The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-17
Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.

world, was crowded today to hear Pas.
tor Russell OF Brooklyn Tabernacle,
New York. on "rcntccostal BLESSINGS" 4"
Many OF the most prominent stalls aud
boxes are owned 10y the nobility.
many Of whom occupied them. while
others, unable to attend graciously
granted permission for their occupan.
ey by others: but hundreds were turn.
ed away The meeting was held un-
der the auspices Of the international
Bible Students Association" The
speaker said
II Is appropriate that on this day,
celebrated and recognized AS the an.
niversary Ct reutecost, we should con
slider the import, aud have well In
mind what we celebrate. therefore
take as my text, the words of ST. Pc
ter explanatory OF the occasion. This
is that which was spoken by the
Prophet Joel: And II shall come to
pass IN the last days, saith God, will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and
your sons and your daughters shall
prOphesy, end your young men shall
have the vision which your ancients
dreamed of: aud on my servants and
on my hundmadens will pour out In
those days my Spirit, and they shall
proclaim" u give you preferred
translation.I- Acts II. 1913.
ST. Peter declares that the outpour-
ing of the holy Spirit upon the waiting
believers ut reutecOst was MENTIONED
10y Joel the Prophet, but he does not
say that all of the prophecy was full
filed there and then. AS matter of
fact we know that the holy Spirit was
not then poured out on all ncsh ii
was poured mt merely upon Gods
servants and hand-maidcns. A care
ful inspection shows us that there are
two parts to the prophecy All flesh.
and ~ Gods servants and hand maid
ems. The order OF the blessing Is also
stated II will come upon all flesh
after those days, but upon the segyants
and hand -muidcns>m those days. The
days mentioned evidently refer to this
Gospel 0ge--trom pcntccOst to the sec
ond coming of Christ,
Ia this period. OF now nearly nine
teen centuries. Gods holy Spirit has
beun granted 10 his faithful ones, and
TO these alone. Only the fully conse-
Grated have been accepted OF the Lord
as living sacrifices, aud only such have
been begoJen of the holy Spirit. that
they may bc new creatures In Christ"
During all this time. the world has
been unrccoGnlzed 80 Tar nS the holy
Spirit Is concerned indeed. the ApoS-
Ale after pcntccOst went slii further
aud declared that the whole world
liclh in the Wicked Que" The only
action OF the holy Spirit must be. AS
in the case OF tclix 20 "reprove
the world of sin aud righteousness. and
Ot a coming Judgment" Our text de
clares. however. that The time Is com
ing when the world will receive II
share of the great Divine blessing,
which was fully assured 10y the death
of Christ hui is time OF favor viii
be "dher those days" after this Cos
pei Age shall have COmc 10 au end.
after the New D,spcuSntou, tue Nil
hnnial Age shaft have come Let us
note first the blessings brlougiug to
this Gospel Age. IN whIah we are spe
cially Interested and subsequently let
VI u0lice the blessings that God hus
promised Shall come to All maukmd
The church's Penteeost
It Is not sufficient that we sny that n
Pentecostal blessing came upon the
followers of Jesus ia The upper room
al Jerusalem, totally dincrcut from
anything that had bpcn known In the
world before We wuul TO know why
1t WAS so; aud II blessing. why it did
not come sooner toGOdS reOpe? We re
member Ahel, EnOch. Nonh, Abra ham.
Moses. Daniel, the Prophets, We rec
ognize the fact thal lhcy were grand
characters aud. rs S. Inul said,
pleased God" Vet there was no Pen
IecOstal outpouring Ia their day, nor
until he age of Iuau in the world was
more than four thousand years Why
was HIS; We answer that God has
his own times aud srnsOus for HE va
rions features oi ais work
We recall the word, Of our Lord Je
sus. respecting his forcrunncr Verify
I aly unto YOU Among them that are
born nf women lhrre huth not risen q
greater thnu John tbe Baptist; not
wiihstandng he lhdl is least In the
Kingdom of heaven iS greater than he
fMattheW a. ~. Why could not John
and others df ihe prophets preceding
him, enter Ia and enjoy this Gospel ia
yorY We answer In The language OI
S. Paul "God having provided SON,
beIler thing for rs that thcy twithou
Us should not be made perfect" de
brews xl IO. Onr Creator has grea
gfts 10 dispense to our race through
the licdeemer ANA II rs for him TO dc
iermine the times aud he seasons fo
tie dispensing OF these blessings. ano
10 whom they shall go According 10 thC
DIVINE arrangement, the iedeemrr haC
first 10 die as mau's Ransom. Price
before any of the race could come bacl