The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1921-07-14
Methodist Church Notes
Rev. c C. Wier, Pastor, Residence
236 Olivier, Phone Alg. 1873.

Last Sunday was one full of activity
in our ranks. Besides the usual SER
vices. the Epworth Leaguers went TO
the Bonner home and held an inter
esting service in the afternoon.
At the morning hour the pastor read
and commented on the general rules.
At both services the attendance was
good. but the night congregation was
larger than usual to hear the pastor
speak on Holy Trinity. This is the
very first of the Articles of Religion
To the average man, who thinks, ne
sees all around that which speaks OF
the fact that there is God. who MADE
heaven and earth and all things therein
contained. He can feel what the
Psalmist felt when he said, in Psalm
10: THE heavens declare the glory
of God: and the armament showeth
his handy work. Day unto day Ut
tereth speech, and night unto night
showeth knowledge. There is no
speech nor language, when their voice
is not heard" The language OF the
stars may speak of Creator OF the
universe. but only in revealed religion |
do we find the doctrine of the Holy
Trinity as believed and taught by
the Christian Church. There is first
intimation in Genesis 1926: And God
said, Let us make man in our own
image, after our own likeness"
Genesis 3:22"And the Lord God said,
Behold the man is become as one OF
us, to know good and evil"
The first public service held by the
Savior on his return to Nazareth, after
the Temptation, he referred to the God
head when he yefers to his having
been sent by God and Amounted by the
Spirit as recorded Luke AIS: The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, be-
cause he hath Amounted me to preach
the gospel to poor; he hath sent me to
heal the broken hearted, to preach
the deliverance to the captives, and the
recovering of sight to the blind to set
at liberty them that are bruised, to
preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
The only time we have a record Of
the appearance Of the Trinity to the
human senses was the baptism of
Jesups, when the God head honored
the occasion by appearing to the SEN
ses as follows: God the Father APP
peared to sense of hearing as the voice
from heaven spoke and said: This is
my beloved Son, in whom l am well
pleased. The Son was present in the
flesh and the Holy Spirit was seen de-
scending upon him: and 10 the
heavens were opened unto him and
he saw the Spirit of God descending
like a dove and lighting upon him"
Jesus often spoke of the two other
persons of the Trinity. We might
, mention a few: John 14:26. But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my
name. he shall teach you all things,
and bring all things to your remem'
brance. whatsoever / have said unto
YOU" John 16:131-5. How be it
when he the Spirit of truth, is come
he will guide you into all truth; for
he shall not speak Of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
speak; and he will show you things to
come. All things that the Father hath
are mine; therefore said 1, that he
shall take of mine, and shall show II
unto YOU. When he gave the great
Commission it was: Go We therefore
and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the
Son and of the Holy Ghost.
The Apostolic benediction, 2 Cor
inthians 1874. THE grace of the
Al Lord Jesus Christ, and the love OF
! God, and the communion of the Holy
Ghost be with you ALL.
The doctrine is prominently the
doctrine of the New Testament and
we believe it, but we have no expla
nation to offer as to how it is that /:
any better than the one that is told o.
st. Patrick when his Irish parishonel
\ asked how three could be one an
swered by pulling the Shamrock will
its three leaves and yet it was onl!
4 one leaf after ALL. 1t is not definabl'
but is believable to redeemed MAJ
or woman, the classic statement of Ar
ticle No. 1 is well founded: "Ther'
is but one living and true God, ever
lasting, without body or parts; o.
infinite power, wisdom and goodness
the Maker and Preserver of all things
both visible and invisible. And in tn
unity of this Godhead there are tire
persons of one substance power an
eternity; the Father, Son and Hol
Ghost. 1t is a great and blesse
doctrine we should appreciate as hay
ing been revealed from God to mar
Amen.
PERSONALS.
Last Wednesday, July 6, Mrs. Nj
hurry and her little daughter, Haze
left for Quitman, La, to accompan
the remains of her husband, Nj
Eugene McMurray, who was acc
dentally drowned on the 5th inst. b
falling from the T. & P. ferry boa
His untimely death Is a shock to b
many friends in the community, an
IN orr church has come a perSOn,