Orange County observer., 1902-10-30

and deliver you up. take no thought b.
forehand what We shall speak, neither de-
ye premeditate. but whatsoever shall ba
it, is not -yee that speak, but the Holy
Ghost" Luke II: l2 - "For the HOLY
Ghost shall teach you in the same hour
what We ought to say"
| The Holy Ghost never encourages idle
ness. We are not teaching the lesson tLat
one need simply open his mouth and ex-
pect the Lord to fill it; but the ideal posi-
tion is for everyone to be so filed with the
message all the time that if he were called
to speak any. number of times during the
day he would always, be sure that he had
Scriptures say: Rev. l: 10-"I was in the
Spirit on the Lords day and heard be-
hind me great voice, as of a trumpet" !"
Rev; 4: 2"And immediately was in the
Spirit; and: behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and one sat on the throne" If
one is saturated with His message, and is
in the Spirit, there will be no question as
| to his power IN the presentation Qf what
he has to say.
These conditions having resulted the re-.
suits. are guaranteed Mark Is: 1915
the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature. He that believeth and is bap-
| tiaed shall be saved but he that belieyeth
not shall be damned. And these signs
shall follow them that believe: in NV
name shall they cast out devils; they
| shall speak with new tongues; they shall
take. up serpents. and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they
shall lay. hands on the sick, and they shall
recover" Heb. 2: 4-"God also bearing
them witness, both with signs and won
| ders, and with divers miracles and gifts of
the Holy Ghost, according to His own
10 d. oil
| There IS a very significant expression
used in Scripture. Rev. IA: 13-'.And l
| heard voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in
| the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their la
The Rev. f. B. Meyer thinks that this is
to be interpreted as "Amen, saith the
Spirit" and that it is the Spirits approx
al of what we have done in the name of
Christ. It will be glad day for the church
shall breathe Amen" for the the ser service e'' Of
/ every elder, deacon and trustee He shall
say again Amen when the LIVING of all
the saints shall live SO nearly according to
Gods will that at the close of each day
the Spirit shall say ''Amen and amen"
BUT the hfllllng OF the Holy, Ghost is not
ministers of the gospel. Every deacon
ought to be filed: Acts 6: 3, A."Where-
| fore, brethren, look We out among YOU
seven men of honest report, full Of the
Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business. But we will
to the ministry of the word"
i There was a time in the history of the
/ church when men were chosen to fill the
church's Offices, not because of their social
! position or their financial ability, but sim
ply because they were men filled with the
Holy Ghost so that there can be but one
real test of fitness for such an office.
Pentecostal outpouring of the Spirit of
God only when this p principle is recognized
If the Holy Ghost is the life of the
church-as we find in Scripture: Eph a:
81, 32-"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
! put away from you, with all malice, and
| be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted,
] forgiving one another. even as God for
! Christ's sake hath forgiven you"-then we
are to be exceedingly careful with respect
to everything that would grieve Him in
the presence Of bitterness or wrath or an
ger would grieve the Spirit. Such is in
! deed the case.
/ The Holy Ghost is to work out in us
that which Christ has accomplished for us
| on the throne. There can only be one him
| uTiilCe W Tue WORKING OUT O1 tHlS pan VI
God, and that is found in the church It,
self. There is solemn warning for all the
members of the church: l Thess 5: 49,
"Ouench not the Spirit" Acts 5: So
"But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan
/ filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost
and to keen back part of the price of the
| land? Whites it remained, was it not thine
own? And after it was sold, was it not in
| thine own power? Why hast thou con-
ceived this thing in thine heart? Thou
hast not Led unto men. but unto God.
| And Ananias hearing these words, fell
| down. and gave up the ghost. and great
fear came on all them that heard these
| things. And the young men arose, wound
/ him up, and carried him out and buried
him. And it was about the space of three
hours after, when his wife, not knowing
what was done, came in. And Peter an
swered unto her, Tell me whether .ye sold
for so much. Then Peter said unto her,
| How is it that We have agreed together to
! tempt the Spirit of the Lord! Behold,
| the feet Of them which have buried thy
| husband are at the door, and shall carry
| thee out" While men may not nowadays
| have been stricken down as were Ananias
and Sapphira, vet it is true that because
! of the fact that we are living in spirit
that is contrary to the Holy Ghost, we be
and it is possible thing to SO nearly
quench the Spirit that from the human
| standpoint there will be no life at all.
| Thus while the individual member. of
| the church may miss his reward and sfbc
saved, yet so as by fire." the same thing
may be true of the church as whole. It
would be sad thing for the Bridegroom
| to be disappointed in his bride.