New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

figures different but they all teach the coming os
the spirit; TO man. to a nation. for the doing OF
of the spirit But the spirit Of God now in the new
S1STi JI, 1r ZINES I'm INTO ne nor merely 70 e9no
Tor al their life, that true Christian man
into the life CT Christ and indweIt BY the Spirit
no" near me ctretullyand anOinted by the Spirit.
10 pray. but To keep house. and to run store and
to TO 90 everything; tor Christian is who Is
Christo-centric by the baptism Of the Holy Ghost.
and and there Is ne department of his life which may
doned God Here are tie dinsrencss' g ~'S 4O'-
THREE SALIENT POINTS.
And then not only is there this difference in con-
Us take three thiugs-rhe dTerence In ne y1affs-
ol SIN IN lhy matter Of sanctity in the matter os
forsiTeness Of sins. but there never came an hour
never took ava v'S room yGr9 nous Is rs o5 SIN The law
Sl.., So that the question as 10 mans conscious
sS' w. IIe question Of SIN Was that his cleansing
% b sTr reJqnshp J3 SIN 70 Cod or the fact that God dd
He did bur In the mans heart in the mans con-
writer of. the letter to the hebrews "a con- oi
+ In, y, - s t5i aRd aIi es %as never free from
d'epeSt nbre Of human consciousness applies the
Cleansing blood Of The Son Of God. 'nd BY tire an
PHes lion Of the infinite value OF His passion gives
Then there is the difference in the matter OF
sanctty. Sanctity in the old dispensation was ex-
giveaess vas the forgiveness % cersnacny But
nov the Holy Spirit coming in it is the sanctity ee
sanctity OF a new lie. 1t is not the saac1iTy of a
eethanged but lives in the sa4Hctity Of external
Things; it Is the sancttty OF life peTmeatsd with
the Holy Spirit Of God And 50 the Spirit Of God
N the matter OF sanctIty has come n new measuTs
and. once again. there IS the differences IN tho
duty is ali gone because il is degtt Oh know
there are some peOUIe who are sfii tes.hi1x rs
that duty IS the greatest thing the world So iE
thing IS that you no longer say. Il must preach be-
cannot help preaching: il Is nv rscrestior' Trar
Is ths deeper truth You viii forgive my taking
own experiences. You may put IL down aaywhsEs
But how was It that VIXEN Jesus stood amid shs
ng!ttudes the Spirit had not yet come and tbs
not vet gloriaed- Now. brethren. very carsfully--
tep9 g1 a. 9q asR sSf s5a ioo * OI Is waf o ssass
was Jesus not vet sIoridsd When He said s5ass
The case Of His dsci1iss IN certain Wsys. ana yss
s5y5 80 s 20 81 % s 80 -S 49, l7s-7s. -.
three years He was glorfhed as Pattern Tnsy
knew how. to initiate Him And yet John says Hs
was p3t yet gI9r,as5 5s vas gos'1sG a. [5o ~ Ss "a
IDEAL and. although the multitude had not re-
E9 S5 SsfPieS PPes5 %i{n E ToT9 IN SesNn5 o vii ss
dsas & OF ss % I s0aZ 4 are tel, fsng a Is fss S.T
made Him the ideaI OF their manhood he was
Pattern and Tsachsr, aand yet John says 5s va. "a.
received the Holy Ghost. There was sornsthins
wanting
THE RIVER OF LIFE FLOWING
Now. let Us take Just one step IN e6vsnce. aad
We into the Acts OF the Apostles, and We
fud the Spirit has come, the day has broken t1s
get hack into those early chapters OF the Acts
OF the Apostles without feeling the sweep an3
the rush OF the river. never read those Acrs oS
the Apostles, those early chapters. nowadays with
out somehow going back 70 Ezekiel again. etr1ss
10 actually read IL again 20 think OF 70;
thing lived WIthersOever the river came And
what things that river made i've IN those early
daysI II made the Roman ideal or sOverrrnsnt
live; II made Greek culture live. and as ic u,ads
ttOns. Il made the very Hebrew ideal OF religion
live again that dead The river. the rtverg
There 10 IL IN the Acts OF the Apostles. II q fuss
the first rush OF IL, and these msl are 40 longa<
living without the river but n the fun sweep OF It.
Ths Spirit OF God has come. the day has broken.
the uists have melted from the valleys Oh the
THRILL and the throb and the rush OF the new hfei
II you viii take that old history that you havs
n the Old Testament. and take that new history
that YOU have in the New Testament and ever-y-
thing that has succeeded It. and IL you viii stana
back from tt and take generous and wide. and
q spacious outlook. you VIII see IN morsnc ths
difference between the not yet and this preS6ne
time. And then ask you sOlsu1nly TO come and
5es that between the TWO. turning the darkness
into light and death into life. the barren wilder
ness OF experience into the fruitful hills and VAL
There ts Jesus gOrfded not e teacher q pat
tern merely, but IN the mystery OF His cross
and n the triumph OF His resurrection; and 10
Is only when Ee IS so glortdet n human history
that the rivers dow and the Holy Cost Is gives
n all His fUlnsss-