,the ,,master',s ,,indwelling           
,,andrew ,,murray    #aiec      ,the    
following papers were in substance      
delivered by the author in a series  of 
addresses at the ,northfield ,conference
 of #ahie1 but later rewritten and      
revised by him for this permanent and   
authorized publication4      ,,contents 
,i4 ,,carnal ,,christians    ,,ii4 ,,the
 ,,self ,,life    ,,iii4 ,,waiting ,,on 
,,god    ,,iv4 ,,entrance ,,into ,,rest 
,v4 ,,the ,,kingdom ,,first    ,,vi4    
,,christ ,,our ,,life    ,,vii4         
,,christ',s ,,humility ,,our ,,salvation
    ,,viii4 ,,the ,,complete ,,surrender
    ,,ix4 ,,dead ,,with ,,christ    ,x4 
,,joy ,,in ,,the ,,holy ,,ghost    ,,xi4
 ,,triumph ,,of ,,faith    ,,xii4 ,,the 
,,source ,,of ,,power ,,in ,,prayer     
,,xiii4 ,,that ,,god ,,may ,,be ,,all   
,,in ,,all          ,,carnal            
,,christians4    ,i4    #a ,corinthians 
#c3 #a4--;,and ,i1 brethren1 could not  
speak unto you as unto  spiritual1 but  
as unto carnal4      ,the apostle here  

speaks of two stages of the ,christian  
life1 two types of  ,christians3 ,i     
could not speak unto you as unto        
spiritual1 but as unto  carnal1 even as 
unto babes in ,christ4 ,they were       
,christians1 in ,christ1  but instead of
 being spiritual ,christians1 they were 
carnal4 ,i have fed  you with milk1 and 
not with meat1 for hitherto ye were not 
able to bear it1  neither yet are ye    
able1 for ye are yet carnal4 ,here is   
that word a second  time4 ,for          
whereas--this is the proof--there is    
among you envying1 and  strife1 and     
divisions1 are ye not carnal1 and walk  
as men8 ,for while one  saith1 ,i am of 
,paul1 and another1 ,i am of ,apollos1  
are ye not carnal8 ,four  times the     
apostle uses that word carnal4 ,in the  
wisdom which the ,holy ,ghost  gives    
him1 ,paul feels3--,i can not write to  
these ,corinthian ,christians  unless ,i
 know their state1 and unless ,i tell   
them of it4 ,if ,i give  spiritual food 
to men who are carnal ,christians1 ,i am

 doing them more harm  than good1 for   
they are not fit to take it4 ,i cannot  
feed them with meat1  ,i must feed them 
with milk4 ,and so he tells them at the 
very outset of the  epistle what he sees
 to be their state4 ,in the two previous
 chapters he had  spoken about his      
ministry being by the ,holy ,spirit2 now
 he begins to tell  them what must be   
the state of a people in order to accept
 spiritual truth1  and he says3 ,i have 
not liberty to speak to you as ,i would1
 for you are  carnal1 and you cannot    
receive ,spiritual truth4 ,that suggests
 to us the  solemn thought1 that in the 
,church of ,christ there are two classes
 of  ,christians4 ,some have lived many 
years as believers1 and yet always      
remain  babes2 others are spiritual men1
 because they have given themselves up  
to  the power1 the leading and to the   
entire rule of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,if we 
are  to obtain a blessing1 we must first
 decide to which of these classes we    
belong4 ,are we1 by the grace of ,god1  

in deep humility living a spiritual     
life1 or are we living a carnal life8   
,then1 let us first try to understand   
what is meant by the carnal state in    
which believers may be living4    ,we   
notice from what we find in             
,corinthians1 four marks of the carnal  
state4  ,first3 ,it is simply a         
condition of protracted infancy4 ,you   
know what that  means4 ,suppose a       
beautiful babe1 six months old4 ,it     
cannot speak1 it cannot  walk1 but we do
 not trouble ourselves about that2 it is
 natural1 and ought  to be so4 ,but     
suppose a year later we find the child  
not grown at all1 and  three years later
 still no growth2 we would at once say3 
,there must be  some terrible disease2  
and the baby that at six months old was 
the cause  of joy to every one who saw  
him1 has become to the mother and to all
 a  source of anxiety and sorrow4 ,there
 is something wrong2 the child can not  
grow4 ,it was quite right at six months 
old that it should eat nothing but      

milk2 but years have passed by1 and it  
remains in the same weakly state4  ,now 
this is just the condition of many      
believers4 ,they are converted2 they    
know what it is to have assurance and   
faith2 they believe in pardon for  sin2 
they begin to work for ,god2 and yet1   
somehow1 there is very little  growth in
 spirituality1 in the real heavenly     
life4 ,we come into contact  with them1 
and we feel at once there is something  
wanting2 there is none of  the beauty of
 holiness or of the power of ,god's     
,spirit in them4 ,this is  the condition
 of the carnal ,corinthians1 expressed  
in what was said to the  ,hebrews3 ,you 
have had the ,gospel so long that by    
this time you ought to be  teachers1 and
 yet you need that men should teach you 
the very rudiments of  the oracles of   
,god4 ,is it not a sad thing to see a   
believer who has been  converted five1  
ten1 twenty years1 and yet no growth1   
and no strength1 and  no joy of         
holiness8    ,what are the marks of a   

little child8 ,one is1 a little child   
cannot help  himself1 but is always     
keeping others occupied to serve him4   
,what a tyrant  a baby in a house often 
is6 ,the mother cannot go out1 there    
must be a  servant to nurse it2 it needs
 to be cared for constantly4 ,god made a
 man to  care for others1 but the baby  
was made to be cared for and to be      
helped4 ,so  there are ,christians who  
always want help4 ,their pastor and     
their ,christian  friends must always be
 teaching and comforting them4 ,they go 
to church1 and  to prayer-meetings1 and 
to conventions1 always wanting to be    
helped1--a  sign of spiritual infancy4  
,the other sign of an infant is this3 he
 can do nothing to help his  fellow-man4
 ,every man is expected to contribute   
something to the welfare of  society2   
every one has a place to fill and a work
 to do1 but the babe can  do nothing for
 the common weal4 ,it is just so with   
,christians4 ,how little  some can do6  
,they take a part in work1 as it is     

called1 but there is little  of         
exercising spiritual power and carrying 
real blessing4 ,should we not  each ask1
 ,have ,i outgrown my spiritual infancy8
 ,some must reply1 ,no1  instead of     
having gone forward1 ,i have gone       
backward1 and the joy of  conversion and
 the first love is gone4 ,alas6 ,they   
are babes in ,christ2  they are yet     
carnal4    ,the second mark of the      
carnal state is this3 that there is sin 
and failure  continually4 ,paul says3   
,whereas there is strife and division   
among you1  and envying1 are ye not     
carnal8 ,a man gives way to temper4 ,he 
may be a  minister1 or a preacher of the
 ,gospel1 or a ,sunday-school teacher1  
most  earnest at the prayer-meeting1 but
 yet strife or bitterness or envying is 
often shown by him4 ,alas6 ,alas6 ,in   
,gal4 #c3e we are told that the works of
  the flesh are specially hatred and    
envy4 ,how often among ,christians1 who 
have to work together1 do we see        
divisions and bitterness6 ,god have     

mercy  upon them1 that the fruit of the 
,spirit1 which is love1 is so frequently
  absent from ,his own people4 ,you ask1
 ,why is it1 that for twenty years ,i   
have been fighting with my temper1 and  
can not conquer it8 ,it is because  you 
have been fighting with the temper1 and 
you have not been fighting with  the    
root of the temper4 ,you have not seen  
that it is all because you are in  the  
carnal state1 and not properly given up 
to the ,spirit of ,god4 ,it may be  that
 you never were taught it2 that you     
never saw it in ,god's ,word2  that you 
never believed it4 ,but there it is2 the
 truth of ,god remains  unchangeable4   
,jesus ,christ can give us the victory  
over sin1 and can keep  us from actual  
transgression4 ,i am not telling you    
that the root of sin  will be           
eradicated1 and that you will have no   
longer any natural tendency  to sin2 but
 when the ,holy ,spirit comes not only  
with ,his power for service  as a gift1 
but when ,he comes in ,divine grace to  

fill the heart1 there is  victory over  
sin2 power not to fulfill the lusts of  
the flesh4 ,and you see  a mark of the  
carnal state not only in unlovingness1  
self-consciousness  and bitterness1 but 
in so many other sins4 ,how much        
worldliness1 how much  ambition among   
men1 how much seeking for the honor that
 comes from man--all  the fruit of the  
carnal life--to be found in the midst of
 ,christian  activity6 ,let us remember 
that the carnal state is a state of     
continual  sinning and failure1 and ,god
 wants us not only to make confession of
  individual sins1 but to come to the   
acknowledgment that they are the sign   
that we are not living a healthy        
life1--we are yet carnal4    ,a third   
mark which will explain further what ,i 
have been saying1 is that  this carnal  
state may be found in existence in      
connection with great  spiritual gifts4 
,there is a difference between gifts and
 graces4 ,the graces  of the ,spirit are
 humility and love1 like the humility   

and love of ,christ4  ,the graces of the
 ,spirit are to make a man free from    
self2 the gifts of  the ,spirit are to  
fit a man for work4 ,we see this        
illustrated among the  ,corinthians4 ,in
 the first chapter ,paul says1 ,i thank 
,god that you are  enriched unto all    
utterance1 and all knowledge1 and all   
wisdom4 ,in the  #abth and #adth        
chapters we see that the gifts of       
prophecy and of working  miracles were  
in great power among them2 but the      
graces of the ,spirit were  noticeably  
absent4    ,and this may be in our days 
as well as in the time of the           
,corinthians4 ,i  may be a minister of  
the ,gospel2 ,i may teach ,god's ,word  
beautifully2 ,i may  have influence1 and
 gather a large congregation1 and yet1  
alas6 ,i may be a  carnal man2 a man who
 may be used by ,god1 and may be a      
blessing to others1  and yet the carnal 
life may still mark me4 ,you all know   
the law that a  thing is named according
 to what is its most prominent          

characteristic4 ,now1  in these carnal  
,corinthians there was a little of      
,god's ,spirit1 but the  flesh          
predominated2 the ,spirit had not the   
rule of their whole life4 ,and  the     
spiritual men are not called so because 
there is no flesh in them1 but  because 
the ,spirit in them has obtained        
dominance1 and when you meet  them and  
have intercourse with them1 you feel    
that the ,spirit of ,god has  sanctified
 them4 ,ah1 let us beware lest the      
blessing ,god gives us in our  work     
deceive us and lead us to think that    
because he has blessed us1 we  must be  
spiritual men4 ,god may give us gifts   
that we use1 and yet our lives  may not 
be wholly in the power of the ,holy     
,ghost4    ,my last mark of the carnal  
state is that it makes a man unfit for  
receiving  spiritual truths4 ,that is   
what the apostle writes to the          
,corinthians3 ,i  could not preach to   
you as unto spiritual2 you are not fit  
for spiritual  truth after being        

,christians so long2 you can not yet    
bear it2 ,i have to  feed you with milk4
 ,i am afraid that in the church of the 
nineteenth  century we often make a     
terrible mistake4 ,we have a            
congregation in which  the majority are 
carnal men4 ,we give these men spiritual
 teaching1 and they  admire it1         
understand it1 and rejoice in such      
ministry2 yet their lives are  not      
practically affected4 ,they work for    
,christ in a certain way1 but we can    
scarce recognize the true sanctification
 of the ,spirit2 we dare not say  they  
are spiritual men1 full of the ,holy    
,spirit4    ,now1 let us recognize this 
with regard to ourselves4 ,a man may    
become very  earnest1 may take in all   
the teaching he hears2 he may be able to
 discern1  for discernment is a gift2 he
 may say1 ,that man helps me in this    
line1 and  that man in another          
direction1 and a third man is remarkable
 for another  gift2 yet1 all the time1  
the carnal life may be living strongly  

in him1  and when he gets into trouble  
with some friend1 or ,christian worker1 
or worldly man1 the carnal root is      
bearing its terrible fruit1 and the     
spiritual food has failed to enter his  
heart4 ,beware of that4 ,mark the       
,corinthians and learn of them4 ,paul   
did not say to them1 ,you can not bear  
the truth as ,i would speak it to you1  
because they were ignorant or a  stupid 
people4 ,the ,corinthians prided        
themselves on their wisdom1 and  sought 
it above everything1 and ,paul said3 ,i 
thank ,god that you are  enriched in    
utterance1 in knowledge1 and in wisdom2 
nevertheless1 you are  yet carnal1 your 
life is not holy2 your life is not      
sanctified unto the  humility of the    
life of the ,lamb of ,god1 you can not  
yet take in real  spiritual truth4      
,we find the carnal state not only at   
,corinth1 but throughout the ,christian 
world to-day4 ,many ,christians are     
asking1 ,what is the reason there is so 
much feebleness in the ,church8 ,we can 

not ask this question too earnestly1    
and ,i trust that ,god ,himself will so 
impress it upon our hearts that we      
shall say to ,him1 ,it must be changed4 
,have mercy upon us4 ,but1 ah6 that     
prayer and that change can not come     
until we have begun to see that there   
is a carnal root ruling in believers2   
they are living more after the flesh    
than the ,spirit2 they are yet carnal   
,christians4    ,there is a passage from
 carnal to spiritual4 ,did ,paul find   
any spiritual  believers8 ,undoubtedly  
he did4 ,just read the #fth chapter of  
the ,epistle to  the ,galatians6 ,that  
was a church where strife1 and          
bitterness1 and envy  were terrible4    
,but the apostle says in the first      
verse3 ,brethren1 if a man  be overtaken
 in a fault1 ye which are spiritual     
restore such an one in the  spirit of   
meekness4 ,there we see that the marks  
of the spiritual man are  that he will  
be a meek man2 and that he will have    
power1 and love to help  and restore    

those that are fallen4 ,the carnal man  
can not do that4 ,if there  is a true   
spiritual life that can be lived1 the   
great question is3 ,is the  way open1   
and how can ,i enter into the spiritual 
state8 ,here1 again1 ,i have  four short
 answers4    ,first1 we must know that  
there is such a spiritual life to be    
lived by men  on earth4 ,nothing cuts   
the roots of the ,christian life so much
 as unbelief4  ,people do not believe   
what ,god has said about what ,he is    
willing to do for  ,his children4 ,men  
do not believe that when ,god says1 ,be 
filled with  the ,spirit1 ,he means it  
for every ,christian4 ,and yet ,paul    
wrote to the  ,ephesians each one3 ,be  
filled with the ,spirit1 and do not be  
drunk with  wine4 ,just as little as you
 may be drunk with wine1 so little may  
you live  without being filled with the 
,spirit4 ,now1 if ,god means that for   
believers1  the first thing that we need
 is to study1 and to take home ,god's   
,word1 to  our belief until our hearts  

are filled with the assurance that there
 is  such a life possible which it is   
our duty to live2 that we can be        
spiritual  men4 ,god's ,word teaches us 
that ,god does not expect a man to live 
as he  ought for one minute unless the  
,holy ,spirit is in him to enable him to
 do  it4    ,we do not want the ,holy   
,spirit only when we go to preach1 or   
when we have  some special temptation of
 the devil to meet1 or some great burden
 to bear2  ,god says3 ,my child can not 
live a right life unless he is guided by
 my  ,spirit every minute4 ,that is the 
mark of the child of ,god3 ,as many as  
are  led by the ,spirit of ,god1 they   
are the sons of ,god4 ,in ,romans ,v4 we
 read3  ,the love of ,god is shed abroad
 in our hearts by the ,holy ,spirit     
given unto  us4 ,that is to be the      
common1 every-day experience of the     
believer1 not  his life at set times    
only4 ,did ever a father or mother      
think1 ,for to-day  ,i want my child to 
love me8 ,no1 they expect the love every

 day4 ,and so  ,god wants ,his child    
every moment to have a heart filled with
 love of the  ,spirit4 ,in the eyes of  
,god1 it is most unnatural to expect a  
man to love  as he should if he is not  
filled with the ,spirit4 ,oh1 let us    
believe a man  can be a spiritual man4  
,thank ,god1 there is now the blessing  
waiting  us4 ,be filled with the        
,spirit4 ,be led by the ,spirit4 ,there 
is the  blessing4 ,if you have to say1  
,oh1 ,god1 ,i have not this blessing1   
say it2  but say also1 ,lord1 ,i know it
 is my duty1 my solemn obligation to    
have  it1 for without it ,i can not live
 in perfect peace with ,thee all the    
day2  without it ,i can not glorify     
,thee1 and do the work ,thou wouldst    
have me  do4 ,this is our first step    
from carnal to spiritual1--to recognize 
a  spiritual life1 a walk in the        
,spirit1 is within our reach4 ,how can  
we ask  ,god to guide us into spiritual 
life1 if we have not a clear1 confident 
conviction that there is such a life to 

be had8    ,then comes the second step2 
a man must see the shame and guilt of   
his  having lived such a life4 ,some    
people admit there is a spiritual life  
to  live1 and that they have not lived  
it1 and they are sorry for themselves1  
and pity themselves1 and think1 ,how sad
 that ,i am too feeble for it6 ,how  sad
 that ,god gives it to others1 but has  
not given it to me6 ,they have  great   
compassion upon themselves1 instead of  
saying1 ,alas6 it has been  our         
unfaithfulness1 our unbelief1 our       
disobedience1 that has kept us from     
giving ourselves utterly to ,god4 ,we   
have to blush and to be ashamed before  
,god that we do not live as spiritual   
men4    ,a man does not get converted   
without having conviction of sin4 ,when 
that  conviction of sin comes1 and his  
eyes are opened1 he learns to be afraid 
of  his sin1 and to flee from it to     
,christ1 and to accept ,christ as a     
mighty  deliverer4 ,but a man needs a   
second conviction of sin2 a believer    

must be  convicted of his peculiar sin4 
,the sins of an unconverted man are     
different  from the sins of a believer4 
,an unconverted man1 for instance1 is   
not  ordinarily convicted of the        
corruption of his nature2 he thinks     
principally  about external sins1--,i   
have sworn1 been a liar1 and ,i am on   
the way to  hell4 ,he is then convicted 
for conversion4 ,but the believer is in 
quite  a different condition4 ,his sins 
are far more blamable1 for he has had   
the  light and the love and the ,spirit 
of ,god given to him4 ,his sins are far 
deeper4 ,he has striven to conquer them 
and he has grown to see that his  nature
 is utterly corrupt1 that the carnal    
mind1 the flesh1 within him1 is  making 
his whole state utterly wretched4 ,when 
a believer is thus convicted  by the    
,holy ,spirit1 it is specially his life 
of unbelief that condemns him1  because 
he sees that the great guilt connected  
with this has kept him from  receiving  
the full gift of ,god's ,holy ,spirit4  

,he is brought down in shame  and       
confusion of face1 and he begins to cry3
 ,woe is me1 for ,i am undone4 ,i  have 
heard of ,god by the hearing of the ear2
 ,i have known a great deal of  ,him and
 preached about ,him1 but now mine eye  
seeth ,him4 ,god comes near  him4 ,job1 
the righteous man1 whom ,god trusted1   
saw in himself the deep sin  of self and
 its righteousness that he had never    
seen before4 ,until this  conviction of 
the wrongness of our carnal state as    
believers comes to each  one of us2     
until we are willing to get this        
conviction from ,god1 to take  time     
before ,god to be humbled and convicted1
 we never can become spiritual  men4    
,then comes the third mark1 which is    
that out of the carnal state into the   
spiritual is only one step4 ,one step2  
oh1 that is a blessed message ,i bring  
to you--it is only one step4 ,i know    
many people will refuse to admit that   
it is only one step2 they think it too  
little for such a mighty change4 ,but   

was not conversion only one step8    ,so
 it is when a man passes from carnal to 
spiritual4 ,you ask if when ,i talk  of 
a spiritual man ,i am not thinking of a 
man of spiritual maturity1 a  real      
saint1 and you say3 ,does that come in  
one day8 ,is there no growth in         
holiness8 ,i reply that spiritual       
maturity cannot come in a day4 ,we can  
not  expect it4 ,it takes growth1 until 
the whole beauty of the image of ,christ
  is formed in a man4 ,but still ,i say 
that it needs but one step for a man  to
 get out of the carnal life into the    
spiritual life4 ,it is when a  man      
utterly breaks with the flesh2 when he  
gives up the flesh into the  crucifixion
 death of ,christ2 when he sees that    
everything about it is  accursed and    
that he can not deliver himself from it2
 and then claims the  slaying power of  
,christ's cross within him1--it is when 
a man does this and  says3 ,this        
spiritual life prepared for me is the   
free gift of my ,god in  ,christ ,jesus1

 that he understands how one step can   
bring him out of the  carnal into the   
spiritual state4    ,in that spiritual  
life there will be much still to be     
learned4 ,there will  still be          
imperfections4 ,spiritual life is not   
perfect2 but the predominant            
characteristic will be spiritual4 ,when 
a man has given himself up to the  real1
 living1 acting1 ruling power of ,god's 
,spirit1 he has got into the  right     
position in which he can grow4 ,you     
never think of growing out of  sickness 
into health2 you may grow out of        
feebleness into strength1 as the  little
 babe can grow to be a strong man2 but  
where there is disease1 there  must     
healing come if there is to be a cure   
effected4 ,there are ,christians  who   
think that they must grow out of the    
carnal state into the spiritual  state4 
,you never can4 ,what could help those  
carnal ,corinthians8 ,to give  them milk
 could not help them1 for milk was a    
proof they were in the wrong  state4 ,to

 give them meat would not help them1 for
 they were unfit to eat  it4 ,what they 
needed was the knife of the surgeon4    
,paul says that the  carnal life must be
 cut out4 ,they that are ,christ's have 
crucified the  flesh4 ,when a man       
understands what that means1 and accepts
 it in the  faith of what ,christ can   
do1 then one step can bring him from    
carnal to  spiritual4 ,one simple act of
 faith in the power of ,christ's death1 
one act  of surrender to the fellowship 
of ,christ's death as the ,holy ,spirit 
can  make it ours1 will make it ours1   
will bring deliverance from the power of
  your efforts4    ,what brought        
deliverance to that poor condemned      
sinner who was most dark  and wretched  
in his unconverted state8 ,he felt he   
could do nothing good of  himself4 ,what
 did he do8 ,he saw set before him the  
almighty ,saviour and he  cast himself  
into ,his arms2 he trusted himself to   
that omnipotent love and  cried1 ,lord1 
have mercy upon me4 ,that was salvation4

 ,it was not for  what he did that      
,christ accepted him4 ,oh1 believers1 if
 any of us who are  conscious that the  
carnal state predominates have to say3  
,it marks me2 ,i  am a religious man1 an
 earnest man1 a friend of missions2 ,i  
work for ,christ  in my church1 but1    
alas6 temper and sin and worldliness    
have still the  mastery over my soul1   
hear the word of ,god4 ,if any will come
 and say3 ,i  have struggled1 ,i have   
prayed1 ,i have wept1 and it has not    
helped me1 then  you must do one other  
thing4 ,you must see that the living    
,christ is ,god's  provision for your   
holy1 spiritual life4 ,you must believe 
that that ,christ  who accepted you     
once1 at conversion1 in ,his wonderful  
love is now waiting  to say to you that 
you may become a spiritual man1 entirely
 given up to  ,god4 ,if you will believe
 that1 your fear will vanish and you    
will say3 ,it  can be done2 if ,christ  
will accept and take charge1 it shall be
 done4    ,then1 my last mark4 ,a man   

must take that step1 a solemn but       
blessed  step4 ,it cost some of you five
 or ten years before you took the step  
of  conversion4 ,you wept and prayed for
 years1 and could not find peace until  
you took that step4 ,so1 in the         
spiritual life1 you may go to teacher   
after  teacher1 and say1 ,tell me about 
the spiritual life1 the baptism of the  
,spirit1 and holiness1 and yet you may  
remain just where you were4 ,many of  us
 would love to have sin taken away4 ,who
 loves to have a hasty temper8 ,who     
loves to have a proud disposition8 ,who 
loves to have a worldly heart8 ,no  one4
 ,we go to ,christ to take it away1 and 
he does not do it2 and we ask1  ,why    
will he not do it8 ,i have prayed very  
earnestly4 ,it is because you  wanted   
,him to take away the ugly fruits while 
the poisonous root was to  stay in you4 
,you did not ask ,him that the flesh    
should be nailed to ,his  cross1 and    
that you should henceforth give up self 
entirely to the power of  ,his ,spirit4 

,there is deliverance1 but not in the   
way we seek it4 ,suppose a painter had  
a piece of canvas1 on which he desired  
to work out some beautiful picture4     
,suppose that piece of canvas does not  
belong to him1 and any one has a  right 
to take it and to use it for any other  
purpose2 do you think the  painter would
 bestow much work on that8 ,no4 ,yet    
people want ,jesus ,christ to  bestow   
,his trouble upon them in taking away   
this temper1 or that other sin1  though 
in their hearts they have not yielded   
themselves utterly to ,his  command and 
,his keeping4 ,it can not be4 ,but if   
you will come and give your  whole life 
into ,his charge1 ,christ ,jesus is     
mighty to save2 ,christ ,jesus  waits to
 be gracious2 ,christ ,jesus waits to   
fill you with ,his ,spirit4    ,will you
 not take the step8 ,god grant that we  
may be led by ,his ,spirit to  a        
yielding up of ourselves to ,him as     
never before4 ,will you not come in     
humble confession that1 alas6 the carnal

 life has predominated too much1  has   
altogether marked you1 and that you have
 a bitter consciousness that  with all  
the blessing ,god has bestowed1 ,he has 
not made you what you want  to be--a    
spiritual man8 ,it is the ,holy ,spirit 
alone who by ,his indwelling  can make a
 spiritual man4 ,come then and cast     
yourself at ,god's feet1 with  this one 
thought1 ,lord1 ,i give myself an empty 
vessel to be filled with  ,thy ,spirit4 
,each one of you sees every day at the  
tea table an empty cup  set there1      
waiting to be filled with tea when the  
proper time comes4 ,so  with every dish1
 every plate4 ,they are cleansed and    
empty1 ready to be  filled4 ,emptied and
 cleansed4 ,oh1 come6 and just as a     
vessel is set apart  to receive what it 
is to contain1 say to ,christ that you  
desire from this  hour to be a vessel   
set apart to be filled with ,his        
,spirit1 given up to be  a spiritual    
man4 ,bow down in the deepest emptiness 
of soul1 and say1 ,oh1  ,god1 ,i have   

nothing6 and then surely as you place   
yourself before ,him you  have a right  
to say1 ,my ,god will fulfill ,his      
promise6 ,i claim from ,him the  filling
 of the ,holy ,spirit to make me1       
instead of a carnal1 a spiritual        
,christian4 ,if you place yourself at   
,his feet1 and tarry there2 if you      
abide in that humble surrender and that 
childlike trust1 as sure as ,god  lives 
the blessing will come4    ,oh1 have we 
not to bow in shame before ,god1 as we  
think of ,his whole ,church  and see so 
much of the carnal prevailing8 ,have we 
not to bow in shame  before ,god1 as we 
think of so much of the carnal in our   
hearts and lives8  ,then let us bow in  
great faith in ,god's mercy4            
,deliverance is nigh1  deliverance is   
coming1 deliverance is waiting1         
deliverance is sure4 ,let us  trust2    
,god will give it4          ,,the ,,self
 ,,life4    ,,ii4    ,matt4 #af3        
#bd4--;,if any man will come after me1  
let him deny himself1 and  take up his  

cross1 and follow me4      ,in the #acth
 verse we read that ,jesus at ,caesarea 
,philippi asked ,his  disciples1 ,whom  
do men say that ,i1 the ,son of ,man1   
am8 ,when they had  answered1 ,he asked 
them1 ,but whom say ye that ,i am8 ,and 
in verse #af ,peter  answered and said1 
,thou art the ,christ1 the ,son of the  
,living ,god4 ,jesus  answered and said 
unto him3 ,blessed art thou1 ,simon     
,barjonas1 for flesh  and blood hath not
 revealed it unto thee1 but my ,father  
which is in ,heaven4  ,and ,i say also  
unto thee that thou art ,peter1 and upon
 this rock ,i will  build my church and 
the gates of hell shall not prevail     
against it4  ,then in verse #ba we read 
how ,jesus began to tell ,his disciples 
of ,his  approaching death2 and in verse
 #bb how ,peter began to rebuke ,him1   
saying1  ,be it far from ,thee1 ,lord2  
this shall not be unto ,thee4 ,but      
,jesus turned  and said unto ,peter1    
,get thee behind me1 ,satan2 thou art an
 offense unto  me1 for thou savorest not

 the things that be of ,god1 but those  
that be of  men4 ,then said ,jesus unto 
,his disciples1 ,if any man will come   
after me1  let him deny himself1 and    
take up his cross and follow me4    ,we 
often hear about the compromise life and
 the question comes up ,what lies  at   
the root of it8 ,what is the reason that
 so many ,christians are wasting  their 
lives in the terrible bondage of the    
world instead of living in the          
manifestation and the privilege and the 
glory of the child of ,god8 ,and        
another question perhaps comes to us3   
,what can be the reason that when we    
see a thing is wrong and strive against 
it we cannot conquer it8 ,what can  be  
the reason that we have a hundred times 
prayed and vowed1 yet here  we are still
 living a mingled1 divided1 half-hearted
 life8 ,to those two  questions there is
 one answer3 it is self that is the root
 of the whole  trouble4 ,and therefore1 
if any one asks me1 ,how can ,i get rid 
of this  compromise life8 the answer    

would not be1 ,you must do this1 or     
that1 or  the other thing1 but the      
answer would be1 ,a new life from above1
 the  life of ,christ1 must take the    
place of the self-life2 then alone can  
we be  conquerors4    ,we always go from
 the outward to the inward2 let us do so
 here2 let us  consider from these words
 of the text the one word1 self4 ,jesus 
said to  ,peter3 ,if any man will come  
after me let him deny himself1 his own  
self1  and take up the cross and follow 
me4 ,that is a mark of the disciple2    
that  is the secret of the ,christian   
life--deny self and all will come right4
  ,note that ,peter was a believer1 and 
a believer who had been taught by the   
,holy ,spirit4 ,he had given an answer  
that pleased ,christ wonderfully3 ,thou 
art the ,christ1 the ,son of the living 
,god4 ,do not think that that was       
nothing extraordinary4 ,we learn it in  
our catechisms2 ,peter did not2 and     
,christ saw that the ,holy ,spirit of   
the ,father had been teaching him and   

