The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-08

: 8, 1891.
shaken as 1t was in the second chapter of
Acts. These men were filled with the
Holy Spirit. Now people say that you may
preach all you like so long as you do not
preach In His name. But those preachers
couldn't get on without His name; 1t was
their capital in trade, all they had. They
had just commenced their ministry and
they couldn't preach on science and
higher criticism. They knew nothing about
astronomy, geology and botany and Idon't
what esethat is preached about in these
days. All they knew was that Jesus
Christ had lived there, they had seen Him
die and ascend, and the Holy Ghost came
upon them and they went about preach
ing in His name. i tell you man might
come into Providence and preach with all
the eloquence OF Demnosthenes and yet
not touch the hearts of the people. But
let the Holy Ghost come and there would
be mighty stir. Some one says, "a lie
will get all around the world before the
truth gets its boots on to contradict it."
Now, mark ye. John and
chapter, and again in the
of their power or had greater capacity. II
Peter and John needed TO be filled again
so soon after Pentacost, don't you think
you and / need to be filled again? The
house in Jerusalem was shaken twice.
Those men were filed again and they
preached with greater power, and / want
to say that haven't any sympathy with
the idea that this miracle could not be re-
peated again. May God grant that it may
| be repeated. Why shouldn't there be
fires here? Can you give reason why?
But go on. Ten years after there was
| meeting dewn at -Cesarea and j
believe that was the only meeting that
was all planned in Heaven. Peter was
brought from Joppa, thirty miles away,
and the people sat there and heard what
the Lord had TO say. And Peter stood up
and preached. In the the nth chapter of
Acts he,gives an account of that preaching.
| Ten years afterYard.
Why Not i'm Providence?
Now, il the Holy Ghost fell twice in
Jerusalem, and ten years after in Cesarea,
why shouldn't it fall in Providence to-
night? Why shouldn't the Holy Ghost
come now? / believe IL we could only get
this cursed unbelief out of here, that God
would lift the tide-gate and let the flood
come in. That is what we want. People
say, "what shall do to get this bless
ing?" Give yourself up fully, wholly and
unreservedly just now, this minute; make
q complete surrender and say, "Here am j,
Lord, take me and use me for thyself,"
and tell you, il the motive is pure and
! for the glory of God, the blessing will
come. But If you are selfish about it and
want 1t just for your own sake, you are
going to be disappointed. A great many
mothers are mourning because their
children are not saved. Do they ever
mourn because other children are unsaved!
| Are we not selfish?
i must not keep you. Ibid want to say,
though, that if any of you tonight really
want this blessing and feel down deep in
your hearts that you must have it, and
you are going to lay yourself out for it,
would Like to pray with you for it. i see
some aged men here. Wouldn't you Ike
to leave a ray Of light behind you?
Wouldn't you like TO see all your
children and grandchildren gathered
into the kingdom before you go? Before
you go, wouldn't you like to see the king
dom extended right here in your midst?
| There is not man so old but that God
can use you. Come. There are none SO
young that God cannot use you.
You remember that when Elijah was to
| be taken up, he was down at Gilgal with
| Elisha. And Elijah said unto Elisha,
"Tarry here, for i go to Bethel" but
Elisha said, ''as the Lord liveth, ] win not
leave thee. So the two prophets went
down to Bethel. When they had reached
| there a young man came up to Elisha and
I. .T...N &.
| to be taken away today?" And Elisha
said, "Hold your peace, know all about
| it, Presently Elijah turned to
Elisha and said, "Tarry here, for
| the Lord hath sent me TO Jericho.n
But Elisha replied, Gas the Lord
liveth, / viii not leave thee" / have
often wished that that whole story had
been put on record. And when they came
to Jordan there were so men there. Elijah
took off his mantle and smote the waters
aud the river divided and Elijah and Eli
shapessed over on dry ground. And when
they had gone over Elijah said TO Elisha,
"Ask what shall do for thee before be
taken away from thee" And Elisha asked
for double portion of his spirit. Elijah
answered, "Thou hast asked q hard thing,
but il you see me when / am taken up it
/
Elisha lost sight OF Elijah? O. no, where
Elijah went, there Elisha was TO be found,
but as they were journeying along a
whirlwind came up and they were sepa-
rated. see Elisha digging the sand out
of his eyes, and he happened TO see some-
thing in the air, and he looked up and
there was Elijah. And he shouted, "My
father. my father, the chariot of Israel,
and the horsemen thereof And he rent
his own clothes. Men, rent your mantle.
You are nothing, get down in the dust.
And he took up the mantle of Elijah and
smote the waters and passed over. Now,
am afraid that IL Elisha had been some
of Us he would have said, 81 am the same
old Elisha. / expected to feel sensation.
thought should have stroke" Man,
| take God at His word. "Biessed are they
that hunger and thirst after righteous
| ness for they shall be filled.v Claim that