The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-27

, While they still wondered with aston
ishment. he proved to them that tneir
risen Lord was no longer merely
man. but that he had experienced
change in his resurrection. 50 that now
BE was Il spirit being ana co'lu 20 anu
come ike the wind appearing III
body al Lcsh when his purposes so DE-
mandcd. Ha gave proof of this by
vantshing gu; OF their sight. dissoiN'ns
the body Of flesh and bones ana the
clothinr rs easily AZ he had created
them ard by the same Divine power
The PontecostaI blessing.
The gluriiicd. resurrccted Jesus re-
maiErd with the infant Church lor
forty days. watching over their inter
ests. On four or Eve occasions Ne ap-
pearetl 10 them again in different forms
AMI for the furt her iucucailoh OF the
great lesson that he was risen ana
changed. hencefurth a spirit beng
Then he assembled up on hiEn 10 APP
pear in the presence OF God on beiilIi
of his faithful ones first. as later on
he will appear in the interest or the
world. The aIhpr's recognition or
the merit Of his sacrifice. applied "oh
cur behalf was manifested by Inc
importation of the holy Spirit on i'ente-
cost day. TraditionnIly this same won
derful upper room" witnessed that
outpouring of Divine blessing ana
favor. which came only upon conse-
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 end Immortality to the
faithful. in association with the Lord
Jesus in his Mi,ienniai Kingdom.
That blessing was Il partial fulfil
ment Of the Lords word through the
Prophet Joel. namely Of that portion
which says. 'ln those days will pour
out of my Spirit upon my servants
and upon my landmarks" tIoel 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 foretaste
Of Gods great favor towards Adams
race. AS st. James declares ii. IS, the
Church is merely "a kind of frst-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 a still greater outpouring of
Gods Spirit rs 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 young men shall see actually
what your ancients dreamed Of"
This viii 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 and to
give Il heart of flesh to all the willing
and obedient of mankind during tina;
Miilennial Day. In such. right spirit
stall BE renewed uS they become obed-
eut to the gracious arrangements OF
MesSiah's universal Empire and that
right spirit in man. that right DISPOSE
ton. 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 II spirit of selfishneSs
and sometimes by II spirit of devilish,
ness. 1t will be the great work of that
thousand years of MesSinh'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 aud redeemed by th" merit
Of the sacrifice at Calvary. with the
close of the Aillennial 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 will he Christ on the
throne who will make all things new
Supper In the Upper Room.
In closing we ask thar 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 CT thirty of us enjoyed in this
same room on Friday evening last.
We remind you atreSh that that even
| ing, after six O'Clock. correspondent to
| the night in which our Lord with his
disciples first celebrated the memorial
Of his own death with the loaf and
with the cup. additionally in this same
Upper Room" incidentally we remark
| that the early Christian Church used
| this same Jewish reckoning in the an.
nual celebration of CUR Lords death
ana resurrection, but that, later on.
| the method of calculating the date was
| slightly modified so that this year
Noou ifltdN ana --aSlpf, according to
| the revised EpiScopalian Calendar, oc-
Cured nearly Il month ago-March
25-21, ! feel sure that Us long as
live | shall not forget the blessed ex-
! perenccs of Friday evening and its
memorial celebration. in this "Upner
! Room" of the great event which
means so much TO the Church and to
the world-which symbolizes the pre-
! cious sacrifice of Christ and also. as