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 Worthy Christian Testimony. 
 
 An Address delivered at the Annual Convention of 
 
 Christian Endeavor Societies, held an St. John's 
 
 Church, Dalhousie, N. B., on T-aesday, 
 
 September, 20th, 18w2, 
 
 By Rev. W. J. FOWLER. 13. D, 
 
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 Testimony is tlie solemn declan/tiori of a witness. 
 Testifying is another name for witness, bearing. A 
 credible witness does not base his. .testinjony upon 
 his own feelings, desires, or opinions. ., He bases 
 his testimony upon the truth. , ;^ ■'^ 
 
 The extent of his testimony ir, determined bv his 
 knowledge of the truth. The greater , his know- 
 ledge of the truth is, the wider becomes the range 
 of his testimony. A witness may.. be /*^::garded as 
 giving worthy testimony when. he te.^tjnes not to 
 his own individual opinion, de.'^u"e, or .feeling, but 
 when he testifies to the truth, (t is only when his 
 feelings, desires, and opinions arc the:a>st,lves found- 
 ed upon the truth and moulded hy th(;. tru.th that 
 they may be said to come wjthin the range of 
 worthy testimony. And they c'ir'e witl.'Jn that range 
 just so far as they are true opi,i7]ons, ^ tr,ue desires, 
 and true feelings. o^- 
 
 YoLi step into the court-room. A prisoner is 
 arraigned on the charge of theft. , A man comes for 
 ward to give his testimony concerning the prisoner 
 at the bar of justice. Is he asked io give his individ- 
 ual opinion as to whether or not he thinks the 
 prisoner guilty.'* Is he asked to express his feelings 
 towards the prisoner at the bar? Is he asked to 
 
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state what he desires should be done with the pri •- 
 oner? Assuredly he is not. What is r(!quired of the 
 witness is that he speak "the truth, the whole truth, 
 and nothing !)gl**fhe truth." He is there not to 
 speak about hiijiit^elf, or his feelini^^s, opinions, or 
 desires; but h2;;j*s* there to speak the truth in so 
 far as he know.s.'»it* concern inij;^ the prisoner at the 
 bar of jusgoQ aj^tjr/jhe crime laid to his charge. 
 
 Apart hfifv, i^i^ilvioii altowther; it may be seen 
 that wortKA/t<'^.tHi^ony is based not upon human 
 opinion, tfuijre.W^r feeling, but upon the truth. It 
 ma\ furtluH'*l}e^st>c*n that worthy testimony refers 
 primarily 116tUo scJlf, but to another, or others. 
 
 While ^^7H"lhyyt^^timony is based upon the truth, 
 "worthy QJir^^stijlTij*: Testimony" is based upon the 
 truth as itiv'in •C^U'ist Jesus. This at once shows 
 that the l?(*wb' ju'.ojmd whom Christian testimony 
 centres is (^ai'isL... 
 
 Jesus cat^cg HD^!? ^^'^ Apostles to bear witness 
 of or testify* ex )ix«w'<iing Him. 
 
 After thIti\^&pTj(^i-; and previous to His agony in 
 Geihsemai,i^,*,](!fc;os said to the disciples: "But 
 when the CgjWortvv.is come, whom I will send unto 
 you from th«•I^lt/lw;^:ven the Spirit of truth, which 
 proceedeth»l]-itm,Ih« Father, he shall bear. witness 
 of me, and*)*e*a]i(,):J5ear witness, because ye have 
 been with me fr(|vi5.i;he beginning." (J no. 15. 26. 
 27.) The Holy ^'il)*i'nt should bear witness of Jesus, 
 and the apostles u.\si^ should bear witness of Him. 
 There should be *th*e testimony of God and the 
 testimony of man. 
 
 After the resurrection of Jesus, and previous to 
 his ascension, he showed himself alive "by many 
 
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 proofs," tind spake unto the apostles "the things 
 concerning the kingdom of God." He commanded 
 them to wait at Jerusalem for the fullilment of the 
 P^ither's promise, and the last recorded words he 
 spake previous to his ascension were: "It is not 
 for you to know times or seasons, which the 
 Father hath set within his own authority. But ye 
 shall receive power, when the Holy Cihost is come 
 upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in 
 Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and un 
 to the uttermost part of the earth." (Acts i : 7, 8.) 
 
