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©itr The Gospel the only Saying Power of God A SERMON, By 'R*t. YT. M. Bridges, Sugar Valley, Georgia. “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.”—Komans i: 16. The omnipotence of the one true and living God is wonderfully displayed in every object of creation. The earth with all of its inhabi tants, from the smallest insect to tow ering man, as well as the constellated canopy with all of its innumerable planets, proclaims to us, in undeniable terms, His great creative power, and the general providences, over every creature of earth, abundantly teach His preserv ing power; while the same objects of these providences hut too plainly tell us of His destructive power. But while we may be filled with admiration in contemplating Jjfis creative power, with gratitude in realizing His preserving power, with awe in witnessing His de structive power, yet there is nothing in all of this to quiet that inate longing after immortality, that one great njed of man—the salvation of the immor tal soul. But blessed be God in the declaration given in the text, that need is supplied, and we have something to quiet, something to fill, and something to satisfy every condion of man, and that is—the Gospel is the saving power of God. In analyzing any great theory or system, it is necessary to take note of those elements that render it effective in the accomplishment of the object proposed. So we, in analyzing this saving power of God will, in the light of the Scriptures, discuss the nature of some of those elements which ren der it effective, and make it the grand est and most glorious of all systems. The first, and indispensable element of this power islight,and we are madetosee its beauty by its necessity. The Scrip tures declare, as well as the testimony of all the spiritually enlightened, that in consequence of sin, moral darkness “ hath covered the whole earth and gross darkness the people.” This dark ness leads to eternal death, and there never can be one ray of light to lead to the salvation of the soul unless it comes through the Gospel channel. Coeval with this state of moral darkness, we find the promise of deliverance —the promise of salvation, and we hear the Scriptures declaring, speaking of the blessed Saviour’s mission to earth, “ I will give thee for a covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles to open the blind eyes and bring out the from the prison, and them that so, in darkness out of the prison house. And when the Saviour came to earth we hear him saying, “ While ye have the light believe in the light, that ye may become the children of light; yet a little while is the light with you, walk while ye have the light lest dark ness comes upon you;” and when He went to leave the earth in His bodily fashion, we hear Him saying unto them to whom He had committed a dispen sation of His Gospel, “ Ye are the light of the world, the salt of the earth,” and after He had ascended unto the Father, we hear His apostle.declaring “ That God hath shined into our heait3 to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.” If the rays of light which are thrown upon the earth from the great lumi nary are essential to the temporal wants of man, and to reveal unto him the beauties of creation, so is the spiritual light we receive from the Gos pel transcendantly more important in meeting the spiritual wants of man, and revealing unto him the beauties of God’s own plan of salvation. It is that element that must take hold of and awaken the slumbering faculties of the soul; must penetrate the deep recesses of the heart and show it the heinous ness of sin, and the folly of remaining in. it. It is that element of the Gospel that must show us how far we are aliens from God and the means of re turning; and while it does all this, it points out another element of God’s saving power—the means of reconcili ation. Hence we see the beauties of this element as a prerequisite to the glorious influences that are to follow in the salvation of the soul. When the veil that has shrouded the soul in moral darkness has been lifted by the light of the Gospel, it discovers unto man his true condition; but while it reveals unto him the wretchedness of that condition,it offers sweet comfort from the assurance “that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself.” While the true light shows the extent of man’s alienation from God, it bids him return unto? Him “who will have mercy and abundantly pardon.” While it shows the chasms and quicksands of the wan derer’s road of sin, it points out a high way, “a way of holiness,” for the prod igals return ; and when he is brought back to “Him who cannot look upon sin with the least degeree of allow ance,” he looks within, and he finds no righteousness better than filthy rags. Neither genius, learning, fame, or mo rality, can secure justification. Then he looks to Sinia’s law, and he cannot find it there ; but in this extremity he turns to the Gospel, and oh ! the beau ty of the arguments he finds there for a recosciliation to God. He learns in this hour of peril “that Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” He now THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND SOTTTHX WESTERN BAPTIST. turns to the cross and