The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-29

While they still wondered with aston
ishment. he proved to them that their
risen Lord was no longer merely a
man. but that he had experienced a
change in his resurrection. so that now
he was a spirit being and could go and
come like the wind-appearing in a
body Of flesh when his purposes so de-
handed He gave proof of this by
vanishing out of their sight. dissolving
the body of flesh and bones and the
clothing as easily as he had created
them and by the same Divine power.
The PentecostaI Blessing.
The gorifed, resurrected Jesus re-
NAMED with the infant Church for
forty days, watching over their inter-
ests. On four or five occasions he APP
peared to them again in different forms
and for the further incubation of the
great lesson that he was risen and
changed. henceforth a 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. 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 it's promises
of glory. honor and Immortality TO the
faithful. in association with the Lord
Jesus in his Millennial 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
what has continued all through this
Gospel Age. of Pentecostal blessing
upon each individual member of the
Body of Christ. is merely a foretaste
! of Gods great favor towards Adams
race. AS st. James declares ii. IS, 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 outpouring of
Gods Spirit as mentioned in the same
prophecy in the words, After those
days. saith the Lord. will pour out
and your daughters shall seek for me.
and your young men shall see actually
what your ancients dreamed Of"
This will have its fufillment during
the Millennial Age. not that the world
in general viii be begotten of the
holy Spirit to 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 q 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 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 a spirit of selfshness
and sometimes by spirit of devilish-
ness. 1t will 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 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 will 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.
We remind you afresh that that even
ing. after six o'clock, corresponded 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 remaTlS
that the early Christian Church used
this same Jewish reckoning in the an.
nual celebration of our Lords death
and resurrection. but that. later on.
the method of calculating the date was
slightly modified so that this year
Good Friday and Easter. according to
the revised Episcopalian Calendar, o.
CURED nearly month ago-March
1921. / feel sure that as long as |
live shall not forget the blessed eexS
perienccs of Friday evening and its
memorial celebration. in this Upper
Room" of the great event which