 The great work of the apostles was to bear test- 
 imony concerning Jesus. Ihey were to be His 
 witnesses. Let us see how they fulfilled this mission. 
 A necessary qualification on the ])art of the one 
 appointed to take the place of Judas, the traitor, 
 was that he should have companied with the 
 apostles from the bajnism of John to the ascension 
 of Jesus, that he might be a witness of the resur- 
 rection of Jesus. 
 
 . Hear the apostles on the day of Pentecost. They 
 speak of the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit; of 
 Jesus as the Messiah foretold by David and "ap- 
 proved of God by miracles, and wonders, and 
 signs;" but crucified by the Jews. And they say. 
 "This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we all 
 are witnesses." 
 
 When the lame man was healed, the multitude, 
 "greatly wondering," crowded around Peter and 
 John. The apostles took not to themselves the 
 glory of this work. They testified that it was not 
 by their own power or holiness the man had been 
 healed; but that God had glorified his Son, Jesus, 
 
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 wliom the Jews hacl delivered up, denied, and kill- 
 ed; but God had raised him from the dead where- 
 of they were witnesses. 
 
 Peter in speakin^r to Cornelius and his house- 
 hold said: "And he charged us to preach unto the 
 people, and to testify that this is he which is ordcu'n- 
 ed of God to be the jucl^re of quick and dead. To 
 him bear all the prophets witness, that throui^h his 
 name every one that believeth on him shall receive 
 remission of sins." (Acts lo : 43). 
 
 l^aul regarded his preciching- and 
 
 teaching 
 
 as 
 
 testimony. "From Miletus he sent to Ephesusand 
 called the elders of the church. He reminded them 
 that he had served the Lord with humility, many 
 tears, and temptations; and he said: "Ye yourselves 
 know .... how that I shrank not from declaring 
 unto you anything that was profitable, and teach- 
 ing you publicly, and from house to house, testify- 
 ing both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward 
 God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." 
 (Acts 20: 18-21). Thus did the apostles, in their 
 preaching and in their teaching both in public and 
 in private, fulfil their mission as w^it.ness-bearers of 
 the truth as it is in Jesus. 
 
 When on earth Jesus called upon individuals to 
 give their testimony concerning himself. When 
 coming unto the coasts of Ccesarea Philippi, Jesus 
 asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that 
 I the Son of Man am".'^ And when they had told 
 him. he saith unto them, " But who say ye that I 
 am ? " And .Simon Peter answered and said. 
 "Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God." 
 (Matt. 16 : 13, 16.) 
 
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 Jesus said, to the man born blind whose eyes he 
 had opened, "Dost thou believe on the Son of 
 God?" When the man learned from Jesus who he 
 was he made answer, "'Lord, I believe.' And he 
 worshi])i)ed him." (J"o. 9: 38.) 
 
 When Jesus came to Bethany after the death of 
 Lazarus, he sailh to Martha, "I am the resurrect- 
 ion, and the life: he that believeth in me, thouij^h 
 he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever 
 liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believ- 
 est thou this.^ She saith unto him, Yea, Lord; I 
 believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 
 which should come into the world." (J no. 11: 25- 
 
 Having- been invited by Philip, Nathanael came 
 to Jesus, saw him, talked with him, and testified; 
 saying, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art 
 the King of Lsrael." And Stephen when about to 
 be stoned said, "Behold, I see the heavens open- 
 ed, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand 
 of God." (Acts 7: 56.) Thus did individuals give 
 their testimony c ncerning Jesus. 
 
 It .'S noteworthy that the Apostles and prophets, 
 the Saints and Martyrs, as witness-bearers, kept 
 the Lord Jesus Christ in the foreground, and self 
 in the back^'^round. When thev do refer to them- 
 selves, it is in the spirit of humility and not of self- 
 assertion. John the Baptist, in speaking of Christ 
 and himself, saith, "He it is, who coming after me is 
 preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not 
 worthy to unloose" (Jno. i: 27). And of Jesus he 
 testified, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh 
 away the sin of the world." And again, "I saw, 
 
and bear witness, that this is the vSon of God." 
 Paul speaks of himself, as "the chief of sinners," as 
 "the least of the apostles" who was not wortliy to 
 be called an apostle because he ))ersecuted the 
 church of God; and as "less than the least of all 
 saints." What he was after his conversion, as an 
 ambassador on behalf of Jesus Christ, he attributes 
 to the unmerited favour of God, sayinij^, "By the 
 grace of God, I am what I am." His speech and 
 his preaching revolved around one great centre. 
 He wrote to the Corinthians: "I determined not 
 to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, 
 and him crucified." 
 
