Effect of Revival Efforts on Lukewarm Church-Members
The impression has been deepening in my mind for several years, that it is possible for a man to become deeply concerned about his soul; and that, during the progress of his uneasiness, he may be led to give up…
Methods of Promoting a Revival
You say, “Your experience has been far more extensive than mine. I should like to inquire whether all these extraordinary movements begin and proceed in the same way; I mean by such protracted efforts, and by calling people forward to…
Revival Preaching
Many desire a revival, but they are unwilling to labor for it. I know an animal that is very fond of fish, but would rather do without them than wet her feet. I remember reading of a certain man who,…
Entire Sanctification a Distinct Blessing
So far as I am acquainted with the Methodist people, both in these kingdoms and in America, they do hold entire sanctification to be an after-work, and not usually given in the same moment with justification. That sanctification begins when…
Is Entire Sanctification a Gradual or an Instantaneous Work?
It is frequently asked, “Is the blessing of entire sanctification gradual, or is it instantaneous?” I answer, in three respects it is gradual, and in one only is it instantaneous. 1st. It is gradual from the fact that it begins…
An Invitation to Straitened Souls
“Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into the broad place, where there is no straitness, and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.” Job 36:16. I think I have…
A Call to Decision
How long halt ye between two opinions? — 1 Kings 18:2. If there be a God who is almighty, and therefore is able to save or destroy; who, by one volition of his will can raise you up to heaven…
The Sting of Death
Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from sin and dead works. Heb. 6:1. The sting of death is sin. I Cor. 15:56. A slight…
The Striving of the Spirit
And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Gen. 6:3. This is a declaration of God concerning the antediluvian world. He was about to destroy them, but could not let fall one drop of water, one…
Quenching the Spirit
Quench not the Spirit. I Thess. 5:19. “Don’t kill yourself!” once wrote a gentleman to a minister who was laboring zealously for God; “don’t kill yourself!” he wrote at the bottom of a long sheet in large letters. So you…