ings and impressions of my heart. After prayer, I love the 
 companionship of my pen ; I like to note down ideas while 
 they are fresh. From the sinnet I had a ready transition 
 to the believer, and with good effect. All hail^ believing < 
 soul, over yonder ! I see by thy looks thou art sympathiz- 
 ing with thy Lord. Thou hast redemption through his 
 bkK>d, the forgiveness of thy sins. Yes. thou mayeit well 
 
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 BABNSST CnWSTIANITt ILLUSTRATED. 
 
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 ihout through thy tears ! Shout, then, and I will help thee 
 to shout, " Glory to God, and to the Lamb, for ever and 
 ever. Amen ! " Ay, scores of you shout, for you express 
 it all in your looks ; let it go up to hundreds and thousands, 
 and when all present are at it, would that the whole town, 
 and all England, and all nature, might join in it at .once ! 
 
 a shout like a great thunder, such as John heard,— 
 
 " Blessing, and honor, and ghry, and jtower, be unto 
 him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb /or 
 ever and ever.^^ — Rev. 5 : 18. 
 
 And yonder site a poor brother ; and over there as poor a 
 sister; — not poor in grace, nor in fiiith, bless God ! but 
 poor in this world ; — coat none of the best,— worn as thy- 
 self with the world's rubs: Who cares for thee? Jbsus 
 does. Why does he care for thee? Thy sympathies for 
 hissufibrings are met by his sympathieB for thy sorrows 
 and trials in life. Fear not. He has a crown for thee; 
 but thou must be tried, and faithful, and true, a little 
 longer. Jesus sees thee ! He is coming to receive thee 
 unto himself He is filling thy heart with the sunshine 
 "'of his presence now. Yes, shout ! I love to hear a poor 
 saint shout. More of you! More be it! Shout, then, by 
 the doapi ! Let Christ's poor have their jubilee ! ''Amens, 
 Glorys and HaUelujahs,'' never disturb me when preach- 
 ing, if God is in them, aa now. They vibrate upon my 
 heart-strings ; they thrill my very soul ; they electrize my 
 whole being! Hallelujah! The Lord God omnipotent 
 reigneth ! Dry your tears, ye saints, and think how high 
 your great Deliverer reigns ! * ' Let us stay in the garden." 
 Very well, then, let us stay in the garden. Let us admin- 
 ister the sacrament in the garden of Oethsemane ! For- 
 get that you are. in Huddersfield, or in England.^ Imagine 
 yourselves in the garden, aa you surround the table of your 
 
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 risen Lord: Let the scenes of Oeikserhane^ if you will, as 
 well as Calvary, be present to your imagination and faith, 
 as you surround the table of your blessed Redeemer. 
 
 Hearken to a voice, not from the hills of Ju^ea, but 
 froto the hills of Ireland ! The Irish ^arp never sounded 
 sweeter to my soul than in^the following lines, by one of 
 her sons. Hearken ! — so6, bijt shout not; weep, if you 
 will ! 
 
 , " Alone in that still midnight hour, 
 
 When gloom involved the mountain round him, . 
 And hell's dark flpirita given the power, 
 , As they had long the will, to wound him, 
 
 The strength which Heaven supplied withdrawn. 
 What wonder that his frame should langtdsh. 
 Aware that mom's approaching dawn 
 Must rise on its commencing anguish T 
 
 *• Deserljed hy the world he came 
 .. ^o^save, which o'er his Woes exulted ; 
 Ordained to die the death of shame. 
 
 By those for whom he died insulted ; 
 EUs Father's smile withdrawn from him. 
 
 And his few heedless followers sleeping. 
 What marvel if his eyes grew dim/ 
 
 And his lorn soul went wild with weeping I 
 
 ** The dateless sins of centuries past. 
 
 The countless crimes of unborn ages. 
 Upon his l^urthened shoulders oast, 
 
 To bear through torture's lingering stag^ ; 
 To be by one false firiend betrayed. 
 
 Just ere another has denied him. 
 While none remain to lend their aid. 
 
 Or stand in death's dark hour beside him t 
 
 ** All^these, and mwy a wilder woe, 
 
 I)aTk phantoms^of unknown existent^. 
 Came crowding round, above, below. 
 And gathering in the gloomy diaiaaoe. 
 
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 BABNBST OHRISTIANITT ILLUSTBATID. 
 
 
 nil from hiB bflnt brow povred the blood, 
 Down on the italnloM soil before him, 
 
 Eren though the pitying angel stood 
 And waved his winga of healing o*«r him. 
 
 ** Man ! durst thou ailer thii eomplain. 
 
 And weary Heaven With wild repining • 
 That thou host Mt some passing pain. 
 
 And seen some rainbow hope declining T 
 Know that, whatever grieft came o'er. 
 
 Whatever pangs misfortune gave thee. 
 Hi suflfered then ten thousand more. 
 
 And gladly suffered all to save thee." 
 
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 Ah ! this was, indeed, a gracious time ! I suppose there 
 were two thousand people at the Lord's table, — and snoh 
 weeping ! There were other effective points in the dis- 
 coiurse, — where Grief met Jes^s at Pilate's bar, on the 
 streets of Jerusalem, with the cross on his bare and bleed- 
 ing shoulders,* — on Calvary, on the cross, — heaven and 
 earth sympathizing and ' coloring with his woes,'— till all 
 the sky was draped in black, and blackness lay heavy on all 
 the land. 
 
 Had an immense crowd at night, and a stwrn from the 
 
 pulpit. Critics and croakers and all their family were in 
 
 an amaze, with backsliders and sinners,— -as if in the pre- 
 
 -dicament of Wordsworth's TViij7o»er ; 
 
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 **^jfstoun<2e({ in the mountain-gap. 
 
 With petds of thunder, jslap on clap, 
 
 - Andmany a terror-striking flash -~ 
 
 And somewhere, as it seems, a crash 
 
 Among the roeA», with weight of rain. 
 
 And sullen motions long and dow. 
 
 That to a weary disttbioe go — - 
 
 Till, breaking in upon the dying ttniun, 
 
 A reodidg overhead bq^ins the fray again ! *' v 
 
 The Iioxd did help my soul His truth flashed like 
 
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 /irt • — tonse an idwk of Petrarch, "Uke heaven's own 
 Sunder it Bmote the trembling mind." T?ie slain of the 
 Lord were many. If this does not raitfe the devil and 
 bring a storm about our ears, then Sata^ is asleep, or has 
 quit the field, that's all ! There are some i' unwedgeabU 
 and gnarled oaks'' here, requiring some of those boUs 
 which the poet called upon to split them ! The Gospel is 
 no tame affair when preached wUh the Holy Ghost sent 
 domi from heavett! It has boUs, too, effectual as those 
 which fifcU in thunder. There was a splittirm and a rend- 
 ing of " the oaks of Bashan " last night ; and a rending 
 away of souls from the devil, the world and sin, to Jeauf, 
 who received, healed and saved them. - 
 
 •« And many to hia name ollejpance'TOwed, 
 Who owned another ma««er till that hour. 
 But now shook off hie tows, and praised Bedeeming Lote." 
 
 The number saved by eleven o'clock that night, and 
 registered, was one hundred and thirty aoM&, besides ten 
 children ! All glory be to God. alone ! 
 
 It is a curious circumstance, and I thipk worthy of rec- 
 Oid,— for I Verily believe it is recorded in heaven,— that 
 this day's remarkable success is traceable to the prayers of 
 a company of converted Sabbath-school children. Last 
 Saturday oStemwa they assembled for a prayer-meeting 
 among themselves. 3)uring the meeting, it seems, it came 
 into the mind of one 6f them to pray for the srivation of a 
 certam number of souls, in pardon and purity, the followin'g 
 day,— one hundred and forty was the number named. 
 The idea took with these young believers. Their faUh 
 . fiwtened firmly upon the power and goodness of Christ, that 
 it should be so. They plead, and felt, and ventured to 
 believe, that it would be so; and it actiially was so ! On 
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 examination of the r^/ister, it is fonnd that fortj of thoee 
 ■aved yesterday were oases of purity, and the remaining 
 one^hundred were conversions. But these praying children 
 included both blessings in the word ^^saved,^^ which they 
 had used before the Lord, I suppose, with great emphasis, 
 — knowing well the meaning of the term. Thanks be unto 
 God for Sabbathnschool instructumf Jesus thanked his 
 Father that he had hidden these things from the miae and 
 prudent J and revealed them unto babes, because it seemed 
 good in his sight. It is so still. And, as our Lord said, 
 on anpther occasion, when the blind and the lame were 
 healed by , him in the temple, and the place rang with the 
 Bweet vdicdii^ of children crying*** Hosanna to the Son of 
 David," and' the Chief Priests and Scribes were trying 
 to scowl it di&wn, saying to J©Eps, ** Nearest thou what 
 these say?" -^^Yea,'* he mildly ireplied, ^' have ye never 
 redd, Out op- mb mouths op babbs and sucKMNas 
 THOU HAST PBRPECTED PRAiSB ? " — as if a stritiff were 
 wanting in God's praise, till infant voices supplied iff 
 
 A poet says, ''The child is the father of the man.'^ 
 The elements of the future man, good or bad, are* often 
 developed in the child. May it be so in these! If the 
 tit/anc^ of their faith be so strong and prevailing, what 
 may it not reach in its manhood, if they remain true to it 
 and grow in grace, up to *' the bright and burning noon of 
 their intellectual d^ ' ' ! We read that * * The Spirit of the 
 Lord began to move Samson,' a^ timeSj in the camp of 
 Dan ietween Zorah and Eshtaol"^ Judges 13: 25. 
 That was an early^^ earnest of his future power. 
 
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 There is a society of Socialists in t^is town,— Lifidels, 
 hard-faced men, — ^bold and daring for their evil cause ; 
 in72»deep in their souls to oppose the Bible. Of course 
 
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 mir doingi are intolerable. Thej have an edifice set apart 
 for their Sabbath day and evening gatheripgB, where holy 
 time ia outraffeaimly desecrated. An old woman passing 
 by the-ktructure, the other day, paused to read the inscnp- 
 tion high on front, and, her sight not being good, she read, 
 « The HeU of Science.^' '» There ! did you ever I -rfwhat 
 are they going to do with science?— the He// o/S'cience/ 
 —and passed on. *' The Hall of Science " is the motto ; 
 but the old woman was not for out of the way, after all. 
 They have had it from the pulpit rather hot, for their 
 patience, of kte. Their assemblies have^ been thinned, 
 almost broken up ; and, besides, numbers of their adherents 
 have been lately converted. The wasp's nest has been 
 greatly disturbed; they have tried to stinff and do other 
 mischievous things, which have rather recoiled upon them- 
 selves. Public opini4)n has given them some significant 
 frowns. A few expressive symptoms of dissatisfaction with 
 the revival a«iongcertaini/;emW.6e ^^ higher class'' ones have 
 given them courage ; but they counted too fast It is hard 
 coping with the ptywer of God ; — not the first time a revi- 
 val of religion has turned into foolishness the wisdom of the 
 irafty. They are vexed that numan nature will so patroniao 
 * " this hell anddamnation." We have something better t|aii 
 that, gentlemen ; although even that is worthy of an escape 
 from,— not from hearing about It,- but ftm suffering its 
 rca/i/iM in eternity. Well, they have concluded to send in 
 a flag of truce, asking for- a cessation of hostilities, or at 
 least a decrease of the cannonade, and time for explanations. 
 A deputation has waited upon me» One, m the name of 
 the rest, entered his protest against my " misrepresentations 
 and unbearable inferences,"— that I had even injured his 
 character! Poor man! I neither recognized his name nor 
 /occ,— although not unlikely I may have drawn hi^ por- 
 
 
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 ■IRMMT CHRISTUHnr IU.TOTRAT1D. 
 
 trait pretty correctly in the pulpit ; and, not liking hii own 
 likeness, and his neighbors recognizing it, he of course felt 
 himself scandalized. I remarked, my habit was to attack 
 infidelity in all its shapes, forms and complexions ; and if 
 it sheltered itself under the wing of Socialisni, they must 
 not be surprised if a few of ipy arrows should lodge in its 
 feathers. It might be somewhat annoying, but their best 
 way was to thrust out the traitor to good morals and reli- 
 gion, and let the arrows of the Gospel pierce him on his 
 own unfenced commons ; that, if I had injured their society, 
 to prove it, and they should have ample satisfaction. The 
 plaster shall be as large as the wound. Perhaps you have 
 no objections to tell me, honestly, what are your real princi- 
 ples in a religious point of view. Do you believe the Bible 
 to be a revelation from God ? " We do not" That there 
 is an hereafter after death, and that you have each a soul 
 to enjoy or to suffer its awards ? " No, that is not our 
 creed." But you surely believe in the existence of a God ? 
 " No, I do not," and he became somewhat excited. Indeed ! 
 that is worse and worse. By denying you have a soul that 
 will live forever, you pkoe yourselves on a level with brute 
 beasts. This is hard upon you, but is it anything more 
 than fact? But, alas ! by denying the existence of a God, 
 you exhibit a capability brutes possess not. You are Athe- 
 ists. "Ihave thought,^ — I have reasoned thus," Hold! 
 what is that which thinks and reasons within you ? Your 
 very soul, perhaps, whose existence you have just denied,— 
 that which thinks and reasons within your body may do 
 sa without the body, by and by ! Take care that it thinks 
 and reasons correctly in this world, or it may be worse for 
 it the next ! " I think for myself. No man shall dictate 
 to me what I shall believe." 0, that is all well enough ; 
 bttt see to it taat you think not erroneously; we are but 
 
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 eanverainff now, not dictntinj. " I have more independ- 
 ence ihm oihen. I think for mywlf. I mov?d step by 
 step, till I reached my present vantage-ground m behef. 
 Your present unbelief, you should say. You have some 
 Ulent, sir. It is a pity you should employ it m proving 
 yourself nothing but a brute. " A brute ? " Yes, a brute ! 
 "what are you else, if soulless? "I want superstUum 
 hooted out of the world, and our Socialist principles better 
 understood ; then wo should have a very different state of 
 thihgs " Doubtless ! Men without a soul, a world without 
 a God, the Bible a fable, Christianity a dream, acoounta- 
 biUty after death a figment of the imagination, hell a 
 auperstiUon, eternity * blank ! A changed world, indeed, 
 should Socialism prevail ;- black as the globe which I 
 noticed on the tomb of Voltaire, In^Paris, a few months 
 since ; -ay, and one of hell's appendages. What advan- 
 tage would it be to me, pray, to believe aT you do r My 
 soul is happy in believing what you discard. Would l^ 
 more truly happy in your unbelief? What benejit ?- what 
 good by disbelieving as you? Would it improve py 
 morality,pttrity,happine8S, or safety? You believe I am 
 safe enough, even now, as re^rds eternity, do you not? 
 «*0 certainly:' Now hear me! I believe you are in 
 danger of eternal damnation. Whether truth or error, 
 that is my belief. ^Why, then, should you wonder that I 
 . try to disturb youf&perthrim your errors, and convert you 
 to Christ ? But, I do wonder why you should try to con- 
 vert-me, or any Christian, to your way of thinking, unless 
 your heart is as dark as your principles ; — the devil for 
 
 such business! ^ , . 
 
 After urgitg the p(|||ility of resisting, grieving and, 
 quenching the Holy SpW, and sinnin^ifcwifcy the day of 
 grace, and the consequencesi hardness of heart, and repro- 
 
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 baoj of mind, and an untroubled depravity to believe or 
 disboliovo anything, I turned to one of the deputation, a^. 
 Baid : DooB this man represent correctly the principles k 
 your society ? «' No ; I don't go quite so far," the chief 
 interposed, saying, " it is no use conversing any more about 
 it,— let us go;" und drew towards the door, feeling some- 
 what difereni than when he came in; reminding one of that 
 odd picture in Holland,— a Dutchman with a full-blown 
 bladder upon his shoulder, while another behind is pricking 
 It with a pin, and uttering a Latin motto, signifying *'How 
 soon is all blown down ! " Now, then, what are to bo their 
 next /op/ic*? We shall see. 
 
 Feb. 4th. — My hoarseness rather increases. The work 
 advances with unabated power. There are adversaries 
 but they canj^ot effect much ; and the power of Ood is 
 8weepij;ig them away before it. Error seems like chaff 
 before a whirlwind. Not less than nine hundred sinners 
 have been converted since th« revival began, last December- 
 and about /o«r hundred believers have been entirely sand 
 
 (ijled throuffhout spirit, soul and body.— 1 Iheaa 5- 28 
 M. All glory be to Ood on high, for ever and ever! Amen 
 ^y own soul is in a flourishing state ; but the body makes 
 lome complaint The Lor^ has ever been better to me 
 than my bodinff fears ; I iStlst go on unfalteringly. If the 
 battle is the Lor^^ I believe it is, and I am necessary 
 to lead on his spiritual troops, he will stiingthen the outer 
 as well as the inner man. With this confidence, let me 
 ontrarrf, vigorously and X5ourageou8ly. Amen. 
 
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 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 PLAIN DBALINO WITH ODSTINATB SINNERS. — A BIRMON. , 
 
 Tbh following discourse is in Mr,- Caughey's seTereit 
 Btyle of address — a style and method which he employe 
 with a class of sinners who resist all milder methods^ In 
 iti -present form and place it may, perchance, reach the 
 conscience of some uncoiaverted sinner. 
 
 "He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear:'— Matt. 
 
 18:48. ^ ^ . . 
 
 The words are Christ's ; the application of them is mme; 
 the effect to he produced must he left with the Holy Ghost. 
 Therefore, He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear. 
 
 1. The Psalmist speaks ahout an approaching calamity 
 upon certain "hairy scalps" which go on in wickedness 
 against the Lord. They are very husy, just now, among 
 us. Depravity has descended to our days, as well as hairy 
 scalps. The latter are very convenient, useful and orna- 
 mental; hut we could dispense with depravity. Had they 
 a little more hair, some might claim kindred with another 
 species in all but accotmtahility ; that they have,— the 
 worse for them. This is severe ; but St. Jude was quite as 
 much so. Hearken to him: ''But these speak evil of 
 those things which they kncnonoi: but what they know 
 naturaUy, as BRUTB beasts, in those things they corrupt 
 themselves. Woe unto them .' " I shall venture ttai fiir- 
 
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 tiWr; % little more of the devU*i image upon thera^ tod thej 
 would be littlb olte tlion dovib ooverod with fleah ! That ia 
 Mvere, but not more no t^ian our JEiOrd in rogard to Judoa : 
 ** Have not f chosen you twelve, and one of you i$ a 
 devil ?^^ Some bore aro graduating faat into that ho^ib 
 •tate of ipiritual depravity. It ia terrible to think ao, 
 riblo to eay ao, and a thouaand timoa more terrible that it 
 ig really ao with aomo of you now proaont. Let ua, my 
 brotbron, weep over them now; ory unto 0<jd for them now, 
 that he may awaken and save them before they do arrive Ikl 
 that terrible atate. 
 
 The Lord himaelf haa threatened them. Liaten: "Bu/ 
 Oo4 shall wound theJjfUtd of his enemies, and the hairy 
 scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses." 
 
 — Pa. 68 : 21. "Wound the head;"— mark that! fa- 
 tality there, or finality, or what you will that impliea a 
 deoiaive and terrible blow. That woa an apt comment on 
 the aame poaaago, by a ahrewd man, — *<A wound in thp 
 head ia deatUy, daahing out the braina of all their coun- 
 fiela." Such a blow ia coming. Lord Jeeus, fetch them a 
 Goapel blow firat, by my miniatry I If4i|||jtf|yent. well, 
 
 — souls are aaved j if mt, 0, it ia too mMKSM<^^ o' 
 their beada, and a little beyond, to fSlrVreaalul fature 
 
 ;tliat ia awaiting them ! 
 
 ^$1. /f« that hath an ear to hear, let him hecw. — That 
 be YVtj near bell when he haa nothing elae^to 
 )ut religion, — none else to " throw hia squibs 
 . ^ le Ho^H^^it of God." It is an awful thing to 
 tfiakd merry with damnation, and laugh at the thunderbolts 
 of God; ■ 
 
 Eusehius tells us of one who took a piece of Scripture 
 to make a jest of, but was presently struck with a frenzy, 
 and ran mad. Luther observed, "Whom God intendi to 
 
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 of theMinner! »jr, and thank God you have not 
 reft of your reaeon, or damned in lieil along with 
 tUeed frentied onee of whom Jeeui telle, whoee only employ^ 
 inent is weeping aftd waiiing and gnashing of fwihf 
 • Better begin to weep and wail here, where your mourning 
 * may be turned into joy, and finally into eternal triumphs I 
 Hearken to me. Ix »■ dangerous work to sport with a 
 revival; it ii the work of the Holy Spirit, aa is tht Bible. 
 But I suppose •• it is thte heart that gives color to our des- 
 tiny,"— the degree of light in the head, and vioioiisnoss 
 and malice in the heart. Beware of "Me nn^unto dmih.** 
 A revival has often been to sinners what Samsoii wa« to 
 the Philistines; — it has made sport for them, but pulled 
 down UjfcSn their heads the fabric of Ood^s Jttdgmenti.- 
 
 It is.^^lif to tell the Almighty you know nothing bat- 
 ter for Bport*iSaii his work. It was only the other night I 
 found a rough-looking young man kneeling among the pen- 
 itents, as if Ae were one himself; I caught a glance at his 
 face, ^nd mt a titter there. Satan appeared to have used 
 ^ him rather roughly; hi^ head looked as if it had bee« ^ 
 combed with a brier-bush/ I whispered in his ear he haA 
 better take care l)f what he was about; that in trifling with 
 religion on hia way to hell, he might happen to make a 
 shorter journey there than he expected, — might get there 
 sooner than if he respected religion. Glad I was to be in- 
 formed be took the alarm, sought mercy in earnest^ and 
 found it. He will neVer regret, if fitithful ; and sure I am 
 Jesus Christ will treat him better than his old master. 
 
 I quite agree with one who said there are people in the 
 
 world, had they it in their power, would Jeer relig|ioB^out 
 
 of it; and added, that God would do them no ii^juslice, if 
 
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 he has oftm dme, and will assuredly do with some in this 
 town unless they repent, according to that awful declaration 
 in the book of Job, to' which I ask you all reverently to 
 listen. Job 18.— "TAc light of the wicked shall be puf 
 out^and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The 
 light shall he dark in his tabernacle^ and his candle 
 shall be put out with him. The steps of his strength 
 shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him 
 'down. Terrors shall make: him afraid on every side, and 
 shall drive him to his feet. His confidence shall be rooted 
 put of his tabernacle; and it shall bring him to the king 
 ^Olt TERRORS ; — brimstone shaUbe scattered upon his hab- 
 itation. His remembrance shall perish from the earth, 
 and he shall have no name in the Streets. He shall be 
 
 DRIVEN FROM LIGHT INTO DARKNESS, AND CHASED OUT OB 
 
 THE WQRLD. Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, 
 ^ and this is the place of him that knowethjkot God:' 
 What do you think? Is not that a terrible passagef ChaSbd 
 out of the w^ld,— m a vagabond spirit,— as the devil 
 was chased oui of heaven down to hell. 
 
 The assurance once given to a religion-scorning sinner I 
 have no hesitancy in applying to a wickedly-witty sinner, 
 — that his chair is in the mmith of hell— Prov. 19 : 29. 
 Ayl^deed, and when death capsizes the chair, the occu- 
 pant falls where flames attend his foil. One who saw many 
 sights — foir sights, beautiful sights, wretched sights, 
 mournful sights, terrible sights —says that iiie worst sight 
 he ever saw was a sinner going laughing to heU. It was 
 added, there is still anoAer, and the world affords no sadder 
 sight ; — a poor, ChrisHess' soul shivering upon the brink 
 of eternity ; just beginning to awake put of its long dream 
 at its entrance into the world of realities, and shrinking 
 into the body, with the cry, " 0^ I cannot, I dare not die! 
 
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 Lord, what will become of me? 0, what shall be my eter* 
 nal lot?" This, I s«iy, is the saddest sight our world 
 affords. Sad, indeed ! Both axe bad enough. Neither of 
 them are rare sights in this town ! 
 
 8. He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear. 
 
 We want an apostle James to cry amidst these streets, 
 with the voice of a Jonah, " Be afflicted^ and mourn^ and 
 weep : let your laughter be turned to mourning^ and yovr^ 
 jay to heaviness.^^ — James 4: 9. ' ^^Woe unto you that 
 arefvU ! for ye shaU hunger. Woe unto you that Imfgh 
 now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you that 
 itr&rich! for ye have received yburconsolati^tn" — ^Luke 
 6 : 24, .25. Do you understand these dreadful threaten- 
 jngs? — that they have a literal and spiritual signification?- 
 — literal and spiritual eyen for both worlds? The prophet 
 Ezekiel saw a ro/l,^ that is, a written parchment,— in a 
 supernatural hand, and it was spread or unrolled before his 
 eyes; and he found written therein lamentations, and mourn- 
 ing, and woe. It was written thus, within and without, as 
 you may see by the passage, — Ezek. 2 ; 9, 10 ; written 
 without in the letter ^ that every one might read, as a pre- 
 dicted history of coming sorrows, — within, in the hidden 
 and spiritual sense, requiring the spiritual and far-seeing eye 
 of ijie prophet to read and understand ; — and then to gby 
 them out and into the ears alid consciences of the people. 
 
 4. He that hath an ear to hear, let him, hear. ■ 
 
 We are all endowed by our Creator with distinct and 
 significant talents. We are not jumbled together, as so 
 many atoms, in midistinguishable masses, — accountable 
 only to God, if you please, as some corporate bodies sup- 
 pose themselves to be — not as individuals^ but only in 
 their corporate capacity ; — a damnable error, which sends 
 many an individual to hell for the sins of the corporation. 
 
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 And why 7 Because he gave his individual vote for this or 
 that sinful measure, and God, who saw it, and his conscience, 
 together, held .him accountable. A terrible thought; should 
 like to pursue i# The digression would be too wide. But 
 had I a voice of thunder j—a,j, loud as tho archangeV s 
 trumpet J — I should like to thunder that truth into the ears 
 of all corporate bodies upon the face of the earth. This 
 let mo say :,our gifts and talents are distinct. Our mental 
 characters differ as our fiices, and we are individually i^ 
 countable for them, though living, mSving and acting, 8i|t 
 thousands. Th'ia fact is known in heaven and hell, tjfefe^f 
 known upon earth also. Satan tempts to the perversiibn 
 of talent upon this principle. 
 
