The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-04-10

Him III my heart. There are thousands who
feel Him in their hearts, convicting some,
saving some. sanctifying some.
The difference in evangelical usefulness H
not so much difference in brain, In schol-
arship or elooutionary gifts as In Holy
Ghost power. You will not have much sur
prise at the extraordinary career Of Charles
soon after his conversion he had this expert
ence Of the Paraclete. He says:
GAS turned and was about to take seat
by the fire I received 4 baptism Of the Holy
Ghost. Without any expectation Of 1t, with
out ever having the thought in my mind
that there was any such thing for me, with
out any recollection that I had ever heard
the thing mentioned by any person in the
world, the Holy Ghost descended upon mein
manner that seemed to 80 through me.
body and soul. Indeed, 1t seemed to come in
waves and waves of liquid love, for could
not express it in any other way. 1t seemed
like the yefy breath Of God. I can recollect
distinctly that it seemed to fan me like i'm
mense wings. No words can express the
wonderful love that was shed abroad IN my
heart. l wept aloud with Joy and love;
These waves came over me and over mo and
over me, one after the other until. recall
cried out, Il shall dio il these waves continue
to pass over me- I said, Lord, I cannot bear
any more"
Now, my hearers. let 500 of us, whether
clerical or lay workers, get such 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 power? When black ktrumpeter took
His place in WhiteGeld's audience proposing
| to blow the trumpet at certain point in the
| service and put everything into derision,
somehow he could not get thetrumpet to his
| lips, and at the close OF the meeting he
sought out the preacher. and asked tor his
| prayers. It was the Holy Ghost. What was
the matter with Hedley Wears, tho memora-
BILE soldier when he sat with his Bible before
| him in a tent, and his deriding comrades
| came in and jeered, saying, "Turned Metho-
| dist, eh2" And another said: "You hypo-
| crite! Bad as you were never thought you
would come to this, old fellow" And then
| he became the soldier evangelist, and when
soldier in another regiment hundreds OF
miles away telegraphed his spiritual ankle
ties to Hedley Wears, saying, what shall I
do2" Wears telegraphed as thrilling mes
| sage as ever went over the wires, believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
saved"
What power was being felt2 It was the
Holy Ghost. And what more appropriate!
| 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 might do now. From the place where
I stand on this platform there are invisible
| wires Of lines or 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 wirss 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 O country where had
not been preaching this gospel for many
years through the printing press. So a
| telegraph operator sits or stands at given
point and sends messages In oil directions,
and you only hear the click, click, click OF
the electric apparatus, but the kilograms 50
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 we first call up2 To whom shall
send the message? I guess I will send the
first to all the tired, wherever they ore, for
there are so many tired souls. Here goes
the Chrlstly message, ""Come unto Me. all ye
who are weary. and will give you rest"