,he  said3 ,blessed art thou1 ,simon    
,barjonas4 ,but note how strong the     
carnal  man still is in ,peter4 ,christ 
speaks of ,his cross2 ,he could         
understand  about the glory1 ,thou art  
the ,son of ,god2 but about the cross   
and the  death he could not understand1 
and he ventured in his self-confidence  
to  say1 ,lord1 that shall never be2    
,thou canst not be crucified and die4   
,and  ,christ had to rebuke him3 ,get   
thee behind me1 ,satan4 ,thou savorest  
not the  things that be of ,god4 ,you   
are talking like a mere carnal man1 and 
not as  the ,spirit of ,god would teach 
you4 ,then ,christ went on to say1      
,remember1  it is not only ,i who am to 
be crucified1 but you2 it is not only ,i
 who am  to die1 but you also4 ,if a man
 would be my disciple1 he must deny     
self1 and  he must take up his cross and
 follow me4 ,let us dwell upon this one 
word1  self4 ,it is only as we learn to 
know what self is that we really know   
what is at the root of all our failure1 

and are prepared to go to ,christ  for  
deliverance4    ,let us consider1 first 
of all1 the nature of this self life1   
then denote  some of its works and then 
ask the question3 ,how may we be        
delivered from  it8    ,self is the     
power with which ,god has created and   
endowed every intelligent  creature4    
,self is the very center of a created   
being4 ,and why did ,god give  the      
angels or man a self8 ,the object of    
this self was that we might bring  it as
 an empty vessel unto ,god2 that ,he    
might put into it ,his life4 ,god  gave 
me the power of self-determination1 that
 ,i might bring this self every  day and
 say3 ,oh1 ,god1 work in it2 ,i offer it
 to thee4 ,god wanted a vessel  into    
which ,he might pour out ,his divine    
fullness of beauty1 wisdom and  power2  
and so ,he created the world1 the sun1  
and the moon1 and the stars1  the trees1
 and the flowers1 and the grass1 which  
all show forth the riches  of ,his      
wisdom1 and beauty1 and goodness4 ,but  

they do it without knowing  what they   
do4 ,then ,god created the angels with a
 self and a will1 to see  whether they  
would come and voluntarily yield        
themselves to ,him as vessels  for ,him 
to fill4 ,but alas6 they did not all do 
that4 ,there was one at the  head of a  
great company1 and he began to look upon
 himself1 and to think  of the wonderful
 powers with which ,god had endowed him1
 and to delight in  himself4 ,he began  
to think3 ,must such a being as ,i      
always remain dependent  on ,god8 ,he   
exalted himself1 pride asserted itself  
in separation from ,god1  and that very 
moment he became1 instead of an angel in
 ,heaven1 a devil in  hell4 ,self turned
 to ,god is the glory of allowing the   
,creator to reveal  ,himself in us4     
,self turned away from ,god is the very 
darkness and fire of  hell4    ,we all  
know the terrible story of what took    
place further2 ,god created man1  and   
,satan came in the form of a serpent and
 tempted ,eve with the thought  of      

becoming as ,god1 having an independent 
self1 knowing good and evil4 ,and  while
 he spoke with her1 he breathed into    
her1 in those words1 the very  poison   
and the very pride of hell4 ,his own    
evil spirit1 the very poison of  hell1  
entered humanity1 and it is this cursed 
self that we have inherited  from our   
first parents4 ,it was that self that   
ruined and brought  destruction upon    
this world1 and all that there has been 
of sin1 and of  darkness1 and of        
wretchedness1 and of misery2 and all    
that there will be  throughout the      
countless ages of eternity in hell1 will
 be nothing but the  reign of self1 the 
curse of self1 separating man and       
turning him away from  his ,god4 ,and if
 we are to understand fully what ,christ
 is to do for us1 and  are to become    
partakers of a full salvation1 we must  
learn to know1 and to  hate1 and to give
 up entirely this cursed self4    ,now  
what are the works of self8 ,i might    
mention many1 but let us take the       

simplest words that we are continually  
using1--self-will1 self-confidence1     
self-exaltation4 ,self-will1 pleasing   
self1 is the great sin of man1 and it   
is at the root of all that compromising 
with the world which is the ruin of  so 
many4 ,men can not understand why they  
should not please themselves and  do    
their own will4 ,numbers of ,christians 
have never gotten hold of the idea  that
 a ,christian is a man who is never to  
seek his own will1 but is always  to    
seek the will of ,god1 as a man in whom 
the very spirit of ,christ lives4  ,lo1 
,i come to do ,thy will1 oh1 my ,god6   
,we find ,christians pleasing           
themselves in a thousand ways1 and yet  
trying to be happy1 and good1 and       
useful2 and they do not know that at the
 root of it all is self-will  robbing   
them of the blessing4 ,christ said to   
,peter1 ,peter1 deny yourself4  ,but    
instead of doing that1 ,peter said1 ,i  
will deny my ,lord and not  myself4 ,he 
never said it in words1 but ,christ said

 to him in the last  night1 ,thou shalt 
deny ,me1 and he did it4 ,what was the  
cause of this8  ,self-pleasing4 ,he     
became afraid when the woman servant    
charged him with  belonging to ,jesus1  
and three times said1 ,i know not this  
man1 ,i have  nothing to do with ,him4  
,he denied ,christ4 ,just think of it6  
,no wonder  ,peter wept those bitter    
tears4 ,it was a choice between self1   
that ugly1  cursed self1 and that       
beautiful1 blessed ,son of ,god2 and    
,peter chose self4  ,no wonder that he  
thought3 ,instead of denying myself1 ,i 
have denied ,jesus2  what a choice ,i   
have made6 ,no wonder that he wept      
bitterly4    ,christians1 look at your  
own lives in the light of the words of  
,jesus4 ,do  you find there self-will1  
self-pleasing8 ,remember this3 every    
time you  please yourself1 you deny     
,jesus4 ,it is one of the two4 ,you must
 please ,him  only1 and deny self1 or   
you must please yourself and deny ,him4 
,then follows  self-confidence1         

self-trust1 self-effort1                
self-dependence4 ,what was it  that led 
,peter to deny ,jesus8 ,christ had      
warned him2 why did he not take         
warning8 ,self-confidence4 ,he was so   
sure3 ,lord1 ,i love ,thee4 ,for three  
years ,i have followed ,thee4 ,lord1 ,i 
deny that it ever can be4 ,i am ready   
to go to prison and to death4 ,it was   
simply self-confidence4 ,people have    
often asked me1 ,what is the reason ,i  
fail8 ,i desire so earnestly1 and pray  
so fervently1 to live in ,god's will4   
,and my answer generally is1 ,simply    
because you trust yourself4 ,they answer
 me3 ,no1 ,i do not2 ,i know ,i am  not 
good2 and ,i know that ,god is willing  
to keep me1 and ,i put my trust in      
,jesus4 ,but ,i reply1 ,no1 my brother2 
no2 if you trusted ,god and ,jesus1 you 
could not fall1 but you trust yourself4 
,do let us believe that the cause  of   
every failure in the ,christian life is 
nothing but this4 ,i trust this  cursed 
self1 instead of trusting ,jesus4 ,i    

trust my own strength1 instead of  the  
almighty strength of ,god4 ,and that is 
why ,christ says1 ,this self must  be   
denied4    ,then there is               
self-exaltation1 another form of the    
works of self4 ,ah1  how much pride and 
jealousy is there in the ,christian     
world2 how much  sensitiveness to what  
men say of us or think of us2 how much  
desire of  human praise and pleasing    
men1 instead of always living in the    
presence of  ,god1 with the one thought3
 ,am ,i pleasing to ,him8 ,christ said1 
,how can ye  believe who receive honor  
one of another8 ,receiving honor of one 
another  renders a life of faith        
absolutely impossible4 ,this self       
started from hell1  it separated us from
 ,god1 it is a cursed deceiver that     
leads us astray from  ,jesus4    ,now   
comes the third point4 ,what are we to  
do to get rid of it8 ,jesus  answers us 
in the words of our text3 ,if any man   
will come after me1 let  him take up his
 cross and follow me4 ,note it well4--,i

 must deny myself and  take ,jesus      
himself as my life1--,i must choose4    
,there are two lives1 the  self life and
 the ,christ life2 ,i must choose one of
 the two4 ,follow  me1 says our ,lord1  
make me the law of your existence1 the  
rule of your  conduct2 give me your     
whole heart2 follow me1 and ,i will care
 for all4 ,oh1  friends1 it is a solemn 
exchange to have set before us2 to come 
and1  seeing the danger of this self1   
with its pride and its wickedness1 to   
cast  ourselves before the ,son of ,god1
 and to say1 ,i deny my own life1 ,i    
take  ,thy life to be mine4    ,the     
reason why ,christians pray and pray for
 the ,christ life to come in to  them1  
without result1 is that the self life is
 not denied4 ,you ask1 ,how  can ,i get 
rid of this self life8 ,you know the    
parable3 the strong man kept  his house 
until one stronger than he came in and  
cast him out4 ,then the  place was      
garnished and swept1 but empty1 and he  
came back with seven other  spirits     

worse than himself4 ,it is only ,christ 
,himself coming in that can  cast out   
self1 and keep out self4 ,this self will
 abide with us to the very  end4        
,remember the ,apostle ,paul2 he had    
seen the ,heavenly vision1 and lest  he 
should exalt himself1 the thorn in the  
flesh was sent to humble him4  ,there   
was a tendency to exalt himself1 which  
was natural1 and it would have          
conquered1 but ,christ delivered him    
from it by ,his faithful care for ,his  
loving servant4 ,jesus ,christ is able1 
by ,his divine grace1 to prevent the    
power of self from ever asserting itself
 or gaining the upper hand2 ,jesus      
,christ is willing to become the life of
 the soul2 ,jesus ,christ is willing  to
 teach us so to follow ,him1 and to have
 heart and life set upon ,him  alone1   
that ,he shall ever and always be the   
light of our souls4 ,then we  come to   
what the apostle ,paul says2 ,not ,i1   
but ,christ liveth in me4 ,the  two     
truths go together4 ,first ,not ,i1     

then1 but ,christ liveth in me4    ,look
 at ,peter again4 ,christ said to him1  
,deny yourself1 and follow me4  ,whither
 had he to follow8 ,jesus led him1 even 
though he failed2 and where  did he lead
 him8 ,he led him on to ,gethsemane1 and
 there ,peter failed1 for  he slept when
 he ought to have been awake1 watching  
and praying2 ,he led him  on towards    
,calvary1 to the place where ,peter     
denied ,him4 ,was that ,christ's        
leading8 ,praise ,god1 it was4 ,the     
,holy ,spirit had not yet come in ,his  
power2  ,peter was yet a carnal man2 the
 ,spirit willing1 but not able to       
conquer2  the flesh weak4 ,what did     
,christ do8 ,he led ,peter on until he  
was broken  down in utter               
self-abasement1 and humbled in the      
depths of sorrow4 ,jesus  led him on1   
past the grave1 through the             
,resurrection1 up to ,pentecost1 and    
the ,holy ,spirit came1 and in the ,holy
 ,spirit ,christ with ,his divine life  
came1 and then it was1 ,christ liveth in

 me4    ,there is but one way of being  
delivered from this life of self4 ,we   
must  follow ,christ1 set our hearts    
upon ,him1 listen to ,his teachings1    
give  ourselves up every day1 that ,he  
may be all to us1 and by the power of   
,christ the denial of self will be a    
blessed1 unceasing reality4 ,never for  
one hour do ,i expect the ,christian to 
reach a stage at which he can say1 ,i   
have no self to deny2 never for one     
moment in which he can say1 ,i do not   
need to deny self4 ,no1 this fellowship 
with the cross of ,christ will be an    
unceasing denial of self every hour and 
every moment by the grace of ,god4      
,there is no place where there is full  
deliverance from the power of this      
sinful self4 ,we are to be crucified    
with ,christ ,jesus4 ,we are to live    
with  ,him as those who have never been 
baptized into ,his death4 ,think of     
that6  ,christ had no sinful self1 but  
,he had a self and that self ,he        
actually gave  up unto death4 ,in       

,gethsemane ,he said1 ,father1 not ,my  
will4 ,that unsinning  self ,he gave up 
unto death that ,he might receive it    
again out of the grave  from ,god1      
raised up and glorified4 ,can we expect 
to go to ,heaven in any  other way than 
,he went8 ,beware6 remember that ,christ
 descended into death  and the grave1   
and it is in the death of self1         
following ,jesus to the  uttermost1 that
 the deliverance and the life will come4
    ,and now1 what is the use that we   
are to make of this lesson of the       
,master8  ,the first lesson will be that
 we should take time1 and that we should
  humble ourselves before ,god1 at the  
thought of what this self is in us2 put 
down to the account of the self every   
sin1 every shortcoming1 all failure1    
and all that has been dishonoring to    
,god1 and then say1 ,lord1 this is  what
 ,i am2 and then let us allow the       
blessed ,jesus ,christ to take entire   
control of our life1 in the faith that  
,his life can be ours4    ,do not think 

it is an easy thing to get rid of self4 
,at a consecration  meeting1 it is easy 
to make a vow1 and to offer a prayer1   
and to perform an  act of surrender1 but
 as solemn as the death of ,christ was  
on ,calvary--,his  giving up of ,his    
unsinning self life to ,god1--just as   
solemn must it be  between us and our   
,god--the giving up of self to death4   
,the power of  the death of ,christ must
 come to work in us every day4 ,oh1     
think what a  contrast between that     
self-willed ,peter1 and ,jesus giving up
 ,his will to  ,god6 ,what a contrast   
between that self-exaltation of ,peter1 
and the deep  humility of the ,lamb of  
,god1 meek and lowly in heart before    
,god and man6  ,what a contrast between 
that self-confidence of ,peter1 and that
 deep  dependence of ,jesus upon the    
,father1 when ,he said3 ,i can do       
nothing of  myself4 ,we are called upon 
to live the life of ,christ1 and ,christ
 comes to  live ,his life in us2 but one
 thing must first take place2 we must   

learn to  hate this self1 and to deny   
it4 ,as ,peter said1 when he denied     
,christ1 ,i  have nothing to do with    
him1 so we must say1 ,i have nothing to 
do with  self1 that ,christ ,jesus may  
be all in all4 ,let us humble ourselves 
at the  thought of what this self has   
done to us and how it has dishonored    
,jesus2  and let us pray very fervently3
 ,lord1 by ,thy light discover this     
self2 we  beseech ,thee to discover it  
to us4 ,open our eyes1 that we may see  
what it  has done1 and that it is the   
only hindrance that has been keeping us 
back4  ,let us pray that fervently1 and 
then let us wait upon ,god until we get 
away  from all our religious exercises1 
and from all our religious experience1  
and from all our blessings1 until we get
 close to ,god1 with this one  prayer3  
,lord ,god1 self changed an archangel   
into a devil1 and self ruined  my first 
parents1 and brought them out of        
,paradise into darkness and  misery1 and
 self has been the ruin of my life and  

the cause of every  failure2 oh1        
discover it to me4 ,and then comes the  
blessed exchange1 that  a man is made   
willing and able to say3 ,another will  
live the life for me1  another will live
 with me1 another will do all for me1   
,nothing else will  do4 ,deny self2 take
 up the cross1 to die with ,jesus2      
follow ,him only4 ,may  ,he give us the 
grace to understand1 and to receive1 and
 to live the ,christ  life4             
,,waiting ,,on ,,god    ,,iii4          
,psalms #fb3 #e4--,my soul1 wait thou   
only upon ,god1 for my expectation is   
from ,him4      ,the solemn question    
comes to us1 ,is the ,god ,i have1 a    
,god that is to  me above all           
circumstances1 nearer to me than any    
circumstance can be8  ,brother1 have you
 learned to live your life having ,god  
so really with you  every moment1 that  
in circumstances the most difficult ,he 
is always more  present and nearer than 
anything around you8 ,all our knowledge 
of ,god's  ,word will help us very      

little1 unless that comes to be the     
question to  which we get an answer4    
,what can be the reason that so many of 
,god's beloved children complain        
continually3 ,my circumstances separate 
me from ,god2 my trials1 my             
temptations1 my character1 my temper1 my
 friends1 my enemies1 anything can  come
 between my ,god and me8 ,is ,god not   
able so to take possession that ,he  can
 be nearer to me than anything in the   
world8 ,must riches or poverty1 joy  or 
sorrow1 have a power over me that my    
,god has not8 ,no4 ,but why1 then1 do   
,god's children so often complain that  
their circumstances separate them  from 
,him8 ,there can be but one answer1     
,they do not know their ,god4 ,if  there
 is trouble or feebleness in the ,church
 of ,god1 it is because of this4  ,we do
 not know the ,god we have4 ,that is why
 in addition to the promise1 ,i  will be
 thy ,god1 the promise is so often      
added1 ,and ye shall know that ,i  am   
your ,god4 ,if ,i know that1 not through

 man's teaching1 not with my mind  or my
 imagination2 but if ,i know that1 in   
the living evidence which ,god  gives in
 my heart1 then ,i know that the divine 
presence of my ,god will be  so         
wonderful1 and my ,god ,himself will be 
so beautiful1 and so near1 that ,i  can 
live all my days and years a conqueror  
through ,him that loved me4 ,is  not    
that the life which we need8    ,the    
question comes again3 ,why is it that   
,god's people do not know their  ,god8  
,and the answer is3 ,they take anything 
rather than ,god1--ministers1 and       
preaching1 and books1 and prayers1 and  
work1 and efforts1 any exertion of      
human nature1 instead of waiting1 and   
waiting long if need be1 until ,god     
reveals ,himself4 ,no teaching that we  
may get1 and no effort that we may put  
forth1 can put us in possession of this 
blessed light of ,god1 all in all  to   
our souls4 ,but still it is attainable1 
it is within reach1 if ,god will  reveal
 ,himself4 ,that is the one necessity4  

,i would to ,god that every one  would  
ask his heart whether he has said1 and  
is saying every day3 ,i want  more of   
,god4 ,do not speak to me only of the   
beautiful truth there is in the  ,bible4
 ,that can not satisfy me4 ,i want ,god4
 ,in our inner ,christian life1  in our 
every-day prayers1 in our ,christian    
living1 in our churches1 in our         
prayer-meetings1 in our fellowship1 it  
must come to that--that ,god always  has
 the first place2 and if that be given  
,him1 ,he will take possession4 ,oh1  if
 in our lives as individuals every eye  
were set upon ,god1 upon the living     
,god1 every heart were crying1 ,my soul 
thirsteth for ,god1 what power1 what    
blessing and what presence of the       
everlasting ,god would be revealed to   
us6  ,let me use an illustration4 ,when 
a man is giving an illustrated lecture  
he often uses a long pointer to indicate
 places on a map or chart4 ,do the      
people look at that pointer8 ,no1 that  
only helps to show them the place on    

the map1 and they do not think of       
it1--it might be of fine gold2 but the  
pointer can not satisfy them4 ,they want
 to see what the pointer points  at4    
,and this ,bible is nothing but a       
pointer1 pointing to ,god2 and1--may ,i 
say it with reverence--,jesus ,christ   
came to point us1 to show us the way1   
to bring us to ,god4 ,i am afraid there 
are many people who love ,christ and    
who trust in ,him1 but who fail of the  
one great object of ,his work2 they     
have never learned to understand what   
the ,scripture saith3 ,he died1 that    
,he might bring us unto ,god4    ,there 
is a difference between the way and the 
end which ,i am aiming at4  ,i might be 
traveling amid most beautiful scenery1  
in the most delightful  company2 but if 
,i have a home to which ,i want to go1  
all the scenery1 and  all the company1  
and all the beauty and happiness around 
me can not satisfy  me2 ,i want to reach
 the end2 ,i want my home4 ,and ,god is 
meant to be the  home of our souls4     

,christ came into the world to bring us 
back to ,god1 and  unless we take       
,christ for what ,god intended we       
should1 our religion will  always be a  
divided one4 ,what do we read in        
,hebrews vii8 ,he is able to  save to   
the uttermost4--,whom8 ,them that come  
to ,god by ,him2 not  them that only    
come to ,christ4 ,in ,christ--bless ,his
 name--we have the  graciousness1 the   
condescension1 and the tenderness of    
,god4 ,but we are in  danger of standing
 there1 and being content with that1 and
 ,christ wants to  bring us back to     
rejoice as much as in the glory of ,god 
,himself1 in ,his  righteousness1 ,his  
holiness1 ,his authority1 ,his presence 
and ,his power4 ,he  can save completely
 those who come to ,god through ,him6   
,now1 just a very few thoughts on the   
way by which ,i can come to know ,god as
  this ,god above all circumstances1    
filling my heart and life every day4    
,the  one thing needful is3 ,i must wait
 upon ,god4 ,the original is1--it is in 

our  ,dutch version1 and it is in the   
margin1 too1--,my soul is silent into   
,god4  ,what ought to be the silence of 
the soul unto ,god8 ,a soul conscious of
 its  littleness1 its ignorance1 its    
prejudices and its dangers from passion1
  from all that is human and sinful1--a 
soul conscious of that1 and saying1  ,i 
want the everlasting ,god to come in and
 to take hold of me and to take  such   
hold of me that ,i may be kept in the   
hollow of ,his hand for my life  long2  
,i want ,him to take such possession of 
me that every moment ,he may  work all  
in all in me4 ,that is what is implied  
in the very nature of our  ,god4 ,how we
 ought to be silent unto ,him1 and wait 
upon ,him6    ,may ,i ask1 with         
reverence3 ,what is ,god for8 ,a ,god is
 for this3 to be the  light and the life
 of creation1 the source and power of   
all existence4 ,the  beautiful trees1   
the green grass1 the bright sun1 ,god   
created that they  might show forth ,his
 beauty1 ,his wisdom and ,his glory4    

,the tree of one  hundred years         
old--when it was planted ,god did not   
give it a stock of life  by which to    
carry on its existence4 ,nay1 verily1   
,god clothes the lilies  every year     
afresh with their beauty2 every year    
,god clothes the tree with  its foliage 
and its fruit4 ,every day and every hour
 it is ,god who maintains  the life of  
all nature4 ,and ,god created us1 that  
we might be the empty  vessels in which 
,he could work out ,his beauty1 ,his    
will1 ,his love1 and the  likeness of   
,his blessed ,son4 ,that is what ,god is
 for1 to work in us by ,his  mighty     
operation1 without one moment's ceasing4
 ,when ,i begin to get hold of  that1 ,i
 no longer think of the true ,christian 
life as a high impossibility1  and an   
unnatural thing1 but ,i say1 ,it is the 
most natural thing in  creation that    
,god should have me every moment1 and   
that my ,god should be  nearer to me    
than all else4 ,just think1 for a       
moment1 what folly it is to  imagine    

that ,i can not expect ,god to be with  
me every moment4 ,just look at  the     
sunshine2 have you ever had any trouble 
as you were working or as you  were     
studying or reading a book in the light 
the sun gives8 ,have you ever  said1    
,oh1 how can ,i keep that light1 how can
 ,i hold it fast1 how can ,i be  sure   
that ,i shall continue to have it to    
use8 ,you never thought that4  ,god has 
taken care that the sun itself should   
provide you with light2 and  without    
your care2 the light comes unbidden4    
,and ,i ask you3 ,what think you8  ,has 
,god arranged that the light of that sun
 that will one day be burned up1  can   
come to you unconsciously and abide in  
you blessedly and mightily2 and  is ,god
 not willing1 or is ,he not able1 to let
 ,his light and ,his presence so  shine 
through you that you can walk all the   
day with ,god nearer to you than        
anything in nature8 ,praise ,god for the
 assurance2 ,he can do it4 ,and why     
does ,he not do it8 ,why so seldom1 and 

why in such feeble measure8 ,there is   
but one answer3 you do not let ,him4    
,you are so occupied and filled with    
other things1 religious things1         
preaching and praying1 studying and     
working1 so occupied with your religion1
 that you do not give ,god the time  to 
make ,himself known1 and to enter in and
 to take possession4 ,oh1 brother1      
listen to the word of the man who knew  
,god so well1 and begin to say3 ,my     
soul1 wait thou only upon ,god4    ,i   
might show that this is the very glory  
of the ,creator1 the very life  ,christ 
brought into the world1 the life ,he    
lived1 and the very life ,christ  wants 
to lift us up to in its entire          
dependence on the ,father4 ,the very    
secret of the ,christ-life is this3 such
 a consciousness of ,god's presence     
that whether it was ,judas1 who came to 
betray ,him1 or ,caiaphas1 who          
condemned ,him unjustly1 or ,pilate1 who
 gave ,him up to be crucified1 the      
presence of the ,father was upon ,him1  

and within ,him1 and around ,him1 and   
man could not touch ,his spirit4 ,and   
that is what ,god wants to be to you and
  to me4 ,does not all your anxious     
restlessness1 and futile effort1 prove  
that you have not let ,god do ,his work8
 ,god is drawing you to ,himself4  ,this
 is not your own wish1 and the stirring 
of your own heart1 but the  everlasting 
,divine magnet is drawing you4 ,these   
restless yearnings and  thirstings1     
remember1 are the work of ,god4 ,come   
and be still1 and wait upon  ,god4 ,he  
will reveal ,himself4    ,and how am ,i 
to wait on ,god8 ,in answer ,i would    
say3 first of all1 in prayer  take more 
time to be still before ,god without    
saying one word4 ,what is1 in  prayer1  
the most important thing8 ,that ,i catch
 the ear of ,him to whom ,i  speak4 ,we 
are not ready to offer our petition     
until we are fully conscious  of having 
secured the attention of ,god4 ,you tell
 me you know all that4 ,yes1  you know  
it2 but you need to have your heart     

filled by the ,holy ,spirit with  the   
holy consciousness that the everlasting1
 almighty ,god is indeed come  very near
 you4 ,the loving one is longing to have
 you for ,his own4 ,be still  before    
,god1 and wait1 and say3 ,oh1 ,god1 take
 possession4 ,reveal ,thyself1  not to  
my thoughts or imaginations1 but by the 
solemn1 awe-bringing1  soul-subduing    
consciousness that ,god is shining upon 
me bring me to the  place of dependence 
and humility4    ,prayer may be indeed  
waiting upon ,god1 but there is a great 
deal of prayer  that is not waiting upon
 ,god4 ,waiting on ,god is the first and
 the best  beginning for prayer4 ,when  
we bow in the humble1 silent            
acknowledgment  of ,god's glory and     
nearness1 ere we begin to pray there    
will be the very  blessing that we often
 get only at the end4 ,from the very    
beginning ,i come  face to face with    
,god2 ,i am in touch with the           
everlasting omnipotence of  love and ,i 
know my ,god will bless me4 ,let us     

never be afraid to be still  before     
,god2 we shall then carry that stillness
 into our work2 and when we  go to      
church on ,sunday1 or to the            
prayer-meeting on week-days1 it will be 
with the one desire that nothing may    
stand betwixt us and ,god1 and that  we 
may never be so occupied with hearing   
and listening as to forget the  presence
 of ,god4    ,oh1 that ,god might make  
every minister what ,moses was at the   
foot of ,mount  ,sinai2 ,moses led the  
people out to meet ,god1 and they did   
meet ,him until  they were afraid4 ,let 
every minister ask with all the         
earnestness his  soul can command1 that 
,god may deliver him from the sin of    
preaching and  teaching without making  
the people feel first of all3 ,the man  
wants to  bring us to ,god ,himself4 ,it
 can be felt1 not only in the words1 but
 in the  very disposition of the humble1
 waiting1 worshiping heart4 ,we must    
carry  this waiting into all our        
worship2 we will have to make a study of

 it2 we  will have to speak about it2 we
 will have to help each other1 for the  
truth  has been too much lost in the    
,church of ,christ2 we must wait upon   
,god about  it4 ,then we shall be able  
to carry it out into our daily life4    
,there are so  many ,christians who     
wonder that they fail2 but think of the 
ease with which  they talk and join in  
conversation1 spending hours in it1     
never thinking  that all this may be    
dissipating the soul's power and leading
 them to spend  hours not in the        
immediate presence of ,god4 ,i am afraid
 this is the great  difficulty3 that we 
are not willing to make the needed      
sacrifice for a life  of continual      
waiting upon ,god4 ,are there not some  
of us who would feel it  an             
impossibility to spend every moment     
under the covering of the ,most ,high1  
in the secret of ,his pavilion8         
,beloved1 do not think it too high1 or  
too  difficult4 ,it is too difficult for
 you and me to attain1 but our ,god will

  give it to us4 ,let us begin even now 
to wait more earnestly and intensely    
upon ,god4 ,let us in our homes         
sometimes bow a little in silence2 let  
us in  our closets wait in silence1 and 
make a covenant1 it may be1 without     
words1  that with our whole hearts we   
will seek ,god's presence to come in    
upon us4    ,what is religion8 ,just as 
much as you have of ,god working in you1
 that  alone is religion4 ,and if you   
want more religion1 more grace1 more    
strength  and more fruitfulness1 you    
must have more of ,god4 ,let that be the
 cry of  our hearts1--,more of ,god6    
,more of ,god6 ,more of ,god6 ,and let  
us say to our  souls1 ,my soul1 wait    
thou upon ,god1 for my expectation is   
from ,him4          ,,entrance ,,into   
,,rest4    ,,iv4    ,hebrews #d3        
#a4--,let us therefore fear1 lest1 a    
promise being left us of  entering into 
,his rest1 any of you should seem to    
come short of it4    ,hebrews #d3       
#aa4--,let us labor therefore to enter  

into that rest1 lest any  man fall after
 the same example of unbelief4      ,i  
want1 in the simplest way possible1 to  
answer the question3 ,how does a  man   
enter into that rest8 and to point out  
the simple steps that he takes1  all    
included in the one act of surrender and
 faith4    ,and the first step1 ,i      
think1 is this3 that a man learns to    
say1 ,i believe1  heartily1 there is    
rest in a life of faith4 ,israel passed 
through two  stages4 ,this is           
beautifully expressed in the fifth of   
,deuteronomy3 ,he  brought us out1 that 
,he might bring us in--two parts of     
,god's work of  redemption--,he brought 
us out from ,egypt1 that ,he might bring
 us into  ,canaan4 ,and that is         
applicable to every believer4 ,at your  
conversion1 ,god  brought you out of    
,egypt1 and the same almighty ,god is   
longing to bring you  into the ,canaan  
life4 ,you know how ,god brought the    
,israelites out1 but they  would not let
 ,him bring them in and they had to     

wander for forty years in  the          
wilderness--the type1 alas6 of so many  
,christians4 ,god brings them out  in   
conversion1 but they will not let ,him  
bring them in into all that ,he has     
prepared for them4 ,to a man who asks   
me1 ,how can ,i enter into the rest8 ,i 
say1 first of all1 speak this word1 ,i  
do believe that there is a rest into    
which ,jesus1 our ,joshua1 can bring a  
trusting soul4 ,and if you would  know  
what the difference is between the two  
lives--the life you have been  leading1 
and the life you now want to lead1 just 
look at the wilderness and  ,canaan4    
,what are the points of difference8 ,in 
the wilderness1 wandering for  forty    
years1 backward and forward2 in ,canaan1
 perfect rest in the land that  ,god    
gave them4 ,that is the difference      
between the life of a ,christian who    
has1 and one who has not entered into   
,canaan4 ,in wandering backward and     
forward2 going after the world1 and     
coming back and repenting2 led astray   

by temptation1 and returning only to go 
off again2--a life of ups and  downs4   
,in ,canaan1 on the other hand1 a life  
of rest1 because the soul has  learned  
to trust3 ,god keeps me every hour in   
,his mighty power4 ,there is  the second
 difference3 the life in the wilderness 
was a life of want2 in  ,canaan1 a life 
of plenty4 ,in the wilderness there was 
nothing to eat2 there  was often no     
water4 ,god graciously supplied their   
wants by the manna1 and  the water from 
the rock4 ,but1 alas6 they were not     
content with this1 and  their life was  
one of want and murmurings4 ,but in     
,canaan ,god gave them  vineyards that  
they had not planted1 and the old corn  
of the land was there  waiting for them2
 a land flowing with milk and honey2 a  
land that lived by  the rain of ,heaven 
and had the very care of ,god ,himself4 
,oh1 ,christian1  come and say to-day1  
,i believe there is a possibility of    
such a change  out of that life of      
spiritual death1 and darkness1 and      

sadness1 and  complaining1 that ,i have 
often lived1 into the land of supply of 
every  want2 where the grace of ,jesus  
is proved sufficient every day1 every   
hour4  ,say to-day3 ,i believe in the   
possibility that there is such a land of
 rest  for me4    ,and then1 the third  
difference3 ,in the wilderness there was
 no victory4  ,when they tried1 after   
they had sinned at ,kadesh1 to go up    
against their  enemies1 they were       
defeated4 ,in the land they conquered   
every enemy2 from  ,jericho onward1 they
 went from victory to victory4 ,and so  
,god waits1 and  ,christ waits1 and the 
,holy ,spirit waits1 to give victory    
every day2 not  freedom from temptation2
 no1 not that2 but in union with ,christ
 a power  that can say1 ,i can do all   
things through ,him that strengtheneth  
me4 ,we  are more than conquerors       
through ,him that loved us4 ,may ,god   
help every  heart to say that4    ,then 
comes the second step4 ,i want you to   
say not only1 ,i believe there is  such 

a life1 but1 second1 ,i have not had it 
yet4 ,say that4 ,i have never  yet got  
that4 ,some may say1 ,i have sought it2 
some may say1 ,i have  never heard about
 it2 some may say1 ,at times ,i thought 
,i had found it1  but ,i lost it again4 
,let every one be honest with ,god4     
,and now1 will all who have never yet   
found it honestly1 begin to say1  ,lord1
 up to this time ,i have never had it8  
,and why is it of such  consequence to  
speak thus8 ,because1 dear friends1 some
 people want to glide  into this life of
 rest gradually2 and just quietly to    
steal in2 and ,god  won't have it4 ,your
 life in the wilderness has not only    
been a life of  sadness to yourself1 but
 of sin and dishonor to ,god4 ,every    
deeper entrance  into salvation must    
always be by the way of conviction and  
confession2  therefore1 let every       
,christian be willing to say3 ,alas6 ,i 
have not lived  that life1 and ,i am    
guilty2 ,i have dishonored ,god2 ,i have
 been like ,israel2  ,i have provoked   

