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ELLUAY COURIER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ELUJAY. GA.
Teddy bear makers are threatening
to strike. And this is no toy trouble,
either.
This cubist idea of art isn't so new.
at that. Remember grandmother's
•bed quilts?
The nu speling doz look od al rite,
fcut why ad to Mr. Carnegie’s trubles
by nocking it?
The United States will consume in
her navy in i«*i4 no less than 30,000,
000 gallons of oil.
Ohio man is making two ears on
•each stalk. A latter later this will
he shocking news.
Students of electrical engineering
have taken to cracking safes, but it
may be only as a side line.
What has become of the old-fash¬
ioned bicycle rider who could get him¬
self arrested for scorching?
Anybody who wants to lend money
to China can do so without let or hin¬
drance on his own responsibility.
Because much good art has been
thought shocking at first it does not
follow that all shocking art is good.
Artificial ice precludes any possi¬
bility of a famine of natural ice, yet
It makes one shiver to think of a
possibility of an unfrapped sum¬
mer.
A mule's kick was responsible for
the refreshing of the memory of an
Oklahoma man as to Where he had
buried bis gold. No kick on that
kick.
"If I had $1,000,000,” writes a Bos¬
ton man, “I would go home and kiss
my wife.” Appears as if he wanted
to shift the responsibility in a
hurry.
There were 152 deaths from avia¬
tion last year. Some of the old-time
diseases will have to hump them¬
selves to keep from being outdis¬
tanced.
A man who sustained his life with
peanuts has married a woman who
sustained hers with apples. This is
a possible solution of the hired-girl
problem.
It is estimated 1,000,000 cigars are
smoked in Chicago each day. No
wonder there is a crying demand that
the anti-smoke ordinance be strictly
enforced.
Mixing oil and tyafer is like ce¬
menting a friendship between balmy
spring and those brisk northwest
winds that the weather bureau hands
im aoLoitaaj f j i
I ^-- --< '
"Potyry in England,” says Alfred
Noyes, ' is in a condition of negotia¬
tion.” He mercifully refrains from
saying anything about the condition
of the poets.
in St. Louis there is a Jolly Pall¬
bearers’ club. Crape being the em¬
blem of the organization, why not
adopt a motto. "There is too much
gloom in grief.”
Louis Lepine of Paris, the most fa¬
mous police chief in the world, car¬
ried as his only means of defense—an
umbrella. Such a man was a seda¬
tive tor bad nerves.
The New York man. who was di¬
vorced from his artist wife and de¬
clared marriage was a failure, evi¬
dently was not aware of the fact that
he was also wedded to £rt.
-——
In New York an actor was married
for the eleventh time. St range to say
not one of his : former partner 1 * appear¬
ed to express condolences.
Our idea of extreme pleasure is to
have some one sit behind you or be¬
side you and relate in detail what
is to be expected in the forthcoming
scenes at a moving picture show.
A St,. Louis mau proposed to his
giri once each year for 23 years, and
finally won out. As a "holdout” his
wife is a winner, while hubby should
be handed the gold breast decorations
for downright persistency.
Government experts allege that
shellac is a food, “whether anybody
wants to eat it or not," because it is
sometimes used to give gloss to cheap
candy. This looks like a good argu¬
ment for homemade popcorn.
Waitresses in some of the large cit¬
ies have gone on record as being op¬
posed to the movement for, higher
wages for working girls and women.
Ample reason. Tips in many instances
are equal to a fat weekly wage.
That Chinese loan seems to simmer
down to a diplomatic application ot
the “No tiekee. no washee” principle.
Along about eight o'clock every
evening tile unmarried man changes
his collar and leads a prospecting
trip in the general direction of trou¬
ble.
Somebody must have taken down
the "lese majeste" sign in Germany.
A decision has just been rendered
against Emperor William in a law¬
suit.
Recommendation for the woman who
can't stay awake while her husband
talks in his sleep: install a-dictograph.
