Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-28

cOngruityi NO one but the Holy
Ghost. who inspired tho Scriptures, can
explain the Scriptures. Fully realize
that, and you will be as enthusiastic a
lover OF the old Book as my venerable
friend who told me i'm Philadelphia last
week that he was reading the Bible
through the ffty-ninth time, and it be-
came more attractive and thrilling
every time he went through it. In the
saddle-bags that hung across my horses
! back as / rode from Jerusalem down to
the Dead sea, and up to Damascus. I
had all the books about Palestine that
/ could carry; but many a man on his
knees in the privacy of his own room.
/ has had flashed upon him more vivid
appreciation of the Word of God than
/ many "A man who has visited all the
scenes of Christ's birth. and Pauls elo-
quence. and Peters imprisonment, and
Joshuas prowess. and Elijah's ascen-
sion. l do not depreciate any Of the
helps for Bible study, but l do say that
they all together come infinitely short
without a direct communication from
the throne of God in response to prayer
full solicitation. We may find many
interesting things about the Bible with
out especial illumination. as how many
I horses Solomon had In his stables, or
/ how long was Noah's ark. or who was
/ the only woman whose fun name is given
/ in the Scriptures. or which is the middle
/ verse Of the Bible, and all that will do
/ you no more good than to be able to tell
I how many bean poles there are in your
neighbours garden. The learned Earl
OF Chatham heard the famous Mr.. Ce-
ell preach about the Holy Ghost, and
said to a friend on the way home from
church. Il could not understand 1t; and
do you suppose anybody understood
it?' oh, yes" said his Christian
friend, there were uneducated women
and some little children present who
understood It," / warrant you that the
English soldier had under supernal in
nuence read the Book for after the
battle Of Inkermann was over he was
found dead with his hand glued to the
page of the open Bible by his own blood,
and the words adhered TO his hands as
they buried him: Il am the Resurrec- 4
ton and the Life. he that believeth in
me- though dead yet shall he live.
As Human Reconstruetor
Next consider the Holy Ghost as q
human reconstruction. We must be
made over again. Christ and Nico- |
demus talked about IT, Theologians /
eau i Regeneration | do not care what I
you call it, but we have TO be recon /
structed by the Holy Ghost We be- /
come new creatures. hating what we
once loved. and loving what we once |
hated. IL sin were a luxury. ii must be- I
come new creatures. hating what we /
associations. we must prefer good as /
soeiauons. In most cases it is such !
complete change that the world no
tices the difference. and begins to @sk. I
what has come over that mani" Whom I
has he been with? What has so affected /
himE What has ransacked his entire 4
nature2 What has turned him square 4
about?" Take two pictures OF Paul: /
one on the road to Damascus to kill the +
disciples of Christ; the other on the /
road to Ostia to die for Christ Come /
nearer home, and look at the man who 4
found his chief delight in a low class of /
elub-rooms, hiccoughing around the /
card-table. and then stumbling down +
the front steps after midnight and stag /
geflng homeward: and that same man. I
one week afterward. with his family
on the way to pFayer-meeting What 1
has done it, 1t must ne something ire
meneous, It must be God. 1t must be
the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Ghost comfort, I think gem
orally comes in the shape of Il solloquy. /
You find yourself saying 10 yourself. /
We'll. | ought not to go on this way
about my mothers death. She had suf /
fered enough. She had borne other peo-
pies burdens long enough ! am glad /
that father and mother are together in +
heaven, and they win be waiting to /
greet us. and 1t viii be only a little !
while, anshow, and God makes no mis- I
takes" or you soliloquize, saying, 1t I
Is hard 70 lose my property. ] am sure
I hat 90 fsg,I
viii take care of us. and as to the Chil- /
dren, the money might have spoiled |
them. and we end that those who have |
turn out best, and II will all be we'll If |
this upsetting of our worldly resources I
leads us to lay up treasures in heaven. "
Or you soliloquiZe, saying, 1t was hard I
to give up that boy when the Lord took /
him. I expected great things Of him. /
aud. oh. how we miss him out OF the 7
house and there are so many things
| come across that make one think of /
him. and he wns such splendid fellow I
but then what an escape he has made /
from the temptations and sorrows /
which come To all who grow up. and il
IL a grand thing to have him safe from
all possible harm. and there are all
those Bible promises for parents who
have lost children. and we shall feel a
have otherwise experienced. And after
you have said that you get that relief
which comes from an outburst of tears.
| do not say ~ YOU as some say. do
not cry God pity people in trouble
who have the parched cye-hall and the
dry eye-ud. and can not shed tear.
That makes maniaes To Gods people
tears are the dews Of the night dashed
I With sunrise. | am So glad YOU can
weep But you think these things YOU
say 10 yourself are only soliloquies
/ No, no. They are the Comforter. Who is
/ the Holy Ghost
The Light Of Heaven
In 1867 the electric telegraph bore
+ strange messages. one II them read.
! My dear parents will rejoice to hear
4 That | have found peace with God
+ Another read. Dear mother. the work
E continues apI fn1 to,-.. s.....