'Every Eye', Practical Addresses (Paperback)

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. 1884. Excerpt: ... XII. AN ORDINATION SERMON. "What shall I cry?"--Isa. xi. 6. These words come to me linked with the holy and devoted life of one of Christ's most faithful servants. For about forty years he laboured in one town, for most of that time working incessantly in one large parish, gathering hundreds of men into his nightschools, raising up a body of 600 communicants; preaching often with his lips, and always by his life. Three years ago came the end. His dying room was a very heaven; his lips were filled with the loving kindness of the Lord; his cup was running over. His lifelong prayer had been abundantly answered. His three children were all workers in the Lord's vineyard, and his only son had just been promised by his Diocesan the church where he himself had so long been working. It was on the study wall of this good man that I was first struck with the words 1 Preached at St. Andrew's, Derby, on St. Thomas' Day, 1883. of the text. It was one of his constant petitions. At home or abroad, for the church or the schoolroom, for the pulpit or the platform, his frequent prayer was, " Lord, what shall I cry?" This day a voice seems to arise with the same question. "I am just entering upon a great work. I am called to be an ambassador, a watchman, a steward of the Lord of hosts, to teach, to feed, and provide for the Lord's family. How shall I best fulfil this work? Can you give me any guidance and help for this charge committed to me?' What shall I cry?' 'What shall I cry?' It is a solemn question; for I am not sent to broach my own opinions, or theories, or doubts, or guesses after truth. As an ambassador of the great King, I must carry His message, and not my own. Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?" Nor is there any doubt what ...