New-York tribune., 1905-08-12

things: the Spirit filled is the man who walks
Snirit sIled man hears sweet music when all the
world hears confusing SOUNDS ana ulsColus.
Of ne 6epcIoded sky can look beyond and the
sunlight of hope lie is the man @ wnose S ~1s th World
ad his cburch is the church whose life and conduct
in the comnunity are constant Interrogation point
that wherever he goes and his charcn soe, tbere @
world says Il will tell you Gods there ior there M
is no other way OF accounting for what they 40
WELSH REVIVAL TO COMPOUND SKBPTlCs.
/ say to YOU frankly, my brethren that one e :, 1f
the weak points in the Church to-day as see ~ AZ
is Jhat II is easily explained Inc N0rlo "a cdil
explain the average church to-day There Is noth,.
the Ordinary IN the average church / believe to-
day that that great Welsh revival on the other sde
found the skeptics of that country. We trying
10 answer skepticism by preaching great sermons
The skeptics in this world will never be converted
and writing books II the slsepticjsm Of This world
the church Of Jesus Christ lives its daily ife They
have got TO be made to see that in the CHURCH
Comprehension Of the mind of man. and when that
is done the way fast to the great re-
Never forget that the Holy Spirit sends one into
Sn he I1e he pe'S e here e had good woman come
to me one time in Atlanta. She said, Or. Brough:,
ton. the Holy Spirit sent me 70 you to borrow SO
NO. ma am: you are certainly mistaken
three Weeks / know He didn't send YOU He never
operates end Of the line to the neglect Of the
That is fact; Why; only today minister said:
and certain church but know my family cannot
Nov / said, my brother there is something
the mater ter hete The Holy h Spirit has never nsn i'm
and taken the germs out of the air"
Don't you ..,id forget that get tired Preachers
know the Lord Is pleased at my services here, but
my wife cannot live Ia this climate My brethren.
one end OF the line at time. He is always at
both ends at work for His children. thank God
Now, let me stop here TO say word. because l
feel IL is necessary. There are great many peo-
in my own church-who imagine that If a man
shall become filled with the Hoy Spirit he must
that i was once preaching and turned aside from
ton TO say word to city about the condition
Children lived. And those streets @ were so foul as
- ruin their health thwart their mental powers
tremendous raspiag for t. After was through a
good good man came 10 me and said: ..o,,,, .,o.
fool f99ng with streets and the M like and tns be bnssi sd
TRUTH Yes At the risk Of being unpopular. got
mad. straight-out mad ] don't know whether Il
was just simply mad. Hear me; my brethren; ,I3;
Whn The ms & t tia hg Holy Hn abS sp DEMAND M
OF his city that r. shall care for poor neglscted
religion and Join the social Settlement people
and do my work in the name OF humanity. Thank
God, ! do not have co IT. There is no place to-
day in the church system for anything done IN
the name Of humanity: it is all in the name or
Christ: and the Church of Christ has lost power
by going and federating itself with other IN
stitutions that deny His name-deny its Master
But Just q word as close about the how. | can
rot proceed further on that line will just stop to
ask a question: How? How can have a spirit
filled church like that? MY brethren in the min
istry let me say to you frankly we will never nave
spirit filed church like that until we are spirit
filed ourselves like that We will never get our
CHURCHES up any plane that we have not gone
ourselves They may get there, but II they DO
thew will get there of themselves But how can l.
as a minister some one says. be filled with the
spirit like that?' The answer to that question Is
the answer the first with reference 10 your
church: II is all and the same road