 Worthy Christian testimony is not self-exalta- 
 tion. Many people, perhaps, think they are giving 
 worth) testimony when they are talking about 
 themselves, — their feelings, their doings, their 
 goodness, etc. They may tell you how much better 
 they feel now than they did a week ago, or a year 
 ago; or how much better lives they are living now 
 than they once were. The man who is always 
 talking about himself shows that he is thinking 
 about himself, and would also like others to think 
 about him. 1 like to see the man who bv his walk 
 and conversation ogives evidence of the fruit of the 
 spirit. I like to see the man who is ready always 
 to give an answer to every man that asketh him, 
 "a reason for the hope that is in him with meek- 
 ness and fear," but not w^th self-assertion. When 
 you are trusting an earthly friend, you are not 
 thinking about yourself; but, about the friend in 
 whom you trust. When you are loving an earth- 
 ly friend, you are not thinking about yourself; but, 
 
about the friend whom you love. I'.vcn so when 
 you are trustiiiji; in Jesus, you are not thinkiuL;- 
 about yourself; l)ut, .ibout him in whom you trust. 
 When you are lovini^ Jesus, you are not thinking 
 about yourself; but you are thinkini^ affectionately 
 about Jc;sus. So, as a witness-bearer for Jesus, let 
 your thou^i^hts not be centred upon self; Init. upon 
 Him on whose behalf you testify. 
 
 Must not that man l>e a poor type of a Christ- 
 ian, who cannot be known as such by his dail) 
 walk and conversation; but who in order to be re- 
 coiifnized as such must tell men that he is a Christ- 
 ian. Jesus in warninij^ his disciples aij^ainst false 
 prophets, said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits. 
 Do men leather grapes of thorns, or fi^^s of thistles? 
 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good frtiit; 
 
 but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit 
 
 . Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." 
 (Matt. 7: 16-20.) 
 
 When Peter and John had healed the lame man, 
 they were brought before the council. Here, they 
 did not talk about the great power they exercised 
 as miracle-workers, and what good men they were; 
 but, they testified that the impotent man had been 
 made whole, "by the name of Jesus Christ ef 
 Nazareth." Although the Council was chieHy com- 
 posed of those who were enemies to the cross of 
 Christ, yet they needed not the testimony of Peter 
 and John that they were the followers of Jesus. 
 But the council, perceiving the boldness of Peter 
 and John, marvelled and took knowledge of them 
 that they had been with Jesus. 
 
 There is a kind of testimony that is full of self, 
 
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 but has in it none of Christ. Sometimes such 
 arrogates to itself the name of "perfection," while 
 in reality it is self-glorying, self-exaltation, spirit- 
 ual pride. Flee such testimony. Mark those who 
 use it. They may be likened to an apple, which 
 presents a very beautiful appearance from without, 
 but it seems to ripen prematurely, and drop to the 
 ground. You pick it up, cut it open, and, lo! all its 
 beauty is on the outside— it is rotten at the core. 
 
 There is a kind of testimony that is "none of 
 self but all of Christ," and it is lovely and of good 
 report. It is the testimony of prophets and apost- 
 les, of saints and martyrs. It is the testimony of 
 the faithful in the past and in the present. It is 
 the testimony of those who with Paul "forgetting 
 the things that are behind reach forth unto those 
 things that are before;" and, who count all things 
 as refuse that they may win Christ, and be found In 
 him, clothed with his righteousness. (Phil. 3: 13, 
 8, 9). It is the testimony of those who boldly de- 
 clare the truth and defend the truth as it is in Jesus; 
 and who like Peter and John manifest even to the 
 men of the world that they have been with Jesus, 
 It is the testimony that has Christ Jesus and him 
 crucified as its centre, the witness of the Holy 
 Spirit as its ground of assurance, the truth of God 
 as its basis, the fruit of the Spirit and a walk and 
 conversation becoming a follower of the meek and 
 lowly Jesus as its manifestation to the world. 
 
 May the God of all grace grant you grace, that 
 in the light of His truth, and by the aid and guid- 
 ance of the Spirit of Truth you may testify to the 
 Truth as it is in Jesus. 
 
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