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8 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 M* - .. - V - - . . ^ ^ ^ ^ A THE PRESBYTERIAN y 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 } 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. XkT \\J -R/r WW WW XVI* 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 *. W pllsnrincr 1 *> 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 J X 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,. X? C V MJJ. U. JLV. 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.