The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
1.-THE PROBLEM SOLVED"
 SERMON BY DIR. M'NEILL

pr John .McNeilf preached to V large
 congregation yesterday morning on The Problem SolvedY The closest attention was given to what was felt by all to be a powerful and most practical discourse. The subject was And His Name Uhrough. .faith in His Nane) hath given
 this man, whom ye see And know this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. (Acts 3-16) pr. McNeill said in part:
 Tt was in the ordination of God that
 the problem of human sin and misery, as repreented by this man, should be met, and solved by the name of Jesus Look at the man. What a problem to him self; and to society. and to God. This is the man who is apt to curse God, for seNding. him through no fault of his l9fn iGeotent-into a life of extremest rcSersy aud gsoe. This is the man who makes the siSeptie ard atheist say how eau thss world be governed bg ar. all- Svixe Nights and ;nercifui being, when
 He allows saeh ereeFure to enter it9 Ind tho name of Iseus solves the prob lem all r0ura.
 .s,rhe man l4s. made vl9e ana not onlv that hasa A Hse1 '
 piacw sn the social system fis to wors And earn his wagaS. and he producer instead Of a pauper. And God giorlfiea, linstead of being biasphenied 0f all snen working for the ameiieratlon ef the haE man race, no man produces such results as the man who breaches Jesus Christ, erucified, risen, and here with us, mighty to save right here and now. No re- former in the field has a programme and prospectus like the preacher in the name of Jesus. But even he must have one supreme qualification. He must preach Jesus. of course, but. also, he must be filled with the Holy Spirit.
 T say nothing said pr. McNeill against culture, learning, zeal, and sound theology, and all the rest, but these are not equivalent for being filled with 1 the Holy Ghost. Colleges cannot give that nor science, nor philosophy. These each and all, say it Is not in me The 1 Holy Ghost is given to all them that obey Jesus Christ. And all believers should live their lives by His power.
 Not only Apostles, and preachers, and
 missionaries. but (as at Pentecas) they were all filled. men and women alike with this new power.
 Then. for special service, as with Peter
 and John. a special annointing of the same power; but always in answer tc 1 faith and prayer. nothing magical or merely official. The proof of Apostolic l succession is Apostolic success. The l preacher also showed that men filled witt the Holy Spirit-the spirit of Christ VIII pe iHAe eHitSt' ihSy. VIII hot pti9f l by the worlds wretchedness and woe l They will challenge it. as Peter and Johr | challened this man. and sad Look or l usl' And just because they were filled with this supernatural power they wer, | utterly human and natural in the wa, 1 they spoke to the poor fellow. No pull l pit tones, nor artlficalites. but In thu { simplest. kindlest way, with kindlns l eye and tongue, they said look here l poor fellow And it worked. He gay, | heed Eagerness and liveliness in th speaker naturally expressed, will bege
 eagerness and liveliness in those ad | dessed. If I speak today as if really 1, feel l have something worth while say ing. the driest old money bag in iron of me will sit up and take notice For rnality begets formalty, but interest be gets interest. And all that on the way tc l the mighty change.