River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-06-25

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public are very
a~ppreciative of the DRAMA as a means
of instruction along Biblical lines.
Wherever it is presented, large crowds
are in daily attendance.
The Pastors text today was, when
He assembled up on High, He led a null
titude of captives. "-Eph. 4:8, margin.
1t is appropriate, began the Pastor.
that on this day, celebrated as the an
niversary Of Pentecost. we should have
we'll in mind what we celebrate. Ten
days ago was the anniversary of our
Lords ascension. In one sense of the
word, our Lord Jesus assembled at the
time of His resurrection from the dead;
for then He left the human nature and
the tomb for the Divine nature and
Immortality. He tarried, however, for
the space of forty days after His res
direction. that He might establish and
instruct His Apostles.
During that time He vas invisible
to them, except when He manifested
Himself by appearing miraculOusly in
various forms to convince them that
He was no longer dead, and that He
was no longer confined to human con
ditiOns-that His resurrection had made
Him a spirit being again. on a higher
plane than He was before He took hui
man nature for the suffering Of death
in order to redeem humanity.
The Pastor went on to explain care
fully that during the period between
His resurrection and His ascension our
Lord taught His followers not alone
by His words, but also by His conduct.
They had not yet received the Holy
Spirit, the speaker declared, and hence
could not understand or appreciate
spiritual things. They could therefore
receive instruction only along natural
lines.
Jesus was raised from the dead a
spirit being. far above angels, princi-
palities and poEers. Had He gone di-
rectly to the Father without manifest
ing Himself to His disciples, they
would not have been able to under
stand the truth of the matter. Hence
their lessons we're given them largely
in pantomime. corrObOrated by the
Masters words, explaining that it was
necessary for Messiah to die in order
to redeem the world, and that it vas
also necessary for Him to rise from
the dead and to ascend on High and
re-enter the spiritual plane of existence
in order that from that higher plane
of being He might be the more capable
of filing the great office Of Prophet.
Priest and King for mankind.
The PentecostaI Blessings.
After forty days. during which He
was invisibly present with His disci-
pies, except on the few occasions when
He manifested Himself for a few mo-
ments each, our Lord ascended to
Heaven. Ten days afterward. the
Holy Spirit came from the Father
upon the waiting Household Of Faith
The %outpouring Of the Spirit evidenced
to them that they were justified freely
from all things through the merit of
the Redeemer's sacrifice, that their
conservation to sacrifice themselves
had been accepted of the Father, and
that thenceforth they might count
themselves as joint-sacrificerS with
Christ. members of His Body, mem
bers of 1.-THE Church of the First-borns.
written in Heaven" members Of the
Seed of Abraham. in whom all the
families of the earth are to be blessed.
The Pastor then demonstrated that
only Jews received the Pentecostal
blessings. Until three and a half years
thereafter. in harmony with a Divine
promise made to the Jews, the Gen
tiles were excluded. Then the time
came for the Gospel to go to the Gen
tiles. The record informs us that Cor
nelius was the first Gentle to be re-
ceived into spiritual relationship with
God. Until Gods due time for 1.-THE
middle wall of partition between jew
and Gentle to be broken down, he
could not receive the spiritual bless
ings. Even then he was received, not
because of his works and prayers, but
because of faith in the redemptiye sac
riice offered upon Calvary.
Seen by Saul of Tarsus..
The Apostles were to bear witness to
the resurrection of Jesus; but Judas
having lost his place. which was given
to st. Paul, it was proper that the lat