Mexico Missouri message., 1909-01-07
DESCENT OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Sunday Sehsol Lessen fer Jaa. 10, 1909
Specially Arranged for This Papsr
LESSON TExT.-Aots ana. Memory


forter. that he may abide with you for
ever; even the Spirit OF Truth."-John
1915, H.
TIME.-May q or .. A. d. 70. on n
Saturday or Sunday morning. The day
of Pentecost. 30 days after the Passover
at which Christ was cruciHed. The mod
ern Whitsunday
CoNNECTIoN.-Ten days after the last
lesson. the Ascension, were spent In
prayer and waiting.
PLACE.-Jerusalem. Perhaps the Oft
mentioned upper room: perhaps one Of
the rooms in the temple courts.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Three outward manifestations OF the
Holy Spirits presence.--V. 2. And
suddenly" As they were praying. So
the lightning breaks forth suddenly
from the cloud, but the electricity that
silently for hours. ID The Sound
from heaven" tits source) "as Of a
rushing mighty wind" More clearly
In the revisions, "as Of the rushing OF
a mighty wind" II does not say that
there was any wind, but only a sound
as OF a wind. No "whirlwlnd shook
the building" THE audible sign I'LL.
ing the room announced the power
represented by IL as doing the same"
Prof. Hovey. 1T (the sound) filled
all the house." and was heard beyond
its walls by the multltudes ". g..
Cd V. 3. The manifestation TO the
ear was followed by It's manifestation
TO the eye. "Cloven tongues" not
each tongue cleft into two parts.
forked, but the fire was In the form
OF tongues which distributed them.
selves over the company, a tongue
settling upon the head OF each one"
-Rackam. Like as Of fire." II was
not real fire, as an organ OF destruc.
tion, but with the appearance and
brightness OF fire, like that OF the
burning bush which Moses saw.
81 The third manifestation was
through the gift OF tongues.
The Significance OF the Symbols OF
the Spirit--the Symbol OF the Wind
The Greek word. as the Hebrew word,
for spirit" is the same as that for
wind" which Is a natural metaphor
TO represent the spirit. Jesus himself
so uses It in John 3: S.
l. II Is an invisible power of which
no one knows whence It cometh or
whittier It goeth." But you cannot
tell the causes, which are beyond our
reach. Even to-day. when we have
daily reports from the weather bureau,
no one knows where and when a storm
will arise. We see the storm and its
direction, and can tell with great
probability to what place 1t is going
and when It will get there. But for
beginning and end we know not
whence II cometh nor whittier II goeth
2. But we recognize 1t by its ef,
fects. In sound. in music, in force, in
life.
3. II is essential to life.
4. II is all.pervasive.
5. II Is very powerful. The afr is so
powerful that even free dynamite smit.
ing against 1t on ole side brushes the
rocks on the other. The other day the
air from an explosion of dynamite
swept away nearly a whole village.
G. Yet It is very gentle and delicate,
breathing around the rose, and gently
touching the little child.
The Symbol Of the Flame and Light
Il. II is mysterious in nature. in.
effably glorious, everywhere present
swift winged, undefiled, and unde
filable.
2. It represents the healing power
OF the Holy Spirit. changing night into
day.
3. It expresses this purifying power
II is a disease destroyer. reAner OF
gold.
I. II symbolized the comfort
warmth. cheer. fresh life, Joy. peace
which the Holy Spirit imparts.
8. Fire Is the symbol OF intense en-
ergy and zeal. The Holy Spirit fills
the soul With glowing enthusiasms and
unconquerable energy and zeal.
6. Light convinces the world OF dust
OF dirt, OF a thousand evil things un
known in the darkness. For examples
ray OF light In a dusty room. and
Tyndall's ray through the glass tube
showing seed germs that no Other
process could make known. So the
Spirit convinces OF sin. of the evils il
the heart.
The truth OF this lesson applies tc
boys and girls as well as to adults. II
is said OF the boy Jesus that ''the
grace OF God" was upon him. while
he ''waxed strong. advanced In wis
dom and stature, and In favor with
God and man." John the Baptist also
was filled with the Holy Spirit ever
from his birth.
Children need the Holy Spirit tc
help them to be good. and enable them
to be disciples OF Jesus.
The gift Of tongues was an indorse
ment OF the command to disciple al
nations. an inspiration to obey IL, ant
pointer to the means. 1.-THE human
tongue, illuminated and saneitifed b.
ire from the inner sanctuary, wa
about TO be the instrument OF the Cos
pers advancement"
The Transformation Of the Apostles
| One effect OF this Gift of the Hal,