The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-02
CHRIST CHURCH,
Whitsunday-Se ON the Work OF
the Holy Spirit by DIR. Partridge.

Whitsunday- Sermon ON the Work OF
the Holy Spirit by DIR. Partridge.
Yesterday morning the Rev. DR.. Partridge, the
rector Of Christ Protestant Episcopal church, on
Bedford avenue, preached an appropriate sermon
upon Whitsunday, taking for his text the twenty
sixth verse of the fourteenth cnaper Of John-"But
the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost whom the
Father will send in my name he shall teach you
all things, and bring all things to your remem-
brance, whatsoever have said unto youn In his
opening remarks the reverend gentleman said that
day was the day OF days to the Church of
the living God in which they commemorated
the outpourlng OF the Holy Spirit on the
day Of Pentecost which showed the almighty
power OF Jesus, who triumphed over death, hell and
the grave. 1t was then that new light, life, lib
erty, knowledge and love were impaired to the sons
of God, and new order OF things was SET up
among men, which would exist to the end OF time.
Ali this was set forth in the beautiful services
of the sanctuary that day. The text involved the
doctrine OF three persons in the glorious Godhead,
the Son intreating, the Holy Ghost coming, winch
was an inscrutable mystery. He admitted
s ss d nSns Sd s oa sos to Of
but the believer walked by faith and
not by sight Any other disposition would be
1raughf with peril Safety alone was found in re-
gard to all the mysteries oil their holy religion by
accepting them as verites in aspirt of reverence
CARDS their inner being, yet they had countenances
and forms perceptlble TO tue eye of faith.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE GoDHEAD
were as jewels In u beautiful c2sket, which could
not be broken or opened by human power, and
sealed they must remain till God, who had the key,
should open IL. Like the sweet song OF an UNI
known tongue, the meaning was unlntelligibe,
but the melody was grateful to loving
hv ahr S ne ann these e
was found In the fact that they were TOO sensual,
grovelling and devilish. Some men, impatient OF
mystery, had persuaded themselves into disoeiel
and plunged into a labyrinth OF error IRON when
there could be no escape but by return to the
ordinary man and the Holy Ghost less than man.
The theology OF such men, sooner or later: became
reduced to system OF nega,ohs n anu vner ie e.
the Holy Scriptures was interviewer wita penef
in the person OF the Holy Ghost; SO that the Bible
is looked upon by the sceptc as an uninteligble
revelation, q great puzzle an ingenious enigma
that only few could unrave.
The reverend gentleman continued to argue
that the Holy Ghost was not mere attribute or
essence, but a divine person; not only quickening
A HIGH AND CONsECRATED POSITION
The speaker proceeded to consider the work OF
the Holy Ghost In Its comforting ministrations,
which prepared the soul for the reception OF seeds
OF comfort and instruction, and then presented
Jesus all the fulness OF his attributes and media
o w nc OF ne g ana aya "a
the divine spirit, Christ Jesus belonged much to
Que time as to the ancient days when he was here
upon the earth, and we might as clearly perceive
and as well understand Him as though lie walked
among u.s. Jesus OF Nazareth to-day exerts a far
greater influence throughout the universe than He
did in the land OF Judea nearly nineteen hundred
years ago. HIS voice is more potent than the voice
OF any living man or class OF men. The voice OF
Demosthenes comes to us as a whisper, that OF
Cicero IS faint echo, and the voices OF oil the
ancient poets, philosophers and sages were scarcely
heard In the wonderful march OF Improvement that
had taken place IN the earth. Not so with Jesus
Christ, who Is the same yesterday. to-day and for
ever. He has been heard and will be heard until
the ends OF time speaking as never1man spake-
Come unto Me and will give you rest" This
result was attained by
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
OF God and the very same power which quckened
his corpse was quickening his biography and rails
ing II FROM the grave Q antiquity and through the