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farming operation. I do
bothered about it."
My reply was, "You 1
secret purposes. Secre
which is revealed, to us
He said, "I think I ha
doctrine of election."
I said to him, "I don't
it. The devil is trying t
and it will come out all
Suppose next year is a s
and rains are all just rig
planted any crop, how n
His reply was, "I wou
"On the other hand, si
better than you ever did
you could find and .cultn
of your ability, but you 1
time you planted the seec
"Nothing, absolutely r
I said to him, "God h
as the end, and the end
the use of the means nc<
other way. God, of his
sinners, provided and off
and that is through Jesu?
other way by which we
and certain salvation for
God says, 'Ask and ye s
find; knock and it shall 1
ter says, 'Him that com
cast out.' We are taugh
uttermost them that co
'This is a faithful saying
that Christ Jesus came i
chief.' 'Come unto me
and I will give you rest
the water of life freely.''
The next morning he
rid of all my trouble.
Saviour and trust all to 1
the church and, looking
my life in his service."
was received into the (
useful deacon, and by h
he was a true child of G
Statesville, N. C.
Speaking of a crochet
one of the old reside:
"really seemed to have s
life plannin' an' plottin
didn't want him to do."
all met persons who see
ing out men's wish and
does not tend to make o
one's opportunities for
pie's moods. Do as they
respectfully. Say the tli
the genial, acquiescing
crisscross, irritating om
An example is more e
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THE PRESBYTERIAN
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want to be saved, and I am
lave nothing to do with God's
t things belong to God, that
and our children."
ve been acting the fool on the
think anything about it, I know
0 persuade you to take it easy
1 right, as God has fixed it all.
nlendid cron vear th#? enncliino
lit, but you never plowed or
inch would you make?"
Id make nothing."
uppose you prepare your land
in your life, get the best seed
rate your crop to the very best
lad not a drop of rain from the
1, how much would you make?"
lothing," was his reply,
as ordained the means, as well
can# only be attained through
;essary thereto, and there is no
infinite mercy, has for us poor
ered to us a way of salvation,
; Christ his Son, and there is no
can be saved. That is a sure
every one who accepts Christ,
ihall receive: seek and ye shall
>c opened unto you.' The Maseth
unto me, I will in no wise
t that he is able to 'save to the
me unto him.' Paul tells us,
% and worthy of all acceptance,
to save sinners, of whom I am
all ye weary and heavy laden,
. Whosoever will, let his take
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came and said to me, "I am
I have accepted Christ as my
lim. My desire is to unite with
to Christ for strength, to spend
He came before the session and
Church, became an active and
is life gave good evidence that
od.
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y old man in a seaside village,
[its said meditatively that he
spent the greater part of a long
how to do as other people
There are others! We have
:mcd to have a mania for findwill,
and then?thwarting it. It
ne beloved, nor does it increase
usefulness. Fall in with peo
wish, when you can do so selfling
they are longing to hear?
word is oftener right than the
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loquent than a sermon.
OF THE SOUTH.
THE SURRENI
My Dear Mrs. B.: In my
tention to the fact that "th<
technical sense of the term,
tinder another name. I kno1
doctrine generally deny tlu
but their teaching is "per
They are somewhat wanting
nation.
Now I must confess that I
pathy with them in their tea
They are no doubt doing a
truth which they emphasize
notwithstanding their error
render," just as the early W<
ing their error of the "sccon
The fact is, that the cause:
are the same that have pre
godly lives of professing CI
consecration and holy livin;
Church.
"When we consider the lo
churches, the utter want of
many of our members, it i
pendulum should swing to tl
inclined to swing the full lei
self.
But it will not do. There*
too. The Wesleyans would
good they did accomplish w
ing" error, and would have
evil, which that error produc
So if our "Spirit-filled" bre
error, and warn the ungodly i
the necessity of holiness witl
zeal, with which they are n
accomplish all the good the
and would avoid all the evil
to oroduce.
What are those evils? 5
ness, hypocrisy. Do I ch
those who are teaching "th
means. I simply assert tl
produces these sins. Give t
will reap the full crop. Yoi
symptoms of these things
brethren. Their earlier tra
attainments in grace, are s
likely to do them much harr
disciples.
I have a few more things 1
for another letter.
Truly i
What a strength that mai
favorite project or method,
take the opposition of othe
sweet-tempered and pleasai
win for himself most t)f his
to surrender to such a mai
love him and delight to grati
May 26, 1909.
>ERED LIFE.
last letter I called your at:
surrendered life," in the
is simply "perfectionism"
w that the teachers of the
it tliev are nerfertirmictc
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fectionism" nevertheless,
in the powers of discrimihave
a great deal of symching.
. great deal of good by the
(it is all-important truth),
as regards "the full sur:sleyans
did, notwithstandd
blessing."
; that gave rise to the one,
?duced the other?the unlristians,
and the want of
^ among members of the
w state of religion in our
holy living on the part of
s not surprising that the
le opposite extreme. I feel
ngth of the pendulum my
is danger in that direction,
have accomplished all the
ithout their "second blessprevented
a great deal of
:ed.
thren would lay aside their
in our churches, and preach
1 the same earnestness and
ow preaching, they would
:y arc now accomplishing,
which said error is bound
spiritual pride, censoriousarge
these things against
e full surrender"? By no
lat the doctrine natnrnllv
lie teaching time, and you
li even now sometimes see
in our good and zealous
ining, however, and their
licit that the error is not
n. But I tremble for their
:o say, which I will reserve
pours,.
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i has who, on losing some
is not cast down, does not
rs as personal, and keeps
it! He is in position to
future contests. Men like
i. His spirit makes them
fy him.