,him to wrath by my unbelief and        
disobedience4 ,god have  mercy upon me6 
,oh1 let it go up before ,god--the      
secret confession3 ,i  haven't it2 alas6
 ,i have not glorified ,god by a life in
 the land of rest4    ,then comes the   
third word ,i want you to speak and that
 is3 ,thank ,god1 that  life is for me4 
,some say1 ,i believe there is such a   
life1 but not  for me4 ,there are people
 who continually say3 ,oh1 my character 
is so  unstable2 my will is naturally   
very weak2 my temperament is nervous and
  excitable1 it is impossible for me    
always to live without worry1 resting in
  ,god4 ,beloved brother1 do not say    
that4 ,you say so only for one reason3  
,you  do not know what your ,god will do
 for you4 ,do begin to look away from   
self1  and to look up to ,god1 ,take    
that precious word3 ,he brought them out
 that  he might bring them in4 ,the ,god
 who took them through the ,red ,sea was
 the  ,god who took them through ,jordan
 into ,canaan4 ,the ,god who converted  

you is  the ,god who is able to give you
 every day this blessed life4 ,oh1 begin
 to  say1 with the beginnings of a      
feeble faith1 even before you claim it1 
begin  even intellectually to say3 ,it  
is for me2 ,i do believe that4 ,god does
 not  disinherit any of ,his children4  
,what ,he gives is for every one4 ,i    
believe  that blessed life is waiting   
for me4 ,it is meant for me4 ,god is    
waiting to  bestow it1 and to work it in
 me4 ,glory be to ,his blessed name6 ,my
 soul says  it is for me1 too4 ,oh1 take
 that little word me1 and looking up in 
the  very face of ,god dare to say3     
,this inestimable treasure--it is for   
me1 the  weakest and the unworthiest2 it
 is for me4 ,have you said that8 ,say it
 now3  ,this life is possible to me1    
too4    ,and then comes the next step1  
and that is3 ,i can never1 by any effort
 of  mine1 grasp it2 it is ,god must    
bestow it on me4 ,i want you to be very 
bold  in saying1 ,it is for me4 ,but    
then ,i want you to fall down very low  

and  say1 ,i can not seize it2 ,i can   
not take it to myself4 ,and how can  you
 then get it8 ,praise ,god1 if once ,he 
has brought you down in the             
consciousness of utter helplessness and 
self-despair1 then comes the time  that 
,he can draw nigh and ask you1 ,will you
 trust your ,god to work this  in you8  
,dearly beloved ,christians1 say in your
 heart3 ,i never1 by any  effort1 can   
take hold of ,god1 or seize this for    
myself2 it is ,god must  give it4       
,cherish this blessed impotence4 ,it is 
,he who brought us out1 who  ,himself   
must bring us in4 ,it is your greatest  
happiness to be impotent4  ,pray ,god by
 the ,holy ,spirit to reveal to you this
 true impotence1 and that  will open the
 way for your faith to say1 ,lord1 ,thou
 must do it1 or it  will never be done4 
,god will do it4 ,people wonder1 when   
they hear so many  sermons about faith1 
and such earnest pleading to believe1   
and ask why it  is they can not believe4
 ,there is just one answer3 ,it is self4

 ,self is  working2 is trying2 is       
struggling1 and self must fail4 ,but    
when you come to  the end of self and   
can only cry1 ,lord1 help me6 ,lord1    
help me6--then the  deliverance is nigh2
 believe that4 ,it was ,god brought the 
people in4 ,it is  ,god who will bring  
you in4    ,one should be willing1 for  
the sake of this rest1 to give up       
everything4  ,the grace of ,god is very 
free4 ,it is given without money and    
without price4  ,and yet1 on the other  
hand1 ,jesus said that every man who    
wants the pearl  of great price must    
sacrifice his all1 must sell all that he
 has to buy  that pearl4 ,it is not     
enough to see the beauty1 the           
attractiveness and the  glory1 and      
almost to taste the gladness and the joy
 of this wonderful life  as it has been 
set before you4 ,you must become the    
possessor1 the owner of  the field4 ,the
 man who found the field with a         
treasure1 and the man who  found the    
great pearl1 were both glad2 but they   

had not yet got it4 ,they  had found it1
 seen it1 desired it1 rejoiced in it2   
but they had not yet got  it4 ,not until
 they went and sold all1 gave up        
everything1 and bought the  ground1 and 
bought the pearl4 ,ah1 friends1 there is
 a great deal that has  to be given up3 
the world1 its pleasures1 its favor1 its
 good opinion4 ,you  are to stand to the
 world in the same relation as ,jesus   
did4 ,the world  rejected ,him1 and cast
 ,him out1 and you are to take up the   
position of your  ,lord1 to whom you    
belong1 and to follow with the rejected 
,christ4 ,you have  to give up          
everything4 ,you have to give up all    
that is good in yourself  and to be     
humbled in the dust of death4 ,and that 
is not all4 ,your past  religious life  
and experience and successes--you have  
to give all up and  become nothing1 that
 ,god alone may have the glory4 ,god has
 brought you out  in conversion2 it was 
,god's own life given you3 but you      
defiled it with  disobedience and with  

unbelief4 ,give it all up4 ,give up all 
your own  wisdom1 and your own thoughts 
about ,god's work4 ,how hard it is for  
the  minister of the ,gospel to give up 
all his wisdom1 and to lay it at the    
feet  of ,jesus1 to become a fool and to
 say3 ,lord1 ,i know nothing as ,i      
should  know it4 ,i have been preaching 
the ,gospel1 and how little ,i have seen
 of  the glory of the blessed land1 and 
the blessed life6    ,why is it that the
 blessed ,spirit can not teach us more  
effectually8 ,no  reason but this3 the  
wisdom of man prevents it2 the wisdom of
 man prevents  the light of ,god from   
shining in4 ,and so we could say of     
other things2  give up all4 ,some may   
have an individual sin to give up4      
,there may be a  ,christian man who is  
angry with his brother4 ,there may be a 
,christian woman  who has quarreled with
 her neighbor4 ,there may be friends who
 are not  living as they should4 ,there 
may be ,christians holding fast some    
little  doubtful thing1 not willing to  

surrender and leave behind the whole of 
the  wilderness life and lust4 ,oh1 do  
take this step and say3 ,i am ready  to 
give up everything to have this pearl of
 great price2 my time1 my  attention1 my
 business1 ,i count all subordinate to  
this rest of ,god as the  first thing in
 my life2 ,i yield all to walk in       
perfect fellowship with  ,god4 ,you can 
not get that and live every day in      
perfect fellowship with  ,god1 without  
giving up time to it4 ,you take time for
 everything4 ,how many  hours a day has 
a young lady spent for years and years  
that she may become  proficient on the  
piano8 ,how many years does a young man 
study to fit  himself for the profession
 of the law or medicine8 ,hours1 and    
days1 and  weeks1 and months1 and years1
 gladly given up to perfect himself for 
his  profession4 ,and do you expect that
 religion is so cheap that without      
giving  time you can find close         
fellowship with ,god8 ,you can not4     
,but1 oh1 my  brothers and sisters1 the 

pearl of great price is worth           
everything4 ,god is  worth everything4  
,christ is worth everything4 ,oh1 come  
to-day1 and say1  ,lord1 at any cost    
help me2 ,i do want to live this life4  
,and if you find  it difficult to say   
this1 and if there is a struggle within 
the heart1  never mind2 say to ,god1    
,lord1 ,i thought ,i was willing1 but ,i
 see how much  unwillingness there is2  
come and discover what the evil is still
 in the  heart4 ,by ,his grace1 if you  
will lie at ,his feet and trust ,him you
 may  depend upon it deliverance will   
come4    ,then comes the next step1 and 
that is to say3 ,i do now give up myself
 to  the holy and everlasting ,god1 for 
,him to lead me into this perfect rest4 
,ah1 friends1 we must learn to meet ,god
 face to face4 ,my sin has been  against
 ,god4 ,david felt that when he said1   
,against ,thee1 ,thee only1 have  ,i    
sinned4 ,it is ,god on the judgment seat
 whose face you will have to meet       
personally4 ,it is ,god ,himself1       

personally1 who met you to pardon your  
sins4  ,come to-day and put yourself    
into the hands of the living ,god4 ,god 
is love4  ,god is near4 ,god is waiting 
to give you ,his blessing4 ,the heart of
 ,god is  yearning over you4 ,my child1 
,god says1 you think you are longing for
  rest2 it is ,i that am longing for    
you1 because ,i desire to rest in your  
heart as ,my home1 as ,my temple4 ,you  
need your ,god4 ,yes1 but your ,god     
needs  you1 to find the full            
satisfaction of ,his ,father heart in   
,christ in you4  ,come to-day and say3  
,i do now give up myself to ,christ4 ,i 
have made the  choice4 ,i deliberately  
say1 ',lord ,god1 ,i am the purchaser of
 the pearl of  great price4 ,i give up  
everything for it4 ,in the name of      
,jesus ,i accept  that life of perfect  
rest4'    ,and then comes my last       
thought4 ,when you have said that1 then 
add3 ,and  now1 ,i trust ,god to make it
 all real to me in my experience4       
,whether ,i am  to live one year1 or    

thirty years1 ,i have heard it to-day   
again3 ',god is  ,jehovah1 the great ,i 
,,am of the everlasting future1 the     
eternal ,one2 and  thirty years hence is
 to ,him just the same as now2' and that
 ,god gives  ,himself to me1 not        
according to my power to hold ,him1 but 
according to  ,his almighty power of    
love to hold me4 ,will you trust ,god   
to-day for the  future8 ,oh1 will you   
look up to ,god in ,christ ,jesus once  
again8 ,a thousand  times you have      
heard1 and thought1 and thanked--,god   
has given us ,his ,son2  but will you   
not to-day say1 ,how shall ,he not with 
,him give me all things1  every moment  
and every day of my life8 ,say that in  
faith4 ,how shall ,god  not be willing  
to keep me in the light of ,his         
countenance1 in the full  experience of 
,christ's saving power8 ,did ,god make  
the sun to shine so  brightly1 and is   
the light so willing to pour itself into
 every nook and  corner where it can    
find entrance8 ,and will not my ,god1   

who is love1 be  willing all the day to 
shine into this heart of mine1 from     
morning to  night1 from year's end to   
year's end8 ,god is love1 and longs to  
give  ,himself to us4    ,oh1 come1     
,christians1 you have hitherto lived a  
life in your own strength4  ,will you   
not begin to-day8 ,will you not choose a
 life in which ,god shall be  all1 and  
in which you rest in ,him for all8 ,will
 you not choose a life in  which you    
shall say3 ,oh1 ,god1 ,i ask1 ,i expect1
 ,i trust ,thee for it4 ,i  enter this  
day into the rest of ,god to let ,god   
keep me2 to let ,god keep me  every     
hour4 ,i enter into the rest of ,god4   
,are you ready to say that8 ,be of  good
 courage2 fear not1 you can trust ,god4 
,he brings into rest4 ,listen to  ,god's
 word in the ,prophets once again3 ,take
 heed1 and be quiet4 ,fear not1  neither
 be faint-hearted4 ,joshua brought      
,israel into the land4 ,god did  it     
through ,joshua2 and ,joshua is ,jesus1 
your ,jesus1 who washed you in ,his     

blood2 your ,jesus1 whom you have       
learned to know as a precious ,saviour4 
,trust ,him to-day afresh3 ,o my        
,joshua1 take me1 bring me in and ,i    
will  trust ,thee1 and in ,thee the     
,father4 ,you may count upon it4 ,he    
will take  you and the work will be     
done4          ,,the ,,kingdom ,,first4 
,v4    ,matt #f3 #cc4--,seek ye first   
the kingdom of ,god4      ,you have     
heard what need there is of unity in    
,christian life and ,christian  work4   
,and where is the bond of unity between 
the life of the ,church1 the  life of   
the individual believer and the work to 
be done among the heathen8  ,one of the 
expressions for that unity is3 ,seek    
first the ,kingdom of ,god1  ,that does 
not mean1 as many people take it1 ,seek 
salvation2 seek to get  into the        
,kingdom1 and then thank ,god1 and rest 
there4 ,ah1 no2 the meaning  of that    
word is entirely different and          
infinitely larger4 ,it means3 ,let the  
,kingdom of ,god1 in all its breadth and

 length1 in all its ,heavenly glory  and
 power2 let the ,kingdom of ,god be the 
one thing you live for1 and all  other  
things will be added unto you4 ,seek    
first the ,kingdom of ,god4 ,let  me    
just try to answer two very simple      
questions2 the one3 ,why should the     
,kingdom of ,god be first8 and the      
other3 ,how can it be8 ,the one1 ,why   
should it be so8 ,god has created us as 
reasonable beings1 so that the  more    
clearly we see that according to the law
 of nature1 according to  the fitness of
 things1 something that is set before us
 is proper1 and an  absolute necessity1 
we so much the more willingly accept it1
 and aim after  it4 ,and now1 why does  
,christ say this3 ,seek first the       
,kingdom of ,god8 ,if  you want to      
understand the reason1 look at ,god1 and
 look at man4 ,look at  ,god4 ,who is   
,god8 ,the great ,being for whom alone  
the universe exists2 in  whom alone it  
can have its happiness4 ,it came from   
,him4 ,it can not find any  rest or joy 

but in ,him4 ,oh1 that ,christians      
understood and believed that  ,god is a 
fountain of happiness1 perfect1         
everlasting blessedness6 ,what  would   
the result be8 ,every ,christian would  
say1 ,the more ,i can have of  ,god1 the
 happier4 ,the more of ,god's will1 and 
the more of ,god's love1  and the more  
of ,god's fellowship1 the happier4 ,how 
,christians1 if they  believed that with
 their whole heart1 would1 with the     
utmost ease1 give up  everything that   
would separate them from ,god6 ,why is  
it that we find it so  hard to hold     
fellowship with ,god8 ,a young minister 
once said to me1 ,why is  it that ,i    
have so much more interest in study than
 in prayer1 and how  can you teach me   
the art of fellowship with ,god8 ,my    
answer was3 ,oh1  my brother1 if we have
 any true conception of what ,god is1   
the art of  fellowship with ,him will   
come naturally1 and will be a delight4  
,yes1 if we  believed ,god to be only   
joy to the one who comes to ,him1 only a

 fountain of  unlimited blessing1 how we
 should give up all for ,him6 ,has not  
joy a far  stronger attraction than     
anything in the world8 ,is it not in    
every beauty1  or in every virtue1 in   
every pursuit1 the joy that is set      
before us that  draws8 ,and if we       
believe that ,god is a fountain of joy1 
and sweetness1 and  power to bless1 how 
our hearts will turn aside from         
everything1 and say3  ,oh1 the beauty of
 my ,god6 ,i rejoice in ,him alone4     
,but1 alas6 the ,kingdom  of ,god looks 
to many as a burden1 and as something   
unnatural4 ,it looks like  a strain1 and
 we seek some relaxation in the world1  
and ,god is not our  chief joy4 ,i come 
to you with a message4 ,it is right1 on 
account of what  ,god is as ,infinite   
,love1 as ,infinite ,blessing2 it is    
right and more1 it is  our highest      
privilege to listen to ,christ's words1 
and to seek ,god and ,his  ,kingdom     
first and above everything4    ,and then
 look at man again2 man's nature4 ,what 

was man created for8 ,to live  in the   
likeness of ,god1 and as ,his image4    
,now1 if we have been created in  the   
image and likeness of ,god1 we can find 
our happiness in nothing except  that in
 which ,god finds ,his happiness4 ,the  
more like ,him we are the  happier4 ,and
 in what does ,god find ,his happiness8 
,in two things3  ,everlasting           
righteousness and everlasting           
beneficence4 ,god is righteousness      
everlasting4 ,he is ,light1 and in ,him 
is no darkness4 ,the ,kingdom1 the      
domination1 the rule of ,god will bring 
us nothing but righteousness4 ,seek  the
 ,kingdom of ,god and ,his              
righteousness4 ,if men but knew what sin
 is1  and if men really longed to be    
free from everything like sin1 what a   
grand  message this would be6 ,jesus    
comes to lead me to ,god and ,his       
righteousness4  ,we were created to be  
like ,god1 in ,his perfect righteousness
 and holiness4  ,what a prospect6 ,and  
in ,his love too4 ,the ,kingdom of ,god 

means this3 that  there is in ,god a    
rule of universal love4 ,he loves1 and  
loves1 and never  ceases to love2 and   
,he longs to bless all who will yield to
 ,his pleadings4  ,god is ,light1 and   
,god is ,love4 ,and now the message     
comes to man4 ,can you  think of a      
higher nobility2 can you think of       
anything grander than to take  the      
position that ,god takes1 and to be one 
with ,god in ,his ,kingdom2 i4e41  to   
have ,his ,kingdom fill your heart2 to  
have ,god ,himself as your ,king and    
portion8 ,yes1 my friends1 let us       
remember that we must not just try to   
get  here and there one and another of  
the blessings of the ,kingdom4 ,but the 
glory of the ,kingdom is this3 that it  
is the ,kingdom of ,god where ,god is   
all in all4 ,the ,french ,empire1 when  
,napoleon lived1 had military glory as  
the ideal4 ,every ,frenchman's heart    
thrilled at the name of ,napoleon as the
  man who had given the empire its      
glory4 ,if we realized what it          

means1--our  ,god takes us up into ,his 
,kingdom and puts ,his ,kingdom into us 
and with the  ,kingdom we have ,god     
,himself1 that blessed ,one1 possessing 
us--surely there  would be nothing that 
could move our hearts to enthusiasm like
 this4 ,the  ,kingdom of ,god first6    
,blessed be ,his name ,i ,look at man4  
,i don't speak  about man's sins1 and   
about man's wretchedness1 and about     
man's seeking  everywhere for pleasure1 
and for rest1 and for deliverance from  
sin1 but  ,i just say3 ,think what man  
is by creation and think what man is now
 by  redemption2 and let every heart    
say3 ,it is right4 ,there is no         
blessedness  or glory like that of the  
,kingdom4 ,the ,kingdom of ,god ought to
 be first in  my whole life and being4  
,but now comes the important question1  
,how can ,i attain this8 ,here we come  
to the great question that is troubling 
the lives of tens of thousands  of      
,christians throughout the world4 ,and  
it is strange that it is so very        

difficult for them to find the answer2  
that tens of thousands are not able  to 
give an answer2 and others1 when the    
answer is given1 can not understand  it2
 ,the day the centurion found his joy in
 being devoted to the ,roman  ,empire1  
it took charge of him with all its power
 and glory4 ,dear friends1  how are we  
to attain to this blessed position in   
which the ,kingdom of ,god  shall fill  
our hearts with such enthusiasm that it 
will spontaneously be  first every day8 
,the answer is1 first of all give up    
everything for it4 ,you  have heard of  
the ,roman soldier who gave up his soul1
 his affection1 his  life1 who gave up  
everything1 to be a soldier2 and you    
have often seen1 in  history ancient and
 modern1 how men who were not soldiers  
gave up their  lives in sacrifice for a 
king or a country4 ,you have heard how  
in the ,south  ,african ,republic not   
many years ago the war of liberty was   
fought4 ,after  three years of          
oppression by the ,english the people   

said they would endure  it no longer1   
and so they gathered together to fight  
for their liberty4  ,they knew how weak 
they were1 as compared with the ,english
 power1 but they  said1 ,we must have   
our liberty4 ,they bound themselves     
together to fight  for it1 and when that
 vow had been made1 they went to their  
homes to  prepare for the struggle4     
,such a thrill of enthusiasm passed     
through that  country that in many cases
 women1 when their husbands might have  
been  allowed to stay at home1 said to  
them3 ,no1 go1 even though you have not 
been commanded4 ,and there were mothers 
who1 when one son was called out to  the
 front1 said3 ,no1 take two1 three4     
,every man and woman was ready to  die4 
,it was in very deed ,our country first1
 before everything4 ,and even  so1      
friends1 must it be with you if you want
 this wonderful ,kingdom of  ,god to    
take possession of you4 ,i pray you by  
the mercies of ,god1 give up            
every-thing for it4 ,you do not know at 

once what that may mean1 but  take the  
words and speak them out at the         
footstool of ,god3 ,anything1           
everything1 for the ,kingdom of ,god4   
,persevere in that1 and by the ,holy    
,spirit your ,god will begin to open to 
you the double blessing3 on the one     
hand1 the blessedness of the ,kingdom   
which comes to possess your heart2  and 
on the other hand1 the blessedness of   
being surrendered to ,him1 and          
sacrificing and giving up all for ,him4 
,the ,kingdom of ,god first6 ,how am ,i 
to reach that blessed life8 ,the answer 
is3 ,give up everything for it4 ,and    
then a second answer would be this3     
,live every day and hour of your life in
 the humble desire to maintain that     
position4 ,there are people who hear    
this test1 and who say it is true1 and  
that they want to obey it4 ,but if you  
were to ask them how much time they     
spend with ,god day by day1 you would be
 surprised and grieved to hear how      
little time they give up to ,him4 ,and  

yet they wonder that the blessedness  of
 the divine life disappears4 ,we prove  
the value we attach to things by  the   
time we devote to them4 ,the ,kingdom   
should be first every day1 and all  the 
day4 ,let the ,kingdom be first every   
morning4 ,begin the day with ,god1  and 
,god ,himself will maintain ,his        
,kingdom in your heart4 ,do believe     
that4  ,rome did its utmost to maintain 
the authority of the man who gave       
himself  to live for it4 ,and ,god1 the 
living ,god1 will ,he not maintain ,his 
authority  in your soul if you submit to
 ,him8 ,he will1 indeed4 ,come to ,him2 
only come1  and give yourself up to ,him
 in fellowship through ,christ ,jesus4  
,seek to  maintain that fellowship with 
,god all the day4 ,ah1 friends1 a man   
cannot  have the ,kingdom of ,god first1
 and at times1 by way of relaxation1    
throw  it off and seek his enjoyment in 
the things of this world4 ,people have a
  secret idea life will become too      
solemn1 too great a strain2 it will be  

too  difficult every moment of the day1 
from morning to evening1 to have the    
,kingdom of ,god first4 ,one sees at    
once how wrong it is to think thus4 ,the
  presence of the love of ,god must     
every moment be our highest joy4 ,let us
  say3 ,by the help of ,god1 it shall   
ever be the ,kingdom of ,god first4     
,and then1 my last remark1 in answer to 
that question1 ,how can it be8 is  this3
 it can be only by the power of the     
,holy ,ghost4 ,let us remember that     
,god's ,word comes to us with the       
language1 ,be filled with the ,spirit2  
and  if you are content with less of the
 ,spirit than ,god offers1 not utterly  
and entirely yielding to be filled with 
the ,spirit1 you do not obey the        
command4 ,but listen3 ,god has made a   
wonderful provision4 ,jesus ,christ came
  preaching the ,gospel of the ,kingdom1
 and proclaimed ,the ,kingdom is at     
hand4 ,some1 ,he said1 are standing here
 who will not see death until  they see 
the ,kingdom come in power4 ,he said to 

the disciples1 ,the ,kingdom  is within 
you4 ,and when did the ,kingdom         
come--that ,kingdom of ,god upon  earth8
 ,when the ,holy ,ghost descended4 ,on  
,ascension ,day the ,king went and  sat 
down upon the throne at the right hand  
of ,god1 and the ,kingdom of ,god1  in  
,christ1 the ,kingdom of ,heaven upon   
earth1 was inaugurated4 ,when the ,holy 
,ghost came down ,he brought ,god into  
the heart1 and ,christ1 and established 
the rule of ,god in power4 ,i am afraid 
sometimes1 that in speaking of the      
,holy ,spirit we forget one thing4 ,the 
,holy ,spirit is very much spoken of in 
connection with power2 and it is right  
that we should seek power4 ,it is not   
so much spoken of in connection with the
 graces4 ,and yet these are always  more
 important than the gifts of power--the 
holiness1 the humility1 the  meekness1  
the gentleness1 and the lovingness2     
these are the true marks of  the        
,kingdom4 ,we speak rightly of the ,holy
 ,spirit as the only one who can        

breathe all this into us4 ,but ,i think 
there is a third thing almost more      
important1 that we forget1 and that is3 
in the ,spirit1 the ,father and the     
,son themselves come4 ,when ,christ     
first promised the ,holy ,spirit1 and   
spoke  about ,his approaching coming1   
,he said3 ,in that day ye shall know    
that ,i  am in the ,father1 and ye in   
me1 and ,i in you4 ,he that loveth me   
keepeth my  commandments2 and my ,father
 will love him1 and we will come and    
make our  abode with him4 ,brother1     
would you have the ,kingdom of ,god     
first in your  life1 you must have the  
,kingdom in your hearts4 ,if my heart be
 set upon a  thing ,i may be bound with 
chains1 but the moment the chains are   
loosened ,i  fly towards the object of  
my affection and desire4 ,and just so   
the ,kingdom  must be within us1 and    
then it is easy to say3 ,the ,kingdom   
first4 ,but  to have the ,kingdom within
 us in truth1 we must have ,god the     
,father1 and  ,christ the ,son1 by the  

