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

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smy OF Music this afternoon no faced nm
audience quito ns large as my that had as
nomblod in the great building since these
services began, while several thousand 9TH
ers wero outside unable 70 secure seats or
even standing room. Ho took for hia sub
jcot, "Tonguos OF Fire, I" tho teKt selected
being Acts xix, 9, Have 20 received tho
Holy Gbostf'
The word ghost which moNnH a soul or
spirit, has boon degraded In common par
iAnoo We talk OF ghosts ms balcful and
frlghtful and IN frivolous or supersti.
tious way. But my to1t speaks OF ghost
who Is omnlpotcnt and divine and every.
whore present and ninoty-onu times N tho
New Testament called tho Holy Ghost
Tho only time ever heard this toxt
preached from was In the oponing days OF
my ministry, whom glorious old Scotch
minister cnino up to holp mo in my village
church. On the day Of my ordination and
installation he said, III you get Into tho
corner Of Saturday night without onouglS
sermons for Sunday, send for mo, and
will come md preach for you" Tho fnot
ought 20 DO known thht tho FIRST throo
years Of n pastors lifo arc appalllngly ar
duous
No other profession makes the twentieth
part of tho demand on n young man. II
secular speaker prepares one or two
speeches for political campaign, n Is con
sidorcd ariuous II lecturer prnparcs ono
lcotue for a year, ho Ia thought to have
dono we'll But young pastor has two
sermuns TO deliver every Sabbath, before
tho snmo audience, beside all his othOr
work, and tho most Of ministers mover ro-
cover from tho awful nerve Gus strain OF tho
first throo ycnrs. 10 sympathetic with all
yonng ministers and withhold your orlti-
olsins
Eioo,rlrJlrg Words.
My ngod Scotch friend responded to my
first call aud came aud preached from the
toxt that / now announce romombOr
nothing but the tuxt 10 was tho last sur
mon he ever proaohed. On the following
Saturday he was called 20 his heavenly re-.
ward hut | rompmbcr Just how he up
pcnred u.s. leaning over tho pulpit, he
locked into tho face Of tho audience and
with oarncstnusa and pathoa and electric
force asked thum, IN tho words Of my to1t
"Hnyo ye received tho Holy GhostY Tho
ofilco Of this present discourse Is to open
door, 10 unyoll a Parsonage, to introducoR
force not sufficiently recognized lilo Is as
great as God. llo Il God Tho second
verse of tho first chapter NJ tho Bible In
Produces him. Genesis I, g, 1.-THE Spirit "
God moved upon tho face of tho waters"
THAT Is, an an ulhAtruss or onglu spreads
her wings over her young aud warns
thom into Ito and teaches them 10 fly, no
Tho eternal Spirit sprund bis great, broad,
radiant wings over this earth In It's cAllOw
and unlndgod state and warmed II into
life and lutturcd over It and got 10 wing.
Ing lts way through immcnsity, ltis tho
tiptop Of all beautiful and auhlmo ug
gestiveucss Can yuu not almost 500 the
outsprgad wings over tho neat Of young
worlds The Spirit OF God moved upon
tho face Of tho waters "
Another appearances IT tho Holy Ghost
was NJ Jerusalem during a gront Toast.
Strangers speaking II different languages
wore present from many pnrts Of tho
world Hut In ono house thoy heard whit
seemed like tho coming ot cyclone or
hurricane, 10 mnde tho trees bond and
tho housed quake Tho CRY was, "Whnt
10 That" And then u forkod flame ~ nro
tipped each forehead and whit with the
blast of wind and tho dropping fire panic
took place unhl Peter explained that it
was mother cyclone nor oonnngrntlun, bat
the hrilllanco and amounting and hAptls
NAL power u tho Holy Ghost
That scene was partially rcpentcd IN n
forest when Rev John Eastnn was preach.
ing There was tho sound Of rushing.
mighty wind, and tho people looked to the
SKY 10 900 n there woru any sigma Of u
storm, hut II WINS clear sky yet tho sound
OF the wind WAS 40 great that hurses, fright
encd, hrokc loose from thoir instOninga.
and tho whole assembly folt that tho sound
was supernatural aud pentecostal Oh,
what an iniinite and almighty and glarl
Gus parsonage Is the Holy Ghost Ho
hroodrd this planet into life, and now that
through sin II has become a dond world
no will brood IL tho second time into llfo
Petilous attempt would be q comparison
between tho three persons az tho Godhend
They arc equal bat thoro Is soma oonsid
Grafton which attaches itsolf 60 tho third
person of tho Tdaity, tho Holy Ghost.
that does not nttarh itsnlt to ulthor God
tho Father or God tho sun We may
gricyo God the Father and griovo God tho
Son and he forgiven, hut we ara directly
told TINT thorc Is a sin against tho Holy
Ghost which shall nevor ho forgiven, olthor
In thisworld or In the world tn como And
~ Is wonderful Tint while on tho street
you hear tho name OF God aud Jesus
Christ used In profanity you mover hoar
tho words Holy Ghost THIS hour sneak
~ fh' aANAif ''NhHA Nv AAlNlltAl lNNHfnNfknit
Us a human rooonstruotor. as solaoo FOR
the broken hearted, as preachers room.
forcomont
rower OF tho Holy Ghost.
Tho BihlO a. n mass Of u0iKrndlctlons.
an affirmation OF Representatives,, unless
tho holy Ghost helps MS to understand 10.
The bihlu says OF itself that tho Scripture
Is not for private interpretation hut
holy mon nf God spako az thoy were
moved by tho Holy Ghosu"--that H. not
private Interpretation, but Holy Ghost In.
depreciation PHO ON your study table all
thu commentaries Of The Bible Matthew
Henry and Scott mud Adam Clarke aud
Albert Barnes and bash and Alpxauder-
and all tho acknowledges. and all the nihio
dlotionnrlos nnd all tho maps OF pnles-
tine, and all tho International serios Of
Sunday school lessons, and n that IL all
you will not understand tho doepor and
grender mcanlngs Of tho Bible 40 well rs
that Christian mountalnnor who Sunday
morning, after having shaken down tho
fodder Tor tho cattle, comes into his cabin,
takos up his wcll worn Bible, aud with a
prayer that stirs tho heavens nsks for the
Holy Ghost to unfold the book.
No moro unreasonable would DO n l
should take up Tho Noyoo vremyn OF
IT. Petersburg, all printed IN Russian,
and say, There Ia no sense IN this news.
ifapor for cannot understand ona line Of
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