Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-05-26
NUMBER 46
revival was to me an exact duplication
Of the days preceding Pentecost

revival was to me an exact duplication
of the days preceding Pentecost.
In the Upper Chamber.
Come, let me take you to the upper
chamber in Jerusalem. 1t Is the year
20 A. d. 1t is about the LIST Of June
or the beginning Of summer. All the
billsides about Jerusalem are covered
with flowers. AS we come to this up
ner chamber, which was supposed 10
belong to the Evangelist Mark, VINO
was one Of the biographers OF Jesus,
we find that these disciples had Deeh
abiding there for nearly ten days, or
ever since the ascension. near
woman's sweet voice lifted In prayer.
II Is the voice of Mary, the mother OF
Christ. The voice goes something Ike
this: 80 Lord Jesus, / cared for thee
when thou vert child. l am thy
mother, but thou art my Lord. Send
tby spirit into our midst. Come quick
" with thy power. Come and cleanse
MS from all sim" Then as the prayer
died away IN pleading sobs methlnks
hear a voice starting a song as we
sometimes hear in a Methodist gather
ing. but instead Of a Methodist hymn
the voice leads the little gathering
through the noble melodies or the
grand old Twenty-third Psalm OF Da-
yid. which is q promise in music. And
as the climax is reached a strange
spirltual influence sweeps over the room
when the voices chorus that last grand
verse Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days OF my
life. and I will dwell in the house OF
the Lord forever"
Then for a little while silence reigns.
Why. It is so still that you can almost
hear each heart beat Then another
sob. Then Peter arises and says: ION,
brethren. why did l deny him? why
did I desert him at the saddest moment
of his life? can now see him turning
his great loving eyes upon me. l de-
MED him not only once, but twice ana
thrice. But though the cock crew 10
remind me. he never reproached me.
He surely forgiyes If we come ana ask
his forgiveness" Then another silence.
Then q searching of the Scriptures
Then q sobbing voice says: II am
Thomas. the doubter But he forgiyes
me. even me-" Then the prayer and
the supplcations and the confessions
90 on. But on the tenth day, while
they were still praying, suddenly each
man and woman and child turned TO-
ward the others and cried: LOOK!
Lookl See the fames 1t is the mani
festation Of the Holy Spirit" And, Oh,
nv friends. If we come to God beliey-
ing that he would bless us If we asked
him and if we would only meet and
nray and agoniZe and cOnsecrate our
selves to his service as the disciples OF
old did on the day Of Pentecost do you
not believe Christ would give to us the
higher power Of gospel life? He Will.
VIII YOU not therefore here and now
start forth to seek your Pentecost and
begin to plead and to consecrate your
whole life to the Masters servicef
Came When Most Needed.
But / cannot close without just one
thought more. This baptism OF the
power Of the Holy Spirit came to the
disciples of old in the days when they
felt their greatest need Of the promls-
ed comforter or supernatural power
The cruclhxion was over. Yes. Inc
resurrection had come. Yes. But one
|
denly Christ had again departed. Up
from the Mount Of Ascension he went;
higher and higher until his body dls-
} appears behind the clouds; higher ana
higher until in bodily presence he was
gone forever. Oh, the unutterable lone
illness and helplessness! Christ gone
upon whom were they to leanf Then
: came the power of the Holy Spirit
That power is ready to descend upon
you if you only prepare yourself foE
Gods gift.
Friend. you need this higher power
: You need it now. Let me see; now
} long ago did she die-she who was Sc
, much to your spiritual life? You need
: this higher power. You need 1t now
Last Sunday as preacher you deIlV
= cred q sermon which was in a literary
sense q poetic gem. But after you I'm
2 ished you knew as a messenger OF
3 Christ that 1t rang false all through
? You need this power in the home. ii
g vour own strength you cannot real
e that family Alright for God. Can II D'
{ that we are going to refuse longer t'
e seek this power Of the higher splrltua
+ ufeP II is said that on March IA, l9OO
8 the British steamer PheniX foundere'
q at sea T the banks of Newfoundland
r and neatly all on board were lost De
cause its hull was battered to pieces
nv the barrels and heavy fixtures whicl
g were torn from the ships deck an'
t then by the waves hurled against III
{ shin's side. until under these batterlni
: rams the ship went down. My Lor'
Y and nv God. shall we be eternally dc
: stroved for service for thee because w
Y continue to refuse to seek thy highe
n power? Shall we not seek this higl
[. power as thy disciples of old did
n Pentecostf Shall these continued re
d fusals to seek that higher power &c
): ctroy us as the deck debris Of the Bri'
|. ish steamer destroyed her of the New
It foundland banks? Listen, friend
d Listen and answer to this vital que'
Y ton: Have ye received the Hoi
e Ghost since ye believedT
s copyright, 1906, by Louis Klopsch'l
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