,holy ,ghost within us too4 ,no ,kingdom
 without the  ,king4    ,you are called 
to likeness with ,christ4 ,oh1 how many 
,christians strive  after this part and 
that part of the likeness of ,christ1   
and forget the  root of the whole6 ,what
 is the root of all8 ,that ,christ gave 
,himself up  utterly to ,god1 and ,his  
,kingdom and glory4 ,he gave ,his life1 
that ,god's  ,kingdom might be          
established4 ,do you the same to-day and
 give your life to  ,god to be every    
moment a living sacrifice1 and the      
,kingdom will come with  power into your
 heart4 ,give yourself up to ,christ4   
,let ,christ the ,king  reign in your   
heart1 and the heavenly ,kingdom will   
come there and the  ,presence and the   
,rule of ,god be known in power4 ,oh1   
think of that wonderful  thing that is  
going to happen in the great eternity4  
,we read of it in #ast  ,corinthians3   
,god has entrusted ,christ with the     
,kingdom1 but there is coming  a day    
when ,christ shall come ,himself again  

to be subjected unto the ,father1  and  
,he shall give up the ,kingdom to the   
,father1 that ,god may be all1 and in   
that day ,christ shall say before the   
universe3 ,this is my glory1 ,i give    
back the ,kingdom to the ,father6       
,christians1 if your ,christ finds ,his 
glory  here on earth in dying and       
sacrificing ,himself for the ,kingdom   
and then in  eternity again in giving   
the ,kingdom to ,god1 shall not you and 
,i come to  ,god to do the same and     
count anything we have as loss1 that the
 ,kingdom of  ,god may be made manifest1
 and that ,god may be glorified4        
,,christ ,,our ,,life4    ,,vi4         
,colossians #c3 #d4--;,christ who is our
 life4      ,one question that rises in 
every mind is this3 ,how can ,i live    
that life  of perfect trust in ,god8    
,many do not know the right answer1 or  
the full  answer4 ,it is this3 ,christ  
must live it in me4 ,that is what ,he   
became man  for2 as a man to live a life
 of trust in ,god1 and so to show to us 

how we  ought to live4 ,when ,he had    
done that upon earth1 ,he went to       
heaven1 that  ,he might do more than    
show us1 might give us1 and live in us  
that life of  trust4 ,it is as we       
understand what the life of ,christ is  
and how it becomes  ours1 that we shall 
be prepared to desire and to ask of ,him
 that ,he would  live it ,himself in us4
 ,when first we have seen what the life 
is1 then we  shall understand how it is 
that ,he can actually take possession1  
and make  us like ,himself4 ,i want     
especially to direct attention to that  
first  question4 ,i wish to set before  
you the life of ,christ as ,he lived it1
 that  we may understand what it is that
 ,he has for us and that we can expect  
from  ,him4 ,christ ,jesus lived a life 
upon earth that ,he expects us literally
 to  imitate4 ,we often say that we long
 to be like ,christ4 ,we study the      
traits  of ,his character1 mark ,his    
footsteps1 and pray for grace to be like
 ,him1  and yet1 somehow1 we succeed but

 very little4 ,and why8 ,because we are 
wanting to pluck the fruit while the    
root is absent4 ,if we want really to   
understand what the imitation of ,christ
 means1 we must go to that which        
constituted the very root of ,his life  
before ,god4 ,it was a life of absolute 
dependence1 absolute trust1 absolute    
surrender1 and until we are one with    
,him in what is the principle of ,his   
life1 it is in vain to seek here or     
there to copy the graces of that life4  
,in the ,gospel story we find five great
 points of special importance2 the      
birth1 the life on earth1 the death1 the
 resurrection1 and the ascension4  ,in  
these we have what an old writer has    
called the process of ,jesus  ,christ2  
the process by which ,he became what ,he
 is to-day--our glorified  ,king1 and   
our life4 ,in all this life process we  
must be made like unto ,him4  ,look at  
the first4 ,what have we to say about   
,his birth8 ,this3 ,he received  ,his   
life from ,god4 ,what about ,his life   

upon earth8 ,he lived that life in      
dependence upon ,god4 ,about ,his death8
 ,he gave up ,his life to ,god4 ,about  
,his resurrection8 ,he was raised from  
the dead by ,god4 ,and about ,his       
ascension8 ,he lives ,his life in glory 
with ,god4    ,first1 ,he received ,his 
life from ,god4 ,and why is it of       
consequence that we  should look to     
that8 ,because ,christ ,jesus had in    
that the starling-point of  ,his whole  
life4 ,he said3 ,the ,father sent me2   
,the ,father hath given the  ,son all   
things2 ,the ,father hath given the ,son
 to have life in ,himself4  ,christ     
received it as ,his own life1 just as   
,god has ,his life in ,himself4  ,and   
yet1 all the time it was a life given   
and received4 ,because the ,father      
almighty has given this life unto me1   
the ,son of man on earth1 ,i can count  
upon ,god to maintain it and to carry me
 through all4 ,and that is the first    
lesson we need4 ,we need often to       
meditate on it1 and to pray1 and to     

think1 and to wait before ,god1 until   
our hearts open to the wonderful        
consciousness that the everlasting ,god 
has a divine life within us which  can  
not exist but through ,him4 ,i believe  
,god has given ,his life1 it roots  in  
,him4 ,i shall feel it must be          
maintained by ,him4 ,we often think that
 ,god  has given us a life which is now 
our own1 a spiritual life1 and that we  
are to take charge2 and then we complain
 that we can not keep it right4  ,no    
wonder4 ,we must learn to live1 learn to
 live as ,jesus did4 ,i have  a         
,god-given treasure in this earthen     
vessel4 ,i have the light of the        
knowledge of the glory of ,god in the   
face of ,christ4 ,i have the life of    
,god's ,son within me given me by ,god  
,himself1 and it can only be maintained 
by ,god ,himself as ,i live in          
fellowship with ,him4 ,what does the    
,apostle ,paul  teach us in ,romans     
,,vi42 there where he has just told us  
that we must reckon  ourselves dead unto

 sin1 and alive unto ,god in ,christ    
,jesus8 ,he goes on at  once to say3    
,therefore yield1 present yourselves    
unto ,god1 as those that  are alive from
 the dead4 ,how often a ,christian hears
 solemn words about  his being alive to 
,god1 and his having to reckon himself  
dead indeed  to sin1 and alive to ,god  
in ,christ6 ,he does not know what to   
do2 he  immediately casts about3 ,how   
can ,i keep it1 this death and this     
life8  ,listen to what ,paul says4 ,the 
moment that you reckon yourself dead to 
sin  and alive to ,god1 go with that    
life to ,god ,himself1 and present      
yourself as  alive from the dead1 and   
say to ,god3 ,lord1 ,thou hast given me 
this life4  ,thou alone canst keep it4  
,i bring it to ,thee4 ,i cannot         
understand all4  ,i hardly know what ,i 
have got1 but ,i come to ,god to perfect
 what ,he has  begun4 ,to live like     
,christ1 ,i must be conscious every     
moment that my life  has come from ,god1
 and ,he alone can maintain it4         

,then1 secondly1 how did ,christ live   
out ,his life during the thirty-three   
years in which ,he walked here upon     
earth8 ,he lived it in dependence on    
,god4  ,you know how continually ,he    
says3 ,the ,son can do nothing of       
,himself4 ,the  words that ,i speak1 ,i 
speak not of ,myself4 ,he waited        
unceasingly for the  teaching1 and the  
commands1 and the guidance of the       
,father4 ,he prayed for  power from the 
,father4 ,whatever ,he did1 ,he did in  
the name of the ,father4  ,he1 the ,son 
of ,god1 felt the need of much prayer1  
of persevering prayer1 of  bringing down
 from heaven and maintaining the life of
 fellowship with ,god  in prayer4 ,we   
hear a great deal about trusting ,god4  
,most blessed6 ,and we  may say3 ,ah1   
that is what ,i want1 and we may forget 
what is the very  secret of all1--that  
,god1 in ,christ1 must work all in us4  
,i not only need  ,god as an object of  
trust1 but ,i must have ,christ within  
as the power  to trust2 ,he must live   

,his own life of trust in me4 ,look at  
it in that  wonderful story of ,paul1   
the ,apostle1 the beloved servant of    
,god4 ,he is in  danger of              
self-confidence1 and ,god in heaven     
sends that terrible trial in  ,asia to  
bring him down1 lest he trust in himself
 and not in the living ,god4  ,god      
watched over his servant that he should 
be kept trusting4 ,remember that  other 
story about the thorn in the flesh1 in  
#b ,corinthians ,,xii41 and think  what 
that means4 ,he was in danger of        
exalting himself1 and the blessed       
,master came to humble him1 and to teach
 him3 ,i keep thee weak1 that thou      
mayest learn to trust not in thyself1   
but in ,me4 ,if we are to enter into    
the rest of faith1 and to abide there2  
if we are to live the life of  victory  
in the land of ,canaan1 it must begin   
here4 ,we must be broken down  from all 
self-confidence and learn like ,christ  
to depend absolutely and  unceasingly   
upon ,god4 ,there is a greater work to  

be done in that than we  perhaps know4  
,we must be broken down1 and the habit  
of our souls must be  unceasingly3 ,i am
 nothing2 ,god is all4 ,i cannot walk   
before ,god as ,i  should for one hour1 
unless ,god keep the life ,he has given 
me4 ,what a  blessed solution ,god gives
 then to all our questions and our      
difficulties1  when ,he says3 ,my child1
 ,christ has gone through it all for    
thee4 ,christ  hath wrought out a new   
nature that can trust ,god2 and ,christ 
the ,living ,one  in heaven will live in
 thee1 and enable thee to live that life
 of trust4  ,that is why ,paul said3    
,such confidence have we toward ,god1   
through  ,christ4 ,what does that mean8 
,does it only mean through ,christ as   
the  mediator1 or intercessor8 ,verily1 
no4 ,it means much more2 through ,christ
  living in and enabling us to trust    
,god as ,he trusted ,him4    ,then      
comes1 thirdly1 the death of ,christ4   
,what does that teach us of  ,christ's  
relation to the ,father8 ,it opens up to

 us one of the deepest  and most solemn 
lessons of ,christ life1 one which the  
,church of ,christ  understands all too 
little4 ,we know what the death of      
,christ means as an  atonement1 and we  
never can emphasize too much that       
blessed substitution  and bloodshedding1
 by which redemption was won for us4    
,but let us remember1  that is only half
 the meaning of ,his death4 ,the other  
half is this3 just as  much as ,christ  
was my substitute1 who died for me1 just
 so much ,he is  my head1 in whom1 and  
with whom1 ,i die2 and just as ,he lives
 for me1 to  intercede1 ,he lives in me1
 to carry out and to perfect ,his life4 
,and if ,i  want to know what that life 
is which ,he will live in me1 ,i must   
look at ,his  death4 ,by ,his death ,he 
proved that ,he possessed life only to  
hold it1  and to spend it1 for ,god4 ,to
 the very uttermost2 without the shadow 
of a  moment's exception1 ,he lived for 
,god1--every moment1 everywhere1 ,he    
held  life only for ,his ,god4 ,and so1 

if one wants to live a life of perfect  
trust1 there must be the perfect        
surrender of his life1 and his will1    
even  unto the very death4 ,he must be  
willing to go all lengths with ,jesus1  
even  to ,calvary4 ,when a boy twelve   
years of age ,jesus said3 ,wist ye not  
that ,i  must be about my ,father's     
business8 and again when ,he came to    
,jordan to be  baptized3 ,it becometh us
 to fulfill all righteousness4 ,so on   
through  all ,his life1 ,he ever said3  
,it is my meat and drink to do the will 
of my  ,father4 ,i come not to do my own
 will1 but the will of ,him that sent   
me4  ,lo1 ,i am come to do ,thy will1 ,o
 ,god4 ,and in the agony of ,gethsemane1
 ,his  words were3 ,not my will1 but    
,thine1 be done4    ,some one says3 ,i  
do indeed desire to live the life of    
perfect trust2  ,i desire to let ,christ
 live it in me2 ,i am longing to come to
 such an  apprehension of ,christ as    
shall give me the certainty that ,christ
 will  forever abide in me2 ,i want to  

come to the full assurance that ,christ1
 my  ,joshua1 will keep me in the land  
of victory4 ,what is needful for that8  
,my  answer is3 ,take care that you do  
not take a false ,christ1 an imaginary  
,christ1 a half ,christ4 ,and what is   
the full ,christ8 ,the full ,christ is  
the  man who said1 ,i give up everything
 to the death that ,god may be          
glorified4  ,i have not a thought2 ,i   
have not a wish2 ,i would not live a    
moment except  for the glory of ,god4   
,you say at once1 ,what ,christian can  
ever attain  that8 ,do not ask that     
question1 but ask1 ,has ,christ attained
 it and does  ,christ promise to live in
 me8 ,accept ,him in ,his fullness and  
leave ,him to  teach you how far ,he can
 bring you and what ,he can work in you4
 ,make no  conditions or stipulations   
about failure1 but cast yourself upon1  
abandon  yourself to this ,christ who   
lived that life of utter surrender to   
,god that  ,he might prepare a new      
nature which ,he could impart to you and

 in which ,he  might make you like      
,himself4 ,then you will be in the path 
by which ,he can  lead you on to blessed
 experience and possession of what ,he  
can do for you4  ,christ ,jesus came    
into the world with a commandment from  
the ,father that ,he  should lay down   
,his life1 and ,he lived with that one  
thought in ,his bosom  ,his whole life  
long4 ,and the one thought that ought to
 be in the heart  of every believer is  
this3 ,i am in the death with ,christ2  
absolutely1  unchangeably given up to   
wait upon ,god1 that ,god may work out  
,his purpose  and glory in me from      
moment to moment4 ,few attain the       
victory and the  enjoyment and the full 
experience at once4 ,but this you can   
do3 ,take the  right attitude and as you
 look to ,jesus and what ,he was1 say3  
,father1 ,thou  hast made me a partaker 
of the divine nature1 a partaker of     
,christ4 ,it  is in the life of ,christ 
given up to ,thee to the death1 in ,his 
power and  indwelling1 in ,his likeness1

 that ,i desire to live out my life     
before  ,thee4 ,death is a solemn thing1
 an awful thing4 ,in the ,garden it cost
  ,christ great agony to die that death2
 and no wonder it is not easy to us4    
,but we willingly consent when we have  
learned the secret2 in death alone  the 
life of ,god will come2 in death there  
is blessedness unspeakable4 ,it  was    
this made ,paul so willing to bear the  
sentence of death in himself2  he knew  
the ,god who quickeneth the dead4 ,the  
sentence of death is on  everything that
 is of nature4 ,but are we willing to   
accept it1 do we  cherish it8 and are we
 not rather trying to escape the        
sentence or to  forget it8 ,we do not   
believe fully that the sentence of death
 is on us4  ,whatever is of nature must 
die4 ,ask ,god to make you willing to   
believe with  your heart that to die    
with ,christ is the only way to live in 
,him4 ,you ask1  ,but must it then be   
dying every day8 ,yes1 beloved2 ,jesus  
lived every day  in the prospect of the 

cross1 and we1 in the power of ,his     
victorious life1  being made conformable
 to ,his death1 must rejoice every day  
in going down  with ,him into death4    
,take an illustration4 ,take an oak of  
some hundred  years' growth4 ,how was   
that oak born8 ,in a grave4 ,the acorn  
was planted in  the ground1 a grave was 
made for it that the acorn might die4   
,it died and  disappeared2 it cast roots
 downward1 and it cast shoots upward1   
and now  that tree has been standing a  
hundred years4 ,where is it standing8   
,in its  grave2 all the time in the very
 grave where the acorn died2 it has     
stood  there stretching its roots deeper
 and deeper into that earth in which its
  grave was made1 and yet1 all the time1
 though it stood in the very grave      
where it had died1 it has been growing  
higher1 and stronger1 and broader1  and 
more beautiful4 ,and all the fruit it   
ever bore1 and all the foliage  that    
adorned it year by year1 it owed to that
 grave in which its roots are  cast and 

kept4 ,even so ,christ owes everything  
to ,his death and ,his grave4  ,and we1 
too1 owe everything to that grave of    
,jesus4 ,oh6 let us live every  day     
rooted in the death of ,jesus4 ,be not  
afraid1 but say3 ,to my own will ,i     
will die2 to human wisdom1 and human    
strength1 and to the world ,i will die2 
for it is in the grave of my ,lord that 
,his life has its beginning1 and its    
strength and its glory4    ,this brings 
us to our next thought4 ,first1 ,christ 
received life from the  ,father2 second1
 ,christ lived it in dependence on the  
,father2 third1 ,christ  gave it up in  
death to the ,father2 and now1 fourth1  
,christ received it  again raised by the
 ,father1 by the power of the glory of  
the ,father4 ,oh1  the deep meaning of  
the resurrection of ,christ6 ,what did  
,christ do when ,he  died8 ,he went down
 into the darkness and absolute         
helplessness of death4 ,he  gave up a   
life that was without sin2 a life that  
was ,god-given2 a life that  was        

beautiful and precious2 and ,he said1 ,i
 will give it into the hands  of my     
,father if ,he asks it2 and ,he did it2 
and ,he was there in the grave  waiting 
on ,god to do ,his will2 and because ,he
 honored ,god to the uttermost  in ,his 
helplessness1 ,god lifted ,him up to the
 very uttermost of glory and  power4    
,christ lost nothing by giving up ,his  
life in death to the ,father4  ,and so1 
if you want the glory and the life of   
,god to come upon you1 it is  in the    
grave of utter helplessness that that   
life of glory will be born4  ,jesus was 
raised from the dead1 and that          
resurrection power1 by the grace  of    
,god1 can and will work in us4 ,let no  
one expect to live a right life  until  
he lives a full resurrection life in the
 power of ,jesus4 ,let me state  in a   
different way what this resurrection    
means4    ,christ had a perfect life1   
given by ,god4 ,the ,father said3 ,will 
you give up  that life to me8 ,will you 
part with it at my command8 ,and ,he    

parted with  it1 but ,god gave it back  
to ,him in a second life ten thousand   
times more  glorious than that earthly  
life4 ,so ,god will do to every one of  
us who  willingly consents to part with 
his life4 ,have you ever understood it8 
,jesus was born twice4 ,the first time  
,he was born in ,bethlehem4 ,that was a 
birth into a life of weakness4 ,but the 
second time1 ,he was born from the      
grave2 ,he is the first-born from the   
dead4 ,because ,he gave up the life     
that ,he had by ,his first birth1 ,god  
gave him the life of the second birth1  
in the glory of heaven and the throne of
 ,god4 ,christians1 that is exactly     
what we need to do4 ,a man may be an    
earnest ,christian2 a man may be a      
successful worker2 he may be a          
,christian that has had a measure of    
growth  and advance2 but if he has not  
entered this fullness of blessing1 then 
he  needs to come to a second and deeper
 experience of ,god's saving power2 he  
needs1 just as ,god brought him out of  

,egypt1 through the ,red ,sea1 to come  
to a point where ,god brings him through
 ,jordan into ,canaan4 ,beloved1 we     
have been baptized into the death of    
,christ4 ,it is as we say3 ,i have had  
a very blessed life1 and ,i have had    
many blessed experiences1 and ,god has  
done many things for me2 but ,i am      
conscious there is something wrong      
still2  ,i am conscious that this life  
of rest and victory is not really mine4 
,before ,christ got ,his life of rest   
and victory on the throne1 ,he had to   
die  and give up all4 ,do you it1 too1  
and you shall with ,him share ,his      
victory  and glory4 ,it is as we follow 
,jesus in ,his death1 that ,his         
resurrection1  power and joy will be    
ours4    ,and then comes our last point4
 ,the fifth step in ,his wondrous path  
was3 ,he  was lifted up to be forever   
with the ,father4 ,because ,he humbled  
,himself1  therefore ,god highly exalted
 ,him4 ,wherein cometh the beauty and   
the  blessedness of that exaltation of  

,jesus8 ,for ,himself perfect fellowship
  with the ,father2 for others          
participation in the power of ,god's    
omnipotence4 ,yes1 that was the fruit of
 ,his death4 ,scripture promises not    
only that ,god will1 in the resurrection
 life1 give us joy1 and peace that      
passeth all understanding1 victory over 
sin1 and rest in ,god1 but ,he will     
baptize us with the ,holy ,ghost2 or1 in
 other words1 will fill us with the     
,holy ,ghost4 ,jesus was lifted to the  
throne of heaven1 that ,he might there  
receive from the ,father the ,spirit in 
,his new1 divine manifestation1 to be   
poured out in ,his fullness4 ,and as we 
come to the resurrection life1 the  life
 in the faith of ,him who is one with   
us1 and sits upon the throne--as  we    
come to that1 we too may be partakers of
 the fellowship with ,christ  ,jesus as 
,he ever dwells in ,god's presence1 and 
the ,holy ,spirit will fill  us1 to work
 in us1 and out of us in a way that we  
have never yet known4    ,jesus got this

 divine life by depending absolutely    
upon the ,father all ,his  life long1   
depending upon ,him even down into      
death4 ,jesus got that life  in the full
 glory of the ,spirit to be poured out1 
by giving ,himself up in  obedience and 
surrender to ,god alone1 and leaving    
,god even in the grave to  work out ,his
 mighty power2 and that very ,christ    
will live out ,his life in  you and me4 
,oh1 the mystery6 ,oh1 the glory6 ,and  
oh1 the ,divine certainty4  ,jesus      
,christ means to live out that life in  
you and me4 ,what think you1  ought we  
not to humble ourselves before ,god8    
,have we been ,christians so  many      
years1 and realized so little what we   
are8 ,i am a vessel set apart1          
cleansed1 emptied1 consecrated2 just    
standing1 waiting every moment for      
,god1 in ,christ1 by the ,holy ,spirit1 
to work out in me as much of the        
holiness and the life of ,his ,son as   
pleases ,him4 ,and until the ,church of 
,christ comes to go down into the grave 

of humiliation1 and confession1 and     
shame2 until the ,church of ,christ     
comes to lay itself in the very dust    
before ,god1 and to wait upon ,god to do
 something new1 and something           
wonderful1 something supernatural1 in   
lifting it up1 it will remain  feeble in
 all its efforts to overcome the world4 
,within the ,church what  lukewarmness1 
what worldliness1 what disobedience1    
what sin6 ,how can we  ever fight this  
battle1 or meet these difficulties8 ,the
 answer is3 ,christ1  the risen ,one1   
the crowned ,one1 the almighty ,one1    
must come1 and live in  the individual  
members4 ,but we can not expect this    
except as we die with  ,him4 ,i referred
 to the tree grown so high and          
beautiful1 with its roots  every day for
 a hundred years in the grave in which  
the acorn died4  ,children of ,god1 we  
must go down deeper into the grave of   
,jesus4 ,we must  cultivate the sense of
 impotence1 and dependence1 and         
nothingness1 until  our souls walk      

before ,god every day in a deep and holy
 trembling4 ,god keep  us from being    
anything4 ,god teach us to wait on ,him1
 that ,he may work in us  all ,he       
wrought in ,his ,son1 till ,christ      
,jesus may live out ,his life in us6    
,for this may ,god help us6             
,,christ',s ,,humility ,,our            
,,salvation4    ,,vii4    ,philippians  
#b3 #e-h4--,let this mind be in you     
which was also in ,christ  ,jesus4 ,he  
humbled ,himself and became obedient    
unto death1 even the death of  the      
cross4      ,all are familiar with this 
wonderful passage4 ,paul is speaking    
about one  of the most simple1 practical
 things in daily life1--humility2 and in
  connection with that1 he gives us a   
wonderful exhibition of divine truth4   
,in this chapter we have the eternal    
,godhead of ,jesus--,he was in the form 
of  ,god1 and one with ,god4 ,we have   
,his incarnation--,he came down1 and was
 found  in the likeness of man4 ,we have
 his death with the atonement--,he      

became  obedient unto death4 ,we have   
,his exaltation--,god hath highly       
exalted ,him4  ,we have the glory of    
,his ,kingdom1--that every knee shall   
bow1 and every  tongue confess ,him4    
,and in what connection8 ,is it a       
theological study8  ,no4 ,is it a       
description of what ,christ is8 ,no2 it 
is in connection with a  simple1        
downright call to a life of humility in 
our intercourse with each  other4 ,our  
life on earth is linked to all the      
eternal glory of the ,godhead  as       
revealed in the exaltation of ,jesus4   
,the very looking to ,jesus1 the  very  
bowing of the knee to ,jesus1 ought to  
be inseparably connected with a  spirit 
of the very deepest humility4 ,consider 
the humility of ,jesus4 ,first  of all1 
that humility is our salvation2 then1   
that humility is just the  salvation we 
need2 and again1 that humility is the   
salvation which the ,holy  ,spirit will 
give us4    ,humility is the salvation  
that ,christ brings4 ,that is our first 

thought4 ,we  often have very vague1--,i
 might also say visionary--ideas of what
 ,christ  is2 we love the person of     
,christ1 but that which makes up        
,christ1 which  actually constitutes    
,him the ,christ1 that we do not know or
 love4 ,if we  love ,christ above       
everything1 we must love humility above 
everything1 for  humility is the very   
essence of ,his life and glory1 and the 
salvation ,he  brings4 ,just think of   
it4 ,where did it begin8 ,is there      
humility in heaven8  ,you know there is1
 for they cast their crowns before the  
throne of ,god and  the ,lamb4 ,but is  
there humility on the throne of ,god8   
,yes1 what was it but  heavenly humility
 that made ,jesus on the throne willing 
to say3 ,i will go  down to be a        
servant1 and to die for man2 ,i will go 
and live as the meek  and lowly ,lamb of
 ,god8 ,jesus brought humility from     
heaven to us4 ,it  was humility that    
brought ,him to earth1 or ,he never     
would have come4 ,in  accordance with   

this1 just as ,christ became a man in   
this divine humility1  so ,his whole    
life was marked by it4 ,he might have   
chosen another form in  which to appear2
 ,he might have come in the form of a   
king1 but ,he chose the  form of a      
servant4 ,he made ,himself of no        
reputation2 ,he emptied ,himself2  ,he  
chose the form of a servant4 ,he said3  
,the ,son of ,man is not come to be     
ministered unto1 to be served1 but to   
serve1 and to give ,his life a ransom   
for many4 ,and you know1 in the last    
night1 ,he took the place of a slave1   
and girded ,himself with a towel1 and   
went to wash the feet of ,peter and the 
other disciples4 ,beloved1 the life of  
,jesus upon earth was a life of the     
deepest humility4 ,it was this gave ,his
 life its worth and beauty in ,god's    
sight4 ,and then ,his death--possibly   
you haven't thought of it much in this  
connection--but ,his death was an       
exhibition of unparalleled humility4 ,he
  humbled ,himself1 and became obedient 

unto death1 even the death of the       
cross4 ,my ,lord ,christ took a low     
place all the time of ,his walk upon    
earth2 ,he took a very low place when   
,he began to wash the disciples' feet2  
but when ,he went to ,calvary1 ,he took 
the lowest place there was to be found  
in the universe of ,god1 the very       
lowest1 and ,he let sin1 and the curse  
of  sin1 and the wrath of ,god1 cover   
,him4 ,he took the place of a guilty    
sinner1  that ,he might bear our load1  
that ,he might serve us in saving us    
from our  wretchedness1 that ,he might  
by ,his precious blood win deliverance  
for us1  that ,he might by that blood   
wash us from our stain and our guilt4   
,we are in danger of thinking about     
,christ1 as ,god1 as man1 as the        
atonement1 as the ,saviour1 and as      
exalted upon the throne1 and we form an 
image of ,christ1 while the real        
,christ1 that which is the very heart of
 ,his  character1 remains unknown4 ,what
 is the real ,christ8 ,divine humility1 

bowed  down into the very depths for our
 salvation4 ,the humility of ,jesus is  
our  salvation4 ,we read1 ,he humbled   
,himself1 therefore ,god hath highly    
exalted  ,him4 ,the secret of ,his      
exaltation to the throne is this3 ,he   
humbled  ,himself before ,god and man4  
,humility is the ,christ of ,god1 and   
now in  ,heaven1 to-day1 that ,christ1  
the ,man of humility1 is on the throne  
of ,god4  ,what do ,i see8 ,a ,lamb     
standing1 as it had been slain1 on the  
throne2 in  the glory ,he is still the  
meek and gentle ,lamb of ,god4 ,his     
humility is the  badge ,he wears there4 
,you often use that name--the ,lamb of  
,god--and you use  it in connection with
 the blood of the sacrifice4 ,you sing  
the praise of  the ,lamb1 and you put   
your trust in the blood of the ,lamb4   
,praise ,god for  the blood4 ,you never 
can trust that too much4 ,but ,i am     
afraid you forget  that the word ,lamb  
must mean to us two things3 it must mean
 not only a  sacrifice1 the shedding of 

blood1 but it must mean to us the       
meekness of  ,god1 incarnate upon earth1
 the meekness of ,god represented in the
 meekness  and gentleness of a little   
,lamb4    ,but the salvation that       
,christ brought is not only a salvation 
that flows  out of humility2 it also    
leads to humility4 ,we must understand  
that this  is not only the salvation    
which ,christ brought2 but that it is   
exactly the  salvation which you and ,i 
need4 ,what is the cause of all the     
wretchedness  of man8 ,primarily pride2 
man seeking his own will and his own    
glory4 ,yes1  pride is the root of every
 sin1 and so the ,lamb of ,god comes to 
us in our  pride1 and brings us         
salvation from it4 ,we need above       
everything to be  saved from our pride  
and our self-will4 ,it is good to be    
saved from the  sins of stealing1       
murdering1 and every other evil2 but a  
man needs above  all to be saved from   
what is the root of all sin1 his        
self-will and  his pride4 ,it is not    

until man begins to feel that this is   
exactly the  salvation he needs1 that he
 really can understand what ,christ is1 
and  that he can accept ,him as his     
salvation4 ,this is the salvation that  
we as  ,christians and believers        
specially need4 ,we know the sad story  
of ,peter and  ,john2 what their        
self-will and pride brought upon them4  
,they needed to be  saved from nothing  
except themselves1 and that is the      
lesson which we must  learn1 if we are  
to enter the life of rest4 ,and how can 
we enter that life1  and dwell there in 
the bosom of the ,lamb of ,god1 if pride
 rules8 ,have we  not often heard       
complaints of how much there is of pride
 in the ,church of  ,christ8 ,what is   
the cause of all the division1 and      
strife1 and envying1  that is often     
found even among ,god's saints8 ,why is 
it that often in a  family there is     
bitterness--it may be only for half an  
hour1 or half a day2  but what is the   
cause of hard judgments and hasty words8

