The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-03-28

In the Second Reformed Church, OF Somer-
Vile, N. j., In my boyh0od days, Mr.. Os-
borne, the evangelist, cams 10 hold a special
service. see him now as he stood in the
pulpit. Before he announced his text and
before he had uttered a word OF his sermon
strong men wept aloud. and II was like the
day OF judgment. II was the Holy Ghost.
In 1857 the electric telegraph bore strange
messages. One Of them read. "My dear pa
rents will rejoice to hear that have found
peace with God" Another read, "Dear
mother. the work continues. and l. too, have
been converted Another read, AT last
faith and peace" In Vermont religious
meeting was singing the hymn. "Waiting and
Watching for Me-" The song rolled out on
the night air, and u man halted and said. II
wonder II there will be any one waiting and
watching for me2" IL started him heaven
ward. What was III The Holy Ghost. In
that 1857 Jaynes's Hall, Philadelphia, and
Fulton street prayer meeting. New York. tel
egraphed each other the number Of souls
saved and the rising OF the devotional tides.
MONDAY prayer meetings were held in
all the cities Ships cnme into harhor.
captain and all the sailors saved on that
voyage. Police and Ore departments met In
their rooms for divine worship. At Albany
the Legislature OF the State ~ New York as
sembled In the rooms of the Court of Appeals
for religious services. Congressional union
prayer meeting was opened mt Washington.
Holy Ghost. That power shook New York.
That power shook America. That power
shook the Atlantic Ocean. That power shook
the earth. That power could take this en-
tire audience into the peace Of the gospel
quicker than you could LIT your EYES heaven
ward. Come. Holy Ghost! Come, Holy
Ghost He has come! He IL herci | feel
Him in my heart. There ARE thousands who
feel HIN In their hearts, convicting some,
saving some. sanctifylng some.
The difference In evangelical usefulness Ia
not so much difference in brain, in schol-
arship or elocutionary gifts rs IN Holy
Ghost power. You will not have much sur
prise at the extraordinary career OF Charles
q. Finney as a soul winner. II You know that
soon after his conversion he had this expert
ence Of the Paraclete. He says;
"As turned and was about TO take n seat
by the fire / received a baptism OF tho Holy
Ghost. Without any expectation Of It. with
out ever having the thought In my mind
that there was any such thing for me. with
out any recollection that l had ovpr heard
the thing mentioned by any person in the
world, the Holy Ghost descended upon me in
manner that seemed To 20 through me,
body and soul. Indeed, Il seemed to come in
waves and waves Of LIQUID love. for could
not express IL In any other way. II seemed
like the very breath OF God. | can recollect
distinctly that IL seemed 70 ian me like Inn
mense wings. No words can express the
wonderful love that was shed abroad in my
heart. | wept aloud with Joy ani love.
| These waves came over me and over mo and
over me, one after the other until. recall [
cried out, Il shall die II these waves continue
to pass over me-. l said, Lord, | cannot bear
| any more"
Now. my hearers. let 500 Of us. whether
clerical or lay workers. get such u divine
visitation as that. and we could take this
world for God before the clock Of the next
century strikes /.
How many marked instances of Holy
| Ghost power2 When n blacktrumpeter took
His place in whiteleld's audience proposing
| to blow the trumpet at certain point IN the
service and put everything into derision,
| somehow he could not get thctrumpct to his
| lips. and at the close OF the meeting he
sought out the preacher and asked for his
prayers. II was the Holy Ghost. What was
| the matter with Hedloy Wears, the memora.
BILE soldier, when he sat with his Bible before
him in u tent. and his deriding comrades
came I'm and jcored, saying, Turned MethO'
| dist. eh?" And another said: "You hypO.
critel Bad rs you were | never thought YOU
would come to this, old fellow" And then
he became the soldier evangelist. and when
"a soldier In another regiment hundreds oI
miles away telegraphed his spiritual ankle.
ties to Helley Wears, saying, What shall
| doy' Wears telegraphed n thrilling mes
sage as ever went over thcwires. believe OF
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt b'
| saved
What power was being felt? II was th'
Holy Ghost. And what more appropriate
For the Holy Ghost is tongue of fire,
and the electricity that hies along the wirei
IL "a tongue OF fire. And that reminds me- o
what | might do now. From the place wher'
| stand on this platform there are invisible
wires OF lines or influence stretching 10 every
heart In all the seats on the main floor aud M
into the boxes and galleries, aud there mr.,
other innumerablc wires or lines Of influence
reaching out from this place into the vas
| beyond and across continents and under th'
seas, for In my recent journey around tn
world did not fad country where | has
not been preaching this gospel for man
years through the printing press. So
telegraph operator sits or stands NJ n Rivei
point and sends messages In all directions
and you only hear the click, click, click o
the electric apparatus, but the kilograms g
on their errand. God help me now to touc
the right key and send the right messag
along the right wires to the right places
Who shall we first call up? To whom shall
send the meSsage2 | guess l will send tn
first to all the tired. wherever they are, 70
there are 80 many tired souls. Here goe
the Christly message. "Coms unto Me. all y,
| VINO ara wpary and | will give Won rest "