Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-13
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hir-Luts.

fully come, they were all with one accord in
one place.
2. And suddenly there came sound from
heaven as of a rushing, mighty wind and
1t hlled all the house where they were sit
ting.
3. And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues Ike as of fire. and it sat upon
each of them.
4. And they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost. and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Al Then they that gladly received His
word were baptized. and the same day
there were added unto them about three
thousand souls
a. AND they continued steadfastly In the
apostles doctrine and fellowship, and in
the breaking of bread and in PRAYERS
a. And fear came upon every SOM and
apostles N'-'e ~ 'ne
"A. And all that believed were together.
ana mad all things common
30 And sold their possessions and goods
had need as e'e'S man
40. AND they. continuing daily with one
@ 49, m the temple. and breaking bread
rom mouse to house, did eat their meat
with giadness and singleness NJ beor.
~. Pra1sing God, and having fa,o,r
with all the people. And the I,ord go,
s 90 me church daily such as shoulS he
Professor Drummond saws.
Inc problem of the Christian life finally
sihnpiiiied TO this: Man has but to pre-
Tue right attitude. To abide in
~ ~ oe IN position that is all. Much
10 uole on board ship crossing the
Vnf
inc ~ w, 1et none of it is spent on max
, ing the ship go. The sailor but barnassas
MS Vessel to the wind He puts his sa;I
a. ruooer In position. and 10! the miracle
- wrought So, everywhere God creates
e. 80 uaillzes. All the work of the world
- merely taking advantage of enerYiaS
already there. God gives the wind ana tbo
water ana the heat; man but puts himSsIt
III me way or the wind. fixes his water
r mneer IN the way of the river, puts his
piston In the way of the steam. ana 80
holding himself in position before N' God 90
spirit all the energies of omninotenca
course within his soul
Notice' then. the preliminary to this
c "o.tu great time of blessing, the Pente-
cU co mining of the spirit: They were
an with one accord in one place" For
Gays they. following the divine command
nau lowed their souls in prayer together.
pouring forth their desire to God, as of
one man. Ihey had put their spirits in
the way of the moving of the spirit of the
LORD just as the captain of vessel puts
ms ship in the way of the great trade
WINDS OF the ocean. There are many
S ~ who never take the trouble to
40 this. They take the little winds that
happen their way, and for the rest of the
time drift They know others sail on
straight toward heaven. making greater
speed IMAM they, with sure promise of
arriving there, but they contentedly drift
about and express the hope occasionally
and cheerfully that they, too, may reach
there some time-that time presumably a
great way Off. And it is not because they
do not know about the great trade winds
either or do not believe in them. but
rather that they do not care enough about
it to take the trouble to keep in the way of
them. Such Christians will sometimes sail
across a trade wind and go with il a
while in some great revival of the religion
but they. even then, do not always take
the trouble to set their steering gear SO
that there shall be no further danger of
their drifting out of the course. Now it is
not enough that we should be that kind
of Christians. Gods command distinctly
says: Be flied with the Spirit and the
milling of the Holy Spirit is not ony a
precious privilege and the birthright of
all who are born of God. but it is duty
which we have right to neglect
Some have an idea that this filling of
the Spirit of God is only for a favored
few, but the word comes once more. tell
ing us Ye shall receive the gift of the
Holy Ghost, for the promise is unto you,
and to your children, and to all that are
afar off,. We could not well be left out
of that.
to run over. Christian who is full of the
Holy Spirit cannot help brimming over the
sunshine of his heart and giving the light
to Others There are a good many Chris
tians at work for God who never have
received the filling of the Holy Spirit. They
have no right to work in that way. Christ
distinctly said 'Tarry we here until the
Holy Ghost is come upon YOU and then
Va h.,n nSryn NO. ,ta+
the use of going out to give to others
what we have not ourselves? Can a Sun
day school teacher guide his scholars to a
perfect life in Christ Jesus when he him
self has not himself accepted all the full
ness of 1t? Continuing much in prayer
with the heart face to face with God, will
bring this wonderful blessing. You will
be filled to overlooking. The outward
manifestation of this inward filing of the
Spirit is the speaking with tongues" Not
always foreign tongues, today, perhaps,
but speaking that comes from the Spirit
rather than from any head knowledge. The
giving of the message III a heavenly way,
though it may also be homely way,
"as the Spirit giveth utterance,' that IS
the speech that is blest by a harvest of
souls.
Notice, too. that the apostles who were
thus blest with tongues of fire, continued
in prayer after the blessing had come
upon them. They did not then feel that
they had no further need for divine help.
hood that then prevailed, where no longer
the members of the holy church fought
each man for his own rights and his own
property, and selfshly looked after his own
interests, but they had ali things i'll COM
mon" and divided them all ''as they had
need There was no selfishness, and there
could be no church fights nor hard feelings
in such a state of things. They Were filed
with the Spirit. And there is one more
thought to be remembered. A thing cam
not be filed unless it be first empty. If
you and 1 full of self, how can we
ever be filed with Christ?
Applied Truth.
THE Scottish bankers have published the
fact that they have lying in their vaults
sum of forty million pounds in unclaimed
deposits. Some of those who owned share
of this money may have died in the work.
house; some of them may be living to this
moment in direst need and they might
have their money for the claiming but
they do not know that it is theirs. What
vast, unclaimed deposits are lying in God s
treasury. Christ! Some OF His people have
died spiritually poor; some are living to-
day in spiritual penury, a hand to-mouth
existence, with such 'untrackable' riches
lying at call, at deposit in their name
What have we done with our deposit? We
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