The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-28

Guilty in finding the image of the Holy
Spirit. His personality may be discov-
cred IN the history of the Church, in its
psalms and hymns, and individual ex-
periences. Pentecost, the dawn of
Christianity, is relative to the work of
Christ as the electric current to the cable
laid between two continents. Christ
made it possible for a Christian to be
made. The Holy Spirit makes Christ
ians. The Scriptural equivalent for the
Baptism of the Spirit is ''filled," zen
dued" to the fullness of the capacity
The distinction between the Spirit in life
and in its fullness is not a difference in
kind, but in choice. The baptism of the
Spirit comes in consequence of sur
rendered life, and the Spirit of God NIL
ing it with his fullness. Fulfill the con-
ditions and He will come in, as the at
mosphere seeks to press in through
every crevice. The Spirit has three dis
tinct offices: (a) Upon Christian belief;
(b) Upon character; (c) Upon work. In
tellectual methods, taking the Gospels
only for centre, are faulty. The Jesus
of the Gospels has grown since then. st.
Paul arrived at the dignity of Jesus,
not through intellect, but through super
rational means,-the Holy Spirit. AS to
character, the modern cry is for the
ethical Christ, but the Christ of the Ser
mon on the Mount is not the Christ of
to-day. The disciples before the Spirit
ual baptism were weaklings. Wealth of
character sprang from Pentecost The
Holy Spirit is the medium to communi-
cate the Risen Christianity. In Christian
work the secret of success is conviction,
born of the illumination of the Divine
Spirit. The need of our age is II know"
Conviction is the striking feature of the
enlarged influence of men,-like Mr..
Moody, for eXample-when once en-
dowed with the Holy Ghost. The first
condition for Endeavorers to receive
power is reflection. 1t is not the spirit
of our times to "tarry at jerusalem"
nor at Bethany, or Galilee. but among
the tragic memories of Jerusalem
where we have failed, have denied and
forsaken our Christ In places of diff
Guilty there is need of muscular Christ
tianity. Power will come as result of
self-conquest and of faith.
Rev. Theodore D. Bacon of Essex juno
ton, plead for ''the exaltatiOn of the
Bible in our Societies." The success of
the Endeavor movement does not pre-
clude failure. Association carries a
tendency to collapse. Mere begness is
not greatness. Failure may lie in the
neglect of pledged duties through lack
of continued interest. The develop
ment of religious thought is needed to
awaken right feeling. This can be best
secured through Bible study. Read in
sympathy with the men who wrote the
books. Adopt the Junior method of
marking texts. Arrange Bible readings.
The American Institute of Sacred Liter
AZURE, with its plan of Bible study, under
President Harper of Chicago University,
was commended.
The Rev. VIM. Mcneil again addressed
the convention for fifteen minutes.
There are two classes of Endeavors.
Some promise more than they prove;
others prove more than they promise.
Failure comes through being tinged
wi til wilderness.
An open Parliament; how to further
the Endeavor cause in Vermont. Sug-
gested: Work, if we would not be a
nuisance: pramote Junior Endeavor;
win associate members; the Spirit is
giyen for us to wait upon Him; trust
Him; rise on stepping stones of our dead
selves to higher things.
The afternoon session emphasized the
idea of Christian Endeavor IN the depth
of practical mission work.
Mrs. e. G. Osgood, of Bellows Falls,
read Miss Fairbanks paper on Methods
of Interesting our Young People in For
eign Missions" Miss Middlebrook of
the Baptist church sang the solo of the
HYMN: "The Endeavor Band"
Rev. L. A. Bigelow of Proctor elo-
cuently discussed the "Dynamics of
Christian Endeavor." There were (a)
TRY: ID The dash and impulse of youth
(cl The hard and long pounding for right,
illustrated by Wellington and Butcher at
Waterloo.
Miss Gertrude Evans, of Bennington,
emphasized the value of the Prayer Meet
ing.
The Rev. H. P. Beach, from the School
of Christian Workers, Springfield, Mass,
spoke of mission work in the Jerusalem
Of our own towns; in the Judea of out
districts; in the Samaria of work among
the outcasts of society, and in the re.
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