 ,what is the cause  of estrangement    
between friends8 ,what is the cause of  
evil speaking8 ,what  is the cause of   
selfishness and indifference to the     
feelings of others8  ,simply this3 the  
pride of man4 ,he lifts himself up1 and 
he claims the right  to have his        
opinions and judgments as he pleases4   
,the salvation we need  is indeed       
humility1 because it is only through    
humility that we can be  restored to our
 right relation to ,god4    ,waiting    
upon ,god1--that is the only true       
expression for the real relation  of the
 creature to ,god2 to be nothing before 
,god4 ,what is the essential  idea of a 
creature made by ,god8 ,it is this3 to  
be a vessel in which ,he can  pour out  
,his fullness1 in which ,he can exhibit 
,his life1 ,his goodness1 ,his  power1  
and ,his love4 ,a vessel must be empty  
if it is to be filled1 and if  we are to
 be filled with the life of ,god we must
 be utterly empty of  self4 ,this is the
 glory of ,god1 that ,he is to fill all 

things1 and more  especially ,his       
redeemed people4 ,and as this is the    
glory of the creature1  so this is the  
only redemption1 and the only glory of  
every redeemed soul1  to be empty and as
 nothing before ,god2 to wait upon ,him1
 and to let ,god be  all in all4        
,humility has a prominent place in      
almost every epistle of the ,new        
,testament4 ,paul says3 ,walk with all  
lowliness and meekness1 with            
longsuffering1 forbearing one another in
 love2 endeavoring to keep the  unity of
 the ,spirit in the bond of peace4 ,the 
nearer you get to ,god1 and  the fuller 
of ,god1 the lowlier you will be2 and   
equally before ,god and man1  you will  
love to bow very low4 ,we know of       
,peter's early self-confidence2  but in 
his epistles what a different language  
he speaks6 ,he wrote there3  ,let the   
younger be subject to the elder1 and all
 of you be subject one to  another2     
humble yourselves under the mighty hand 
of ,god1 that ,he may exalt  you in ,his

 own time4 ,he understood1 and he dared 
to preach1 humility to  all4 ,it is     
indeed the salvation we need4 ,what is  
it that prevents people  from coming to 
that entire surrender that we speak of8 
,simply that they  dare not abandon     
themselves1 and trust themselves1 to    
,god2 that they are  not willing to be  
nothing1 to give up their wishes1 and   
their will1 and  their honor to ,christ4
 ,shall we not accept the salvation that
 ,jesus  offers8 ,he gave up ,his own   
will2 ,he gave up ,his own honor2 ,he   
gave up any  confidence in ,himself2 ,he
 lived dependent upon ,god as a servant 
whom the  ,father had sent4 ,there is   
the salvation we need1 the ,spirit of   
humility  that was in ,christ4    ,what 
is it that often disturbs our hearts1   
and our peace8 ,it is pride  seeking to 
be something4 ,and ,god's decree is     
irreversible1 ,god resisteth  the proud2
 ,he gives grace only to the humble4    
,how often ,jesus had to speak  to his  
disciples about it6 ,you will find      

repeatedly in the ,gospel those  simple 
words3 ,he that humbleth ,himself shall 
be exalted2 he that exalteth  himself   
shall be humbled4 ,he taught ,his       
disciples3 ,he that would be  chiefest  
among you1 let him be the servant of    
all4 ,this should be our one  cry before
 ,god3 ,let the power of the ,holy      
,ghost come upon me1 with the  humility 
of ,jesus1 that ,i may take the place   
that ,he took4 ,brother1 do you  want a 
better place than ,jesus had8 ,are you  
seeking a higher place than  ,jesus8 ,or
 will you say3 ,down1 down1 as deep as  
ever ,i can go4 ,by the help  of ,god ,i
 will be nothing before ,god2 ,i will be
 where ,jesus was4    ,and now comes the
 third thought1--,this is the salvation 
the ,holy ,ghost  brings4 ,you know what
 a change took place in those disciples4
 ,let us praise  ,god for it2 the ,holy 
,spirit means this3 the life1 the       
disposition1 the  temper1 and the       
inclinations of ,jesus1 brought down    
from heaven into our  hearts4 ,that is  

the ,holy ,ghost4 ,he has ,his mighty   
workings to bestow as  gifts2 but the   
fullness of the ,holy ,ghost is this3   
,jesus ,christ in ,his  humility coming 
to dwell in us4 ,when ,christ was       
teaching ,his disciples1 all  ,his      
instructions may have helped in the way 
of preparation1 breaking them  down1 and
 making them conscious of what was      
wrong1 and awakening desire2  but the   
instruction could not do it1 and all    
their love to ,jesus and their  desire  
to please ,him could not do it1 until   
the ,holy ,ghost came4 ,that is  the    
promise ,christ gave4 ,he says1 in      
connection with the coming of the ,holy 
,ghost3 ,i will come again to you4      
,christ said to ,his disciples3 ,i have 
been three years with you1 and you have 
been in the closest contact with  me1   
and ,i have done the utmost to reach    
your hearts2 ,i have sought to get  into
 your hearts1 yet ,i have failed2 but   
fear not1 ,i will come again4 ,in  that 
day ye shall see me1 and your hearts    

shall rejoice1 and no man shall  take   
your joy from you4 ,i will come again to
 dwell in you1 and live my life  in you4
 ,christ went to heaven that ,he might  
get a power which ,he never had  before4
 ,and what was that8 ,the power of      
living in men4 ,god be praised for      
this6 ,it was because ,jesus1 the humble
 ,one1 the ,lamb of ,god1 the meek1 the 
lowly and gentle ,one1 came down in the 
,holy ,spirit into the hearts of ,his   
disciples1 that the pride was expelled1 
and that the very breath of ,heaven     
breathed through ,him in the love that  
made them one heart and one soul4       
,dear friends1 ,christ is yours4 ,christ
 as ,he comes in the power of the ,holy 
,spirit is yours4 ,are you longing to   
have ,him1 to have the perfect ,christ  
,jesus8 ,come1 then1 and see how1 amid  
the glories of ,his ,godhead--,his      
having been in the form of ,god1 and    
equal to ,god2 amid the glories of  ,his
 incarnation--,his having become a man2 
amid the glories of ,his                

atonement--,his having been obedient to 
death2 and amid the glories of ,his     
exaltation1 which is the chief and      
brightest glory1 ,he humbled ,himself   
from  ,heaven down to earth and on earth
 down to the cross4 ,he humbled ,himself
 to  bear the name and show the         
meekness1 and die the death of the ,lamb
 of ,god4  ,and what is it we now need  
to do8 ,how are we to be saved by this  
humility  of ,jesus8 ,it is a solemn    
question1 but1 thank ,god1 the answer   
can be given4  ,first we must desire it 
above everything4 ,let us learn to pray 
,god to  deliver us from every vestige  
of pride1 for this is a cursed thing4   
,let us  learn to set aside for a time  
other things in the ,christian life1 and
 begin  to plead with the ,lamb of ,god 
day by day1 ,o ,lamb of ,god1 ,i know   
,thy love1  but ,i know so little of    
,thy meekness4 ,come day after day1 and 
lay your  heart against ,his heart1 and 
say to ,him with strong desire3 ,jesus1 
,lamb  of ,god1 give1 oh1 give me       

,thyself1 with ,thy meekness and        
humility1 and ,he  will fulfill the     
desire of them that fear ,him4 ,it is   
not enough to desire  it and to pray for
 it2 claim and accept it as yours4 ,this
 humility is given  you in ,christ      
,jesus4 ,christ is our life4 ,what does 
that mean8 ,oh1 that ,god  might give   
you and me a vision of what that means4 
,the air is our life1 and  the air is   
everywhere1 universal4 ,we breathe      
without difficulty because ,god         
surrounds us with the air2 and is the   
air nearer to me than ,christ is8 ,the  
sun gives light to every green leaf and 
every blade of grass1 shining hour  by  
hour and moment by moment4 ,and is the  
sun nearer to the blade of grass  than  
,christ is to man's soul8 ,verily1 no2  
,christ is around us on every  side2    
,christ is pressing on us to enter1 and 
there is nothing in heaven1  or earth1  
or hell1 that can keep the light of     
,christ from shining into the  heart    
that is empty and open4 ,if the windows 

of your room were closed with  shutters1
 the light could not enter2 it would be 
on the outside of the  building1        
streaming and streaming against the     
shutters2 but it could not  enter4 ,but 
leave the windows without shutters1 and 
the light comes1 it  rejoices to come in
 and fill the room4 ,even so1 children  
of ,god1 ,jesus and  ,his light1 ,jesus 
and ,his humility1 are around you on    
every side1 longing to  enter into your 
hearts4 ,come and take ,him to-day in   
,his blessed meekness  and gentleness4  
,do not be afraid of ,him2 ,he is the   
,lamb of ,god4 ,he is so  patient with  
you1 ,he is so kindly towards you1 ,he  
is so tender and loving4  ,take courage 
to-day and trust ,jesus to come into    
your heart and take  possession of it4  
,and when ,he has taken possession1     
there will be a life  day by day of     
blessed fellowship with ,him1 and you   
will feel a necessity  ever deeper for  
your quiet time with ,him1 and for      
worshiping and adoring  ,him1 and for   

just sinking down before ,him in        
helplessness and humility1 and  saying3 
,jesus1 ,i am nothing1 and ,thou art    
all4 ,it will be a blessed life1        
because you will be conscious of being  
at the feet of ,jesus4 ,at this moment  
you can claim ,jesus in ,his divine     
humility as the life of your soul4 ,will
  you8 ,will you not open your heart1   
and say3 ,come in2 come in8    ,come    
to-day1 and take ,him up afresh in this 
blessed power of ,his wonderful         
humility1 and say to ,him3 ,oh1 ,thou   
who didst say1 ',learn of me1 for ,i am 
meek and lowly in heart1 and ye shall   
find rest unto your souls1' my ,lord1   
,i know why it is that ,i have not the  
perfect life2 it is my pride1 but       
to-day1 come ,thou and dwell in my      
heart4 ,thou who didst lead even ,peter 
and  ,john into the blessedness of ,thy 
heavenly humility2 ,thou wilt not refuse
  me4 ,lord1 here ,i am2 do ,thou1 who  
by ,thy wonderful humility alone canst  
save1 come in4 ,o ,lamb of ,god1 ,i     

believe in ,thee2 take possession of my 
heart1 and dwell in me4 ,when you have  
said that1 go out in quiet1 and  retire1
 walking gently as holding the ,lamb of 
,god in your heart1 and say3  ,i have   
received the ,lamb of ,god2 ,he makes my
 heart ,his care2 ,he breathes  ,his    
humility and dependence on ,god in me1  
and so brings me to ,god4 ,his  humility
 is my life and salvation4              
,,the ,,complete ,,surrender4    ,,viii4
    ,genesis #ci3 #a-c4--;,joseph was   
brought down to ,egypt2 and ,potiphar1  
an  officer of ,pharaoh1 captain of the 
guard1 an ,egyptian1 bought him at the  
hands of the ,ishmaelites1 which had    
brought him down thither4 ,and the ,lord
  was with ,joseph1 and he was a        
prosperous man2 and he was in the house 
of  his master1 the ,egyptian1 and his  
master saw that the ,lord was with him4 
,we have in this passage an object      
lesson which teaches us what ,christ is 
to  us4 ,note3 ,joseph was a slave1 but 
,god was with him so distinctly that his

  master could see it4 ,and his master  
saw the ,lord was with him1 and that    
the ,lord made all that he did prosper  
in his hands2 and ,joseph found grace   
in his sight1 and he served him1--that  
is to say1 he was his slave about  his  
person1--and he made him overseer over  
his house1--that was something  new4    
,joseph had been a slave1 but now he    
becomes a master4 ,and he made him      
overseer over his house1 and all that he
 had he put into his hands4 ,and it     
came to pass1 from the time that he had 
made him overseer in his house1  and    
over all that he had1 that the ,lord    
blessed the ,egyptian's house for       
,joseph's sake1 and the blessing of the 
,lord was upon all that he had in the   
house and in the field4 ,and he left all
 that he had in ,joseph's hand2 and  he 
knew not all he had1 save the bread     
which he did eat4    ,we find ,joseph in
 two characters in the house of         
,potiphar3 first as a  servant and a    
slave1 one who is trusted and loved1 but

 still entirely a  servant2 second1 as  
master4 ,potiphar made him overseer over
 his house and  his lands1 and all that 
he had1 so that we read afterward that  
he left  everything in his hands1 and he
 knew of nothing except the bread that  
came upon his table4 ,i want to call    
your attention to ,joseph as a type of  
,christ4 ,we sometimes speak in the     
,christian life1 of entire surrender1   
and  rightly1 and here we have a        
beautiful illustration of what it is4   
,first1  ,joseph was in ,potiphar's     
house to serve him and to help him1 and 
he did  that1 and ,potiphar learned to  
trust him1 so that he said1 ,all that ,i
 have  ,i will give into his hands4     
,now1 that is exactly what is to take   
place  with a great many ,christians4   
,they know ,christ1 they trust ,him1    
they love  ,him1 but ,he is not ,master1
 ,he is a sort of helper4 ,when there is
 trouble  they come to ,him1 when they  
sin they ask ,him for pardon in ,his    
precious  blood1 when they are in       

darkness they cry to ,him2 but often and
 often they  live according to their own
 will1 and they seek help from          
themselves4 ,but  how blessed is the man
 who comes and1 like ,potiphar1 says1 ,i
 will give  up everything to ,jesus6    
,there are many who have accepted       
,christ as  their ,lord1 but have never 
yet come to the final1 absolute         
surrender of  everything4 ,christians1  
if you want perfect rest1 abiding joy1  
strength to  work for ,god1 oh1 come and
 learn from that poor heathen ,egyptian 
what you  ought to do4 ,he saw that ,god
 was with ,joseph and he said1 ,i will  
give up  my house to him4 ,oh1 learn you
 to do that4 ,there are some who have   
never yet accepted ,christ1 some who are
 seeking after ,him1 thirsting and      
hungering1 but they do not know how to  
find ,him4    ,let me direct your       
attention to four thoughts regarding    
this surrender to  ,christ3 ,first1 its 
motives2 second1 its measures2 third1   
its blessedness2  lastly1 its duration4 

,first of all1 its motives4 ,what moved 
,potiphar to do this8 ,i think the      
answer is very easy3 he was a trusted   
servant of the king and he had the      
king's work to take care of1 and he very
 likely could not take care of  his own 
house4 ,all his time and attention were 
required at the court of  ,pharaoh4 ,he 
had his duty there2 he was in high      
honor2 but his own house got  neglected4
 ,very likely he had had other          
overseers1 one slave appointed to  rule 
the others1 and perhaps that one had    
been unfaithful1 or dishonest1  and     
somehow his house was not as he would   
have it4 ,so he buys another  slave1    
just as he had formerly done1 but in    
this case he sees what he had  never    
seen before4 ,there is something unusual
 about the man4 ,he walks  so humbly1 he
 serves so faithfully and so lovingly1  
and withal so  successfully4 ,potiphar  
begins to look into the reason for this1
 and finally  concludes that ,god is    
with him4    ,it is a grand thing to    

have a man with whom ,god is1 to entrust
 one's  business to4 ,the heathen       
realized this1 and between the need of  
his own  house and what he saw in       
,joseph1 he decided to make him         
overseer4 ,i ask  you1 do not these two 
motives plead most urgently that you    
should say3 ,i  will make ,jesus master 
over my whole being8 ,your house1       
,christian1 your  spiritual life1 the   
dwelling1 the temple of ,god in your    
heart1--in what  state is that8 ,is it  
not often like the temple of old1 in    
,jerusalem1 that  had been defiled and  
made a house of merchandise1 and        
afterwards a den of  thieves8 ,your     
heart1 meant to be the home of ,jesus1  
is it not often full  of sin and        
darkness1 full of sadness1 full of      
vexation8 ,you have done your  very best
 to get it changed1 and you have called 
in the help of man1 and  the help of    
means2 you have used every method you   
could think of for  getting it put      
right2 but it will not come right until 

,he whose it is1  comes in to take      
charge4    ,if there is any trouble in  
your heart1 if you are in darkness1 or  
in the  power of sin1 ,i bring to you   
the ,son of ,god1 with the promise that 
,he will  come in and take charge4 ,as  
,potiphar took ,joseph1 will you not    
take ,jesus8  ,has ,he not proven       
,himself worthy to be trusted8 ,come and
 say1 ,jesus shall  have entire charge2 
,he is worthy4 ,think not only of ,his  
,divine power1 but  think of ,his       
wonderful love2 think of ,his coming    
from heaven to save you2  think of ,his 
dying on ,calvary and shedding ,his     
blood out of intense love  for you4 ,oh1
 think of it2 ,christ in heaven loves   
every one who is given to  ,him1 and    
whom ,he has made a child of ,god4      
,having loved ,his own that were  in the
 world1 ,he loved them unto the end4    
,must ,i plead in the name of the love  
of the crucified ,jesus2 must ,i plead  
with you ,christians1 and say1 ,look at 
,jesus1 the ,son of ,god1 your          

,redeemer1  and ask you to make ,him    
overseer over all8 ,give ,him charge of 
your temper1  your heart's affections1  
your thoughts1 your whole being1 and ,he
 will prove  ,himself worthy of it4     
,joseph had been for a time just a      
common slave1 and  with the other slaves
 had served ,pharaoh4 ,alas6 many a     
,christian has used  ,christ for his own
 advancement and comfort1 just as he    
uses everything in  the world4 ,he uses 
father and mother1 minister1 money1 and 
all else the  world will give1 to       
comfort and make him happy2 there is    
danger of his  using ,christ ,jesus in  
the same way4 ,but oh1 brethren1 this is
 not right4  ,you are ,his house1 and   
,he has a right to dwell therein4 ,will 
you not come  and surrender all1 and    
say1 ,lord ,jesus1 ,i have made ,thee   
overseer over  all8    ,but now1        
secondly1 the measure of that surrender4
 ,we read in the #dth verse3  ,all that 
he had he put into his hands4 ,then in  
verse #e3 ,and it came to  pass from the

 time that he made him overseer over all
 that he had--there  you have it the    
second time--the ,lord blessed the      
,egyptian's house1 and  the blessing of 
the ,lord was upon all that he          
had--there the third time4  ,then in    
verse #f3 ,and he left all that he      
had--there you have the words  the      
fourth time--in ,joseph's hand1 and he  
knew not all he had1 save the  bread    
which he did eat4 ,what do ,i see here8 
,that ,potiphar actually gave           
everything into ,joseph's hands4 ,he    
made him master over his slaves4 ,all   
the  money was put into ,joseph's hands1
 for we read that ,potiphar had care of 
nothing4 ,when dinner was brought upon  
the table1 he ate of it1 and that  was  
all he knew of what was going on in his 
house4 ,is not this entire              
surrender8--he gives up everything into 
the hands of ,joseph4 ,ah1 beloved      
,christians1 ,i want you to ask         
yourselves3 ,have ,i done that8 ,you    
have  offered more than one consecration

 prayer1 and you have more than once    
said3 ,jesus1 all ,i have ,i give to    
,thee4 ,you have said it1 and meant it2 
but very probably you did not realize   
fully what it meant4    ,with the word  
surrender there seems always to be a    
larger and more  comprehensive meaning4 
,we do not succeed in carrying out our  
intentions1  and afterward we take back 
one thing and another until we have lost
 sight  of our original intention4      
,beloved ,christians1 let ,christ ,jesus
 have all4  ,let ,him have your whole   
heart1 with its affections2 ,he ,himself
 loves1 with  more than the love of     
,jonathan4 ,let ,him have your whole    
heart1 saying1  ,jesus1 every fiber of  
my being1 ever power of my soul1 shall  
be devoted  to ,thee4 ,he will accept   
that surrender4 ,he spoke a solemn word3
 ,you must  hate father and mother4 ,say
 you to-day3 ,lord ,jesus1 the love to  
father  and mother1 to wife and child1  
to brother and sister1 ,i give up to    
,thee4  ,teach ,thou me how to love     

,thee4 ,i have only one desire1 which is
 to love  ,thee4 ,i want to give my     
whole heart to be full of ,thy love4    
,but when you have given your heart1    
there is yet more to give4 ,there is the
  head--the brain with its thoughts4 ,i 
believe ,christians do not know how     
much they rob ,christ of in reading so  
much of the literature of the world4    
,they are often so occupied with their  
newspapers that the ,bible gets a very  
small place4 ,oh1 friends1 ,i beseech   
you bring this noble power which ,god   
has given you1 the power of a mind that 
can think heavenly1 eternal1 and        
infinite things1 and lay it at the feet 
of ,jesus1 saying1 ,lord ,jesus1  every 
faculty of my being ,i want to surrender
 to ,thee1 that ,thou shouldst  teach me
 what to think1 and how to think1 for   
,thee and ,thy ,kingdom4 ,bless  ,god1  
there are men who have given their      
intellect to ,jesus1 and it has been    
accepted by ,him4 ,and in this          
connection there is my whole outer life4

 ,there  is my relation to society1 my  
position among men1 my intercourse in my
 own  home1 with friends and family2    
there is my money1 my time1 my business2
 all  these should be put in the hands  
of ,jesus4 ,one cannot know beforehand  
the  blessedness of this surrender1 but 
blessed it surely is4 ,come1 because ,he
  is worthy2 come because you know you  
can not keep things right yourself1  and
 make ,christ master over all you have4 
,give father and mother1 wife and       
child1 house and land1 and money1 all to
 ,jesus1 and you will find that in      
giving all you receive it back an       
hundred fold4    ,thirdly1 look at the  
blessing of the entire surrender4 ,you  
have here the  remarkable words3 ,and it
 came to pass from the time that        
,potiphar made  ,joseph overseer over   
all that he had1 that the ,lord blessed 
the ,egyptian's  house for ,joseph's    
sake1 and the blessing of the ,lord was 
upon all that he  had in the house1 and 
in the field4 ,i ask you ,christians1   

,if ,god did this  to that heathen man1 
because he honored ,joseph2 if ,god1 for
 ,joseph's sake1  blessed that ,egyptian
 in this wonderful way1 may a ,christian
 not venture to  say3 ,if ,i put my life
 into the hands of ,jesus1 ,i am sure   
,god will bless  all that ,i have8 ,oh1 
dare to say it4 ,potiphar trusted       
,joseph implicitly  and absolutely1 and 
there was prosperity everywhere1 because
 ,god was with  ,joseph4 ,beloved       
friends1 if you but surrender           
everything1 depend upon it1  the        
blessing from that time will be yours4  
,there will be a blessing within  your  
own inner life1 and a blessing in your  
outer life4 ,he blessed ,potiphar  in   
the house1 in the field1 everywhere4    
,oh1 ,christian1 what is that blessing  
you will get8 ,i can not tell all1 but  
,i can tell you this3 if you will come  
to ,christ ,jesus and surrender all1    
the blessing of ,god will be on all that
 you have4 ,there will be a blessing    
for your own soul4 ,thou wilt keep him  

in perfect peace whose mind is  stayed  
on ,thee4 ,try that2 trust ,jesus for   
everything1 and trust everything  to    
,him1 and the blessing of ,god will come
 upon you--the sweet rest1 the  rest of 
faith4 ,it is all in the hands of       
,jesus2 ,he will guide you2 ,he will    
teach you2 ,he will work in you2 ,he    
will keep you2 ,he will be everything to
  you4 ,what a blessed rest and freedom 
from responsibility and from care1      
because it is all in the hands of       
,jesus6 ,i do not say trouble and trial 
will never come2 but in the midst of    
trial and trouble you will have the     
all-sufficiency of the presence of      
,jesus to be your comfort1 your help1   
and  your guide4 ,joseph was sold by his
 brethren1 but he saw ,god in it1 and he
  was quite content4 ,christ was        
betrayed by ,judas1 condemned by        
,caiaphas1 and  given over to execution 
by ,pilate2 but in all that1 ,christ saw
 ,god1 and  ,he was content4 ,give over 
your life1 in all its phases1 into the  

hands of  ,jesus2 remembering that the  
very hairs of your head are numbered1   
and not a  sparrow falls to earth       
without the ,father's notice4 ,consent  
now and say3 ,i  will give up everything
 into the hands of ,jesus4 ,whatever    
happens is ,his  will regarding me4     
,whether ,he comes in the light or in   
the dark1 in the  storm or on the       
troubled sea1 ,i will rest in that      
blessed assurance4 ,i give  up my whole 
life entirely to ,him4    ,in reading   
the ,book of ,jonah1 we find ,god's hand
 in each step of ,jonah's  experience4  
,it was ,god who sent the storm when    
,jonah went aboard the ship1  who       
appointed a whale to swallow him1 who   
ordered the whale to cast him  out2 and 
then afterwards it was ,god who caused  
the hot wind to blow when  the sun was  
sending down its scorching rays1 until  
the soul of ,jonah was  grieved1 and    
made the gourd to grow1 and sent the    
worm to kill the gourd1  and set a      
sea-wind to dry the gourd up quickly4   

,do we not thus see that  every         
circumstance of our living1 every       
comfort and every trial1 comes from     
,god in ,christ8 ,there is nothing can  
touch a hair of my head4 ,not a sharp   
word comes against me2 not an unexpected
 flurry surrounds me1 but it is all     
,jesus4 ,with my life in ,his hands1 ,i 
need care for nothing4 ,i can be content
  with what ,jesus gives4    ,god       
blessed ,potiphar in the field2 in the  
visible life outside of his  house2 and 
,god will bless you1 that1 in your      
intercourse with men1 you may  be a     
blessing2 that by your holy1 humble1    
respectful1 quiet walk1 you may  carry  
comfort2 that by your loving readiness  
to be a servant and a helper  to all1   
you may prove what the ,spirit of ,god  
has done within you4 ,oh1 my  brother1  
my sister1 you have no conception of    
it1--,i have not--how ,god is  willing  
to bless the soul utterly given up to   
,jesus4 ,god can delight in  nothing but
 ,jesus4 ,god delights infinitely in    

,jesus4 ,god longs to see  nothing in us
 but ,jesus1 and if ,i give up my heart 
and life to ,jesus1 and  say1 ,my ,god1 
,i want that ,thou shouldst see in me   
nothing but ,jesus1 then  ,i bring to   
the ,father the sacrifice that is the   
most acceptable of all4  ,oh1 believers1
 come to-day2 come out of all your      
troubles1 and all your  self-efforts and
 your self-confidence1 and let the      
blessed ,son of ,god  take possession4  
,let me direct your thoughts1 lastly1 to
 the duration of this surrender4 ,i     
want to emphasize this--because in many 
cases the surrender does not last4      
,some go away1 and for a time have much 
gladness and joy1 but it soon begins  to
 decrease1 and in a few weeks or perhaps
 months is all gone4 ,others who  do not
 lose it entirely1 complain sadly at    
times1 that it goes away and  comes     
again4 ,they say3 ,my life has been very
 much blessed since that  surrender ,i  
made to ,god1 but it has not always been
 on the same level4  ,what did ,potiphar

 do8 ,we read in the #dth verse3 ,he    
made him overseer over  his house1 and  
all that he had he left in ,joseph's    
hands4 ,what a simple  word6 ,he left it
 there4    ,and oh1 children of ,god1 if
 you will only get to that point and    
say1 ,for  all eternity ,i leave it in  
the hands of ,jesus1 you will find what 
a  blessing it is4 ,potiphar found now  
that he could do the king's business    
with two hands and an undivided heart4  
,i might try to rescue a drowning man   
by holding fast somewhere with one hand1
 while ,i reached out the other hand  to
 the man1 but it is a grand thing for a 
person to be able to stretch out  both  
hands1 and that person is the one who   
has left all with ,jesus--all his  inner
 life1 all his cares and troubles1 and  
has given himself up entirely  to do the
 will of ,god4 ,will you leave it there8
 ,i must press this1 because  ,i know   
temptations will come4 ,one temptation  
will be that the feelings you  had in   
your act of surrender will pass away2   

they will not be so bright2  another1   
that circumstances will tempt you4      
,beloved1 temptations will come2  ,god  
means it for your good4 ,every          
temptation brings you a blessing4 ,do   
understand that4 ,learn the lesson of   
giving up everything to ,jesus1 and     
letting ,jesus take charge of           
everything4 ,leave all with ,jesus4 ,do 
not think  that by a surrender to-day or
 on any day1 however powerful1 however  
mighty1  things will keep right         
themselves4 ,you need every morning     
afresh1 when  ,god wakes you up out of  
sleep1 to put your heart1 and your life1
 and your  house1 and your business1    
into the hands of ,jesus4 ,wait on ,him1
 if need be1  in silence1 or in prayer1 
until ,he gives you the assurance1 ,my  
child1 for  to-day all is safe2 ,i take 
charge4 ,and morning by morning ,he will
 renew to  you the blessing1 and morning
 by morning you will go out from your   
quiet  time in the consciousness1       
,to-day ,i have had fellowship with my  

,king1 and  it is all right4 ,jesus has 
taken charge4 ,and so1 day by day1 you  
can have  grace to leave all in the     
hands of ,jesus4    ,in conclusion let  
me speak to two classes4 ,there are     
times when your heart  is restless2     
there are times when you are afraid to  
die4    ,there are some true believers  
who have perhaps never yet understood   
that it  was their duty to give up      
everything to ,christ4 ,beloved fellow  
,christians1  ,i come with a message    
from your ,father1 to come and to-day   
take that word  into your hearts and    
upon your lips1 even though you do not  
understand it4  ,jesus1 ,i make ,thee   
,master of everything and ,i will wait  
at ,thy feet1 that  ,thou wilt show me  
what ,thou wouldst have me be and do4   
,do it now4 ,and  let me say to         
believers who have done it before1 and  
who long with an  unutterable longing to
 do it fully and perfectly1--,child of  
,god1 you can  do it1 for the ,holy     
,spirit has been sent down from ,heaven 

for this one  purpose1 to glorify       
,jesus2 to glorify ,jesus in your heart1
 by letting you  see how perfectly      
,jesus can take possession of the whole 
heart2 to glorify  ,jesus by bringing   
,him into your very life1 that your     
whole life may shine  out with the glory
 of ,jesus4 ,depend upon it1 the ,father
 will give it to you  by the ,holy      
,spirit1 if you are ready4 ,oh1 come1   
and let your intercourse  with ,god be  
summed up in a simple prayer and        
answer--,my ,god1 as much as  ,thou wilt
 have of me to fill with ,christ1 ,thou 
shalt have to-day4 ,my  child1 as much  
of ,christ as thy heart longeth to have1
 thou shalt have2 for  it is ,my delight
 that ,my ,son be in the hearts of ,my  
children4          ,,dead ,,with        
,,christ4    ,,ix4    ,gal4 #b3         
#bj4--;,i am crucified with ,christ4    
,the ,revised ,version properly has the 
above text ,i have been crucified  with 
,christ4 ,in this connection1 let us    
read the story of a man who was         

literally crucified with ,christ4 ,we   
may use all the narrative of ,christ's  
work upon earth in the flesh as a type  
of ,his spiritual work4 ,let us take  in
 this instance the story of the penitent
 thief1 ,luke #bc3 #ci-dc1 for ,i  think
 we may learn from him how to live as   
men who are crucified with  ,christ4    
,paul says3 ,i have been crucified with 
,christ4 ,and again3 ,god  forbid that  
,i should glory1 save in the cross of   
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1  through whom 
,i have been crucified to the world1 and
 the world to me4 ,we  often ask        
earnestly3 ,how can ,i be free from the 
self life8 ,the answer is1  ,get another
 life4 ,we often speak about the power  
of the ,holy ,spirit  coming upon us1   
but ,i doubt if we fully realize that   
the ,holy ,spirit is a  heavenly life   
come to expel the selfish1 and fleshly1 
and the earthly life4  ,if we want1 in  
very deed1 to enjoy fully the rest that 
there is in ,jesus1  we can only have it
 as ,he comes in1 in the power of ,his  

death1 to slay what  is in us of nature1
 and to take possession1 and to live    
,his own life in the  fullness of the   
,holy ,ghost4 ,god's ,word takes us to  
the cross of ,christ1 and  it teaches us
 about that cross1 two things4 ,it tells
 us that ,christ died  for sin4 ,we     
understand what that means1 that in ,his
 atonement ,he died as  ,i never die1 as
 ,i never can die1 as ,i never need die2
 ,he died for sin and  for me4 ,but what
 gave ,his death such power to atone8   
,it was this3 the  spirit in which ,he  
died1 not the physical suffering1 not   
the external act  of death1 but the     
spirit in which ,he died4 ,and what was 
that spirit8 ,he  died unto sin4 ,sin   
had tempted ,him1 and surrounded ,him1  
and had brought  ,him very nigh to      
saying1 ,i cannot die4 ,in ,gethsemane  
,he cried3 ,father1  is it not possible 
that the cup pass from me8 ,but ,god be 
praised1 ,he gave  up ,his life rather  
than yield to sin4 ,he died to sin1 and 
in dying ,he  conquered4 ,and now1 ,i   

can not die for sin like ,christ1 but ,i
 can and ,i must  die to sin like       
,christ4 ,christ died for me4 ,in that  
,he stands alone4 ,christ  died to sin1 
and in that ,i have fellowship with     
,him4 ,i have been crucified1  ,i am    
dead4    ,and here is the great subject 
to which ,i want to lead you4--,what it 
is to  be dead with ,christ1 and how it 
is that ,i can practically enter into   
this  death with ,christ4 ,we know that 
the great characteristic of ,christ is  
,his  death4 ,from eternity ,he came    
with the commandment of the ,father that
 ,he  should lay down ,his life on      
earth4 ,he gave ,himself up to it1 and  
,he set ,his  face towards ,jerusalem4  
,he chose death1 and ,he lived and      
walked upon earth  to prepare ,himself  
to die4 ,his death is the power of      
redemption2 death gave  ,him ,his       
victory over sin2 death gave ,him ,his  
resurrection1 ,his new life1  ,his      
exaltation1 and ,his everlasting glory4 
,the great mark of ,christ is ,his      

death4 ,even in ,heaven1 upon the       
throne1 ,he stands as the ,lamb that was
  slain1 and through eternity they ever 
sing1 ,thou art worthy1 for ,thou  wast 
slain4 ,beloved brother1 your ,boaz1    
your ,christ1 your all-sufficient       
,saviour1 is a ,man of whom the chief   
mark and the greatest glory is this3 ,he
  died4 ,and if the ,bride is to live   
with her husband as ,his wife1 then she 
must enter into ,his state1 and into    
,his spirit1 and into ,his disposition1 
and ever be as ,he is4 ,if we are to    
experience the full power of what       
,christ  can do for us1 we must learn to
 die with ,christ4 ,i ought not1        
perhaps1 to  use that expression1 ,we   
must learn to die with ,christ2 ,i      
ought1 rather1  to say1 ,we must learn  
that we are dead with ,christ4 ,that is 
a glorious  thought in the #fth chapter 
of ,romans2 to every believer in the    
,church of  ,rome--not to the select    
ones1 or the advanced ones1 but to every
 believer  in the ,church of ,rome1     

however feeble1 ,paul writes1 ,you are  
dead with  ,christ4 ,on the strength of 
that he says1 ,reckon yourselves dead   
unto  sin4 ,what does that mean--,you   
are dead to sin8 ,we can not see it more
  clearly than by referring to ,adam4   
,christ was the second ,adam4 ,what     
happened in the first ,adam8 ,i died1 in
 the first ,adam2 ,i died to ,god2 ,i   
died in sin4 ,when ,i was born1 ,i had  
in me the life of ,adam1 which had all  
the characteristics of the life of ,adam
 after he had fallen4 ,adam died to     
,god1 and ,adam died in sin1 and ,i     
inherit the life of ,adam1 and so ,i am 
dead  in sin as he was1 and dead unto   
,god4 ,but at the very moment ,i begin  
to  believe in ,jesus1 ,i become united 
to ,christ1 the second ,adam1 and as    
really  as ,i am united by my birth to  
the first ,adam1 ,i am made partaker of 
the  life of ,christ4 ,what life8 ,that 
life which died unto sin on ,calvary1   
and  which rose again2 therefore ,god by
 his apostle tells us3 ,reckon          

yourselves  indeed dead unto sin and    
alive unto ,god in ,christ ,jesus4 ,you 
are to reckon  it as true1 because ,god 
says it--for your new nature is indeed1 
in virtue  of your vital union to       
,christ1 actually and utterly dead to   
sin4    ,if we want to have the real    
,christ that ,god has given us1 the real
 ,christ  that died for us1 in the power
 of ,his death and resurrection1 we must
 take  our stand here4 ,but many        
,christians do not understand what the  
#fth chapter  of the ,epistle to the    
,romans teaches us4 ,they do not know   
that they are  dead to sin4 ,they do not
 know it1 and therefore ,paul instructs 
them3 ,know  ye not that as many of you 
as are baptized into ,christ ,jesus1 are
 baptized  into ,his death4 ,how can we 
who are dead to sin in ,christ live any 
longer  therein8 ,we have indeed the    
death and the life of ,christ working   
within  us4 ,but1 alas6 most ,christians
 do not know this1 and therefore do not 
experience or practice it4 ,they need to

 be taught that their first need is  to 
be brought to the recognition1 to the   
knowledge1 of what has taken place  in  
,christ on ,calvary1 and what has taken 
place in their becoming united  to      
,christ4 ,the man must begin to say1    
even before he understands it1 ,in      
,christ ,i am dead to sin4 ,it is a     
command3 ,reckon ye yourselves indeed to
  be dead unto sin4 ,get hold of your   
union to ,christ2 believe in the new    
nature within you1 that spiritual life  
which you have from ,christ1 a life     
that has died and been raised again4 ,a 
man's acts are always in accordance     
with his idea of his state4 ,a king acts
 like a king1 otherwise we say1  ,that  
man has forgotten his kingship1 but if a
 man is conscious of being  a king1 he  
behaves like a king4 ,and so ,i cannot  
live the life of a true  believer unless
 ,i am filled with a consciousness of   
this every day3 ,i  thank ,god that ,i  
am dead in ,christ4 ,christ died unto   
sin1 and ,i am united  with ,christ1 and

