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CHAPTER VI.

PERSECUTION- CONTINUED TRIUMPH.

Visit to Hull - Persecution - A Satanic compliment - Satan's over-action - The
town stirred- Success- Wesley's notice of Hull- Missionary tea-meeting- An-
ecdote - Collections — At Huddersfield again— A happy day -Sheffield warriors
- Happy death-beds considered - Brightening faith- Beauty of a holy life — Dif-
fusive piety -An amazing work of God - Praise,

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Nature of the besetting sin - Its marks-It dislikes reproof -The thoughts most
upon it It leads the mind captive easiest-It is most defended-It is trouble-
some to conscience- Unwillingly parted with —— Duty toward it,

CHAPTER XIII.

THE BESETTING SIN DETECTED AND SLAIN.

The sin detected-A point gained - The besetting sin must be dismissed - Joy at
its crucifixion - Appeals -Exhortation to believe-The nature of faith-Naked
faith-Faith's climax- Faith's weapon- -Faith's victory sure-Satan in ambush
Cautions An error exposed- Believing and receiving Sanctification comes
by faith God's veracity pledged to the believing,

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THE NEW CONVERT EXHORTED TO HOLINESS.

The old man in the new - Satan's capital Sin an accumulating principle-
some old professors - Spiritual ague Christ's medicine - · Danger Proneness
to wander Purity a remedy -Intentions regarding sin - Sin must be hated
Beza's prayer -
Influence of inbred corruptions - The solitary backslider-
Words to one newly found in Christ - The wicked must be avoided — Leprous
souls Hints to a young beginner An important distinction pointed out - At-
tainability of present sanctification - The heart and head must keep pace together
Sanctification a living spring Noble ambition - Illustrations of sanctified

lives.

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A DESIRE FOR PURITY COEXISTS WITH JUSTIFICATION.

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Defective justification Desire for purity inseparable from pardon - A good exam-
ple-Desire for purity preserves justification - Words to an afflicted one- Neg-
lect to obey the Spirit a cause of affliction The Israelites an example
A wrong
choice Hints to one who was called to purity and refused The case described
Encouragement - Christ a deliverer from the wilderness state-Exhortation
to effort,.

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HELPS TO PERCEIVE THE PROPRIETY OF EXPECTING FULL SALVATION IN

THIS LIFE.

Sin was contracted in this life-It may be cleansed in this life-The remedy for sin
provided in this world - No likelihood of souls being purified after death-We
may be cleansed one minute before death-No promise of cleansing when dying
-No New Testament arguments against holiness -Union of soul and body no bar-
rier to purity We may be pardoned long before death-Sin checks growth in
grace The honor of Christ requires our purity-Satan makes his servants per
fect sinners-Cannot God make his children perfect, too?

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JAUGHEY'S VIEWS OF CHURCH ARCHITECTURE.

CHAPTER I.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF REV. JAMES CAUGHEY.

BY REV. DANIEL WISE.

JAMES CAUGHEY is a native of Ireland. He emigrated to America in his youth, and was converted about twenty-four years since. Two years after his conversion he was admitted on probation in the Troy Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was ordained a deacon in 1834. His first labors were not distinguished by any uncommon results, and neither himself nor his friends had the remotest idea that his name was destined to become a household word in the church on both sides of the Atlantic.

Mr. Caughey began his ministerial life with a resolute spirit, determined to cultivate his powers by constant study, and to form his character by a close and familiar walk with God. As the flower expands itself to the sun, his earnest mind opened to every good influence, human or divine. He was always looking and listening for means of strength, wisdom, and piety. Nor did he look vainly. He learned much, gained much from many sources; but from no single influence did he reap so large a harvest as from a passage in the writings of Dr. Adam Clarke. Speaking of this passage, he says:

"From the hour I read the following striking remarks of

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