Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-04-10

the Legislature OF the State OF New York as
sembled In the rooms Of the Court Of Appeals
prayer meeting was opened at Washington.
From whence came the power? From the
Holy Ghost. That power shook New York.
That power shook America That power
shook the Atlantic Ocean. That power shook
the earth. That power could take this en-
Ire audience into the peace Of the gospel
quicker than you could lift your eyes heaven
ward. Come, Holy Ghost! Come, Holy
Ghost! He has come! He Is here! I feel
Him in my heart. There are thousands who
eel Him in their hearts, convicting soma
Iaving some. sanctifying some.
The difference in evangelical usefulness Is
.ot so much difference in brain, in schol-
srship or elocutionary gifts as in Holy
Ghost power. You will not have much sur
prise at the extraordinary career of Charles
G.. Finney as a soul winner, If you know that
soon after his conversion he had this expert.
Nnce of the Paraclete. He says:
Gas turned and was about to take a seat
~ the fire received n baptism Of the Holy
ihost. Without any expectation Of it, 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 me in
manner that seemed to go through me,
body and soul. Indeed, it seemed to come in
waves and waves of liquid love, for I could
not express it in any other way. 1t seemed
like the very breath Of God. I can recollect
distinctly that 1t seemed to fan me like i'm
mense wings. No words can express the
wonderful love that was shed abroad in my
heart. wept aloud with joy and love.
These waves came over ma and over me and
over me, one after the other until, recall
cried out, Il shall die IL these waves continue
to pass over me- I said, Lord, I cannot bear
my MORE"
Now. my hearers, let 500 Of us, whethe,
clerical or lay workers, get such a divine
visitation as that. and We could take this
world for God before the clock Of tho next
century strikes 1.
How many marked instances Of Holy
Ghost power " fieIi II pIacx IruinpeIor .VoH
His place in Whitefield'S audience proposing
to blow the trumpet at a certain point in the
service and put everything into derision,
somehow he could not get hetrumpet to his
lips, and at the close Of the meeting he
sought out the preacher and asked for his
prayers. 1t was the Holy Ghost. What was
The matter with Hedley Wears, the memora-
ole soldier, when he sat with his Bible before
him in tent, and his deriding comrades
came in and jeered, saying, ''Turned MethO-
dist, eh?" And another said: "You hypo-
crite! Bad as you were 1 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 Hedlsy Wears, saying, "What shall I
ao9" Wears telesraphed as thrilling a mes
,age as ever went over the wires, ''Believe on
;he Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be
Rved."
What power was being felt2 It was the
Holy Ghost. And what more appropriate?
For the Holy Ghost Is a ''tonyae Of Are"
and the electricity that flies along the wires
s n tongue of fire. And that reminds me OF
what might do now. From the place where
stand on this platform there are invisible
wires Of lines or influence stretching to every
heart in all the seats on the main 1oor and up
into the boxes and galleries, and there are
other innumerabie 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 a country where had
not been preaching this gospel for many
years through the printing press. So a
sesGGre2h operator sits or stands at given
point and sends messages in all directions,
and you only hear the click, click, click OF
he electric apparatus, but the kilograms go
IN 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 up? To whom shall I
end the message? I guess will send the
irst to all the tired, wherever they are, for
:here arc SO many tired souls. Here GO .
the Ohristly message. "Come unto Ne. all 80
who are weary, and will give you rest"