Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-11-08
SUNDAY SERMON
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A Scholarly Discourse By
Rev. l. w Henderson.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Preaching at the
irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, 1.-THE Holy Spirit" the
Rev. l. w. Henderson, pastor, took
IS his text Jno. 14:16-17. He said
n the course of his sermon:
AS we read this and the two sue
ceeding chapters of this good news
! Of the Beloved Disciple, we appre-
ciate, more and more, the vital, force
| tul influence of the Holy Spirit upon
the lives of those who love and serve
| God. 1t was at the close of the Last
Supper that Christ uttered these
words. A few hours and the cross
claimed Him. Philip had asked,
Lord, shew us the Father" Our
| text : portion of Christ's answer.
We are told by the commentators
that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter
| Is also an advocate, a helper. Liter
silly translated the Greek means:
One who is called to anothers side
10 aid him. To our side, an ever
present aid through all eternity, the
Holy Spirit has been called by Christ
Comforter, advocate. teacher, helper.
guide and eternal friend, such is the
Holy Spirit of the new dispensation
as granted to us by our Heavenly Fa.
Their.
The position of the Holy Spirit
With reference to us is clearly shown
oy the propositions used in the
verses. And l will pray the Father.
and He shall give you another Com
forter, that He may abide with YOU
| forever, even the spirit OF truth,
whom the world cannot receive be.
cause it seeth Him not. neither know
| eth Him, but We know Him, for He
abideth by you and shall be in you.
With you, by you, in you. With you
| in the fellowship of His everlast'
ing presence" By you, lin His per
sonal presence. In YOU. 'as an abid'
| ing personal energy" With you, by
YOU, in you, in all the eternal ON
| Impotence, lore and wisdom of the
| very God Himself, The Holy Spirit
is the presence of Almighty God and
Of His son Jesus Christ, with you. BY
you, in you. The pronouns. as the
propositions, are Of prime import
ancc. He is God, with. by and in
| man.
The Holy Spirit who is in oul
| hearts to-day has been the dynamic
| in the lives of conSccratCd men and
women since time was. In his jour
| ney up from bondage. it was the spir'
! it of God that sustained Moses. II?
| Is the spirit of which Isaiah wrote:
| And thine ears shall hear word be-
| hind thee saying, This is the way.
walk We in it," And again we read in
| Ezekiel: "And | will put my spirit
within YOU and cause YOU to walk In
| My statutes, and ye shall keep My
judgments and dothem." The spirit OF
Samuel and of jeremiah is the Spirit
| o. Saul of Tarsus. The same but, oh.
how much more full. He brings to
us not merely the wealth of asso.
citation that crowds about the ma
onal life of the chosen people OF
| God. To us, He comes as consum-
nation and memorial of the power.
majesty and all-embracing love Of
God and of His Son our Saviour
| Jesus, the Christ.
The Holy Spirit influences and di-
reefs every good and great movement
that emanates from the hearts and
souls of Christian men. God work
Ing in His Holy Spirit fills the heart
of Henry Ward Bcecher 18th an over
Whelming love for the Southern
slave, and the inspired words of that
virile Christian speed the breaking
| of million shackles. The auction of
the slave girl in the pulpit of Ply
| mouth Church was God in His Spirit
moving Henry Ward Beecher to de-
Cisive action. The Holy Spirit enters
| the heart of Florence Nightingale and
soldiers on every rudy field know
| the touch of loving hand and the
| consolation of a sympathizing heart
| The Comforter strikes hidden, mex
haustible springs in the souls of D.
| l.. Moody, of General Crittenden, of
Jerry McAulay, and myriads of out
cast men and fallen women feel the
power of the sheltering, upbearing
arm of Almighty God Tennyson
| hears the voice of God within and to
us are given the immortal lines Of
I'm Memoriam" and of Crossing the
Bar"
The his, DRY of the presence Of
| the Christ in the lives of nations lies
| in the work consummated by His
Holy Spirit. All the great reforms,
! all the great movements that have
| bettered humanity have had their in
| ception in the minds of Spirit-filled
men. Who can say but that the hand
and the Spirit of God have been with
| this land, as it was with Israel, in her
| phenomenal success. To be sure We
| have made our mistakes. We are a
! far cry from the Christ ideal. But
did we, nationally, revere Him more,
did we but let His Holy Spirit dwell
| deeper and more laStingly in our ma
| tional heart, He would bless us far
| beyond our fondest expectations.
| God is the God of nations. Christ
| came to take away the sins of the
orld, of nations, as of individuals.
| The Holy Spirit can fill nation's
| heart if it's people will but do Cod s
will.
The most vital necessity in the life
| Of the Christian and of the church Is
the Holy Spirit as He descends, con-
stantly freshened and refreshing,
| from the throne of God. Having ac-
copied Christ and His plan for our
redemption, He is the first thing that
| we must gain. The apostles, men of
| God and with Christ as they were,
could do naught in the work of the
! evangelization of the world and of
! lifting mankind to the level of the
Christ life until they had received
the gift of the Holy Ghost. For in
the first chapter of the record Of the
Acts of the Apostles we read that
"the Apostles being assembled to-
| gether" after the resurrection, our
Lord Commanded them that they
should not depart from Jerusalem,
but wait for the promise of the Fa-
Their, which, saith He, we have heard
of Me. For John truly baptized with
water, but We shall be baptized of the
Holy Ghost not many days hence"
On the day of Pentecost they were