Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-25
jackson Street III. e. Church.

JNckcSON Street III. II. Church.
At the morning service yesterday the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Stafford took for his text
Acts, chap. XIX, second verse;
"Have ye received the Holy Ghost since We
believed r.
The speaker said
Our theme this morning is the
Holy Ghost. 1t is one of great Importance,
for it is this that will make our experience
complete and satisfactory. There are many
forms of experience whereby we may know
of the presence and power of the Holy
Ghost. This doctrine is of the utmost i'm
portance, and perhaps no doctrine of the
Bible is so often attacked so much abused
and misrepresented as this. Some persons
are extravagant in their ideas of its use and
powers who mean well. and do it great dam
age. Some advance ideas in regard to the
use of the Holy Ghost. that have no war
rant in the Bible, for God, by his Spirit,
never orders course of conduct which comes
into conflict with the Bible, and where such
is taught, it is not of God. The opposition
arises from the Indifference of professors on
this all important subject. There was
time when the church prayed for the power
of the Holy Ghost, her people expected it
and had no apologies to offer, but to-day
| there are SO many who are Indifferent, they
think it is not for them, and they do not
seek, and it has brought it into disrepute.
There is Holy Ghost. Some religionists
say there is not, and foolishly, wickedly,
make light of the whole thing We have
the holy scriptures for our foundation, and
the experience of those who have received
this wonderful power for our encourage
ment. In all the past, even from the begin
ming of time, the Spirit of God has been
recognized. We read in the first book when
the earth was without form and void, that
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
| waters.
We recognize the Spirit taking part in the
creation God declares through His proph-
cts: II will go out of my spirit into all
fesh." We read also of the great manifesto
ton of the Spirit, when the Apostles were
filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking in
divers tongues, when admired by some, and
by others derided, because they were thought
to be drunken, until Peter disproved it by
showing that they were not drunk, but spake
by the power of the Holy Ghost.
In Luke, II. chap, 18th verse, we read:
.:For He shall be great in the sight of the
Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong
drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy
Ghost, even from his mothers Womb
Jesus also said to His disciples, stake no
thought of what ye shall an
swer, for the Holy Ghost shall
fill your mouths We find many passages
in the bible in this point, and if they do not
teach the fact that there is Holy Ghost,
what do they teach? There are some who
do not believe in the bible; that does not
make any difference about the teaching.
The questions not whether we believe in the
bible, but does the bible teach the doctrine
of the Holy Ghost: or, are these the imagin-
ings of our over-wrought mind? We can
not always seek the truth, but we can feel
the evidences of truth in our heart, we can
see the wonderful operation of this wonder
full presence in many ways.
! Next we will consider the work of this
! Spirit. It never speaks of itself, for it is
written that it shall not testify of itself;
the soul is led out to testify of Jesus, and the
great work of the spirit is to reveal the son
Jesus Christ, His lowliness and loneliness,
and the fact that He is the Son of God, that
He died and was buried and is now on the
right hand of God.
The love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost; no matter under
what circumstances we are placed, we will
not be afraid to testify to the person and
worth of Christ, and will never fear what
men shall say of us when we acknowledge
we are the children of God. eff We love
this spirit. ye will bring forth fruit. What
are the fruits? Love to God, love to our
neighbor, joy, peace, gentleness, long suffer-
ing. How it covereth multitude of sins.
Have we received it? If not we must pray
| for it. for when the anOsfles fOnnd tho moo.
pie without it, they prayed. They prayed
for it, and shall we together not pray for it.
Let us pray for it in this verse:
Come Holy Spirit Heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening power;
Kindle a flame of sacred love,
In these cold hearts of ours