The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-10-05
OUR RELIGIOUS COLUMN.
OLD CHURCH CALENDAR.
Oct. 2. Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Oct. 0. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

Oct. D. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.
In this column reference has been made
lately to several of the special marks of the
Christian, in his character and life. The
guidance of Gods Good Spirit, is another
promised in old prophecy, fulfilled when
Christ came. +" All thy children shall be
taught of the Lord, and great shall be the
peace of thy Children thus it was long be-
fore announced. Then, in view of His visible
departure from His disciples on earth, the
gift was more distinctly assured 81 will
pray the Father aud He shall give you anoth-
er Comforter, to abide with you forever, even
the Spirit Of truth, who shall teach you all
things"
And when, in the the fulness of the Spirit
the Apostles proclaimed the spiritual king
dom of Christ, now fully established by the
coming down of the Holy Ghost, they declared
that His presence and grace were meant for
all believers, in every time and place.
This distinguishes the Christian dispersal
ton from all that had preceded The Holy
Ghost was not given thus freely until Jesus
had been glorifed. Now He is the ready
Teacher and Guide of every sincere worship
per under that dispensation. Being born
of water and the Spirit the child of God is
to go on, in the Divine life thus begun
"growing in grace" % living in the Spirit,
and alking in the Spirit"
The subject is one about which it is not
best to use many words. Two practical lies
of duty are to be Observed first, that all the
ordained means of grace are to be made use
of, so that we may receive the Spirit in larg-
est measure and second, that the gift thus
bestowed, the Presence and help thus vouch-
safed US, be carefully kept by devout, reverent
thought and by holiness Of life-that we
"grieve not the Holy Spirit of God that
we quench not the Spirit" &
There is trifling way of speaking, too
often heard, which must be grieuous to the
Holy One. A person says, 10 playful tone, or
with hippant manner, and with no thought of
what the words really mean" | will do so
and so, if the Spirit moves me !" or,
didn't do that because | was not moved by
the Spirit to do it.p He means, in fact that
be was indisposed to make the necessary ex-
ertion or that he intends to act according
to the within of the moment, without reference
to duty or religious profit. The spirit that
moves in such moods is the spirit, of the
world, selfish wilfulness, or, perhaps, lower
STILL "the spirit " from beneath, " that
worketh in the children of dsobedience,' to
bring them to destruction. We may we'll be
afraid to speak thus.
Only the firmest persuasion of Gods great
nearness to the soul, of His immediate loving
watcbfulness and aid, eau justify one in saying
or thinking that be is m00ed By The Spirit to
do this, to decline doing that. And such a
persuasion no one has a right to, unless he
has sincerely given himself up to do God s
will, by public profession and by secret con-
secration and unless he is habitualy sub
hitting to what lie believes is the wlil and
teaching Of the Lord. Only His children-it
is saId-sl,al be Taught of the Lord And in
another place, they are more particularly de-
scribed " Them that are meek shall He
guide 10 judgment and them that are gentle
shah He iearu lis ways" For such learners
IN the school of Christ, there is an especial
blessing "Great shall be their peace" In
the midst of trouble and perplexity, while to
the worlds eye they seem to be overwhelmed
and distracted, they have peace Hand
of strength holds them; He guides
them with His eye; their path,
though seeming dark, is clear to them,
growing, deepening peace has it's perfectiou,
"quietness and assurance forever
There is a fold whence none can stray,
And pastures green,
Where sultry sun. orstormy day,
Or wight, Is never seem AFx
Far up the everlasting hills,
In Gods lightt lies;
His smile its vast dimension fills
With Joy that never dies"
CHURCH SERVICES.
S. AgDnEw's-Sunday, 1885, Morning Prayer, Ser
mon. 7.oO Evening Prayer and Sermon.