 I have a question to ask. — Did you notice in our lesson 
 before text, Matt. 25, our Lord's parable of the talents ? 
 One servant received five talents, another two^ and a third 
 The Jirst two doubled their capital by trading. But 
 
 one. 
 
 the third, being too lazy to use it, or fearful of losing it, 
 went and hid it in the earth, where it remained a long time. 
 His doom on the reckoning-day. was terrible, as you 
 heard; — was sentenced to outer darkness^ where there was 
 weeping^ and wailing y and gnashing of teeth;— yf&a 
 damned, not for abusing Mb talent by ill-doing ^ — no, but 
 for not doin{ji good with it. ^^ He t/uU Iiath an ear to 
 hear, let him hear." . What, then, must be the final ddom 
 - ( of hiin who abuses his talents in serving the devil, and ruin- 
 
 ing himself and others thereby ? 
 
 The sentiment of an old writer is worthy to be heard. — 
 <( The perversion of the faculties is at all times more shock- 
 ing and disgraceful than the absence of them, by nature." 
 ne would almost think Antisthenes, the old Grecian phi- 
 »f Ibsopher, had been drawing an inference from the parable 
 
 referred to, when he said, "I would rather be punished with 
 
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 nuulnegs, than abandoned to violoos courses." It was on 
 tliie same principle one of old sounded that note of warning 
 among the young men of his day : " The Lord ^ill call us 
 to a strice account^ both for principle and interest of 
 those talents he haS intrusted to us ! " Impressive, dread- 
 ful thought ! Young man, let it enter into thine ear, and 
 sink Hown deep into thine heart, never to be removed ! 
 
 5. He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear. 
 
 There is some talent in those produdtions you have come 
 to hear my opinion of. Devils loYe the fun you have had 
 over them. Samson made sport for the Philistines. — 
 Judges 16:27. Odd if it turns out that some poor, 
 backslidden Samson, whose eyes the devil has put out, 
 has largely contributed to this sport for the devil and Phil- 
 istine sinners. Stand from under, there! Get out of the 
 way ! Fly from backslidden Samson ! He will bring down 
 some craslung judgments upon your heads. ' Expect no good 
 luck in his company. Fly from him fast as your fears 
 and your feet can carry you ! that the truth of God 
 might this night r^Msh him, as the power of God did Sam- 
 son, in the memorable calamity ! For, should he be smitten ^ 
 down by it into repentancfi, he might in his fall bring down 
 to the ground the pillars ot ^mckedineea which stpport more 
 than one "Hall of Science," — &]sely so called, — when the 
 cries of the wounded might reach the ear of Heaven, not 
 to be returned with doleful echoes, as in hell, but with an- 
 swers of pardon, healing, salvation ! 
 
 6. He that hath an ear to hear, let him hear. 
 
 What answer shall I return to him that sent me? Is it 
 one of repentance ? Alas, is it rather one of persistence? 
 What shall I say before you fly from this awful place? Let 
 me drop this word in the ear of every one of you : " Those 
 who employ their talents in contriving methods to sin, 
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 to punish" 
 
 Are you all of one mind ? Do not some of you falter ? 
 —-almost upon the point of detaching yourselves from this 
 confederacy of sin, " How long halt ye between two 
 opinions ? If the Lord be God, foll&w him : but if Baal, 
 follow him:'—! Kings 18 : 21. You, like those of old, 
 answer not a word. You need not; the answer looks out 
 of your subdued faces. Xead the way, ye bold, ye penitent, 
 ye resolved ! Here is a great Saviour for great sinners ! 
 Merey was first offered at Jerusalem to his murderers. I 
 offer mfer«iy, throu|h his precious blood, td you his carica- 
 turers, whd, if you could not reach his person in heaven, 
 have tried to fierce his influence, his name, \j^jhar(zcter, 
 and his imoffe, ih his children upon earth, yith a full 
 heart and full eyes, 1 pffer pardon in full througn him who 
 died for you. But you Hiust apply to Jesus himself for 
 the pardon. I cannot dispeiise it. No^human being upon 
 earth can absolve you ; only JeSus can ! He is both able 
 and wiUing,— and 7iow. Come now to Jesus. Ho, ye des- 
 pairing and disconsolate,-^ come ! The ocean that covers 
 pebbles covers mountains also in itsdepthsj^ so the blood 
 covers great sins, a^ well as small «tn«,^-a«'the world has 
 it, though it would be difficult to prove there is any such 
 thing aa small sins, unless we could prove there is a small 
 damnation in the bottomless pit! Come, then, come as 
 you are. Cast away your weapons of rebellion. Let m>ercy 
 be your plea. * Plead the merits of his blood. Come and 
 kneel with his friends here at the footstool of mercy, while 
 
 we sing, 
 
 ** Come, humble rinner, in whose breast 
 , A thousand thoagt)t8 reyolve, — 
 , Come, with yofar gfult and fear oppressed, 
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 lake mountains roiiuid me oloM ; 
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 Whatever mky oppoee. 
 
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 •« Pnitrate I '11 lie before his tlirone, 
 And thete my guilt confess : 
 I '11 tell him I 'm a wretch undone 
 Without his sovereign grace. 
 
 *« Perhaps he will admit my plea. 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 
 Buti if I perish, I will pray. 
 And perish only there. 
 
 . «« I can but perish, if I go — 
 I am rcBolved to try ; 
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 WARNINGS TO SINNERS.— A SBRMON. • 
 
 "Who hath ears to heart let him hear J^ — 'iHaXt 
 
 18: 43. 
 
 1. Your attention ! To all whom it may concern. 
 '^ English history tells us of a 'pe&i freshet in the river 
 Severn^ producing an inundation which iijvaded the country 
 around, laying extensive portions of it under water. In 
 one plpwe it was observed that dogs^ and cats, and hares, 
 and rats, swam off for dear life, ajl in company, and con- 
 gregated upon a small piece of ground the water h^ sur- 
 rounded, but not covered. , There they abode peaceably 
 / 1 1 together, forgetting their natural antipathy to each other, 
 
 as if aware of tHeir common danger. Well, so it is now in 
 J- Hudiersfield. This revival is WMwda/m^jf the whole town ; 
 and signers that fought like dogs and cats have laid ft^ide 
 their mutual antipathies in their struggles for dear life to 
 BOtoe rising ground of common infidelity, whidh, God knows, 
 is always low ^ough ; but it afibrds them a slight chance of 
 nescape from tM^flood of salvation which is sweeping every- 
 thing before it. And. how peaceably they behave towards 
 . .^ mi]i other now, scowling only.at the revival-flood,— agree- 
 ing to oppose the revival only, at all risks! But its waves 
 rise higher and higher, underminmg iheir positions, and one 
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 for mercy, ifl saved, is changed in nature, and lapded safely, 
 a new creature, on Immanuel's ground ! Glorious sight,- to 
 see one and another and another thus saved, and liaing up 
 their hands in prayer for a like palvation to those they left 
 
 behmd ! . 
 
 Tup to the forty-seventh chapter of Ezekiel's prophecy, 
 and you wiU find a revival symbolized. An angel of the 
 Lord conducted the prophet to where the synii^Ucal waters 
 were issuing from under the temple of God; where he 
 measured them at the distance of one thousand feet, pud the ^ 
 waters were ankle-deep; a thousand feet more, and they 
 were knee-deep ; one thousand more, to the loins ; another 
 thousand, and they had become a river. To wade now 
 was out of the question ; he that would pass over must 
 swim or drown. But, mark ! Wherever the waters flowed, 
 they healed; — everything that moved ip/them became 
 healthy and lived, where all was death ! 
 
 The prophet saw the river of Gospel salvation,^ such as 
 has reached this town, and is inundating it. Sinners who 
 are dead to God and to divine influence try to escape from it ; 
 but it follows them, overthrows them, submerges them, — 
 and in Aeir submersion they pass from death unto life, — 
 lands them on the Rock of Ages, new creatures in Christ 
 
 Jesus! * 
 
 These are facts. Were I to request itfthirieen hundred 
 
 saved sinners, and more than six hundred purijied heheY' 
 
 ers, would stand upon their feet this instant, as witnesses to 
 
 the fact, — all the saved of the Lord during the last twelve 
 
 weeks! Hallelujah! 
 V 2. And now, once again, ^^ Who hath ears to hear, let 
 
 him hear^^ A man in Germany said that some ministers 
 . of Jesus are storm-birds of misfortune to SINNBRS;— r 
 
 m e aning that if th e y w e re not convert e d und e r their m inis - 
 
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 try, sore andBuro judgments are likely to befall them. 1 
 am not prepared to deny it. But this let me say, great 
 revivals of religion are often siorm-birds of misfortune to 
 those who harden their hearts and refuse to be saved by 
 them. It is likely to be so here. The "s/orw-6trrf" is 
 passing and re-passing over. Beware of coming judg- 
 ments. 
 
 If you will look into Ezekiel's vision of the holy waters, 
 you will find that the miry places an4 the marshes thereof, 
 which were not healed, were given to salt ; they were salted 
 by the just judgments of God. He that hath an ear to 
 hear, let him hear. He that is not salted by the Gospel, 
 cured of his sinful maladies, and saved from his sins, may 
 expect to be salted by judgments 1 
 
 It is often said, "God is on the throne of grace now*; 
 by and by he will be on the throne of judgment." I think 
 he is oven now seated upon both. For, when a revival like 
 this is in progression, God \s judgitiff those already who 
 
 * are refusing to be saved ; — that >', he is judging them 
 .%orthy of Tunishment, and in the jwt of passing sentence 
 
 * of coining affiiction upon this and the other -resisting sm- 
 ^ &j,'^sorrows and death-penalties. Remember what 
 St. John says : " There is a sin unto death, I do not say 
 that he shall pray for i/."— 1 John 5 \ 16. Think of that, 
 all ye who are shutting your eyes against superior light,— 
 the illuminations of the Holy Ghost, pearken to the word 
 of the Lord, by the ^prophet Micah : ''Heqr, all ye people : 
 hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the 
 Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his 
 holy temple.''— Micoh 1:2. The temple of the Lord la 
 the place of judgment now,— moved from ^^mai to Zion. 
 Tti»^n1f ftnd for that. Still, it is a place of judgment, and 
 
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 word of the Lord. Repent npw, and be eaved, before the 
 sentence of our God goes out against thee. 
 
 That was a wise remark of one — h6ar him : " When I go 
 to hear the word of the Lord preached, I go upon my trial; 
 and, if I look not better to it, the word that I hear may 
 procure me lose and damage, and much hurt. It may be a 
 matter of my guilt, and sentence me to death." Just and 
 solemn reasoning that What do you think of it, all ye who 
 are yet halting between two opinions 7 Is there not just cause 
 of alarm ? We read that the plague of Athens followed a 
 year of unprecedented health. A revival is a year of 
 spiritual healthy and is usually attended by the smiles 
 of heavefn, temporally as well as spiritually, coming down 
 upon the region all around like sunshine. Those who do 
 not receive soul-health have bodily health, ttat they may 
 be able to attend to soul-health. But, if such a help is 
 abu^d, then follows some plague or other. — Job 21 : 23. 
 
 8. Again, let ffiO cry aloud, "TTAo hath ears to hear, 
 ItijLrhim hear." Rememt>er the Severn, and the dogs, and 
 cats, and rats, andVrei! Wise animals those, when com- 
 pared with some sinners among you. Self-preservation is 
 the first law of nature in brutes fta well as men. How in- 
 stinctively disposed they are to get out of harm's way ! How 
 well they can read the indications of the ^ming storm, and 
 betake themselves to places of shelter! Dogs howl, and 
 cattle low, before an earthquake. What does this i^ival 
 indicate ? Let the sinner conduit his own conscience. 
 There are jtidgments for abused mercies. That which 
 niay not be general, God can make individual. ^''He that 
 hafh anr ear to hear, let him hear." I once heard a 
 Presbyterian minister in Pi^/5/SeZ«^ Massachusetts, preach 
 on this text: "Foir the Son of man is come to save 
 that which was lost." One sentiment he uttered made a 
 
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 deep improaaion upon my mind. " Eternity only can iVw 
 how a Saviour freely off^ed and deliberately rejected 
 aflects a man's condition in the eternal world." There is a 
 terrible import about such a sentiment.' But I would say, 
 E?en your future in this life cail only show how a 
 Saviour freely oflfered and deliberately rejected^ects your 
 condition. Sinner, what are you about? \pft do you 
 .propose? Is this revival to leave you unstf<rj9? Is the 
 harvest to pass, and the summer of salvation to end,- and you 
 not saved ? Pepend upon it, you may have a short autumn 
 and a speedy winter, long nights an4 a dreary desolation ! 
 Be warned, — make timelypreparatii^. Haste away from 
 the " toijidy storm and /empe«/.'*^I)play not. The time 
 is at hand. . - * 
 
 " The hour of flite Is HoT«ring nigh» 
 
 ■ the winds are rtill, j^^ " .■<, 
 
 But the cold waiei BweU high anttheaTlly, " 
 And there is rfon^jwr in them." .■■ " 
 
 The fowls of the heavens in the North American climate 
 know their time. They discern the signs of approaching^ 
 winter. A few sunny days in " the Indian Summer " can- 
 not deceive them. The lovelier the weather, the more 
 severe that which is to follow. They act as if they believed 
 80. Far to the north, their noise is immense, — great as we 
 have in this revival. Why their noise? To 'gather instrag- 
 glers; to attract the attention of all their tHbos, that not a 
 wing may be left behind; to prepare for a Jiglt to sunnier 
 and more hospitable climes. Away they fly, at length, navi- 
 gating the atmosphere ; — never northward -r that wo^ld be 
 p«(rdition,— ^owMtrorrf.' T}iey know the true point of 
 compass without compass/^r chart. God haa taught it 
 them,— the same God i^o teaches your conscience^ sin- 
 
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 you were as willmg to be guided by it as the fowU of heaven I 
 But you are not. Jiet that pass for the present. Away 
 they haste from the northern storm, with its ice and ita , 
 snows. Farmers in their fields behold them high in air, out 
 of reach of gun-shot, moving on compactly, wing to wing, 
 pointed like » ship, prow and stem. Now and then they 
 alight upon some verdant tree-top, or settle down into some 
 seedy dell by lake or river brink, for needful refreshments. 
 Then up and away for the sunny south,— where thoy arrive, 
 at length, minus of one or two or more of their number, 
 which by unwatchfulnest or low-flying became the prey 
 
 of the fowler. 
 
 Now, mark I an^arly flight of birds southward in north- 
 em climes is a prett/ sure mdication of an early and 
 severe winter. The Lord of birds and men tells them this 
 by that which we call instinct. For Jesus hints that a 
 sparrow cannot fall to the ground without the notice of 
 their Creator and ours. 
 
 What is a revival of religion but a similar phenomenon 
 among rational beings? The same God that prompt* the 
 Inrds to a flight from the coming storms and desolations of 
 winter incites sinners to fly from the storms that must surely 
 overtake the Unbelieving and impenitent. There is a moral 
 in Job 87 : 6, 7, 8. But read Jeremiah 8 : 7. There God 
 speaks right out bf the heavens, and, pointing to the fowls 
 of the air, tells sinful men to look, leam, and be wise. 
 , MTea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed 
 times ; and the turtle, and the oranb, and the swallow, 
 observe the time of their coming; irut my people know 
 ^ not the judgment of the Lord." 0, what a tender, com- 
 plaining reproof does our God convey by such an allu- 
 sion ! Sinner ! will you liear and regard it ? 
 
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 and mino. " Who hath cars to hoar, lot him hear.'" Think 
 of the birds again. It Bometimes happens, though not 
 often, I believe, that Btragglert are left behind. For a 
 abort time they enjoy thomselvoa very well, picking up 
 the leavings of the flooks that are gone, — never seeming 
 aw#re of their error till winter is on them with savage 
 brow, with all his ice-clud legions, when they perish, or 
 drag out a pitiable existence till spring returns again. 
 
 But it is thus sinners perish, after neglecting, the 
 Spirit's call, and the good example of others. So true 
 was that saying of one, long since paiteed into eternity, 
 *< Many will fear till they /<?c/, nor think of danger till 
 it becomes inevitable." ye careless men and women, 
 listen to me ! Is it not bad to refuse to fear the wrath 
 of God, till you foal it hopelessly? Is it not sad to 
 refuse to think of peril, till you are involved in its calam- 
 ities? " v^ 
 
 I suppose you have all heard or read of that dangerous 
 whirlpool on th)6 coast of Norway, called the Maelstrom. 
 It is a perilous part of the sea for sailors — a whirlpool of an 
 amazing sweep. It sometimes roars like a cataract, when 
 there is a strong westerly wind. But, what is singular, its 
 violence is said to be greatest in calm weather. Then the 
 power of the vortex is tremendous. If a ship, during a 
 calm, is heedlessly allowed to enter its dread circumference, 
 and no wind springs up to aid her escape, she is sure to be 
 swept round and round, till swallowed up and lost. ye 
 careless ones, listen to the following story, the sorrowful 
 tale of a lost ship, and behold in it your own peril if you 
 yield to the influences of hell around you ! 
 
 There was fine weather along the coast of Norway,— rt a 
 
 smiling sky and smooth fleaa. The captain and c rew of a 
 
 certain ship, haying nothipg ta dp, determined to enjoy it,-— 
 
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 w«r« in high •piritu, and, to inoreaM their hilarity, they re- 
 torted to the intoxicating bowl; all but the pilot, who 
 seemed to be ai fully aware of the peril an your own oon- 
 Boience, sinnor,— for they were then not far from the lailori' 
 dread, the Maelstrom. 
 
 But the captain and crow feared nothing. They com- 
 meno^T^ merry dance on dock. The revel incrcaaed as 
 t^ey continued to drink. - 
 
 »« CJome, dance around, my jolly boy»!" iaid the captain. 
 And away went the merry tars in continued circle around 
 the deck, shouting till their lungs wore spent. It was a 
 drunken revel. • 4 
 
 " Captain," said the sober pilot, who alone refused to join 
 the jollification, " we must drop tochor at once. The wind 
 has died away, and the ship has performed a quarter-circle 
 within the last half-hour." ^ ^ ■ 
 
 "Ha, ha, ha ! " shouted the captain. "lill your glasses, 
 my merry lads ! Dance around, I say ; the good old ship 
 ii keeping us company ! " • 
 
 The pilot rushed back, with a pi^le and concerned look, 
 to note indications of the tale-telling compass. Presently he 
 returned with a face*livid from fear. a 
 
 " Captain I " he cried, " for the love of Heaven d^p«n- 
 uhor at once, till the wind springs up, for we have entered 
 the Maelstrom. See with the glass. Yonder ship iias cast 
 anchor, and she is now making signals to \13." 
 
 " Away, thou fool ! " screamed the captain. " My lads, 
 I 'II give you a song." He began — . ^ 
 
 •• Away, away with , the bro* of care ! 
 Th« devil ia blitheBomo and merry; 
 Odd boots it where, if there 'B pleasure there, 
 • With plenty of champagne and sherry.'* 
 
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 The pilot became frantic, l^o one volunteered to aid 
 him in dropping anchor ; it ^as a feat impossible for one to 
 perform. Now a signal shot boomed from the other ship. 
 A boat put forth with a line securing it to the vessel. Ihe 
 pilot ran to' the- heavy life-boat, but could no^ move it. In 
 vain he called for aid. Still tte dance and shout and song 
 of revelry went on. Once again he flew ti^the compass, and 
 in despair seized the useless helm,— for no wind filled tfie 
 sails, and still the ship moved on the mysterious circle. For 
 th^Jast^me he came to give the solemn warmng to the now 
 ' ' mcaptain and crew. He beggeiand prayed to them ^ 
 toTiee^eir danger ;— danger seemed to have a feflcinating 
 floond, and he waa !answered with a" laugh. As they 
 Uiifehe*j4ie wept, captioned them with tears, and threw, 
 liimself into the sea. With strong frame he swam through 
 the filial current towards the boat put forth to rescue, and 
 reached it in safety. As long as Hne could be found^m the 
 anchored vessel, the boat continued its way toward the ^ip 
 with the drunken crew. They came within hailj and called 
 on them to save themselves. One or two, sobered by the 
 sense of danger, threw themselves into, the sea, and sue-, 
 ceeded in reaching theW ; butthe othfers became stup^ 
 The line was at length Wusted. The ship could now be 
 seen slowly moving on it^ narrow. circle,. yet those on board 
 put forth no efibrt to their own preservation. It was a 
 .fearful sight. From the o^ vessel every eye waa stramed 
 with an intense gaae. Rapid, hurried action was tiiere. 
 Still the Ime was extended, with every species of material 
 that could be found for tiie purpose. Necessity became tiie 
 inventor of hopes neve^ heard of in ordinary emergency. 
 It availed not to reach the vessel of the drunken crew. 
 Without power to aid, those in the boat beheld them hasten- 
 
 ing on into a terrible grave, with the agony and excitement 
 
WARNINGS TO BINNBB8* — A SERMON. 
 
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 each moment increasing. Still they waited. Night was 
 coming on. Faster and faster grew the motion of the ship. 
 At last the approaching shadows warned them to return. 
 The fated ship was seen through the gloom continuing her cir- 
 cles with increased volition. Darkness came down, and cast 
 a veil over the scene. When morning dawned the ship and 
 the drunken crew had vanished forever from sight ! 
 
 Hear me, ye careless ones ! We know of nothing that 
 80 vividly illustrates your infatuation as this. Why will 
 ye die ? Already are you performing those mysterious cir- 
 cles,— verging rapidly to the Maelstrom of hell! Sin, 
 like the intoxicating cup, infatuates you. We have hoisted 
 our signals. Again and agaiA has the report of our solitary 
 Mgnal-gun boomed in your ears. We have approached 
 within hailing distance. We offer you assistance. Zion's 
 ship is waiting to receive you^ anchored to the Rock of 
 Ages. Jesus, our captain, bids you welcome. Some of 
 your companions have taken the alarm, and abandoned you. 
 They swam through the fatal current, and are safe. You 
 all may do the same. We have exhausted our line. Your 
 circles in the fatal influence are becoming narrower. We 
 entreat you to heed your danger,— it is positively real. 
 We repeat our entreaties. We sound a fresh alarm. The 
 parting ray of salvation — perhaps the last one — is now 
 falUngupon your head. Let your nunihers hfi lessened. 
 Hinder not those who are ready to fly from perdition. Ne- 
 cessity and h<ype have been busy in inventing means for 
 your rescue,— means never resorted to in ordinary emer- 
 gency. Will nothing avail ? Must you perish, for whom 
 Jesus died? Shall neither tears nor earnest cries avail? 
 Darkness is gathering around you fast. We may see you 
 no more. God have mercy upon the doomed then I But 
 
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818 1ARNB8T CHRIBTIASITT m-UBTaATBD. 
 
 hear it heaven, and earUi, and hell, angels, men and devils, 
 - they doom themselves ! See, see, see 1 the doomed ! the 
 doomed !*the doomed! Farewell! Perhaps before morn- 
 mg trembles over our sky you may have disappeared under 
 likks oilflackness and darkness, for ever and ever I 
 
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CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 ALARMINa CRIBS. — ASBRMON. 
 
 »«Who JuUh ears to hear, let kirn ter."- Matt. 
 
 Whail theeame text? Tea, the same text. There i. 
 »»oh need for the cry it contains, m you ehall hear.^ 
 
 1. The sinnens of tlus tmn never had a fan-er gak 
 for heaven. Never had finer weather «*>' t^,f ?». ^^ 
 Letime. said "itia a ptjfmri^h<T ^^^°^^ 
 But I would join with another in saying it » » thouand 
 5lto«K, 4erably-blinded rinners^go »toeverUe^ng 
 LkneM hy the light of the Gtoepel. Afes, aks ! «> rt^ 
 iTrf »>rl, inter^ ! The people of to town never h^ 
 iTtto ch;nceXBaved. Never better aids to work out 
 their salvation. The Sun of iJ«,A*»«»^ -eems now m 
 his meridiei glory over «.. But 1he« »" f ?» ^ <W^ 
 nees coming. Solomon says God has set the day of pros- 
 ^tj M.d the day of adversity, " the one over aga.nst the 
 ^A^," and so urges con8ider«tion.-Eccles T = 14- 
 
 2. Again let me ory, " Who hath ear, '» /'«^>' *«" 
 kear" ^rcy and judgment foUow each other closely as 
 SrMows'summir JS autumn, or night foUowsday^r 
 
 death life. Mercy r^ected is sure to draw «>™J»?«; 
 
 „H«t after it Fo'g^t ""'«»' '«»f«"' ^rufftS 
 lu^t "Eternity only can show how a Saviour fteely 
 
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 EARNEST CHBI8TIANITY JLLUSTRATBD. 
 
 oflfered and deliberately rejected affects a nuto's condition in 
 the eternal world." To this let me add the remark of an 
 ancient divine,— "He that sins against double light must 
 expect double damnation. We sin against Divine Majesty 
 when we viohte the. law ; but when we disobey the^commands . 
 of the Gospel, We sin against Divine ^ercy. There is no 
 hell like that of those men who sin against doublb light.". 
 . Now, that is the sort of light which many of you are sinning 
 against. Hear, what another said upon this subject. — " If , 
 there ^bs justice in the punishment of sin in olden times, 
 , that justice will be discharged instill brighter manifesta- 
 tion on him who, in the face of such an'embassy as that of 
 . the Gospel, holds out in his deter Aination to brave it. If it 
 was a rightebus thing in God to avenge every Violation of 
 his law, how clearly, bow irresistibly righteous, will it 
 appear on the gteat day of his wrath, when he takes ven- 
 geance upon thosp who have addecl to the violation of his • 
 law the rejection of hii Gospel ! " 'What do you tlunk of * 
 these sentiments? Do they touch your conscience? or 
 awaken alarm ? or deepen your convictions ? Does not St 
 Paul speak of our Lord Jesus Christ coming in flaming 
 fire, to ^ke vengeance on them that know not Godj and 
 that obey not the Gpspelpf our Lord Jesus Christ,?— 
 2 Thess. 1 : 7, 8- If ever a man sins against doiuble light, 
 it is when he resists the truth, rejects the offers of mercy, 
 and repels the Holy Spirit, durmg the 9utpouring Qf the. 
 Spirit in a revival. Nor is it too much to say he may ex- 
 pect double damnation. The majesty of God is sinned 
 a;gainst in Sabbath-br«ikin|, profane, swearing, committing 
 whoredoi|>, perjury, id61atry,ftheft, and other violation of 
 the moral lav; but. the meii^y of God is sinned against 
 peculiarly in a revival, for then it is in a peculiar manner 
 
 that the Holy Spurit is applying to the soul the o^ly rem- 
 
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 edy " In his offers and influence God may be regarded 
 as collecting up all that is gracious and solemn in the vast 
 economy of redemption, and coming to bring the whole, as 
 fer- as you are concerned, to an issue ; — as making his near- 
 ^t and perhaps final approach to your, spirit. As you value 
 your eternal life, then, let there be no symptoms of disin- 
 'ilmation to receive him," -to repent, believe, and be 
 saved How do you feel ? Is there any symptom of yield- 
 ing gathering about your heart? Is it man's voice only 
 that you are hearing? Or does the -voice of Christ attend 
 it? We have been speaking about rf(m6fe%A/,— law and 
 Gospel. -0 for the double voke to-night,— the voice of 
 God, with the voice of man ! Speak, O thou Son of God, 
 speak! and let not my voice alone reach the ear of that . 
 sinner over yonder ! \ , . i^ 
 
 8 Again I cry, " Who hath an ear to hear .let hvm 
 
 hear'' Turn to Isaiah 61 : 2. There you will find that. 
 
