El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-25
The Witness of the Spirit.

Presiding Elder j. F. Corbin of the
Mexican mission preached yesterday
morning in Trinity church on the wit
ness of the spirit. His text was Come
aud hear ali ye who fear God, and l
w Ill declare what he hath done for my
SOUL Psai ms LIVING The speaker
said the bible is the Christians own
book. the guide and comforter in this
world. From 1t he learns all necessary
directions in following the Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ The book of
psalms is read more and appreciated
by Christians than all other books in
the bible. [ never have known any
devout spiritually minded Christian
who did not read the psalms; and on
the other hand l never knew theorists
or persons who were not spiritually
minded who cared much for the psalms.
The psalm:st is a living witness. He
inVit not the iptidel but only those
who fear God, to come and hear his
witness. The infdel ard the ritualist
prefer to talk about this inward wit
ness of Gods holy spirit as a
great evangelist in our day, for most
evapgelists love TO talk about them
selves and what they have done, as
though GCd was under some obligation
TO them for their WORK. David never
talked about his deeds, what he had
done for the word. Some men are self
made, and they seem to be proud of the
maker. David proposes to tell what
God has done for him. So declare what
God has done for you. He saves the
soul But few people have compre-
hended salvation. This includes re-
demption, a regenerative work, the
pardon of past OtfenseS aud transgres-
sions. So David was forgiven man.
The divine work OF the holy spirit is
marked and interes ing feature. The
God W no made the spirit Is the one who
can touch the spirit and give it life.
He is in the hearts of men clearing
them from impurities,
Again, the holy spirit shines upon
the work, and snOwshat has been
done. We know God lives in us by the
presence OF the holy spirit IN our
hearts. The spirit answers to the
blood and tells me L am born of God
Every man who is a Christian knows by
experience of the inward voice telling
him that mis- sins are forgiven. Some
people ridicule the Idea of mans
knowing that his sins are forgiven. A
| man can and does know his own feel
| ing; that his sins are forgiven. and
that he can rejoice in the positive
conscious ness of relief from the burden
of sin. How does man know that he
| believes if he does not know that his
| feelings are dEy lnulGdJlOn OF inward
experience. Take the holy spirit out
of the scriptures, and the foundation of
| Joy is taken out of the world God
does speak to the inner man and saws,
thy SINS are forgiven. Some people
have never any testimony to give, and
| hence have nothing to tell. Don't
| hazard your eternal life on may be !"
or [ hope So" have an experience of
grace satisfactory in this life. What
would you take in return for the
evidence that you are child of God !?
! Is there money enough in this world TO
give IN exchange? A few living
witnesses iu a church are worth a
dozen churches. When a man tells of
| the wondrous word within him, it
is wonderful witness of the
great fact that Jesus is able to save,
and TO the uttermost. We are in the
apostolic succession if we have this
mighty experience within u.s. This
testimony is given in our lives.
How can any one teach that there is
40 conscious experience of Gods grace
IN the human heart? The speaker was
thaukf ul til at there were 50 many teach
ing that there is conscious experience,
that Cod is doing something for men;
That 80 many are testifying that God
Jesus is their Saviour, saved by his
grace and kept in the right way by his
power from above.
Presiding Elder Ellington of the Ell
Paso district who was present, al=