Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-04
POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
IT CONVICTS THE WORLD OF SIN
AND ADDS TO CHRIST.
DR.. Meyer Addresses the Lnrgcs Au-
dicnce During His Visit to the
City-Hundreds of People
Turned Away.

Gu III. 2ltNc 1 tlt IFpIltol liz ~ AA'o AA.o
brief stay in Kansas City. filled the spa
cious Calvary Baptist church at the cor
her of Ninth and Harrison streets yester-
day afternoon at / o'clock. The large Sun
day school room was thrown open and
every foot of space was utilized and still
hundreds We're turned away, unable to Sc
cure admission. The pulpit platform was
filled with the prominent ministers OF the
city and the visiting clergymen.
The audience began to gather by 80
o'clock. ar hour and Il half before the
hour set for the beginning OF the services.
Long before $50 o'clock the church was
filled to its utmost capacity. y song
service preceded the sermon and was led
by Rev. Mr.. j. NJ. Cromer, of the First
English Lutheran church.
DR.. Meyers sermon yesterday was entire
y, different from those which preceded it.
There were fewer anecdotes and more eX-
egesis. DIR; Meyer arrived a few minutes
before 4 o'clock and was manifestly pleased
at the great outpouring of the people. me
aisles had been cleared to conform to the
city ordinance. Dr. Meyer. not being tamil
lar with the legal requirements. urged the
audience ,!h TO fill up the aislfs; -. ,o chi,
as he was told of the law. That's TOO
bad. There are some salvationists out
to tae hsv sn tbe nan fst t m i howevs Mas the i,'1 iarss
est aisle was filed without Interruption.
After prayer by. Rev. Mr.; G. Al. Hawkins,
lSouth). DIR. Meyer began the delivery. OF
his sermon. which he prefaced by reading
Peters Penticostal sermon.
Temptation of Christ.
W all here believe" said DIR. Meyer;
spirit in the HOLY oIl Tripirv; that He was
in the world before His incarnation: that
that incarnation was of the Holy spirit.
Yet for thirty years He postponed His life
work. because he had not been anOinted
by that Holy Spirit. AS he walked in Gal
lice the wind from the East brought the
cry of India and the East: the wind from
the West came from Greece. AT last lie
saw the beacon light from Nazareth to the
ing the sin-bearer of the world. Full OF
the Spirit He was led up to be tempted.
Sometimes those fullest of the Spirit are
enough to send our young men from our
theological seminaries before we know they
have any other call than the ability to pass
an examination and the gift OF tax.
In His ascension Christ took with Him
our human nature. and that Is what the
devil doesn't like lke;,,7 He lie n Gant s shHTa d 5naI
nature, where it belongs. He tried to stop
it. as We are told in Ephesians. But
you might as well keep q cork down by
pouring miles of sea water on 1t as TO
keep Christ down by pouring miles OF dev-
lis on Him; l can conceive CnrtSf
His disciples with His spirit even as God
had anointed and filled him with the
Holy Spirit. My contention is that there
is a great store of Holy Ghost power in
the bank of God. and i want every man
and woman here to draw upon that reserve
store that lies waiting for you am
afraid that while some of you have failed
to claim their share, others have got not
only their own. but your share. You have
been running by hand power. l want You
to run by Holy Ghost power.
1.-The spirit of God was in the world be-
fore Christ. 1t inspired the holy men to
write the Old Testament.
Here are the seven things the Holy
Spirit does: 1t waits to ill every mem
Der of the church. as the turning of the
valve in the radiator fills your house with
heat. l wish L could turn all your valves
loose and let the Holy Ghost in.
Demonstrates the Truth.
1.-The Holy Spirit convicts the world of
sin. When we think the saloon is getting
the best Of us, we send an evangelist. God
did not say that an evangelist would con-
Wet of sin. It's the Holy Ghost.
The Holy Spirit adds to Christ. We
talk of addition to the church. Often
when We add to the church we don't add
to Christ. but when we add to Christ We
add to the church.
The Holy Ghost endows for service.
All can do something. There are girls
with sweet voices: business men who can
give a part of their income to God; there
are young men who can do Il great deal
The Holy Ghost administers the church.
When the church has the Holy Ghost, the
cash will come like paving stones. Let
the Holy Ghost run the church.
THE Holy Spirit witnesses with the
speaker. When the preacher enters the
pulpit he takes a confederate with him
whom the people never see but hear in the
sermon of every consecrated preacher. The
Holy Spirit must be in partnership witt
the preacher. If the pastor has an elab-
crate essay on Capital and Labor and
the Holy Spirit has a sermon on The
Glories of Jesus You won't get along.
The Holy Spirit doesn't know much about
art or the latest novel;
THE last thing he does is that he DEM
onStrates the truth. We make ourselves
lawyers and Judges instead of witnesses.
Obey the law of a force and the force
will obey you. There was electricity be
fore Edison. You can command the Holy
Ghost if you obey it. When 1 anticipate
a great meeting like this | ask myself:
Am l clean?' rs my motive clean?' Are
my teachings Scriptural?' DO | rely on
God for faith?' When 1 have fulfilled those
conditions l can count OH God doing His
work"
DIR. Meyer closed with prayer for the
ministers and churches of the city and
asked for prayers for the success of his
meetings in the East.
Dr.. Meyer met the ministers of the city
at the Grand Avenue NJ. +. church yester-
day morning. After the services last night
he left for ST. Louis, and from there will
go to Washington. Brooklyn. Cleveland.
Philadelphia, Rochester and other Eastern
cities.
Last lights Meeting.
DIR. Meyers closing meeting last night
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