Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-11-15

nNlnE realty WltN-
In. What. knew We not that your bod
les ere the temples of the Holy Ghost,
which is in you?" 1t is also true that
w.. y he comes to dwell T. the be
liver. as he does at his regeneration
nd conversion, he comes to dwell in
him forever,
But It seems TO be one thing to be
indwelt' by the Spirit. and another to
be inflled by him a distinction met
with again and again in the New les
lament.
Filled With the Spirit
The strong figure :Gsed in this chap
ter gives an idea of what is meant
by being flied with the Spirit.
man intoxicated with wine Is under
control Of that which has entered
into him HIS couRtenance, his walk.
his breath. his conversation, bis
Thought. give evidencd Of It" $50 are
Christians to be filed With the Ho'y
Spirit that their. very faces NAV de-
clare that they have seen the face OF
God" Their conduct should be gov
erned by him. their steps directed,
their thoughts controlled by his in
fluence and gracious power,
This Brings us fl the APOSTLES prac-
ticaI application Of this truth. telling
us that whom so filed we will. mani
fest the spirit Of 'vuburiesite'r,ss one
to another In the fear OF God. Wives
will be submissive to their husbands
as unto the Lord. and husbands viii
love their wives as their own bodies
ans as Christ loved the church. Let
the right spirit take possession Of
husband and wife and. domestic in
felicity is at an end but the right
spirit Is only and always Gods Holy
Spirit
Children and parents a~o next adj
dressed The child who knows the
Lord, and in whom his spirit dwells.
will obey his parents because it Is
right to do so. And parents in such
a case will not provoke their children
to wrath. but bring them ND in the
nurture and admonition Of the Lord"
Solution of Industrial Wars.
EMPLOYERS and employees come next.
The employee who knows Jesus Christ
will serve his enplotor faithfuil3 be-
cause be will be serving Christ.
There will be no more eve-service
there. He viii not DO looking ~ The
clock for quitting time. nor Ioaing
when the foreman's beck is turned.
He Is aware that another Is keeping
the record whose eye &c everywhere,
and that of him he shall receive the
reward
But the employer who knows Jesus
Christ will act toward his c39lDve
correspondingly. He will not 10 a
hard unapprecjative master. knowing
that he himself has master in heav-
en- who is no respPcter OF pP-gons.
Here is the solution Of industrial wars.
The gospel can % what unions ard
amalgarnations and strikes ard lock-
outs can never do. Tho t-r~r' M
:triots and philanthropists. o. he
men and women in our nU'r'" cur
mission halls and or the street cor
ners .testifyi"g to the sav'"" p1i
keeping power Of the Son &c "~~
In other words il is rO' 'eoc'oi
service" that the void eo uroh
needs today as il is salvation Tho
social service" movement "a god.
and has a large CoHsti'uo0cv ard
large financial support Seve~9i we'll
known millionaireS have each piven
a larger sum within a few wears FOR
educational and philanthrOpic enter
prises than all which is speut an
nually for the support % he "Nole
number Of Christian churches IN the
United States. Organizations and
agencies for social betterTert. 40
mukir}ving TO-DAY. to a beNilAerirg
extent There is an - eoncy TO. meet
almost every firh Of di'tress Of man.
woman or child. we gre -glsd 81 IL.
but as careful and wide observer
has affirmed. tho moro c'@sdlv the
facts ere examined tho MORO epparent
the inadequacy and ircfectivenpss ot
the measure thus emo'oved And
he goes on to ask. AS the limitations
of social effort thus become mora
sharply defined. is II out of place. TO
suggest thaf there nav be factor
in the problem Of great Significance
which. has hPeh almost entirely neg
lected?" That factor. no believe. is
the gospel Of Jesus CHRIST Bring
men to Christ. and bet his Shirt ell
them. and all orr problems are solved.