finds a robe of righteousness wrought out there suffi cient to shield and protect from all the evils of sin, and when clothed with it will enable him to stand justified in the presence of the great Jehovah. When he is thus brought before tl e Judge of Heaven and earth, he looks again with in and to the law, for the price of re demption, for a proper expiation and atonement for all his sins, and he fails to find it; but he turns again to Cal vary’s bleeding victim, to that thorny crown, to those bleeding hands and feet, and to that pierced side, and he bears theOne.hanging there say, “It is Finish ed ;” on Him were his iniquities layed, and from His wounds flows the blood that clenses from all sin. His faith views this atoning sacrifice, and be holds mercy streaming from the Cross, and to the Cross it comes to obtain a proper reconciliation ; and this recon ciliation leads to another element of God’s saving power—tbat of the new birth. It now remains for us to notice the nature of the life produced by this new birth. It is an establishecLfact that when man yields to the ■Gospel, a is and tBV *geconciliation i* change of heart or new birth, w •' Saviour said to Nicodemus, not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.” He further said, in explanation of this birth, “that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Reasoning from the analogy of like comparisons, made by the Sa viour, we understand Him to teach a very important lesson in reference to this birth. When He said, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh,” we understand Him to mean that the heir thus born, must possess ali the charac istics of the flesh, which are, according to the Scriptures, adultery, fornication, uucleannets, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emula tions, wrath, strife, sedition, heresies, envy in gs, murders, drunkenness, revel lings.” While all of thege are the nat ural traits of the birth after the flesh, such a birth also teachers the certainty of the flesh-bearing mortal, and marks out a definite period for which it serves the heir, and that is, just as long as mortality lasts. So the Saviour meant as much when he said, “That which is boru of the Spirit is spirit.” He meant that the heir thus born must possess all the characteristics of the Spirit, for it must be like it. The heir “must walk in the Spirit, for He lives in the Spirit. The true life of the heir thus born, though it be held in an earthen vessel, must exhibit the fruits of the Spirit, which are love, joy, peice, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.” And following the analogy, it teaches that the Spirit is immortal; that the germ of this spirit ual birth emanates from a self-existing immortal being ; and therefore, it also marks out a definite period for the heir—and that is the period of immor tality. This analogy also teaches that while there is a birth from nature to grace, there is no other change that each serves the purpose in the life of each state for which it was designed; and that there is no laying down and tak ing of life by the heir, or power of re production when lost. In support of the views advanced in reference to man’s spiritual life,"we have the following from the Scriptures : “Being born again, not of corrupta ble seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abidetb forever. Whosoever is born of sin, doth com mit sin, for his seed remaineth in him, and as this seed produces the life of which we are speaking, we have the following in further support of this life : “But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall ap pear, then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.” From what we have said, in refer ence to this life, if the reasoning he correct, if it is in accordance with the Scriptures of eternal truth, we draw the following conclusions: If there should ever be a time when man would cease to have an immortal soul; if there should ever he a time when God would cease to possess His spiritual character ; should cease to he a self existing Being; then there may he a time when some or all of the combined powers arrayed against the children of God, might wrest from them their spiritual life. With what indissolu ble ties is the child of grace hound un to his Saviour! Oh ! what power the Gospel exerts in the salvation of the soul! Well could the apostle say, while contemplating the length, breadth and depth of this power— “ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ?” And in viewing the mag nitude of obstacles thrown in its course, and the enemies arrayed against it, could, in the midst of them all, very exultingly declare, “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Ah !ye arch enemies of this life, ye are powerless! Ye arch fiends of the darker regions, ye are disarmed in your implacable work, when the child of God exhibits the robe of Geth seruane and Calvary! While the Gospel has in it all the elements necessary to secure to man this life, it also has within it all the incentives necessary to a proper perse verance. When the Saviour went to leave His disciples, He said for their consola tion : “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” It is this influence of the Spirit, bringing to our remembrance the things within