The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-25
The PentecostaI BLESSING.

The glorified, resurrected Jesus re-
mained with the infant Church for
forty days, watching over their inter-
ests. On four or five occasions he ap-
peared to them again in different forms
and for the further incubation of the
great lesson that be was risen and
changed. henceforth spirit being.
Then he ascended up on high to APP
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. Traditionally 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--begetting
them individually by the holy Spirit
to the divine nature with its promises
of glory, honor and Immortality to the
Jesus In his Milennial EIngdom.
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 handmaids' tJoel Ii. 2s,
We are glad, dear friends. that what
occurred at that first Pentecost and
what has continued all through this
| Gospel Age, of Pentecostal blessing
upon each individual member of the
Body of Christ, is merely q foretaste
of Gods great favor towards Adams
race. AS st. James declares Ii. lS) the
Church is merely "a kind of first fruits
unto God of his creatures" True, the
| irst-frults 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 outpouring 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 its fulfillment during
the Millennial Age, not that the world
in general will be begotten of the
holy Spirit to Il 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 ani to
give heart of flesh TO all the willing
and obedient Of mankind during that
Millennial Day. In such, right spirit
shall be renewed as they become obedi-
ent to the gracious arrangements of
Messiah's universal Empire and that
right spirit in man, that right disposi-
tion. will be the holy Spirit-God's
Spirit or disposition. 1t was given to
man originally when he was created
perfect, upright, in the image and
likeness of God. 1t was lost by sin
and displaced by spirit of selfishness
and sometimes by spirit of devilish-
ness. 1t will be the great work of that
thousand years of Messiahs 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
I'm Adam and redeemed by the merit
of the sacrifice at Calvary. With the
close of the Millennial Kingdom, God
shows us that all who will not have
attained to the possession of his holy
Spirit will be destroyed In 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 win be Christ on the
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 for
get the special privilege which some
twenty or thirty of us enjoyed In this
same room on Friday evening last.