Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-25


gront outponring Of tho Holy Ghost at
that service, and tho awakening power OK
coadcd anything over witnessed since be-
gan TO preach, with perhaps the exception
| Of two or three occasions. Clcrgymen aad
| Christians workers by the score and hun
/ drrus oppressed themselves ns having boon
blessed during tho service, That afternoon
| took tho train for an outdoor mnotinR In
the state Of Ohio, wherp I was 10 preach
ON tho night Of tho uoxt day. AS tho scr
! mon had proved so useful tho day before
| and thu themo was fresh IN my mind, I
/ resolved to reproduce II aud did reproduce
/ It rs far ns i could, but the result was
nothing at all Never had | seemed to
have anything to do with llattor failuro
Whnt was tho difference between tho two
sorvioesf Some will sny, you were tired
with a long Journey" No, was not tired
at all. Some Will say; Tho temporal cir
cumstnnces In tho first case were more ih.
vorablc thnn IN tho last" No, thoy were
moro favorable In tho last The difference
was In tho power Of tho Holy Ghost.
Nightly present No tho first service Not
seemingly present at all At tho second.
call upon tho ministers Of America to give
the history Of sermons, for believe II will
illustrate as nothing olso can the truth OF
that Scripture, mot by might, nor by
power. but by my Spirit, saith tho Lord "
An Exceptional Service.
on tho Sabbath OF tho dedication Of one
of our churches Ia Brooklyn at the morn.
ing sorvloo 82s souls stood up to profess
Christ They woro the converts In tho
Brooklyn Academy OF Music, whore we
had boon worshlping Tho reception of so
many members, and many Of them bap-
tiled by immersion, had made IL an nrdu-
ouH service, which continued from hnlt
past 10 In tho morning until half past in
the afternoon, From that gnrYioo we went
homo exhausted, because there IA nothing
no oShausting ns deep emotion. a mes
sonpor was sont out to obtain preacher
for that night, but the senroh was unsuc-
oessful, as all tho ministers were engaged
for some other place. With no preparation
Mt all for tho evening service, except the
looking IN Crudon's Concordance for q
text, nnd feeling almost too weary to stand
mp, | began tho soryico, saying audibly
while tho opening song was being sung
although because Of the singing no ono but
God heard ~: 80 Lord, thou knowost
my insuilloicncy for this service Como
down IN gracious power upon this people,
Tho place was shaken with tho divine
presence, As far as we could find out,
over 400 persons wore converted that night
Herr H., ull young mon entering tho min.
istry; hear H., all Christian workers. IL
wns tho Holy Ghost.
In tho Second Reformed Church OF
SOmorvlllo, n. j., in my boyhood days,
Mr. Osborne, tho evangelist, came to hold
special service. l SEQ him now M ho
stood In tho pulpit. Before no announced
his toxt, and before he had uttered word
VI his sermon, strong mon wopt aloud, and
II was Ike tho day Of judgment 1t was
tho Holy Ghost.
In 1857 tho electric telegraph horo
strange messages ono Of them roHd, My
donr pnronts will roiolCo To honr that
have found ponce with Cod" Another
road: Dear Mother--Tho work continues,
and |, too, have been converted" Anoth-
or read, AT last faith md punco." In
Vermont llgiuus meeting was singing
tho hymn waiting and Watching For
Mo" Tho song rolled out on tho night
air. and man halted and snid, II
wonder II there will no my ono waiting
and Watching for mo2" 10 started him
hCnyonwnrd What wna ~ Tho Holy
Ghost. In that 1867 Inyncs' hail, Phin.
dclphin, md Fulton street prayer mcot
ing, Now York, autographed odch other thu
number Of souls saved and the rising Of
the devotional tides MONDAY prayer
meeting wero held in all tho cities Ships
onmc into hnrbor, captain and all tho sail
urs saved on that voyage, Police and fro
departments met In thuir rooms for divine
worship, Al Albany tho legislature OF tho
stnto Of New York assembled in tho rooms
Of tho court OF appeals for religious scrv.
icns Congressional union prayer mooting
was opened at Washington. From whence
came tho powori From tho Holy Ghost
That power shook New York That power
shook America. That power shook tho
Atlantic ocean That power shook tho
earth. That power would tnku this entire
audience into tho peace ~ the gospel
quicker than you could lift your eyes
honyon ward. Como, Holy Gliostl Come,
Holy Ghustl He has cOmul Ho Is hcrrl
l fo1l him In my heart Thoro arc thou.
sands who feel him In their hearts convict.
ing some saving some, sunotitying some.
words Of an Evangelist.
Tho difference In evangelical usefulness
~ not no much % difference In brain. In
scholarship or Evolutionary gifts az In
Holy Ghost powor. You will not hnyn
much surprise nt tho extraordinary oaruor
OF Charles 6, Finnoy ns a soul winner Il
you know that soon after hia conversion
no had this experience Of tho paraulote.
He snys;
"As | turned and was about to take q
seat by tho fire | received u baptism Of tho
Holy Ghost Without any expectation Of
IT, without ever having tho thought In my
mind that thcro was any such thing for
mo, without any recollection that had
ever heard tho thing mentioned by any
person In tho world, tho Holy Ghost do.
seconded upon me tn a manner that scomod
to 90 through mo body and soul Indeed
IL seemed to come IN waves and waves Of
liquid love- Tor l could not express IL In
any other way, 1t seemed Ike tho worry
breath of God can rcolloct distinctly
that IL soomod 10 fan mo like immonso
wings No words can express tho wonder
ful love that is shed abroad in my heart
l won't aloud with Joy and love. These
waves came over ma, and over me, and
over mo ono aftor tho other until rccallI
cried ont y shall die II these waves con.
tinuo 10 pass over mo, snid, Lord, |
cannot heRr any moro. '"
Now, my hearers, lot 500 of us, whether
clerical or lay workers, got such a divine
visitation MS that, and wA could take this
world for God before the clock OF the noxt
century strikes ono.
How many marked instances OF Holy
Ghost puworl Whom black trumpetcr
took his place In Whitoheld'a audience
proposing 20 blow tho trumpet at n certain