The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-29
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH a. 1895

ooUid TIT your eyes heaSenward. Come,
Holy Ghosti Como, Holy Ghost! He has
oomeI He IL horei feel him IN my
heart. There are thousands who feel
NM In their hearts, convioting some,
saving some. sanotifying some.
Tho difference in Evangelical useful
ness Is hot go much a difference in
brain, In scholarship Or Evolutionary
gifts as in Holy Ghost power. You will
not have much surprise at tho eXtraor-
binary career of Charles G. Finney as a
. soul winner, if you know that soon after
his conversion no had this experience of
the Paraclete. Ho says:
"As turned and was about to take
seat by the fire received baptism of
the Holy Ghost. Without any expeota-
ton of it, without ever having tho
, thought in my mind that there was any
such thing for me, without any recol-
lection that l had ever heard the thing
mentioned by any person in tho world,
the Holy Ghost descended upon mo int
manner that seemed to go through ne,
body and soul Indeed, il seemed TO
come in waves and waves of liquid love,
for l could not express it in any other
way. 1t seemed like tho very breath Of
God. can recollect distinctly that it
seemed to fan me like immense wings
No words can express tho wonderful love
that was shed abroad in my heart. l
wept aloud with joy and love. These
waves came over mo and over mo and
over me, ono after the other until, re-
call l cried out. 4 shall die if these
waves continue to pass over mo. said,
Lord, cannot boar any more. ,"
Now, my hearers. let 500 of us,
whether clerical or lay workers, get
such o divine visitation as that, and we
could take this world for God before
the clock of the next century strikes l.
A Tongue of Fire.
How many marked instances of Holy
Ghost powerl When black trumpeter
took his place in Whitofield's audience
proposing to blow the trumpet at Ger
tain point in the service and put every
thing into derision, somehow he could
not get the trumpet to his lips, md at
the close of the meeting he sought ont
the preacher and asked for his prayers
It was the Holy Ghost What was the
matter with Hedley Wears. the mem
orable soldier, when he sat with his BIZ
bic before him in tent, and his derid-
ing comrades came in and jeered, say
ing, Turned Methodist, eh?' And an
other said: "You hypocritel Bad as you
were ! never thought you would come
to this, old fellow" And then DO be-
came the soldier evangelist, and when
q soldier in another regiment hundreds
of miles away telegraphed his spiritual
anxieties to Hedley Wears, saying,
"What shall do?' Wears telegraphed
as thrilling message as ever went over
the wires, believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved"
What power was being felt? It was
priatep For the Holy Ghost is a 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 stand on
this platform thertHre invisible 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 arc other innumerable wires
or lines of influence reaching out from
this place into the vast beyond and
across continents 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
telegraph operator sits or stands at a
given point and sends messages i'll all
directions, and you only hear the click,
click, click of the electric apparatus, but
the kilograms 60 on their errand. God
help me now to touch the right key and
send the right message along the right
wires to the right places. Who shall l
first call up2 To whom shall send the
message? l guess will send the first to
all the tired, wherever they are, for
there are go many tired souls. Here
goes the Christly message, Come unto
me, all 20 who are weary, and l will
give You rest. "
Witnesses For the Truth.
Who next shall call up? Iguess the
next message will be to the fatherless
and widows, and here goes Gods mes
sage: Leave thy fatherless children.
will preserve them alive, and let thy
| widows trust in me. Who next shall !
call up? I guess my next message will
be to those who have buried members of
their own families, and here it goes,
''The trumpets shall sound. and the
dead shall rise. Who next shall / call
up? I guess the next Message will go to
those who think themselves too bad to
be saved Here it goes, Let tho wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous
man his thoughts, ard let him return
unto the Lord, who will bavo mercy,
and unto our God, who will abundant
| ly pardon. Who next shall l call up?
| guess 1t will be those who may think
have not yet touched their case. Hero
it goes, whatsoever, whosoever, who
soever will let him come. !"
| And now may God turn on all the
electric power into this gospel battery
for the last tremendous message, SO that
it may thrill through this assemblage
and through all the earth. just sig
words will compose the message. and l
touch tho key Of this gospel battery just
six times and the message has gonel
Away Away it flies! And the message
is, "Havo ye received the Holy Ghost?"
that is. do you feel his power7 Has