"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
Third, Our will: The will, to our intellectual machinery, is the
same as the rudder to a vessel. This gives direction to the ship
when under way, and if in the hands of a skilled helmsman, she goes
just as desired. It is so with the will, if in the hands of the Holy
Ghost, our minds will be guided into all truth.
Fourth, The eye: must be wholly sanctified to God, or else we shall
be running after strange flesh, and strange sights. If the eye be
single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Fifth, The ear: When fully consecrated will be quick to hear when God
speaks, by His providence, His spirit or in His blessed word; but
will not listen to reports of slander, not unsanctified music when
offered up as worship to the great I am.
Sixth, The face: The index of the soul must be clean and comely.
It affords great comfort and delight to look upon, especially when
Jesus Christ is living and reigning in the heart; when the oil of
gladness makes the face to shine; but how it detracts in beauty and
expression, if the mouth be covered over with moustache, like worldly
minded men. To me it is an expression of pride and vanity, as much as
for females to cover their head with flowers and ribbons.
Seventh, The mouth: We must not allow anything to enter our mouths
that would in any way defile our bodies knowingly. That class of food
that proves injurious to the system we must not use; neither drink
what hurts. Tobacco, used in any form, defiles; hence, we cannot use
it and be a “living sacrifice.”
Eighth, The tongue: Is an unruly member, full of deadly poison.
No man hath ever been able to tame it without the grace of God;
and with this it requires constant watching, held in with bit and
bridle. O! how much it means to have a sanctified tongue; having our
conversation always “seasoned with salt, ministering grace to the
hearers.”
Ninth, Our bodies: With all pertaining thereto, life, health,
strength, family, friends, farms, bank and railroad stock, all are to
be devoted to the cause of human redemption. We give ourselves up to
do and suffer for the Lord Jesus Christ. God wants men and women thus
devoted to His cause in every department of life. In the pulpit and
in the pew; the merchant, the mechanic, the sailor, the scavenger,
the manufacturer, teachers, servants to do the little work, mothers
to rear families, presidents, statesmen, judges, and all rulers in
authority.
Tenth, The results: When professors are thus devoted to the cause
of Christ, a slumbering world will awake to righteousness, and not
before. Then nations will be born in a day, they will learn war no
more. The blood stained banner will be unfurled in every clime; Jesus
Christ will reign from the rivers to the ends of the earth.
Are you a living sacrifice?
XVI.
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL.
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