The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-02

NO one knOWetn tnat Jesus Is INC
Christ, but by the Holy Ghost"
2. Not only does it reveal his
person, but Pentecostal Baptism
completes and applies the efficacy OF
the blood. AS we get away from
Pentecost, we begin to write and
preach about his lovely character, SO
cal teaching, leadership, magnet
ism, etc. Our land is full of such
books. Hear me; the thing that
makes Jesus what he is to this world
is the blood atonement; not blood
of example, or social leadership, but
blood of reconciliation. Some one has
said that we need a sweeping revi
val, or revolution, but we will have
no revival brethren, until we put
all emphasis on the blood. When
Methodist preacher leaves the
blood out of his message, we will
soon be ready for unitarianism or
some other kind of ism.
Dear dying lamb, thy precious
blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Is saved to sin no more"
3. Pentecostal baptism is a spirit
of truth. "He will bring to your re-
membrance all things whatsoever |
have commanded" When we get
away from Pentecost, our doctrines
become exposed to all isms, fads, in
roads, errors and doubts. Such gos-
pei flaunts under the wing of high
er scholarship. A long tailed coat
will not keep us immune from Eddy
ism, a unitarianism. Pentecost is Il
filling power. it occupies. 1t will con-
serve the truth, but there is danger
without ii.
4. Pentecost is a baptism of puri-
ty. Tongues of fire sat on them"
Gle shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost and with fire" Fire is the
greatest purifier. Soap and water will
wash away, but it takes fire to purify.
You must boil or burn microbes. "He
put no difference between us and
them, purifying their hearts, as was
ours" blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God" All the world
is seeking purity. Food, tenements
remodeled, sanitation all for purity.
Operating rooms are gesmless, in
struments sterilized, so the Holy
Ghost and fire purifies the heart.
5. Pentecostal baptism fills the
heart with fervent love. Love one
another fervently." "Fervent in spir-
it." The love of God shed abroad
in the heart by the Holy Ghost" Oh,
we need fervent love. When you
would rather be at lodge or the
ater and the dance than at your
church, your love is waxing cold"
When a man would rather be with
another woman than his wife, his love
is waxing cold. Does the young
man tell his sweetheart he was too
tired to get up and dress to come
and see her? Does he grow tired
when with her? Does the time drag?
Never oh, his love is hot, impulsive,
spontaneous, fervent. Here is the
cause of attendance. We need
fervent love. Pentecost fills the
heart with Gods love.
g. Pentecost is baptism of zeal.
1t is the z-z-z-zizzling of an engine
full OF steam and power. Think of
a great engine, ready to run 60 miles
an hour, when she stops and trem-
bles as if to say, LET me loose, or
! will run over the town" Zeal,
zeal; you cannot pronounce zeal with
out thinking of a steam engine full
of steam, neither can you say sin,
thinking of the hiss of a
serpent. They were filled with zeal
for the resurrected Christ. All the
city was stirred with their enthusi-
were all filled with the
Holy Ghost"
I. Pentecost is a baptism of pow
er. Some say this is all it does,
but it is folly to talk of religious
power until the heart is p1re. Sin
is the great obstacle; foreign sub
stance causes friction. The world
is studying conservation of energy.
The engine loses twenty-four twenty
fifths of her energy. Chicago spends
$4,000, ,0\0 annually in smoke going
out of her chimneys. The watch
word, the slogan of the age is pow
ar. Politicians, liquor bosses, meat
packers, pugilists, armies, nations
ire seeking power. A scientist says,