New-York tribune., 1902-08-16

do hinder Him. you put Him back. you make gaps
And mind. do not grieve the Spirit. because II
| He is not grieved stream Of power passes
I II understand it brings the power Of the eternal
and it passes. electric spark fashion. through the
soul as its conductor. Oh have you learned not
70 work for God, but to let God work through
Have you not yet stood as astonished
paralyzed helpless, and then thrown your life az
me me [ne H , reeeine iorge' maze are 5 me niss' s
b 0 0e 0 and b16sb @ isI sit Ie ~ ' e5q IF Ne i
dns M as current grows Eataerg ne T. ana
becomes a trickins stream which gives drop or
two at a time: Oh soul. do not grteye Him! He
is a person He Is Within. He seals; He brings
Christ; He opens an appetite for truth; He an
ffa4sonzes the self life; He builds up character;
Some people add the word away I don't hold
lem feH under the arms Of Titus the watchers in
the temple. beneath the starlight. heard the rustng
as though God were yacating His temple; That is
don't. 1 believe that when the Spirit Of God really
enters into the inner @ shrine. He may be hurt.
many hearts He is lingering to-day, grisTed.
SOULS PUT IN BODIES.
How shall I bring this home to you? He may be
wounded and grIeved by your treatment OF His
bodies that souls 1t isn't so we are souls
that for moment are put into bodies. Whence
have come. whittier we go. what we who
tell except that for seventy years so. or less we
are In this MS body which is Gods temple and We the
keep the temple clean; and if the temple is made
have thought if the High Priest Of old had written
some whimsical ditty upon the walls of the holy
or had allowed that holy place TO bear the marks Of
that he guilty OF sacrilege? But what Will
the Holy Ghost say to thee thou priestIess soul.
if within the inner shrine, clothed in the filthy
ments which thou hast chosen. You allow this
esT BODY yb to e De oyeGra o ~ 6e Td % OF o
inOrdinate passtOn-fOr not one of you can indulge
ing the taint OF rnpurfty behind? II is not enough
10 say that this is covered by custom law it is
Fsia he lYTnfT n Nm M
habit and natural qualification to overindulge and
srieves Him: one thought Of impurity cherished by
the soul brooded over. thought OF again and again.
Pupt tRoush the corruPt novel the Gittletate o
society which soils-aH that grieves the Holy Spirit
of God; To withdraw from Him hand or lip or
eye or brain or body. to say to Him; This time
as viii: this time use my ears as 1 choose: this
time viii haEs s this temple @ for riot be content Tent 70
He I ngeTs E ro still dnjv sTisysdd sHsld m t-s,t. - z
temple. but greved by our treatment of others. He
is the Spirit OF truth. and any want OF trans,
BY DR.. PIerson how that in his early manhood. IN
his first pastorate. he posed number Of people BY
be discovered. and tn week a young lady sent II
had a letter from this lady now become the wife
OF prominent minister. saying: II made You be
bv the beIp of the librarian Of Yale College have
not had an hours peace since then I want
TO confess it to you. and pray you forgive me
spoken. which YOU could unrave and YOU won't;
that long thirty years of mendaCity, OF want OF
transparency. grieves Him
So is also that He is the Spirit of truth, OF
transparency and of righteousness. Have you taken
undue OF family money? You were left as the
sole executor; you have taken unfair advantage OF
sisters your brothers. You have been trust
ed with public money. which you have used for pri-
vate purposes. You have been unrighteous as a
lawyer in dealing with that estate. You have been
unrighteous as man of public function In your
public office. There has been peculation for your
self. Away back. when you were girl. You took
half dollar. away back in your life as a com
mercial traveller. you took some dollars. and you
have all the time been fencing H. But tnat mus mus.
put right All this injustice all this unrghteous
dealing with money. all this unfairness 70 your
public office must be put right You must do II 70,
night. You have said again and again YOU woulo
it, but you put IL off You must before you sleep
steal up TO your room. and take your pen and INK
and write the letter and inclOse the check. You
must do it, by the love of God that broods over YOU