 ,christ lives in me and ,i am dead to  
sin4 ,what is the life  ,christ lives in
 me8 ,ask what is the life ,adam lives  
in me8 ,adam lives in me  the death     
life1 a life that has fallen under the  
power of sin and death1  death to ,god4 
,that life ,adam lives in me by nature  
as an unconverted man4  ,and ,christ1   
the second ,adam1 has come to me with a 
new life1 and ,i now live  in ,his life1
 the death-life of ,christ4 ,as long as 
,i do not know it1 ,i can  not act      
according to it1 though it be in me4    
,praise ,god1 when a man begins  to see 
what it is1 and begins in obedience to  
say1 ,i will do what ,god's  ,word says2
 ,i am dead1 ,i reckon myself dead1 he  
enters upon a new life4 ,on  the        
strength of ,god's everlasting ,word1   
and your union to ,christ1 and the      
great fact of ,calvary1 reckon1 know    
yourself as dead indeed unto sin4 ,a man
  must see this truth2 this is the first
 step4 ,the second is--he must accept   
it in faith4 ,and what then8 ,when he   

accepts it in faith1 then there comes   
in him a struggle1 and a painful        
experience1 for that faith is still very
  feeble1 and he begins to ask1 ,but    
why1 if ,i am dead to sin1 do ,i commit 
so  much sin8 ,and the answer ,god's    
,word gives is simply this3 ,you do not 
allow  the power of that death to be    
applied by the ,holy ,spirit4 ,what we  
need is  to understand that the ,holy   
,spirit came from ,heaven1 from the     
glorified  ,jesus1 to bring ,his death  
and ,his life into us4 ,the two are     
inseparably  connected4 ,that ,christ   
died1 ,he died unto sin1 and that ,he   
liveth1 ,he  liveth unto ,god4 ,the     
death and the life in ,him are          
inseparable2 and even so  in us the life
 to ,god in ,christ is inseparably      
connected with the death to  sin4 ,and  
that is what the ,holy ,ghost will teach
 us and work in us4 ,if ,i  have        
accepted ,christ in faith by the ,holy  
,ghost1 and yield myself to  ,him1      
,christ every day keeps possession1 and 

reveals the full power of  my fellowship
 in ,his death and life in my heart4 ,to
 some this comes  undoubtedly in one    
moment of supreme power and blessing2   
all at once they  see and accept it1 and
 enter in1 and there is death to sin as 
a ,divine  experience4 ,it is not that  
the tendency to evil is rooted out4 ,no2
 but the  power of ,christ's death keeps
 from sin1 and destroys the power of    
sin2 the  power of ,christ's death can  
be manifested in the ,holy ,spirit's    
unceasingly  mortifying the deeds of the
 body4    ,some one asks me if there is 
still growth needed4 ,undoubtedly4 ,by  
the ,holy  ,spirit a man can now begin  
to live and grow1 deeper and deeper1    
into the  fellowship of ,christ's death4
 ,new things are discovered by him in   
spheres  of which he never thought4 ,a  
man may at times be filled with the     
,holy  ,ghost1 and yet there may be     
great imperfections in him4 ,why8 ,for  
this  reason3 because his heart1        
perhaps1 had not been fully prepared by 

a  complete discovery of sin4 ,there may
 be pride1 or self-consciousness1 or    
forwardness1 or other qualities of this 
nature which he has never noticed4  ,the
 ,holy ,spirit does not always cast     
these out at once4 ,no4 ,there are      
different ways of entering into the     
blessed life4 ,one man enters into the  
blessed life with the idea of power for 
service2 another with the idea of  rest 
from worry and weariness2 another with  
the idea of deliverance from  sin4 ,in  
all these aspects there is something    
limited1 and therefore every  believer  
is to give himself up after he knows the
 power of ,christ's death1  and say     
continually3 ,lord ,jesus1 let the power
 of ,thy death work through1  let it    
penetrate my whole being4 ,as the man   
gives himself unreservedly up1  he will 
begin to bear the marks of a crucified  
man4 ,the apostle says3 ,i  have been   
crucified1 and he lives like a crucified
 man4    ,what are the marks of a       
crucified man8 ,the first is1 deep1     

absolute  humility4 ,christ humbled     
,himself1 and became obedient unto      
death1 even the  death of the cross4    
,when the death to sin begins to work   
mightily1 that is  one of its chief and 
most blessed proofs4 ,it breaks a man   
down1 down1 and  the great longing of   
his heart is1 ,oh1 that ,i could get    
deeper down before  my ,god1 and be     
nothing at all1 that the life of ,christ
 might be exalted4 ,i  deserve nothing  
but the cursed cross2 ,i give myself    
over to it4 ,humility  is one of the    
great marks of a crucified man4         
,another mark is impotence1             
helplessness4 ,when a man hangs  on the 
cross1 he is utterly helpless1 he can do
 nothing4 ,as long as we  ,christians   
are strong1 and can work1 or struggle1  
we do not get into the  blessed life of 
,christ2 but when a man says1 ,i am a   
crucified man1 ,i am  utterly helpless1 
every breath of life and strength must  
come from my  ,jesus1 then we learn what
 it is to sink into our own impotence1  

and say1  ,i am nothing4    ,still      
another mark of crucifixion is          
restfulness4 ,yes4 ,christ was          
crucified1 and went down into the grave1
 and we are crucified and buried  with  
,him4 ,there is no place of rest like   
the grave2 a man can do nothing  there1 
,my flesh shall rest in hope1 said      
,david1 and said the ,messiah4  ,yes1   
and when a man goes down into the grave 
of ,jesus1 it means this3 that  he just 
cries out1 ,i have nothing but ,god1 ,i 
trust ,god2 ,i am waiting upon  ,god2 my
 flesh rests in ,him2 ,i have given up  
everything1 that ,i may rest1  waiting  
upon what ,god is to do to me4          
,remember1 the crucifixion1 and the     
death1 and the burial are inseparably   
one4 ,and remember the grave is the     
place where the mighty resurrection     
power of ,god will be manifested4  ,and 
remember those precious words in the    
#aath of ,john3 ,said ,i not unto       
thee--when did ,christ say that8 ,it was
 at the grave of ,lazarus--that if  thou

 believest1 thou shalt see the glory of 
,god8 ,where shall ,i see the  glory of 
,god most brightly8 ,beside the grave4  
,go down into death believing1  and the 
glory of ,god will come upon thee1 and  
fill thy heart4    ,dear friends1 we    
want to die4 ,if we are to live in the  
rest1 and the peace1  and the           
blessedness of our great ,boaz2 if we   
are to live a life of joy and  of       
fruitfulness1 of strength and of        
victory1 we must go down into the grave 
with ,christ1 and the language of our   
life must be3 ,i am a crucified  man4   
,god be praised1 though ,i have nothing 
but sin in myself1 ,i have an           
everlasting ,jesus1 with ,his death and 
,his life1 to be the life of my soul4   
,how can ,i enter into this fellowship  
of the cross8 ,we find an illustration  
in the story of the penitent thief4     
,thomas said1 before ,christ's death1   
,let us go and abide with ,him4 ,and    
,peter said1 ,lord1 ,i am ready to go   
with ,thee to prison1 or to death4 ,but 

the disciples all failed1 and our  ,lord
 took a man who was the offscouring of  
the earth1 and he hung him upon  the    
cross of ,calvary beside ,himself1 and  
,he said to ,peter1 and to all3 ,i  will
 let you see what it is to die with ,me4
 ,and ,he says that word to-day1  to the
 weakest and the humblest2 if you are   
longing to know what it is to  enter    
into death with ,jesus1 come and look at
 the penitent thief4 ,and what  do we   
see there8 ,first of all1 we see there  
the state of a heart prepared  to die   
with ,christ4 ,we see in that penitent  
thief1 a humble1 whole-hearted          
confession of sin4 ,there he hung upon  
the cursed tree1 and the multitudes     
were blaspheming that man beside him1   
but he was not ashamed publicly to  make
 confession3 ,i am dying a death that ,i
 have deserved2 ,i am suffering  justly2
 this cross is what ,i have deserved4   
,here is one of the reasons why  the    
,church of ,christ enters so little into
 the death of ,christ2 men do not  want 

to believe that the curse of ,god is    
upon everything in them that has  not   
died with ,christ4 ,people talk about   
the curse of sin1 but they do not       
understand that the whole nature has    
been infected by sin1 and that the      
curse is on everything4 ,my intellect1  
has that been defiled by sin8           
,terribly1 and the curse of sin is on   
it1 and therefore my intellect must go  
down into the death4 ,ah1 ,i believe    
that the ,church of ,christ suffers more
  to-day from trusting in intellect1 in 
sagacity1 in culture1 and in mental     
refinement1 than from almost anything   
else4 ,the ,spirit of the world comes   
in1 and men seek by their wisdom1 and by
 their knowledge1 to help the  ,gospel1 
and they rob it of its crucifixion mark4
 ,christ directed ,paul to go  and      
preach the ,gospel of the cross1 but to 
do it not with wisdom of words4  ,the   
curse of sin is on all that is of       
nature4 ,if there be a minister who  has
 delighted in preaching1 who has done   

his very best1 who has given his  very  
best in the way of talent and of        
thought1 and who asks1 ,must that  go   
down into the grave8 ,i say1 ,yes1 my   
brother1 the whole man must be          
crucified4 ,and so with the heart's     
affection4 ,what is more beautiful than 
the love of a child to his mother8 ,in  
that lovely nature there is something   
unsanctified1 and it must be given up to
 die4 ,god will raise it from the  dead 
and give it back again1 sanctified and  
made alive unto ,god4 ,so ,i might  go  
through the whole of our life4 ,people  
often say to me3 ,but has ,god made  all
 things so beautiful1 and is it not     
right that we should enjoy them8 ,are   
not ,his gifts all good8 ,i answer1 yes1
 but remember what it says2 they are    
good1 if sanctified by the ,word of ,god
 and prayer4 ,the curse of sin is on    
them2 the blight of sin is on everything
 most beautiful1 and it takes much  of  
,god's ,word1 and much of prayer to     
sanctify them4 ,it is very hard to give 

up a thing to the death1 and it is      
hardest of all to give up my life to the
  death1 and ,i never will until ,i have
 learned that everything about that     
life is stamped by sin1 and let it go   
down into the death as the only way  to 
have it quickened and sanctified4       
,the penitent thief confessed his sin1  
and that he deserved death4 ,then1      
next1 he had faith in the almighty power
 of ,christ4 ,a wonderful faith4 ,it    
has no parallel in the ,bible4 ,there   
hangs the cursed malefactor with ,jesus 
of ,nazareth1 and he dares speak1 and   
say3 ,i am dying here1 under the just   
curse of my sins1 but ,i believe ,thou  
canst take me into ,thy heart1 and      
remember me when ,thou comest into ,thy 
,kingdom4 ,oh1 that we might learn to   
believe in the almighty power of        
,christ6 ,that man believed that ,christ
 was  a ,king1 and had a ,kingdom1 and  
that ,he would take him up in ,his arms1
 and  in ,his heart1 and remember him   
when ,he came into ,his ,kingdom4 ,he   

believed  that1 and believing that1 he  
died4 ,brother1 you and ,i need to take 
time to  come to a much larger and      
deeper faith in the power of ,christ1   
that the  almighty ,christ will indeed  
take us in ,his arms and carry us       
through this  death life1 revealing the 
power of ,his death in us4 ,i cannot    
live it  without personal contact with  
,christ every hour of the day4 ,christ  
must do  it2 ,christ can do it4 ,come   
therefore and say3 ,is ,he not the      
,almighty ,one2  did ,he not come from  
the throne of ,god2 did ,he not prove   
,his omnipotence1  and did the ,father  
not prove it when ,he rose from the     
dead8 ,would you be  afraid1 now that   
,christ is on the throne1 of doing what 
the malefactor did  when ,christ was    
upon the cross1 and entrusting yourself 
to ,him to live as  one dead with ,him8 
,christ will carry you through the very 
process ,he went  through2 will make    
,his death work in you every day of your
 life4    ,i note one thing more in the 

penitent thief--his prayer4 ,there was  
his  conviction of sin1 and his faith1  
but there was1 further1 the utterance of
  his faith in prayer4 ,he turned to    
,jesus4 ,remember that the whole world1 
with perhaps the exception of ,mary and 
the women1 was turned against ,christ   
that day4 ,of the whole world of men as 
far as ,i know1 there was but that  one 
praying to ,christ4 ,do not wait to see 
what others do2 if you wait for         
that1--alas6 ,i desire to say it in love
 and tenderness1--you will not find     
much company in the ,church of ,christ4 
,pray incessantly3 ,lord ,christ1 let   
the power of ,thy death come into me4   
,for ,god's sake1 pray the prayer4 ,if  
you want to live the life of ,heaven1   
there must be death to sin in the  power
 of ,jesus4 ,there must be personal     
entrustment of the soul into ,his  death
 to sin1 personal acceptance of ,jesus  
to do the mighty work4    ,we have seen 
what the preparation is on the part of  
this man2 let us look1  secondly1 at how

 ,christ met him4 ,he met him1 you know1
 with that wonderful  promise1 with its 
three wonderful parts3 ,to-day shalt    
thou be with me in  ,paradise4 ,a       
promise of fellowship with              
,christ1--,thou shalt be with me2  a    
promise of rest in eternity1 in the     
,paradise from which sin had cast man   
out1--,with me in ,paradise2 a promise  
of immediate blessing1--,to-day  shalt  
thou be with ,me4 ,with that three-fold 
blessing ,jesus comes to you  and me1   
and ,he says3 ,believer1 are you longing
 to live the ,paradise life1  where ,i  
give souls to eat of the ,tree of ,life1
 in the ,paradise of ,god1 day  by day8 
,are you longing for that uninterrupted 
communion with ,god that  there was in  
,paradise before ,adam fell8 ,are you   
longing for perfect  fellowship with me1
 longing to live where ,i am living1 in 
the love of the  ,father8 ,to-day1      
to-day2 even as the ,holy ,ghost says3  
',to-day shalt thou  be with me6'       
,longest thou for ,me8 ,i long more for 

thee4 ,longest thou for  fellowship8 ,i 
long unceasingly for thy fellowship1 for
 ,i need thy love1  my child1 to satisfy
 my heart4 ,nothing can prevent ,my     
receiving thee into  fellowship4 ,i have
 taken possession of ,heaven for thee1  
as the ,great ,high  ,priest1 that thou 
mightest live the ,heavenly life1 that  
thou mightest have  access into the     
holiest of all and an abiding dwelling  
place there4 ,to-day1  if thou wilt1    
thou shalt be with me in ,paradise4     
,thank ,god1 the ,jesus of  the penitent
 thief is my ,jesus4 ,thank ,god1 the   
cross of the penitent thief  is my      
cross4 ,i must confess my sinfulness if 
,i want to come into the  closest       
communion with my blessed ,lord4 ,there 
was not a man upon earth  during the    
thirty-three years of ,christ's life    
that had such wonderful  fellowship with
 the ,son of ,god1 as the penitent      
thief1 for with the ,son of  ,god he    
entered the glory4 ,what made him so    
separate from others8 ,he was on  the   

cross with ,jesus and entered ,paradise 
with ,him4 ,and if ,i live upon the     
cross with ,jesus1 the ,paradise life   
shall be mine every day4    ,and now1 if
 ,jesus gives me that promise1 what have
 ,i to do8 ,let go4 ,when a  ship is    
moored alongside the dock1 with         
everything ready for the start and  all 
standing on the quay1 the last bell is  
rung and the order is given1  ,let go4  
,then the last rope is loosened1 and the
 steamer moves4 ,there are  things that 
tie us to the earth1 to the flesh-life1 
and to the self-life2  but to-day the   
message comes3 ,if thou wouldst die with
 ,jesus1 let go4  ,thou needst not      
understand all4 ,it may not be perfectly
 clear2 the heart  may appear dull1 but 
never mind2 ,jesus carried that penitent
 thief through  death to life4 ,the     
thief did not know where he was going1  
he did not know  what was to happen1 but
 ,jesus1 the mighty conqueror1 took him 
in ,his arms1  and landed him1 in his   
ignorance1 in ,paradise4 ,oh1 ,i have   

sometimes said  in my soul1 bless ,god  
for the ignorance of that penitent      
thief4 ,he knew  nothing about what was 
going to happen1 but he trusted ,christ2
 and if ,i can  not understand all about
 this crucifixion with ,christ1 and the 
death to  sin1 and the life to ,god1 and
 the glory that comes into the heart1   
never  mind1 ,i trust my ,lord's        
promise1 ,i cast myself helpless into   
,his arms1 ,i  maintain my position on  
the cross4 ,given up to ,jesus1 to die  
with ,him1 ,i  can trust ,him to carry  
me through4    ,shall we not each one   
take the blessed opportunity of doing   
what ,ruth did  when she1 in obedience  
to the advice of her mother1 just cast  
herself at  the feet of the great ,boaz1
 the ,redeemer1 to be ,his8 ,shall we   
not come into  personal contact with    
,jesus1 and shall not each one of us    
just speak before  the world these      
simple words3 ,lord1 here is this life2 
there is much in it  still of self1 and 
sinfulness1 and self-will1 but ,i come  

to ,thee2 ,i long to  enter fully into  
,thy death2 ,i long to know fully that  
,i have been crucified  with ,thee2 ,i  
long to live ,thy life every day4 ,then 
say3 ,lord ,jesus1 ,i  have seen ,thy   
glory1 what ,thou didst for the penitent
 one at ,thy side on  the cross2 ,i am  
trusting ,thee1 that ,thou wilt do it   
for me4 ,lord1 ,i cast  myself into ,thy
 arms4          ,,joy ,,in ,,the ,,holy 
,,ghost4    ,x4    ,romans #ad3         
#ag4--;,for the ,kingdom of ,god is not 
meat and drink1 but  righteousness1 and 
peace1 and joy in the ,holy ,ghost4     
,in this text we have the earthly       
revelation of the work of the ,trinity4 
,the  ,kingdom of ,god is righteousness2
 that represents the work of the        
,father4  ,the foundations of ,his      
throne are justice and judgment4 ,then  
comes the work  of the ,son3 ,he is our 
peace1 our ,shiloh1 our rest4 ,the      
,kingdom of ,god is  peace2 not only the
 peace of pardon for the past1 but the  
peace of perfect  assurance as to the   

future4 ,not only the work of atonement 
is finished1 but  the work of           
sanctification is finished in ,christ1  
and ,i may receive and  enjoy what is   
prepared for me4 ,the new man has been  
created1 and ,i may in  ,him live out my
 life2 if a kingdom is established in   
righteousness1 if the  rule is perfect1 
there can be perfect rest4 ,if there be 
peace1 no war  from without1 and no     
civil dissension within1 a nation can be
 happy and  prosperous4 ,and so there   
comes here1 after righteousness and     
peace1 the  joy1 the blessed happiness  
in which a man can live2 ,the ,kingdom  
of ,god is  righteousness and peace1 and
 joy in the ,holy ,ghost4 ,may we regard
 this joy  of the ,holy ,ghost1 not only
 as a beautiful thing to admire1 not    
only as a  thing to have beautiful      
thoughts about1 but as a blessing that  
we are going  to claim4    ,we often see
 a fruiterer's or confectioner's shop1  
with beautiful fruit or  cake temptingly
 displayed in the window4 ,there is a   

great pane of plate  glass before it1   
and the hungry little boys stand there  
and look1 and long1  but they cannot    
reach it4 ,if you were to say to one1   
,now1 little boy1 take  that fruit1 he  
would look at you in surprise4 ,he has  
learned that there is  something        
between4 ,if he had never known of glass
 he might attempt it4 ,the  plate glass 
is sometimes so clear that even a grown 
man might for a moment  be deceived and 
stretch out his hand4 ,but he soon finds
 there is something  invisible between  
him and the fruit4 ,this represents     
exactly the life of  many ,christians2  
they see1 but they cannot take4 ,and    
what now is this  invisible pane of     
plate glass1 that hinders my taking the 
beautiful things  ,i see8 ,it is nothing
 but the self-life2 ,i see divine things
 but cannot  reach them1 the self-life  
is the invisible plate glass4 ,we are   
willing1 we  are working1 we are        
striving1 and yet we are holding back   
something2 we are  afraid to give up    

everything to ,god4 ,we do not know what
 the consequences  may be4 ,we have not 
yet comprehended that ,god and ,christ  
,jesus are worth  everything4 ,whatever 
is told us of the blessed life of peace 
and joy1 we  say1 ,praise ,god2 ,god's  
,word is true2 ,i believe the ,word2 and
 yet1 day by  day1 we stand back4 ,when 
some one says1 ,take it1 we say1 ,i     
can't take  it2 there is something      
between4 ,would we were willing to give 
up the  self-life2 would we had the     
courage to give up to-day1 and let the  
joy of  the ,holy ,ghost be our         
religion4 ,that is the religion ,god has
 prepared for  us2 that is the religion 
we can claim2 not only righteousness1   
not only  peace1 but the joy of the     
,holy ,ghost4 ,that is the ,kingdom of  
,god4    ,what is this joy8 ,first of   
all1 it is the joy of the presence of   
,jesus4  ,we are often inclined to speak
 most of two other things1 the power for
  sanctification1 and the power for     
service4 ,but ,i find there is a thing  

more  important than either of those    
two1 and that is that the ,holy ,ghost  
came  from ,heaven to be the abiding    
presence of ,christ in ,his disciples1  
in the  ,church1 and in the heart of    
every believer4 ,the ,lord ,jesus was   
going away1  and ,his disciples were    
very sad2 their hearts was sorrowful2   
but ,he said to  them1 ,i will come back
 again1 and ,i will come to you4 ,your  
hearts shall  rejoice1 and your joy no  
man shall take from you4 ,what took     
place with  them1 may take place with us
 too4 ,the ,holy ,spirit is given to    
make the  presence of ,jesus an abiding 
reality1 a continual experience4 ,and   
what was  that joy that no man could    
ever touch8 ,it was the joy of          
,pentecost4 ,and  what was ,pentecost8  
,the coming of the ,lord ,jesus in the  
,holy ,ghost to dwell  with ,his        
disciples4 ,while ,jesus was with ,his  
disciples on earth1 ,he could  not get  
into their hearts in the right way4     
,they loved ,him1 but they could  not   

take in ,his teaching1 they could not   
partake of ,his disposition1 and  they  
could not receive ,his very spirit into 
their being4 ,but when ,he had  ascended
 to ,heaven1 ,he came back in the       
,spirit to dwell in their hearts4  ,it  
is this alone that will help us to go1  
the minister to his congregation  with  
its difficulties1 the business man to   
his counter1 the mother to her  large   
family with its care1 the worker to her 
,bible class4 ,it is this only  that    
will help us to feel1 ,i can conquer1 ,i
 can live in the rest of ,god4  ,why8   
,because ,i have the almighty ,jesus    
with me every day4 ,with ,god's  people1
 there seems to be one hindrance1 they  
do not know their ,saviour4  ,they do   
not realize that this blessed ,christ is
 an ever present1  all-pervading1       
in-dwelling ,christ1 who wants to take  
charge of their entire  lives4 ,they do 
not know1 they do not believe that ,he  
is an ,almighty ,christ1  and ready in  
the midst of any difficulties and any   

circumstances to be  their keeper and   
their ,god4 ,this is absolutely true4   
,many ,christians are  asked as to how  
one may have the joy unspeakable1 the   
joy that nothing can  take away1 the joy
 of the friendship and nearness and love
 of ,jesus filling  his heart4 ,we      
complain that the rush of competition is
 so terrible that we  can not get time  
for private prayer4 ,brother1 the ,lord 
,jesus ,christ1 if ,he  comes to you as 
a brother and a friend and an abiding   
guest1 can give your  heart the joy of  
the ,holy ,ghost1 so that business will 
take its right place  under your feet4  
,your heart is too holy to have it      
filled with business2  let the business 
be in the head and under the feet1 but  
let ,christ have  the whole heart1 and  
,he will keep the whole life4 ,our      
glorious1 exalted1  almighty1 ever      
present ,christ6 why is it that you and 
,i can not trust ,him  fully1 perfectly 
to do ,his work8 ,shall we not say      
before ,god that we do  trust ,him1 that

 we will trust ,christ to be to us every
 moment all that we  can desire8 ,on the
 ,cross of ,calvary ,christ was all     
alone1 and you believe  ,he did a       
perfect and a blessed work2 and ,christ 
in ,heaven is all alone1 as  high priest
 and intercessor1 and you trust ,him for
 ,his work there4 ,but1  praise ,god6 it
 is equally true1 ,christ in the heart  
is able all alone to  keep it all the   
days4 ,may it please ,god to reveal to  
,his children the  nearness of ,christ  
standing and knocking at the door of    
every heart1 ready  to come in and rest 
forever there and to lead the soul into 
,his rest4    ,we all know what the     
power of joy is2 we know there is       
nothing so  attractive as joy1 there is 
nothing can help a man to bear and      
endure so  much as joy2 we know that the
 ,lord ,jesus ,himself for the joy that 
was set  before ,him endured the cross4 
,one is not living aright if he is      
living a  sighing1 trembling1 doubting  
life4 ,come to-day and believe the joy  

of the  ,holy ,ghost is meant for you4  
,does not the ,scripture say1 ,whom not 
having  seen we love2 in whom1 though   
now ye see ,him not1 yet believing ye   
rejoice  with joy unspeakable and full  
of glory4 ,do you not believe that this 
blessed1 adorable1 inconceivably        
beautiful ,son of ,god1 the delight of  
the  ,father1--do you not believe that  
this ,son of ,god could fill your heart 
with  delight day and night1 if ,he were
 always present8 ,and do you not believe
  that ,he loves you more than a        
bridegroom loves his bride8 ,do you not 
believe that1 having bought you with    
,his blood1 ,jesus is longing for you8  
,he needs you to satisfy ,his heart of  
love4 ,begin to believe with your  whole
 heart1 ,the joy of the ,holy ,ghost is 
my portion1 for the ,holy ,ghost        
secures to me without interruption the  
presence and the love of ,jesus4    ,but
 secondly1 there is the joy of          
deliverance from sin4 ,the ,holy ,ghost 
comes to sanctify us4 ,christ is our    

