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FISHERS F
HBXUY W.
Simon and Andrew were not Halting with pin
hooks that day when the Lord called them, and the
f.rst draft in liter's gospel net was J,000 men.
Hand-picked fruit, gathered one by uu\ are not
to be despised, but when great shoals of men, a
million a year, are washed up on the shores of
.V merica, we want to do a wholesale business as
well.
now Moody's ciiuhcii won the peodle.
Evangelist Torrey used to be pasto of the Chicago
Avenue Church, and he tells ho \ Cod helped
him to fill it to oversowing, and how hundreds
of men, women and children were saved. ''The first
sermon I preached was on prayer. 1 said, in closing,
how glad I would he if they sat up late Saturday
night, or arose early Sunday morning to pray
for God's blessing on the meetings of the coming
day. Many did so. I also spent much time in
secret prayer myself, often not retiring until it
was well on into Sunday morning and never until
1 received from Clod assurance that the power of
the Holy Spirit would be present in the day's
work. 1 had also gathered a little group of people
who really knew God, who continued with me
in prayer. I announced my evening subjects and
put large bulletins in front of the church where
the crowds passed. We printed attractive cards
bv the
TENS OF THOUSANDS.
Our young men visited all the hotels and saloons
in that region every Sunday, inviting people to
uitx'ungs, ana onnging tnem tn. The evening
services were emphatically evangelistic, always followed
by an after-meeting.
I had preached but three or four Sundays before
the church was packed, and many turned away for
lack of room. We then heid a second meeting in
the room below, holding 1,100, and another overflow
meeting in the Bible Institute. In the eight
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full duty by their Christian college. The Carnegie
Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation,
and scores of rich men, whose hearts are poor, are
active to break the power of the religion over education.
They will succeed, unless the liberality ot
he Christian world shall exceed the lavishness of
diese few would-be philanthropists in the educational
realm. I have faith and reason to believe
that the men and women of the Church of God
will rally to the Christian colleges and will save
them from eclipse and to the world's upbuilding.
Whether or not our education shall he Christian
or un-Christian is to be determined in the support
accorrded the Christian colleges by the followers
of Christ. I believe they will amply support them,
both by gifts and by patronage, and for that reason
with confidence I give utterance to the faith
that is in me, that Our Education is to be Christian.
CONSISTENCY.
Many a time we are like the man who, at the
morning meal, asked the blessing, thanking God
as usual for the things so abundantly provided.
Scarcely had the words died, from his lips, however,
before he began to grumble about hard
times, the poor quality of food he could provide,
the way it was prepared, and many other things
that seemed to him hard and disagreeable. A
needed lesson was taught him by his little girl,
who interrupted him with the question: "Father,
do you suppose God heard what you said a
little while ago?'' "Certainly," Replied the
father. "And did he hear what you said about
the provisions on the tablet" "Of course," was
the reply. "Then, father, which did God believe
t"?Ex.
PRESBYTERIAN OP THE SOI
"OR MEN
A PA.MS
years of my active pastorate, there was not a Lord's
day without conversions. 1 doubt if there was
any day oi the week without souls being saved.
The secret of all lay in three things: First,
utter dependence upon Clod, manifesting itself in
constant, persistent, believing prayer; second, giving
the people what this old world needs most of
ali, the Clospel, pure ur.d simple, unadulterated
and full; third, soul-winning activity on the part
of the membership of the church and of the
preacher."
HAND-PICKING PAYS AI.SO.
I once heard L)r. Love, of Dallas (Supt. Southern
Jlapti.st Home Mission Work) tell how we
ean serve God also by winning men one by one.
While dipping from his own experience, he was
\ery modest in it, and gave God all the praisj.
lie said: "One day in Atlanta I was walking with
a friend, and saw across the street a magnificent
appearing man. I asked who he was and my
friend said, 'Our member of Congress, lie is a
man of tremendous influence, but has no use for
religion.' 'Introduce me, please,' 1 said. This
was done. Then I said, '1 understand from my
friend here, that you are a man greatly respected
in this region, and with a wonderful power over
the people, but that you are not a Christian. Did
you ever think how much your power for good
would be increased if you would line up with
Jesus Christ?' lie answered, 'Dr. Love, you are
the first man in twenty vears who has talked with
me personally about my soul. Yes, sir, I do realize
that I ought to he a Christian.' I then suggested
that we go aside where we could have a
little further talk. After explaining more fully
the way of salvation, I suggested that we get on
our knees for prayer, and then and there that
man of great power for good or ill gave his heart
to Jesus Christ.'' The average man would say:
"That was a very inopportune time and place
GOOD 1
Two mistakes are made on the subject of good
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? ui iv.*5. vine Liasfe ui peopic expects 10 oe savou i-y
good works. This is not Scriptural. "By grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves;
it is the gift of God; not of works, lest
any man should boast." Neither is it Presbyterian.
