Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-26
PULPIT ELoQUENCE.
GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT
OF GOD.
A Sermon Addressed to the Chris
tian People OF Sacramento
Last Evening.


was IN attendance and sang praises to the |
Lord, IN many of which they were Joined |
by the audience.
Rev. II. c. Christian said he received a !
letter in the afternoon from man in Sac
ramento whom he had often tried to reach. |
but had been unable. The letter stated that |
he had read in the mornings RECORD
UNION his sermon of the evening before /; |
| his heart had been touched, and he wanted |
to come to Christ. If | were to tell YOU |
that mans name, one who is well known /
| TO you all, your hearts would be touched |
also.
After prayer by Rev. e. R. Ollie, and the |
singing of Christ Receiveth the Sinful !
Man, Rev. H. C. Christian stepped for
ward and announced that his text would |
| be found in Pauls epistle to the Ephesians, |
| ", ~ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of
| God whereby We are sealed unto the day of
redemption His discourse would be
upon And grieve not the Holy Spirit of
| God" We have said great deal about
Jesus during these revival meetings.
never heard the Son of God Id forth to
| the people with more power and with
| clearer light; but we have heard but little
about the Holy Spirit. While we should
|
| alteration and glory to our Saviour, we
must not forget that the Holy Ghost, the
| third Godhead in the Trinity, also de-
| serves our worship. No man in this wide
world can be eyangelically convicted of sin
| without the assistance of
THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.
He may read the Holy Book may listen
to eloquent sermons, and still never be
! pungently, deeply convicted of sin 1t
must be done by the Holy Ghost. If the
Holy Spirit does not assist in converting
| the soul, ii will 90 on without conversion.
\ man may go through formal repentance,
| shed few tears, but unless the spirit of
| God Is i'll his heart, he cannot repent in
the sight of God. A man cannot have his
vile heart cleansed, purged of its sin, with
out the aid OF the Holy Ghost No man.
even after he has been convicted re-
! pented, experienced a change of heart, can
take a step heayenward unless led by the
! spirit OF God. He cannot make any head
| way without the aid of the Holy Spirit
| st. Paul meant something when he ad-
dressed the Ephesians saying, Grieye not
the holy spirit of God" If you turn deaf ear
TO It's entreaues, you cannot be saved it is
an insult to your Saviour; therefore turn
not away from the door of your heart the
| one who can
HELP YOU on TO HEAVEN.
want tonight to address myself particu-
iarly 10 Christians. l desire to say to them
| that every Christian must be led by the
| Spirit OF God. If they would be useful in
| the salvation of the world. [ love the
members of my church ! love all who
Try to do right, but have no room in my
| church for Christians who will not sur
render to the Holy Spirit. When [ say. led
| by the Holy Spirit | do not want to be
called fanatic | believe that Gods Holy
Spirit IS in this house, in your hearts in
| this audience tonight. That it is talking
| 10 the soul through an ear of the spirit.
Every man hears the whisperings OF his
will, his dictations and will be led in
| path OF Christian usefulness if he will not
| h!ieye His spirit He is in my heart daily.
| yes hourly, urging me on to usefulness and
the directing of sinners TO heaven. We
| TOO often grieve that Spirit-turn Him
away from our hearts.
Eleven years ago | was sent to nv sec
ond circuit, i'll my native State, away back
II the mountains. One Saturday morn
! Ing-lt was cold the ground covered with
snow, the first week in January-I was sit
ting ON the steps of the
LITTLE BACKwooDs CHURCH.
And thinking what a hard time poor
! Methodist preacher had. Presently man
came along, and | said: Brother | am
glad TO see You; glad 10 meet some one at
church on such cold winters morning"
While we were conversing, ! noticed a
man pass about 100 yards distant Ny new
made friend remarked: That is Asbury
Burns. Two months ago his aged mother
dled-and grand, good and noble woman
she was. Her son is q very eccentric in
dlvIdual; no one can reach him. When
his mother died, the dear old Christian
lady, she gave me this message: Tell the
preacher who comes in this circuit next to
do what he can for poor Asbury' prom
lsed to do SO and now | have fulfilled nv
promise | said nothing to the young man
| for couple of months. At a revival meet
| ing, when sinners were coming forward
and pleading with Jesus for remission of
their sins, | noticed Asbury sitting stolidly
on the end of bench Something seemed
to say to me, Speak to him tonight" l
walked up to him, put my hands upon his
shoulders and said, "Asbury have
a message for you from your mother"
My mother!
| MESSAGE FROM MY MOTHER
You did not know my mother"
briefly explained, and asked him to 90
forward and obtain that salvation she so
much desired for him, and which would
enable him to meet her in heaven. He
said, Certainly | will; :" went forward.
fell upon his knees, and commenced beg
glng for mercy. Two nights afterwards [
heard him shouting: "0h how | love
Jesus Oh! how love Jesus, because he
| first loved me-" And he rose happy man:
happy in the realization that his sins were
forgiven. don't say l did it-God forbid:
but if l had not done what the spirit said
to me, Asbury would not have been saved
Ben. Dorsey was a saloon-keeper and an
| acquaintance OF mine. One night the
spirit suggested to me that l had better go
and speak to Dorsey. l did so. He wei
coined me 10 his home. | told him that
had called to ask him to give his heart to
God. The next day lie visited me- Dur
| ing revival meeting that followed he came
one day and asked me to take walk with
him: We wandered mile away in the
| depths of the woods, and seated on a large
| limestone rock, he talked of Jesus Christ
and salvation. He said he had an excellent
| mother; he had large family to support.
and he would give up his business; which
WAS OBNOXIOUS IN THE s1GHl OF GOD.
Were he not afraid his family would suffer
in consequence. told him to give it up.
that God would provide for them. He
! cried, " would that | could, but oh can
| not give it up. l cannot do it." He went
home troubled in mind and sore in heart.
| At O'Clock the next morning he came to
the meeting. walked down through the
| 'uu.SllOS ohputilit. give II all up ana
tonight, dear friends, he is on his way to
heaven. He rolled his barrels of liquor
out to the wholesalers of whom he had
bought His family did not suffer, and to-
day Ben Dorsey is a respected gentleman
and the Sheriff of Oglethorpe county of the
State of Georgia. l do not say did it, but
the promptings of the spirit within me
saved Dorsey to Christ
AT camp meeting once, when was a
green, gawky young preacher 1 was asked
to preacha sermon. At the close of the
sermon many came forward TO ask for sal
walton. A member ofthe church came to
me and said. do you see that old man.
Mr.. Christian?" Which one do YOU
mean. l replied THAT old gray-haired
man sitting by the post yonder." yes, I
see him." We'll, replied my friend. IL
am afraid he will never be saved. | want
you to go with me and help me talk to
him" This individual who was so desir
Gus of saving the soul of the aged sinner
was Mr.. Holbrook, the leading merchant
of Atlanta. We walked up to the old man
and Bro. Holbrook, putting his hands on
his shoulders, said: Uncle Stoner won't
you go with us to church to-day" The