 V Me acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of theven- 
 
 geance of our God, are united. Turn again Malachi 
 
 4 • 1, 2, and what do you findl The rising of the Sun ■ 
 
 of Rightemsness upon some, with healing in his wmgs, is 
 
 ^ closely united ^th a„day that is to bum as an oyen, when 
 
 all the proud, and all ,that do wickedly, are^ as stubblej — 
 
 ' the fire of the Lord of hosts burning them up, leavmg them 
 
 neither root nor branch. Look into Isaiah 31 : 9, and you 
 will alsofind that if there is ''afire in ^«m," there isalso 
 " a furnace in Jerusalem ;"- the Lord's firk of hve, 
 power and^ercy, bums in the Zion of his church dtirmg 
 a revival, awakening, converting, saving, warming, refimng 
 , and purifying souls,- such a, fire has our God kindled 
 among you. But he that has an ear to hear, let him 
 hear; nieb at hand, in our spiritual Jerusalem, ihe^ 
 
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 Lord haAhJB furnace of affliction. If one fire fiuls, iim 
 
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822 EARNEST CHRISTIANITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 to the /tirwace, and very thankful B^ould m all be that it 
 is not the furnace of hell. Which do ye dhoo^, ye Bin- 
 ners in Zion? — for Qod is evidently giving you a cAoice, 
 — mercy' s fire, ov judgment' s furnace ! « 
 
 Turn to Rev. 16; and there you behold seven angels, 
 having seven plagues, contained in seven symbolic^ vials. 
 Hear inej This revival contains more than seven plagues 
 
 /for the ungodly ! .. i i 
 
 A voice out of the temple commanded one of the- angels 
 to pour out his vial upon the earth, and sore bodily diseases 
 fell upon sinners,— bad as cAo/cra. The next angel poured 
 out his vial upon the sea, and the men in abundance were 
 8don buried in its det>ths, and blood waajhere to stain all 
 the sea. Beware, ye sinners of this sea-girt island ! — 
 Keep ofl^e sea, or a storm may send you to the bottom, 
 among the moisters of the deep, whose teeth may rend your 
 bodies worse than the truth of God from this pulpit has torn 
 j^our consciences ! - . ' 
 
 Another ang0l poured out his vial iipon ih»Jrwers and 
 fountains of waters; and they ^became blood; — bodies 
 dashed to pieces ihere stained all the crystal flood, while 
 the angel ofthd #rd, in that dark hour of vengeance, 
 cries, " Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wastf 
 and shalt beybecause'thou hast judged thus J* 
 
 TEe next angel poured out his vial, and there was a great 
 fire, and men were scorched by it; and they blasphemed 
 the name of God for permitting it. But they repented not^ 
 nor gave him glory that he had not cast them into hell-fire 
 instead,— hurtled their souls instead of their goods. Ah ! 
 but I have known destructive inundations' and terrible fires 
 to follow revivals, and not one of them sanctified to the 
 ••^ wicked; — appeared as if just sent to torment the Gospel- 
 despiaing ungodly. Alaa! th e y repent ed pot , nor g»ve 
 
AlJrMINO ORMS. — A SERMON. 
 
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 Qo4 glory, but blasphemed him in the majesty of his terrible 
 provi$lences. O, wfiat darkness and miseries, in both worlds, 
 follow th^dpspised and rejected light of the glorious Gospel 
 of God our Savioui^;, ^ 
 
 Another angel poured out his via/, and there was a great 
 drtmth. . The river of commerce was dried up, arid undlean 
 epirUa came up over that land. God can dry up your river,, 
 and wasto your fountains, and exhaust your springs, and ^ 
 stop your mUlSj when it pleaseth him ; or, what is jqual to 
 it, cnpple your trade, lessen the number of your c\?§tomers, 
 exhaust demand for yoiirlJabrics, and bring distress upon tho 
 workmg-classes, and embarrass ^tl^e affairs oi miU-owners 
 and manufacturers: He can make the heavens brass and 
 the earth i^on, and the land all round about powder^ and ^ 
 dust ;^all, all that God has threatened in ^ . 28, he' 
 can inflict upon Gospel-rejecting, Spirit-grieving sinners. 
 The wise man of old ^eprecated poverty, lest heshould be 
 poor and, steal, and take the name of God in vain,— 
 Prov. 80 :* 8, 9. Poverty is the mother of prostitution ; — 
 may drive you to uncleUnness 'for a living. Unclean 
 spirits are often companions of poverty. Nine out t)f ten 
 of those degraded creatures, "the worn-out nuisances of 
 -the pWic streets,'* have been driven thus to infamy and 
 ruin. Every large town in England is polluted with them. 
 They spread disease and death' amohg ^ur unguarded 
 youth, and send the flying roll of God'§ curse and. untold 
 miseries into families.' " Who hath an ear to hear, let him 
 hear," aiid beware how he treats the Gospel of Christ, • 
 
 The seventh angel poured out Aw vial, and there were 
 
 voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earth(]^uake, — 
 
 and judgments foUowing judgments, as wave follows wave 
 
 on ocean's winding shores. . j 
 
 Let critics pause, and ky down the pencil. Save :^our- 
 
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824 HARNBM OHBinlASITT ILWBniWED. 
 
 .appose I have hit, at im^ ^ ^„^ prediotions in Rev. 
 Jl„!a^etCe .^rea the aJ^^-^'^J'-i 
 
 * d no one i» B«re that they aw yet /V«{^^ »««« 
 X^ viildly muBt^te the visions of my '•^^^^^ 
 
 wJt U«. before the ''"P*'"'";^^^ t^ TP»i iL 
 then. I see awful m»er.es f «^. f .^^^J'^ t, ^ 
 abusing the offers of mercy brought to their doors oy «u 
 
 '^Ztl cry "Who hath ears to hear, H hvn. 
 4. Again 1 cry, rr«^ -on will find that the 
 
 »«/,, " Tom to Eev. 8 : 5, 7, ano you nm ""» 
 
 '^rttn ; the glory, loo^ out f» ^^^^fj^l 
 denL and judgments upon th» and that family or mdi 
 
 "tine Matt. 8; U, 12. «d you will find t^ Ae 
 
 *~~.™,e ,Mch contains a promise of a &.?<.*» of 
 
 XidTrHoly Ghost topenitentaandbelievers,^- 
 
 ;^;lo a terrible'threatening against si«i^ 2VtT, 
 
 4u,vers,who - ~-p-\*i ^-r^^^^jr^ "j: 
 
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ALARMING CRIBS. — A SERMON. 
 
 1825 
 
 fire unquenchable, to bum up the chaff, Btubble and dross 
 Vkn unbelieving commuiyty. A hammer it is, to break 
 Wwn rocky hearts into" repentance, contrition, regeneration, 
 ll as it is doing to multitudes around m at the present time. 
 Otherwise, it becomes a Mmmer in the hand of Providence, 
 to break down the esthte, character, family, health, life ; — 
 and, at length, hammers the bodj^ into the grave, and the 
 soul into perdition ! 
 
 Luther might well compare iWtpprd of the Lord re- 
 jected to a sword, a war, a destructic^ii ! ^ falling upon the 
 children of Ephraim like a lion in the forest. " Who hath 
 ears to hear, let him hearJ^ The Gospel of J«bus Christ 
 iB the key that opens Paradise to every one who nghtly 
 uses it. But it becomes the . key eventually to open the 
 prison-doors of hell to every one who persists in abusing it! 
 Ay, and afl one said, it rolls the heaviest stone upon the 
 mouth of the pit that'is bottomless ! 
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jiiiw»'"#>jwpTy< 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 god's ADVBR8ABIB8 ADDRESSBD,; 
 
 The reader wUl find some Btrong and spicy words in the • 
 following chapter. They were directed against ^ose who 
 Led and ra^ against the work.of God m HuddersfieW, 
 hut lire applicable to the same class of sinners in every place. 
 
 What God said to^the serpent, Gen. 8 : 15, -Afid I will 
 put enmity between thee and the woman, and between 
 thy seed and her seed," is receiving some illustrations 
 here --for the enmity of the serpent's seed is unmis- 
 
 takable ! " "* , , v «< ^ i 
 
 The old chemists, were they alive now, ytoM be taken 
 all aback." They squandered wealth, talents, character and 
 Ufe itself, in search of the philosopher's stone, or the secre 
 tincture that wo^ld turn base metal into gold. Matters 
 are reversed now-a^ays ; - gold must be turned into base 
 metal - the servants of Christ into base hypocrites ! How 
 xnany around us axe studying that infernal chemistry,^ 
 both in human character and in divine doctrine ! The pure 
 gold of the sanctuary under course of trdnsmutetion into 
 ^ Irass, iron, cUy, or something worse ; the time of counting 
 zealous Christians the off-scouring of all things has not ye 
 ' away.- 1 Cor. 4: 13. However, the thing is not 
 ^ V J - i^u ^P u o. the old 
 
 done yet. They will find as hard a job of it a^ 
 
OOD'B ADVBRSABIM ADDRBS^iD. 
 
 827 
 
 chomiata. Alaa for them ! they are itaking their all upon 
 ddsperato ventures ! % i r 
 
 ^nio, despairing of success, have fallen to the work of 
 dippiny the names a^ characters of God'% people. Fail- 
 ing in transmutation^ they would lessen /their weight,-r 
 rather unprofitable business, in the long .run. Men lia/o 
 been severely punished for clipping the ooin of the reaUn. 
 Our God may yet punish some of you for dipping the cur- 
 1^ rent names of his servants. Your aim is plain,— to mako 
 them weigh lighter in public estimation. With some you 
 mtS^possibly succeed, even to their undoing. But you can- 
 iot, without our owii fault, lessen us in Christ^ balances. 
 Clip on, then; we shall try, through the merits of Him, to 
 make full weight with our Master now, and^n that day ! 
 
 Your Master is ingenious. He steers ^u clear of legal 
 troubles, by conceiving the press from whence your jnissiles 
 come. That suits his purpose now. It will not be so 
 always. Your dupes may evtin sell your printed trash 
 without the printer's nftme; nay, sell a straw, and, take a 
 penny, and give these away ! The devil will leave Aome of 
 you in the .lurch, by and by. He^ has his eye on li Umbo 
 not fabulous ! —^ jail is a matter-of-fact place, and so is a 
 sick-bed, and a death-bed, and other hells of this side Ijell. 
 God will require it. Dismember our in^uence, and pre- 
 vent us from doing good, and our God may, for the salvation 
 • of others, break all your bones, or your high spirits, or dis- 
 member your soul and body,— bone fro%bone in the grave, 
 — 80UL from geace, from rest, from heaven, — in hell ! 
 
 Proceed, if you dare! God will see to it, and Judge 
 between us. If so, can it be well with you ? The .^^cror 
 of iChina said to A^xanden the Qi^at, "The heafens aid 
 you, and 1 war ^^t with the heavens." He averred that he 
 learned that fact by consultiag the stars. We send you not 
 
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 848 BABNMT CURIBTUNITY ILLUSTRATKf). 
 
 to the Bta^, but tS that one STAR,- "the onl; star that A)ie 
 on uie?'- the Holy Bible ! Ther^you will 6nd evidence 
 that the heavens aid us. Therefore, if you war with us. 
 you war with the Bible ; and, if you war with that, you 
 war with Heaven, and evil will surely betide you. 
 
 Look around you, also ! Converts to Jesus Christ are 
 increasing as the stars of heaven. Behold these hundreds 
 ^ hundreds of your hitherto wicked fellow-townsmen 
 new creatures in Christ Jesus. Who made them suchr 
 The Holy Ghost, against whom a certain sin is unpar- 
 donable. Let Uie Chinese consult the stars in favor of an 
 Alexander. In the name of God, consult these new stars 
 which now appear in beautiful order in the firmament of 
 ^he church, shining resplendently as ever the stars did over 
 China. What is their voioe? - ^ 
 
 •• Ip Reason's ear thfty aU rtjoloe, ' ^ 
 
 And utter forth a glorious Toloe ; 
 ^^ Forever flinging, M ttitiy shine, 
 ^ TheHandthatmiidwusisdlvlns!" o 
 
 li the me^ tte, we know how to follow Christ to Cal- 
 vary, as well as to Olivet. The Methodists of H— can 
 beaTclipping, and be full weight still. They axe read and 
 Town of the public, as well as of the Lord. They are not 
 afraid of a sharp winter storm in their face, if need be ; -- 
 their faith will be all the better for it. Hypocrites shnnk- 
 from such weather, but not the true knights of Zion s ban- 
 ner, whose motto is, ^^AU th^s work together forged 
 to ihem who love GodP True, we have some green timv 
 ber Oiat may possiMy shrink in the seasoning ; nor are the^ 
 Demaaes yet totally extinct in Zion; neither a^ the Mo- 
 Booes. n or Calebf^,- thank our God !- willing, if called to 
 
 i^'i^w affliic^^^ the people of God,- feeling well 
 
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 Qdt(% ADVUWARIM Af>0RIMBD. 
 
 829 
 
 fcble, by strength divine, to go forwanl over every Jordan- 
 like difficulty and oppoiing foes, and \mscm the land. 
 
 That poor woman at ihtf river, the other day, found her 
 clothes would not bear rubbing, they wore so rotten. But 
 a servant, the other morning, found the more she rubbed ; 
 the door-plate, the brighter it grew, and ttie more bnlhantlj|^. 
 did the owner's name shine upon it. ' 
 
 Well there is just this difforonoe between one class of 
 religious folks and another. The rubbings of persecution 
 try the /tf6rtc of Christians. < . 
 
 Hearken, all of you ! The name of Jesus is our tower 
 ' and talisman. Eternity is our watchword,— the end of 
 our toil, the reimburser of our losses, the, amcnder of our 
 wrongs inflicted by men or devils. We can say wi^ a 
 preacher over in Germany, yonder,- blessings on him ! - 
 we are of the order of the/rc6 kniifhlls of Zim's banner 
 with the inscription on our shields, - Tkanks be to God 
 which giveth us the victory." Ou» watchword, All 
 things are ours;" and on our joyful lips and m our 
 breasts the royal consciousness, " // we live, we hve unto 
 the Lord; and if we die, we die unto the Lord; so 
 whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lords. 
 Therefore wo are to be tranquil and joyful. That which is 
 oimosed to and leagued against us he will destroy for us. 
 All that we have to do is to wave our colors and cry ♦ vio^t 
 " TORY." We occupy the position appointed for us. Would 
 anything terrify us, we touch Him who siU by our side; 
 we whisper in his ear, " Lord, take thy swOrd,"- then are 
 we confident, and wait the deeds of his arm. The field is 
 unfailingly ours, with such a faith. We wait on the Lord, 
 then, and the promise is we shall -never be put to confu- 
 sion." Threatening clouds may gather around us; but our 
 — harps are attuned to as many thanksgiving p a almB aa there 
 
 
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 880 BARNKOT CHRISTIANITY ILLU8TRATBD. 
 
 are threatening clouds. J^/emaZ fore covers us ^ith ito 
 pinions. We dwell in a fortress of divine protection ; and 
 ^ere the world to be stricken to piec^, its ruins would 
 only be permitted to form a protecting arch over our abodes, 
 . Were thffierybmowsof the abyss to whirl themselves over 
 
 the earth, they would find a barrier around us over which 
 . they could not dash and break. We are igraven upon ihe 
 palmsof his hands who died for us. We have his ASSUR^ 
 rNOBS, his PROMISES, which ofteo travel in strange pa^Ois. 
 Circumstances yfoM seem to contradict them. But still 
 we pass through them. His assurances seem often sub- 
 merST, but they rise again out of every threatemng wave, 
 showing upo^ them the stamp of eten^l truth. Threads 
 of circumstonces and events pervade each other mMiifoldly, 
 - they succeed each oto wonderfully. The Lprd s prov- 
 idence proceeds on in its ^uiet and stupendous march tt ^ 
 is not hi9 power alone that is to be glorified, but his faithr 
 fidnessi his wisdom, his favor, his mercy. ^ _ 
 
 0/>i>o^ia« demands the exercise of the one; danger, that 
 
 of the other; vUrimcy en&^es ihe tinxd, unwarthi^^^^ 
 fourth; appresswn, distress and mwery, the fifth, ine 
 diamond is variously cut and polished; the more so the 
 richer will be the colors which the light of the sun reflects 
 upon it when it shines. ., 
 
 Lord Byron tells us of a thunder-storm among the 
 Alps— the live thunder reverberating from crag to crag, 
 and echoing from mountain to mountain, tiU the Jura 
 mountains opposite returned the echoes : . . 
 
 " And Jura answers, from her nusty shroud. 
 Back to the joyous Mps, which call to her aloud. 
 
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 From English shores and hais we echo back those senti- 
 
 n,B,t , »f th. fl«rm»n preacher cMing to us dond from the 
 
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 ancient hills of Germany,— urging us, besides, to meet him 
 in heaven, when we lose footing upon earth. Hallelujah ! ^^ 
 You ask, " Why does God allow such and such thmgs? " 
 He permits them, but we cannot tell the why, my more 
 'than that he permits Satan to have a longer chain at one 
 time than another, to annoy the church or individuals. 
 That which is in man's h^ He permits him to work out 
 in his evil practices. For, although I question Jerome's 
 sentiment, that the love of sin is worse than the commission 
 of it, yet an aflfection for it may be so evil in the sight of ^ 
 the iiord, as to provoke'him to withdraw restraining grace ; 
 tbien it flows out lil^e water from a pond when a breach is 
 made in the dam,— bursts forth in torrents,— and wicked- 
 ness overspreads as if the mouth of the bottomless pit had 
 
 opened. — Bev. 12. 
 
 Men may have restraining grace, and not converting 
 grace. It may be said of some, as of our Lord's disciples 
 in the days of his visible presence among them; they had 
 partial convictions of his glory and character, sufficient to 
 show Chat "a new disturbing power was at work within 
 them, which had not, as 5|t, acquired the dominion of prin- 
 ^ciple mdi.^cmviction:\ Thus it is with vast numbers 
 
 around usT^ ni n. * 
 
 Man would be a very devil without graxse. As that 
 Italian lady, Catherine Adorna, remarked three centuries 
 ago, that man, independently of the grace of God, is essen- 
 tially a deyil,— differing from fallen spirits chiefly in the 
 circumstance of his having a material body. And equally 
 true was that sentiment of Coleridge, that if man is not 
 risingupwards to be an angel, he is sinking downwards to be 
 a devil ; he caimot stop at ihe beast ; tiie most savage men 
 axe not beaste,— they are worse, a great deal worse. Ex- 
 actiy bo; and when carnality is aroused beneath revival 
 
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 EARNEST OHRISTUNITY ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 V,: 
 
 artillery, we realize something of the sentiment ; — even then 
 we receive but a gentle hint what such would be but for 
 restraining grace and civiP law. 
 
 Ancient Christians had full proof of this. They realized 
 what beasts, and packs of wolves, and roaring lions, and 
 v^y d^Us let loose, men were when unrestrained by grace 
 and righteous laws. 
 
 A great seal once bore this emblem,— a ti^er in chains, 
 with this motto, "Let me loose, and you shall see what I 
 am." When Melancthon was terrified at the violence of 
 the Papists, Luther wrote him that he greatly desired to 
 visit him, were it only.to see how terrible the devUs' teeth 
 looked Tomd Khont. Ay, those were the times, my brother, 
 to see the dexil's teeth rpund about !— we only see his gums 
 now 1 Protestant laws have nearly knocked all the teeth 
 out of his head! The carnal mind swings pretty wide, even 
 now ; but, were restraints- taken oflf, its oscillations would be 
 tremendous. It is by this means one may form some idea 
 of the horrible and terrific state of society in hell. 
 
 There ar^ whirlwinds in nature, and there are whirlwinds 
 of the Lord,— Jer. 23 : 19 ; and whirlwinds of Satan,— 
 Job 1:19. There are whirlwinds from hell, and whirl- 
 winds from heaven. Ptizzling things are whirlwinds, 
 whether from hell or hea^n,— from nature or from na- 
 ture's Lord I— they turn upon their own axis, regardless of 
 all other: centres in the universe. 
 
 Jeremiah speaks of a whirlwind of the Lord that falls 
 grievously upon the head of the wicked,— as all Gods 
 iudirmente do, when they fall. When the godly are caught 
 in them, every whirl is for good,- Rom. 8 : 28,- like the 
 machinery in your mills, here; for, though the wheels move 
 80 contrary JO each other, they are all working for the gen- 
 eral good. Thingp the moat contrary-working work for 
 

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 _^ Bom. 8 : 22 Mid Psalmg 87 : 4 »re ,«^». Th, 
 ^deoUres that aU things wori together for good to Ih^ 
 ZoZ Ood. Th« other says, "Delight thyself aUo m 
 mUrd, and he shaU give thee the d^u-e ofthme 
 ZJ^ How simple, how cheap and e«.y, the oond.t,ona 
 rauch amaring aud invaluable «lvantage3 ! Now, the» 
 8 Bomo to att«*ed to these sweet riTeotions of fo»<. m^ 
 «,«, as reliable as any Uw of nature. Bat we sha 
 better understand them when we arrive at the seat of all 
 •n heaven. -Till then, let us love Jesus our Lord, 
 
 aight ounfelves m him, and he will grant u!. all our 
 insistent with that state ; - for when we love him 
 •thus, and delight in Mm, one deare is uppermost of all 
 •'othei desires, that his will ma, be done ; -^ as Fenelon 
 - sweetly remarks, if tljere be anything capable of settmg a 
 soul ina krge place, it is this absolute abandonmenl to the, 
 wiU of God ; «< diffuses in the sotd a peace whteh flaws 
 likear«>er,andarighteousnesswAichisasthewavesof 
 
 rte »«..^Is»i«h *8 = 18. If there be anything, he add^ , 
 that can render the soul calm, dissipate Us scruples and 
 
 Snel ito fears, sweeten its sufferings by the inointmg of 
 Tknpart strength to it in all its actions, and spread 
 abroad the joy of the Holy SpirU in its countenance and 
 
 words, it is THIS SIMPLE, FEEE and CHttD-LIKl! BKPOSB _ 
 
 iH THB ABM3 OF God! Both otthe above promiws.w Eo- 
 
 eato and Psalms have done me good in by-gone days, both i 
 
 in America and Europe, and they are good for the present 
 
 time. , * N' 
 
 I was thinking, to^lay, thit the opposition gusts we en- , 
 counter in our revival eHbrts resemble the whiklwind , 
 
 that uniobea £r%-aA,-2 Kings 2 :ll,_carri^ away ta 
 
 mantk, but phwed himself in a chariot of fire! They 
 sometimes carry away the mantle of one's good name, and 
 
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 884te^ BARNBBT OHjaffHANITY |MW8TRATBD. 
 
 discompose tKe Driv^te* feelings a little. What of that? ^ 
 They Uft the soul into a chizrwt ofJire,—.2et\ for God,— to 
 do battle against tl?ese lower elements of depravity, And raising 
 bne m at length, Elijah-like, to' the altitudes of love and 
 joY) leaving the mantle to be Rooked after-and taken care of 
 by the Lord's Elishas. What persecutions^^ ancient 
 Christians endured ! Those whirlwinds not only unrobed 
 them^jftheir.good names, ana property, and all below, but 
 theit Bodies also,— dropping the mantle, of the fiesh,f» 
 Elijah did his mantle, and asceilded in the Lord's triumphal 
 chariot to receive their cyowns of martyrdom ! 
 
 The Lord pcrmi/* a^d orlrrM^c*. These 6to»/*^^o/ oom- 
 tradictiofLhn the flame of loyalty to Jesus in thehearts 
 of'beUevers. Why ddes the 4/acAr^*^A allow hjs>ie/fotr« 
 to be blown sd? .#hy, to make the fire bum and b^aze 
 . up morkint^sely. I pissed by. a shop, the other day, «' 
 the snath wa^' dashing flack, filthy water on his fire,.an^ 
 with a brush too black a>d diirty for a cAfimney-^ccp to 
 use. Why did he do so^ Did' he extinguish his fire? 
 No, indeed. .An ignorant person might have so feared ;-— 
 but not so;— it burned 9\\ the more intensely. The smith 
 exi)ected that.»^It is thus iiie Lord allows the devil'.s chil- 
 dren to blow the 6e//oM?a of persecution, and to spmAr/e 
 Misfires. But they burn all the more intensely for it. / • 
 
 Jeremiah, we read,- Jer. 20 : 9, 10,— was assailed with 
 the defaming of many on every side. ''Report, said they, 
 and 'Ofe will report itJ' Then said the prophe^^ in a fmffr 
 M I will speak no more in his fiamk" But that did nof 
 help -the matter; the cferisiow increased daily. The dev- 
 il's semnts kept blpwipg away at the old bellows, and 
 throwing dirty water upon his characteJ^ and motives. 
 What next? Did this extinguish the fire of zeal and love 
 in the prophet's heart? No; indeed. Listen : t» But lus 
 
 
 

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 QOD'S ADI^EBSABIES ▲t>D'RBSSBD. 
 