the Word, that gives ef ficacy to the saint’s perseverance. Then, tell me not thdt there is no power in the precious promises of God’s Word, thus brought to our re membrance by the agency of the Holy Spirit. It is that which prepared the apostles to undergo all of the trials that the Cross imposed upon them; and it is that which has prepared the true followers of Jesus to proclaim His truth, through all of the dark ages of the world. What is it that prompts the young who has dedicated liis life to tlie cause, to pore over bis volumes, in preparing himself for the sacred calling of the ministry, whi:e other fields are inviting him to worldly wealth and wordly fame. And tell me what it is that nerves him, amid the privations of such a calling, to know nothing but Christ and Him crucified ? It is because the proper incentives have taken hold of his mind amljieart, and gives him the victory thing else. It is because he the fullness of the promise “Lo, I amV with you alway.” Toll me what it is that gives to fond parents comfort as they bend over the dying couch of that promising child, though at the moment, they may be drinking sor row s cup to [tlie dregs: it is because Jesus has said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Book at that tender female standing beside her dying husband. The vitals of his manhood are gone, and the hectic flush has faded from his cheek, and in this hour of extremity, she beholds the little ones gathered around the bed side, and she knows that upon that manly form prostrate there, they can’t depend any longer, and the thought ovrepowers her for the moment, but she is a Christian and she remembers the sweet promise, “I will be a father to the fatherless, and a husband •to the widow.” And it may be that the husband is a Christian ; if so, what is it that makes him smile as he is wrest ling with the monster, Death ? It is because the Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, and God is now imparting unto him dying grace./ Yes, when all other powers fail us, this shall not, but like the good ship upon the ocean, shall bare its my rack souls not to the land of shades, but across the river of death to the plains of Heaven. Christian, does this Gospel soothe you amidst the toils and afflictions of life? Does it calm your fears and dispel your apprehensions ? And when the world is retiring, and darkness and silence begin to reign around you, as your powers fail beneath the hand of death, O tell me ! will you rest your soul upon its precious promises? Will it smooth your dying pillow, and clear away your vision to look on Hea ven and eternal things ? Then, never be ashamed of it but give it also to others.” Cljc J&irahg JScjEol. State Snnday-school Committee Appointed by the Georgia Baptist Convention. £\7r- Spalding, Atlanta, President. Du. E. W. Warren, Atlanta. Bon . J, U. Jamrs, Atlanta, Treasurer. Dr. T. L. Skinner, Macon. i )R ‘ Vr M^H^ MclNTOS,f ’ (removed to Alabama. Kev. T. C. Boykin, Atlanta, Superintendent of Sun day-school W ork and State Evangelist. All the churches and Sunday-schools are urged to U P *i in< i 3 * or .the vigorous prosecution of the Sunday-school work, remitting to J. H. James Treasurer, Atlanta, Georgia, or to Rev. T. C. Boykin’ Atlanta, Ga. J * „™lil^ schor i 1 Committees throughout the State are r ,ro '”Ote l' e Sunday-school work as much as posable, within the bounds of their Associations, anil H Um , cate with the Sunday-school Superinten feast once each month. Let them find out the condition of existing schools, ami seek to establish ne Yn ones 1D those churches having none. ,l,n. „ui COn r nie " t '- th,i Sunday-school Superinten- Will make appointments, when recreated, within the bounds of the different Associations. Thenames and address of all Sunday-school Committees, and of khperintenden s, will always be wel- P“ e m l n e Bun<ll X' s <;hool Committee. Address lrv. r. C. Boykin, Atlanta, Ga. International Sunday-School Lessons. BRIEF SUMMARY. SAIL AND HIS SONS SLAlN—Lesson for Feb. 13 Scripture Lesson, I Sam. xxxi: 1-6. Golden Text.—The wicked is driven away in his wickedness.—Prov. xiv: 32. Time and Occasion. —This lesson brings us to the final result of Saul’s disobedience. The kingdom is vio lently wrested from him and from his faimly by death. True, one of his sons, Ishbosheth, being upheld by Abner, the general of the army, en joyed a resemblance of royalty, east of Jordan, for a few year’s ; but the king dom really reverted to David on the death of Saul, and, seven and a half years after Saul’s death, he was anoint ed king of the entire nation, in a vast assemblage at Hebron. After the event of our last lesson be was hunted by Saul for several years, and, in order to escape, went in a fit! of dispondency and subjected himself as a vassal to I Achish, the Philistine King of Gath. To himself and his 600 followers and their families, the town of Ziklag, con quered from Judah, was assigned as a residence. Here he resided until sum- I moned to attend Achish, as vassal, on an invasion of Israel. From this un pleasant dilemma David was delivered i by tbe jealous fears of the Philistine lords, who thought he might, during the battle, fight against rather than for them. Being dismissed by Achish be returned home to Ziklag, to find it in