The news & observer., 1901-11-22
THE CHURCH Of GOD
OFF HER TROLLEY
So Evangelist Pearson Declared in His Ser
mon Last Night.
TAKES 5000 SERMONS TO CONVERT ONE MAN

how much more will God give His Spirit
to those who look to Him. Egypt has the
Nile all the time, but it has TIE over
flow only at certain intervals The Spirit
of God is always with rs but we do not
always seek and receive the blessing. 8.
BY obedience. Acts 5:22 tells Us that
the Holy Spirit is given to them that
obey. HE shall take the things of mine
and show them unto you Why do YOU
know SO little of the Bible? You are not
taught by the right teacher. /. by faith.
The Spirit is then retained by feeding
upon Gods word. You cannot feed upon
French novels and rotten literature and
grow in grace. If you read such staff and
give the Bible reading lick and prom
ise or dash off a few verses before you
go to bed, do you think there is room for
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
3. IS IT FOR US ALL-MAY WE KNOW
IT? is 1T EVER REPEATED?
Some church members say that this is
too high a plane-that it is intended for
Paul and great preachers but not for
ordinary church members. Peter did not
so declare. He said the promise of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit is TO you and
your children's children to the last gen
Grafton 1t is as much the privilege and
duty of the humblest sinner to be filled
with the Holy Spirit as it was st. Pauls
duty and privilege. Ephesians SIS says
BE we not filled with wine but % ye
filed with the Spirit 1t is as much a
duty to secure that baptism as TO avoid
being filled with wine. You should ce
filled in the whole man--not in one little
closet of the house, but in every room
in the will, the affections, the mind, the
whole man.
May we know it? 'tTarry ye in Jcrusa-
lem until you are endued with the Spirit"
Certainly we may know it.
Is it ever repeated? The apostles were
filled with the Spirit says Acts a:t, they
were filled again says Acts As; and filled
again says Acts 431. The amounting may
be repeated. Are you going to do a
special work for God Ssekv a special
amounting for that work. Get a fresh
filling for that particular duty.
4. WHAT DOES IT CONFER? :; Power.
Acts Iii. "Ye shall receive power after
tie Holy Sririt is come upon you wind
mill runs by wind; a water mill by wa
ter; steam mill by steam. The only way
to run the church of God IS by spiritual
power. The preachers reed TO preach
the gospel with power. The devil is happy
when he can convince a preacher that
he must have something new tangled,
that he must be new and fresh and crate
in the spread eagle Talmadgic way. Stick
to the old Book, preach the old gospel
but preach it with power sent down from
heaven. Read Peters sermon in the Sec
ond chapter of the Acts. He told about
the life of Jesus Christ, His resurrection
and ascension. He told it with power
and 5000 men were cut to the heart and
were converted. The church needs power
Conductors and motormen on electric
roads do not try to push and poll the
cars, but connect the car with trolly
and then the car having power rloves.
There is plenty of ecclesiastical machin-
cry with us and the church is pulling and
tugging to carry it on. What is the mat
ter with the church? 1t is OFF its trolley
The church needs amounting for service
needs filing with the power of the Holy
Spirit.
This baptism confers boldness. Feter
was coward before he was enduPd with
the Holy Spirit. Then he could Lurl il in
the teeth OF tie Sanhedrim that They
had crucified the Savior of the world.
This courage and boldness has no egotism
or Dragging. | despise it. II is cour-
age that fears not the face of man. 1t
enables the preacher TO stand - and tell
his members the naked truth in love and
kindness.
There was a Book Club (now there IS
nothing wrong about Book Clubs if you do
not neglect your Biblel-in q Southern
city which had two or three members wno
were agnostics, and It was resolved that
the name of Jesus Christ should not be
mentioned in the club meetings. Those
women who were not atheists were moral
towards. Men will go to their clubs and
hear blasphemous insinuations about holy
things and say nothing. Way? They are
moral towards.
This baptism gives us great grace. 1t
gives victory over the 5hsetting sin. 1t
enables one to control The tongue to con-
quer sersitiveness, to meet and overcome
temptation. 1t fills yon 50 that the little
things cannot find room in your heart and
life. 1t removes doubts. Il know" said
Paul; II know" declared John.
s. IS NOT THIS THE NEED OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH TODAY. X is.
Christ told His disciples to tarry al Jcru-
salem until they We're filled with the Holy
Ghost. Now people want to rush in ana