sanctification1 and the ,holy ,ghost    
comes to communicate ,him to us1 to work
 out all that is in ,christ and to      
reproduce it in us4 ,let us remember    
that in the sight of ,god there is      
something more than work4 ,there is     
,christlikeness--the likeness and the   
life of ,christ in us4 ,that is what    
,god wants2 that will fit us for work4  
,god asks not that ,christ should live  
in us as separate persons2 temples  full
 of filthy1 impure1 foul creatures1 with
 ,christ hidden away somewhere          
there1--that is not the intention of    
,god1 but ,he wants ,christ so formed   
in us that we are one with ,christ1 and 
that in our thinking1 feeling and       
living1 the image of ,his blessed ,son  
is manifest before ,him4 ,the ,holy     
,spirit is given to sanctify us4 ,my    
brother1 are you willing to be          
sanctified from every sin1 be that sin  
great or small8 ,i am not asking1 do    
you feel that you have the power to     
conquer it8 ,i am not even asking1 do   

you feel the power to cast it out8 ,it  
may be that you feel no power2 that     
won't hinder if you are willing4 ,i can 
not cast out sin1 but ,i can get the    
,almighty ,christ by the ,holy ,spirit  
to do it1 and it is my work to say to   
,christ1 ,there is the sin1 there is the
 evil thing1 ,i lay it at ,thy feet1 ,i 
cast it there1 ,i cast it into ,thy very
 bosom4 ,lord1 ,i am ready to cut off   
the right hand1 anything1 only deliver  
me from it4 ,then ,christ will cast  out
 the evil spirit and give deliverance4  
,the ,spirit of ,god is a holy  spirit  
and ,his work is to make free from the  
power of sin and death4 ,and if  you    
want to live in the joy of the ,holy    
,ghost1 the question comes3 ,are  you   
willing to surrender everything that is 
sinful1 even what appears  good1--but   
has the stain of sin on it8 ,you may be 
involved in  relationships that make    
your life very difficult4 ,a pastor with
 his people  maybe brought into very    
difficult relationships2 or a business  

man with his  partner or those with whom
 he has to associate1 may be in an      
exceedingly  trying position4 ,but is   
not the blessed ,lamb of ,god worth it  
all8 ,what is  the ,christ worth to you8
 ,the question was once asked the       
disciples1 ,what  think ye of ,christ8  
,i ask1 ,what is ,christ worth to you8  
,and ,i beseech  you1 whatever          
prospective difficulties there may be1  
and whatever  perplexities surround you1
 take the whole world to-day and cast it
 at ,his  feet4 ,to have ,him is worth  
any difficulty2 to have ,him will be the
  solution of every difficulty4 ,there  
are not only such external1 manifest    
difficulties and perplexities1 there are
 a thousand little things that come  in 
our life and that often disturb us1     
temptations to unloving feelings1  and  
sharp words1 and hasty judgments4 ,oh1  
come1 and believe that the ,holy        
,spirit1 the sanctifier1 can come in and
 rule1 and give grace to pass  through  
all without sinning1 and you shall know 

what the joy of the ,holy  ,ghost is4   
,our body1 we read in #ast ,corinthians1
 is the temple of the ,holy  ,ghost4 ,it
 is to be holy in things like eating and
 drinking4 ,how often  a ,christian     
comes to the consciousness that he takes
 or seeks too much  enjoyment in that   
eating1 eating for pleasure1 with no    
self-denial or  self-sacrifice in his   
feeding the body6 ,how often we tempt   
one another to  eat1 and how often the  
believer forgets that this body is the  
very secret  temple of the ,holy ,ghost 
and that every mouthful we eat and drink
 must be  for the glory of ,god in such 
a way as to be perfectly well pleasing  
to ,him6  ,beloved1 ,i bring you a      
message3 ,there is access for you into  
the rest of  ,god1 and the ,holy ,spirit
 is given to bring you in1 and the ,holy
 ,spirit will  fill your heart with the 
unutterable joy of ,christ's presence2  
and with the  joy of deliverance from   
sin1 of victory over sin2 the           
unutterable joy of  knowing that you are

 doing ,god's will and are pleasing in  
,his sight2 the  unutterable joy of     
knowing that ,he is sanctifying and     
keeping the temple  for ,christ to dwell
 in4 ,believers1 the joy of the ,holy   
,ghost1 the joy of  that holiness of    
,god1 is ,his blessedness1 ,his purity1 
,his perfection1 that  nothing can mar  
or stain or disturb4 ,the ,holy ,ghost  
waits to bring and to  manifest it in   
our lives4 ,he wants to come so into our
 hearts that we shall  live1 as ,holy   
,ghost men1 the sanctified life1 with   
the sanctifying power of  ,jesus running
 through our whole beings4    ,my third 
thought is3 the joy of the ,holy ,ghost 
is the joy of the love of  the saints4  
,the ,holy ,ghost was not given to any  
man on the day of ,pentecost  separate  
from the others2 ,he came and filled the
 whole company4 ,we know how  much      
division and separation and pride there 
had been among them1 but  on that day   
the ,holy ,ghost so filled their hearts 
that we find it was  afterward said3    

,behold how these men love one another4 
,there was a love  in the primitive     
church that the very heathen noticed1   
and could not  understand4 ,why was     
that8 ,the ,holy ,spirit is the bond of 
union between the  ,father and ,son2 and
 that bond is love4 ,the ,holy ,spirit  
is just the love of  ,god come to dwell 
in the heart4 ,when ,he dwells with me  
and my brother we  learn to love each   
other4 ,though ,i be unloving naturally1
 and though ,i have  very little grace1 
if the heart of my brother is full of   
the ,holy ,spirit he  loves me through  
it all4 ,you know love is a wonderful   
thing4 ,as long as a  man tries to love 
it is not real love1 but when real love 
comes1 the more  opposition it meets the
 more it triumphs1 for the more it can  
exercise  itself and perfect itself1 the
 more it rejoices4 ,take a mother with a
 son  dishonoring her4 ,how her love    
follows him6 ,when she sees that he has 
fallen  deeper than ever before1 how the
 dear mother heart only loves him the   

more  intensely through all the         
wretchedness6 ,does not the ,scripture  
say1 ,if ,he  gave ,his life for us1 we 
are bound to give our life for the      
brethren8 ,the  ,holy ,spirit comes as a
 spirit of love1 and if you want to know
 the joy of  the ,holy ,ghost1 and want 
,him to lead you into the rest of ,god  
and keep you  there1 beware above       
everything on earth or in hell of being 
unloving4 ,one  sharp word to your      
brother or sister brings a cloud upon   
you without your  knowing it4 ,people   
are so accustomed to talk just as they  
like about each  other that they say    
sharp and unkind and unloving things1   
and when a cloud  comes in consequence  
they cannot understand it4 ,if there is 
one thing that  grieves ,god1 if there  
is one thing that hinders the           
,spirit--the fruit of  the ,spirit is   
love--it is the want of lovingness4 ,if 
you want to live in  the joy of the     
,holy ,ghost make your covenant with    
,god4 ,but1 you say1  there is a        

,christian man who makes me so          
impatient2 he does trouble me and  vex  
me so with his stupidity4 ,and there are
 those worldly men2 how they  have      
tempted me in times past and done me    
harm6 ,and there is that business  man  
who is trying to ruin me4 ,take them    
all1 and your own wife and  children and
 every one around you and say1 ,i       
understand it1 love is rest1  and rest  
is love4 ,god resteth in ,his love4     
,love is rest and rest is love1  and    
where there is no love the rest must be 
disturbed4 ,and let us say  to-day1 ,i  
see what the joy is2 it is the joy of   
always loving1 it is the  joy of losing 
my own life in love to others4 ,in      
connection with humility1  some one     
asks1 ,how about that text1 ',in honor  
preferring one another8'  ,when a soul  
comes into perfect humility before ,god 
it becomes nothing1 and  ,god becomes   
all in all4 ,i am nothing4 ,there is no 
self to be affronted2 ,i  have said     
before ,god3 ,i am nothing2 it is only  

,thy life and light that  shines4 ,the  
honor is ,thine1 and nothing may touch  
me but what is against  the glory of my 
,god4    ,beloved1 are you living in the
 joy of the ,holy ,ghost8 ,come and     
accept a  blessing and give yourself up 
to live a life of humility in which you 
are  nothing1 and a life of love like   
,christ's in which you only live for    
your  fellow-men1 for the kingdom of    
,god is the joy of the ,holy ,ghost4    
,my last thought is that the joy of the 
,holy ,ghost is the joy of working for  
,god4 ,the joy of the presence of       
,jesus1 the joy of deliverance from sin1
 the  joy of love for the brethren1 and 
then the joy of working for ,god4 ,some 
of us have at times felt what an        
incomprehensible thing it is that the   
everlasting ,god should work through us2
 and we have said1 ,lord1 what is  this1
 that ,thou the ,almighty ,one dost work
 in me and through me1 a vile  worm by  
nature8 ,it is a mystery that passeth   
knowledge1 and yet it is so  true4 ,the 

joy of the ,holy ,ghost comes when a man
 gives himself up to  the ,christlike   
work of carrying the love of ,god to    
men4 ,let us seek the  perishing1 let us
 live and die for souls1 let us live and
 die that our  fellow-men may be        
reclaimed and brought back to their     
,god4 ,there is no joy  like hearing the
 joy-song of a new-born soul4 ,but yes1 
there is another joy  that may be as    
deep4 ,even if ,god does not give me the
 blessing of hearing  the newborn soul  
sing its song1 ,i may have the joy1 the 
sympathy with ,jesus  in ,his rejected  
life1 and the assurance that the ,father
 looks with good  pleasure on me4 ,when 
,i think of the thousands of believers  
in the ,christian  world and then think 
of the heathen world1 the cry comes up  
in my heart3  ,what are we doing8 ,ah1  
we need to be crying to ,god day and    
night1 ,lord  ,god1 wake us up4 ,lord   
,god1 let the ,holy ,spirit burn within 
us4 ,are we the  true successors of     
,jesus ,christ8 ,are we indeed the      

followers and successors  of ,christ who
 went all the way to ,calvary to give   
,his blood for men8 ,do  let us remember
 the joy of the ,holy ,ghost is the joy 
of working for ,god in  ,christ4 ,i     
believe that ,god has new ways and new  
leadings and new power for  ,his people1
 if they will only wait on ,him4 ,but   
what most of us do is this3  we thank   
,god for all ,he has given1 we look at  
all the ways of working we  have1 and we
 say that we will try to do our work    
better4 ,but oh1 if we had  a sense of  
the need1 if we had any sense1 by the   
vision of the ,holy ,ghost1  of the     
state of the millions around us1 ,i am  
sure we would fall on our  faces before 
,god and say1 ,god help me to something 
new4 ,oh that every  fiber of my being  
may be taken possession of for this     
great work with ,god6  ,the great need  
is that all ,christians should          
consecrate themselves wholly  to ,god   
for ,his work4 ,may ,god help us to know
 what is the joy of the ,holy  ,ghost4  

,concluding1 ,i ask again3 ,do you      
believe that it is possible for the     
,lord  ,jesus1 our ,shiloh1 of whom     
,jacob prophesied1 our ,joshua1 our     
glorious ,king  and ,high ,priest1--do  
you believe it is possible for ,christ  
,jesus to bring  you to-day into the    
rest of ,god8 ,remember that word in    
,hebrews1 ,even as  the ,holy ,ghost    
saith1 to-day4 ,to-day1 summon up       
courage and take up your  ministry1 and 
take up your business1 and take up your 
surroundings1 and  take up your natural 
temperament1 and take up your home1 and 
take up your  life for the days to come 
upon earth1 and say1 ,i do not          
understand it1  ,i know not what will   
come1 but one thing ,i know1 ,i do      
absolutely give  everything into the    
hands of the crucified ,lamb of ,god2   
,he shall have me in  my entirety4 ,and 
oh1 remember1 beloved1 that ,christ will
 be to you more  than you can think or  
understand1 more than you can ask or    
desire4    ,come1 let us cast ourselves 

into those blessed1 loving arms1 and let
 us  believe even now that our ,joshua  
leads us into the rest of ,god1 the rest
 in  which we are saved from self-care  
and self-seeking and self-trusting and  
self-loving1 the rest in which we do not
 think of ourselves1 but where ,he  who 
is almighty and omnipresent is always   
going to be with us and is always  going
 to work within us4 ,and let us when we 
have done that1 claim the  promise1 that
 as we have sought first the kingdom and
 ,god's righteousness1  all things shall
 be added unto us4 ,beloved1 the kingdom
 of ,god is within  you1 and it is      
righteousness and peace and joy in the  
,holy ,ghost4 ,come1 let  us claim it   
even now in simple1 childlike1 humble   
faith4          ,,triumph ,,of ,,faith4 
,,xi4    ,john #d3 #ej4--;,and the man  
believed the word that ,jesus had spoken
 unto  him4      ,let me quote from the 
,gospel according to ,st4 ,john1 the    
#dth chapter1  beginning at the #dfth   
verse3 ,so ,jesus came again into ,cana 

of ,galilee1  where ,he made the water  
wine4 ,and there was a certain nobleman 
whose son  was sick at ,capernaum4 ,when
 he heard that ,jesus was come up out of
 ,judea  into ,galilee1 he went unto    
,him1 and besought ,him that ,he would  
come down  and heal his son2 for he was 
at the point of death4 ,then said ,jesus
 unto  him1 ,except ye see signs and    
wonders1 ye will not believe4 ,there you
 have  the word believe the first time4 
,the nobleman saith unto ,him1 ,sir1    
come  down ere my child die4 ,jesus     
saith unto him1 ,go thy way2 thy son    
liveth4  ,and the man believed the word 
that ,jesus had spoken unto him1 and he 
went  his way4 ,there you have that word
 the second time4 ,and as he was now    
going down1 his servants met him1 and   
told him1 saying1 ,thy son liveth4      
,then inquired he of them the hour when 
he began to amend4 ,and they said  unto 
him1 ,yesterday at the seventh hour the 
fever left him4 ,so the father  knew    
that it was at the same hour1 in the    

which ,jesus said unto him1 ,thy  son   
liveth2 and himself believed1 and his   
whole house4 ,there you have the  word  
faith4    ,this story has often been    
used to illustrate the different steps  
of faith  in the spiritual life4 ,it was
 this use made of it in an address that 
brought the sainted ,canon ,battersby   
into the full enjoyment of rest4 ,he had
  been a most godly man1 but had lived  
the life of failure4 ,he saw in the     
story what it was to rest on the ,word  
and trust the saving power of ,jesus1   
and from that night he was a changed    
man4 ,he went home to testify of it1    
and under ,god1 he was allowed to       
originate the ,keswick ,convention4     
,let me point out to you the three      
aspects of faith which we have here3    
first1 faith seeking2 then1 faith       
finding2 and then1 faith enjoying4 ,or1 
still better3 faith struggling2 faith   
resting2 faith triumphing4 ,first of    
all1 faith struggling4 ,here is a man1 a
 heathen1 a nobleman1 who has heard     

about ,christ4 ,he has a dying son at   
,capernaum1 and in his extremity leaves 
his home1 and walks some six or seven   
hours away to ,cana of ,galilee4 ,he    
has heard of the ,prophet1 possibly1 as 
one who has made water wine2 he has     
heard of ,his other miracles round      
,capernaum1 and he has a certain trust  
that ,jesus will be able to help him4   
,he goes to ,him1 and his prayer is that
  the ,lord will come down to ,capernaum
 and heal his son4 ,christ said to him1 
,except ye see signs and wonders1 ye    
will not believe4 ,he saw that the      
nobleman wanted ,him to come and stand  
beside the child4 ,this man had not  the
 faith of the centurion--,only speak a  
word4 ,he had faith4 ,it was faith  that
 came from hearsay1 and it was faith    
that did1 to a certain extent1  hope in 
,christ2 but it was not the faith in    
,christ's power such as ,christ         
desired4 ,still ,christ accepted and met
 this faith4 ,after the ,lord had thus  
told him what ,he wished--a faith that  

could fully trust ,him--the nobleman    
cried the second time1 ,sir1 come down  
ere my child die4 ,seeing his           
earnestness and his trust1 ,christ said1
 ,go thy way2 thy son liveth4 ,and  then
 we read that the nobleman believed4 ,he
 believed1 and he went his way4  ,he    
believed the word that ,jesus had       
spoken4 ,in that he rested and was      
content4 ,and he went away without      
having any other pledge than the word of
  ,jesus4 ,as he was walking homeward1  
the servants met him1 to tell him his   
son lived4 ,he asked at what hour he    
began to amend4 ,and when they told him1
  he knew it was at the very hour that  
,jesus had been speaking to him4 ,he    
had at first a faith that was seeking1  
and struggling1 and searching for       
blessing2 then he had a faith that      
accepted the blessing simply as it was  
contained in the word of ,jesus4 ,when  
,christ said1 ,thy son liveth1 he was   
content1 and went home1 and found the   
blessing--the son restored4    ,then    

came the third step in his faith4 ,he   
believed with his whole house4  ,that is
 to say1 he did not only believe that   
,christ could do just this one  thing1  
the healing of his son2 but he believed 
in ,christ as his ,lord4 ,he  gave      
himself up entirely to be a disciple of 
,jesus4 ,and that not only  alone1 but  
with his whole house4 ,many ,christians 
are like the nobleman4  ,they have heard
 about a better life4 ,they have met    
certain individuals by  whose ,christian
 lives they have been impressed1 and    
consequently have felt  that ,christ can
 do wonderful things for a man4 ,many   
,christians say in their  heart1 ,i am  
sure there is a better life for me to   
live2 how ,i wish ,i could  be brought  
to that blessed state6 ,but they have   
not much hope about it4  ,they have     
read1 and prayed1 but they have found   
everything so difficult1 ,if  you ask   
them1 ,do you believe ,jesus can help   
you to live this higher life8  they say1
 ,yes2 ,he is omnipotent4 ,if you ask1  

,do you believe ,jesus wishes  to do it8
 they say1 ,yes1 ,i know ,he is loving4 
,and if you say1 ,do you  believe that  
,he will do it for you8 they at once    
say1 ,i know ,he is  willing1 but       
whether ,he will actually do it for me  
,i do not know4 ,i am not  sure that ,i 
am prepared4 ,i do not know if ,i am    
advanced enough4 ,i do  not know if ,i  
have enough grace for that4 ,and so they
 are hungering1  struggling1 wrestling1 
and often remain unblessed4 ,this state 
of things  sometimes goes on for        
years--they are expecting to see signs  
and wonders1  and hoping that ,god1 by a
 miracle1 will put them all right4 ,they
 are just  like the ,israelites2 they   
limit the ,holy ,one of ,israel4 ,have  
you ever  noticed that it is the very   
people whom ,god has blessed so         
wonderfully  who do that8 ,what did the 
,israelites say8 ,god hath provided     
water in the  wilderness4 ,but can ,he  
provide the table in the wilderness8 ,we
 do not think  ,he can4 ,and so we find 

believers who say1 ,yes1 ,god has done  
wonders4 ,the  whole of redemption is a 
wonder1 and ,god has done wonders for   
some whom ,i  know4 ,but will ,god take 
one so feeble as ,i1 and put me entirely
 right8 ,the  struggling and wrestling  
and seeking are the beginnings of faith 
in you--a  faith that desires and hopes4
 ,but it must go on further4 ,and how   
can that  faith advance8 ,look at the   
second step4 ,there is the nobleman1 and
 ,christ  speaks to him this wonderful  
word3 ,go thy way2 thy son liveth2 and  
the  nobleman simply rests upon that    
word of the living ,jesus4 ,he rests on 
it1  and without any proof of what he is
 to get1 and without one man in the     
world to encourage him4 ,he goes away   
home with the thought1 ,i have  received
 the blessing ,i sought2 ,i have got    
life from the dead for my son4  ,the    
living ,christ promised it me1 and on   
that ,i rest4 ,the struggling1  seeking 
faith has become a resting faith4 ,the  
man has entered into rest  about his    

son4    ,and now1 dear believers1 this  
is the one thing ,god asks you to do3   
,god has  said that in ,christ you have 
eternal life1 the more abundant life2   
,christ  has said to you1 ,i live1 and  
ye shall live also4 ,the ,word says to  
us that  ,christ is our ,peace1 our     
,victory over every enemy1 who leads us 
into the  rest of ,god4 ,these are the  
words of ,god1 and ,his message has come
 to us  that ,christ can do for us what 
,moses could not have done4 ,moses had  
no  ,christ to live in him4 ,but it is  
told you that you can have what ,moses  
had  not2 you can have a living ,christ 
within you4 ,and are you going to       
believe  that1 apart from any           
experience1 and apart from any          
consciousness of  strength8 ,if the     
peace of ,god is to rule in your heart1 
it is the ,god of  peace ,himself must  
be there to do it4 ,the peace is        
inseparable from the  ,god4 ,the light  
of the sun--can ,i separate that from   
the sun8 ,utterly  impossible4 ,as long 

as ,i have the sun ,i have the light4   
,if ,i lose the sun2  ,i lose the light4
 ,take care6 ,do not seek the peace of  
,god or the peace of  ,christ apart from
 ,god and ,christ4 ,but how does ,christ
 come to me8 ,he comes  to me in this   
precious ,word2 and just as ,he said to 
the nobleman1 ,go thy  way home2 thy son
 liveth1 so ,christ comes to me to-day1 
and ,he says1 ,go  thy way2 thy ,saviour
 liveth4 ,lo1 ,i am with you alway4 ,i  
live1 and ye  shall live also4 ,i wait  
to take charge of your whole life4 ,will
 you have  me do this8 ,trust to me all 
that is evil and feeble2 your whole     
sinful and  perverse nature--give it up 
to ,me2 that dying1 sin-sick soul--give 
it up to  ,me1 and ,i will take care of 
it4 ,will you not listen and hear ,him  
speak to  your soul8 ,child1 go forward 
into all the circumstances of life that 
have  tempted you2 into all the         
difficulties that threaten you4 ,your   
soul lives  with the life of ,god2 your 
soul lives in the power of ,god2 your   

soul lives  in ,christ ,jesus4 ,will you
 not1 like the nobleman1 take the simple
 step of  faith1 and believe the word   
,jesus hath spoken8 ,will you not say1  
,lord  ,jesus1 ,thou hast spoken3 ,i can
 rest on ,thy ,word4 ,i have seen that  
,christ  is willing to be more to me    
than ,i ever knew2 ,i have seen that    
,christ is  willing to be my life in the
 most actual and intense meaning of the 
words4  ,all that we know about the     
,holy ,ghost sums itself up in this one 
thing3  ,the ,holy ,ghost comes to make 
,christ an actual1 indwelling1          
always-abiding  ,saviour4    ,lastly1   
comes the triumphant faith4 ,the man    
went home holding fast the  promise4 ,he
 had only one promise1 but he held it   
fast4 ,when ,god gives me  a promise1   
,he is just as near me as when ,he      
fulfills it4 ,that is a great  comfort4 
,when ,i have the promise ,i have also  
the pledge of the fulfillment4  ,but the
 whole heart of ,god is in ,his promise1
 just as much as in the  fulfillment of 

it1 and sometimes ,god1 the promiser1 is
 more precious  because ,i am compelled 
to cling more to ,him1 and to come      
closer1 and to  live by simple faith1   
and to adore ,his love4 ,do not think   
this is a hard  life1 to be living upon 
a promise4 ,it means living upon the    
everlasting  ,god4 ,who is going to say 
that is hard8 ,it means living upon the 
crucified1  the loving ,christ4 ,be     
ashamed to say that is a difficult      
thing4 ,it is a  blessed thing4    ,the 
nobleman went home and found the child  
living4 ,and what happened then8  ,two  
things4 ,first3 he gave up his whole    
life to be a believer in ,jesus4 ,if    
there had been a division among the     
people of ,capernaum1 and thousands of  
them had hated ,christ1 this man would  
still have stood on ,his side4 ,he      
believed in the ,lord4 ,this is what    
must take place with us4 ,let us go     
forward with our trust in the living    
,christ1 knowing that ,he will keep us4 
,then we will get grace to carry the    

life of ,christ into our whole conduct1 
into all our walk and conversation4 ,the
 faith that rests in ,jesus1 is the     
faith that trusts all to ,him1 with all 
we have4 ,do we not read that when  ,god
 had finished ,his work1 and rested1 it 
was only to begin new work8 ,yes2  the  
great work was to be carried            
on--watching over and ruling ,his world 
and  ,his church4 ,and is it not so with
 the ,lord ,jesus8 ,when ,he had        
finished ,his  work1 ,he sat upon the   
throne to do ,his work of perfecting the
 body1 through  the ,holy ,spirit4 ,and 
now1 the ,holy ,spirit is carrying on   
that blessed work1  teaching us to rest 
in ,christ1 and in the strength of that 
rest to go on1  and to cover our whole  
life with the power1 and the obedience1 
and the  will1 and the likeness of the  
,lord ,jesus4 ,the nobleman gave up his 
whole  life to be a believer in ,christ2
 and from that day it was a believer in 
,jesus who walked about the streets of  
,capernaum2 not only a man who could    

say1 ,once ,he helped me1 but1 ,i       
believe in ,him with my whole life4 ,let
  that be so with us everywhere2 let    
,christ be the one object of our trust4 
,one thought more1--he believed with his
 whole house4 ,that was triumphant      
faith4 ,he took up his position as a    
believer in ,christ2 and his wife1 his  
children1 his servants--he gathered them
 all together1 and laid them at the     
feet of ,christ4 ,and if you want power 
in your own house1 if you want power  in
 your ,bible-class1 if you want power in
 your social circle1 if you want  power 
to influence the nation and if you want 
power to influence the ,church  of      
,christ1 see where it begins4 ,come into
 contact with ,jesus in this rest  of   
faith that accepts ,his life fully1 that
 trusts ,him fully1 and the power  will 
come by faith to overcome the world2 by 
faith to bless others2 by  faith to live
 a life to the glory of ,god4 ,go thy   
way1 thy soul liveth2 for  it is ,jesus 
,christ who liveth within you4 ,go thy  

way2 be not trembling and  fearful1 but 
rest in the word and the power of the   
,son of ,god4 ,lo1 ,i am  with you      
alway4 ,go thy way1 with the heart open 
to welcome ,him1 and the  heart         
believing ,he has come in4 ,surely we   
have not prayed in vain4 ,christ  has   
listened to the yearnings of our hearts 
and has entered in4 ,let us  go our way 
quietly1 restfully1 full of praise1 and 
joy1 and trust2 ever  hearing the words 
of our ,master1 ,go thy way1 thy soul   
liveth2 and ever  saying1 ,i have       
trusted ,christ to reveal ,his abundant 
life in my soul2 by  ,his grace ,i will 
wait upon ,him to fulfill ,his promise4 
,amen4          ,,the ,,source ,,of     
,,power ,,in ,,prayer4    ,,xii4        
,romans #h3 #bf-bg4--,likewise the      
,spirit also helpeth our infirmities3   
for  we know not what we should pray for
 as we ought3 but the ,spirit itself    
maketh intercession for us with         
groanings which cannot be uttered4 ,and 
he  that searcheth the hearts knoweth   

what is the mind of the ,spirit1 because
  he maketh intercession for the saints 
according to the will of ,god4          
,here we have the teaching of ,god      
regarding the help the ,holy ,spirit    
will  give us in prayer4 ,the first half
 of this chapter is of much importance  
in  connection with the teaching of     
,god's word regarding the ,spirit4 ,in  
,romans  vi4 we read about being dead to
 sin and alive to ,god1 and in ,romans  
vii41  about being dead to the law and  
married to ,christ1 and also about the  
impotency of the unregenerate man to do 
,god's will4 ,this is only a            
preparation to show us how helpless we  
are2 and then in the eighth chapter     
comes the blessed work of the ,spirit1  
expressed chiefly in the following      
words3 ,the ,spirit hath made us free   
from the law of sin and death4 ,the     
,spirit makes us free from the power of 
sin1 and teaches and leads us so  that  
we walk after the ,spirit4 ,in our inner
 disposition we may become  spiritually 

minded1 and enabled to mortify the deeds
 of the body4 ,the ,holy  ,spirit helps 
our infirmities4 ,prayer is the most    
necessary thing in the  spiritual life4 
,yet we do not know how to pray nor what
 to pray for as we  ought4 ,the ,spirit1
 ,paul tells us1 prays with groanings   
unutterable4 ,and  again he tells us    
that we ourselves often do not know what
 the ,spirit is  doing within us1 but   
there is one1 ,god1 who searches the    
hearts4 ,words  often reveal my thought 
and my wishes1 but not what is deep in  
my heart1  and ,god comes and searches  
my heart1 and deep down1 hidden1 what ,i
 can not  see and what was to me an     
unutterable longing1 ,god finds4        
,powerful prayer6 ,the confession of    
ignorance6 ,ah1 friends1 ,i am often    
afraid for myself as a minister that ,i 
pray too easily4 ,i have been praying   
for these forty or fifty years and it   
becomes1 as far as man is concerned1  an
 easy thing to pray4 ,we all have been  
taught to pray1 and when we are  called 

upon we can pray1 but it gets far too   
easy1 and ,i am afraid we think  we are 
praying often when there is little real 
prayer4 ,now if we are to  have the     
praying of the ,holy ,ghost in us one   
thing is needed2 we must begin  by      
feeling1 ,i can not pray4 ,when a man   
breaks down and can not pray1 and  there
 is a fire burning in his heart1 and a  
burden resting upon him1 there  is      
something drawing him to ,god4 ,i know  
not what to pray1--oh1 blessed          
ignorance6 ,we are not ignorant enough4 
,abraham went out not knowing whither   
he went2 in that was an element of      
ignorance and also an element of faith4 
,jesus said to ,his disciples when they 
came with their prayer for the throne1  
,you know not what you ask4 ,paul says1 
,no man knoweth the things of ,god  but 
the ,spirit of ,god4 ,you say1 ,if ,i am
 not to pray the old prayers  ,i learned
 from my mother or from my professor in 
college or from my  experience yesterday
 and the day before1 what am ,i to pray8