DressmakersJliavr- become critics of
man’s attire and are going to dress
him "right and comfortably.” Still,
thoughts of the Christmas cravat re
Once in a while you hear of a
really brave man but. no one is hang¬
ing any medals on the rich man who
says a woman can live on $6.75 a
week
VIVIEN’S
Not a Bank Robber as She
Thought, but a Willing Serv¬
ant and Lover. ,
By CARY DELONE.
“Don’t move, or I shall shoot!” The
clear girlish voice rang out with un¬
mistakable emphasis.
“How careless that would be,” re¬
plied the man in a tone of gentle
irony.
He paused in his efforts to get him¬
self and a pair of saddle-bags over
the rude fence, and turned calmly in
the direction’ of the voice. A black¬
haired, black-eyed girl of about twen¬
ty stood at the edge of the clearing,
not two rods away. She had on &
serviceable brown suit and leggings,
her cloth cap was slightly askew—
and she was pointing straight at him
a light but businesslike rifle. Her
cheeks were aflame with excitement,
and the man could see her bosom ris¬
ing and falling rapidly.
“Excuse me for referring to it,” he
said quietly, standing motionless by
the fence, “but if you keep up that
careless, unsociable way of pointing
guns at people, some day there’ll he
an accident.”
"If you resist, or try to draw your
gun, I’ll shoot you sure as fate,” ex¬
claimed the girl, “and I can shoot
straight, too. Put up your hauds!”
“Before you get utterly foolish, and
do anything you may be sorry for,”
said the man, disregarding the order,
and still leaning easily against the
fence, “stop and think whether you
hadn’t better tell me what is on your
mind, and why you threaten to mur¬
der an unarmed stranger.”
“As if you didn’t know, and you
standing there with the saddle-bags
themselves—my own saddle-bags, and
the money probably still in them.”
“Oh, as for these saddle-bags, well,
perhaps there is more method in your
madness than there seemed to be at
first. Do these belong to you?”
“Of course they do; and you are the
robber who stole them from our sta¬
ble last night; and there Is my silver
monogram on them; and what have
you done with my horse? And oh,
you robber and murderer, I ought to
shoot you anyway. But if you will
keep your hands up and walk ahead
of me, I will take you back to Clin¬
ton and give you up. I don’t know
but they will hang you as soon as
you get there. They ought to.”
“My dear young lady,” said the
man, with unruffled calm, to the pant¬
ing girl, whose eyes blazed anew at
this address, “I can see that there is
some reason back of your mistake.
But you are making a complete blund¬
er. I am no robber. And these sad¬
dle-bags I found—’’
"No doubt!" said the girl, with
raging sarcasm; “found them growing
on a fyuckleberry hush probably. ojf ■ And
you didn’t shoot at the cashier the
OlinttVi batik; and y£>q didn't osteal
my hdrse and saddle g*st. night Co e«
cape with; and there aren’t a hun¬
dred ■ men with guns looking for you
this minute. Now, I tell you what, 1
mean business! Will you surrender,
or shall I shoot?” i
“Well, on reflection, I think 179 sur¬
render.’
“Put up your hands then. I shall
make you walk ahead of me and car¬
ry those bags.”
“How can I carry them with my
hands above my head?”
“Well, you know what I mean. You
must—Oh, aren’t you a hirrid villain!
You smile as if it was all a joke.
Take up those bags at once and go
ahead; and remember, my rifle will
be pointed at you all the time. And
I shall be close behind you.”
She started toward him. But she
had not fully counted on the difficulty
of keeping a steady aim and at the
same time walking over the very
rough ground. Her foot caught in a
root, and she fell flat, the rifle going
off as it struck. In three leaps the
mau was at her side, one hand grasp¬
ing her weapon, and one held out to
assist her. She sprang to her feet;
and her brave, bewitching little face
went deathly white.
“Now, fortunately, you will be com¬
pelled to listen to me,” said the man
in the same quiet, commanding tone
that he had used throughout. “See,
my mistaken young friend. I have
your rifle. You are powerless now.
Pray, keep, your self-control, and just
listen reasonably to what I have to
say. I wouldn’t harm you for the
world. And I am no more a bank rob¬
ber than you are.”
The girl stood white and motion¬
less, her lips trying not to tremble.
