New-York tribune., 1875-11-15
PULPIT LESSONS.
TIE POWER OF TIE HOLY SPIRIT.

THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher at Plymouth church po"ses0
tOndlJ.
PlymOuth Church was crowded with people
Yesterday as usual Among the strangers present were
Mr. sankey and Judge Jones of Pennsylvania before
the regular services began Mr. Beecher baptized seven
children who brought into the chuTch ana piaceu
at the foot OF the pulpit In his opening prayer Ni'
Beecher asked God should bless the efforts to secure
. religions revival in Brooklyn. contribution was
taken up for Congregational Church at seneca Ias
In announcing the anniversary meeting Of the American
Woman's Suffrage Association, MIR. Bcecher said the
leaders OF the association were noble women who'
in advocating a broader sphere OF lie tor theH
Sex made their more beautiful by thelr own
nropriety and excellence of life What better
person he said was there TO address American
mothers than Lucy sOne who better fitted to appeal 10
the scholarly instincts Of American women than MIs
Howe and what more fitting platform teacher was To De
fouud than Mrs Livermorei He also said that ne hao
lost nothing confidence in the propretY OF wonehs
suffrage The ordinance of God q" is not good Tor man
10 be alone" should be fulfilled in every department oi
life The association of with men would work IN
potica life as wrought in the Church and IN the
household not confusion but elevation He desired 10
tread under foot the whole doctrine Of Orientalsm with
trne that although differing from him, woman Is IKE
and equal TO man. Finally he reoiced to believe ID
women IN piblic affairs Mr Bcechers text was Acts;
Them commanded them that they should not depart om
Jerusalem ut wait for the promise Of the Father which,
saith lie 'Ye have heard Of me-"
TIE scene of the Saviors Passion Mr Beecher said was
over and had passed into history though nnree0rded
His sleep had been awakened and for 40 DAYS lie hi1
dwell win His disciples showing Himself to them and
now they had drawn together somewhere on thc MOUNT
of Olives In the last conference the uiSeipss siSu S
whether they about To enter upon thelr me
work, and He told them to return to Jernslem ana @ %
Then He disappeared from their sight and they were elt
alone these orphans turned their sad faces toward
the city. These were the men WHO VINO nav in i
human society. As the ancient eliy OF Jerlsaiem j.
government, customs, etc, OF that age are buried Az
fathOms dcep beneath the n0od OF new
and wait The great temple they saw before them was
headquarters OF influence in the Jewish nation Ihere
were Pharisecs Ascitces and all the secls WIN
their machinery of organization. And these eleven men
So @ direction but to wait And here they waited Wha,
was the OutlOOki They were Themselves the DulpiGsl
kind of men Except John, whose type that of the
Ineiitatve scholar they had the slightest touch OF
what is called genius refer was haIuidi ,si
warrior but the other nine ali plain men, They dd
not even know what they were waiting Tor.
They did not the Old Testament or ter own
Master Their mental condition as TO kno"IeuIe yea ;s Tas
very low. Their Master had left them IN the jewish
Church whore lie found them Iaere is no erugcJ ,i
that their future organization dld not spring rom
causes entirely. He lett them not even His own OOspel
was - Go aud wait for power to come from on high"
No tables Of stone TO come 10 them IL was TO be
So they waited hut waiting didn't quescence or
Sssiyy: ITSy & PIfaSff as dater Had thcy a thc
selves up different rooms the Pentecos WOuu
have been unknown But they dwelt together aud were
ali of one accord They thought alike felt alike, prayed
alike They were thus preparing themselves Ior the
spirit that was to come upon them IheS spent tuclI
time in praying and singing. Prayer Is Hight or II Is
nothing II Is the noblcr part OF man WlnS.a wlth % ~
nation and hying upward lIcy IIeu lhtIlStNV ~ , "
prayer into the presence of God and by singing they
gave the best that they had In them Inc reason
was dlsenthraied ana the nmaslhauon was I.u aIu %
strengthened they sat continuously III concentration
indescriba6c glory as the winds were moving il the
heavens, and flames lighted their heads ana 1aiE came
that wonderful power, divine spirit for which they
were to wait What did this power do TO thcni By
asking what difference IL made IN them, we may thus
form ome cstim
instantly out of the common rank OF ne INTO heroic
rank they seemed he living ia another sphere. They
that we're dark minded and unable to understand that
Chrst's Kingdom, He told them over and over again
not Of this world, were lifted instantly INTO the
realm OF thought and imagination Then they received
the insight which comes from exalation OF the facul,
ties, as probably every man hds eAp e'lcnDou ,ii
in degree. Again, as to courage, tney
instance before this time, daring to dispute In the
temple with priests. But now they we're not aald
their own people by the power OF the Holy Ghost they
were hlcd into the soul kingdom Of God. There was
their bodily nature put into abeyance, and their
souls their higher natures were elevated to thS htAes'
pitch. Their minds touched with the divine AZ
Hiatus that all that which was best ID them became power
Iney had nor the power O @ .e su S' nor the poWe
of legislation nor the power OF the Dody Out the power
The man who gives himself to God has all OF his facul
ties unlocked 10y the Holy Ghost Ills BODY ls Kept dOWh
and his best nature is elevated aud deNelOptd All nEs
are yours YOU Christ's and Christ i Cod
Not the thundercrld as soon worship Juitcr-hol he
flaming Cod the God OF truth, of love- OF sympathy
who everlasting beauty eoquenee, VINO Is an ever
sounding Of music. The niue helpless DaDe cIlngs 10
IT'S mother and il says, Ny mother and she with
what depth OF feeling calls ii her babe. so say " Ny
God and he calls "my SON." Now, are you IN earn
est in PRAYING the Holy GhOst3 near men praying,
'(ye us the Holy Ghost" Ii Is OF the stock phrases
OF regulation pray Suppose man goes to an empty
well DAY day. hangs MS bucket on the spout ana re-
peats 30 well. MI my bucket" again and again lie
gels nothing there Christians who 20 on yanl!
saving day after day, "Gye the Holy Ghost give US
the Holy Ghost The trouble Is That they VIII not aDorfOr
ILe uper az for the lower harvest. They gram IL
the earth and 1t repays them bOmltifuy but with re-
gard heavenly things they want 20 reap where tey
have not sOwn. There some buds whose sepdls are
Glued together and will Open and 80 they swell
and rot Other buds burst ont into bloom and blush
with beauty and JOY in the sunlight so there are souls
which open, but when people JOlh together III
simplicity singing ana pray ng their souls open ana the
Divine srit in and gOIihcs then Ii takes sorrow
10 omen O The chestnut burr VIII not
Open fOr sunlight through the long summer days,
but when the Autumn nights bring Autumn irOsts II
bursts wide apart and brown nut ont into the
daylight. Thus souls are Opehed ny aHuctOh Dul
more blessed those which open and bloom ana fpen
sunlight, like the apple, not waiting for TIE sharp
touch Of aictOn and most blessed are those VINO wait
but uuCOusciCusy up into tie sunlight
of Gods love, tine moon htts the tides.