The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-25

be was n spirit being and could 80 ana
come Ike the appearing in
body OF flesh when his purposes SO de-
handed. he gave proof Of this by
vanishing out OF their sight. dlesolying
the body Of desh and bones and the
clothing as easily as he had created
them and BY the same Divine power
The Psnteeossal Blessing.
The glorl1ed, resurrected Jesus re-
NAMED With the infant Church fcs
forty days. watching over their inter
ests on four OF eve occasions be ap-
pearetl 10 them again ID different forms
and for tie further incnlcaliop Of the
great lesson that be was risen and
changed; henceforth spirit being.
Then he aseended up on high 20 ap-
pear III The presence Of God on belialt
of his faithfnl ones dist as laleE on
he viii appear n the interest Of the
world. The Fathers recognition OF
the merit Of rs sacrifice, applied on
our behalf wns manifested by the
.iinpaftation 81 fhe holy Spirit on Pente-
cost day. Tfnditionaliy this same won;
Ederful upper room Witnessed that
outpouring o. Divine hles ling and
farors which came only upon copse'
Grated belieyers ana has come nrqn
tile SAM class. and upon none other
sfrom that day unto This besetting
them indiYidually bg the holy SPIRIT
to tie divine nature nth promises
81 glory. honor ana immcrtalitg e me
faithful, "a association With The lord
Jesus n Ills Afifiennial Kingdom.
That blessing vas . partial fulal
ment Of the Lords word through the
Prophet Jcel. namely q that portion
which says, In those days viii 4 peilF
out of my Spirit lpcn my servants
and upon my handmaid IDS. tJoel II. 81.
We IRE glad, dear friends, that what
occurred at that frst Penteccst and
what has continued ali through this
Gospel Age, Of PenteeostaI Blessing
upon each Individual member Of the
Body Of Christ, IS merely toretaste
OF Gods great favor towards Adams
race: AS ST. james declares ii 49, the
Church Is merely "a kind Of first fruits
unto God Of his creatures True, the
first-fruits In this case Is the very
ichoicest-our Lord, the glorious Head
and High Priest and his sanity fol-
lowers the antltypical underpriests OF
the Royal Priesthood. But great
blessing Is yet to come. for there shall
come q still greater outpouring OF
Gods Spirit as mentioned in the same
prophecy in the words. After those
days, saith the Lord. / viii pour out
my Spirit upon an flesh and your sons
and your daughters shall seek for me:
and your young men shall see actually
what your aheiehts dreamed Of. 2
This will have It's fulallment during
the Millennial Age not that the world
in general will be begotten Of the
holy Spirit 10 a spirit Nature like unto
the angels ana ike unto Christ. as in \
our case, but the Lord has promised
to take away the stony heart and 10
give a heart OF desh to al the willing
and obedient Of mankind during that
Mtllennial Day. IN such, q right spirit
shall be renewed as they become obedi!
emit to the gracious arrangements Of
Messiah,s universal Empire aud that
right spirit in man, that right DISPOSE
don, will be the holy Spirit Gods
Spirit or disposition. Il vas given 70
man originally when he was createds
perfect, upright, In the image and
likeness Of God. II was lost by sin
and displaced by a spirit Of selfshness
and sometimes by a spirit Of deyilish.
ness. It viii be the great work Of that
thousand years Of Messiah's Kingdom
to lift mankind out Of sin and selfish
ness and death and to restore the will
ing and obedient to all that was lost
In Adam and redeemed by the merit
Of the sacrifice 1T Calvary. With the
close Of the Millennial Kingdom, God
shows us that all who viii not have
attained to the possession Of bis holy
Spirit viii be destroyed II the Second
Death. Then there shall be no more
signing, nor crying, nor dying. no more
sin. no more sorrow; for all the former
things Of sin and death shall have
passed away. 1t viii be Christ on the
throne who viii make all things new
supper Ia the Upper Room.
In closing we ask that In connection
with what we have JUST said respect;
A.. = At.t.' GlTf...,,. f1oIy,tt' and tho htnaa.