Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-03-25

extraordinary career of Charles G.
Finnev as a soul-winner, If you know
that soon after his conversion he had
this experience of the Paraclete. lie
says: oI,,+
to take seat by the ire,
received baptism of the
HOLY Ghost Without any expectation
of II. without ever having the thought
in nv mind that there was any sucn
tbino for NE; without any recollection
that I had ever heard the thing men
toned by any person in the world, the
Holy Ghost descended upon me in
manner that seemed TO go through
me. body and soul. Indeed, it seemed
TO come in waves and waves OF liquid
love, for
COULD NOT EXPRESS
II in any other way. 1t seemed like
tbe very breath of God. | can recol-
lect distinctly that it seemed to fan me
like immense wings. No words can
express the wonderful love that was
shed abroad in my heart. | wept
aloud with JOY and love. These waves
came over me. and over me, and over
me. one after the other, until l recall
cried out. L shall die if these waves
continue to pass over me- | SAD,
Lord. | cannot bear any more.
Now. my hearers, let five hundred of
us whether clerical or lay workers,
get such a divine visitation as that,
and we could take this world for God
before the clock of the next century
strikes one.
How many marked instances of Holy
Ghost power! When a black trumpet
err took his place in Whitefield's audi
ence proposing to blow the trumpet at
certain point in the service, and put
everything into derision, somehow he
could not get the trumpet to his lips
and at the close of the meeting he
sought out the preacher and asked for
mis- prayers. 1t was the Holy Ghost.
What was the matter with Hedley
Wears. the memorable soldier, when
he sat with his Bible before him in
tent. and his deriding comrades came
in and jeered saying: Turned Meth
odist. eh?" And another said, You
hypocrite, Bad as you were | never
thought you would come to this, old
fellow" And then he became the SOL
der evangelist, and when a soldier in
another regiment hundreds of miles
away telegraphed his spiritual anX~
ieties to Hedley Wears, saying, What
shall | do?" Wears telegraphed as
thrilling a message as ever went over
the wires. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and
THOU SHALT BE SAVED
What power was being felt? 1t was
the Holy Ghost. And what more ap-
propriate? for the Holy Ghost is
tongue of fire" and the electricity
that flies along the wires is tongue of
fire. And that reminds me of what l
might do now. From the place where
l stand on this platform there are in
visible wires or lines of influence
stretching to every heart in all the
seats on the main floor, and up into
the boxes and galleries, and there are
other innumerable wires or lines OF in
fuence reaching out from this place
into the vast beyond and across con-
tinents, and under the seas, for in my
recent Journey around the world | did
not find country where ! had not
been preaching this Gospel for many
years through the printing press SO
as a telegraph operator sits or stands
at a given point, and sends messages
in all directions, and you only hear tho
click. click, click of the electric appa-
ratus, but the kilograms go on their
errand. God help me now to touch
the right key,and send the right mes
sage along the right wires to the
right places! Who shall l first call
up? To whom shall l send the mes
sage? l guess l will send the first to
all the tired, wherever they are, for
there are so many tired souls. Here
goes the Christly message, Come unto
me all We who are weary and / will
give you rest" Who next shall | call
up. I guess the next message will be
to the fatherless and widows, and here
goes Gods message, Leave thy faith
erless children, l will preserve them
alive. and let thy widows trust in me-
Who next shall call up. guess
MY NEXT MESSAGE
will be to those who have buried men,
bers of their own families, and here 1t
goes. THE trumpet shall sound and
the dead shall rise" Who next shall
I call up. | guess the next message
will go to those who think
they are too bad to De
saved. Here it goes. Let the
wicked forsake his way and the I'M
righteous man his thoughts and let
him return unto the Lord who Will
have mercy and unto our God who
will abundantly pardon" Who next
shall l call up? | guess 1T VIII be
those who may think | have not yet
touched their case. Here it goes
whatsoever, whatsoever, whosoever
will. let him come" And now may
God turn on all the electric power into
this Gospel battery for the last ire
mendous message, so that it may thrill
through this assemblage, and through
all the earth. Just six words will
compose the message, and / touch the
key of this Gospel battery just SIX
times and the message has gone!
Away! Away it flies! And the mes
sage is, Have you received the Holy
Ghost?" That is, do you feel his pow
er. Has he enabled you to sorrow over
a wasted life, and take full pardon
from the crucified Christ, and turned
your face toward the wide open gates
of a welcoming heaven? We appeal to
thee oh Holy Ghost, who didst turn
the Philippian jailer, the Saul OF Tar
sus, the Lydia of Thyatira, and helped
John Bunyan out of darkness when as
he describes it. Down fell l as bird
shot from the top OF the tree, into fear
full despair, but was relieved by the
comforting word. The blood OF Jesus