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is not only commanded to rise and walk but di
vine power is also given and he walks.
The Will in Consecration.
Mr. James McConkey says: “Consecration is a
voluntary surrender of one’s self to God to do His
will and not our own.” This should take place at
conversion, but it seldom does. Jesus says: “If
any man will come after me let him deny himself
* * * and follow me.” It is the dethroning of
self and the crowning of Jesus as Lord and King.
It is an act that brings us into an attitude. The
bride stands by the man she loves and soon the
words are spoken pronouncing them “husband and
wife till death do them part.” There may have
been quite a good deal of preliminary to this, that
some of us know very little about. But this was
the culminating act in which this woman voluntari
ly surrendered her heart, her life, and her all into
the hands of the man she loves. This act brings
her into a special relationship toward that man.
It will take a lifetime to live out those obligations
she has assumed. Consecration is our supreme
choice of the will and thousands of minor volitions
as the days go by.
Two Great Departments of the Will.
There are two great departments of the will:
The Elective and the Executive— Choice and Per
severance. The prodigal said, “I will arise and
go” (the Elective), “and he arose and went” (the
Executive). Consecration is an act of the will—
a choice of God’s will as the law of our life. That
brings us into an attitude—obedience to and daily
walk in God’s revealed will. The choice becomes
effectual according to the perseverence, which is
the will’s executive side. Here is where so many
consecrations fail. It is sublime to choose God’s
will but it is sublimer to patiently persist in that
choice. There must be a steadfastness, a tenacity
of purpose to continue in that choice at all costs.
“God has his best things for the few
That dare to stand the test;
God has his second choice for those
Who will not have His best.
“ And others make the highest choice
But when by trials pressed,
They shrink, they yield, they shun the cross,
And so they lose the best.”
The Will in Service.
It is the will that largely determines the strength
of one’s faculties and talents and the power of
one’s service for God and man. Their effective
power of a faculty is in proportion to the power of
the will. As some one has said, “The will is the
firm grip that holds the instrument and makes it
do its work.” Great force of character is but
great force of will. Most men are failing not be
cause they lack ability—they lack the firm grip of
a resolute will and a tenacious purpose. All men
have good impulses and intentions but these often
fail to materialize in right living. There is much
impulsive, fitful, jerky religion. It is a religion
based on emotions and feelings—not on the will.
You can move them to a fit of liberality by a touch
ing story, but you had better pass the baskets be
fore their tears are dry. They are moved to great
activity under the influence of some special service
but they soon lapse back into indifference and
neglect of duty. They need to pray the prayer that
David prayed when he asked that God might give
him feet like the hind’s feet, so that he might
climb up on the rugged heights and not fall nor
slip back.
“Lord, lift me up and let me stand
By faith on heaven’s table land,
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Man’s Will Blended Into God’s Will.
We give up our will, not to be without will
power, but that we may have God’s will. When the
Holy Spirit gets the will He will take and blend
and fuse it into oneness with the will of God.
A converted, surrendered will needs to be re-en
forced. To will may be present, but in our own
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power how to perform we will find not. Man
needs two things: Inclination and Power. Both
of these God supplies in the gift of the Spirit. He
works in us (1) to will and (2) to do. Let us fall
into line with God in His purpose for us and through
us to this lost world. And as He works in us,
by his Spirit, let us work out His perfect will.
Pen Picture of Dr. Broughton.
From the London Daily News.
Note—The fact that a paper like the London
Daily News gives this much space to a discussion
of Dr. Len G. Broughton and his work abroad, is
an evidence of the great esteem in which he is
held by the people of London.
Dr. Len G. Broughton is Dr. Campbell Morgan’s
double. When they stand together it is easy to
detect their differences both in feature and tem
perament. But when apart a casual hearer might
easily mistake one for the other. In the pulpit
of Westminster Chapel yesterday morning, when
viewed from a certain angle, the facial similarity
was perfect. It is said that on one occasion Mrs.
Campbell Morgan was herself deceived by the re
semblance.
The ‘double” does not consist only in build and
feature, it extends to theological views of truth
and pulpit style of oratory. They both hold the
Evangelical faith, they both present their message
in expository form, they both have a rare gift of
illustrating their point by striking incidents drawn
from real life. There is, however, one notable dif
ference in the pulpit mannerisms of the two men.
Dr. Campbell Morgan is comparatively immovable
in the pulpit, confining himself to arm gestures.
Dr. Len Broughton, on the other hand, when he
gets warmed up, parades the pulpit or rostrum
after the style of John B. Gough, the restless im
petuosity of the man manifesting itself in stride,
sledge-hammer arm, swaying head, and vehement
voice.
One is reminded of the advice given by the
American professor of oratory, “Begin low, pro
ceed slow, rise higher, take fire, get warm, sit down
in a storm.”
