The Yale expositor., 1895-03-29

and everywhere present; ana NINETY
one times in the New Testament called
the Holy Ghost. The only time ever
heard this text preached from was III
the opening days OF my ministry Wheh
glorious old Scotch minister came up
to help my village church. on the uay
of my ordination and installation ne
said: IF you get into the corner OF
Saturday night without enough sermons
for Sunday, send for me, and l VIII
come and preach for yOu." The 1act
ought to be known that the first three
years OF IA pastors life are appalhngiy
arduous. No other profession makes
the twentieth part Of the demand on
young man. II a secular speaker pre-
pares one or two speeches for poiticlaI
campaign, ii is considered arduous. III
lecturer prepares one lecture Tor
year. he is thought to have done We'll
But young pastor has two sermons 10
deliver every Sabbath, before the same
audience, besides ali his other work;
and the most of ministers never recover
from the awful nervous strain OF the
first three years. BE Sympathetic win
all young ministers. and withhold your
criticisms.
Farewell Sermon.
My aged Scotch friend responded 10
my first call, and came and preached
from the text / now announce. L re-
member nothing but the text 1t was
the last sermon he ever preached. On
the following Saturday. he was called
TO his heavenly reward. But remem-
Der just how he appeared as, leaning
over the pulpit, he looked into the race
Of the audience. and with earnestness,
and pathos, and electric force, asked
them. in the words of my text, Have
we received the Holy GhostY' The Of
flee of this present discourse is to open
door, to unveil n Parsonage. to intro
duce a Force. not sufficiently recog-
niZed. He is as great as God. lie is
Gel. TIE second verse OF the hrst
CHI. pier Of the Bible introduces him.
Genesis /: 2, THE Spirit OF God moved
upon the face of the waters" That is'
as an albatross or eagle spT lads her
wings over her young, and warns them
into life. and teaches them to fly; so the
Eternal Spirit spread his great, broad
radiant wings over this earth in It's cal
low and un1edged state. and warmed
1t into life. and fluttered over 1t, ana
set it winging lis way through immens-
fly. 1t is the tip-top of all beautiful
and sublime suggestivenesss. Can you
not almost see the outspread wings
over the nest of young worlds? The
Spirit of God moved upon the race OF
the waters"
Another appearance OF the Holy
Ghost was at Jerusalem. during great
feast. Strangers speaking seventeen
different languages were present from
many rar.s of TIE world. kut n one
house they heard what seemed ike the
coming Of cyclone or hurricane. ltmade
the trees bend. and the houses QUAKE
The cry was. What is thatY Ana then
a forked fame Of fire tipped each iore-
head; and what with the blast OF Wlnu
and the dropping fire. panic TOOK
place, until Peter explained IL was
neither cyclone nor confagratlon' Out
the brilliance. and amounting, ana pap
tlsmal power of the Holy Ghost' ma.
scone was partially repeated in forest
when Rev. John Easton was preachihs'
There was the sound of a rushing,
mighty wind. and the people looked 10
the sky to see IL there were any signs
of q storm, but 1t was a clear sky; YET
the sound of the wind was so great
that horses, frightened, broke loose
from their fastenings. and the whole
assembly felt that the sound was super
natural and Pentecostal. oh, what an
infinite. and almighty, and glorious Per-
sonage Is the Holy Ghost. He brooded
this planet into life, and now that
through sin 1t has become dead world
he will brood it the second time into
ufe Perilous attempt would be COM
harrison between the three Persons OF
the Godhead. They are equal, but there
"a some consideration which attaches
itself to the Third Person OF the Trinity,
thn Holy Ghost, that does not attach
itself TO either God the Father or Goa
the Son. We may grieve God the
Father and grieve God the Son, and be
forgiven. but we are directly told that
there Is n sin against the Holy Ghost
which shall never be forgiven, either
I'm this world or the world TO come. And
n IS wonderful that while on the streets
Won hear the name of God and Jesus
Christ used in profanity. you never
hear the words, Holy Ghost. This hour
7 sneak of the Holy Ghost as Biblical
Interpreter, as n human Reconstruction,
as n solace for the broken-hearted, as
a preachers reinforcement.
Holy Ghost and the Bible.
Tho bible is a mass of contradictions.
afi1rHldllOl VI lihPOsoibAs-eA~Nt
the Holy Ghost helps us to understand
II The Bible says of itself. that the
| Scripture is not for private inter
pretation," but holy men of God spake
/ as they were moved by the Holy Ghost;
| that is. not private Interpretation but
Holy Ghost Interpretation. Pile on your
| study table all the commentaries of the
| Bible-Matthew Henry, and Scott, and
! Adam Clarke, and Albert Barnes, and
Bush. and Alexander; and all the arch
aeologies, and all the Bible dictionaries,
and all the maps of Palestine. and all
the international Series of Sunday
School Lessons; and IL that is all, you
will not understand the deeper and
grander meanings CT the Bible so well
as that Christian mountaineer, who
sunday morning. after having shaken
| down the fodder for the cattle. comes
| into his cabin. takes up his well-worr
| Bible. and with prayer that stirs the
heavens. asks for the Holy Ghost to un.
| fold the Book. No more unreasonable
| would I be IL should take up the
| Novoe vremya OF st. Petersburg, al
prjnted In Russian. and say, There II
| no sense in this newspaper, for cannot
| understand one lire OF all its columns.
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