The Detroit times., 1916-10-16
sunday Morning Sermon

follows.
Text II sc love me, keep my
commandments. And will pray
IN, Father, and ho shall give You
another Comforter that he may
bde with YOU forever
"A good many p-ple suppos"
that when they have accepted j.
sur Christ AS their Saviour and Join
rd the church that is all there Is
- the Christian life. AS we'll might
student who has just matriculat
"a imagine that he has finished his
.ducation Nobody has reached
, stage in The Christian lie from
which he cannot go further unless
De- /. in the cofiln--and then is all
ever To accept Christ, 20 join the
church IS only 20 begin II II th"
-taring Of the race, not thu reach
ing OF ne goal There are constant
nd increasing blessings 1t you are
wiling 20 pay the price.
Ny text does not teach he ne
-r-vtty o. accepting Christ hr-
lup church member. II IL al
ro.scd 10 those who already have
taken these steps don care
when or where YOU become "a
church member, II the Comior,'r.
who is tc Holy Ghost, is not With
you. you arc failure
This power OF the Spirit rs meant
Tor All who are Christians. II I- e
great blessing for the Pres bytcridu
der IA we'll "a FOR the preGchpr. b
know some Methodist stewards
Who need II Dcacons would
deak" better If they had. ll Is "a
srcst blessing tor tn" deacon anu
I'm, members of he prudential com
mitt"o. and II Is just as greU o
blessing for the man in the p,V
who holds no once To hear some
people talk you would think t.ai
tue Holy Spirit Is only Tor preach
RS God sets no double standard
for tho Christian M" There moth.
inc lu The Wol" 10 show thai rt"
rcorlo may live different from th.
man in tho pulpit
A Theoloqisn's Mistake.
81 once heard a doctor OF diyin-
ny pray for the Holy Spirit, and he
.aid send " upon az nov. lie
vas wrong, doubly wrong The
Holy Spirit is not an imper-oU ID
hing. He IS person. not an ~
Md he Holy Spirit has Away
been here since the days Of Pcnt'
-ost He does not come and go VI"
r. right here in the world and lii-
power T. At the command oft all
,ho viii put themselves into posi-
ION 10 use H.
"a university professor "a>
greeted by q friend OF min' "ho
ook him by Nh" hand and said
what do YOU think OF the Holy
spirit The professor answered
nat ne regarded the Holy Spirit "a
an influence for good. sort OF ON
nation from God Ny friend talked
him and tried 10 show him hl.
u.-'tkc. and a few months later Nr
u. him again What do Won fh.nk
u ,tr Holy Spirit now hc n~N"a.
o.! professor answered Well
now has he Holy Spirit .s d p"r.
t7 ~|n.. talked with Won aud
raS, .1rr 100 that conviction
t.d in h-inrue So
christ
p,ool" 'h.nt 'E.
't.' r't COMES and ra n
rho Acts
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lrI'. 'h..r, ~ rur .r we,
...f take 'hr Word O.. rod
.. Is we find IL written hero
>.p At Pcntoco-t. Peter had .ri'
p p-nt and 10 baptized for .a, Ir
mission OF. your sins TlcD U'
romi,cd them that The fIoly Spi~
would come and hll them Now
~ have the fulnllmen' OF the prom
who were filed with tho Hol,
Spirit Peter and James and John
No--tue people That is the record
" the nlllng with the Holy Spiri
II the 5000 who Uerc converted ~
'outecos, not no hlling Of Pctcy
md James and John
why Men Lack Power
IL the Spirit remains foroya.
Why doesn't FITS power always
how itself Why haven't you al|
,ou Who are here today As much
,owcr with Cod ms the % had ~
pontccoye WHY ia II that IN thi-
.uv full ~ Christian people We
haven't converted thousands al
eady. There Is too much trash
90 many frauds in the church u
brcausc the people are mott
cod. They are disobeyinr Him.
They are not riEbt with Him yer.
Il don't know Just how the Holy
spirit will come. but Jesus seid we
hould do oven greater works than
10 did what arc Won doing You
70 not doing such works now.
we find the Holy Spirit In The
I'D Testament when the prophets
-uolc ihcy worc moved by Him
God seems ~ have spoken 20 mar
81 three distinct disnensation-
Dnce il was through The covenant
With Ahraham, then il WIS thrOurb
Noses and under tho Mosaic tiS.
lensation. and Hnally " Is through
Ills own aon. Jesus Christ Jesus
'hrisi came into the world. proved
hat Re Is the son OF God, suffered
lied. and buried. rose again. and
.ent Ills Holy Comforter This Is the
asst dispensatlon. the dispensatiun