“I am a lumber surveyor, a
stranger in this part of Michigan. 1
walked over from Port -Coleman this
morning. More than an hour ago,
down the road, I met a riderless
horse, a white horse, with one dark
stocking. I tried to catch him, but
he was shy. These bags I found
while I was prospecting through the
woods; they lay near the body of a
man in that clump of bushes over
there. You can go over and look at
WAS TOO SLOW TO CATCH UP
Bashful Swain Is Given a Hand Read¬
ing by Fair One, But
It Fails.
Reginald \ r anderbilt said at a pre
Easter wedding in New York:
“How interesting it would be if we
could know how all these pretty wed
dings came about! Often, no doubt,
the girls themselves brought them
: about—unless, indeed, the man was
too inordinately dense, like Travers.
‘Travers met a pretty girl last win
ter in Bermuda. He danced with
at the Hamilton and Princess,
wheeled with her to Tom Moore’s
house for strawberries and cream,
and he bathed with her in the
blue pool with its lining of azure tiles.
“But he didn't propose. Was he
bashful? The girl, at any rate,
afternoon in a tea garden, offered
read his future, and, halding his
brown hand in her slim white
she murumured, as her finger
delicately across his palm:
“ ’This Hoe indicates that before
lies—happiness.’
fage.
{the body, he 1* if you don’t believe me. :
guess your robber all right; and
I judge he didn’t get away without
carrying some lead in him. I looked
in the bags and found they were
stuffed with bankbills, and 1 guessed
pretty near what had happened. I
was trying to find rhy way to the
nearest town when you so suddenly
hailed me.”
The reaction was too much for the
girl, who was, after all, little more
than a ghild. She swayed unstead¬
ily. The man caught her by the arms,
supported her to a big log and she sat
down.
“I guess I probably made a mis
take,” came at length, in rather a
faint voice. “You don’t talk much
like a robber. And you don't look
much like one,” glancing up Into the
clean-cut, manly face. “1 ask you to
excuse me. I was dreadfully excited.
Father taught me to shoot; and I
love to go around in the woods. But
I had no idea of meeting the robber.
They all thought he would strike to¬
ward the Canada line. When I saw
those saddle-bags, I was dead sure
you must be the rubber.”
“You couldn’t very well think any¬
thing else. Byt my name is John
Carleton, and I am in the employ of
the Western and Northern. When
you are sufficiently rested, we will go
to Clinton together, and 1 will intro¬
duce myself properly to your father.
I am expecting to spend most of this
season in the vicinity of Clinton.
* * *
Three months later, in the dusk of
a beautiful, balmy evening, John
Carleton and Vivien Laroche were
talking together. He had seen much
of her during these happy summer
weeks, and was an honored guest at
her father's house whenever he
called.
“Miss Laroche, I often think of our
first meeting, and what a brave,
piquant little figure it was that or¬
dered me to put up my bands.”
“Let's leave that to rest in the
past.” The girl’s flush was partly
concealed by the gathering twilight.
“At any rate, my horse, and the
bank’s money both came back, and
nobody was hurt but the poor robber.
You must have thought me a blood¬
thirsty child."
“Not so horribly bloodthirsty. I
noticed how you trembled; and I no¬
ticed later how you shrank from the
spot of blood on the saddle-bag. Not
very bloodthirsty, but just plucky—
and bewitching! As for the child part
of it, why. I am only six years older
than you. Do”you know, dear child,
dear girl, dear woman, my thoughts
have been very full of you the past
few weeks. I did not know then
that it was Fate that called on me
to surrender; but it was not long
afterward that it began to dawn on
me; and I know it now. Dearest, come
to me for life.”
His arms was around her now; and
without a single word the girl nestled
close up to him in the eventide. Then
his hand found hers, and her bead
rested on his shoulder.
“Vivien, my wildwood sweetheart,
with the dear romantic name and the
true heart, life opens up a new vista
of happiness for us both.”
rite ’Hfm met SjcM lie felt 4he *>!*♦
pressure sweetly returning his ar<Jor.
“Darling,” he whispered at. last, "on
that blessed 'day you did not, indeed,
capture a bank robber, but you cap¬
tured willing servant- and lover for
the jest of your life.”
