The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-25
THE DAY OF PENTECoST


The Consequences of the Assembling of
the Disciples Contrasted With That of
the Anoients at Babel-The Significance
OF the Fulflment of the Divine Spirit in
Man.
"And when the day OF Pentecost was
fully come they were all with one ac-
cord in one place.
"And suddenly there came sound
from heaven as of rushing mighty
sound and it filed all the house they
were sitting.
And there appeared unto them Glow
on tongues like as of fire and it sat
upon each OF them.
And they were all filed with the
Holy Ghost and began to speak with
other tongues as the Spirit gave them
utterance. Acts Q chapter, first to
fourth verses.
The Right Rev. Davis Sessum, bishop
of the diocese of Louisiana, preached
from the above text yesterday morning
in Trinity Protestant Episcopal church.
Bishop Sessum, who Is one Of the
youngest bishops in the country, is a
fluent and forcible speaker.
AT the meeting Of the episcopates in
Chicago in 1887 Bishop Sessum came
into prominence by his advocacy OF
change of the name from Protestant
Episcopal church to the Catholic church
Of America. This was the first time
fbof tho euhiant xUac rttated
The significance of the consequences
of this remarkable gathering recalls
that older story related in the Old Tes-
lament when the consequence of mans
search for God resulted disastrously and
in the confusion of tongues. The con-
sequences of the building of the tower
of Babel symbolizes the misuse of the
latent desire in mans heart to know Of
God.
The consequences of the Pentecostial
day teaches man what God intends
shall be the result of his union with
the creator. It teaches that if man be
united with God he will also be united
with his fellow-man.
The incoming of Gods spirit not only
breaks down the division between man
\ and his creator, but 1T makes him be-
lieve in the doctrine of universal broth
\ erhood of man. The discovery of mans
birthright is attended with the knowl-
edge of the unity of the human race.
The disposition of man In contem-
! plating the revelation of God to His
children is to dwell upon the outward
y manifestations and demonstrations The
4 real miracle Of the outpouring of the
II divine spirit was not simply the out
ward accompaniment but that 1t in
4 volved a development Of the heart and
Y the minds of the disciples.
4 1t Is not that tongues were cloven and
q the heavens descended upon the disci-
pies, but that the spirit of God was I'M
Il folded in their hearts and minds to
81 that extent that they understood the
u purporta Of these demonstrations and
understood that there was a work for
x them to do In the upbuilding of Gods
u Kingdom.
They say that this Kingdom was not
& a monarchy of material things but
z one Of love; an inward despot1sm, so
n to speak, that sways mems souls.
1t came to be the great expansion Of
Fl the spirit Of men until they became the
N sons of God, belonging not to a king
VI dom composed not of the twelve tribes
/ but Of the whole world, not of a small
y coterie of select and chosen spirits with
4 the God they worshipped imprisoned in
4 a rock-built temple; the followers
making their religion an excuse for the
f. absence of the Divine.
The outpour Of the divine spirit on
II the assembled multitude broke down
h the belief in material things.
e 1t came to show them that they
should be the means Of making known
n Gods will to the world to do away
that idea of mans realizing the eff
cacy of the Divine love by some sort
n of contemplation of the abstract, but
Il that he might feel the full effects of the
4 incarnation Of the spirit, that they
H should look upon that incarnation not
as concluded, but as something that is
continually going on.
II The purpose of the divine fullfilment
of the spirit in man is the residence
therein and that man shall partake Of
/ the character of Christ. That it should
4 be the symbol of identification of oul
lives with the humanities of Christ.
1t means that there shall be that com.
pletion of identity with man and Goo
that it will be impossible for the sou
of man to escape the spirit of God
Men speak of SHINING against the Holy
Spirit in a mystifying and mysteriou.
manner The Significance of the hope
lessness of the human soul that de.
MES the Holy Spirit Is that God ha:
exhausted all the depths of His love fol
the man.
The significance of the coming of the
spirit is that 1t is the path along which
man must travel toward God.
Three things men must learn. De.
pendence, sonship of Christ and thai
their humanity shall be the same hui,
manity as that exemplified in Christs
life and that it's fulfilment must be the
same
The world asks for evidences of the
residence of the spirit of Christ in man
in outward demonstrations-but the hui
man souls longing after the spirit Of
God is it's own evidence.
Court News Jottings.