The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-10

This is one of the names given to our
dear Lord, and iJ is especially appropri-
ate for this sacred day, which, in the cal
endar of II portion of the church of Christ.
Is devoted to the special recognition of
tne third person of the God. head, the
blessed Holy Spirit II is becoming that
we should greatly honor the Holy Ghost
for He never honors Himself. but ever
holds up the person of Jesus Christ. and
hldes behind the glory OF Him whom He
loves 10 reveal. 1t is not, however. of
the HOLY Ghost directly that the passage
speaks, but OF Him who sends the Holy
Ghost, He that baptizeth with the HOLY
Ghost, our blessed Lord to whom we
owe TINS most precious gift Of the New
Testament dispensation.
/. IN WHAT SENSE CHRIST BAp.
TIZETH WITH THE HOLY GHOST.
The Spirit is His gift as He is the
Fathers gift The greatest gift of the
Olu Testament was Jesus: the great
est gift OF Jesus was the Spirit
The Father sends the Son; the Son hnn-
tizeth with the Spirit. and the Spirit
brings both the Father and the Son into
our heart and life
l. Jesus is the giver of the HOLY Ghost
inasmuch us He has removed the hir,lronce
to the coming of the Spirit into our
hearts The greatest hindrarce was sin.
me Holy Ghost is just the presence of
Eod; ana God cannot dwell in an unholv
temple amy more than Noah's dove could
rest upon the earth while the floods of
Judgment and the carcasses of corrunt
ilesll covered the earth. Not until the
uoou was passed and all flesh had died
anu the 'hrth was cleansed by its great
oap''Sm Oh Judgment, could the dove rest,
not merely fora moment upon the bourhs
pi the olive trees M ~ ,,v,,. ~,
10 fly abroad and build its nest and rrnr
Its hroods wherever it could find II she,-
tering branch. So the Holy Ghost. under
the Ola Testament, could not rest in the
hearts OF men. Often He visited them.
even us the dove went forth from the ark:
often he revealed the olive branch OF
peace anu covenant; often He came TO the
hearts OF men with divine light and life
ana heip' but the human breast was not
ms home until after Jesus had finished,
Ills work of atonement. But when.
through the cross of Calvary. the iud,r
nent of sin was accomplished, and i'm the
death OF the substitute. sinful man was
recognized as deal to the flesh, rs Judged.
cruciilcd; then He Wen: forth to rest and
reside on earth, and to make the hearts
OF men His home. Just as soon-ns.
through the ascension of Jesus. il was
demonstrated that sin was Judged and
toi WIS Stblsile'i Tor guilty man, imme-
diately the Holy Ghost came down from
heaven. Aud so, in the individual life.
Just as soon rs sin is confessed and JUDGED
ana the blood OF the great sacrifice is an
propliate, an Jesus Christ accepted as the
propitiation and the cleansing of the
heart into the holy temple of our inmost
Deing, the blessed Comforter loves to come
ana To dwell as our guest. our friend.
our guide, our master. the representative
to us OF God, and the executor in us and
for us of Ills holy will. To Jesus we owe
all this. But. for His re aecming work
the blessed presence of God could never
come to dwell within us; but now the
message has gone forth to every sinful
soul, Repent. and be baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus, for the remission
OF sins, and ye shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost
Beloved, have you accepted the great
atonement, have you received the cleans
ing blood, have you been reconciled and
sanctified, and has the way been opened
by the precious blood OF the great High
Priest into the Holy of HOLES of your
inmoSt being, for the Shek;nah of His
glory 10 shine within and reveal the light
OF the knowledSe of the glory of. God in
the face of Jesus: Is there any cloud of
sin hiding and hindering that divine in
dwelling? Oh, He is able TO clear.it All
away Come To His blessed feet come to
Ills sprihkled blood, come 20 His throne