 ,i answer1 pray  new prayers1 rise     
higher into the riches of ,god4 ,you    
must begin to feel  your ignorance4 ,you
 know what we think of a student who    
goes to college  fancying he knows      
everything4 ,he will not learn much4    
,sir ,isaac ,newton  said1 ,i do not    
know what ,i may appear to the world2   
but to myself ,i seem  to have been only
 like a boy playing on the seashore and 
diverting myself  in now and then       
finding a smoother pebble or a prettier 
shell than  ordinary1 whilst the great  
ocean of truth lay all undiscovered     
before me4  ,when ,i see a man who can  
not pray glibly and smoothly and        
readily1 ,i say  that is a mark of the  
,holy ,spirit4 ,when he begins in his   
prayers to say1  ,oh1 ,god1 ,i want     
more1 ,i want to be led deeper in4 ,i   
have prayed for the  heathen1 but ,i    
want to feel the burden of the heathen  
in a new way1 it is  an indication of   
the presence of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,i   
tell you1 beloved1 if  you will take    

time and let ,god lay the burden of the 
heathen heavier upon  you until you     
begin to feel1 ,i have never prayed1 it 
will be the most  blessed thing in your 
life4 ,and so with regard to the church3
 ,we want to  take up our position as   
members of the church of ,christ in this
 land2 and  as belonging to that great  
body1 to say1 ,lord ,god1 is there      
nothing that  can be done to bless the  
church of this land and to revive it and
 bring it  out of its worldliness and   
out of its feebleness8 ,we may confer   
together  and conclude faithlessly1 ,no1
 we do not know what is to be done2 we  
have  no influence and power over all   
these ministers and their churches4 ,but
 on  the other hand1 how blessed to come
 to ,god and say1 ,lord1 we know not    
what  to ask4 ,thou knowest what to     
grant4 ,the ,holy ,spirit could pray a  
hundred  fold more in us if we were only
 conscious of our ignorance1 because we 
would then feel our dependence upon     
,him4 ,may ,god teach us our ignorance  

in  prayer and our impotence1 and may   
,god bring us to say1 ,lord1 we can not 
pray2 we do not know what prayer is4 ,of
 course some of us do know in a  measure
 what prayer is1 many of us1 and we     
thank ,god for what he has been  to us  
in answer to prayer1 but oh1 it is only 
a little beginning compared  to what the
 ,holy ,spirit of ,god teaches4         
,there is the first thought3 our        
ignorance4 ,we know not what we should  
pray  for as we ought2 but the ,spirit  
itself maketh intercession for us with  
groanings which cannot be uttered4 ,we  
often hear about the work of ,god the   
,father and the ,son and the ,holy      
,ghost in working out and completing the
  great redemption1 and we know that    
when ,god worked in the creation of the 
world1 ,he was not weary1 and yet we    
read that wonderful expression in the   
book of ,exodus about the ,sabbath day1 
,god rested and was refreshed4 ,he  was 
refreshed1 the ,sabbath day was a       
refreshment to ,him4 ,god had to work   

and ,christ had to work1 and now the    
,holy ,spirit works1 and ,his secret    
working place1 the place where all work 
must begin1 is in the heart where  ,he  
comes to teach a man how to pray4 ,when 
a man begins to get an insight  into    
that which is needed and that which is  
promised and that which ,god  waits to  
perform1 he feels it to be beyond his   
conception2 then is the time  he will be
 ready to say1 ,i can not limit the holy
 one of ,israel by my  thoughts2 ,i give
 myself up in the faith that the ,holy  
,spirit can be praying  for me with     
groanings1 with longings1 that can not  
be expressed4 ,apply  that to your      
prayers4    ,there are different phases 
of prayer4 ,there is worship1 when a man
 just  bows down to adore the great     
,god4 ,we do not take time to worship4  
,we  need to worship in secret1 just to 
get ourselves face to face with the     
everlasting ,god1 that ,he may          
overshadow us and cover us and fill us  
with  ,his love and ,his glory4 ,it is  

the ,holy ,spirit that can work in us   
such a  yearning that we will give up   
our pleasures and even part of our      
business1  that we may the oftener meet 
our ,god4    ,the next phase of prayer  
is fellowship4 ,in prayer there is not  
only the  worship of a king1 but        
fellowship as of a child with ,god4     
,christians take  far too little time in
 fellowship4 ,they think prayer is just 
coming with  their petitions4 ,if       
,christ is to make me what ,i am to be1 
,i must tarry in  fellowship with ,god4 
,if ,god is to let his love enter in and
 shine and burn  through my heart1 ,i   
must take time to be with ,him4 ,the    
smith puts his rod  of iron into the    
fire4 ,if he leaves it there but a short
 time it does not  become red hot4 ,he  
may take it out to do something with it 
and after a time  put it back again for 
a few minutes1 but this time it does not
 become red  hot4 ,in the course of the 
day he may put the rod into the fire a  
great  many times and leave it there two

 or three minutes each time1 but it     
never  becomes thoroughly heated4 ,if he
 takes time and leaves the rod ten or   
fifteen minutes in the fire the whole   
iron will become red hot with the  heat 
that is in the fire4 ,so if we are to   
get the fire of ,god's holiness  and    
love and power we must take more time   
with ,god in fellowship4 ,that was  what
 gave men like ,abraham and ,moses their
 strength4 ,they were men who were      
separated to a fellowship with ,god1 and
 the living ,god made them strong4  ,oh1
 if we did but realize what prayer can  
do6    ,another1 and a most important   
phase of prayer is intercession4 ,what a
 work  ,god has set open for those who  
are ,his priests--intercessors6 ,we find
 a  wonderful expression in the prophecy
 of ,isaiah2 ,god says1 ,let him take   
hold of me2 and again1 ,there is none   
that stirreth up himself to take  hold  
of thee4 ,in other passages ,god refers 
to the intercessors for ,israel4  ,have 
you ever taken hold of ,god8 ,thank     

,god1 some of us have2 but oh1  friends1
 representatives of the church of       
,christ in the ,united ,states1  if ,god
 were to show us how much there is of   
intense prayer for a revival  through   
the church1 how much of sincere         
confession of the sins of the  church1  
how much of pleading with ,god and      
giving ,him no rest till ,he make       
,jerusalem a glory in the earth1 ,i     
think we should all be ashamed4 ,we need
  to give up our hearts to the ,holy    
,spirit1 that ,he may pray for us and in
 us  with groanings that can not be     
uttered4    ,what am ,i to do if ,i am  
to have this ,holy ,spirit within me8   
,the ,spirit  wants time and room in the
 heart2 ,he wants the whole being4 ,he  
wants all  my interest and influence    
going out for the honor and the glory of
 ,god2 ,he  wants me to give myself up4 
,beloved friend1 you do not know what   
you could  do if you would give yourself
 up to intercession4 ,it is a work that 
a sick  one lying on a bed year by year 

may do in power4 ,it is a work that a   
poor  one who has hardly a penny to give
 to a missionary society can do day by  
day4 ,it is a work that a young girl who
 is in her father's house and has to    
help in the housekeeping can do by the  
,holy ,spirit4 ,people often ask3 ,what 
does the ,church of our day do to reach 
the masses8 ,they ask1 though they  ask 
it tremblingly1 for they feel so        
helpless3 ,what can we do against the   
materialism and infidelity in places    
like ,london and ,berlin and ,new ,york 
and ,paris8 ,we have given it up as     
hopeless4 ,ah1 if men and women could be
  called out to band themselves together
 to take hold upon ,god6 ,i am not      
speaking of any prayer union or any     
prayer time statedly set apart1 but if  
the ,spirit could find men and women who
 would give up their lives to cry to    
,god1 the ,spirit would most surely     
come4 ,it is not selfishness and it is  
not  mere happiness that we seek when we
 talk about the peace and the rest and  

the blessing ,christ can give4 ,god     
wants us1 ,christ wants us1 because ,he 
has  to do a work2 the work of ,calvary 
is to be done in our hearts1 we are  to 
sacrifice our lives to pleading with    
,god for men4 ,oh1 let us yield         
ourselves day by day and ask ,god that  
it may please ,him to let ,his ,holy    
,spirit work in us4    ,then comes the  
last thought1 that ,god ,himself comes  
to look with  complacency upon the      
attitude of ,his child4 ,perhaps that   
poor man does not  know that he is      
praying2 perhaps he is ashamed of his   
prayers4 ,so much  the better4 ,perhaps 
he feels burdened and restless1 but ,god
 hears1 ,god  discovers what is the mind
 of the ,spirit1 and will answer4 ,oh1  
think of  this wonderful mystery1 ,god  
the ,father on the throne ready to grant
 unto  us ,his blessings according to   
the riches of ,his glory2 ,christ the   
almighty  high priest pleading day and  
night4 ,his whole person is one         
intercession1  and there goes up from   

,him without ceasing the pleading to the
 ,father1  ,bless thy church1 and the   
answer comes from the ,father to the    
,son1 and  from the ,son down to the    
church1 and if it does not reach us1 it 
is because  our hearts are closed4 ,let 
us open and enlarge our hearts and say  
to ,god1  ,oh that ,i might be a priest1
 to enter ,god's presence continually   
and to  take hold of ,god and to bring  
down a blessing to my perishing         
fellowmen6  ,god longs to find the      
intercession of ,jesus reflected in the 
hearts of ,his  children1 and where ,he 
finds it1 it is a delight4 ,and ,he that
 searcheth the  hearts knoweth the mind 
of the ,spirit1 because he prayeth for  
the saints1  according to the will of   
,god4 ,some one has spoken of that word1
 for the  saints1 as meaning the spirit 
of praise in the believer for the saints
  throughout the world4 ,god's word     
continually comes to us to pray for all 
not to be content with ourselves4 ,think
 upon the hundreds of church members  in

 this land1 multitudes unconverted1     
multitudes just converted1 but  yet     
worldly and careless4 ,think of the     
thousands of nominal                    
,christians--,christians in name1 but   
robbing ,god6 and can we be happy8 ,if  
we bear the burden of souls1 can we have
 this peace and joy8 ,god gives you     
peace and joy with no other object than 
that you should be strong to bear  the  
burden of souls in the joy of ,christ's 
salvation4    ,we do not wish to say1 ,i
 am trying to be as holy as ,i can2 what
 have ,i to  do with those worldly      
people about me8 ,if there is a terrible
 disease in  my hand1 my body can not   
say1 ,i have nothing to do with it4     
,when the  people had sinned ,ezra rent 
his garments and bowed in the dust and  
made  confession4 ,he repented on the   
part of the people4 ,and ,nehemiah1 when
 the  nation sinned1 made confession1   
and cast himself before ,god1 deploring 
their disobedience to the ,god of their 
fathers4 ,daniel did the very same4     

,and think you that we as believers have
 not a great work to do8 ,suppose we    
were each1 persons without a single sin2
 just suppose it2 could we then  make   
confession8 ,look at ,christ1 without   
sin6 ,he went down into the waters  of  
baptism with sinners2 ,he made ,himself 
one with them4 ,god has spoken to  us to
 ask us if we realize what we are4 ,he  
now asks us whether we belong to  the   
church of this land1 whether we have    
borne the burden of sin around  us4 ,let
 us go to ,god and may ,he by the ,holy 
,spirit fill our hearts with            
unutterable sorrow at the state of the  
church1 and may ,god give us grace to   
mourn before ,him4 ,and when we begin to
 confess the sins of the church1 we     
will begin to feel our own sins as never
 before4 ,in five of the epistles  to   
the seven churches in ,asia the keynote 
was ,repent2 there was to be no  idea of
 overcoming and getting a blessing      
unless they repented4 ,let us on  behalf
 of the church of ,christ repent1 and   

,god will give us courage to feel  that 
,he will revive ,his work4              
,,that ,,god ,,may ,,be ,,all ,,in      
,,all4    ,,xiii4    #a ,corinthians    
#ae3 #bd-bh4--,then cometh the end1 when
 ,he shall have  delivered up the       
kingdom to ,god1 even the ,father2 when 
,he shall have put  down all rule1 and  
all authority and power4 ,for ,he must  
reign till ,he hath  put all enemies    
under ,his feet4 ,the last enemy that   
shall be destroyed is  death4 ,for ,he  
hath put all things under ,his feet4    
,but when ,he saith1 ,all  things are   
put under ,him1 it is manifest that ,he 
is excepted1 which did put  all things  
under ,him4 ,and when all things shall  
be subdued unto him1 then  shall the    
,son also ,himself be subject unto ,him1
 that ,god may be all in  all4          
,this will be the grand conclusion of   
the great drama of the world's  history1
 and of ,christ's redemption4 ,there    
will come a day--the glory is  such we  
can form no conception of it1 the       

mystery is so deep we can not  realize  
it1 but there is a day coming1 when the 
,son shall deliver up the  ,kingdom that
 the ,father gave ,him1 and that ,he won
 with ,his blood1 and that  ,he hath    
established and perfected from the      
throne of ,his glory4 ,he shall  deliver
 up the ,kingdom unto the ,father4 ,the 
,son ,himself shall be subject  also    
unto the ,father1 that ,god may be all  
in all4 ,i cannot understand  it--the   
ever blessed ,son equal with ,god1 from 
eternity1 and through  eternity2 the    
ever blessed ,son on the throne shall be
 subject unto the  ,father2 and in some 
way utterly beyond our comprehension1 it
 shall then be  made manifest1 as never 
before1 that ,god is all in all4 ,it is 
this that  ,christ has been working for2
 it is this that ,he is working for     
to-day in  us2 it is this that ,he      
thought it worth while to give ,his     
blood for2 it is  this that ,his heart  
is longing for in each of us2 this is   
the very essence  and glory of          

,christianity1 that ,god may be all in  
all4 ,and now1 if this  is what fills   
the heart of ,christ2 if this expresses 
the one end of the  work of ,christ1    
then1 if ,i want to have the spirit of  
,christ in me1 the  motto of my life    
must be3 ,everything made subject1 and  
swallowed up in ,him1  that ,god may be 
all in all4 ,what a triumph it would be 
if the ,church were  fighting really    
with that banner floating over her6     
,what a life ours could  be if that were
 really our banner6 ,to serve ,god      
fully1 wholly1 only1 to  have ,him all  
in all6 ,how it would ennoble1 and      
enlarge1 and stimulate our  whole being6
 ,i am working1 ,i am fighting1 that    
,god may be all in all2  that the day of
 glory may be hastened4 ,i am praying1  
and the ,holy ,spirit  makes ,his       
wrestling in me with unutterable        
longing1 that ,god may be all  in all4  
,would that we ,christians realized in  
connection with what a grand  cause we  
are working and praying2 that we had    

some conception of what  a ,kingdom we  
are partakers of1 and what a            
manifestation of ,god we are  preparing 
for4 ,to illustrate what a grand thing  
it is to belong to the  ,kingdom of     
,god1 and to the glorious ,church of    
,christ on earth1 ,john ,mc,neill  tells
 how when he was a boy twelve years of  
age1 working on a railway line  and     
earning the grand wages of six shillings
 a week1 he used to go home to  his     
mother and sisters1 who thought no end  
of their little ,johnnie1 and  delight  
them by telling of the position he had4 
,he would say with great  pride1 ,oh1   
our company--it has so many thousands of
 pounds passing  through its hands every
 year2 it carries so many hundreds of   
thousands of  passengers every year2 and
 it has so many miles of railway1 and so
 many  engines and carriages2 and so    
many thousands in its employ6 ,and the  
mother  and the sisters had great pride 
in him1 because he was a partner in such
 an  important business4 ,christians1 if

 we would only rouse ourselves to       
believe  that we belong to the ,kingdom 
that ,christ is preparing to deliver up 
to the  ,father1 that ,god may be all in
 all1 how the glory would fill our      
hearts1  and expel everything mean1 and 
low1 and earthly6 ,how we should be     
borne  along in this blessed faith6 ,i  
am living for this3 that ,christ may    
have the  ,kingdom to deliver to the    
,father4 ,i am living for this1 and ,i  
will one day  see ,him made subject to  
the ,father1 and then ,god all in all4  
,i am living  for ,him1 and ,i shall be 
there not only as a witness1 but ,i will
 have a part  in it all4 ,the ,kingdom  
delivered up1 the ,son made subject1 and
 ,god all in  all6 ,i shall have a part 
in it1 and in adoring worship share the 
glory and  the blessedness4    ,let us  
take this home to our hearts1 that it   
may rule in our lives--this  one        
thought1 this one faith1 this one aim1  
this one joy3 ,christ lived1 and  died1 
and reigns2 ,i live and die and in ,his 

power ,i reign2 only for this  one      
thing1 that ,god may be all in all4 ,let
 it possess our whole heart1  and life4 
,how can we do this8 ,it is a serious   
question1 to which ,i wish to  give you 
a few simple answers4 ,and ,i say1 first
 of all3 ,allow ,god to take  ,his place
 in your heart and life4 ,luther often  
said to people1 when they  came         
troubling him about difficulties1 ,do   
let ,god be ,god4 ,oh1 give ,god  ,his  
place4 ,and what is that place8 ,that   
,god may be all in all4 ,let ,god be    
all in all every day1 from morning to   
evening4 ,god to rule and ,i to obey4   
,ah1 the blessedness of saying1 ,god and
 ,i6 ,what a privilege that ,i have     
such a partner6 ,god first1 and then ,i6
 ,and yet there might be secret         
self-exaltation in associating ,god with
 myself4 ,and ,i find in the ,bible a   
more precious word still4 ,it is1 ,god  
and not ,i4 ,it is not1 ,god first1  and
 ,i second2 ,god is all1 and ,i am      
nothing4 ,paul said1 ,i labored more    

abundantly than they all2 though ,i be  
nothing4 ,let us try to give ,god ,his  
place--begin in our closet1 in our      
worship1 in our prayer4 ,the power of   
prayer depends almost entirely upon our 
apprehension of who it is with whom  ,i 
speak4 ,it is of the greatest           
consequence1 if we have but half an hour
 in  which to pray1 that we take time to
 get a sight of this great ,god1 in ,his
  power1 in ,his love1 in ,his nearness1
 just waiting to bless us4 ,this is  of 
far more consequence than spending the  
whole half hour in pouring out          
numberless petitions1 and pleading      
numberless promises4 ,the great thing is
  to feel that we are putting our       
supplications into the bosom of         
omnipotent  ,love4 ,before and above    
everything1 let us take time ere we pray
 to realize  the glory and presence of  
,god4 ,give ,god ,his place in every    
prayer4 ,i  say1 allow ,god to have ,his
 place4 ,i can not give ,god ,his place 
upon the  throne--in a certain sense ,i 

can1 and ,i ought to try4 ,the great    
thing1  however1 is for me to feel that 
,i can not realize what that place is1  
but  ,god will increasingly reveal      
,himself and the place ,he holds4 ,how  
do ,i know  anything about the sun8     
,because the sun shines1 and in its     
light ,i see what  the sun is4 ,the sun 
is its own evidence4 ,no philosopher    
could have told me  about the sun if the
 sun did not shine4 ,no power of        
meditation and thought  can grasp the   
presence of ,god4 ,be quiet1 and        
trusting1 and resting1 and the          
everlasting ,god will shine into your   
heart1 and will reveal ,himself4 ,and   
then1 just as naturally as ,i enjoy the 
light of the sun1 and as naturally  as  
,i look upon the pages of a book knowing
 that ,i can see the letters  because   
the light shines2 just as naturally will
 ,god reveal ,himself to the  waiting   
soul1 and make ,his presence a reality4 
,god will take ,his place as  ,god in   
the presence of ,his child1 so that     

absolutely and actually the  chief thing
 in the child's heart shall be3 ,god is 
here1 ,god makes ,himself  known4       
,beloved1 is not this what you long     
for--that ,god shall take a place  that 
,he has never had2 and that ,god shall  
come to you in a nearness that  you have
 never felt yet2 and1 above all1 that   
,god shall come to you in an  abiding   
and unbroken fellowship8 ,god is able to
 take ,his place before you  all the    
day4 ,i repeat what ,i have referred to 
before1 because ,god has  taught me a   
lesson by it3 ,as ,god made the light of
 the sun so soft1 and  sweet1 and       
bright1 and universal1 and unceasing1   
that it never costs me a  minute's      
trouble to enjoy it2 even so1 and far   
more real than the light  shining upon  
me1 the nearness of my ,god can be      
revealed to me as my abiding  portion4  
,let us all pray that ,god may be all in
 all1 in our everyday  life4    ,that   
,god may be all in all1 ,i must not only
 allow ,him to take ,his place1  but    

secondly1 ,i must accept ,his will in   
everything4 ,i must accept ,his will  in
 every providence4 ,whether it be a     
,judas that betrays1 or whether it be  a
 ,pilate in his indifference1 who gives 
me up to the enemy2 whatever the        
trouble1 or temptation1 or vexation1 or 
worry1 that comes1 ,i must see ,god  in 
it1 and accept it as ,god's will to me4 
,trouble of any sort that comes to  me  
is ,god's will for me4 ,it is not ,god's
 will that men should do the wrong1  but
 it is ,god's will that they should be  
in circumstances of trial4 ,there  is   
never a trial that comes to us but it is
 ,god's will for us1 and if we  learn to
 see ,god in it1 then we bid it welcome4
    ,suppose away in ,south ,africa     
there is a woman whose husband has gone 
on a  long journey into the interior4   
,he is to be away for months from all   
posts4  ,the wife is anxious to receive 
news4 ,in weeks she has had no letter or
  tidings from him4 ,one day1 as she    
stands in her door1 there comes a great1

  savage ,kafir4 ,he is frightful in    
appearance1 and carries his spears and  
shield4 ,the woman is alarmed and rushes
 into the house and closes the  door4   
,he comes and knocks at the door1 and   
she is in terror4 ,she sends her        
servant1 who comes back and says1 ,the  
man says he must see you4 ,she  goes1   
all affrighted4 ,he takes out an old    
newspaper4 ,he has come a month's       
journey on foot from her husband1 and   
inside the dirty newspaper is a  letter 
from her husband1 telling her of his    
welfare4 ,how that wife delights  in    
that letter6 ,she forgets the face that 
has terrified her4 ,and now as  weeks   
are passing away again1 how she begins  
to long for that ugly ,kafir  messenger6
 ,after long waiting he comes again1 and
 this time she rushes  out to meet him  
because he is the messenger that comes  
from her beloved  husband1 and she knows
 that with all his repelling exterior1  
he is  the bearer of a message of love4 
,beloved1 have you learned to look at   

tribulation1 and vexation1 and          
disappointment1 as the dark1            
savage-looking  messenger with a spear  
in his hand1 that comes straight from   
,jesus8 ,have  you learned to say1      
,there is never a trouble1 and never a  
hurt by which  my heart is touched or   
even pierced1 but it comes from ,jesus1 
and brings  a message of love8 ,will you
 not learn to say from to-day1 ,welcome 
every  trial1 for it comes from ,god8   
,if you want ,god to be all in all1 you 
must  see and meet ,god in every        
providence4 ,oh1 learn to accept ,god's 
will in  everything6 ,come learn to say 
of every trial1 without exception1 ,it  
is my  ,father who sent it4 ,i accept it
 as ,his messenger1 and nothing in earth
 or  hell can separate you from ,god4   
,if ,god is to be all in all in your    
heart and life1 ,i say not only1 ,allow 
,him to take ,his place1 and accept all 
,his will1 but1 thirdly1 ,trust in ,his 
power4 ,dear friends1 it is ,god who    
worketh to will and to do according  to 

,his good pleasure4 ,it is the ,god of  
peace1 according to another  passage1   
who perfects you in every good thing to 
do ,his will1 working  in you what is   
well-pleasing in ,his sight4 ,you       
complain of weakness1 of  feebleness1 of
 emptiness4 ,never mind2 that is what   
you are made for--to be  an emptied     
vessel1 in which ,god can put ,his      
fullness and ,his strength4  ,do learn  
the lesson4 ,i know it is not easy4     
,long after ,paul had been an  apostle1 
the ,lord ,jesus had to come in a very  
special way to teach him to  say1 ,i do 
gladly glory in my infirmities4 ,paul   
was in danger of being  exalted1 owing  
to the revelations from ,heaven1 and    
,jesus sent him a thorn  in the         
flesh--yes1 ,jesus sent it--a messenger 
of ,satan--to buffet him4 ,paul  prayed1
 and struggled1 and wanted to get rid of
 it4 ,and ,jesus came to him1  and said1
 ,it is my doing that you may not be    
free from that4 ,you need it4  ,i will  
bless you wonderfully in it4 ,paul's    

life was changed from that  moment in   
this one respect1 and he said1 ,i never 
knew it so before1  from henceforth ,i  
glory in my infirmities2 for when ,i am 
weak1 then am ,i  strong4 ,do you indeed
 desire ,god to be all in all8 ,learn to
 glory in your  weakness4 ,take time to 
say every day as you bow before ,god1   
,the almighty  power of ,god that works 
in the sun1 and the moon1 and the stars1
 and the  flowers1 is working in me4 ,it
 is as sure as that ,i live4 ,the       
almighty power  of ,god is working in   
me4 ,i only need to get down1 and be    
quiet2 ,i need  to be more submissive1  
and surrendered to ,his will2 ,i need to
 be more  trustful1 and to allow ,god to
 do with me what ,he will4 ,give ,god   
,his  way with you1 and let ,god work1  
and ,he will work mightily4 ,the deepest
  quietness has often been proved to be 
the inspiration for the highest  action4
 ,it has been seen in the experience of 
many of ,god's saints1 and it  is just  
the experience we need1--that in the    

quietness of surrender and  faith1      
,god's working has been made manifest4  
,fourthly3 ,if ,god is to be all in all1
 sacrifice everything for ,his kingdom  
and glory4 ,that ,god may be all in all4
 ,this is such a noble1 glorious1  holy 
aim that ,christ said1 ,for this ,i will
 give my life4 ,for this ,i will  give  
my all1 even to the death of the cross4 
,for this ,i will give myself4  ,if it  
was worth that to ,christ1 is it worth  
less to you8 ,if one had asked  ,jesus  
of ,nazareth1 ,what is it ,thou hast a  
body for2 what is to ,thee the  highest 
use of the body8 ,he would have said1   
,the use and the glory of my  body is   
that ,i can give it a sacrifice to ,god4
 ,that is every thing4 ,what  is the use
 of having a mind2 and what is the use  
of having money2 and what  is the use of
 having children8 ,that ,i can give them
 to ,god2 for ,god must be  all in all  
in everything4 ,i pray ,god that ,he may
 give us such a sight of  ,his kingdom1 
and ,his glory1 that everything else may

 disappear4 ,then1 if  you had ten      
thousand lives1 you would say1 ,this is 
the beauty and the  worth of life1 'that
 ,god may be all in all' to me1 and that
 ,i may prove to  men that ,god is more 
than everything1 that life is only worth
 living as it  is given to ,god to fill4
 ,do let us sacrifice everything for    
,his kingdom  and glory4 ,begin to live 
day by day with the prayer1 ,my ,god1 ,i
 am given up  to ,thee4 ,be ,thou my all
 in all4 ,you say1 ,am ,i able to       
realize that8 ,yes1  in this way3 ,let  
the ,holy ,spirit dwell in you2 let the 
,holy ,spirit burn in  you as a fire1   
and burn in you with unutterable        
groanings1 crying unto  ,god1 ,himself  
to reveal ,his presence and ,his will in
 you4 ,in the eighth of  ,romans1 ,paul 
spoke about the groanings of the whole  
creation4 ,and what is  the whole       
creation groaning for8 ,for the         
redemption1 the glorious liberty  of the
 children of ,god4 ,and ,i am persuaded 
that was what ,paul meant when he  spoke

 of the groanings of the ,holy          
,spirit--the unutterable groanings  for 
the coming time of glory when ,god      
should be all in all4 ,christians1      
sacrifice your time2 sacrifice your     
interests2 sacrifice your heart's best  
powers in praying1 and desiring1 and    
crying that ,god may be all in all4     
,and lastly3 if ,god is to be all in    
all1 wait continually on ,him all the   
day4 ,my first point had reference to   
giving ,god ,his place2 but ,i want to  
bring this out more pointedly in        
conclusion4 ,wait continually on ,god   
all  the day4 ,if you are to do that1   
you must live always in ,his presence4  
,that  is what we have been redeemed    
for4 ,do we not read in the ,epistle to 
the  ,hebrews1 ,let us draw near within 
the veil1 through the blood1 where the  
high priest is8 ,the holy place in which
 we are to live in the heavens is  the  
immediate presence of ,god4 ,the abiding
 presence of ,god is certainly the      
heritage of every child of ,god1 as that

 the sun shines4 ,the ,father never     
hides ,his face from ,his child4 ,sin   
hides it1 and unbelief hides it1 but the
  ,father lets ,his love shine all the  
day on the face of ,his children4 ,the  
sun  is shining day and night4 ,your sun
 shall never go down4 ,begin to seek for
  this4 ,come and live in the presence  
of ,god4 ,there is indeed an abiding    
place in ,his presence1 in the secret of
 ,his pavilion1 of which some one has   
sung very beautifully3      ,with me1   
wheresoe'er ,i wander1    ,that great   
,presence goes2    ,that unutterable    
gladness1    ,undisturbed repose4       
,everywhere1 the blessed stillness      
,of that ,holy ,place2    ,stillness of 
the love that worships1    ,dumb before 
,his face4    ,this is the portion of   
those to whom the prayer is             
granted--,one thing have  ,i desired of 
the ,lord1 and that will ,i seek after2 
that ,i may dwell all my  days in the   
house of the ,lord2 to behold the beauty
 of the ,lord1 and to  inquire in ,his  

temple4 ,in the secret of ,his pavilion 
,he hideth me4 ,god  ,himself will take 
you up1 and will keep you there1 so that
 all your work  shall be done in ,god4  
,beloved1 wait continually upon ,god4   
,you can not do  this unless you are in 
,his presence4 ,you must live in ,his   
presence4 ,then  the blessed habit of   
waiting upon ,god will be learned4 ,the 
real difficulty  of getting to the point
 of real waiting upon ,god1 is because  
most  ,christians have not sought to    
realize the nearness of ,god1 and to    
give ,god  the first place4 ,but let us 
strive after this1 let us trust ,god to 
give it  to us by ,his grace1 let us    
wait on ,god all the day4 ,my eyes1 says
 one1  are ever towards ,thee4 ,wait    
upon ,god for guidance1 and ,god1 if you
 wait  much upon ,him1 will lead you up 
into new power for ,his service1 into   
new  gladness in ,his fellowship4 ,he   
will lead you out into a larger trust in
  ,him2 ,he will prepare you to expect  
new things from ,him4 ,beloved1 there   

is no knowing what ,god will do for a   
man who is utterly given up to ,him4    
,praise ,his name6 ,let each one of us  
say1 ,may my life be to live and die1   
to labor and to pray continually for    
this one thing3 that in me1 and around  
me1 and in the church2 that throughout  
the world ',god may be all in  all4' ,a 
little seed is the beginning of a great 
tree4 ,a mustard seed  becomes a tree in
 which the birds of the air can nestle4 
,that great day of  which the text      
speaks1 when ,christ ,himself shall be  
subject to the ,father1  and deliver up 
the ,kingdom to the ,father1 and ,god   
shall be all in all--that  is the great 
tree of the ,kingdom of ,god reaching   
its perfect consummation  and glory4    
,oh1 let us take the seed of that glory 
into our hearts1 and let  us bow in     
lowly surrender and submission1 and say1
 ,amen1 ,lord2 this be my  one thought4 
,this be my life--to speak and to work1 
to pray and to exist  only that others  
may be brought to know ,him too4 ,this  

be my life--to yield  myself to the     
unutterable yearnings of the ,holy      
,spirit1 that ,i may not  rest1 but ever
 keep my eye on that day--the day of    
glory1 when in very deed  ,god shall be 
all in all4    ,god help every one of   
us4 ,god help us all to yield ourselves 
to ,him1 and to  ,christ1 and to make it
 our every-day life2 for ,his name's    
sake4 ,amen4      ,,the ,,end4