, 1876-11-15

t1ught BY Hin, we would hnrc bu btIricn tu
carry. sa'an 4 alwayh on lhe lockout for US,
and Is constantly tculang us Into bondage. x
man can't say he was pronptsd tn ini1usty ty
Hllost tnrifejiator IN the an sat m las nine.
tcnt!,s ol tIc protesting children Of Gui bound
Holy Spirit. Our huslnrsh.mcn arc Lied IN witt,
their wurld!y affairs, mud they grlevc tue Spirit.
I tell you, my friends, we must Gct rid Of sell,
ana sn she sprt VII bo fyysc It. "i Mt be
saionlans, ", IT,: :" Qucneh not the Spirit"
ancca aucncl', the Spirit. They should be
cleaned out, llkc a eaga e, Of unelcau birds. l
tio o spirit. @ Faaion MI as az grsat Sea t. ssy IL
the Church. y 10 not necessary to gu to Paris
to SEQ tue fashions; you ca.l eca; tAeil by going
to church. Hundreds VI churches waut tntcl-
Ic:iSa 9bty 70 rc1sh 70 ttsn aud not me-" men
preachers who catl draw with their splendid
clo4licncc. What NC want Is preacllrrs who
Can dfaw With eloquencc from heaven, and not
with clotluence frunl Garth. The Spirit Will
earth; and not until the Spirit IS caleI upon
wlll the revival cotnc. Belcvers gricve tho
Holy Spirit; the Church lueuc1lcs 1t and tho
in Acts, vii, 5l-52, VIC read: aye stiff.
ncckcd autl uncircuInsiscd In lcurt aud cara, ye
do always rcsist the lIuly Uhust Ms yUur fathers
did, 81 10 ". Which Vi tile prophets have not
your fathers pcrsecutcd ahl they have elain
them whcl, showed beforu VI tiir coming ol tic
just Ono; Of yc hayc becn nuw the hctFaytfs uua
mutQcrcrs." Thts Is Whit Stephen said to the
Scribes, at.d tic El1cra AID tho peupv, Just be-
fore llley stoned lin " death. TAe world l.
resisting tile 11uly GIost. The snotIent tlls re-
think that tl,eY shnulA witt unit! the Holy
Gnost culllrs unto them. The Holy U1los. has
striveu with every one. Out here on tiIc Wcst-
ern plains TIC Holy Spirit has strsvem with Tic
slip q Great Spirit. and with tlrui this
Spirit has strtrcn. Tie trouble viii, the world
Is, 1t won't be led by thu Spirit. Tic Spirit tts
titles ugatust nlan. It ncygr tl1ttcrs bIiIs, Us
man how unslcan he ls l,ow c,rrupt ills heart IS
nti,l tile ,nnn Ia troubled liz tontlikc IT. re-
mcmbcr thu first tine the Holy (l,ust impressed
Inc. | went IT, church onc morning, atltl fell
asleep. As l tozed, nlas' sittin; lear me-
to n1c rs though. tue preacher we're talidng tu
INC personally. i ttuught WAS held up tu the
gazc of the whole congregation: thought tl'c
preae1llng was too pcrsotal,. aud ! iMtto,cd III,
preaching We want now. W. walt personal
preaching. The Holy Gslost can shnw 1nuil
how wicked tc Is. lfu conrirts men ol tDer
sius The Spirit oE God tries to take man from
tic reach II stu; and II men Will only yield to
eternal peace and Joy.
III II. Corinthians, ILL.,, 6, VIC read: "Who
hatl, also hath 1nade us able snir!sttrs ot thr
New Testament; not OF the letter hut of the
givcth life" Remember, ny friends, the Spirit
Eivctl liic. a lady said To me the other 1ay;
Our minister breaches the Gospelt but there
arc no cunyersiOns.n Thatsprcarhcr, and there
are Others like h, hath tilt. letter. but the spirit
Is wanting. Everywhere around us IL dead or'
Church. We want an earnest, living truth.
Muchof thu preaching that is done snnaay after
Sunday has too much uf The letter. The prtM;hct
says, That sermon logically perfect; there /
no p0sstola con!rovctaioc OF tue argument j.
and, when 1t Is delivered, II falls leal.. II
bus too mitch OF the letter, and DO spirit. How
n.aoy times have failed. Many sernou ts a.
more thnn all tile '''smk that llayc !,ren rropu
gated. 1t creates iniidelity. Tie intdci Is rs
much master of intellect and argument Us tile
preachcr, but II the lattrr have nut the spirit III
can be uf no avail. We wait the Spirit III ou1
work. III fnrt, my brethren, it seems to MI
tul VIC should stou our work anl Inquire what
the trouble is, why we snakc 50 little progress
In tho conversion Ut stnncrs. When We stop ws
nay ilud 9ut ttMt Wy have the lcttrr, but hny' ,H
| II tle Spirit bc not tt!cre.
