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"The practical effect of this was most evident in her daily, true-hearted, whole-hearted service for her King, and also in the increased joyousness of the unswerving obedience in her home life, the surest test of all ... She says: 'I would distinctly state, that it is only as and while a soul is under the full power of the blood of Christ that it can be cleansed from all sin; that one moment's withdrawal from that power, and it is again actively, because really, sinning; and that it is only as, and while, kept by the power of God himself that we are not sinning against him. One instant of standing alone is certain fall! But (premising that) have we not been limiting the cleansing power of the precious blood when applied by the Holy Spirit, and also the keeping power of our God? Have we not been limiting I John i. 7, by practically making it refer only to 'the remission of sins that are past' instead of taking the grand simplicity of 'cleanseth us from alt sin'? 'All' is all; and as we may trust him to cleanse the stain of past sins, so we may trust him to cleanse from all present defilement; yes, all! If not, we take away from this most precious promise, and, by refusing to take it in its fullness, lose the fullness of its application and power. 'Then we limit God's power to 'keep'; we look at our frailty more than at his omnipotence. Where is the line to be drawn beyond which he is not able? The very keeping implies total helplessness without it, and the very cleansing most distinctly implies defilement without it. It was that one word 'cleanseth' which opened the door of a very glory of hope and joy to me. I had never seen the force of the tense before, a continual present, always a present tense, not a present which the next moment becomes a past. It goes on cleansing, and I have no words to tell how my heart rejoices in it. Not a coming to be cleansed in the fountain only, but a remaining in the fountain, so that it may and can go on cleansing ... 'One arrives at the same thing, starting almost from anywhere. Take Philippians iv. 19, 'your need'; well, what is my great need and craving of soul? Surely it is now (having been justified by faith, and having assurance of salvation) to be made holy by the continual sanctifying power of God's Spirit; to be kept from grieving the Lord Jesus; to be kept from thinking or doing whatever is not accordant with his holy will. 'Oh, what a need is this! And it is said 'he shall supply all need': now shall we turn round and say 'all' does not mean quite all? Both as to the commands and the promises, it seems to me that anything short of believing them as they stand is but another form of 'Yea, hath God said?' 'One of the intensest moments of my life was when I saw the force of that word 'cleanseth.' The utterly unexpected and altogether unimagined sense of its fulfillment to me, on simply believing it in usefulness, was just indescribable. I expected nothing like it short of heaven. I am so thankful that, in the whole matter, there was as little human instrumentality as well could be, for certainly two sentences in letters from a total stranger were little. I am so conscious of his direct teaching and guidance through his Word and Spirit in the matter that I cannot think I can ever unsee it again. I have waited many mouths before writing this, so it is no new and untested theory to me; in fact, experience came before theory, and is more to me than any theory.'
We only stress certain points: 1. Her certain conversion, but lack of brightness and joy in her experience. 2. awakening in her the desire for better things, and his leading her to them, and her instantaneously seeing and receiving them. 3. In this she passed the "sunless ravines" and her "whole life was lifted into sunshine." 4. The effect of this was a better service and a more joyous life. 5. Full surrender the condition of realizing the blessedness of the cleansing and keeping power of Christ. 6. Fuller surrender and larger growth -- continual progress in the "highway of holiness" -- as light increased and opportunity was given. 7. continual cleansing and keeping power -- God, and not self or growth, the source of strength. 8. That she was not backslidden, but was pressing forward when the blessing came. 9. Contrary to and "before theory," and came not from men, but from God. Let us read and ponder well all her testimony. *************************************
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the gospel was first preached. Rede
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with tongue and pen as if in the gr
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extravagances of some unbalanced mi
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all depravity in this life, and tha
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elief of the truth." Peter tells th
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"separate and consecrate," and to h
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"Strengthened with might by His Spi
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mind" -- are removed and nothing is
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Job was one of the finest character
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Peacemaker. Hence, probably, peace
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given before. And yet, as all admit
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(2) There seems to be today a large
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It is believed, however, that there
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The ignorant and captious part of t
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to what Joel prophesied about. The
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the Spirit that had been promised b
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"An influential and constantly incr
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pollution, and weakness, as well as
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Now, with these concessions and exp
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a fuller measure of the Spirit when
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Dr. Mudge would explain the case of
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Truth and candor require admissions
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his theory and ours seems to be tha
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that time. In a letter to the write
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Dr. Steele continues: "That the Eng
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these Paul is believed to teach tha
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prayers; remembering without ceasin
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3. The use of the aorist indicates
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in their history, indicated by the
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then adds, "that we might receive t
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We have purposely omitted many pass
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In controverting the above, Dr. Gor
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It would seem from the foregoing th
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this "renewal," "sanctification," o
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standards on this subject." And we
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Bishop Ninde comes the nearest to t
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the man whom the Rev. Dr. D. C. Kel
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Peter's case illustrates the meanin
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consciousness of repentance; (3) co
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Let the doubting reader weigh well
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In speaking of the love which resul
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chapter, calls "carnal" and "babes
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dedication of the temple, and is, "
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2. Does sanctification eradicate or
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meaning here seems vague. However,
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(3) Another reason is the greater u
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"'Then kneel right down here and pr
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Presbyterian minister's wife, who h
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Pentecost came after our Lord's ful
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wondrous love, ought it not to make
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is, however, more or less of strife
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may see what Israel needs, and then
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President Finney made the same comp
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teacher with power to teach his or
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whole spirit, and soul, and body be
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filth" -- hence that it needs no fo
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