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, holy, acceptable unto God, which is y

come, there can be no difference of opinion with regard to

te duty to yield fully to those claims. The feeling of every professed servant of Christ ought to be, nay, surely is

acing the question, with its personal responsibility, how few there are who respond to the

osed and hands upraised, many vow that henceforth they will live, not unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again; but when the Meetings are over, the s

not be repeated too often-'that which I give away I no longer have'. If we can only persuade people

f body will sometimes be found when that body is demanded by the Master for some special service! A dumb devil seems to take possession of the tongue, and the fear of man brings a snare, and all this often results in a shameful com

inly that we cannot. If any man will deny himself, and take up his cro

alo and glamour clinging round our vows and prayers and songs during a Meeting, are gratifying to our senses; but real consecration manifests itself in hard, self-denying labour, when no eye but His sees; often, perhaps, when no heart but H

nd' thing. Many recognize the claims of God in great things, bu

dreds of recklessly godless men with whom he daily associated at his work, and who lived round about his house, and asked him what he did in reference to these. Need I tell you how suddenly this man collapsed? He did not th

? Well, I trust that the appearance does not go beyond the spirit of the business; but I tell you, the real test lies elsewhere. It shows itself in such an abandonment to God and the interests of the Kingdom, that no

nd that only is a perfect consecration which is real and all round in its application. In little things and great things sel

n at the beginning, that disappointments come, and very often breakdowns. Let your consecration take in all time and circumstances

duties and burdens. It may have only come by a roundabout road, but it is a doctrine of the Devil, who is a liar from the beginning, and the fully consecrated soul hurls the lie back t

give myself fully to God, perhaps I shall have to suffer the loss of many things I hold dear; people will be down upon me, and chaff me, and, perhaps, persecute me; and, besides, I really do want to make a little money for myself and my family, and I must not be righteous over-muc

cified, and a man is alive only unto God, none can deprive him of that which he most values. Whilst others may be saying, 'We know thy poverty', he hears the Lord say, 'But thou

ten in it a new name which no man knoweth save he who receiveth it'. The joy of whole-hearted service for God

ed, all-round way? Have you settled it to go all lengths for God? If not, 'I beseech you, by the mercies of God, tha