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BE OBEYED IN OUR DAY, if HE ta r ries. May He come .soon. Thanking you for your tim e in read ing th is letter, I remain Your b ro th er in Christ, H .” ._ M. .$¡4. (Mr FLOODS OF UNBELIEF. We are living in th e last days when we may expect both th e evil and the good to reach th e ir u tterm o st intensity. .The enemy is coming in like a flood. The forms of his opposition have changed, bu t the sp irit is the same. As never before, the floods of infidelity, unbelief, and H igher Criticism are sweeping over th e Church of God. F rom w ithin ra th e r th a n w ithout, th e last attack s have come. F rom th e professor’s chair and th e sacred pulpit and th e lips of the evangelist and th e fountains of culture and education, th e stream s are flowing u n til they th rea ten to submerge th e foundations of the gospel and th e Bible. Simpson. MOULDY BLESSINGS. I th ink h alf th e troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by th e ir intolerable pride. Many of our cares are bu t a morbid way of looking a t our privileges. We le t our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses. Many of our troubles are God drag ging us; and they would end if we would stand upon our feet, and go w hither He would have us.— Beecher. BIG CALF. , A young clergyman was boasting of his superior education and of having been educated in two colleges, H arvard and Cambridge, An aged m inister being present, said, “You rem ind me of an instance I knew, of a calf th a t sucked two cows.” “W hat was th a t? ” said a th ird person. “Why, sir, th e conse quence was, th a t he was a very big calf.”
imum salary is looked upon as a cheap, worthless man lacking In ambition. God pity th e Church when the day comes • th a t a call to th e m inistry means a call to the m inimum salary. A call to th e min istry means to ta k e up a cross and for sake all, even th e salary you may really be worth. F o r my part, I am satisfied to get my rew ard when th e G reat Shep herd of the flock appears. Consequent ly, th e constant demand to pu t on a ‘drive’ to raise th e increasing claims, compels a man to th in k in term s of mon ey to such an extent th a t It deadens a man’s spirit, demoralizes, and u tterly unfits for soul w inning and interferes w ith th e preaching of th e Word. The preacher’s efficiency is largely measured by his success as a money getter, and pu tting on a ‘drive.’ The demands ever multiply, which makes of a preacher ‘a draw er of w ater and hewer of wood.’ Official Methodism has many gatherings of her preachers, to get dope and in stru ction for money getting. But. I NEVER KNEW OF ONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF URGING HER PROPH ETS TO ‘DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE FOR POWER IN SOUL WIN NING’ AND STUDY OF THE WORD. The trad ition s of th e elders, i. e., those who hold the modern view of the Bible and conversion, are not to be disputed. B u t . I will not, God being my Helper, follow them . There are my convictions, based on experience and observation. If I am w rong I.p ray th a t God will- forgive me and open my eyes to see correctly. B u t th e Bible says th a t a falling away shall come in the la tte r day. All who desire to be tru e to Jesus Christ to-day feel th e effect of th e apostasy. Unless a change comes for th e better, not a few men who are tru e to our Lord and Saviour Jesu s Christ and th e w ritten Word will be COMPELLED to consider Revelation 18:4, A N D P O N D E R . WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A CALL TO
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