Our Standards say: "We cannot, by our
best works, niprit pardon of sin, or eternal life, at
the hands of God."
Others lay such stress upon "the doctrines of
grace" that they do not seem to realize that good .
works are either necessary or important. This
position is also unscriptural. l'aul says: "W'e are
ilis workmanship, created in Christ .Jesus unto
(epi, for) good works, which God hath before
ordained that (ina, in order that) we should walk
in them/' So do our Standards exalt good works:
"These good works, done in obedience to God's
commandments, are the fruits and .evidences of
a true and lively faith: and by them believers
manifest their thankfulness, strengthen their assurance,
edify their brethren, adorn the profession
of the Gospel, stop the mouths of adversaries, and
glorify God."
It is evident, then, that no sinner can be saved
by good works. Salvation is of grace; and eternal
life is the gift of God. It is equally evident that
God requires good works of those who are saved.
He has created them for good works, and has before
ordained that they should walk in them. See
the divine order in l?om. 6:22.
Cod has ordained that we should walk in good
works because it is profitable for us to do so. We
sometimes shrink from such service as if it were
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for a stranger to take a man of large affairs and
lalk to him that way." It seemed so; but you
will notice it won out. I want to tell you something,
Mr. Average Christian Man, you couldn't
do that, I couldn't, unless we were mightily endued
with the Holy Ghost; and God the Father
will thus endue us if we cry mightily to Him. And
iline is another thing, Mr. A. C. M., we might
just as well quit "fishing for men" unless we get
power and wisdom from on high.
HOW LOVE WOV TUR nPSBi/ninn
Yes, it was human love, and Ijove Divine, and
Dr. Love, thus prompted, that did it. Here is
another story he told us that day.
"I was travelling at night in the South, and the
train did not have on a sleeper till I o'clock, bo
I concluded not to take it. After riding awhile
I felt impressed to go into a second-class car, to
see who was there. I found the sherifl taking a
hard-looking prisoner to the penitentiary. I asked
him if he objected to my speaking to the man. He
laughed, and said: 'That man is about the toughest
in all this region. He has just committed an
awful murder.' The man was hand-culled, and
iin'ii chained to the seat, and had a hard, sullen
face. 1 told him: T understand you have committed
murder, and no doubt have been a great
sinner, but 1 want to tell you, after all, Clod loves
you.' He turned upon me a face full of incredulity
and SCOrn. 1 then rpnpntprl +r? him
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great words, from John 3:1G, which lias melted
so many a poor sinner's heart, 'For God so loved
the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
hut have everlasting life.' 1 said, 'These are not
my words, God says this in the Bible.' 'Let me
see it,' he said, and I held it up so that with his
own eyes he could read those wonderful words,
'Well,' he said, 'if God can love such a wretch as
I am, I will love Him, and stand by Him as long
as T live.'" My remembrance is that the poor
fellow made good.
St. Josenh. Mo.
WORKS
a hardship?a cross; but God means it for our
good. What uses do they serve?
They "are the fruits and evidences of a true
and lively faith." This is the very point at which
doubts most assail us; and where Satan often trets I
o
an advantage of us. When one doubts his acceptance
with God and the genuineness of his conversion,
he cannot be a happy and useful Christian.
Our Lord would have us possess full assurance of
faith, hope, and understanding. This we cannot
have unless we are faithful in Ilis service. Jesus
said: "He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. ... If a
man love me, he will keep my words. . . . He that
loveth me not keepeth not my sayings." Keeping
Christ's commandments is doing good works. This
is evidence of acceptance with Him, and brings
joy, peace and strength to the believer.
They are an evidence to others of the genuineness
and reality of religion and therefore serve
to turn sinners to Christ, and are helpful and encouraging
to other Christians. "Having your conversation
honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas
they speak against yon as evildoers, they may by
yonr good works, which they shall behold, glorify
God in the day of visitation." "Ijet your light
so shine before men, that they may see your good
work*, and glorify yonr Father which is in
heaven."
They are a means of spiritual development,
growth in grace. Physical exercise and labor develop
one physically; so do spiritual labor and exercise
develop one spiritually. "For every one that
useth milk is unskilful in the word of right