Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-06


the Holy Ghost since ye believed7
THE personality. the divinity and the
attributes OF the Holy Ghost afford one
Of the most inspiring, one OF the most
beneficial examples IN our spiritual life.
We arr told that the Holy Spirit
came at Pentecost He came as the rush
ing Of a mighty wind, and oversurging
expectancy. When Jesus was baptized In
the River Jordan Of John, out from the
expanse OF heaven was seen to float the
spirit OF God like a snowflake. and they
heard a sound as OF whiriing wings. and
the Holy Spirit in the form OF a dove
lowered over the dripping locks Of Christ.
Neither your eyes nor mine will ever be
hold such scene; neither shall our ears
ever hear such a sound again You can
not dissect or weigh the Holy Spirit. nor
analyEe Him as a chemist may analyEo
material matter in his laboratory, but we
can all feel the pulsing OF the breath OF
His eternal spirit
why an angel Of heaven could not
come to Omaha and live two weeks and
loaf with the people you loaf with. and
then return to heaven without first being
disinfected ana fumiRated and given a
bath In iysol and carboiio acid.
THE Holy Spirit IL n personality. and
not merely an Influence, and the spirit
OF God IA sensitive, hence this Injunction.
'Grieve not the spirit OF God The ordi-
nances OF tho church never saved n solIl
and never will. but II Is tho Holy Spirit,
and this spirit IL q personality ana
analogous 20 the love OF a mother for
her child who has gone wrong and
brought shame upon her fair name-the
love Of God for the erring. sin-cursed
world. II Is the same a. the grief OF a
wife whose husband has broken his mar
riago vows as II they we're made Of
spider webs.
| 'Aa 10 the doctrine OF future probation,
say n n man doesn't settle his future
before the undertaken pumps the en-
balming fluid into him, then he's goner.
Children of God.
! ct Is my desire to give you n brief
outline OF tho Holy spiIft-to bring God
into spiritual touch with man. We speak
OF Him as the Father. but want TO say
20 you that do not believe In the uni
versai Fatherhood OF God. or the univer-
sal brotherhood OF man. either You are
not a child Of God unless you are a
Christian. and II you are not a child Of
! God, then you are n child OF the devil.
For unless you are Christian, YOU are
not a child OF God. you are a creature
/ OF God; so IL the saloonkoepor, the gam
bier, the madame OF the red light
There must be a link 10 connect tho
! infinite 10 the finite The Holy Spirit Ia
the means of this communication.
Joshua fighting a battle for God saw
that the sun would set, and IL would
grow dark before he would be able 20
finish this battle.
Just make the sun stand still a little
while and prolong this day till / whip
that bunch to a frazzlc. and II will send
your name ringing down through tho
ages no said to God. and God reached
up and grabbed the sun and said: Stay
there. don't move until thy servant
Joshua gives you the ''highbail."'
Sampson with the Holy Spirit upon
him could take the jawbone OF an ass
and lay dead thousand Philistines,
Sampson without the Holy Spirit was as
weak as new born babe, and they polcd
his eyes out and cut of his locks. and
so with the church and it's members.
wherever the Apostle Paul went he
had either a revival OF a riot CApplauso.l
He had been on the firing line for Jesus
Christ for years, and never once dipped
his colors.
ne Niaitcd Lor'htns ana Wueu w
stepped into tho inn no noticed a gane
OF men talking on the corner. lie went
10 tho hotelkeeper and said:
who's that bunch over thercr
"'why. they're the church people herS
In Corinth.' answered the proprietor.
Not on your life,' answered st. Paul
not that gang
Then st. Paul went over into the cor
I "A H. "a rnRa4VaH tho Hnlt
Ghost?
Never heard OF e. said one of tn
men.
Paul said we are living in new dis
pensation Of grace. and salvation Is Of
fered free TO all who will accept.
I'VE are all made OF one blood an
ono man and believe In the universe
fellowship OF Christ and tho brotherhoo'
OF man. Because you rode here Thu
morning In an automobile. instead o
hoofing Il. does not make you any better
And because you may wear a diamond q
big as u hickory nut In your shirt iron
. doesn't make YOU any better.
when God built tho universe He spok
and the Holy Spirit had the work done
, When God Wills the Holy Spirit doei
When God wills the Holy Spirit will Civ
+, Omaha new life OF sobriety an
decency.
Egotism n Danger.
"one of the greatest dangers, Is I "a
i. t, 20 the church IL the egotistieai, sell
ish eoRtentment OF men. That Is IN
curse OF the world today. because 20
think your hopo of heaven is sure, 80
q DON'T care a rap whether the other &c
. How Is saved II you are happy, you don
= care whether the other man suffers {
not.
ID "A man won't walk 70 a precipieo an
fling himself over u with his Dyes opeI
n man. uniesa he IL a fool or crazy, WI
y never stand on a railroad track and col
"a test HE strength with steel and stear
10 The hidden traps OF Justice are mo-
r fatal than the seen traps. Satan CT
Dt plume himself IN the g,Iise Of a dove
light. and In that DISGUISE he does b
most effective work. II you knew q
at devil he would not he getting 40 mar
people 70 walk tho paths OF vice and q
er way 10 heaven would not be 50 deserte
THE danger 10 the tired traveller
ng not that he will walk too Ear out on 4
OF beach and the incoming tide engulf hi
40 II man says 10 me. I have never be-
a trunkard' say. God b praised IN