Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-23
UNIVERSITY CHURCH.
The Manifestation of the Boly
Ghost.


Ghost.
DR.. Warner took for his text Acts iv.
81: "And when they had prayed the
place was shaken where they were
assembled together, and they were
all filled with the Holy Ghost" "
Many, in reading of the endowment
of the Holy Ghost, suppose this gift
was reserved for the few, and that
the people generally we're not to ex-
pect this miraculous power. Such
have the idea that at the present time
only ministers and perhaps few
among the laity are to come under
this wondrous influence. Dr. Warner
refuted this absurd notion by stating
that at least los in that upper cham
ber were not apostles, but men and
women representing the laity. And
the sacred historian says they were
all filed with the Holy Ghost. He
further strengthened his argu-
ment by reference to Peters
visit to the house of Cor
nelius, Acts II and 15.-In his
justification of this course when
called to an account by the other
Apostles for going to the house OF a
Gentle he declared that the Holy
Ghost fell upon them as on us at the
beginning. He characterized the
acts of the Apostles as the Gospel of
the Holy Ghost.
Referring to a certain company
who had not as much as heard
whether there be any Holy Ghost,
when questioned by the Apostle the
speaker said: ''While this cannot
literally be alleged as the reason why
believers of today are manifestly and
according to their own acknowledge
ment without this power, yet it is to
be feared that the third person in the
Holy Trinity, is not set as plainly be-
fore the people in public ministration
on private instruction as the impor-
tance OF the Office and work demands;
and that, because of only partial and
very imperfect knowledge of them,
many do not seek His power. who
otherwise would. Again, there are
others who are well instructed in the
theory Of the Spirit, who vet know
Him not in His higher office, because
they made no well defined, no
earnestly determined effort to enter
into fellowship with Him.
He spoke of the Wesleys, White
fields, and their coadjutors, as fol-
lows: "The little handful Of humble
students at Oxford, had of God, been
called up into an upper room of clear
er light and purer atmosphere than
the masses OF their day were dwelling
in; and there in holy meditation on
the Word of God, carefully examining
their own hearts under the light of the
localized rays of divine Truth, they
saw that for themselves they had
lived all too far beneath their pfivil-
ege in Christ Jesus; and having
caught the idea that man may be not
only consciously justified by faith in
Jesus Christ, but as consciously filed
with the Holy Ghost and with power
from on high; they claimed in conf
denee the fullness of the blessings of
the Gospel of Peace, and when their
prayer was answered, what church
God had on earth, right there ip the
midst OF the cold soholastioism Of Ok.
ford !
IItn.e speaker then took d general
survey of the situation now as COM
pared with the times OF Wesley and
Whitfield, thanking God that the doc
trine of the baptism of fire was SO
earnestly believed and so generally
sought for and enjoyed at the present
time. At the close of this
sermon a collection was called
for, for the "Church Extension
Society" This society is designed to
aid poor communities in erecting
churches. The collection amounted
to SS7, an advance of over 100 per
cent. on last year.
Among the notices given out was
that of series of lectures on Biblical
study by Prof. Weaver, of the Uni
versity. The first lecture will be this
evening, at the church.