New-York tribune., 1900-08-12


we come away from the heavens where Is c,od,s
-Ot4Aeo Man. to the upper room AZ Jerusalem
anu now look at this little co77nanv ~ NAV 49,
- waiting waiting in obedience to the com
-1% n-aiu OF their Master, who left them on Ascen
e. S' ana presently He sheds forth this Oh
~ OeautIuI linking Of heaven and earth isn't Il?
+ mere out this is here. What is this? The
oe DC OF nre the new speech the new power the
30 L e"1' 'He Transformation and transhgura ton
W.. ives, Ana this how did it Gomez He
sar.La ole nrst phase Of the new thing on the
- II Is this: That that little groun ~ nso
PIE IN the upper room abort ora b,,.-5 -,
$50 N number. received God the Foiv c.hos+
H. - - HVes Tor the sake Of another God rba
q - Ios' @ hao come upon men before this II ie
MAJ - esulns study to take your Old Testa
- ana read all the story or the coming ~ c.
nc spirit in the Old You will erd u 1
,e. men lie came suddenly upon men. He cane
1-IIy sHl!ly upon men, He filed men You MAJ, and
you win ind 5ne t IDEAS Of the New the Old but
dispensa Gn men in the Old under any Of the old
Vr mat they might be fitted to do some silctI IA
their need % and He came without reference to
BezaeeIe eeGed @ the aI building of the Tabernacle and
everv+bt0oW work cunningly in brass and gold and
brough! the Holy Ghost not 5He nc aiyne need that
here is ls na through the Old Testament But now
Hisatily upon them but in them 5iel m mercy, not
~ sake OF the Risen One in answer n tb r- OF
not get the Holy Ghost because 6 Gsse Ie{eE Ibid dId
prayed for M E nave the Holy Spirit because he
CbCst oI f1lnl; John did not receive the FIoIJ-
b11f because he waited long enough for Him,
the Holy Spirit Gn1st aa f2T 1o the ss SAKE @ Of
the new Tac+ ., ] anotner It is the first phase of
PegG receis ogfors These the first men to thus
prayer but IN 9plrlC not In answer to their
eIorffed - answer 10 the prayer of the risen and
tb3ng oretnren am only tracing the beginnings Of
F7F-foT rbar
ceived re l u2 I9w3 TO this moment. Have you re-
naL n4lnent to close but ask it here in order to
me Holy Ghost because YOU prsved % { reeve Tfi
eleT { qid you receive the Holy Ghost because Won
a r me sake OF Christ; God gave you the Spirit in
responsibility? Your Bq yog say where
keep 10 that u!od yGd hed to submit commit Let
@ @saVe US: You committed yourself TO Jesus Christ
when You did that 5of and HIS poenGe
40 COY host or persuaded God to give It to you but
gave you the Holy Ghost and SO You receieG 4ir f9
dawned. it has continued. and the Hov Ghost
80 1S oeen the doorkeeper of the Catholic Church
enters enters i! & but through The baptism Of the Holy
given for the sake Of another p'--'
IN HIS STEPS
But the second phase of this new thing is this
ts me Spirit that was given formed the bond Of
other One that Peter and James and EP foP 'Pt b
Other because If Was me rs common nm fe with each
He was living in the heavens Oh nv he bsIoLa5 [aSt
are not a Christian because you are trying to foI
Sometimes almost wishes that Thomas
Kemps had never written his @Imtatior lungs al
not isu5derstand 1ny people have been misIed Do
T Tba 60 back and read It again but do not forget
sant Obedience to that Which is within vo gour 'neeS
YOU 70 know this. and I want to emphasize il and and
everytbire pP9n % yqg[ hearts arr this morning above
you now live life with the risen Son If co..
room lived one fe % Wh aPf Him &w0sg @ in 4aos. the pP@sr Per
Holy Spirit He poured It upon them and straight
thrill and the throb OF His lie That was Tb s tne
In%6 % the third De phase sW ta9f of the new fact
7s ms First they received the Holy Spirit for the
enc common life with the risen Christ and tbird
likeness to their Lord And that is The 9eFI 99eset
business in you and in and in every believer
line for line His ioveine5s and ID s beafv f9F sFfse &
the processes Of the years are 81 an
many don't know; don't ask to know. God pre-
pares some Of His children through swift processes
Tor home. and takes them home; and with some OF
years but this is the fHatv Of the r0qgh 1o@ l9pg
no hoy td S6h3st 9 in you and in me What? To make
5 h6id hai See th Finn morning 91d Of The The pc
yond It. nothing fairer than that no more beaT
teous vision falls upon the pathway Of the saint
shall be Ike Hin And the measure in which the
Spirit Is having HIS way is the measure in which
am already growing ike Him.
PERSONAL QUESTION
Now, beloved that as 7 understand II rrss +,o
beginning Of the PentecostaI age new s f+ me 5
| heaven issued in a fact on earth 91d
IN your hearts without any outward expressfon
and let Us ask ourselves this question e. ~
things will be said. we sbaII Co-aa - 50 many
taiis and we sbaT deaI go @I some down to de-
! life IN our teaching and thought together and
| our conference and our prayer. but here is the
initial thing What relation have 10 Per+pcos+o
| An simply studying theory most explicitly de-
! clared in the Book? Am 7 walking around great
Fact Of Pentecost? And the question tom + se e4 a.
me, that need to ask. before we deal in intro
! you receive the Holy Ghost when YOU be-
/ y We have had some new experience? No. I ask
! II you were converted when you thought Won
were2 That is what the verse means: for re-
! member that the people who were asked that
| question. you remember in the xfxth of the
! Acts. not the disciples Of Jesus. They were
| Jesus then they received the Holy Ghost and 7
believe there Is end Of shall 7 say. Christianity
which is merely the morality Of John the Baptist
IN the world to-day. There lots Of people who
! have Just far Tohn the Baptist can take
! them and imagine they are Christians.
thing more than another. It IS by these scores OF
been It 70 there IS nothing more whole
some for in this conference than that wherever
| The Church IS concerned shall this: Am 7
| born aPain7 Did 7 receive the Fov Ghost when I
/ which Is surrender committaI. absolute and un-
qualified Christ in order that I may have thar
blessed thought live life with Him? At course
the next question Is: Am So uomitt1nR n the ne
/ II have IT. Am filed With the Spirit? I'm l
allowing the Spirit 70 have His way Rut DON Z
70 70 that question this morning. I ask Won 70
! keen the first: Is Pertecost 70 me anytninS
! tas never touched re2 And - shall we not
first ~ al 4nd our wav - loneliness am nj quiIe re
ou-d TorI wi