ruins, and the wives of himself and his followers carried off by the Amalikites. He pursued and destroyed tbe Amali kites-and recaptured all the booty and held by tbe maruders. In the meantime, Saul fearing and desponding, confronts the Philistine army on Mt. Gilboa, a little over fify miles north of Jerusalem. Somehow the Philistine host has reached the plain of lezred, north of Gilboa, and, beyond their encampment, lives a witch in a cavern at Endor. The night be- battle Saul goes to consult the witen, because God gives no answer to his inquiries, and he knows not what to A6- expect. This act was indirect corffravention of the divine command, and he heaped up the measure of God’s wrath. Samuel is sent by the Almigh ty from hades, and reveals to Saul that he and his sons shall be slain tbe fol lowing day. He returns to camp be fore morning, engages in a fierce battle, D* arm y is defeated with dreadful slayghter, and he and his three eldest sAnSV'jj'i; slain. Himself mortally ivtiunaed by the Philistine archers, he commands his armor-bearer to end his me, less being captured before death he be insulted and maltreated. On the refusal of the armor-bearer he seizes the man’s sword and kills himself by falling on it, and the armor-bearer, too loyal to kill or survive his king, fol lowes that king’s bad example, and also commits suicide with the same sword. TEACHINGS. 1. The wicked man is driven away into eternal punishment, in his wicked ness, and so to remain forever. God will not strive always, and when punish ment comes to the wicked it comes like a whirlwind. (See Job xx : 5 ; Ps. i: 4 ; xxxv :5, 6 ; xxxvii: 35, 38 ; Prov. xxix : 1.) The wages of sin is death. It is fearful to die impenitent. 2. Disobedience to God, unrepented of, is sure to end in death and distrac tion. Saul’s great sin was disobedi ence. Let us take warning. 3. Saul was taken possession of by Satan because forsaken of God; and he was forsaken of God because wilful ly and stubbornly disobedient. BLACKBOARD. SAUL DIED AND HIS THREE ONS, AND HIS ERVANT. AND ALL HIS OLDIKRS, THAT AME DAY TOGETHER. ve r. 0. Yj oldiors T\ isobedienco SAUL’S SLAIN fefaud ervaut . X J oth. How to Raise Missionary Money—How Many Sellouts will Try it this Year. The Evergreen Sunday-school, in Mitchell county, contributes, on an av erage, S7O a year for Missions. When you learn that the school is small, hav ing not exceeding fifty scholars, you will wish to know how it is done, I will let Dr. J. B. Twitty, the Superin tendent, tell you. 1. “On the regular preaching day in February—the third Sunday—twelve grains of corn are handed to each member of the school, with the under standing that the corn is to be planted and worked by the party who receives it. 2. “When the corn is made and gathered, it is sewed up in a bag with the name of the owner written upon it, and the number of pounds also maiked upon it. 3. “At an appointed day, just before the meeting of the Association, there is a large gathering of parents, teach ers, scholars and friends, to witness the sale of the corn, which is by auction, the superintendent being the auctioneer 4. “A prize is offered to the one who shall produce the most corn and be most regular in attendance upon the school during the year.” Why should not any country school in Georgia try this plan ? Who will try it ? Let pastors and superintendents bring the matter before the schools and take a vote on it. I should be glad to hear from all who will make the prop osition. If a respectable number of schools will try the plan I will make two offers: 1. I will give a handsome little libra ry of books to the school that raises the most corn. 2. I will give a handsome book to the scholar who raises the most corn. Let all think about it, and talk about it. You have from now to the middle of March to distribute the corn. It may be that some other crop would be desiiable in certain localities. Let each school decide that question for itself. T. C. Boykin. Atlanta, Feb. 3, 1876. THINGS I WOCLI) LIKE TO KNOW. How many superintendents in Geor gia call their schools promptly to order at the time appointed for opening? How many superintendents meet their teachers regularly once a week for conference and for studying the lesson ? How many superintendents require their secretarys to make a report at the conclusion of the exercises, of the number of teachers and scholars pres eut, and the number absent, and tbe amount contributed ? How many teachers spend three hours during the week in the prepara tion of the lesson ? How many teachers visit their schol ars regularly ? How many write to the parents of their scholars occasionally ? How many pray for their scholars every day by name? How many expect their scholars to be converted this month ? T. C. B. [To be Continued.] BOOKS, PERIODICALS, Etc. A NEW BOOK ON MOODY and SANKEY And their Wo.ik on Both Sides of the Sea. By an eminent Chicago Divine, a neighbor of Mr. Moody for three years, and an eye-witness of, and participant in his great revival meetings in England. Indorsed and approved by eminent Christians. Says President Fowler, of the Northwestern University : “ May God grant this hook a million readers," and many converts to Christ.” Send for circulars to P. 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