Nephalism,the true temperance of Scripture, science and experience

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 Excerpt: ... a flood; God blessing the means, which Pie has led and taught His servants to employ. What they do in distant lands, shall we not do in our own? A double barrier besets us here--ignorance and intemperance. Special means are needful against both; and to neglect those special means in either case, savours somewhat, surely, of ignorance in ourselves. To mo it seems as unwise to neglect special means to remove intemperance, as it were 70 HOME MISSIONS. to neglect the well-known special means for educating the people--"And this we do for the gospel's sake." This is peculiarly the age of " Home Missions." And the success already achieved in them calls londly for increase of both prayers and pains. " The effectual fervent prayer of a righfeous man availeth much." He must be a righteous man who prays; following after righteousness in his own walk and conversation, and wearing, through faith, that perfect robe which is Christ's. The prayer he ntters must be fervent, believing, sustained, unwearied, importunate: and in order to be effectual, it must be working powerfully within him (d'srisig ivipyQvfx,ivri); not only energetic in its aspiration, but practically working itself out in corresponding action. God ordains means to be nsed; and these he blesses. " Thy prayers and thine alms are come up as a memorial before God," was the intimation to Cornelins that his petition was heard and answered. A farmer prays for fruitful harvests; but if he rest content with that, and neglect to till the land, to sow the good seed and to tend its growing, he must pass for a fanatic. And are not we tempted to like error? often content with prayer for God's Spirit on the masses, without taking any personal trouble thereto; asking for a spiritua...