From death to life; . more in my dear old home. Learn from all this, dear unsaved one, whose eye mayfall upon this page, how terrible the end of those who 82 NEW SCENES serve the god of this world, the devil, (2 Cor. 4:4.)See also how the Lord Jesus will sooner or later vindicateHis own. It is a dangerous thing to mock at and opposeHis anointed ones. I now began to redouble my effortsto lead my father to the cross, but being constantly re-pulsed I went on my way in silence, striving to perform everyduty faithful as unto the Lord. In the meantime His workprospered in my hands, though not as I l
From death to life; . more in my dear old home. Learn from all this, dear unsaved one, whose eye mayfall upon this page, how terrible the end of those who 82 NEW SCENES serve the god of this world, the devil, (2 Cor. 4:4.)See also how the Lord Jesus will sooner or later vindicateHis own. It is a dangerous thing to mock at and opposeHis anointed ones. I now began to redouble my effortsto lead my father to the cross, but being constantly re-pulsed I went on my way in silence, striving to perform everyduty faithful as unto the Lord. In the meantime His workprospered in my hands, though not as I longed to see still lacked the anointing which abideth and knew nothow to obtain it; though at times conscious of the powerof the Holy Ghost upon me, there was not the full victoryover sin which it was my privilege to enjoy. True, myexperience was far in advance of my early Christian life,and was in the main a victorious one, but still I sighed foran unction and power in service, which as yet I did notpossess. 83. VII. A LESSON ON COMMITTAL. S THE work proceeded in my mens classthe wives and sisters of the members beganto drop in, and finally I decided to allowany women to join it who wished to do Sunday afternoon I noticed amongthe visitors a young girl who appeared,from her dress and bearing, to have comefrom a respectable family, and who hadevidently come in with a friend simply out of curiosity tosee the work. She proved to be not only unsaved but also a hopelessinvalid, being a victim of that terrible disease epilepsy, aswell as organic heart disease, and several other seriousdifficulties. In fact, she was a physical wreck; and thoughso young, life offered nothing to her save constant suffer-ing of body and mind. She was deathly pale, of slenderbuild, her weight not exceeding ninety pounds. Beingvery kindly received she continued coming, and frequentlycalled at my rooms also to see me. I discovered her to bethe sister of a young man who had been saved a shorttim
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