Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-14

Use OF the tather, Tor said he "Ye shall
| receive power when the Holy Ghost
has come upon you and ye shall be my
Witnesses
So Oscar Lowry was certainly back
ed by the word of God when he as.
serted that In order to do the personal
Ievangelistic work which Jesus expect.
ed each OF His disciples to do we must
first receive the baptism of the Holy
Spirit for service.
1t Is also both scripturnlly and ex.
perimentaliy demonstrated that while
all. If properly instructed might re-
ceive this promise of the Father" at
the time OF regeneration. many do no,
then receive 1t and must come sec.
ond time for the blessing.
The Vital Question.
The vital question for You this
morning, as, In response to my exhor-
tation of last Wednesday evening, you
propose 10 pledge yourself TO do this
personal evangelistic work during the
month of October. is the one put to
the Ephesian Elders by st. Paul
tActs 1922, Did ye receive the Holy
Ghost when ye belived?" II SO. you
are now thoroughly equipped to wit
ness anywhere for Jesus both by life
and lip, "in the demonstration and
power of the Holy Spirit" If not, will
you receive Him now. by faith. into
your life as the One who. speaking
through your lips of clay shall effect.
ually convince The world of sin and OF
righteousness and of the Judgment.
The Holy Spirit alone can convict
he world and draw 1t to the Saviour
but the Holy Spirit cannot do Il alone,
God has planned that He should do
His office work through us.
tells me that cannot now receive the
baptism of the Holy Ghost"
Perhaps there is still a secret sin
separating between you and your God
You are willing to give up every "sin
of commission Are you ready to make
an end of every 'sin of omission?
You are willing to stop doing that
which is wrong in the sight of God?
are you willing to do everything that
He shows you to be pleasing In His
sight?
III so. you have met the first re-
quirement for the baptism OF power.
Now, will you meet the second one?
1t is FAITH. We return to our par
able. We recall It's first lesson. I'm
mediately expectancy In prayer. We
then repeat its concluding promise. If
ye being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children how much
| more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.
ASK and ye shall receive" and
then shall ye become efficient wit
nesses unto Jesus Christ and bring
many souls to repentance.
Let us all repeat together that pray
er of the old Scottish preacher, and
first. You must put all sin out OF the
life. The Holy Spirit will not come
where unholy sin Is permitted to
dwell. II there is a single worldly
lust or ambition that you are unwil
ling to cruelty for Jesus sake, the
| promise of the Father is not for
you"
But says one: II am sure that there
is not single thing that am unwil-
ling to give up. and yet something
| A Double Life"
1t is facr, l'elnyed. that II we are
to be soul winners we must lead a
| double life" Not such double life
as the wcrld hi IS Of" but su h u
"doubl. lifc' as ls represented by The
trees about us.
| We all admire the beauty OF the
trees as we see them rearing their
majestic heads and sending forth their
branches. and beau,ifying the w,'id
with their green foliage.
| But did You ever think of the 9TH
er self. the unseen tree that is so
vital to the tree we see?
| For every tree that grows up and
out. with its beauty and fruit. there
is another that grows down.
And the life and beauty and fruit.
fulness of the tree that Is seen de,
pends absolutely upon the faithfulness
and ceaselessness with which the un.
seen trees gathers nourishment and
moisture from its hidden depths. and
sends them to the upper tree.
SO. If our christian life. that Is seen
would be pure and sweet and beauti-
ful and fruitful, there must be a hid
den part of ourselves faithfully and
ceaselessly in touch with the sancti-
flying. mellowing and Strengthening In
fluence of the Holy Ghost.
VIII You Receive the Holy 0host7
VIII you receive the baptism OF the
Holy Ghost for service this morning
II SO there are just two requirements:
poet and saint Horatius Bonar:
"Oh. turn me, mould me mellow me
for use,
Pervade my being with Thy vital
| force,
That this else inexpensive life OF
mine,