The Penn's Grove record., 1915-05-21
GODS HOLY SPIRIT
His Presence in the Heart Ex-
plains Saints of History and
Heroes of Humanity.

who suDdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the
mouths OF lions, quenched the power
of fire, from weakness were
made strong, waxed mighty in war,
turned to flight the armies Of the
aliens were stoned. sawn
asunder, tempted, slain with the
sword being destitute, aflict-
ed, ill-treated Hebrews II;
1897.
It is a marvellous story that his
tory has to tell us of the. suferings
men have endured, the perils they
have faced and the deaths they have
died for the sake Of the causes they
have loved. No road has been too
hard for those who have had some
goal to seek, no agony too sharp for
those who have had some victory to
win, no death too bitter for those
who have had some God to serve.
Nothing, apparently, that the inge-
nuity of the human mind has been
able to devise has been strong
enough to overcome the valor of
patient hearts nor terrible enough
to daunt their courage and determin-
alton. If a word had to be spoken 1t
was spoken, If a deed had to be done
it was done, if a blow had to be
struck it was struck, regardless Of
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prisonment, bodily pain, loss of
friends and family, life itself-all
have been offered as willing sacrifices
upon the altar of human need when
ever in dark hours and wherever in
waste places that altar has been
reared.
Nor is it only among the accepted
martyrs and saints of history that
the heroes of humanity are to be
found. On the contrary, in the hum
blest walks of life-in homes dark
ened by flaming fire, in the hard
ways of daily toll, in the grim hours
of personal tragedy, amid the thou
sand and one circumstances of exist
6uC0 Which, I6St humanity W IhO
breaking point-do we find men
crowned with glory and honor"
Never has there been lack of cour-
age, patience and devotion. Never
have martyrs failed nor heroes been
wanting. Saints walk in every street,
apostles dwell in every home.
What this all means is hard to put
into words. The author of Hebrews
explains it all "by faith" Other
seers speak of courage, love, con-
secration. But these terms them.
selves demand explanation, do they
not? And where is such explana'
ton ultimately to be found save in
the presence within the hearts OF
men of a holy spirit, which comes
from God? The materialist cuts a
poor figure with the sublime heroisms
of human life and is asked to fit
them into his philosophy. His ma
~terialism may serve to explain the
sands of the sea, the trees of the
plain, the birds of the air, the beasts
of the field. But when it ONE to
man it fails to meet the facts. For
in the human realm, however it may
be in other realms, we meet
things spiritual, and are borne, in
spite of ourselves, perhaps, to the
high places of religion. We know
that the divine spirit is present in
the world, for we see it at work by
the bed of illness, on the field of bat
tie, in storm and flood, in the prison,
at the stake and on the cross! We
know that men are immortal, for we
see them daily attaining unto the
OF the. stature of eternal
life! We know that God lives, for
we meet him everywhere.
1t is in ~regenerated MANN the
life he lives for-that we have the
evidence of things hoped for, and
the assurance of things not seem
He is the witness of the love of God
He is the prophecy of immortal life
He is the presence of that, spirit
overbrooding ALL" which eternal
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