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 word f'lrtM in mine heart as a burning PilliB shut up in ^' , /j 
 
 MY B0NB9, dndlwaa y^eary toith forbearing, and I could ^ 
 
 not .stay," What next? His 'words* were as hammers, » 
 
 andasballsof fire,— heexchuming, ^' The Lord Js with 
 
 m^ as a mighty and terrible one.'' jlipii God himself 
 
 ipeaks ctut now to the encouraged prophet, S^idg, " 1^^(^ 
 
 mywordUke as a firb, and like a hammer that break- 
 
 eth theTock in pieces r'— Jar. 28:29, Glory be to . 
 
 God! - So it i^ now. Fire and hammers are going, and 
 
 the rooks ard breaking in pieces on every »de of us. &\f , ^^ , 
 
 lelujah! . ° *" . * ' ' ; -^ 
 
 Bear this in mind, all of you who hftve^ljars to hear,— 
 the offence of the cross has' not ceaited.. StTaul would . 
 have questioned his call to preach, had it beefii do' under his 
 ministry.- Hearken! 0al. If^. — ^'Or do.J^seek to 
 please men f for if I ye( pleased Men, t\shimm tfot be ^ 
 thbi^ervant of ChtHst.'l'^ Some ^6 , preach so as to^lease>,^^^ 
 iaen,-^ CARNAi* PBOPLfi,— so as to* avoid persecution, anil 
 get th6ir ^ood wcid j^ ** A very ^ne preacher, eloquent, - , 
 learned and graceful, b^th' in gesture andielocution ; that is , 
 ^^the preacher for mej he shaU Iteve my support, and all the * 
 mohe/ he wants,; there i? nothing too good or too much for . 
 puchaman.^'" Jiistjo. Suoh instances are by no means 
 lire in hffge towns and ^dat cities, where such denotations • 
 
 ^aregreatV ■-.■•■■" ",'."' '■■'■'•■'-■':'':' -^ v' ■. * " ■ \, ■ ' ■ 
 
 But is it the Gobpel that' they preach? The thing 
 seems scarcely possible^ if preached as it ought to be » 
 preached- That is my" opinion. , We have, seen it was^ ; 
 . PduVs also. * Luther thought just bo,^ spoke it right out. * 
 In his commentary on.thie Epistlei^ib the Galdtians [wl^ich 
 - im delivered to his congregations extempor^, and reported] , 
 I met with the following sentiment t-^t is not the Gosjjel f 
 that is preached, if it be preached in jteaoe^— Gal.. 5 ; 11. 
 
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 886 BARSBSt OHMBIIAlSm mtJOTBATlH). 
 
 As Ions .8 the churcll teases /Ae Gospel, it "»»» •»«■"» 
 t^S It cannot but, be that as long as the Gospel 
 ^I^"Cthe CK08S and the offence the^f »»»» -^ 
 fSr.r else-truiy the devil is not rightlj *o«oAed>t 
 d«IrlyTicKi.«»;.bat,if he be rightly WT, he resteth 
 
 ''*£tJumonts, I am Wl awe. ^U be very »»^ 
 a<a*fe ^hen reported elsewhete,-to SUA pj^h«B»L»d 
 
 Bjron mentions, ^ho won more tort» •I''" »"^ ,^* 
 fiTnot; neither myself nor the mi»««er. who stMid by 
 rhe«/«.r,- oni;rep.rtmeeorre<.ly,.naW<-nJ'- 
 W Do not, I pray you, neither, xh>8pe' ,n the ear of a 
 ^ great preLher, who is " ,»«.«.&- •.» "^f 7^^' 
 -Gal 2- 6 -that I preach whole sermons without once 
 „,^g Ae name of Chr^, and then l^'^t -*-* 
 dl ofer the kingdom! Let the ocean forget to _grad- 
 uite itB tides on Engtod's shores; or the moon, mW 
 Beason, forget to look at the sun and sway the »«»»,;-'«• 
 Sn^for^tthe moon or the earth; let the^,««r fo,^t 
 ite eveningfor heaven forget its God,- ere I can so for- , 
 get thee, Jesus Christ, my Lord ! . 
 
 ^ Onci for aU,let me tell you, you caMot stop th^revival. 
 It is quite out of your reach. At the begmnihg I do not 
 say what you might or might not have done,-- when w 
 Z^ toLvelittle help item abov.., A sn^ai cord wdl 
 SaSHiP lyirig quietly in dock, and f^^^.^^^ 
 But let her get toly under weigh, and she would drag the 
 SJbtiShor, orU the cable thatwonld violenfly s^y 
 her The church of the living G«d is'now m motion. Sa- 
 to may assist you in writing epistles and twafng your 
 
 CBito, but nono s o s trong as to stay her cftnise. __^ 
 
 ^taZnoWa rSmg sun, if y«tt <»» ; <>' »<«* "» 
 
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 ■ ^^ :. ito motioM ; roU UA the tides from your Hnml 
 t^o" ^ Z ooeinV throbbing, in your Thame., -on^' 
 "Zlj^ thi. work of God, Thu. fa rf.alt Ujou go andno , 
 tS." «id here Adl thy wave, be .tayed; -at le^^ 
 
 „e«> vou from the earth ; or, what jxxM be better for 
 
 ^"ifo^old Hter tI.L ruri.e. «pon the - » f £ 
 Jaa drive it out of hi. ehanuel forever. But what be^ 
 
 'fT •.k.L-B«A?-"lo.t and undi8tmgu..hable m the 
 
 rictae,-aud .nrely the c<jamot.on like to ^^ »*°V" 
 TOberforeerteamertothe^bottom; one or two feie ahip* 
 
 • iT^ TLro • but the Thames had to " *noc* «»- 
 
 • Z^lSi^>P^^i^^^ But.uch»hnm.» 
 ^li^Jtr^orkof God.-.o^thetideof ^po^ 
 3*0 hurric«.e-like influence, ofthe Holy B^mt, wh* 
 
 (hat prayer of the Aurch is being answOred. , 
 
 « Like mighty^irtnds, OT torrents fiewe. . 
 
 Let it opposew all o'errun ; ' -• - 
 Andevery law of fin reverse, ^ ;.. .,^ « 
 TKat Faith and Lote may make aH one. . ^^ 
 
 Hnma^^niay oppose for a Utt^^^ 
 ,,3^-^ .iU^ best for an you 
 
 who still remain in>^ 
 
 within, the We of #rym^^^^^^^^ ^^ 
 
 the ^rcc 0/ /ir«, a cross on ^p^^'^^^ ^f ./^ 
 trutti in my hand, feouls for my ^^>^^^>ZX 
 for my reward,-through the alone.m^ of Christ, my 
 
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 888 SARNB8T CHRISTIANITY ILLtJBTATED. 
 
 Lord, I advance for victory, m defiance of earth and all 
 the powers of helU . . ^y- . 
 
 ** I have » Sbiku) to quell their nge. 
 And drive thA alien armies baolc,^ 
 Portrayed it berift a bleeding Umb, 
 I dare believe in Jen^' name." 
 
 in Jm]^' 1 
 dne, — 
 
 My shield is a double d»ie,— Eph. 6,— " ifAe *AtcW qf 
 .faUhV Kjj but a shield can protect On one side only at 
 the same moment. But my soul has another shield. The 
 Lord God is a shield to those who walk uprightly, 
 ■ays the Bible. I feel him to be such to me. And hearken 
 • to a verse in the fifth PsaUn : '' For thoti, Mard, wilt bless 
 the righteous ; wUh favor wilt thou COMPASS him, as 
 v^h a shield." Wonderful shield that, which encom- 
 passes one all around! Satan would not honor it with 
 ' the name of a shield, in Job's case^ but called it a ''hedge." 
 Any name you please, Satan; but it was high enough and 
 strong enough, aU round about Jol^ to keep thee out, till the 
 -'' Iiord, for his glory, permitted thee to make-a gap in it, 
 and with little credit to thyself eventually. Amen. 
 
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 , OHAPTEB XXIV. 
 
 ■ Wb now resume our wleciions fromjbe mow peraoMl 
 portions of M^'Catighey's journal./ ' #* 
 
 Feb. 6.— iNDiFFBMSNCE^s gohe from the pubUc mind, 
 tod remembered only as chilly waters gone by ; - gpne, a» ■ 
 the darkness of the night, or the clouds of themommg^ 
 
 ^ Opposition and success are onward together. Be it so. L . 
 hi^Vnot chaiMsed my preference between mdifference and 
 persecution. No,-.- willing to bear anything for success m 
 soul-saying. 6ut my heam is giving way ;-bad oou^, 
 and repeated attacks of hoarseness. . But my soul rejoioM, 
 and is glad and livel/ln the Lo?»r When it goes w^M^ 
 me, I will praise him; and when i// with mc^, I ^^U pnuae 
 him. The ii^ctt with me calls for thanksgivmg, ^d the t^, 
 -and, 0, how little of that have I had from my I^idl 
 
 • But, while it Wgnifies his justice, it may insure my holi- 
 
 - EVer since the temperance meeting in the Thiloflophi«a 
 Hall, I have been ailing,- inclining to hoarsened, cou# and, 
 
 deJ)i«ty, Was not 'pru^m in speaking on that occasion, 
 OT expose myself to some chUl in coming out of so warm 
 an atmosphere. If this be a rod in my Lord;B hand, O for 
 ^hymn of praise to fiU my mouth, and adonng l ave to 
 
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 BARKBST OBRIfTIANITT ILLU6TRAT9D. 
 
 V fill my heart, with woll-proportionod repentance and humil- 
 iation for the past ! That was a sweet and seasonable re- 
 mark of one, that Ood's spiritual plants, when they are cut 
 and do bleed, drop thankfulness. Lord, let me be one of 
 those plants; if' I must endure cutting ! He added, the 
 saints^ teari cannot drown their praises. Amen, my Lord. 
 Was struck with what an old writer says about Job. He 
 compares him td a musical instrument; whether the Lord 
 smote him, or the devil struck him, or men, he sounded fwth tt 
 those sweet notes, — *^The Lard gave and tHe Lord hath 
 taken away; ble9sed be thM name of the Lord."-r- Job ..m. 
 1 : 21. A beautiful thought ! No matter irho strilcee the 
 notei of a if ell-tuned piano, it will give forth sweet eounda 
 
 ** Th« Nol of moaio deeping in ita Btringa." %. 
 
 Well, I have been sounding forth notes, lately, rather 
 toarfikef and trumpet-like^ and defiant^ against the devil 
 and ainful men, to have much sweetness, I fear. / O for more 
 loye I That is the grace which imparts a sort of melodious, 
 meltiiig softness to the sharpest and harshest truth ; and it 
 will pierce just as deep. There is music even in the batth- 
 trympet; but that does not take the edge off battle's swords ^ <■. 
 Lore is a buniitm principle; a hot iron will pierce sooner , 
 nod deeper than a cold one, even though it be blunter. ^ 
 
 Feb. 7. — About thirty young people brought to God, the 
 lost few days. These, with others, and those saved at Bux' 
 ton-road Chapel, make a noble company of young meii and •"' 
 women, the trophies of divine grace,— more than //kT'eeAKn- f 
 
 . dredj perhaps. The work is progressing signally in the ' 
 Sabbath-schools, also. I should think as many as sixty 
 children have tasted that the Lord is gracious: These latter - 
 have ndt been registered with adults, to avoid dwelling nam- 
 
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* MOB! HHOILLIHM Of IHl WmVAL. 841 
 
 bMi, ind Tery properly, too ; but they will be cMed (or, 
 and tr»ined for the church and heaven. 
 
 A poet might well compare luch young hearf to pUying 
 
 fountains, flinging their brighl, freeh feelingn to the ekiet 
 
 tbty love and etrive to reach,— which I hope they will, by 
 
 and by. They sing mth great tweetness and pow^^— 
 
 . fine, intelligent children, and truly and intelligenjfcjr aUve to 
 
 Friday afternoon. — CAm/ and peace, says t'enelon,^ 
 »re undivided. So have I found it. My soul rests in the ^ 
 pure love of Jesus, although my poor body is sadly shaken. 
 But my SOUL tecreases in health ; reminds me of what St 
 Paul says about the outward man perishing, while the 
 inner man w renewed day by day ;— like the two laurels 
 which it is said once grew at Rome, side by side, when one 
 decayed the other flourished ; —saw nothing of them thwe, 
 ^f abulia, perhaps,— /ac^ in my case, blessed be God! 
 But the Gospel is not weak ; no decline in its power, because 
 it is ^Uhe power o/pod."- Rom. 1: 16. Scores and 
 hundreds ato falling uAder its power around us. Luther, I 
 remember, used to wfy, " When a preacher so preaches that 
 the word is not fruitless, but effectual in ^e hearts of the 
 hearers; that is to say, y^hen faith, hope, love tinA patience. 
 do follow,— then God gives his Spirit, and works miracles 
 in the hearers." Well, bless the Lord, my soul, miracle 
 foUows^tfTracle here, as wave follows wave on ocean's sow- 
 ing shorO ! / 
 
 Feb. 8th,— Saturday morning. A great time on Holi- 
 ^ ness, last night ; — many entered the land that flows with 
 
 milk and honey. , . r 
 
 Afternoon.— Out for a walk. What a blessing is rest of 
 
 mind for a weak and wearied body! "To you who are 
 frnuhled rest with us^' says Paul; and agM>, ''There 
 
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 fvmalfM/ A a re§{ for the people of Ood; for he that i$ 
 entered into hia rest hath ceased from hie own uorkSf 
 ae Ood did from At«."— Heb. 4: 9, 10. ''Hath ceased 
 from hie own worms," — that is, looks no more with com- 
 ptacency upon them ; has ooasod to trust m them, to derive 
 vomfortf confidence^ hope or /i/o, by them ; hie life is hid 
 henceforth with Christ, in Ood. To cease from working 
 for, having a tide of life from Christ ; and yet to work 
 -from an impulse ot life within, as the stream must neces- 
 ' larilj run, attached to a living, overflowing fountain. This 
 is true Qospei liberty, — *'rest" ;r<"(x"a*'c**', whioh mat 
 be rendered tranquillity ; some give it in the word recreo' 
 Hon. It is both, really and truly; but never fomid in 
 mere wor^^ however pure, exalted or multiplied ; only in 
 Christ: 
 
 ♦* This all my hope, my only plea. 
 For me the Saviour died." 
 
 Faith in Christ, life from Christ, works from a living, 
 active Auth, flowing therefrom as water from a fountain, or 
 sunshine from the sun ; fikith bearing good works, as the 
 tree bear* the apples ; and love, kindled by Christ, and 
 kept alive by him, nourishing the tree of fiiith that bears 
 the rieh fruit of good works. The soul, like the planets, 
 beginning and ending, not changing place, but running atill, 
 — as some writer observes, motion at rest, and rest in motion ; 
 freedom, activity, repoep,— '* the initials of eternal rest ! " 
 — excursiooiiing over the past, the present and iYi^futwe, 
 without tire, fret or uneasiness, because the soul centres in 
 God, and reposes in his bosom by faith. ''He that dwelleth 
 in love dwelleth in God, and God in A*w."^l John 4: 
 16. Jesus does make good that promise. "Twill give you 
 reei," or "I will befresh yoti." It is a refreshment, 
 ind ee d. — I e njoy this r e st, both in possession and re v ersion, 
 
MOn flNCTLUlfQfl Of Tfil IBTITAI*. 
 
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 •^prwnitea alrotdy fuinUod, ind promwei to be fulfilled ; 
 no bonds or notoi over i«ttod by man surer. ** I will never 
 have thee nor forsake thee.'' Wliat an estate t what^ 
 mine of wealth in that one promwo I 0, it w iweet to li^f a 
 poor recumbcnt:.hy hcUi of iaiUi and affiauce^tiU thia and 
 tUt have their foM^ 
 
 ' Monday, A. iM^m^.^-'She atonement of Jesus!— , 
 a glorious Sabbi(j^|^wi ^' *" ^® corner-stone ofjl*'- 
 eiation ; ay, aiid»-^ry penitent iinner'i hop«jr I t 
 ■tandfl cloae to the faith that jmLtifie* ^* •*>^^ J ** *'*'*?^ 
 ara6fo from it Luther's remark had a fine illustration in 
 the salvation of many,— that justification by faith is ft 
 hriijht sunbeam coming down from heaven, to lighten, 
 direct and guide ; that, as all the world, with its wisdom and 
 power, is unable to stc^ or turn away the beams of the sun 
 from coming down from heaven to the earthy so neither can 
 it hinder the briyht sunbeams of justifying faith to enter 
 and renovate the believing soul ; that the doctrine of fiiiih 
 is like a sunbeam in^iis, that J^fi^ng <»» ^ ^^^ ^ ^^ 
 taken from it, without an utter ^||||;ing, or overthrowing 
 of the whole. This he said in reference to the efforts of 
 the Romfin Catholics to deface or destroy the doctrine of 
 justification by faith alone, by an intermixture of the merit 
 of works. } ■■^^^':-- ■v'mkr-: '--'^ -':■■■"'.'.:-:;■:. '^ 
 
 0, there were scores aM scores realized the beauty and 
 truthfulness of the sentiment; for the beam of faitli did 
 penetrate their benighted hearts ; nor could earth or hell 
 prevent its force-intensity, renovating power, crjeating a 
 summer feeling^, a paradise in hearts hitherto as dreary as 
 the icy regions around the poles. ''Therefore, being jus- 
 tified by faiths, we have peace with God through oitr Lord 
 Jesus Christ/'r-B^ta. 6: 1, Glorious words! worUiy 
 of being written in letters ti gold!— the only m^atts of 
 
 
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 becoming a Ohristian, and. the h€it definition of a Ohrhh 
 tian! 
 
 The orpwning act of human wickedness was the cruci- 
 fixion of- the innocent Saviour of the world. The per" 
 mission of it was the crowning act of divine meroj to the 
 world. jLiid that which crowns the whole is justification 
 ^/atVAr alone, without the merit of works; and the first 
 crowning proof of it, the conversion of the dying thief upon 
 the cross. This three-fold climax has a fine effect upon an 
 audience, — comes down upon disconsolate penitents , like a 
 burst of sunshine from the skies. Who could doubt the 
 power of Jesus, and oi faith in him, when beholding that 
 dj^ng male&ctor receiving pardon at the very mouth of 
 hell, and Vk passport for Paradise when the devil was all 
 but sure of his prey ? If this worst specimen of humanity 
 wsEb saved, surely none need despair ! 
 
 But what a crowning act of human Wickedness, in the 
 Roman Catholics, when they blotted out of their creed this 
 doctrine of justification by faith ! 
 
 An awful time on the General Juc^meni at night,— 
 that great day, which many hope will never cofne ; — and 
 well would it be for them were it so. But multitudes, 
 believing it will con^^, are getting ready for it 
 
 Had free and ready access to the scenical imagery of 
 our Lord and his apostles. No language equal to theirs 
 when one wants to invest that day with the pomp, attract- 
 iveness and terrible grandeur, which belong to it. . *'^Beh(M 
 he cometh with cUmdSy and every eye shall see him, and 
 they also which pierced him : and all nations shall wail 
 because of hiafnf Even so, Amen." Rev. 1 : 7 opens 
 up a wide vista of contemplation, and enables one to draw 
 largely on domestic feelings and sympathies ; — those 
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 the depths of paternal, maternal and filial hearts; — the 
 gentiment of approval for one portion of a family, and^ 
 condemnation to another; the parting scenes; "#^ 
 never again to i/jccp,— those never again to smile; ^ 
 father and mother ascending to regions .of eternal joy, and . 
 aU hopes of safety or delay of damnaion, to children left 
 behind, forever departing with them ! 0, there are ele- 
 ments of thought^ just here, suflBcient to break down lof 
 melt very hard hearts ! ' \a 
 
 But, when one comes to describe the coming m the clomds 
 of heaven, and every eye beholding, teari aease. Why 
 should sublimity of description have the same effect upott 
 the eyes of an audience that cold weather or dry weather 
 has upon th^ streams? The wateii disappear, and the 
 streams forget to flow; so, I have noticed, the domesUc 
 sympatiiie^ would be an antidote, hard to carry them so^high ; . 
 tiiey are like clouds,— cannot rise Ibove a certain height m 
 such sublimities, ^x\^^',- '' ^ things are possible wUh ^ 
 God ' " —must make tiiis a matter of prayer ^d thought- 
 fulness. However, conviction for siii may be just as deep 
 and penetrating as if tears flowed,^ more so, perf«[P9, 
 and more painful, and impressions more lastmg. But I like 
 to see the tears ^ov,— could not be put to a better use 
 tiian to weep for sin, or weep ovajkour Desire and Hope, 
 —Jesus, my Love, my Life, my Ml ^ _ 
 
 Nor is it easy to climb those sublimities to which the 
 text invites ; to wh^ a fine writer would lead the daring 
 thought,— to where "the vast procbssion is sailmg on 
 the bosom of the troubled air, filling the concave of the sky, 
 ' and /tonAred with the thunder-clouds of wrath, and opemng 
 its front on an astonished world ! " There is wanted, just 
 here in one's soul, a combination of natural and super- 
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 divine temperature^ a stand-point, a position of power, a 
 poifit d^appui, as a Frenchman would say ; —a point of 
 support f a^coalition of the divine and human ; the Spiritual 
 a|4 intellectual and physical giving a rally ittff'pointBSkd a 
 base of strength,' where ideaa rally and form Uke troops on 
 a battle-field^ condense m\xi language^ file off firom the lips 
 in squadrons oi fit words ^ to do battle for the Bong of 
 kings and Lord of lords ! 
 
 Well, liier all du^ preparation, I did attempt the sntiUme, 
 with a single eye and pure intention. The Lord enabled me 
 to take sure footing, — not, indeed, upon the sublimities of 
 ^gaj speculations, upon which sinners are not unwilling to 
 gave, nor where the tiord would not '^PS^ with me. No; 
 but 'high amid the 5/ro9^-Ao/tf5 add ^^le^ountainous fiut- 
 DMses " of Jesfui Christ, ^od his. apostles ; I found them 
 like the tower ^qf Davidj where are hung a thousand 
 bueklsrsy all shields of mighty men f-^ Cant. 4 : 4. And 
 the Lord enabled me to lay ti^em aboi^t me^ — not as one 
 beating the air^ but upon the souls of the people, — scores 
 and s&tres of whom were the slain an^ the saved of the 
 Lord, — huibaiids and wives^ parents and children, masters 
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 The fi>ll(Mrita!g ohApter continues the record of the gneai 
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 Canghey'fl manner, with meditations, reflectionfi and sujg- 
 gestions, which cannot but be profitable to candid and spir- 
 itua)r readers. One thousand souls had found Christ at the 
 date at which this chapter commences. ^ 
 
 Teb.ll.— What a glorious work of God among the 
 young, people, many of "Whom were sayed on Sabbath and 
 lajjt night!— Not the World's leavingp !^ot Satan's rem- 
 nants, depreciated by his iniquitous clippings! No. Dry- ; 
 
 goods merchants have what theycall remnants,— ends of 
 webs, living? of whole pieces,— sold cheaper than the rest. 
 
 Old *t»»^« are but* remnants of their former selves. 
 -Numbers of such saved, but the devil had nearly used them 
 up, body and soul. But these Jroung souls, from seventeeu 
 years to twenty-five old,— fresh, vigorous, beginning their 
 day's work for eternity in the prime of life's morning. 
 how much good they may accomplish, if fiiithful, before 
 ^y enter their rest above f Mr. Wesley used to say he 
 ioved and venerated a young man, because of the good he 
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 Feb. 16, Saturday morning. — The work -advanoos with 
 amazing 'Bwiftness and energy. To look aroundrand see 
 one hundred new ftces in thfe audience, saved within a 
 few days past, many of whom -are heads of families, melts 
 the heart and the eyes. '^The trembUng gates of hell " 
 seem to be shaken. The atrengtK of thernjfihty is given 
 to those who turn the battle to the gate.— Isaiah 28 : 6. 
 Our troops seem as fresh, when they " stack their arms " 
 for the night, a^ in the begin^g of the fight. Abraham 
 had his " trained servants^ ' or sol4^ers;— Gen. 14 : 14,-- 
 bsm in bis own house, three hundred and eighteen of 
 them; with them he obtained a great yictory, and returned 
 from the slaughter of Chedorkomer, and Brought back the 
 souls and the goods he and his army had carried away cap- 
 tives. The Romans also had their Ftfftrtcii,— brave war- 
 riors of a high order, who graced ^ir battle-field, and who, 
 had never learned lo spell the word retreat! Well, Meth- 
 odism has in Huddersfieldhertirained soldiers, bom within 
 her ramparts, who never foil, in^their encounteis with the 
 old Chedorlaomer of hell, to come off victorious, bringing 
 aU Oie souls back with them for which they fiju^t, and 
 which he had led mto activity ; — the brave Pabridi, who v 
 are determined never to spell, define nor illustrate, retreatl 
 
 Amen. ... 
 
 Monday, Feb. 17.— Faithfulness and tenderness m 
 preaching yesterday ;— ^iM and sympathy. 0, may my 
 preaching never be wanting in either ! They itfe the life 
 and soul of an effective ministry; truth colonizes truth, 
 and sympathy begets sympathy,— 9A love begeto love; 
 and fiiir pbrsuasion becomes what the ancients assigned to 
 eloquence, ^M«c»-r«!gre»/ of the affectioni. ^^ 
 
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 ^Was filled with God. PersuaBion, with Bytopathy, as a gnph. 
 
