The Detroit times., 1916-09-11
. H0De Ye ReceiDed
the Holy 60sf?''
MORNING SERMON

The nineteenth chapter OF tht
Acts. and the second verse; Have
W. received the Holy Ghost since ye
DeiievedY
~The personality. the divinity and
he attributes Of the Holy Ghost al
ford one OF the most inspiring. one
II the most -sene hcisl examples In
our spiritual life. We are told that
when the Holy Split came at Pente-
cost. lie came az the rushing OF a
mighty wind. aod ovevursing ex'
pectancy. when Jesus Wa baptized
in the River Jordan OF John, out
Sron the expanse of heaven was
seen 60 float the spirit Of God like
q snowflake, and they heard . sound
~ OF whirling wings. and the Holy
Shirt In The form OF dove lowered
pver the dripping locks OF
Christ. Neither your eyes nor niue
~ill ever behold such scene,
neifher shall our ears ever hear
such a sound again. You cannot dis
sect or weigh the Holy Spirit, nor
snslyxe Him as a chemist may anal
we material matter In his labora-
tory, but we can all feel the pulsing
OF the breath OF His eternal spirit.
"why. an angel OF heaven could
not come TO Detroit and live two
weeks and loaf with the people yol
LOAF with. and then return 10 heaven
without Grst being disinfectso and
funigated and given n bath In lysol
and carbolic acid.
"The Holy Spirit Is personality.
and not merely an influence. and the
epirit Of God Is sensitive. hence this
Injunction. 'Grievs net the spirit Of
God The ordinances OF the church
never saved q soul and never viii.
but II is the Holy Spirit, and this
spirit IL a personality and analogous
10 the love of q inother for her child
Who has gone wrong anu brought
shame upon her fair name the love
Of God for the erring. sin-cursed
world II is the same as the grief
Of wife whose husband has broken
his marriage vows as il they were
made OF spider Webs.
~As &c the doctrine OF future pro-
baton. say 10 man doesn't set.
tls his future before the undertaken
pumps the embalning fluid into him,
then he's goner.
Children Of God
''ft Ia my desire to give you o
brief outline OF the Holy spirii--to
bring God into spiritual touch with
IDaii. want TO say TO you that | do
not Relieve in the universal Father
hood Of God, or the universal broth
erhood Of man. either. You are not
= child OF God unless you are
and II you are not a child
Of God. you are creature OF God:
70 Is the salconkeeper, the gambler,
the madame of the red light.
There must be link 60 connect
The Infinite to the finite. The Holy
Spirit is the means IL this communi.
sation.
"ioshua fighting a battle for God
aid that the sun would set. and IL
kould grow dark tefore he would be
Ible Io finish this battle.
Jdst make the run stand still a
little While and prolony This day till
whip that bunch tt a frazzIe, and
4 viii send your name ringing down
through the ages be said TO God.
md God reached up and grabbed the
Euu and said: Stay there. don't
move until thy servant Joshua gives
Tou the "highbsil
sampson with the Hcly Spirit
lpcn him could take the jawbone OF
m ass and lay dead a thousand
Philis,ines. Samson without the
Holy Spirit was az weak as a new
born babe and they poked his eyes
bat and cut OF his locks. and so
with the church aud her members
Wherever the Apostle Paul wert
be had either revival OF a riot He
had been on the firing line for Jesus
Christ for years and never once dip
ped his colors.
"He visited C,rinth and when he
stepped into ths inn he noticed a
rang Of men talking on the corner.
He went 10 the hotel keeper and
aid:
"Who IN that bunch over there
IN" Why. they're the church people
'ers In Corfnth.' answered the pro
'fiesor.
Mot on your life" answered 81.
'aul, not that gang
Then 81. Paul went over into the
crner and said: Have We received |
be Holy Ghost?'
Never heard OF IT, said one OF
be men.
Psni said we arr living In a new
1npsnsation OF grace and salvation
- oasssd tree to ell who viii &C.
<Dy&.
We ara all made OF ono blood and
@ne man. Because you rode here
soeay IN an automobile instead OF
noonns II. does not make you any
setter. And because you may wear
diamond as big as hickory nut
10 your shirt front doesn't make You
any better.
when God built the universe He
Z spoke and the Holy Spirit had the
work done. When God Wills the HOLY