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Holy Ghost Under this we shall treat
two divisions
1. 1t is the office and work of the Holy
Ghost to prepare the world for the recep-
ton of Jesus Christ.
9. When he has prepared the world for
the reception of Christ, He conveys to
the world all the riches OF His grace
Not TO believe in Christ is to repudate
God. This is the great sin OF the world
and this we fight against until we become
Christians. The hardest duty to do is for
an individual to accept for himself alone
Christ as savior. The Office of the Holy
Spirit is to convince the world of righteous
ness. And he causes even the heart of
chldh God. 1t is the office of the Holy
Spirit to convince the world that 1t made a
grand mistake when it rejected Christ, and
this it does for every sinner who believes.
The Holy Spirit photographs full length
likeness of the Master upon the soul of
every believer and every one may turn his
eyes within to see living saviour there.
not dead savior.
Another work of the Holy Spirit Is to
convince the world of judgment. Some
think this means the Prince of this world.
the devil. but | think it means Christ.
"Now is the prince of this world cast out"
and Christ was cast out. "And |, if be
lifted up will draw all men unto me. 50
Christ draws the world after Him. He
shall convince the world of judgment and
the devil shall be judged, is the view of
some, but my view is that the world will
be lead to judge Christ by the Holy Spirit.
The world must he convinced that its
judgment of Christ was false, to bring it
back to its senses.
Thus is the Holy Spirit working to set
the world right. The development is seen
in the falling of a tear, or the breath of
sig. These are produced often by single
word.
The Holy Spirit should give the riches of
grace to the world. He should guide into
all truth. 'lIe, the Holy Spirit, shall not
speak of Himself, a wonderful statement
ale shall glorify me. This is the reason
why we say SO little of the Holy Spirit
We are eloquent of Gods love and of the
Son, but the love of the Holy Spirit is as
great as either. We should never have
known of any loye of God without the
blessed Spirit.
| shall conclude with two more remarks
| have to correct some errors. ! rebuke
common saying by asking a question. Is
the Holy Spirit an agent? If you take the
| primary meaning of that wcrd that is a
power, but the other, implying a subordn-
ate position. | do not agree to it. The
Holy Spirit has no such place but one
equal with other persons of the Holy
Trinity.
Another error is the prayer that God
will send the Holy Spirit. This is wrong
and comes from forgetfulness of the
| promise of the Savior, that when He should
| depart, the comforter should come and
abide with his disciples. So we should
never utter this prayer. for the Holy Spirit
| is ever present with us.
Another mistake is made with reference
to the sin against the Holy Spirit. No one
could commit objectionable sin against the
Father or against another dispensation, for
the sacrifice of Him, the Son, was to fol-
low. But sin against the administration of
the Holy Ghost is irremissible, for there is
nothing behind this. When the Holy
Spirit leaves us there remaineth nothing
beyond, nothing to look for but judgment
and fiery indignation.
''Love shed abroad in our hearts" con-
cludes the song. May we all learn to sing
it with the spirit and understanding.
BISHOP DoGGLTT's SERMON.
Gal. go. 81 am crucified with Christ,
Sc
Notwithstanding the lustre of christian
evidences, there is a tendency to mistake
the nature of religion itself This tendency
sOOH satishes HoSii, just as tuOuBn tut
gospel consisted in only a few simple cere-
monies. This emasculates the gospel. 1t
substitutes the shadow for the substance
The vindcation of the truth of gospel was
in the experience of the Apostles. And so
with Paul, as asserted in the text So we
will speak of apostolic experience, or the
christian life.
/ consider the elements of christian
life. l make two preliminary observations.
The apostle did not profess to be an angel
he professed to be a man; therefore he said
"The lite l now live is in the flesh" sc.
The religion which christianity brings is
that which human nature requires. Another
observation is that the apostle as a christian
could never forget his original life, could
never divorce from his experience the great
sinner he had been.
|. The first element is the spirituality OF
this new lite. 1t is that state of the soul in
which it performs its proper functions, con
trary TO that of the soul in its sinful state
a state by which it comes into communion
with God. 1t is begun by regeneration.
The gospel is crucifiXion, for it produces
death, death to sin. 1t produces pains.
=. Another element is its substantive
character. This life is not a mere emotion
1t was Christ himself within. And thi.
means the presence of the trinity itself, fol
in Christ was all the fullness Of the God
head.
3. Another popularity is its conscious
ness. 1t has the perogativc of self-asser.
ton. 1t is n great happiness that al
christians accord TO this and the Methods
people especially; for they have ever hel(
it the privilege of every one to know tn,
life of God in himself. What an anomaly
would it be if this consciousness had beer
, | l,ft %, all fl, oil, a.,
religion is philosophical. The fact of con,
seriousness makes it so.
4. 1t is distinguished by its holiness. 1
our religion does not make us better it is
} hallucination.
3. 1t is II power. 1t is a magazine within
a man. 1t is an acknowledgements from sin
G. 1t is mans true life. A man is not
, man at all until he atiains this new life. II,
f is broken, SMASHED, used up, Of | may 81
, speak, until he is new man in Chris
Jesus.
Z. 1t is his grand life lie can wear III,
5 new robes with as much dignity as any
arch-angel that flutters his wings from the
| gilded parapet of Heaven.
This spiritual life has its laws This Law
is not natural; it is the law of faith; il i,
an Indispensable condition of the life.
1t is novel and curious in its contact witt
s men. A true faith is a perpetual novelty
There is something new constantly.
Lastly. What is the source of this life
G 1t springs from no human sources. n,
educational, no natural source.
1t is not faith. We magnify faith
produces nothing; it only conducts this lif,
D to our souls. Where, then, is the life
. The eternal depths OF the Godhead. Blu
| how shall we get at it, or how shall it &c
to us? Christ, wrapping himself in humani
ty, brings the flood of divine life to us.
The grandeur of the incarnation is not it
4 miracle; it is that it brings this life to all
, The fountain was shut it had to be opened
The crucihxion opened the fountrin. N
salvation without this We come in csntac
with this life by putting our faith in thos
; open wounds
When this is done it is passable for tn