, 1876-11-11

lfat the5 l1nu rnnM|ttcl tic 1inTnrtlOnal,c SIN,
n,hi tLat tlltrc WINS no lt,pc ft,r them Matthew
sal whatsoever slokc word ncai1,st the H"l. of
ttud Should lc forgiven. htlt that lio waie kaii
Ruyllt aGntl1st sl.e 1ly pIrit slloulti nuitcr hc
forgiven IN ts,is 'wtr1l iH'r IN thu next. Mark
said something similar, Will, this additional
clause, wl.IcI, t'isn,vrr.:sl i.a true ,nranIng:
- Hf'reausr they na lie hath m untlean s1,:rIt."
This appcarei 10 refer to those wlu tllnuHht
ttsat C''rst rerfornc'! Its miracles through tho
Christ was tic ,prfN,u u j)cyiis. aml il
was II question whether tlIt ,lnpal1iunabia etn
WIS committed Nowadays. 4 i,,al. might gsp
dow. t, bis j;ravc striving against tho lIuty
Spirit, but hu thought that God never uayo ,,p
4 ,nan wh!lo llle.e w,s Iifo il, lin. ilu I'n'l
heard Mcn swear By Go,l mud by .jcsuR, Int nuly
Dnco hal lIc heard 1lintl swear ly thu llhY
ulust, anil ttgn ht laokcti for thu folInw t fall
dow. ac9d. That might 10 biasp!'eny, hui 1t
>, How nrn We To know tint VIC have tho Spirit
llc c0ntcndetl TINT tho dovtrinc Ut assurance
was hlllH''t ~ thu l}llr as clearly aB any other
pstrlM: ~ Those wl,o Ind really heNn 'rl,agaln
Bible authority fpr feu'g tint their knowlmlgo
t''nis thu iIlb!o "n t1,is point, for there wuru
,naa ,nnny ,ppa pa'F"Ess ; 4s wsl r., aSG IT, clea5 f
by tho Spirit were NIL right t.n tho cternal, ltc
lueatto,i. Did my oi.n think that tic drunk
ar.'s, g'uaers, anil othrr sinners were Led 1y
Thy sp1t7 NJ they wsro lcd BY the fes'i.:
tit[ t1Pb ~ 4St4 tfINIH9f lI1he1 Hthi
prevailed athnng them. but tho unconvertcl
should not lnnk fr to witncss of tho Spirit.
That Tas teis stNthbIng.blork 10 many hi tlle
tuaasry-Tuoln., Wc must know Tint VIC Ind
t,cGt, tlcllvurul nnl horn VI tf8 Spirit before VIC
co,lll du much good In tho conversion vi sisi.
t,crs.
Scripture also talks Of being II scaled by tho
ltnly t;l,st" Il WIZ t'iu bLosal that clesi1artl
Spirit 10 twell 1T ua, and wu nro sen!cs' fnr tho
day of redemption. Tho ]foly Spirit tlwolt III
every l,clcYcr. III regard tn the work ui tho
liolS Ghost ,e snisl It WIS ~ tcstfy Of. Christ.
lily iii 't spit. tn ,a. its "'' wori. 's' rhO iho
mighty power Of tl,e Chrislia,, rclirio., was el.
trely owing to !ho Testimony Of the linly
gotisn in Thirty ysars il i, ',a not !men ior tlr
!esti'anny Of tho lioly Spirit. t;t"s lid not fts-
tend that wn Should Understand tllc IiOly
tllost; Us miss!o', was to testify Of Christ aud,
srRe S i ne e4 ss no @ @9s op eSIsfG If s ySi so
was u talk abont tile a!'sent bridegroom, mud
not aimut itsrf. Tile ltuly Ghost It was said
In one p!aye, ,tanght us, whit to ID, and guided
''s ,thrI;igi, ~ tl,u present al,d tlie future.
TIL liu was e',lvcrtct WHEN II was transformed
into tho most acceptable toms In C,lr world. 4
E9ota niat.y pcou thoaG3lt t,at when they wnnt-
cd tho nsws they must consult the nows-
papers. Tttu Hillo was the only newspaper
it,' tho world; It toll lis what hna iaKen
place nnl wllat. would happen III the future, md
4 VIC only ss.ttltc.l It wo won,l teu wonderful
things contained t11crctn. The l'lhlc revealed
the deep ai'l hidden things Of tlie Gospel, Pas
years nIu, Wcru now as nlail US Il u e, anil tho
things: that were dark to-tluy. hc expected
would tlc n,atlc light ttrtnUrrow. We could not
all out all ahont do,l ut 1nce, but Il the linly
III tic Word nf titH1. II VIC wanted to knew thu
secrets nf Heaven, tho uEly method 0f earl!lng