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God; therefore, when Paul finds faith, for it is evident that he al- “ Blessed Bible liow I love it.
How it doth my bosom cheer ;
the jailor at Philip! without faith ready believed that Jesus was the
What hath earth like this to covet,
or in unbelief, he says to him (in Christ, when he said, “ Lord, what
Oh what stores of wealth are here ;
answer to his question, What shall wilt thou have me to do ?” Second. Man was lost and doomed to sorrow.
I do ?) “ Believe on the Lord Jesus He did not need a change of heart,
Not one ray of light or bliss
Conld
he from eftith’s treasures borrow,
Christ and thou shalt be saved.” for he had been doing the bidding of
Till his way was cheered by this.'*
Acts 16 : 31. But in perusing the the Pharisees, and now his will is
And as we march down the
history of the case Paul does not changed, and he desires to do the
"?tornlnaniT Tuin“ to pray to God to will of J esus, Ananias lëïïs h! f ft"W
give him faith, but teaches him the “arise and be baptized and wash tian’s race, we still need this beacon
word of the Lord. This agrees away thy sins, calling on the name light, this guiding compass to direct
with the command of Jesus, “Go of the Lord? Here we find an en­ us to the haven of the soul; then
teach all nations.” Again we hear tire change of state or condition, let us sing as we go
Jesus proclaim to the multitude, where he had been obeying the “ Yes, sweet Bible, I will hide thee,
Hide thee richly in this heart ;
-Ebuxptyou.-r^
Thon through all my life will guide me.
likewise perish ;” and when Peter now he is to have another King
And in death we will not part.
on the day of Pentecost, speaking and do all things in his name,' or Part in death, no never, never,
as the spirit gave him utterance, calling oh the name of the Lord
Through death’s vail I’ll lean on thee,
Then
in worlds above forever
prayed to those Jews, and told them Jesus.
btiUUiy truth.,shall be.,”^-.^
thatthey had witlr wicked^hands' . §o we see iiTlhe Gospel of Clirist . —
Bcio, Or.
crucified and slain him; they were a beautiful adaptation to man as it
convinced by the overwhelming finds him; when it finds us in un­ Sixth Edition of Tracts Re­
evidence, and faith in them, was belief it says to us. “ Believe on the
ceived.
the result of Peter’s argument, and Lord Jesus Christ,” and then goes
The fifth edition of card tracts
they cried out, “ Men and brethren, on to> teach us other duties. It
what shall we do?” Peter replied, does not teach him to pray for any containing-16,00(hdid not last long.
“ Repent and be baptized every one other faith, but commands himTo About one-hnIF were givena way to
ofryou in the name of Jesus Christ, repent, and when we have believed destitute fields. No cry for a gift of
for the remission of sins;” here on the Lord Jesus and turned away tracts is unheeded. The prime
again we find Peter carries out the from our sinful practices it com- object of The Christian Sower
command¿ST" Jesus. ’ He does' not' mands us to be baptized in the
ask them to come to the mourners name of the Lord Jesus Christ for new edition of 14,000 has just boon
bench, and by a long series of the remission of our past sins, as received.
Still another lot of
prayers and mourning, obtain some in the case of Saul when he was 14,000 has been ordered“ to meet
miraculous change, or tell a long fasting and praying.
the rapidly increasing demand.
Christian exj>erience, but, seeing
There is no money on hand'to pay
O,.how beautiful is the promise for this seventh edition. Who will
their hearts were purified by faith,
he went on teaching them the com­ that God made to Abraham, ful­ help? You cannot make a better
mands of the Great Head of the filled in the Gospel of Christ. In investment of Gospel money. Think
Church, saying, “Repent and be all conditions mid circumstance*-of of the good that isbeing done
baptized” Their hearts being life it comes to each individual to 20,000 have been put to work
changed by faith in Jesus Christ, it lift him up higher and bless him during the last 30 days. Many
is necessary that their life be and lead him each step nearer to testimonials
have been received
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changed by forsaking their evil God and heaven until we come into certifying to the value of these
ways, in order that they may come Christ. Then he tells, “if you sin tracts. Much more could be. done
into Christ and be saved from their you have an advocate with the if I had the means. We very much
Father;” Jesus then becomes our need such a Fund, and then to in­
past sins.
