El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-14
Power.

Rev. Fl. w. Moore, of the Presby-
terrain church preached yesterday
morning from Acts rs, aye shall re-
ceive power after that the holy ghost
has come upon yOu.' The following is
a part of the sermon:
The years 1878 will long be re-
membered in this country for the great
revival of religion which swept over
our eastern states There had been a
great finarcal panic Men had been
living for money and pleasure. CIR led :,
goddess speculation. lack Of restraint
brought on the cr;s's-fortuues fell in
day. Banks closed, manufactures
closed. There was not enough money
TO move the corpses. Men began to look
to God for help. Churches were open
ed. halls were rented, theatres were
turned into places for prea ching the
gospel in. In banks. on Steam oats, in
hotel Hobbies, in fashionable circles the
one topic of conversation was the
power of the holy spirit in convictine
men of sin. In few months it ia es-
timated several hundred thousand be-
gan the Christian life. It was the
holy spirit of PentacOst at work. You
know how it has so transformed mems
lives that the lowest and most debased
have become so transformed that they
themselves have by this power trans
formed whole communities. Almost
the last words of Jesus before he went
after that the holy spirit has c,me
upon you" In the early church, this
spirit gathered 5000 at Pe1tacost and
1000 more shortly after this. 1t caused
the disciples to raise the dead, heal the
sick. It changed Paul from q hot
headed prosecutor to a Christian dis
ciple. 1t made timid women brave as
lions; and without lite nature, print
ing press, church build ings, these men
and untaught in schools and
colleges by the power of the human
tongue filled with the holy spirit, at
the end of the fourth century had
nailed the cross of Jesus on the palace
of the Caesars.
L. thisspOwer in the world today?
Yes. II q bible were written contain
ing all the happenings in the Christian
history since John wrote the sHevels-
ton it would be filled with more won
derful mira than those of bible
times. Read the historyiof missions.
peat the glory of The miracle 6f' mis-
sions Whole Stands have been Trans
formed in a generation yes as it were
in q day Listen to the marching of
3 900 900 Christian Endeavorers whis-
pering their strange sweet gospel
around the earth. See the Y. M. G. as
ISOLATION spatching thousands of young
men from the lions paw. See the Sal
vation army doing her wonderful res-
cue work. The church is on her knees
today studying this great subject of the
holy ghost and In it fiuding her power.
What is the Holy Spirit? I answer,
it is God manifested in the human
life. 1t is a person. He will convict
the world of righteousness sin and
Judgement. He will guide you in
all trouble. The bible represents
him under the figure of fire. 1t is
1t calls him a dove. The
dove Is the gentlest, cleanest most af-
fectionate OF all birds. It calls him oil.
1t is then illuminating. healing. To be
filed with the spirit is to have q new
power. new sound to the voice, new
love to the heart, new touch to the
hand. Think of it! Let a person be
filed with joy, love, peace. long suffer-
ing gentleness, goodness, faith. the
fru; is of the spirit: and then tell me is
not this enough to make life power
full. Mrs. Booth once threw her arm
around a wicked haywood girl and
said "My daughter, 1 wish could love
you into the Kingdom of God" Love
broke her heart ard brought her pen
itently to Jesus Christ.
What we need today is not only con-
ministers of the gospel, but
house keepers, store keep
ers, school teachers, farmers and me-
CD anics. The church has enough ma