 > ing, overflowing tide, passed wer;reachinff even to the 
 neck, fitting the breafiUH of thv land, O Tmmtmud,— 
 Isaiah 8 : 8,— not, indeed, with'the desolating ms^i of the 
 Assyrian, but refjeshing and fertiUnng as the waters of 
 ShUoah, that go softly,- lAuah 8 : 6. There wew few 
 eyes that refused the waters, few hearts that, did not feel; 
 hearts bowed unused' to boW, and eyes wept not apt to weto, 
 
 *' -- iw^ tears, as if thfey would not part with them " fi* 
 lOl the smiles that dance about the cheek of mirth.'' How\ 
 tears do follow some appeals to the natural affections,— as \, 
 'imter followed the rod of Moses! Baielujah! A sweet « 
 sight (^,The seal of trftth stamps deeply thjpugh team, 
 
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 ^'^ Like as a father pUieth his chUdren, so the Lord 
 pUieth them that fear him : for he f^noK^ our frame; 
 he rmember^ihat ice are dust.'' FaMrs ! mothers I 
 How tlie sentiment moved them,— that ^1 the, parentol 
 tenderness that \ha^^ever existed in.the bosom of pM^nta 
 towaids their oftprinj^bm the d ajgjof; Adam till b5w, is 
 but as a 4rop to the ooean, wh^ co"*||l^ ^**^ *K*^^ , 
 liesB of felt)d towards those who tnay fUar him, and wHp^ 
 in any sore trouble. , / 
 
 - Biotheys, sisters, children! Howjlweet to watch the 
 effects of those wprds of Jesup,— " Or what man t» Miw 
 ,0/ ym, whom if his son ask breads will he give him a 
 st0ie? orif he ask a fish, wiU he give him a serpent? 
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 _. camiot fi^l ^ ittspi andjinslerij^a master at the 
 4ead of iOs servants, he reveals himifelf |s!a parent in the 
 ttiiast of ■ ^ fif^. 5(w coiUd he do m better ^lanby 
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 pirotectedns fii^to^,^ cared for our wants? 
 
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 tajces-hoid of tkt.g(»d that has survS^# the ruin of the 
 &11, and tdls us that thwre is n pjurentail iltodernpss in God 
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 ih«m And many a pale and care-worn face brightened at 
 
 the illustration of the emotions of that American fother 
 
 whose son had gone to a fiwr-distant Und, had been sick, 
 
 long sick, and all his money spent : " but we have tent h>m 
 
 . funds, and we expect him home." The Lord sendmg his 
 
 ' poor) dieted ones /Mwfo,— peace, love, joy and providen- 
 
 Sl succor,-^ and expecting them home to heaven before 
 
 long, was almost too much for some of them to bear. 0, 
 
 ' how it does delight my soul to see a poor saint l^ippy, 
 
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 Some one has said, "Tears are God's rivers for otfrying 
 away our troubles," If so, a gdod deal of trouble floated 
 
 oflf yesterday. , :■',■., 
 
 That incident touches a fine chord,— of a /a/Aer sittmg 
 
 in his study, and deeply moved with the cries of his cMld 
 below, under chastisement; could hardly bear it, till a 
 whisper reached his ear, that it was maternal correction, 
 His4iea#.wafl'in8tantly at rest, saying, "/if is the mother; 
 " she cauinot be unkind, or cause her darling and mine a 
 needless tear!" That other anecdote of a father who, if he 
 ' heard his favorite boy cry forefather," waited to see 
 whether some plaything, or cordii^l or other, from some family 
 l^l^l^en^ the chad; but when all fiiiled, and 
 j^j^ but his presence, he rah to it directly. 
 ^ ^^ our I^eiWy Father, when nothing wiU suffice the 
 toid bnt^his presence # tirjj^^ ' £", ^ 
 
 Aiicwt of sinners saved yestefaaiT^ ««»* young; — 
 foOiers^ movers, br<»th ^t^ husbap^, and wiyei. 
 
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 0688 ; but the work goes on. The Lord reigneth. In *e//, 
 all weakness ; in Christ, all strength. " Naked foith is the 
 death of nature," says some old writer, "because it leaves 
 it no support; when we are convinced that all is lost, that 
 very conviction is the evidence that tU is gained." This is 
 that /at/A, that, with a broken voice and feeble body, and 
 weak in soul besides, beliei^es what God has promised,— 
 that he will nuUce a worm thrash a mountain, and beat 
 hiUito c)Mff, How unlikely an instrument for all 
 this1\Had he promised^a tornado, or a thunderbolt, or 
 such eieJhepts as played around Elijah upon Horeb, which 
 rerU the moiintaitiSi and brake in pieces the rocks before 
 the Lord, there>wild be no difficulty. But for a '* worm'' 
 to do so and so, — Mb^nbelief ! down, Reason ! — Faith, 
 loving, naked Faith, speakM? It doe6 speak within my lotll, 
 and saith, " A trorm, in theW^a of an omnipotent God, 
 is as efiective, any hour he pleasethrns tornadoes or thun- 
 derbolts." Amen! Hallelujah! Th^M^ is my poor 
 spirit, tha* clmgs to the arm that moves the >Qrld. 
 
 Took d|»ner to-day with an agreeable, ^sompwrji^at the 
 mansion of Mr. Swain, a few miles from Huddersfie^^ 
 After dinner we visited the tomb of that celebrated outlaw, 
 Robin Hood, close by, on the neighboring' heights, fifom 
 which there is a very fine prospect. , , \^ 
 
 Feb. 24, Monday morning. — yesterday I preached at 
 Buxton-road Chapel in the morning. I was extremely 
 hoarse, but gathered strength towards the cl^. At night, 
 to an immense crowd in Queen-street Cha|)flr*text, Rev. 
 20 : 11 j 18." Ninety saved, afternoon and «^t. . - 
 
 Last Friday evening, 21st, rode to Sfclmforth, and 
 preached on Heb. 7 : 25; chapel crammed, aisles aiid all. 
 The Lord saved twenty-si^, souls, some seven or eight of 
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 Oaa. My Mul enjJys deep quirt .nd wrt, but TOioe quita 
 ..^„g ^y_,nd more tJuua voice, I few.- "Spare im,0 
 Lord!" i« the cry of my howt. Prud^ee otim, "Sfu» 
 thyself !" Hard to do »o midit »cene« like th«M. Bvety 
 God-oalled pnMeher hu uiually aome great Aarw»<-tiiiio m 
 hi. Tuiniitry. Thia i. mine, and I want to ifP"™ »' "» 
 
 3S uttennort, not knowing how long it W >f- ^?« 
 „(j,A< comert loAw. «o man conw*," M the hurt of Hnn 
 
 who called me I _ d„., 
 
 March 8d/ Monday morning.^ Yeeterday, Dr. Beou- 
 mo«< preached in Queen-atreet Chapel in tho mcmung, and 
 TBuxton Bo«l at night; while I preached at Buxton » 
 the morning, and at Queen-rtrert »t wgH Ou^Wrmont; 
 . ^r. in beliU of "The Tru,$IM." But pr«o^ 
 tie about "futub" were in any of the eermoni. H|, 
 
 Z. M the gold and rilver in H— • Ho#ev«r, « »c- 
 eeeded very well ; the coltactions amountmg to *246,- 
 over twelve hundred dottara. • » . __ 
 
 My acquaiSance with the doctor commenced m later- 
 pool, Octo^, 1848, where, during four <»/7°°«*^' 'J 
 had thirteen hundred rinnei. ~»™'^' "^^Sfcia*" 
 believeiti purified. Since that time he »»• "xx^^fr ' 
 unflinching friend, both in Conference and <«t-^»' 
 ^, mind, and an eloquent pre«.her. Ha« nrt b«l tt. 
 
 pShe of hearing him over »'!«> <»: t^f V_=«^ ^ 
 SSv^n^rince. A: rich and >au.rfUd»- 
 
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 B« ueda fine figure on the lUbility of the Christian'! 
 peace. "You cannot toaoh the deep foundationi of the 
 Christian's peace. . iplPW Wm^i^ar^ up and raving 
 ^xkndly, you aeo the trees |om up by the rooti, the waves 
 **^ the sea 6oi/ii^, and ships dashed to pieces upon their 
 jurges. You are, perhaps, inclined to say, Ho^.tempestu- 
 X)U8 it must be, a thousand fathoms down ! Ah ! the winds 
 Wve iipyer reached those waves,— there all is peace. There 
 is a large mass of waters the wind cannot reach, — it is all 
 ' on t\jit surface. And so let wealth depart, let political influ- 
 ence* decline, death comq^ — let all the winds from hell be 
 unloose*!, — you cannot touch the deep foun j||ions of the 
 Cbri|(ian'8 pbacb. You have only aoen the surface ; in 
 ^ th^ dee8^^^,withm all is peace^ peace." Equally so wii hit 
 figure iliustrative of the mysterious destiny of the^ boui* 
 after it l^vesihe h<dy. "All that we know i% thaU the 
 soul never di4. '"Lile a mightj^ river, the track of which 
 you cani^foU<ra^om Pgioa H region, and from soil to 
 soil, but iWich'ft last, ^wildered, you lose, by the river 
 entering a deen and embowered wood — you can follow it no 
 # farther. If^ood is soi^^ck, th#fi)restj8 eo dense, you 
 , cannot go 2ler it; btttyou>ear it diphin^on hj the 
 I furiouBness of its roiu^ SJib it with the huoiflln soul. You 
 
 amnot follow it a(Wjfea||; but you know, by the intimar 
 v^ions that neach you^pSht iip immortai." And, on another 
 V* occasion: *'I know?--that it is in the Order of nature ^ 
 ^ parants to teach their children ; but I know that it is 
 order that the God of nature, and grace often smiles upon 
 and blesses,' for the children to tea«h their parents. I do 
 < not mind how the matter g0!p8 04, so that it goes on.' Jkt is 
 >with this as it is wiih the dew^ some say that the dew ^idls 
 down,— that it comes frOm the^sky^; but, according to the 
 ^nost recondite phildsophersi dew rises up &om the earth ; it 
 
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 .ao^ndi, but doet not deM^nd. I do not caw whether it m 
 down or up, or up or down, or both, lo that it doee but 
 come, and enough of it to refresh aU the waste pbcee of the 
 earth. So with regard to A:noir/ed[jy^. I do not care whwh 
 way it it ; whether it goes from the parents to the children, 
 or from the children to the parents, or both wajs— any way, 
 every way— the more the better!" He is exceedingly happy 
 in his choice of winis, which come, like nimble servants, at 
 hit bidding. His power of iteration, or repetiUon, struck 
 me as singuUrly unique,— piling sentence upon sentence, 
 expression upon expression, word upon word, syllable upon 
 syUable, epithet upon epithet, and all to glorify some noun 
 ^ oAer, and that noun illustraUve of something higher and ^ 
 nobler. There is something in it like comparative tau- 
 tology, it id true,— the same meaning in different words, 
 ^ thwefore hazardous in a speaker. But not so with Dr. 
 k " '- To the hearer there is no needless repetition ; he 
 
 ^ali not have a single word absent,— wishes him to go on 
 piUng ! — for he feels the " main thought," — the thought 
 'J of thoughts sinking deeper and deeper into his heart ! It 
 iB Uke the repeated strokes of a hamme|^<>o ^^^ «»"»« 
 nail, Thus, in illustrating the pain e^W ^J ^^ ^ 
 deemer when the nails penetrated his hSmi that^" »* » 
 by the nerves we have the sensation of pam, and, as a 
 *'^ tissue of them meet in the hand, the rending nail must hate 
 °^|)roduced pain the most excruciating. The powbr of the 
 nerves, then, to cause pain, was his idea; upon which he 
 observed : " The nerves are the centres of feeling, the nvers 
 of feeling, tiie canals of feeling, the railroads of feeling, the 
 telegraphs of feeling. But the source of feeling is more 
 remarkably placed in tiie hand ; there are bundles of nerves, 
 fimulies of nerves, congregations of nerves." What one said 
 ^ a famous English orat o r an d Btatesman, ia truly apphca^ 
 
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 lARNEffT CBKISTIAltrrT IIXUOTRATID. 
 
 ble to Dr. Beftttmont,— for he does poBwai all that mateu- 
 llHi vigor, and full-grown robttstnesa of mind, with an 
 eqimlly diffused intellectual wealth. In private inter- 
 course, you see nothing of the great man ; but the iocial 
 humble, unaaeuming Christian friend, happy himaelf, and 
 making everybody else easy and happy around hi^. God 
 ever bleM Dr. Joseph E. ^ Beaumont ! Blessed be the 
 Lord ! he has given us a good Sabbath, if ire never spend 
 another together in the same town, till we meet in the Jeru- 
 salem which is above. The Lord smiled upon our united 
 labors, and gave us seventy souls converted, and forty 
 sanctified. All glory be to the high and lofty One who 
 inhabiteth eternity 1 Amen. _ 
 
 • March 4th.— I omitted to note that last week I preaxshed 
 two sermons to the youth of the town. A great gathering 
 of them, and the power of our God was present among them j 
 many were saved,— from seventeen years of age, to twenty 
 and twenty-five. May this young, warm, soft and tender, 
 wax, receive the fiiirest impression the Gospel seal can im- 
 print! These opening flowers must be very precious to 
 Jesus,— "^atM/J in the bud,'' as one called them; — the 
 almond-trees of prophetic vision ; the hastening tree, the 
 early blossoming tree, the first awake, when all the other 
 trees are locked in repose of winter ; the first in bloom of 
 all in the eastern forests; covered with blossoms in /a»- 
 fiary, while all others are budless; and bearing /rt/»/ in 
 March, when other trees are but just beginning to bud. 
 Perhaps thi< was the reason why the Lord selected this tree 
 as a symbol in prophecy, becamto of its early nature, indi- 
 cating speedy fulfilment. "Jeremiah, what seest thou?" 
 "/*ce a rod of an almond-tree,'' replied the prophet. 
 T hen the Lo r d said, ''Thou hast weU s e en: forlwUl 
 hasten my word to perform i/."— Jer. 1 : 11, 12. God 
 
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 rX^^toned. The Lord i. giviag tta^»d*Ue-»ge<l «d 
 the »Bed» load »ndiign>fi<»°"*"' . /~.. i..«.M 
 
 in Q»eea-.U«.t Ch.p.1. My tl»mo 'f ''^"'"'^'j^^ 
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 Zd slSr w» upon n«. Feature, of ohar«^™ 
 ^ bS^Word.. like paint, were gwen. M^ 
 and r-touohed, tOi the likene«e. «re '»»?'»'« •'^'V** 
 a painter who h«. done hi. beet, and lay. down th^n»h^ 
 Aid now c«ne the dre«l call for the origip.^ ! BoM ^d 
 . daring mui ! Amidst a tempest of emotK>n, I oned oot, 
 
 *a up upon your feet!" ^^P'^^y- "PT^r.^. 
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 »/oorf/. both of them, nQW, trembling with emotion. I 
 addressed them a little, and made a fresh i^ppeal. Others 
 arose,— Metr features .also had appeared m the pictures ! 
 The congregation was taken by surprise; We went to 
 prayer, and about a do?en of souls were saved.* 
 
 After prayer-meeting, a middle-aged man solicited an 
 interview.; said he. had found peace some time since; that 
 one night I had drawn his picture so complete, there was 
 no' mistaking it; that I d^lared it as my faith, I should 
 yet hold the original by the hand. . '\ Now, sir, has any one 
 else owned up to that picture? " No. " ViTell, sir, I am 
 the man." He was happy in God. >& » * 4 
 
 OH'^umphrey says, " When we want an mrow to go 
 . right home, there is nothing like taking a sittj^le aim. This 
 is what a good friend of muie calls using a rifle-barrel in- 
 stead of a scattering blunderbuss ! " * 1 have often foutad it 
 BO in preaching? ''A single aim" is surer to bring doiip. 
 a souly than a scalieringi indirect^ aimless discour^ 
 Many hear the voice,of man only in the Gospel, but som^ 
 the voice of God; then it is the pcfwer of Ood unto salva* 
 tion. Vi GomsA direct Uien, as to fallen Adam in the gar- 
 den,— "^rfam, where art Moi*?"— an* wakes the dead. 
 When Saul of Tarsus was struck down on his way to Damas- 
 cus, the men who were with hiin saw the light, and heai^^ 
 yoice,— perhaps a thunder only,— no more ; they distin- 
 guished not the words. Saul did. The articulate yoioa 
 was for his ear alone. He understood it. They did n<it. 
 There was a voice within a voice, so to speak,— "a stiUy 
 small voice," may be, such as Elijc^ heard in Horeb.— 
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 « Far this cauie also wb thank Qod ^hout ceasim he- 
 cause when ye received the word of Ood which ye hearf 
 7us, yereceiveiiti^(yL AS thb woed of m«n, 6.^, astt 
 Z in truth, THB word of Qoi>, which efictuaUy worketh 
 
 rf tiiii have been remarkably numerous m Huddersfield 
 
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 Xli "hand of Ctod fincU that irithin man which v.biat|^t«» 
 
 hii touch, which edMCB to hk voice,- oonsoibnob,^ Thw, 
 
 Mrf not tiU then, 1. the tnUh of God he^a »avmgtyA^^o 
 
 the clanww^f the pa«ion8; nor can the most discordant^ 
 
 them drown it at su4 a time. Conscience is a amgute 
 
 feoultT. In some it strains at a gnat and swallows a camel. 
 
 In one, scrupulous and garrulous; in another, silent when 
 
 it^nU speak like thunder. Quiet and «de«p under Ae 
 
 most alarming V^i Htillery ; at other seasons, under the 
 
 same, it is trumpet-toniuei Supernatural infiuence^T 
 
 ^lain the Jionomena. The fiiot proves ito necessity. 
 
 Ambrose, fienJbmber, remwks that when the voice of 
 Jesus Christ is iffectual, it usuaUy, sinj^es a n»n out; the 
 \„^ of the minister is indeed heajd, but the voice of Chnrt 
 »4dcs the worddirecdy to the heart^with a mMvellouskmd 
 rfmajesty and glory stamped upon it, and shming m it 
 
 However, it is something of a <»>«(.. to pre«* thM. It 
 lobb urn widim.winafy.-out of the common order of 
 sreaohing. People do not know what to make of it Suh- 
 jectTonfto se«re criticism; forfeit, the ^g?od esteem of 
 4e'eool, ¥«idfflit, judicious,- whoe? Mendship uid confi- 
 dence one is unwilling to loee^ ■ n«.-»« »«, 
 But why is it people do not understand? There sie 
 y,riati(ms m di^ ii^"™*. «> thVtemperatw* pfjhe 
 wMher, or changeein the wind. Tliese tflmgf^ m nature, 
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 and ohMioe, •• «0B» wppoie. We»w yet children in the 
 myrteries of nature; too much id in the fflysteries of grace 
 and the influences of the Spirit. St. Paul tells us there 
 are diveraities of gift9, differences of adtninistratioiis, 
 and diveraiiies of operations,— tM by the same Spint, 
 XordandGodi-rMSttringus, at the same tinlie,:that the 
 manifestation of the Spirit is ffiveti to every man to , 
 profit wUhal,-^l <?or. 12 : 4, 11. Siioh hints as these 
 should lea4 Christians to expect startling variations in th^ 
 Spirit's eooiiomy. But they do not ^iscem them wheiK they 
 jiome, but impute them to human e<icentricities. It^is be- 
 <»use they are hot expected, or not credited, that ihey are^ 
 not more fr^ue^tlymftriiiestea. The Holy Spirit is grieved, 
 . and will not be despised; is unwilling, besides, to ^ve 
 Satan an advantage to tempt the church to sin thus against 
 
 f divine influences. - < ' ■- 
 
 Ministen are often afraid to yield to the heavenly influ- 
 ence when it comes, and keep straight along in the line they 
 had previously chalked out^ plodding filong it, perhaps, with- 
 very Uttle «d. The Spirit desired them to rfir«y«, to con* 
 vey messages of thought to this and that in^dividual. jBut 
 no 5 " that would appear eccentric ; would excite criticism ; 
 *^ beoflfenwve; displease; lessen my congregation here^ri 
 embarrass my mind; spoil my sermon ; unable, perha)^, ^ 
 ^ take up the thread of my discourse : — I>ve little enough 
 , tune, besides, for what I intaided to say." Thus the will 
 ^ of the preacher closes, the door against the Spirit. " What 
 I have to say is truth," he soliloquiies ; " why may not the 
 Spirit bless this?" It is 1fu&, doubtless, but, as Hushai 
 said to il6*ofom, "TAe cmtnsel that Ahithophel hath 
 given is not good at this time.'^ So the counsel that the 
 study has given, or th»t the manuscript gives, is not good 
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 w;.Jl hb«Ter dear md «eU-me»ning, we penh»*- 
 ^ wch ffiend., ^-XtowWai iti» to grieve ««1 dtoppoint 
 rrtt it m^ brdte.if *e pre«he, ,.«ld not 
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 htiiiter trearied in the chase, when he sees the game anew, 
 and at hand, falters not to pupue, nor to fire^when within 
 range of his shot. 
 
 Difficulties had made me willing to seize upon any ad- 
 vantage ; miracles of mercy ensued. O^o God helonged all 
 the glory, for my soul was humbled in the dust before God 
 and 9ian. Jj«us was victorious and glorified ; but I sought 
 for a place to hide my poor head. Amen, my Lord \ So 
 letiteverbe. Amen! ' *^ .. 
 
 Christians should be taught to understand, ^confidence 
 in them, thus, would give a mighty advantage to a Holy 
 Ghost preacher. He could then preach the preaching that 
 God bids him, free as Jmali on his first day's journey, 
 crying, on the walls of Nineveh, « Ye^ /or/y days, and 
 Nineveh shaU be overthrown." --Jomh^. Thewordof 
 the Lord would then /lave free course, nmand be glorir 
 fied--2 Thess. 8 : 1. Paul, we see, asked their, prayers 
 that it mig^t be so. He expected,a four-fold advantage, 
 1. Their influence with Heaven to have it so. 2. Theii' 
 honest faUh assisting them to believe obstmately that it 
 dudl be so. 8. Predisposing their^mind to understand and 
 appreciate the mbans employed by the Holy Spirit to cause 
 i^ to^ sp. 4. Acknowledgment and cooperation with 
 the SpirU when it if so ; — owning and approbating his 
 wisdom and power, without a whisper of the Peter-like 
 *'Not so, Lord:'' Bind working together m^ WmyU) 
 have it as extensively and gloriously so as th /nr enUrg6d 
 "and strengthened fiwth might desire. " \ >,;: 
 
 JU is with the^ ministry of the w<»rd ^ iflr arcAfiry ;^ 
 irhen We is ly^n^atl^ among the spectfttors with iM 
 ii^htri;i^hen his aim is'understood, the mark seen, intend 
 inten»t excM for thesuccJess of the arrow %bout to sjpeed 
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 aroher,feels toattheyao,— ina''"* J J /- ^ g . . 
 It eneririzes his soul, spurs him to do hjs best,- the »p"r.^ 
 G^^aiding. Sympathy increaj^s every moment^^^^^^^ 
 
 - dectricity from the friction of an eloctrio machme ; "V^, ^ 
 electricity iro Gospel-string, they bir" 
 
 arrow after arrow speewo m^ r ^^ .o TheV • 
 
 V i. #i.v.A^ ,A/,r/ a '' God-speed:' What next? l»iey 
 
 T^Jlp^Mt" "The arrows of the AlmH/Myar' 
 ZZZs 1/00.1 do .et tJfemeeli^e, in array aga»>^ 
 
 Bealmy soul, forUlM sinned '^""^^'^■J*^ 
 
 prayer and acclamations of joy, to cooperaw m vu 
 
 of the wounded. ': . ■. __ ;_^- 
 
 But aU» ! the church, in many places, has got so many 
 Jcl ea« and nice tastes, and such trembling resp^^ 
 
 S^Jn^^o; the world, that scen^liW^^ 
 
 ^trle thefei But such was the preaching on the day ot 
 
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 The fact is,- aeny it who ctn,-- the Gospel is usIiUy 
 preached in such a manner as that the immediate ^^ 
 Luare with the tastes and prejudices 0/ the majority of the 
 hearers, professbrs especially ;-a rich, influential one, hero 
 and thw a hast in himself or herself, ^jainst any stidden 
 o«/crt^7ormerry among alilrmedandwoiinded sinners, oj a 
 hea^iV Amen" or "Glory be to God " s^bn^^ 
 lieyert, and, of course, /against the sort of ^^g that is 
 about sure to call such expression, forth, Sn spite of the 
 devili pride, and sin. ^^ 'J^ , . 
 
 We^it otherwise with ihe people, it would be otherwise 
 in the pulpit. I have known and felt it to my sorrow. The 
 Gospel is in bonds in^ many congregations of our W 
 The word of God is bound, because the preacher is " bound 
 over to keep the peace^' with his congregation and church 
 for two years, beginning with Conference date. Deny it 
 who pan. AndjeHhnretaeexceptimis.-nobleexceptums, 
 
 both among preachers and people, in European and American 
 Methodism ; but they are tremendously in the minority. ^^ 
 
 There are exceptmuf, too, with regard to " revival eflfort^ 
 in protracted meetings, when strong things are expected 
 and said, and winked at " It is an extr<wrdmary t%me. 
 It wil) soon be over, and then we shall return to our good 
 old quiet \m^i^JmraMe and worth-hearing sermons i — 
 whi^, alas; tod sooit rethm ! " Prudence " returns to the 
 preacher as he^ols down. The sermon once more be^ 
 ■ lugmUf^un-i^citmg; he ia*oMnrf, and the woi^of God 
 " is teund once more, until another annual spasmodic effort 
 ■ to he free. And yet people wonder why it is that the revival 
 does not continue. Do they not see ? Do they not under- 
 stand? The preaching has changed its tone ! The church 
 ^ is allowed to go asleep ; sinners are let alone, or spoken to 
 *Vkindly, smiUngly and encouragingly," as if the pulpit 
 
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 ra«W tickled now; to UM Luther'* idoa, "riwwto-^ 
 1*J" not " rightly touched a^ hit, till h. bepn. hor- 
 ml rage, ««d to'«i«. «P t««.bte ^T,*he«." N.^ • 
 "„ Lttthor! Howoan yo«-expect». to b. tOaoh.ng, h.tt.ng _ 
 J, .tabbing, that old .pirit. »d k«,ping «»«*>7 » ^^ • 
 -.ter perpetually? May ire not allow bim«d oanwlve. 
 nS/;Linlr w«nAlie.t May ».t/tho ^ oT, , 
 ;: JTce^K,? AWI it ».,; but th. '^ ^ 
 preached, otherwiaT the oifenee would^ /oe.~. ^2 ^ 
 when the offence of the otom ce~««, Ibe «'.'»''«^"~^ ^ 
 ner.ce.~8 abo. And then tho poor rW.v»l«t.«4P^ 
 tracte^meetingecome i^ for their tha^ of th«^|*-%^^^^^^^ 
 
 .. They teach oar^le M *«»««»»«^f ^7%-^*^^ 
 we cannot haye a revival until a oertMO sOMon <^*»r^ 
 ,heno»r n»ni.ter mu.t give « a Wtw^ n^ng »4 
 
 Z^revivaliet hin.«>lf; or odl in ^ iid of m^^- 
 ^not till then, .hall we have gl<»#».^me.!^;^A»d«» 
 
 Aepreacher «it. hi. face agiunat the«. Min«.l eflbrto, With- ■ 
 o!^ «ng the .tylo of hi. pre«>hing ; anJ «. thing, pt, 
 ril^stagnLion.nd'«,;-«^a^^^ 
 
 „.r a believer aanctiBed, OfWn * .., tho«^, »^. »>^\ 
 the .tylo of the ordinary preaching nocc».tate. %e e=^tr«)r. 
 
 dlrreirort. in the U-M ^-ti"?- f /^^^ 
 
 however, for «.metime. ">«" ?* »°» '""^M'^ ■ 
 thing. It i. with mM as with ««««',- repeated .tr*», 
 in ouiok and continuou. Buccewion, are neceasaif to break 
 H in X. It » -if » congregation ., -'*« *n«2 " 
 Z 17. few Bkirmiahe. are u«.ncco..f«l, there *notto^ 
 foritbutapitoh«lbattle;-"et«ck arm. at night, m^ 
 be or "lie under arm. " and fire away by morning 4»J«., 
 ^^ion till victory. It ii with the »i-^»>/- 
 • rrmin war thn«; if 4t «»nnot bo taken by .torn, there I. 
 
