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the Gospel.
Advancing The Church BY
Preaching

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Preaching is diffusing the hu-
man. Then, II we should fail there
is no other way the salvation ot
the world shall be known. It's
propagation depends upon fragile
weak mortals, who are made
strong by His divine spirit, in
proportion as We are willing to be
made strong. And. it is truly n
great responsibility which rests
with us; then. are we equal to
the task? Are we measuring up?
Or, do we feel like the response
bility is indispensable?
After the stoning of Stephen
the believers began to scatter,
The only thing that held them in
the christian church, was their
faith in God thru the Holy Spirit
as manifested by the disciples,
and in the disciples. As it is
said by DR.. |. A. Miller in his
annual sermon to the Baltimore
Conference, in his Reason No, |
IN Faith, "Nothing really counts
without faith. Were It possible
for one to possess all else, hut
have no faith in God, the bust.
ness of living must be for that
one nothing more than a sheer flu
tility. That fact has been expert
eneed time with out number 50
if those young converts had not
had mistaken faith in Jesus
Christ, they never would have
stood up in Antioch, Cyprus, and
Cyrene, in Africa, and those old
hard SHINING cities.
One cannot, preach unless he Is
divinely called, and that at any
cost not by man, but by Jesus
Christ Himself. Yet, there are
men preaching who are not cal"
led by the Holy Spirit, and sue
ceeding too. and about as well
as any one else; there is always
some false among the true.
notice, we said, "Jesus Christ
Himself called men to preach;
and then we said, "Men are cal
led by the Holy Spirit" is not a
contradiction. The Holy Spirit IS
making Christ's will known to
men. "These things have ] spoken
unto you, being yet present with
you, but the Comforter which
is the Holy Ghost, whom the
Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things To
your remembrance, whatsoever
| have said unto you. "The Holy
Spirit is carrying out the divine
plan in the world. John said, "Mas-
ter we saw one casting out de-
wills in thy name; and we forbade
him, because he followed not US,
est. Luke 9;49. Then said Jesus,
Forbid him not; for he that IS
against us Ia on our part" st.
Luke $50. Now as to their re-
ward the Master can do as he
pleases, anything he does Is
right for the reason, there is nc
law governing him; he l she
law. The attributes we are most
compelled to respect as christians
belong to God, and are Of COD
themselves, viz, will, power, holi.
ness, justice, goodness and truth
This does not mean there are
component parts Of God, he is
a Spirit, infinite, eternal, ant
immutable, In His Being. THESE
qualities radiate from him. as the
rays from the sun; not to him
but to us. This can be illustrated
by what Bishop Flipper said, re-
lative to the General Conference
"Any thing the General Conference
does is right because taere is nc
law governing it." 1t is the lew
within itself. OF course we knew
it is understood that he means
in the bounds of the moral law
which operates in the heart,
So, to preach one must have
the direct action of the Divine
ministry may be called a persua'
sion wrought by the Holy Spirit,
in the mind of an individual
that it is his duty to become a