Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1907-05-31
Bishop Halls Annual Visit TO
Christ Church.

The visit Of the Right Res. A. {. A
Hall, ID. d., Bishop Of Vermont, ID
, Christ Church last Sunday was an &C.
easion Of great interest aud pleasure "a
the members Of this Church. Large oon
gregations greeted the Bishop morning
and evening, and both services we're Yer,
joyous and hearty, With excellent music
At the conclusion Of Mathis, five candi-
dates were presented by the Rector "a
receive the Apostolic rite of Confrma-
ton. Following the "laying on al
hands" the Bishop proceeded as cel,''
brant in the Holy Eucharist, aud preach.
ed in his usual happy and eloquent style
from the text, Romans viii, 8: "But W
are not in the flesh, but in the spirit,
If so te the Spirit Of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit Of
Christ he is none of His" A brief sum
mary follows:
The question, what Is the Holy Ghost,
the third person in the Trinity Most
of us would claim ignorance, but it is
not difficult question. In explanation,
first, spirit of man. This is not soul.
The words high spirited, proud spirited,
etc, mark what he is. Second, Spirit
of Christ. That makes Him what lie
is. Courage, shown the last night at
Jerusalem, unhinchingly going up to
sure death aud torture, moral and men,
tai. Also spirit of kindness, illustra-
tions-patieuce, generosity, prayer. That
spirit of character makes Him what lie
is. lie came TO impart this spirit to us
that We might have these characteristics.
Unless man have these qualities, he is
none OF Christ's, even though he may
have been baptized and confirmed, and
accounted member of the church.
Without the spirit OF Christ he is none
of His. Third, How did Christ come to
be what He was2 Because the Spirit OF
God was upon him. Man is made in
Gods image that he might become sub
ject TO the Spirit of God. Christ ever
worked with the Spirit of God upon Him.
For this reason the Holiness of God is
explained by the purity, self sacrifice,
generosity, and prayers of Christ. The
Spirit of God was focused in the Spirit
of Christ, and may I've reflected in us
that We may be the children of God.
As children are like parents, so with
Gods children. BY letting Gods spirit
rule in us we bring forth the fruit of
the Spirit, thus we may be made like
Him.
The subject of the Bishops sermon in
the evening was "The Holy Trinity"
the text being the last two verses OF the
third chapter OF 5. Matthew He spoke
of the wonderful event of the manifesto
ton of the three Persons OF the Holy
Trinity at our Lords Baptism, when He
first began His public ministry, as a
picture like . map placed in the begin
ming of book describing the historical
points of interest in city. Each Per-
son of the Trinity was present. The
Voice from Heaven was that of the Fa.
Their, the Son in the form of man was
being baptized, and the Holy Ghost de-
scended upon Him in the form Of Dove.
1t was picture at the beginning of our
Lords ministry Of the work which He
was sent into the world to do. The
doctrine of the Trinity was not puzzle
for theologians to exercise their minds
upon, but eminently practical teaching,
about the being and character of God.
The unseen Voice of the Father speaks
to the conscience of every human being
whom lie has created. The Son OF
God took our human nature and acted
out before the eyes of men the charac
ter aud loving attitude of the Father
towards them. He was the same God,
and He declared, "He that hath seen
Me hath seen the Father" The Holy
Ghost, one and the same God, came in
to the world to teach men, and bring all
things to their remembrance that the
Father had done in Creation, and the
Sou in Redemption.
To sum it all up in short: ave be-
lieve in God the Father Who hath made
us and all the world; and in God the Son
Who hath redeemed us aud all mankind;
and in God the Holy Ghost Who sancti-
fieth us and all the people of God
Monday the Bishop went to Canaan,
where in the evening he confirmed u
class Of FIVE, presented by the missionary
in charge, the Rev. E. p. Lee, and
preached.