Great High Priest and advocate. crease it till it can give away
One more case is in point while
And here again we find beautiful thousands of dollars worth of
we are on this subject. After Saul
adaptation to our needs; we are tracts every year.
had seen Jesu.4 while on his way
admonished to add to our faith
Some think this Fund is con­
from Jerusalem to Damascus, we
courage,
knowledge, temperance, trolled by the South Kentucky
find him in Damascus blind, fasting
patience, godliness, brotherly kind­ Missionary Association. This is a
and praying, and one Ananias com­
ness and love, and we are told if mistake. It is an effort of my own
ing in to him, saying, “ Why tar-
we do these things we shall never to try to arouse a deeper interest
riest thou, arise and be baptized
fall; but if we observe them an in tract work and make an effort
and wash away thy*sins.” Here
abundant entrance will be minis­ to supply destitute fields. I am
again we find the necessity of
tered unto us into the' everlasting .self appointed, Trustee, President,
teaching before intell igentjobedL. _
“kingdom of our~tbrd Josu.< Christ. Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
ence. Jesus had said to him (in
2 Peter 1: 5-11.
and Executive Committee, and call
answer to his question, Lord, what
O,
when
God
has
spread
out
be
upon all to help me by contributing
wilt thou have me to do ?) “ Go
fore
us
in
such
glorious
grandeur
to the work.
into Damascus, and there "it shall
his
will,
so
graciously
adapted
to
Tracts free to those unable to
be told thee.” We think if some of
our modern teachers should find i all our wants to bring the spiritual buy, and 50 cents per hundred to
such a case they would say: “ Pray man back to himself, and clothe those who are able. The Fund
on, Bro. Saul, God in his own good 1 him with righteousness and im-' now owns^evep kinds. Evangel­
time will give you faith, and I mortality, it should inspire each one ists should go well supplied. A
change your heart,” when the facts of
< us to adopt the sentiments of the dollar bill may be trusted in a well
directed envelope. Smaller sums
in the case are, he did not need poet, and break out in singing
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in postage stamps. “Awake thou
that sleepest.” Address
J. W. H igcee ,
Madisonville, Ky.
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Happiness.
Make it a rule, and pray to God
to help you to keep it, never, if
■¡Sftïë, to lie down at nigKt”wTth-
out being at least a little wiser, or
a little better this day.” You will
find it easier than you think, and
pleasanter. Easier, because if you
wish to do God’s work, God will
aurdy...find you work_lQ do; and
pleasanter, because in return for
the little trouble it may cost you,
or the little choking of foolish,
vulgar pride it may cost you, you
TW have a peace of mind, a quiet
of temper, a cheerfulness and hope­
fulness about yourself and all around
you, such as you never felt before ;
and over and above that, if you
look for a reward in the life to
come, recollect this: What we have
to~hupe for in the iife’to come iK to
enter into the joy of our Lord.
And how did he fulfill that joy, but
by humbling himself^ and. taking
tfieTorm of a slave, and coining, not
to be ministered to, but to minis­
ter, and to give his whole life, even
to the death upon the cross, a ran­
som for many. Be sure that unless
you take up his cross you will
never share his crown ; be sure that
unless you follow in his footsteps
you will never reach the place
where he is. If you wish to enter
into the joy of your Lord, be sure
that his joy is now, as it was in
Judea of old, over every sinner that
repenteth, every mourner that is
comforted, every hungry mouth
that is fed, every poor soul, sick or
in prison, who is visited.— Ex.
Christ’s Witnesses.
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Infinitely the most important
fact in the world’« history, perhaps
also the most important in the his­
tory of all worlds, was the life on
earth of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, which took place some nine­
teen centuries ago. But a fact such
as this, obviously needs to be con­
firmed by the most certain and
completest testimony. And just
that we have. The apostles were
his witnesses. And their “Acts”
—which they have empowered to
do in founding the church, against
which “ the gates of hell can not
prevail,” and which now, age after
age, is constantly taking deeper,
wider hold on the life of the world
—make sure to us the truth of all
their teaching.— Congregationalist,