. The lives and labors of Moody and Sankey;. ence to prayer-meetings, the oldman will get stronger and stronger. A friend of mine said that when he was converted andbegan preaching, he talked a good deal about himself. Hesaid one day he saw in one of the hymn books left by a godlywoman who had a seat in the church, a fly leaf on which waswritten these words : Dear Harry, not 1, but Christ; notflesh, but spirit; not sight, but faith. These worJs my friendpasted in his bible, and never preached or thought any moreabout himself. He kept himself out of the way. That isjust what the old man does no
. The lives and labors of Moody and Sankey;. ence to prayer-meetings, the oldman will get stronger and stronger. A friend of mine said that when he was converted andbegan preaching, he talked a good deal about himself. Hesaid one day he saw in one of the hymn books left by a godlywoman who had a seat in the church, a fly leaf on which waswritten these words : Dear Harry, not 1, but Christ; notflesh, but spirit; not sight, but faith. These worJs my friendpasted in his bible, and never preached or thought any moreabout himself. He kept himself out of the way. That isjust what the old man does not do. With him it is self, self,self. If it is the new man, it is not I, but Christ. If it is thenew man, it is not flesh, but Spirit. If it is the new man, itis not sight, but faith. In the old Adam it is death ; in thenew Adam it is eternal life. We all come under the twoheads. Which, my friend, do you belong to, the old creationor the new 1 Let us pray that we may stand by the throneof God clothed in the righteousness of the second ADDRESS TO YOUNG CONVERTS. Farewell Services at the New York Hippodrome, heldWednesday Evening, April 19, 1876. In the fourteenth chapter of Eomans, and fourth verse,you will find these words : God is able to make him have no doubt that there are many sceptics, and even luke-warm Christians, that are saying in their hearts that theseyoung converts will not stand long. They say, Wait threemonths, or at the most six months, and see where all the con-verts are at the end of that time. They wont stand ; theywont stand—I have heard that said all my life. Our fath-ers and our forefathers heard it. Ah, they say, theywont hold out, but look at the thousands and thousands ofChristians that have held out notwithstanding all these pro-phecies. If you young converts, now in the morning of yourChristian experience, will learn the lesson of this one word able, it may save you many a painful experience. You cannot stand of yourselves, but it is
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