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 nothmg for it but . r.g«Ur .i.g. ! But »»« " J" *^ 
 previou.ly done in the ordinary pr.p«.t.on f« W. befor. 
 the pitched battle or the reguUr .lego. 
 
 Xho» wo«J. of the apoetle are n«ir ^^^J^^^ 
 
 ionrf.; BOX tH« WORD Of God is not bound^ -2 Tm^ 
 7^. He w.. a do pri«.ner at IU,«e when h^,r.te the 
 !u»e word.; and if that ^ hi* dungeon which they 
 twedlthere a few month, ago, ho wa. a pr».ner bound 
 S™,ith chain., impregnable «»"»- •»'»" P^^ 
 Solid aark-"- Vet, gloriou. Paul, the word of God 
 r^Ul not be bound, even there! J-^''^^-^^^ 
 hi. fellow-pri«.ner. M.d keeper.; and doubtle- * wa. the 
 BOwer of God unto the wlvation of many of them, 
 -"^mppy thrice happy i. that pre«.h.r who «f««. to h. e 
 • the wSrf of God bound, but pre«Ac it m ^^^^^ 
 with th»Holy Gho.t sent down from'beaven S.gn. Mid 
 Zle„ are fure to accompany hi, -"■"''■■y "■* 'T^r 
 ^„. for deliverance ! a general jub^ for the Gospel. 
 tLughout the churche. of the land. Free .«»r.« for thy 
 word, my Lord and my God! . ,, ., -V,, tt 
 
 '^hy tathereauchaworkof God » H^^^erf eldT ft 
 
 Ubeoa^uie tU «ord of God i, not *»'"«'• ^' ^^^^ 
 
 ^uT, and i. gloriBea. So long a. the Uoapel » P«»«''^. 
 
 ZTr^m errof.-truetothe New Teetam^nt,- th.« noble 
 
 ^pt^." willing to give it the latitude of ^e winds o, 
 
 Cavbn - hhwhigh, blm low, in zephyr, or m 6r«««, 
 
 UMn c«.not bet of .tronger mind., ^^^^^ 
 pnce, purer ...te, deeper piety, than old »^'^S^^^ 
 field nooMtM- Thi. i« my impreMion now. Bleewd M 
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 ^7L.d th«. U..y «. .Iway. p«pared for «ytlung 4^ 
 !S^i« with the old Undmarla.- M. »o«rf.r/«/ worfc. God 
 
 JaTo.leT'.Jourp.l. for fear h.h« mistaken h-charoh. .. 
 
 Illlua'longioamal item; bi.t, "-»« f'-^"" ^J^j; 
 h«rt, and no better place for ;hen., concladed to m«rt 
 Im'her.; they may be ««/.;^ to « m future Drinot 
 hide of writing «. -.uch. but lu.t let .thoheart and pen 
 ^runontilUhey»id Amen. » , . , 
 
 . M«eh 10, Monday morning- Y~t«ri.y a A^y of «d- . 
 „Uan. What, rich theme i. Me /^m» »/ ^'f"''* 
 .«^feial Lamb, th«t bear. t|jgen.ral «mjaw.y J How 
 .ppropriate for a «orament.^.on, "r!""? "7" 
 eSSbW to-preacb> Chriet en«lfied, m a «»«f ** "rT "j 
 Ta then L/«rtof it! -a real fact, at the top of ^l 
 
 ^ „. an at«„enu,U for th, .in. of the "*■*■ J^f ' 
 
 We wlminietered the Loijl'. Supper at Burtou-r»d 
 Chart The o«.«d of believTr. wa. «. g«»t we de.pa.rj 
 V/napei. xm v therefore concluded 
 
 ; ofibaving them around the altar. It wa. «>«f«'"' 
 
 rdi-trfbut. the element* toi^ pe«ple.'» ^^tr-' "' 
 Lerunir the oommunicant. below and m fw^lT^ 
 S .very other range of pew. empty, we .uoe«drf.n 
 
 ^« the »cr«nent to about /(..«*«" *«'¥''•«' V»«^> 
 giving the Mcnm ^^^ _ ^^ ^ extraordinwry 
 
 W.U. g^*' ''^•TL'ljKin, expre-ion. of l«i.. ««l 
 influtno. ftom above, ^BMjanj »»p 
 
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 ' A few daye 810^1 rtceived th^ following letter from • 
 young nutn who U deaf and dumb. 
 
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 "R»v Bir: I am both deaf and dumb; but I am not 
 «,rry. for I know it is the will of God. I go to chapel on 
 * 'Sabblth days, and I often feel it very goo^ although I 
 cannot hear what is said. I am very thankful I have been 
 Uttgbt to r^ and write, and have received many favors 
 , from %.JV«/«)n, of London. I often admire the works 
 of ctiii^ -love to read my Bible, because it tells me 
 ofdiHB teaches me my duty to my fellow-creatures,^ 
 ^tolKKful to my friends and kind to my enemies. I 
 wmeti^ walk many miles to diiferent parts of the-country, 
 to teach poor deaf and dumb persons to avoid bad company, 
 Buch as Sabbath-breakers, drunkards, &c. I went to chapel 
 last Sunday evening, and was astonished at the crowd of 
 . people, and at the meetiiig; wished that I could hear you 
 I know that I am a f nner, but hope in God s mercy. I 
 should be very thankful if you would be so kind as to write 
 and tell md the plan of salvation. I want to love and serve 
 God, so that I may get to heaven and sing his praises 
 throughout eternity, when I shall no longer bo deaf and 
 dumb. I hope you will forgive the liberty I^have taken, 
 " I beg to remain, dear sir, your unworthy servant, .J; 
 
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 iw6etly pw)vided for his case by converting a young man 
 
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 sought mercy in great haate, believed, was saved, lived 
 long enough to teat itd reality and illustrate the beauty of 
 religion to others, took sick, and sweetly fell asleep in 
 Jestis, praisinghim to the latest breath. Nor did she for- 
 get the stranger who sounded in her ears the trumpet-bke 
 lOarm of the swift approach of the king of terrors,— not 
 each to her, in her final hour ! Glory be to Jesus ! 
 
 March 14th.— The infidels are stirred like a wasps 
 nest They have called forth a champion into the field, 
 and procured the Philosophical Hall, as " TAe Hall^ 
 iScicnce" has lost its influence of late. His name is Mr. B., 
 a rather clever opponent, belonging to that class of whom 
 an old English writer speajcs, " who make it their business 
 todelude the simple, by inventing and setting to fiale the 
 devices of their own heads, and the deceit and visions of 
 their own hearts." This man is a mournful instance of 
 unfaithfulness to the light and gra^e of God,— once a pop- 
 ular preacher of the Gospel. Now he ridicules its doc- 
 trines and the divinity of Christ, and advances errors that 
 should make his hearers shudder. By means of a print- 
 ing-press he h&n got hold of, he has been scattenng his 
 opinions broad-cast over the land ; — has been going on from 
 bad to worse, until a society of infidels in this town have 
 taken hhn under their patronage, and called him to their 
 aid. He has done the cause of God much injury elsewhere, 
 and may here. He is a man of considerable talent, and 
 having once preached the Gospel, % knows how to gild the 
 pill of ''free inquiry." Foxes that have been tamed, I 
 have heard say, do more mischief; if they break loose and 
 become wild again, than those which have always been 
 
 There is muchtn^th in what one said: 'Mn the hill of 
 God, where the prophets dwelt, there was a garrison of the 
 
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NOTES OF HUDDBRSFIBLD REVIVAL, CONTINUED. 871 
 
 PhUisHnee, - 1 Sam. 10 : 6. The devil "^^aute to be 
 
 near ministers. If there is mj mischief to be do^e, he 
 
 will want his will if one of our cloth is not in it. Dathan 
 
 and Abu-am could not rise up against Moses, but Korah, a 
 
 Levitej'mufirt; be in the conspiracy, and stand first aa the 
 
 ring-leader in the business,- Num. 16:1." Thep%««of 
 
 the man seems to be^n biff head. The lepfosy in the head 
 
 was a bad &Mr, very infectious,— rent clothes, head bare, 
 
 covering on the upper lip, and to cry " dnclban, unclean," 
 
 — as so many safeguards for the protection of the public. — 
 
 Lev. 18 : 44, 45. There is a great deal of spiritual headr 
 
 leprosy in Yorkshire, U the number of '^ iftdependent 
 
 thinkers " is very great. That was a shrewd remark of 
 
 ^ne, that if all who have the pla£/ue in the head were to 
 
 die, it would much increase the bill of mortality. 
 
 However, the sword of the Spirit gleami fearfully in 
 Queen-street, and is wielded fearlessly. The &owd is 
 increasing still. The P^ifosopAica^Hall operation is domg 
 us ncTEarm. Sinners leave there and come over here, and .^ 
 as the Spirit's sword slashes only into those errors and sms 
 which have damnation in theif ^nt, ^^^7 ^^^"^ «^ *°" 
 knowledge the truth, and &11 fA and ary fbr«meifey, and 
 find it. From all I hear of the errors at the H^U, they 
 have that ugly» word on their front, unmistakably. To 
 deny the Godhead of Christ, the virtue of hi^ blood, the 
 merit of his death, and scout the Bible, is^ to strike aj; the 
 very foundation of Christianity, and all reUgionj abd damn 
 
 sinners by wholesale. , «, \.V . 
 
 A few days since, matters becoming rather discouraging, 
 they sent up to London for help. The results may be 
 gathered from the following, which I have clipp^ from a 
 
 London paper: Jl' ■ . ', 
 
 ' « A most dastardly advertisement, headed » Fanaticism 
 
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 872 BABNBOT OHBISTUNITT ILUJSTBATEp. 
 
 not Mieion,' .ppeared-last week in Hadderefieli announc- 
 5^* A'GenSlaa from London- would lecLe ,nrt.e 
 Philosophical Hall, on Thuredsy evening week, a^a-net the 
 late priceedings of the Rev. James Caughey,^^-,J 
 1 J who was ennk up to the eye» in fenat.o»M, And 
 ^;L other gross aiertions, made in that ins.dWuB »nd 
 S^ atten.^'^.o n^Tig, the -7 »^^»^^ 
 bring their operations into contempt and ntole, itstoted 
 It'joshua Hobson w« the printer, a -«M-^;^>^ 
 Boene of the Chartist moranent, as well « •*el^'^dwd 
 SitSans, and editor of the Northern f«'-./M ^ 
 UWly set in the north «.d arisen in the south^ I^-jW" 
 JsLn rife, who this 'Gentleman from London wfeuld 
 rn^^not a'fewoonjectnred Mr- L^d Jones; b^je^t 
 toiled out to be Mr. Macintosh, the auAor of the El«*h 
 cal Theory of the Univeo^ The hall fas crowded as 
 :^t«.lThen the namelfc. Canghey had been d^ 
 
 into the ai&ir; «>d, mS^er, .t was ««'«'">y "P^^l 
 totthatgentlemanwonldbe present,- which was altogethd 
 . Z. «.d nnfos,M «'d circulated. «. is .uppos^ to get- 
 npsn audience, in order to increase the money to be re- 
 ceived at the door, as they charged one penny each. Mr. 
 SS, howevei, attended to his special reviva ««rv.ce 
 ^l^vening, aid his congregation was not at all torn- 
 idled The lecturer professed not to have come to Hud- 
 dersfield to undervalue or speak agunst religion, but, on 
 ^Itrary, to adv«ice it, by repudiating the present 
 movements in Queen-street Chapel, as derogatory rf and 
 . dane.ro«s to civil and religious liberty, and regarded rt Ma 
 ^meTMumal excitement and finsticism. He remarked that 
 ,e had imported cotton, Ac, ftomAmenca, and now^? 
 
 had began to import religion; «id that tbey^ ^ 
 wUffou. steMU in Queennitreet Chapel, Md Mr. Ci»^ 
 
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 HUDDlRBfiULD RlVIVAL, CONTINUBD. 878 
 
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 was the engineer, and he had about half a dozen firers-up.- 
 He denounced public competition and froe-trade in religion, 
 regarding the Queen-street special revival services as such, 
 and the awful threateninga of Mr. Caughey to the impeni- 
 tent- and said that he waA not at all imitating his Lord and 
 Master, who was a bright example of charity, which loveth 
 one another. The lecturer was certainly right in one sense, 
 notwithstanding his jesting about it, .that we had begun to 
 import religion; for it is a ^ell-known fii^t that Mr. Caughey 
 . waTa bright example of that religion which he professed iri 
 America, and he brought it with him right ^wross the At- 
 lantic, and imported it with hun into this country; and it 
 iB now not put under a bushel, but set in a candlestick in . 
 England, imparting light and life to all around to the won- 
 demand astonishment of thousands of men, and the joy of 
 aneels. It is also matter of rejoicmg that there is 'free- 
 tnSle ' In religion, for it is Umited to no sect or party under 
 the canopy qf tho heavens, but recommends itself to the 
 attention%f eveyy one, without money and witiiout pnce, 
 irrespective of parties or names. That there is it religious 
 steamin Queen-stxeet Chapel, we will admit; an^ that Mr. 
 Caughey is the engineer, directing ite movements with his 
 -■^e lecturer said -half a dozen firers-up; but h^ 
 ^ng; he was too cramped in his ideas i»pon that j| 
 
 * for he.has scores of firers-up, or more ^operly mdefal 
 ble and zealous assistante. which is one of the great secrete 
 
 of his success; and by such an engine,- the^Goi^l, 
 - imided by such an'heavenly and godlike enpneer asAfc 
 Caughey, the machinery of the devU is first overthrown by 
 worWngdownthe » shoddy'- (a term well known m the 
 
 tiianufacturing distriota, used ati a substitute fi)r wool) -of 
 Infidelity, Atheism, Scepticism and Peism, and thorou^ly 
 oonyerto the man who comes under th« operatoons of this glo- 
 
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 riois engine, and clothes hiii>«ith the *oo^of the Gospel,- 
 riJtZne s, l^aie, and jo, in the Holy OfcoBt; t^t he 
 gL oredenU to the exi.tenoe of one Supreme Bem^; 
 the immortaTity and immateriality of the '""l I -'^ »[ 
 fim.1 retribution; the atonement as »'«';°y "^J^t; 
 ration- and he can love that God who first loved b.m, by 
 Cr^emption of lost mankind, in the gift o that ^nes^ 
 'Z>U ble'ssing, Jesus Christ Such is Jhe gbmus s«»» 
 „d magnificent engme, and the '•''^f^"'* ''rf 
 Ireof, ^oh Mr. M«)intosh repudiate After Mr. ^ 
 
 S; lecture, a chairman 'K'^-"^^^^^ 
 ensued between the lecturer and hjs friends *« Soc..l.ste, 
 Z. one Luke Bradley, a primitive Methodist, who wm 
 decid«lly the successful opponent, having truth on hi^'^e. 
 
 Some of the Socialists made a ^i noise »»>»'" ^- . 
 
 ■Caughe/s awful threatenings, an^ stated *»»»<»"!»?» 
 had Jn dismissed fW,m their eniployment through M^. 
 eaughey'S awful threatenings against their erroneous opin- 
 ions The conduct of Mr. Caughei in this matter is m 
 tferfect aocordsBce with his Divine »^teP, and he has a. 
 ^rfect right to pour out threatenings land slaughter against 
 Ep^nitenti'a^deve* charity (wiW which, by the by 
 1^. sLptosh says they are discordiit) to the perishmg 
 Ik of 4 fellow-creatures demands \t And as to cer- 
 tain masters who have discarded some ^ the« ''0^1^«°.- 
 
 > it such be the case, which is a query,^ instances may be 
 toled, in the absence of fi»cts, whei« charity demands 
 
 rWton of a workman, ^boughlsuch expuUm ^ 
 an eva, yet, consideHng that the contmii.^ of such work- 
 - ment his Employ wouldbefraughtwithWous con»- 
 fiuences by his sowing his erroneous opinions among his 
 S^<.C the niter is perfectly justifiable n expel- 
 ^ UngBU^wortoU. Of tw.evils,-th« 6peof dism^ssmg, 
 
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 and tho other of continaing (Wich « the e""'^^)'-'^' 
 ZLs the leo^t. . It is matter of regret that «e have h»d 
 to enter into a controversial detail on th« un^portan^ lec- 
 ture- but duty demands it, inasmuch as the servants of 
 G : must not I maligned, unnoticed and «'thout vmd.a- 
 In and at the expense, too, of their Chr.st*n character 
 !!^'lracter which is essential to give weighjand pojer to 
 the r ministrations. How.ver, "0'-'''^ "f^f u^HIo 
 tosh's professed eaperior k »«ledge "»<! ^"^.8"'*' »7„'^," 
 ■ revival of reUgionih Had<ersfield, and h.s.mp<«.t.onS upon 
 rrdulous m4ltit«de.tle Bev. Jame«Ca«ghey ,nd Ins 
 coadjutors will not, in tie ultimate sustam any injury 
 
 ctnd the time will arrive 
 every species" of 'ism 
 will hide its baneful head 
 
 and, we hope, ere long --^ when 
 •ontrary to the blessed Gospel 
 ,iU hide .ts ™ne.u. u»J and be compelled tx,giv| scopi' 
 :i universal po,,r - ^^^^'£:,«:;i«S 
 
 ;e:k,Mr.Caugheybeing\aboringa.H,lmfirta^^^^^^^ 
 at Q^een-street Chapel wal. occupied by Edwar^ ^ke 
 
 V«r His text was, '-Andy now I say unto you, Kbfram 
 Usq. ills lexi " ' \ . jj j, ; counsel 
 
 from these men, and let tUem alone tor ii 
 or this work be of men, it wHl come to naught :. but if it 
 be?f God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found 
 tolht L-ainst G6d;'-ani he descanted very fuly 
 uponte w°ork of tho Ipostle, and the admirable reasonmg 
 , of tho ^ise Doctor.of the Law, Gamaliel.- F.o«.<. Co,- 
 
 ''T^'Lo^eM attempt of Mr. Macintosh and his: 
 
 clique to malign and bring Mr. Caughey into disrepute 
 
 h^ proved very successful in raising him, more than 
 
 ^^r.'nto celebrity and . reputation, > and the peopk-are 
 
 nowjspingto hear and judge for thWlves. The con- 
 
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 negation. Wt week ,er^-^.n».«»ny ff -.-"'^X 
 TttLav evening the ch.p«l *" "">*?"*■ Mr. Caughey 
 p^li r.hf young on Tae^lay an^ Wedne^y even- 
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 BXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL. 
 
 We continuo our extracts from Mr. Caughe,'. miiqno 
 journal. — 
 
 March 17th, Monday nioming. - Satan »«■""<» 8^! 
 1088 Yesterday. There were about 8.xty converted and 
 trrtyCctmll, besides many children from eight to four- ■ 
 
 heads of families entering intt||, and here »nd there a 
 gray head. But my heart rejoicJ to behold Jesu. winnrng 
 LL^ Of these young souls ! Congreve .peak, well of 
 early virtue, iti pleasures wd its advantages : 
 
 •• yooTn doth » thoOBUid pleMurM bring. 
 Which fi^m deoropid oje wiU fly ; 
 The flowera that flourish in the spring 
 • In winter's cold embrftces lie." 
 
 BBLiaioK im pleasures by the thousand; hut it is in 
 youth, like morning flowers, that they are enjoyed m »U 
 
 ^SlrXiS'a^n among sinners. Of man, 
 it mS^ said'as of -Jerusalem of old, "^^J^^ ^ 
 in the night,a,idthe tears are on her Ms. It » ««y 
 preaching now, though my health is so ^'*»^.J"^Z 
 Lem to L, -M^e haste, mid take up a wavhngfor us, 
 
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 C- laid in a da»p Pl-/?™ '"jr." I'^l .t 
 
 ;lp:::/J:a„a - i.abopor«» je^ ;h-^he- 
 
 r.'o"r4e »U Jr,«f repenunce. It i. a heU 
 r„l« vet-and yet thoasand, and thoasand. crovrded 
 :ZToZ\^ pUco last night And the« -e.e *o 
 ,«« that told of .ins forgive. Mdu^^^^ 
 
 ^l-'' 7>^r\'^'=:f"j:r-nrcTrL crucified to 
 muUitttded, if we had no Jesus, 
 
 ^'irS^'I'slrday.fternoon.-La-t night on Holi- 
 „e» te uaiaV theme on Friday night; great results 
 
 ^W"X Wy°'oSU o«t-d«>r exercise, is d«in^ 
 J A litS. grove near town, h«. been my walkmg- 
 «k^ lately buta"tre9pa»-board"haB sadden y glared . 
 itg*lte., threatening; law and- penalty agamst^^ 
 passe™ ! Poor gontleman ! if we had you m An,^^. .^ 
 Lghty forests might, possibly, give your ho^'t* »«^ °' 
 UrWroom! It is well, I .upi»se, to take good care of 
 
 3 rhere they are not over plentiful. The " warning 
 r;or:fereni to me. in particular I suppo^-hojv^^ 
 must keep the highway no*. But I am fjd of »hta^ 
 places, whereonecan "walk back »»dforw.rf^ !^^^Z^ 
 Ld meditation, wiAout being stared at. B^'l''-?^^ 
 o n e is never a* a 1.^ for g arden, park or P°ve 'f p^d 
 - , ^ «« «f « rrnnil noNSCiBNCB ! Into thifl one 
 
 on e is n e ver at a l om lor g*iu.", t^a^ ^. p - ' - 
 
 of the i^ARADiSE of a g^ coNSCiENCio! Into this one 
 
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■XTIUCn FROM THI JOU&NAL. 
 
 879 
 
 mty enter any time, in company with memory, and thoughts 
 and affections, like angels and seraphs ! nor ever look out 
 for '• ^-cjpaM-ftoanfe,"— whcrd^ one may walk, and sing, 
 or pray, or shout the praises of our God, or listen to musio 
 within sweeter than all the birds of song. Conscience is a 
 bird of Paradise, and is a swcot slftgcr when all is well with 
 it — gives the soul a festival lohger, than that given by , 
 King Ahasilerus in Esther's time.— Esther 1. He who 
 called a prison tho paradise of a good conscience realized 
 the sweetness of its music ; and so also did he who comi»red 
 it to a bird that can sing in a caj/e. Paul and Silas 
 had a great time of it in the prison of Philippi,— Acto 
 16 ^ backs bleeding from many stripes, and feet fast m the 
 stocks ; but conscience sang melodiously witliin; nor could 
 their tongues be silent, for they held a concert at midnight. 
 that we had tfieir hymns and tune ! We may, possibly. ' 
 in heaven. The concert ended with an earthquake that 
 shook the prison to its foundations and their fe^t out of the 
 stocl^i^rew open the prison-doors, and loosed the bands 
 of e^prisoi^er. It was a great time, and the jailer, wife 
 and family, were converted before morning, and Paul and 
 Silas had their strjpes washed by the happy converts. 
 Thank God for music, both of conscience and, voice . 
 and thank God for earthquakes following, proclaiming lib- 
 erty to those that are bound,- as at- this day, even m Hud- 
 
 'A Fort Royal of strength is i^ happy conscience to an 
 active minister of Jesus! He whose heart dances to the 
 music of a reconciled and triumphant conscience,— a sm- 
 ner saved by grace,- is sure to see prison-doors opened, 
 and mduntainous obstacles skipping like rams and little 
 hills like Umb8,-Bea8 of difficulties fled, Jordan dnvett 
 
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880 , BARNKSI ^»IIU»Tl*»«W ILt«W»AIID. 
 
 bMk, M.d .artli With h.r «ml Wling in th« pr«.nce of 
 
 »h. mighty Ood of J«^/'^^^*i. *;;„ ,. ,„ho, by tb. 
 On my rotunuJUMf-htt'o <10i5 J&*"'' ' ' ' ... 
 way>7ukon'aVrfi.ncy to ■»fpi.ty,-f-om^» «• 
 In all my *.lk.l, tired with hi.lo).car..on, Mid thiraty 
 : tW .pied a little c..o«de by tbl road«do. andjumed 
 down for a drink. I paused, curious to «» how b« w»»W 
 male out. At fir,t he tried no« up .tream; but 6nd.ng 
 
 S^W .pn-y and »et him, « -^S::.^?^ 
 ho gave that up, and «seme<l puzrfed, rtdl '«>'"''« '"'f^'/ 
 ,ho« there yL water enough and to «p»re. After a mo- 
 ment an idea«>emed to .trikohim; «,,t«mmgh,. I.md 
 ";:^C" up .tream, and «.tting the nose with the torrent, 
 he succeeded to his rotisfaxjlion. /. j . .v. 
 
