The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-27
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL.
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

Sunday, Oct. 24.-Pastor Russell of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle preached to-
day from the text. "Grieve not the
holy Spirit of God. by which you were
sealed unto the day of deliverance"
Uphcsians iv, 30D. He said:
Most evidently our text is not ad
dressed to the heather, who know not
God, nor TO the masses of Christendom
even, but merely to those who come to
an intimate acquaintance with the
Lord and who have received his holy
Spirit as seal. mark, evidence. proof.
that they by and by will attain the
fruitOn of their hOpps-the completion
OF their redemption. their absolute de
lyerancc from sin and death condi-
tons. Most assurcdly no one could
grleve the holy Spirit who had not re
ccived it!
The expression. holy Spirit of God. is
here used exactly in the same sense as
if we were speaking to a dear earthly
friend, whose sympathy. fellowship
favor we had learned to esteem very
highly. OF such we might say I'm very
h}hil'dl ldilEudSt. IL YOU no ST. anu so,
II would assuredly wound and grieve
She spirit Of your dearest friend The
fntimation would be that YOU would no
longer have his esteem and favor rs
before; that the rcprehended conduct
you'd cause more or less OF breach
between you and your friend. It would
not mean that his acquaintance would
NIL lao .,
would become your enemy. instead of
Nour friend. 1t would mean. rather,
that having been your friend he would
esteem you no longer worthy of the
same degree of fellowship and conf
dence as before. He would no longer
treat YOU as a dear and intimate
friend. and communicate to You his
plans and arrangements along various
lines, He might still speak as he
passed by, and treat you in every way
Kindly, yet there would be a difference,
GOODNESS, separation, a cloud, he
tween. if you esteemed the love of
your friend. his fellowship. his inter
est in all of your affairs. you would
assuredly he continually on guard to
do nothing that might wound. offend.
gricvc him and ALLEVIATE his sympathy
and fclowship-espcci if he wore
on higher plane of wealth or honor
OF Intelligence than Yourself and one.
therefore, whose patronage advice and
counsel you needed and desired
This, we take it. is the thought be
hind the Apostles word "g,icre" in
fn.. .
thought of offending our best friend.
our Creator. our Heavenly Father We
are not to get the thought that the
great Creator Of the Universe could be
actually caused sorrow. grief. repin-
ing. pain, by any conduct of ours. He
is too great and we are too insignifi-
cant. Yet our Heavenly Father takes
note of us as world of mankind. He
has provided for our relief from sin
and its penalty. death. He is specially
Interested in those who have responded
TO his gracious profferS Like as fa.
ther pitieth his children, so the Lord pit
ieth them that reverence him" psalm
eli, 49,. His pity extended beyond
thls-eycn to love. when we heartily
accepted his favor and made full con
secration of our little all to him 1t
was then that ne was pleased to seal
us. to give us the mark or stamp of
sOnShip. TO evidence to us that we have
been bcgotten again to a New Nature
20 immortality. to glory with himself
if so he that we continue faithful to
our VOW of conservation.
The Lords Jewels.
AS father he watches over the in
tcreStS of this cousecrated class. AL
though. as the Scriptures say, they are
few" he estimates them very highly
and, amongst other precious names,
gives to these sons of God the title of
Jewels" The experiences of the pres
ent life are intended to polish these
JcWels-tO prepare them for heavenly
setting in the Resurrection Morning
'Jhey shall be mine. saith the Lord of
hosts, i'll that day when make up my
jewels Malachi iii. 10.
rs the lapidary first washes the dia-
nond which has been picked from the
IlrT clay; as he then critically exam
iaCs it 10 note its very best possibili
i'5, a. lie then gives direction to the
workman respecting its cutting and
subsequently respecting its polishing
We haNc the Divine Illustration of how
Etd's providence through the holy
spirit, the holy Power of God. over
rifles aud guides in all the experiences
Of this cOuSccratcd Jewel" class. 1t is
required of them that they exercise
ialih ana learn to rejoice in tribula-
tionS, as we'll us in more peasurable
experiences, knowing that they are in
Gods hand. and that. if they are sub
massive to him. he will work out for
Them far more exceeding and eter-
nal weight of glory" through the dis
appointments. the friCtionS. the sor-
rows. the tears, the anguish even OF
earlhly experiences if these be en-
dured for righteousness sake
Coming down to human comprehen-
sion, the Lord represents himself as
pleased or diSplrased, rejoiced or griev-
ed. after the manner of the most noble
Of the human family. Because of his
generosity. his benevolence. his desire