I am not surprised to hear that Dr. Len Brough
ton’s church in Atlanta is the largest in the South
ern States, and is worked on institutional lines.
Ten years ago it was almost derelict, and as a last
resource Dr. Broughton was called to the pastorate.
In less than twelve months it had become too small
for the crowd of worshippers. It was then en
larged to accommodate 3,000 hearers. This, how
ever, proved to be too small, and at the present
time, it is again being enlarged to accommodate
5,000.
During the same period he has organized in con
nection with the church a sick hospital, a nurses’
training college, a working girls’ dormitory, la,
network of district nursing among the poor, several
mission stations with night classes, an organization
for supplying lectures and entertainments, and a
great Bible Conference for Christian workers.
An American journal stated a few months ago
that Dr. Len G. Brouvhton is the greatest force for
righteousness in the Southern States.
Life and Work of Sam. P. Jones.
The sudden ending of the life of Rev. Sam P.
Jones, of whom we publish an editorial memorial,
is an event which will create universal regret
throughout the country where Mr. Jones is widely
known and loved as one of the greatest evangelists
of his time. It is said that he, personally, brought
more individuals into the fold of the Christian life
than any other single worker of the century.
His chief characteristic as a speaker was his
forceful and convincing language, which, softened
by exquisite humor, added to a strong and com
manding personality, seemed to exercise an almost
miraculous influence over the tens of thousands who
gathered to hear him speak.
Although a native of Alabama, having been born
in Chambers county in that state in 1847, Mr
Jones moved to Cartersville, Ga., in 1859, and has
been closely identified with the history of Georgia
ever since.
As a young man, he was educated for a lawyer,
but his success in this profession was not conspic
uous. His earlier life was marred by a habit of
excessive drinking, but his conversion in 1872 was of
so earnest and genuine a character that from that
time he devoted his entire life to helping erring
souls toward repentance.
Manner of His Conversion.
It was at his father’s death bed that the spirit
of repentance touched young Sam Jones and he
determined to preach the Word very soon there
after. When told he could not enter the Metho
dist pulpit because he had not been licensed as a
preacher, he said he would talk from the platform,
not the pulpit. He preached his first sermon, there
fore, from the platform of Felton’s Chapel near
Cartersville in 1872.
Soon after this he became a member of the North
Georgia Conference, and remained for several years
a pastor in the Methodist Church, his first regu
lar charge being what is known as the Van Wert
Circuit. His next station was that of the Second
Methodist Church at Rome, Ga. Later he covered
the Newborn circuit and after that was given a
church at Monticello.
About 1880, he became agent for the Methodist
Orphans’ Home at Decatur, Ga., which position, on
account of his money-raising ability, he held with
great success for twelve years. The demand for
his services becoming so universal, he gave up reg
ular work and became an evangelist, chiefly, how
ever, because he said he desired to take his charge
from God direct and through no medium of men.
Sam Jones and Prohibition.
Mr. Jones was one of the strongest temperance
advocates that the country could furnish. He never
failed to mention his own days of dissipation as
one of the causes of his intense hatred of liquor,
and while that phase of his life enlisted his sym
pathies with sinners it also increased his distaste
for the sin.
His Marriage.
The same year he was admitted to the bar he
married Miss Laura Mcllwaine of Eminence, Ky.,
and she was with him on the fatal journey during
which the summons came to him.
His married life was a singularly happy one,
save for the years of his intemperance, which
was always to him a source of life-long regret.
Six children survive him, all married save one,
and all living, except one, near Cartersville.
Mr. Jones was a man of considerable wealth
which he spent freely in all charitable causes, one
one of his most enduring monuments being the im
mense tabernacle which he built in Cartersville
from his own private funds and in which he held
his large annual meetings.
The 16th of October was the fifty-ninth anni
versary of Mr. Jones’ birth, and he was en route
to Cartersville to join in a family celebration of the
day.
While mere facts and figures can give no ade
quate idea of the career of a man like Sam Jones,
of Georgia, yet these few biographical facts may
prove of value to his many thousands of friends as
well as to those who know him only by the interna
tional reputation he has made for himself.
The National Tree.
The tung-shu, or wood-oil, tree is worthily named
the national tree of China. It is stately in appear
ance, with smooth, green bark and wide-spreading
branches, affording a fine shade. It belongs to the
Euphorbiacae, or spurge, family, of which the cas
tor oil plant is a member. It bears a fruit as large
as a small orange. Each nut contains three trian
gular seeds, similar to small Brazil nuts. The oil
is pressed from these seeds, and the refuse is used
as a fertilizer. The oil is used principally for pol
ishing woodwork and dressing leather. Consider
able quantities are exported. The wood of the tung
shu is used for making musical instruments, fine
boxes, and the framework of small houses. It is
free from the ravages of insects.
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