 Spring i. a. ingular dog. I ->»"<"' T" '1^ 
 ■ hou^ of Mr. Mallinson ;' but, happening to leave Mr. WebU-., 
 
 without apprising Spring, he •""=»» Vjy/"?""^''''*;" 
 would not H«.cial with any o^e,- •'»^.f»' .\" *' 
 , comer of the ro«l, looking intently. G.vmg the matter »P 
 «, a lost case, he betook him to the cellar, and out of .t he 
 would not come. After an ab^snco of two or three days, I 
 Turned. No sooner did ho hear my voice, than he r^^d 
 an outcry in tho cellar, and, coming up he seemed utterly 
 unable to control himself! He kept close by me wh.le I 
 rained, and, on rising to leave, it was evident Sprmg W 
 ^ived ;, know wh^e 1 had made my '■7- »»f ^;^; 
 nanied me to Mr. Mallinson's. Satisfymg himself that a 
 " r« right, he quietly returned, a, if to bid farewell to all 
 - athoml »d came I^k, giving most signiBcant mt,mat.on 
 that tm must be entertained instead of one,- and here he 
 1 remained ever «nce. The affections of «f ^^^ 
 are very s tr ong. TC. w o re a bout to t ak e a qde fee 6tlgr 
 day, and I told "Spring" he must stay at home. He 
 
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 droppi^ his head, ^alkM away into the kitchen. After the 
 coach had started. I felt something pressing against my 
 feet It was Spring I Ho had slipped round, darted into 
 the carriage, got under the seat, and waitc.l company. , It 
 is often difficult to mark where instinct ends and reason be-^ 
 
 ,^' March 24, Monday morning.- 1 am fond of " taking 
 ^^ime by the forelock, to measure the marks ofhis footsteps. 
 Let me bless God for activity ! ^ 
 
 •* Timt vMll e'Sploytd ia 8«Uu'8 deftdUe«t fo«^ j 
 lt\f»yt»no opening tbriht lurking Jltnd!'* 
 
 At it-morning, noon and night,- p«» or tongue busy for 
 God,- head, and heart, and hand,>all the day long, with a 
 ringle intention to glorify Him whom my soul loveth- 
 Worldly men afe busy ; why should not I? It was the 
 sound of ablacksmith's hammer, early and late, that aroused 
 one to become "great in action and in deeds,"— made him 
 resolve that at the Jlaminff forge of life he would shape, 
 his fortune in each burnitig word and deed. And so he 
 did. Difficulties ffiye way before his burftihg touch, aa 
 they always will when a determined spirit walks up to 
 
 them. I'M f 
 
 Exemption from temptation is a usual privilege ot 
 
 aetivUy. The mind is too busy td listen to Satan's lies. 
 An active mind perplexes Satan's fiery darts; — they miss 
 their mark by the rapidity of its volitions. I have often 
 found it so. But » the shield of faith " can never b^ dis- 
 pensed with. However, a bird on the wing is not easily 
 shot The bird that sits still is the prej of the fowled 
 
 A great work of God last week,— scores and scores the 
 saved of the Lord. He still supplies me with sharp, if not 
 p^li,>^y^ yrnwA ; — .filh mj quiver with them, and directs 
 
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 882 BAESKST OBMBIIAIIIXT aiOMKATED. 
 
 their flight to the hearts of his energies. And yet, all th« 
 *h lo my soul «alks in the valley of ham,l»t.on,-weak 
 Tn lysTlf, strong only in the strength vrhich God supplje, 
 Iwih his eternal Son. John Banyan tells »s, in h>s 
 » G^e Z-nding to the Chief of Sinners," that " ,hen as 
 sir I bowed mj^W with »U -ny '»i8>'t to co,^n sm 
 LT^gtession, e,en then I was horribly assured! was 
 ^hing against myself." Ah! how often have I felt 
 Singof this ! When the Wafd h«, been most, «»-cA- 
 ^^f »*ers, it has been most piercingly feU m my^vn 
 Zl How has it BcintilUted like hghtnmg over .11 my 
 pathway, through by-gone years! But this, though ham- 
 Wing Li painful, creates great tenderness and sympathy 
 for Those among whom the boU, of truth are fclhng. 
 
 March 26.- We have enjoyed an excellent &«.«-/«»< , 
 tesUmonies for parity many and very clear w,th g.«»t 
 X* a°a P'OP'W oflangaage. ^^at a nch exper.enc« 
 do^s this blessing confer upon the soul! Here and th«e 
 Z-with awful tempest shook of happine^" and wh«>h 
 also shook others in circuit wide around,- and with such a 
 shout up from the depths of many hearts, and 
 
 " Joy ia the widestcommon^lly >pre«d." 
 
 The new converts spoke humbly and well • Clear as wn- 
 beams in justifying fiiith, and the witness of the Spmt to 
 Lir adoption. How lovely the «iuality m a We«.t! 
 The rich and the poor testifying to the goodness of the wme 
 Father. The poor of the flock were present, rich m fiath, 
 and strong, ^ving glory to God, " 
 
 " OTep «n the ill" of life TiotorioM i " 
 Eimiid Brooks, Esq., apopultfWesl^yan led preacher, 
 
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 preached an excellent sermon, a few nigbta since. He is a . 
 wealthy gentleman, residing close by. He travels thousands 
 of miles annually, at >is own expense, and preaches the 
 Gospel free of charge to multitudes, and win* many souls 
 to Christ. He has a fine, off-hand method of preachmg, 
 full of genius and tact, wit, sarcasm, and rich Gospel truth, 
 
 ♦• D«o«ttt pleasantry wid sterling aenoe." 
 
 His text was, ^'J wUl work, and who shall let »/,"— 
 thAt is, who sie$ hinder or turn U back.- Isaiah 48 : 18. 
 He is truly an (niginal,— i^ man's copyist. And, bemg 
 my warm friend, and deeply interested in the revival, oppo- 
 nents had their eyes opened in no very gentle manner. 
 After sermon he laid in for souls like a giant, and had 
 
 them, a goodly number. . * v. j 
 
 March 8l8t, Monday.— Health very poor. oA bad 
 
 cough. A general debility and sinking of voice. Loss of 
 
 strength,— constitution threatens to ^ve wi^y. A_great 
 
 day yesterday ; fiM ^""^ ^^^^^ '^'''^^ ** ^^^^^ ^^ rT' 
 and nearly thirty experienced the cleansing efficacy of his 
 
 blood — 1 John 1 : T. There were also forty children had 
 
 their little tongues unloosed, to cry, '^Hosanna to the Son 
 
 of David ! hosanna in the highest ! " Is there anythmg 
 
 too hard for God? He has not forgotten his power to save, 
 
 nor ceased out of the mouths of babes and sucklings to per- 
 
 - The work is advancing with great power. Waa thmlnng 
 of what Dante, the ItaliMi poet, said of fiath : ■' It » fr«e 
 fmth that renders m dtiiens of heaTon. F«th u toe 
 Undple of lifc;ii ia the ajwr* thaV 'P^^^-K J^^ 
 more and more, become, a /«*» >»««. «»« ,'^«! °" "» 
 like a star in heaven." It is redly M»d traly *) in this 
 town. Hundreds, -UtelywimeifM^a-a to tn^-^~^ 
 
 
 
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 3S4 EARNKBT OHRIWIAHITT ILLTWtRATBD. 
 
 in sins, have found in juitifying /atM a principle of life 
 in Christ. The spark of faith, kindled in a few hearts, has 
 .pread from heart to heart, till the living flame has become 
 general over the place, and the citizens of heaven are 
 BprinKing up, and showing their faces everywhere ! What 
 a Gennan writer said of the Reformation, one may very 
 weU say of this revival,-" It is a jay merely tobeahve, 
 U> Bee Lb new life and motimi." Glory be to God alone 
 for aU we see and hear, and for t^ll that roy poor soul feels 
 of his love and power. . . 
 
 Have been entertained, the hist few weeks, m the hospi- 
 table mansion of Th(Mna8 Mallinson, Esq., surrounded with 
 comforts, and perfectly at home. Brother and Mster M. 
 are blessed with a fomily of fine children. The Lord re- 
 ^irard them and theirs for their kmdness to me, his unworthy 
 lervant! 
 
 •« ^en floon or late th^ reach liiat ooMt, 
 O'er life'8 rough ocean driven, 
 May they rejoice, — no wanderer lo8t» — . 
 
 A/am«y in heaven !" 
 
 Have had some pletoing conversations with his venerable 
 hiker, George Mallinson, Esq.^ an aged local preacher of 
 many yeai^' standing,— the oldest local preacher on the 
 "Phm," I bdieve,— a gentleman of large and liberal views, 
 weU read, a richly^ultivated mind, and an acute theologian. 
 
 ••Presh in the rtrengih and majesty of age ; 
 
 A tparklinif eye beneath an aged brow 
 The Tetaran showi* and, gracing a gray head 
 
 With youthftil WnSlei, deeoenda towards the pave. 
 Sprightly and old, abnoat without decay." 
 
 ' . He has a large fiuaily of aons and daughter!, married 
 
 mosttj 
 God, 
 Ba 
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 moetty and settled around him, and nearly all converted to 
 God, and members of the Wesleyan church. 
 
 Bank Batise, Mirfidd, April 9th.— My birthday. 
 Held a private watch-night. I hailmyiiatalhour. Blessed 
 be God that ever I was born to be bom again ! But my 
 loul is deeply solemn, not knowing how this attack may 
 terminate. Cheer up, my soul ! thy body is immortal till 
 thy work is done. Can say, with the old poet Marvell, 
 
 •• But »t my back I •limyi bear 
 
 3Vflu*« winged, ohuriot harrying near; f . 
 
 And yonder all before na lie 
 Deaerto of TMt eternity." 
 
 No, not "deserts," blessed be God! but fields and gar- 
 dens of paradise, beneath unclouded skies. " ^ ^ 
 But my heaUh is all broken ; general weakness and sink- 
 ing of the system, with cough,— so for a month past, but 
 worse now. The p(mer of God was so present to save, 
 knew not how to abandon the field. Knew and felt my 
 constitution was giving way ; — might get my crmn the 
 sooner by laboring on,— perhaps with some loss m heaven. 
 Was struck with that anecdote in Rollin, of the young 
 .^Spartan Isadas, who, during battle, lost his prudence, 
 rushed naked, sword in hand, upon a wing of the enemy's 
 army,— sword in one hand, and a spea^ the other,— d«at 
 death everywhere, hewed down all ^o opposed him, with- 
 out receiving a single wound. Itbccomeaquestionwhettier 
 he was preserved by the dismay which the sight of him 
 created, or whether the gods took pleasure in preserving 
 such extraordmary valor. When the batUe was over, ttio 
 Ephoridecreed him a crwm in. honor of his exploits, but 
 afterwtids fined him a <AoM*awi rfracAma5— about ftoen/y- 
 fiv9pwnda$terlirHf — iox his imprumnob! 
 
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 S88 «*WW» WWStUMm nXUBTlUTBD. 
 
 This incident mu.tr.t» a gr»t tn.th « 'J™;?^. 
 
 1 Cor' ^8,- «««»«<.« to, not for >.» o™^*"'; 
 ;;■», W .Aori«; We'. Ubor by <n,er,asin, th. W,. -, 
 
 ^:"lS,:revt: tr«1«-" no arguing ag.n.t .«.*- 
 iengui, , ^ harbor,— no, 
 
 nZto'ITit-ot/'^ offered,! I ... *^<««/A' 
 ^enl^Ht My JUnt host and ho.te«, BWjamin W.Uon, 
 
 ^Xd ■»'»«-»»' >«*'• ''"H.'r ": r;'ihevtd 
 
 ^ i*\i« -.fowmilea from Hudderefield. They Bwa 
 Bwect solitude, a few miles irom -i^i^ difficult 
 
 it would not do for me to stay m H., as it wouiQ w 
 / Tp eserve me from company and «-*«^-^;^^^^^^ 
 / J rest and quiet^I nee^^. ^o^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 .hat an oW lerUer gbnwdered a greater giory w 
 . S>n noble lineage, blazonry of arms b„vcry of e^^^ 
 
 ■ Ld abundance of plunder,-a torn ImckUr, «r*f . 'T 
 » iH»* «rJ. and .cor, and ^.und. received m the 
 
 . nr it r^^tU pure. «=ene,y soft »d tr»^^ ' 
 Jlyd.^rsld, and full of- •• rur.1 beauty and ».»Ufia 
 
 »iZ " The (^unds around the n»ns.on -^ U"* »»' J" 
 repose. xu b ^ ^ i^t My host 
 
 wJks, overshadowed with "*? ™", ^^ .„ „» kind- 
 r,1 hUteas like those I left in Huddersfield, full of tana 
 ■ ^mnlv Thoushaltcatry aw»ypfca~»' "»«»- 
 
 Xt;':S'»y-U»«ng.atin.e.»lK,thth^«.d 
 
 Brine," growing eT«more.^^^^^^^^j^ 
 ThelasttwoweeksmHudto-foMweren^ ^^ 
 
 1 believe, to any penod of the revival, x ^ 
 to return «)on, Nid renew the gton««ia^«- ^^ . 
 
 *°Wt Sabbath, the- 6ih, I spent m ^^«2 in^ 
 
 tog, n»ditati.n uid prayer, m »he ^"^^^^Vi^ 
 V«i ble»ed and refreehed, yet a .doarmu rested »p<m 
 
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 887 
 
 «.^ ««irit - » sort of reaction, iucb a oonlfMt between the 
 ZZU Tn^Uvity of that U the Si^bath. of the la.t 
 BtiimefMi ana in»u j „-_^-er wBt had become an imper- 
 four or five montha. However, wbx nmx p.„i^nd 
 
 ative necessity. Could sympathiie with Rev. Itowlana 
 Hm wTo said, " Let me rather be shut up in my eoffin, 
 
 fhan Itt o"tf the pulpit." When writing a letter to a 
 
 S^rndrheotherday.sUb---^^^^^ ^ 
 
 as much as possible into it; so /i/e looks short now *nd it. 
 
 rourstocroVrallIcanintoit,-allthat the feeWe body 
 Jl albw Well, last Sabbath night I ventured to Dews- 
 W afew miles off, and preached to a multitude on Luke 
 iT 10 The Lord helped me, and more than a scare oi 
 pouis were saved ; thought of that sentiment of a poet : . 
 
 " Each age that ripens power in man 
 But subjects him to power." 
 
 Th. poet intended it not, tat it is » fi«t Uiat u one>. 
 J«r ri^ns in «>ul ..ving, objection to that power bo- 
 Z^a«iingpa»i.nv'the P^bability. n.y o«-/«.».y of 
 wcces. renders it iumlet to r«« tl»nto«.^* The po.- 
 ' S o"what the v,i2led sword might be doing oanse. .t 
 S/e in the scabbard, especially in Sabbath ^lns»n. 
 Bur»thew>e man says, '"^"erejs aHmetoie^, 
 aJ a iijto speak ; a time of war, <md a tvmeof 
 
 ZV'peJ.ingtime. P--' ^'^ ^^.f^^ 
 L/Aclwty is easier than p<^i»tf». Bnt it is good to 
 
 ^ The will of the Lord be done. _ . 
 
 1" -m-Ventur^ - r^-fff' ^^^^ 
 M, "Grieve not the Holy Spint ofGod, im ionn» 
 
 ^^^:ifiW^ in <x.m,«ny wi* Mr. «.d 
 
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 BARNMT CHBISTIA5XW ILLUfr»ATlD. 
 
 Mrs. Wilson, and preached to a browd. Took dinner at 
 Mr. Souttert ; he has a rare collection of ancient OOini : 
 
 •• 
 
 Gold, illTer, copper, ooMular, Imperial Mid Oreek ! " 
 
 Preached again at night. The chapel was a perfect f<xt' 
 est of human heads ; aiales, galleries, every availahle spot. 
 Some women, away toward the door, behaved in a very 
 unbecoming mamier. I paused and told them I feared they 
 would damage their character if they persisted ; that it 
 might create a nirmise that they belonged to a certain 
 clus of unfortunate women not often seen in. a plaoe of 
 worship. I had likle faith the hiut would take effect, for 
 they appeared to hive little character to damage. How- 
 ever, they seemed toVhink differently, and beliaved very w^ 
 afterwards, and, I tkst, felt the sharpness of the worO- 
 The Lord gjive me Wrds of power ;^truth flashed, and 
 struck here and there. 
 
 . worda, like a wheel of fire, 
 
 Rolling and burning thia iray now, now that'* 
 
 There was a great cry afterwards in the prayer-meetmg, 
 and the slain of the Lord were prostrated, on every hand, 
 and lay along like wounded men on the day pf battle. The 
 prajfing mm were at their work in true Yorkshire style, 
 and many were the saved of the Lord. 
 \ It seemed to resemble a season which Mr. Wesley speaks 
 of in his journal thus: "May 29, 1788.- Preached at 
 Halifax in the evening, when it seemed as if the wmdows 
 of heaven were opened. Also at five in the morning, when 
 I took a solemn leave of thjs affectionate people." Mr. 
 TTw/ey, in one of his letter8,\<iuotes the remark of Lvth^, 
 tiiat a revival of religion seldo^ continues over thirty years, 
 and added: "The truth of tlis remark has been verified 
 
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 . tim^i in sevenl countries. But it wilf not alwys 
 ZI^ The P^nt revival of -ligion in England h^ ^ 
 hold gooa. inep ^^^ ^ Q^ jt „ 
 
 already oonUnued ^/'V /f^' ^^ ' ^, ,tirty years ago. ^ 
 liltetv to continue as it was twenty or i. j j ^ o 
 TndL it is far more likely, as it not only spreads wider 
 
 „.„ that f Ff' ""™^ „ore, the window, of 
 
 r"':«'.SSo^"ed-er Halifax. Were Mr 
 !ri:L l>w wS^ld h, rejoice in. he oont.n»«l 
 
 kingdom but as a con ^^ j 
 
 under the preachmg of Wesley, one . \T^i:f^ «ere 
 
 , The colLtions, .to the two "T "' ^^^Te' hu" 
 V the Weeleyan MiasionB ; amounted to X24, or 
 
 ^d wd twenty dolkTs. ^ _j *«^hed at Mir- 
 '^ Sahbath ^'""l "*^^,n\iK.ndpmched 
 field Vand rode over to Hoddersaeia " S ' J^ j „, 
 
 MiBsioM- the coUeotion was noble, and »P** '*";"' ' 
 MiBSion. , '^ , ^ f„„r hundred and forty 
 
 revival,— *oS sterling, «!»• j j^^ 
 
 rf^,. There was no effort '■^^^HZuMv^, etc 
 the United States «)met.mw,-for IJ^ >"«» , ~7 
 eto.,-b«t .imply •• a general Pf --«^""- J^ hL 
 
 ber' »ved I did -»;«-■ ^Jnt^-iS'^fo^ 
 after the prayer-meetmg got well begun, maujr 
 
 forprayer. ^^^ 
 
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 890 
 
 lARNIfT CHIII8TIAVITT ILLUniATlO. 
 
 April 19th.— To-day kept much out of doors in tho 
 grouncla. Body still weak, cough continues, soul happy ; 
 sweet communion with Jesus, conscious purity. Was 
 thinking of St. Paul's words, •' I obtained mercy,'' or, as 
 some have rendered it, ^^Iwaa be-mercied" — covered all 
 over as the rose with morning dew and sunshine ! 
 
 Attended the MUtsianary meeting at Huddersfield, the 
 other evening. Was called upon for a speech ; attempted 
 it ; Mhort and feeble enough. It is^ all rigl^, praise the 
 
 JiOrd! 
 
 April 21, Monday. — Yesterday preached twice at Hud- 
 dersfield to amazing crowds. There wore thirty converted, 
 and twenty sought and found purity of heart. — Matt. 6 : 8. 
 Thus the two revivals keep going on together. 
 
 A few evenings since, I had a sweet time there on the 
 ''WUness of the Spirit:'— Bam. 8 : 16, 16. The Lord 
 helped me. How sweet to my soul are those lines of the 
 Qerman poet : 
 
 " Chosen thy guidance to dlkphtj, 
 
 A witness of thy truth to be, 
 My heart and all my powers now say. :;- 
 
 ' My Ood, I live and die for thee ! ' 
 Thee will I faithfkilly oonfesfl, — 
 
 0, grant me courage, strength and power, 
 •Ind neither suffering nor distress 
 
 Shall part us in the trying hour: 
 
 •• Till then, let power divine protect, 
 
 And heavenly peace my spirit chew ; 
 My ibotsteps here below direct, 
 
 Till I before thy face appear. 
 The present seed I now shall sow. 
 
 To ripen for eternity, — 
 0, lei it to perfection grow. 
 
 Then take thy pilgrim home to thee ! " 
 
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■XTBAOTS fftOM TBI J0C&9AIi. 
 
 801 
 
 April 26th. — A l«tt«r from the deaf and dnmb young 
 man converted in IIuddersBeld, mentioned in another part 
 of my journal Ho writes with sweet and humble aMur- 
 anoe that hU sins aro forgiven; that he meets in class, 
 enjoys a sense of love divine, much bloat in private prayer, 
 and in the public means of grace. 
 
 April 26th. — Last night I preached my farewell sermon 
 in Queen^street Chapel, lluddersfield. The crowd was 
 immense. It was with the greatest difficulty I could get 
 away from the new converts,— dear souls, their ernoliona 
 „ were overwhelming! I finally, through the ingenuity of 
 one or two of the brethren, escaped by the basement. Such 
 tenderness is harder to be endured than persecution I 
 
 I omitted to notice we had previously the usual meetmg 
 for the new converts, simiUr to that at Buxton-road Chapel, 
 — when they received " heartif covnseV May these senti- 
 ments be written upon their memory and heart as with a 
 diamond:— Hearken to conscience, consult the B<We as 
 your living oracle, be much alone with God Ito secret prayer* 
 Endeavor to learn the Spirit's voice, and o% it; but, re- 
 member, it will never direct you contra»y to the written 
 word. Forsake not the public and private means of grace. 
 Be holy, useful, happy. Let God steer your little barks 
 in storms as well as in calms ; he loves to be trusted. Live . 
 
 upon /csM»,-rdraw ^^^^^^ ^^"^ ^^^ ^ ^^® ^"*°°^ ^"^°^* 
 the vine, fcve the brotherhood. Be not ready to take 
 
 offence; avoiA giving offence as far as poss^le. Detest 
 back-biting. Qtow in knowledge, as well as in grace and 
 holiness. I«( order to this, provide yourselves with suitable 
 JKwks. CQrisult your pastors and leaders t^ to your read- 
 ing BeSkve; do something for God. Methodism has 
 work for^ry member, lfi«i will do it,— in Sabbath- 
 schools, tract distribution, visiting the sick, missionary col- 
 
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 8d2 ■AEHMT OH|litIAIIITT ILHWTIATID. 
 
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 iMton, Bibla-cliiMe-, etc. eto. If y(m would be itarm iiid 
 hapmf,^o%K. AboT^ aU, wplre after holmMi. 
 
 Boar with what I iU going to lay : for my motives are 
 porfectlj disintorcatoa md pure. Take an interest m the 
 coHBtant expenses of the «)oiety. /i«ir yoiir par/ m ^^ 
 Mem. Never bo a nMire sponge,-^ a ha^er-on, ae they 
 ,»y,_. enjoying the privilcgoe of the houae of God, trA»/e 
 othsrs pay for them. That is dishonest, and bring, a 
 airse instead of a blessing. Bear your part according to 
 your ability. Let no man prevent you ; otherwise you may 
 bring the frowns of Providence upon your own temporal 
 af&iirs. It is possible, as Solomon hilts, to withhold more 
 than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty. But, he added, 
 t/iere are those that scatter and yet incrbasS ; - scatter 
 their increase in works of charity and benevolence and yet 
 .they increase ; their-means to do good are increased, mstead 
 of being diminished, by their /iAera/i/y. 
 
 These hints I have thrown ont freely, because, you know, 
 I ask nothing from you but yoar*'eamest prayers. But I 
 want to hate the principle of helping to bear the expenses 
 of the church planted in you, as a part of your religion, to 
 irrow with b growth, and to be strengthened with iti 
 strength. Hearken again! Should you foil into tempU- . 
 tion^AicA may you nevfr ! - lie not >here, nor wallow 
 in the sin ; bu^ up, and forike it forever, repentmg in dust 
 and ashes ! Bun not away from Christ, nor his people ; — 
 forsake not your class. Fly back to Christ by repentance, 
 foith, and earnest cries for forgiveness. Try not io forget 
 i/, and to feel better, before you are pardoned. No, no I 
 Fly directly to Christ, saying : 
 
 •• To the blrtt fountain of thy blood, 
 
 Incamate^ted. I fly I ' 
 Here Ifct me wMh my guUty Boul 
 
 From orimw of deepert die." 
 
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 HouNian, »liO, may ^ ioit and regained. Should the 
 0trul«nc0 of it bccom* dim or hat mtirtly, rcMon not with 
 th« enemy / return to the blood inatanily ; renew your 
 entire con»ecrfttion m at the firtt ; detire the blessing, pray 
 for it, offer the blood of Christ as the price,— Uie full equir- 
 alent which God occepU; believe this, and believe that He 
 doeth it; and, if one act of faith is not enough, keep otr 
 believing, obttinately, that he doeth Ut—»>J, though it 
 should be a thousand timee,—- nor cMtt till you know that 
 he haa reiatabliahed the dominion of holiness in your 
 
 soul* 
 
 The blood of Christ f Holiness cannot diaaolve your 
 dependenqe upofi it. You will need its merit and cleansing 
 efficacy from moment to moment, while in these bodies of 
 clay. The standard of our perfection is love. That of 
 Adamic and angelic perfection is almost infinitely higher, 
 excluding errors of judgment and other infirmities, — de- 
 manding, in &6t, sinless obedience. But we are constantly 
 liable to unavoidable mistakes and involuntary injirmi- 
 tis0, though the single eye of the soul be steadily intent upon 
 pleasing God. These, in view of the holiness of God, and 
 of the higher standard which that holiness demands, need 
 , to be covered with the merits of Christ. Faith appro^ 
 priates that covering, and the soul is accounted holy through 
 the merits and perfect obedience of Him. "Lore is the 
 fulfiUing of the toM)."— Rom. 18 : 10. You are young in 
 religion, and you may not fully comprehend my meaning in 
 these deep things of God. But, as you grow in grace and 
 knowledge, both of Christ and yourselves, you will more 
 clearly understand. Though your heart may be pure and 
 full of love, and every thought, word and work, may spring 
 from pure love to God, yet your liability to make mistake, 
 and yield involuntarily, so to speak, to many infirmities, 
 
 
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 will eter ntcMiitnU j<m pwy "ForgiT* w onr 
 i," and to iij, with tlie pool J 
 
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 None maVoi moro coniUnt nw of tho Mood of Chriit th*n 
 he who ii tnjlj •anotificU and cleanaed from all tin. 
 
