Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-30

be said to you respecting the necessity
that you should watch and pray lest
ye enter into temptation and lose all
your part and hope under these trying
conditions? A little later. in the same
day. be appeared in the upper room"
additionally this very room-the doors
being shut for fear Of the Iews-bar-
red. we may be sure. because the poor
disciples felt that the envy and hatred
which had I4d 10 the cruciixion of the
Master might easily be transferred
now to them because OF their sympa-
thy with him and their relationship TO
his work. Here Jesus materlalized In
their presence and spoke a few words.
He told them hat he was really pres
ent with them and that It was not
merely a phantom which they saw.
And then he ate with them. h~oneycomb
and fish. as eyideucing the fact tha'
they were rot being addressed by an
Illusion. bur by a corporeal being.
While they still wondered with aston
ishment. be proved to them that their
risen Lord was no longer merely Il
man. but that he~had experienced Il
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-
manded. He gave proof Of this by
vanishing out OF their sight, dissolying
the body of flesh and bones and the
clothing as easily as he had created
them and by the same Divine power.
The P~entecostai Blessing.
The gloriied, resurrected Jesus re-
manned 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 be assembled up on high to ap-
pear in the presence of God on behalf
he will appear in the interest Of the
world. The Fathers recognition Of
the merit of his sacrifice. applied con
u 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 th~iS-begetting
them individually by the holy Spirit
to the divine nature with its promises
OF glory. honor and immortality to the
faithful. In association with the Lord
Jesus in his Mlllennial Kingdom.
That blessing was a partial fulfil
ment OF the Lords word through the
Prophet Joel. namely of that portion
which says, I'm those days will | pour
out of my Spirit upon my servants
and upon my landmarks" Joel Ii. 2SI.
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 a foretaste
OF Gods great favor towards Adams
race. AS st. James declares q, 1Sl the
Church is merely "a kind of irst-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 antityplcal under-priests of
the Royal Priesthood. But a great
blessing Is yet to come, for there shall
come a 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 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 INTO Christ, as in
our case. but the Lord has promised
to take away the stony heart and to
give a heart of flesh to all the willing
dAu ODtNiCbI VI hiunhluu uuIl1S tudl
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
nan originally when he was created
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likeness OF God. 1t was lost by sin
and displaced by a spirit Of selfishness
and sometimes by a 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 nv the merit