Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-03-08
What VIII You Do With Jssus3

ner. what Will you 90 win jesus
The decision has. to be made SOM
where 10 this life. Jesus stands b,
fore you waiting for your ecisior
What will you do2 ! want to sa
to the church members or christia
people that just as certain as Jesu
stood before PLATE waiting for dc
cision from him just so certain doe
the Hely Spirit stand at the door o
your heart waiting admission; wha
will you say to him2 You may insist
on silence on this subject. But you
can't do that and live. To grieye tho
Holy Spirit aud keep him out means
death to you. The day has come
when every intelligent christian will
open the door Of his heart to receive
the Holy Ghost in his fullness or go
back to darkness and death. The
Holy Ghost must be admitted into
the church or Christ will depart out
Of the church. She has crucifed the
Son of God anew in the rejection Of
the Holy Ghost The church can no
more get rid Of the responsibility
resting upon her in this matter than
PLATE could shift the task Of deciding
in the case Of Jesus.
Many a preacher and layman has
d ,cided like PLATE, and the churches
have lost their hold on the world as
to saving it from sin aud hell, By |
turning the Holy Ghost away To
see this truth one only has to stop a
moment aud think Of the memory of |
the past. George Fox, who preach
ed this great truth a hundred years
before John Wesley preached it aud |
Whitfield. VIM. Arthors, DR. Lenic
Pierce, Bishop Asbury, DR.. Adam
Clark, Bishop Foster. and many 9TH
ers. These were great men in the
Methodist church. DO you Methodist
hear this2 Now you Cumberland
Presbyterians hear this. When the
Rev. McGady in the backwoods of
Kentucky called his little band Of
praying men and women around him
aud said We must fast and pray for
the Baptism Of the Holy Ghost. His
tory tells us that this praying was
/ pt up for one whole year, and the
result wa. that church was organized
the comforter came and they pulled
Oh from the old crccds aud ceremo
monies, just like the Methodists did.
And for year. they run we'll.
So in Thu revival the Cumberland
Presbyterian church was born, and
thousands Of souls have been born
INTO Gods kingdom, throu . b
he faith aud worship Of these chur.
shes, by the help and power of the
HOLY Ghost. Bat alasl alasl for the e..
want Of good door keepers, akens
nave crept in, seeking home and
shelter, wanting job; not for the
GOOD of souls but for ease and com.
'ort and self-grati6cation, and they
hat can get the most people iutoIthe
church and get the money, he is the
fellow, saved or not saved. So the
Holy Ghost is left out and the dollar
,tylc and the devil has taken its place
md the result is they are at sea with.
nut rudder, going, going; aud the
preacher or layman that says that he
5 not responsible for this wrong or
as sins Is SIMPLY blludfolded by the
leyil and has his ears shut against
he truth aud selisbness puts a man
IN this line and just as long as the
ievil eau keep him from praying and
reading his Bible for himself this man
s in the dark aud liable to be lost at
,ny moment.
Wake thou that sleepest aud rise
rom the dead, aud Christ will give
ne light Salvation is personal work
aud we have to repent of the wrongs
# the past, that means to quit sin
md do right, then God converts us
,r save, us from all past sins This
brings to US new life; old things
have passed away and we are living
IN a new atmosphere and now the
reward or pay We get out Of the new