 And now may the Fathor, Son and Uoly Ghoat, bleit 
 TOtt and keep jou. May you novor forgot tho aaymg of 
 \nu ncrw with God,- that your Hfe ia a race; otomal glory 
 is the prizfw #ra<-fl and ctrrruption the antagoniiM ; and, 
 acoordinglfCTciUior finally prevaiUi, otomal life •# M oTy 
 
 yfon! Amen. 
 
 Xhe Secretary of the Reviyal informa me that about 
 aghteen hundred and seventy-nine eouU have »>««« J«»^i- 
 fied, and seven hundred and Ji/ty -Jive sanctified,— 1 Thess. 
 6 : 28,— during this great work of God, making a total of 
 two thousand six hundred and thirty-four ! 
 
 To God be all the glory;^IjL hM said, ^^ My glory I 
 wm not aim to ^notherr^mmm^^- JJr«ouH|yt. 
 Amen; and will be as co4||P9|Pto 'temig honesty 
 itself, not to appropriate any of it to myself. Suoh an 
 intifnation as this should sound in every preacher^ ears 
 like the vc^ice of a trumpet from heaven. God will gi^e us 
 healtli, honor, if need be, and love, and friendship, and hap- 
 pinilj, ^nd as much of the toorld as will be good for us to 
 po^ ; and pardon, and joy, and holiness, and wiU even 
 share his heaven with us ; but he will not give us his glory. 
 Pharaoh, I have been reminded, took oiT his ring from his 
 hand and put it upon Joseph's hand, and ar|»yed him m 
 vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his n^ck, 
 a^d gave him a chariot, and much honor, with this reser- 
 ntion, ''Only in the throne will I be greater than thou^ 
 
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 — Qw. tl : 40. G«l rewrvw kkl " aiOld," wA U til 
 that It within »«, wad without m«, wy, Amen and Ainent 
 Bugkry^xiA mttgoodi 0, how d4«at4;f and iwiwt^ ^ 
 hM the h«id of our Ood twifttd md wov«n lho«» together f 
 In joumalixing the oonfliote of truth and iU vktnrm, 
 throug>» the power of the Uoly Uhoit, the yhry of Ood l^ 
 D^ been forgotten ; hw not, I truit. bo«»u mutapproprwttd. 
 My ioal wouU tremble at the thought*; would deteet and 
 abhor the word, or tine, or ientonoe, IhaA would rob him of 
 a lingle pirticle or ray of hit glory. iImUler»Jield hat % 
 noble popuUtion,- cUizeii$ generally, aftd the Wetltn/ana 
 in partifluUr. Chritt our Lord hat diarmnda m feint of 
 gold in lluddortfield,— which an old autlior pronounced a 
 fnirade,— Chrittiant abounding in the goad thing? of tkit 
 world, and yet tparkling with the glory ®f Chritt. It it 
 not with Chrittiant generally at with a^ certain jmotl I 
 onoe read of, which lott itt virtue unleta it waf let m gold. 
 Alat ! many lote both their virtue and religion by bcmg 
 encatod with much of that metal. What it «allcd precimi$ 
 among men, becomes perfiicious to them. «ioy rise m the 
 _ world to sin^ from Ood. Iluddersfiold. pretoi^sjaany noble 
 •iceptiont. Qlory be to our Ood for thit alt* Among the 
 " most devoted and zealous are families of high t especUb.lity, 
 ' intelligence, and influence. These, and the people genially, 
 showed me mu<?h kindness, as also the three Wesleyan min- 
 , isters. My heart is full of gratitude. May they all, and 
 • the excellent families who entertained me so many months, 
 b« rewarded greaUy while they live, and at the Hsttrrei> 
 /tow 0/ M« just. Amen. 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 
 Tm two foUowing letters from Mr. Oaughey contain his views on 
 Church Architecture. They exhibit the results of his observations on 
 the influence which certain styles of architecture exert over the voxoe 
 of the preacher. They are worthy of consideration. 
 
 "H(miUon,C. W., 
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 " «**M^BirSm: Yours is to hand. I rejoice in your prospects. 
 You ne^ed a better church in — -. You My, ' As^ w;e are abou^ 
 to erect an elegant and costly temple to our Ck>d, we demre the inter- 
 naSns andlxtures to be ks conducive to easy and effective speak- 
 Sg Krible. You know, sir, tastes differ as to order and general 
 SSeofTurch architecture. We have our test^nd notions here 
 wMch, I suppose, we would not alter for anybody. But it is our 
 wteh, fi alfK to avoid everything, in the Internal construe^ 
 and arrangement of the edifice, that would be prejudicial to an «^ 
 and succeSl deUvery of the Gosjwl message You, sir, have had 
 considerable experience in these th&gs, on both sides the Attjptic^ 
 You have noti<^, doubtless, that some churches have be^ harder to 
 s^k in than others,%nd possibly you have detected the cause or 
 (£^. Would you do us the fiivor to state them, or, at least, what 
 you would have us avoid?' ,. ^ t ^ r a ^^^ ^^ 
 
 « To this I reply : Those churches which I have found most ex- 
 hausting to voice, strength, &c., have had one or more of the follow^ 
 
 "*?• L^OTmoN 01 THE Church.— Painfully close to low houses and 
 noisv children, mechanic shops; too near the street, especi^y if 
 
 rough and much traveUed, so that every I««»°g^««'SS„-ft,i!f« 
 noiuoed itself, and even the passmg segw-smoker ; so flush upoj 
 the sidewalk/as to aUow no fence, exposing ^^.f^f'^^^y^f^y^ 
 basement tooutsidegazers, if windows open,— if shut, mining the 
 
 meeting for want of ventilation. ,. ^^ 
 
 " Prom such defecto as these your good sense, I teust, wiu pre- 
 Berveyou,— ay, even though the site should be oflfered as a gin. 
 
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 «• 2 Church Propohtionb.— Want of internal rymmetry ; either 
 
 ' ftlwavH bad : but more on this by and by. 
 
 "T The pLit - Its Position and Fixtures. - Poaition : At the 
 entrance, where winds and noises may annoy ti'^rt^^^^^^J^ 
 est. whether administering in pulpit ^^^-^^^M^^ 
 loftv too hiirh, if ceiling improperly low. *»«V^^^?'^ ^ 
 Sfbr^fotVo^comfortfleavT^^^^^^ 
 
 ReoeM behind : Too deep, always bad ; or, if 8hallowt«t#«n<»*n"y 
 ful^eTS whitewasE'as to Wve the E^^^^^^^^^.^^^rt^i 
 sit 'bolt upright,' like a boarding-school miss, or lean back ior a 
 Aomrt, t6 iL ike tf powdered Wu or livened servjint of other 
 da^DwpeT behind the pulpit: A nuipahce evermore ; it ab- 
 *X* sounfSthout returning It, arf black absorbs the sun-ravs 
 wUhouT^^twtingthem; detaSs and deadens the voice. Foot-boara: 
 C hSh or low ^r the desk or habit of the preachy, ^»'»»out m^^ 
 oflowerine or raising his standing to taste; and so uneven and 
 sLtT wuSaras to 4reak time ' ^th his motions. Tunes not a 
 toli Cetad to fold my cloak and stana upon it to avoid one or 
 Sh« of ILe disa^vantajes.^ Kneeling ^^^f ^J,: J^^ J^^t 
 as to burv him to the shoulders when at prayer- .^imes witnoui 
 dumber Sve I been forced to press cloak or Bible under knees, as a 
 
 r.t;^'i;:;ss?tter2r'ime, sir, but ^^^^ 
 
 "TS« ^^'^^»*;in:!;.'^U or three feeing the pulpit, 
 da Jbig t^Feachert ej^ on a bright or sunny day, ^^th^ut rem- 
 Sv Windows, in general, uncorded, or but one here and there so 
 SJL'i^red • imd 8^ large as t^ require two men to lower or mse them 
 frv^Ttiiatiin fofsf tight that but one or two out of half a do^n 
 S^W iSoSdatall u«>n an emergency ; or so loose ayrhen winds 
 WMe on Se, to remSd the boys of drum^beat ontoumng^ay; 
 TnTm oSn as to rive them lessons in the whistlme science. 
 
 » 5^ Cm -?Irhap6 1 should have spoken of these first- but 
 BO wakefulTto anSunS arrivals and departures by creak or slam, 
 
 ^f?e^^'-"^* <»PPed with a projecting rid«.^^^ 
 ^^H.hX^ *nd» unriettimd so nar^w^ted, wiOial, as to force 
 ^riSlS« tori^rSS^ys tothe nr^her aUe«jgth^ -^ v^^, 
 
 like ft steay star in agloomy sky. ~^ 
 
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 ** 8. Tkmperaturx. — In oxtremea 6f heat and cold, owing to want 
 of judgment in the sexton, or absenoe of that invaluable appendage 
 to our American churches, a good thermometer. 
 
 " 9. Vkntilation — Neglected or Mismanaged. — Neglected : Air 
 left unchanged after the congregation has retired, to be reinhaled by 
 the neit audienae, — perhaps on a Sabbath morning, after having 
 been imprisoned through the week, exhausted and poisoned on the 
 previous Sabbath^ and now to be breathed over again ; voice making 
 Its hea^i^wa^through a loaded and leaden atmosphere, into the ears 
 of jawtfRgcv sleepy hearers. Ah mo! what sorrowful times have 
 been my portion from this cause ! Not one sexton in twenty has any 
 rule against this evil. Mismanaged ventilation : Windows kept dosed 
 till the atmosphere becomes insufferable ; then opened without judg- 
 ment, wide and to windward, spreading discomfort and uneasinesB in 
 the vicinities. I have not found one sexton in ten who makes it a 
 rule, in such emergencies, to open the windows the sheltered side of 
 the church, keeping those to vrindward shut, or but verydightly 
 open. What next? Windows re-closed; 'better bear theilb wo 
 have,* than suffer others to flv to us, ♦ that we know not of.' Thus 
 the pure air — a friend, indeed,. jf prudently managed — haa made 
 < cowards of us all.' s. 
 
 . " 10. A few words about Church Ceilings. — A ceiling immod" 
 erately high mav have some advantages. It may, in the eyes of 
 some, perhaps, look imposing. In hot weather, or when a IKrgQ 
 audience is present, may be somewhat refreshing, enclosing, as it doeS| 
 a larger boay of air for the breathers beneath. But, depend upon 
 it, the preacher pays the tax upon such slight advantages, in an in- 
 creased outlay 01 both voice and strength, oesides a sensible diminu- 
 tion of his ordinary power, enjoyed under a ceiling of medium height.^ 
 He feels it,.sinks by degrees, or loses heart, and closes under thd im- 
 pression of ' a hard time.' Let him realize the same difficulty again 
 and again in the^same pulpit, and the apprehension will go fiur to 
 weaken his faith in hia usual preparation. 
 
 <^ If the ceiling be concave, or arched, the difficulty will be in- 
 creased ten-fold. 
 
 *' There is a singular sympathy, if I may use the word^ between 
 the voice and the ceiling. At least, the voice is singularly aided or 
 retarded by the character of the ceiling. If it has to ascend high in 
 space before it meets a substance to arrest, steady and r^ct upon it, 
 by a Returning impulse, the preacher will sensituy feel the loss. It 
 vnll force him to unusual exertion} risking the unnatural both in tone 
 and manner. And this will exhaust. Remember thiil, my dear air ; 
 every foot you poise your ceiling above an ordinary and reasonable 
 height, you are preparing a proportionate tax upon the strco^^ of 
 your successive pastors. 
 
 "Above all, sir, let me caution you and your collea(^e8 of tiie 
 * Building Committee V to reject, once for all, -any pUm which >x»teiii« 
 plates a doped, or concave, or arched ceiling. I may not be uauig the 
 proper architectural phrases, but you comprehend ine. iStber of 
 
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 them to my sorrow, and vrould ^"^. J" V* ^ ^y^a bane of oratory, 
 idvltagithey mightafifordto or^onoj,^ ^^ .^ 
 
 •-.^^^ far to rob the v<»ce of ^^^^^ K'^SSS 
 an empty Bound to the ears <>f *^^«,J^f^^^^^ wanting. Solomon . 
 UboriJ/preaeher there « ~7gf K^J^whet the e^. t^en »»« 
 L .ays, ' & the iron be Want, and he ^o n ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ 
 
 Jgtputto more strength Jurtw^A^^^^^^^^ I^^e 
 
 snchaceUingwiU soon find voi^^^a^^ that they have 
 
 tr^l.?^srh:T?.^^^^^^^^ 
 
 architect, or his advisers. . . aome"^e ance, in a church 
 
 « I was holding a series <>f . J»«,^^^«^d'iKlti^ill my heart ached, 
 of this sort -contending with there d^cum J j^^ ^^^ 
 
 And, to add to them, a 7^" ^^inK > ' dead waU,»- , 
 ^de and lofty, in the fom of a Gothic windo^ cathedral and 
 
 large as the eastern window of some Koma __ ^^^^ ^^ ^ 
 
 abu%noe of dead wall on eite f ^^t ^ ^^ ^^.^ g^^eral, 
 the slopes above.. I advised drapery t^^^^^ \)ne evening, noticing 
 
 . hoping thus to interfere ^^»^^5»«.";"**He doubted whether dranery 
 
 4hea^bitect present. ^ «°X *^iS^S^e wi a^a^e such ceilings didat- 
 
 ' rA':'.'oi^^-y^or^^^^ and recommended a sound- 
 
 Srg!l^W rr theUit. - tn^r^efe the States, I preached 
 ^. A coupU.of years ago, when tiav^hng n t ^^^ .^^ ^ 
 
 in a small chureli of this sort, rr^^^^rnith a high arch. It re- 
 Sreen two abutments of a »>»d^' ""^The vi)?celown to ite office 
 qdred the greatest "^^noeumng to o««^e J^^,^^^ others in the 
 I the ears of the J^J^^«^,.\J?d fC^X^^^ been demolished. 
 States somewhat similar — '^'^jXr ,oh ceilin<^ are not numerous ; 
 
 " Happily,. churches «?;^jf .^^^^XitS & and Canad^.. The 
 - hut thV are increasing, both n the unit^o j^.^^^^^^^ 
 
 Gothicias become quite popular of^^t^^^ 
 the architect strong t«mptaUons to p^hh^^ij^^^ J 
 high, but somewhat in conformity jnth t>e v^aow^^^^^^^^ i. 
 
 ^. Methodism has lately come mto *^« ^^^^^^e areiateotfnot 
 mens. Windows wd enouj^hTor^ Gc^^ic .b^^^^^ 
 
 contented to extend ^w °eihngat t^^ hei|^^^^ clear up 
 
 nary altitude demanded, sloped i* P«^«J hSmble iii its aspirations^ 
 io tke vicinity of.a joof-^f ^l^^'J^TSlthr^^^^^^^ 
 - ^ ^-''^-'^^\ ^' ^ * -.r:i^S^L'ZfTml to r aise and lower 
 
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 men, and frequently in vain. But the architect, instead of spread- 
 injt a plain ceiling at a reaaonable height above the windowB, sprang 
 an arch a considerable height, carried it all around the edifice, as if 
 contriving how best to tempt the voice to vagrancy, and suspended 
 thereon a strip of comPl9n ce»l»ng» affording ♦ a pretty play-ground 
 for the voice to excursionize before doing the vork in the ears and 
 consciences of the hearers. ^ , ,. 
 
 «* A preacher careless of effects — indifferent as to immediate 
 results, not laboring for a revival, not anxious, not expecting sinners 
 to be instantly awakened and converted under his ministry — may 
 exhibit his talents in such places, with some satisfaction to himselt, 
 and to others, perhaps, of like mind. But he who has been groan- 
 ing, weeping and agonizing, in secret /places, for the oonversion ot 
 sinners, willbe made to feel there is an enemy overhead, bad as the 
 devil and human depravity. Nor will he preach long there without 
 becoming shorn of his strength. .,*...<. x-is j 
 
 "" « For my part, 1 avoid such churches for revival efforts, if notified 
 beforehand. I have had souls given me within their walls, but with 
 a will at fearful strife with things, and at a great expense of physical 
 and intellectual strength. , , 
 
 "V '• And now, sir, I have given you the result of several years ob- 
 servation on both sides of the Atlantic. ^ Please read this reply to the 
 members ofyour' Building Committee.' , , --^ , • . 
 
 «♦ There is not one. item in the above catalogue of defects wliich 
 has not cost me sorrow -or defeat, in one place or other, the last 
 score of years. To such things, sir, rather than diaboli^l aaency or 
 human resistance, have I traced « many a hard tune,' which has sent 
 me to myroom to groan the night away! . , ' ,. '■'''n 
 
 "I have written this letter in great haste, without time to prune 
 
 "^or polish sentences, as I have preached twice to-day, — and, for Jbat 
 
 matter, ten times a week the last seven months. But you majgather 
 
 some * cautions ' from the above facts, — facts they are, ?nd moum- 
 
 , ful defects, from which I prq^ God to deliver all muusters who are 
 
 toiling day and night for tht; conversion of /jmners. Ihe work ot 
 
 God is-advancing here in glorious majesty. /^ ? t j 
 
 «« With affectionate regards to yourself and family, 1 am, dear sir, 
 
 " Yours, in the bonds of the Gospel, 
 
 "Jahbb Cauohet. 
 
 " P. S. The further you project your pulpit into the conmre^tion , 
 if the chapel be large, and you can afford it, the better. It is that 
 
 than the prSwher's head when standing; if lower than his head, 
 it is iniutiou8,V i* divides and weakens the voice. Such an orches- 
 tra, besides, hi^this advantage : If the choir be disposed to whisper 
 or • read ' musib, they wiU not annoy the preacher by seeing them, 
 nor b« "ffl wnd them by reproving. _^ ^•^' 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 Mr. Caughey, in a letter to ub dated London, 0. W., Feb. 8d, 
 
 1855, adda': 
 
 " The Wesleyan Methodists in Quebec, L. C.,liaveer^tod a largO, 
 noble and elegant Gothic church, at an oxpenBe of Jfty^ve housand 
 dollars, ay, afd at a urtber cost, not to be eetimaU by doUj« and 
 cenk or twunds, shillings and pence, - the strength, t>oiar and effect- 
 L^fortheir preacher, in attenipting to fill* waste and unoccu- 
 pied space ' spread around with prpwsingFodigality. . „ 
 ^ "FiW of ill, the cKiLiNO, - K say nothing of «;« J,^be™lity of 
 petv-roorn, find aisles roomy enough for an English cathedral anj the 
 'waste places ' on the galleries, three or four cavem-l*e breaks for 
 ♦ grand stoirways,' which the tt)ioe is allowed to sound to the depths ; 
 aS ' far In the^listance,' where scores might stand.is an empty space 
 in rear of the gallery sittings, as if designed to give importance to a 
 prXious Gotlic wfndow, - like an area before some palace fk9ade 
 Ser tax upon the preacher's otpabilities. . »"* ^^e ceilmg iwhat 
 shall I say of Vhe ceiling? Imagine a. succMsion of semi-hoops of a 
 mammotlf hogshead, plastered betweoni^tjght as a drum, and bent to 
 the altitudes, — a vast ma</net to the voice, drawing it up and away 
 from the audience, as the magnetic infliipnce commands the direction 
 of the needle in the mariners compass - to say "f l"°g .o^. t^^J^ 
 vouring disposition of the vast space through which ^t has tp twel 
 and astend Lfore it receives a return action, aifd then to b? jay/^d 
 and led into captivity by ruffian ech6e8, hardly noticeable, inde^,^ 
 the hearers, eZvt in some loud W, buUrue ^r ^^^t^^ 
 
 people, and raisy i»is voice use » wump..., "v ^ -^ — "-- . 
 
 the voice will not go down with point and energy among the people* 
 
 but reyerl)u;aitc8 ami runs to amf fro, -a sound ot ^;ords and sen-. 
 
 tences trip^ng "po" sentences, void of the secret ««e/ion that mov«^ 
 
 and melts andVts the checks of an audience ; at length he is forced 
 
 to modulate and manage his voice as best he; can, and be content to 
 
 make them hear, and Ufeelinj alone for this ti'no. And «> he bob^ 
 
 ' bles on. restrained and embarrassed, to the close. ^So it was with me 
 
 . last winter, till my healtH gave way, and^wa^ conhned to ^7 joom. 
 
 -When able to venture out again, a few friends had taken the matter 
 
 in l.and,^nd covered the well of the ^ller es ^ithtwolarge sails of 
 
 a ship, fei».for the occasion bv Mr. Smderson. I stood, m the altar 
 
 and to fine audiences preachei the word of life, untal we had Aun- 
 
 (Trcrfrof souls converted and sanctified, an account of which you may 
 
 and beautiful Gothic Wesleyan church, lately erected at a cmi ot 
 TrToLand dollars. B^t, alas! With t,^ extravagance oisp^ , 
 aW equal to that in Quebec. The ceiling, indeed is somewhat dif- 
 f orent, reminding one of— pardon me, ye architects ! — a pr^ffl ' 
 
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 A»« thereof ' painted in imitatioa of oak;;— an aocomphshod bffht- 
 abtorbentyhj tho way, —which, aided by galleries of like oolor^eiw 
 ders tho house sombre and gloomy, although enlightened by oneHuif 
 ired ♦ gaa-tfumers ' / 0, gentlemen of * pio Building Committee,' 
 how much more lightsome and pleasant had been your temple, had 
 you draped it in modem , modest white, — and a saving on your f^bill, 
 •withal ! — a thing you might have readily anticipated by a httle rk- 
 ruKTiON upon a similar .talent more or le$$ distributed among colors. 
 " The same difficulty is felt here op in Quebec, as rwpirds the un- 
 steadiness and vagrancy of tho voice ; unless tho church is perfectly 
 filled, it seoms like ♦ becaing the air.* A minister remarked to me, the 
 other evening, ' When I pniy in that pulpit, it Bocms as if that vast , 
 vacancy above eats up my words.' Yea, and quite oxht^usts and dis- 
 heartens before one is half through with prayer or sermon, capcoiallv 
 if one dewres to have ' power with God and with men,' and to premil. 
 -^ Gen. 32 : 28. The pulpit does not project into the audience, after 
 the manner of • the homo Wesleyan pulpits,' and which afford the 
 Ifoglish preachers such a manifest power over their vast audiences, 
 but is sot back to the wall. The orchestra is, indeed, behind the pul- 
 pit, but in a recess built to the church, to which there is a vast Gothic 
 opening ia th© wall behind the preacher's head. This recesa is lofty, 
 and vaulted like the main building, which, with the organ, scats fifty 
 or sixty persons, — another, draft on the preacher's strength, in a 
 wasteful and voioe-dividing direction ; and uselessly expended, for 
 most of the ohoirleave it after singing, complaining that they can- 
 not hear there.iDirectly opposite the pulpit, at the other end of the 
 church, is a large Gothic vnndow, and a wide, lofty, empty space to 
 keep it company, — another demand upon the voice. 
 
 f" Now, all this inconsiderate tax upon a preacher's strength T con- 
 wier * simple folly,' — nay, sinful. ye people of Canada ! have 
 meh^ on your preachers! Betray not tnus the cause of God! 
 Weaken not, dishearten not, destroy not, the health and effectiveness 
 of your ministers. Tempt theto not thus, or the time may come 
 when ' the twenty five minutes* sermon ' may be as rife in Methodist 
 ehurohes as in English and Continental cathedrals^ ' the long-drawn 
 aisles ' and stately columns, and ♦ avenues of pillared shade,' vaulted 
 like another sky, discipline the preacher to ■% " 
 
 The dear harangue, and, cold as it is clear, 
 Falls soporific on the listless ear ; 
 ^ Like quicksilver, the rhetoric they display v- 
 
 '^. Shines an it raps, but grasped at slips sway. 
 
 «* After preaching a few times in this church, and l^ffled and dis- 
 heartened,! began to repent my visit ; felt strongly inclined to re- 
 ' treat to some other town, where my labors might 1^ more successful 
 ' in winning sinners to Christ, without shattering my health as last 
 winter, ft was suggested that b. souriding-ioard over the pulpit might 
 relieve from the dignity some, — and has considerably. The error is 
 reyreffed by the < r «5tecj, not only from the f a ct of having w as ted a 
 
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 thotuand dollars upon this miBOonBtruoted ceilins, '— and which onlj 
 a perverted taato could pronounce omamontal,— but because it 
 
 would require seven or eight hundred dollars to replace it with a prop- 
 
 people grow 
 
 in church architecture will be Neither few nor far between, — when 
 the eye will be more consulted thp^n the ear, when pulpit effectiveness 
 must gUo yraj to architectural appearemces, — a fact which has con- 
 tributed largely to the heartless preaching which prevails in English 
 and Continental cathedralsir' One has only to listen to a sermon in 
 one of them to be convinced of the truth of tl^e remark. ' 
 
 " But to return to my subject. To add to the disagreeablonees of 
 the place, no ventilation could be had from a single window ; the 
 • design ' of the architect forbade such a vulgarism ! Gothic through- 
 out, every window was as solid as lead and glass could make it. A 
 little/resA air might be coaxed in by the doors and through some 
 auger-like perforations in a few small pendants in the ceiling ; fresh 
 air from the attic ! — fotU air, ascending there, cooling, and accumu- 
 lating, to be returned and re-breathed again, unpurg^ of its noxious 
 qualities, — and so in process continuett. 
 
 " The large lecture-room below was in a similar ' fix.' After hold- 
 ing meetings^ week or two, the air became intolerable, and I pro- 
 tested. So the architect had his ♦ design ' marred by deteribined men, 
 who cut a passage to the pure air through his ' majestic Gothic win- 
 do'irs,' and fifteen hundred people may now bifeathe comfortably, and 
 hear the word with profit. . ' 
 
 '* Thfl^ have also kindly * closed in ' the space in front of the 
 jiarge madow, leaving an outline thepeof upon the cloth screen. This 
 «tera^on,'with a sounding-board of extraordinary dimensionB, has 
 lessened the difficulty considerably. Nevertheless, it is still an exhaust- 
 ifig place to the speaker, and will so continue while the lofty curse 
 bann overhead, and the cavern-like orchestra, as it is, behind. 
 
 ^' Uowever, the Lord has jpoured out |iis Holy Spirit upon us the 
 last few weeks, and hundretb of souls have been converted, and scores 
 of believers sanctified. But, 0, how exhausting and wearying is this 
 effort ! Affectionately in Jesus, thy liord and mine, 
 
 " James Cauohxt. 
 
 " London, CW.t Feb. Z,1B55." " , 
 
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