The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-12-22
The Witness Of The Spirit.
CORA WMCHELL.

In the Free Methodist.
Please read carefully the second chapter
of First Corinthians. Note verses 1913.
The mregenerate person cannot have
the witness of sins forgiven. Conviction
is brought to him by the Holy Spirit.
Did yOu ever wrong any one, perhaps
not Intentionally or in moment of anger,
and afterwards was 80 sorry, and at last
after carrying the load as long as you
could, and knowing there was no other
way to get rid of it only by humbling
yourself and going or writing to that per-
son whom you had injured and making a
clear confession straight through, keeping
nothing back, no matter how mean, and
then asking pardon for it all? Oh, how
anxiously you waited TO hear the words of
forgiveness which would assure you that
you had not humbled yourself in vainU've
been in just such places several times in
my life.)
What we mean by the witness of the
Holy Spirit seems to Inc to be simply this:
As the material voice to the material ear,
so is the spiritual voice to the spiritual ear.
AS we come to an earthly friend and ask
forgiveness for some wrong we have done
him and the sound of his voice falls upon
our waiting ear in blessed forgiveness and
the burden is lifted from our soul, so it is
when we plead for pardon at the feet of
Jesus. The voice of our par(loning Lord
is heard, not to the natural ear, but to the
spiritual. 'For God John 4:24]is spirit
and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in TRUTH" and the voice
of God agreeing with our spirit or con-
science assures us of sins forgiven and we
are made free from the power of death and
Satan by the power of endless life found
in Christ alone. Rom. SIG: ''The Spirit |
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that
we are the children of God.' And s.there |
is therefore now no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit"
Now read this chapter to the eighteenth
verse. How does this witness come? See
Jesus own words to Nicodemus in John
':1-S. We cannot see the Spirit, but we
an both see and feel the effects of good
pirit, and bad one, too; and so we can
eel and see the effects of Gods Spirit in
'ur hearts and lives, while we cannot tell
low it came to be so, only that we came
o Jesus and believed on him for the re-
Mission of sins and went away with the
urden liftcal.
Now you say, "Can we all have this
Certainly. See Rom. s:9-16.
rod leaves us not in darkness nor doubt in
egard to the salvation of orr souls.
ohm 7:l7: "If any man will do mot try
D dol his will, he shall know of the doc
rine, whether it be Of God or whether
peak of myself" Read John $40. AL
rays aim directly at pleasing God. Be
IRE to continue in his word; then and
hen only can We be his disciples. And
rom the word shall we learn and know
,e truth, and the truth mot error) shall
lake us free.
The Christians Life.-Men of the world
re more interested in the lives of Christ
ms than in their words and theories. If
ley do not see the fruits of our profession
! our lives they question our sincerity.
he Christian is expected to lay plans and
lopt measures to honor Christ and do