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prepare his lecture. or frame hi. sermon. or

prepare his lecture. or frame his sermon. or
administer baptism or the Lords supper. coes.
siraio 10 look at himself and 10th 60 draw to
himself the eve OF any. goes feeling how great.
now holy, bow awful Is he who fllcth all IN all.
out goes al the same time feeling unconscsonsly
brave as against all foes. pigmy or gigantic.
eiotaea In nesh rnseen-for what are they. airy
aors tnan ne, IN the face OF Him that site IA In
the heavens?
IAe power OF the agents in the work Of God
rs nfst and last the power Of the Lord working
mem working with them, working
aooNe them and also above all aa-
erSaries visible or invisible. above them.
i"f ABOVE, out Of their sight is held a
scepter IN the hands of the Lamb, who Is Lord
o. iords and King OF kings When tine church
mao scarcely begun to go forth with the pur-
pose OF preaching everywhere. down 10 sho
tiine within the memory Of living men. the
classic lands OF history, OF the Bible aud of
romance were surrounded with hish walls and
gales barred against Christian missionaries.
The Turkish empire, the Mogul empire, the
Shlnese empire. the empire of Janan and thas
OF Morocco were all in this manner fenced
around The remote parts OF Africa we're
guarded by darkness ano death themselye..
And In southern Europe were the spots
where 1t was not an offense. punishable by The
police, to circulate the Bible, OF to preach or
TO worship except under forms prescribed.
But over the walls he's passed the scepter whie n
blow slender blasts outside the rsmparts now
march up straight before them and in the
name OF Jesus Of Nazareth enter in.
THE LoRp's DoISos-
This is the Lords doings. and how marvel
Gus in our eyes IL ought to be. We shall be
better able TO judge il VIC weigh the language
used hundred years ago by wise men of poll
tics. showing how silly were hopes Of any such
change, and by wise men. even OF the churches,
all alarmed at the danger OF fanaticism. The
same scepter IN the same hand is over us this
day, over us here present: also over our com
rades in the war, now out with the field force;
over every corps bearing any dag which Is low
cred before the kirgly standard OF the Lamb.
but Is held aloft and carried onward against
any other; over all these and over every 40
minion OF the earth waves that sceptor
N this solemn moment, and He who
holds II sits On the right hand Of
power till the Lord shall make ali His eneInie s
His footstool. The power which woi LIS above
US and for Us is the same which also works with
Us. When Peter spake TO the multitude Of his
Lord as being then at the right hand Of God
exalted, be also spake of him as working at that
moment in the midst OF them. He. said the
apostle, hath shed forth this. which ye now
see and hear" The distance from the place they
were in TO the throne in the midst OF heaven
was no distance TO Him. And Peter was, there
fore, as clear as if the Lord stood beside him
that they would receive the gift Of the Holy
Ghost IL they would repent and be baptized In
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission Of
sins. When Paul and Barnabas return from their
great missionary journey what they do in the
church at Antioch is 10 'rehearse all that
God had done with them, and how he
had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. F"
So again at Jerusalem. declared all Things that
God had done with them" The most notable
evidence OF a superior power accompanying
their word, and that Of a saving power, was not
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in the increase of believers and their godly
living. The word Of God increased and the
number Of disciples multiplied in Jerusalem
greatly" When the sound OF the rushing.
mighty wind had ceased and the cioven tongues
OF flame had disappeared the three thousand
men and women living new lives remained.
So when the shaking of the place where they
were on later occasion assembled had passed
over the power in preaching and testi-
Tying continued, and the swelling num-
bers OF the five thousand covered the ground.
When the group around Cornelius broke
out, as Peter preached, speaking with tongues
and magnifying God, all felt that greater
than Peter was there. Thus were apostles and
Others certified as ministers of Chrlst-instru-
ments which worked moved by a divine
agent, servants with whom the Master went, am
bassassadors with whom was the hand Of the
hlng-that hing whose sign manual is a new
creature-a sinful man created anew in tho
moral image of God To an apostle, an evan
geiist or a pastor who, in the light of faith,
stood as already in the presence Of the Lord
Jesus Christ at HIS coming what was his hope,
hls glory, his crown Of rejoicing Sons Of the
Holy Seed who were his own sons. children of
the kingdom who were his children in the
Lord.
The working Of the Lord in us is that, in the
mission OF the church, which most nearly
touches the men Of faith and His working in
the individual as well as in the assembly
M ha -fxTx-s ,,srf rs,
the discharge of it is according to His work
ing, which worketh in us nightly" IL He can
give more than We can either ask or think. III
Is according TO the power that worketh in us. y
Ii we VIII what is according to His pleasure,
and having willed do Il, then know we pract;.
eally that He worketh ia us Ito will and to
do" If to ou- humility is added depth, 10
our fortltude a steadfastness. to our zeal a
flame that is not OF nature, then know we that
we are being strengthened by the Spirit might
" the inner man.
DrvINELY EQUIPPED.
The race divinely born and diyinely fash.
Toned are also divinely equipped: and, as they
war not with flesh and blood, they lift nc
weapons but those OF the Spirit Infisming the
soul, the Holy Ghos: supplies the entire equip
ment; love the gentlest and mightiest of al
arms OF war; joy which prepares the shouts O.
victory In the songs OF the march; and SO on
through the whole armory to the victoriou,
shield Of faith. Full of faith and power
described the fighting strength in which
stephen moved upon the works of the enemy
As the holy seed are divinely equipped 40 ara
they divinely strengthened. From their Lord
who causeth them always to triumph thew re.
ceive an investiture of both authority and
power. He gives to His servants in their own
souls power to engage and to overcome tn,
world, the flesh and the devil. He gives then
| also authority over the conscience of the wicked
| In calling them to repentance. He promises Il
us a mouth and a wisdom which all our adyer
saries shall not be able to gainsay or TO resist
The war of the gospel is not conducted on the
champion system. the bulk of the host holdins
back and single hero going out to conauer OF
die for ALL The struggle is one Of all ranks
| and the equipment of the Spirit with III.
| strengthening of the Spirit are for the common
| man as well as for the conspicuous chieftain.
Being filed with the Holy Ghost. is The
note which introduces action of special efficacy
| in the Lords work, whether that of one person
or Of an assembly. Tho whole COMPANY vere
| so filed at pentecost, and again a second time
| after the rulers had inundated John AND
Peter. Also the company at Samaria the com
pany at Seasarea in the home of Cornelius. The
company at Ephesus, are severally instance.
which set before us this blessedness as given
to all the flock. And 10 il not only 10 pastor
but to believers in common that is given the
command fraught with promise, BE filled
with the Spirit" All. when we think of ouy
many meetings and few converts. of our much
speaking, much collecting, much spending and
much running to and fro, and the slender gain
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