Iu paal's er!stiu tu tue EphcsianEs, 7th Gimp
ter and !th VERSE, WI read: " And TAKE tilt
helmet Of saiyaton and the sword Of slee spfFi
which Ii the Wurl Of Goa" Many people won
der why God dul,'t use tluln in tlle wurk u CON
yrrt!ou. Tho roasUn Is, they don't have the Wort
q! tod An army w4tholt weapons u no Eaol
Luok at MI artny of l0oD men Without arms
away with them ali. These pruple WHO " Il
der why God don't use them don't knew how t
| use tho sword. They should know pcrfcytIy th
Word Of Gui, and alBa !,t.g to use It. When
sinner comes to tE1clu and complains that lie ha
no strength. or Is In dpubt, OF don't know TIL
| way Or what to do, they should uc able tu turt
III nIelllately to thu Word Of Gul and tell tn
poor s:t,ncr whit to do. We must know th
B.plc, whiel, IL the o'ly, sword OF the Spirit
III John, XIV, II, VIC read; 'Eyen the sPrIt Q
Truth, w!,oIlt the world cannot receive, becaus
it sceth Him not neither knowetA Him; but s.
know Him, for H. flwcllcth with you, and s!'al
be In you." 4 grcat n,aay grlcve the Spirit
and get the Spirit tlwelis With them. Man
pcoptc lave thu Spirit, l,lt the manifestation
'lrc so slight tlat they VIII never tl 1t out. au'
even they lun't know TINT they will bt saved
Thu Spirit Of God never fills the old man; II I
thr iuw tnull whom it ILLS. The old man /
dead ln hls trcspassrs and sins, hut wien lii
old u,an Is put Away, aud the new 'lial comes
then will the ltolf Hhost guile mud lcata lis
Then we sl,a!i put awas pride anu arrvsanee
want s'i to b sfit s1ad Of u nty a & be III vi
There are ihrce notable Instances whc1
the uuy Spirit nlaile Himself manifest, all.
uwelt amolIg us. Tile first was III the 'laoes
uarle, a. recorded III Exodus, H., ~; the sec
olla, Ut thu completion ut sol9nson's Temple
and tho thir.i, o the duy Ut rentcct,st, whe'
tncru "sueldcnly canlc sousd frutn hcavcn u
Of Il rushing nllgLty wiul." On thut Auy til
Spirit game ausl icllrl .hose men. lle hi
dwrlt here Tor 1,8o0 years. 1t Is the prisi!cg
OF every cltll Of i;otl to be lltcd With tar llu!
Spirit like Paul a,nl Baruabns. Some pcnpt
ray tliat tl!e Snirit Ii onlY with sonlc, aud t'u
with others. THIS is ii mistake. ! never saw
hungry Christt.in hucking tbs Spirit who lid ~,
receive II. II tho heart is tIilc,t with wnrld!
lnatters or something else, how can It bu tiie
witt. the blesstugs 1t puts mu In mind ot th'
boy wllosu thoughts wtrc constant ! a0sotbed
Its play, AMI NJ, Ly hls 6tuIy. lle could no
study, 81 one day As father told him to Tux
two baskets alhl ill onc with chips and tho ottlt
Will, applies. Tlu boy did 81, ant the fAtlit
satd' Sow ill the a4skst tuiE u ctps Wiz h tn
tisk tfse 6asket Is I'LL already" "ri'a.s tbs wa
with yuu, my sun" sntl Tho fathcr, ''yun VI
too fill u play a,nl au cant study" That: H.
tricll&ls, ID the condition of the Church. 1t
too full Vi chips. Wcmust hoemptfe,i ot cver
Impure tirsru bc(oru VIZ car he lIllcd with til
Spirit. Son,e pcnple say wu have no strengt
to work ior God. Tic trllll, is. VIZ have tu
much. II We l.Al less, We wuull have more {
{iud'. strength, aud the,l w could dn Ills worl
Da,licl did not say u NnbuchRdHezzar That J.
| J,n,i In, that {.thi iir1tt IT.