The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
The Pentesostal BLESSING.

manned with the infant Church foi
forty days. watching over their inter
eSts. On four or five occasions he Hp
penrcd to them again in different forms
and for the further Incubation Of thf
great lesson that he was risen and
changed. hcnCeforth spirit being
Then he assembled up on high to ap.
pear In the presence OF God on behalf
OF his faithful ones first. as later on
he Will appear in the interest Of the
world. The Fathers recognition OF
the merit OF his sacrifice, applied ION
our behalf" was manifested by the
importation Of the holy Spirit on Pente
cost day. Tradtionally this same won
derful upper room" witnessed that
outpOuring of Divine blessing and
favor. which came only upon conse
Grated believers and has come upon
the same class. and upon none other
from that day unto this-begett!ng
them individually by the holy Spirit
to the divine nature with It's promises
Of glory. honor and Immortality to the
faithful, In association with the Lord
Jesus in his Millennia Kingdom.
That blessing was partial fulfil
ment Of the Lords word through the
Prophet Joel. namely of that portion
which says, "In those days will pour
out Of my Spirit upon my servants
and upon my landmarks" Joel II. 2S,
We are glad. dear friends, that what
occurred at that first Peutecost and
what has continued all through this
Gospel Age, of Pentecostal blessing
upon each individual member Of the
Body Of Christ, is merely foretaste
of Gods great favor towards Ada ms
race. AS ST. James declares Il. 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
choiceSt-our Lord. the glorious Head
and High Priest, and his sanity fol.
lowers the antitypical under priests OF
the Royal Priesthood. But great
blessing is yet to come, for there shall
come still greater outpourng of
Gods Spirit as mentioned in the same
prophecy in the words. After those
days, saith the Lord. | will pour out
my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall seek for me-
and your young men shall see actually
what your ancients dreamed of"
This will have it's fulfllment during
the Millennial Age, not that the world
in general will be begotten of the
holy Spirit to a spirit nature like unto
the angels and like unto Christ. as in
our case, but the Lord has promised
to take away the stony heart and to
give heart of flesh to all the willing
and obedient of mankind during that
Millennial Day. In such, a right spirit
shall be renewed as they become obedi
ent to the gracious arrangements OF
Messiah's universal Empire aud tina,
right spirit in man. that right DISPOSE
ton, will be the holy Spirit-God's
Spirit or disposition. 1t was given tC
man originally when he was created
perfect, upright, in the image anG
likeness of God. 1t was lost by sir
and displaced by spirit Of setishness
and sometimes by spirit of devilish
ness. 1t will be the great work of tha
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 los
| in Adam and redeemed by the mer
| of the sacrifice at Calvary. With th'
| close of the Millennial Kingdom, Coo
| shows us that all who will not have
attained to the possession of his hol.
Spirit will be destroyed in the Secont
| Death. Then there shall be no NOR
signing, nor crying. nor dying. no NOR
sin. no more sorrow. for all the forme
things of sin and death shall hav,
| passed away. 1t will be Christ on tn
throne who will make all things new
Supper In the Upper Room.
In closing we ask that in connection
with what we have just said respect
ing this Upper Room" and the bless
ings here conferred. you do not fol
get the special privilege which som
twenty or thirty of us enjoyed in thi
same room on Friday evening las
We remind you afresh that that ever
ing. after six o'clock. corresponded t
the night in which our Lord with hi
disciples first celebrated the memorii
of his own death wiz the loaf an
with the cup. additionally in this sam
Upper Room" incidentally we remar
that the early Christian Church use
this same Jewish reckoning in the al
nua celebration of our Lords deaf
and resurrection, but that. later ol
the method of calculating the date wa
slightly modified so that this yea
Good Friday and Easter, according
the revised Episcopalian Calendar, o.
CURED nearly month ago-Marc
=, 25-27. feel sure that as long as
, live ! shall not forget the blessed e.
, perienccs of Friday evening and Il
memorial celebration, in this "Uppt
Room" Of the great event whiC
means so much to the Church and
the world-which symbolizes the pr
ciouS sacrifice Of Christ and also.
q the Apostle explains, symbolizes II
), participation of all the faithful mer
bers of Christ in his sacrtice-in II
broken LOAF and in the cup of whiC
= we partake antitypica!ly. May W