(Copyright, .1913, by the McClure News¬
paper Syndicate.)
Flying Bullet Shown by Film.
Prof. Cranz has lately submitted to
the German Physical society a ma¬
chine which allows the taking of pic¬
tures at the rate of 100,000 a second.
This enormous limit is higher than
anything which has been previously
done. .Machines are on the market
which allow pictures taken at the rate
of 5,000 a second.
Prof. Cranz goes so far an to say
that this limit is not fixed, but that the
number can still be greatly increased
if it is found necessary.
Bodies moving with marvelous
speed can be photographed in flight.
For instance, the pistol shot can be
caught and followed as far as the cam¬
era lens can reach. Infinite possibili¬
ties seem to be opening up along the
moving picture line if this high speed
photography can be practically carried
out.
Trappea.
“Tommy, did you break this wia
dow-pane?”
“Father, I can not tell a lie.”
“Come, now. None of this George
Washington business.”
“All right, pa. I didn’t break it.”
“Ah! I’ve caught you in a lie. 1
saw you ’ break this window-pane.”
“But, pa, you just now said, ‘None
of this George AVashington busi¬
ness.’ ”
Lived In Three Centuries.
Buried in Westminster Abbey Is the
most famous of all the “old men.”
Thomas Parr. He was born in Salop.
England, in 1483, nine years before
the discovery of America and long
before the reign of Richard III., and
outlived ten sovereigns, dying th£ in 1635
in London during the reign of first
Charles.
| “She paused, with downcast eyes.
I But nothing followed. The young man
i sat beside her, grinning sheepishly.
! Her lip curled in disdain, and she add¬
ed, in a clear, cold voice;
j “ ‘But this other line indicates that
you’ll never overtake tjjat future,
i You're too slow.’ ”
Photographed Meteor's Trail.
A remarkable photograph of the trail
of a meteor was recently brought to
light in India by a photographic con¬
test held under the auspices of the
Times of India Illustrated AVeekly,
where the picture took the first prize
on account of its unique character, but
it develops that the picture had a dis¬
tinct scientific interest which made it
very valuable. The picture was made
by an English sergeant, A. Hemp¬
stead. at Mhow, India. The meteor
was very brilliant and was observed
for about two seconds' as it passed
across the sky, but its tail persisted
for about 20 minutes. The picture in
question was made about a minute
and a half after its flight, and shows
the trail as an irregular sinuous line
the result of drifting with the wind
Mtoiional
Lesson
I By E. O. SEEEERS, Director of
jag Department The Moody Bible
stitute of Cbi< a«o.»
LESSON FOR APRIL 27
JOSiRH SOLD INTO EGYPT.
LESSON TEXT—Gen. 37:28-3*;.
GOLDEN TEXT— * 'Love envietli
I Cor. 12:4.
This is tjsf? first of seven
dealing With Joseph, a fact which
gests to us his importance in the
tory and the working out of God’s
This particular lesson occurs
ten yes?s after Jacob’s return ro
land of Canaan. There are
points of similarity between
and Christ (1 His name means '
ings.” see Isa; 9:6, 7; Luke 1:31-33
John 3:30. (2) His birth which
moven Rachel's reproach (30:34)
so the birth of Christ has
the reproach «f sin. Col. 2:13-15,
8:1; (3) The love of his father,
Matt. His sufferings at
hands'of his brethren, Ps. 69:4;
16:25. (5) His deliverance from
on w hich was a shadow of Christ's
urrection, Acts 2:22-24. (6)
marria ,¥ to one of another race.
1:3,4. (7) His revelation of
to hir les;Q»hers. see Zach. 12:10,
Their Envy Aroused.
The cause of the enmity of Joseph
brethren^wns four-fold. (1) His
bearing 37:2 his pure mind could
brook leir infamous slanders and
reportf I the same to his father. (2)
His fat. era partiality as evidenced
the coa: of many colors (v. 31).
the opuAst and noble, kings’
wore su' h a garment, and Joseph
thereby differentiated from his
boring t.rothei ■*. (3) His dreams,
5-7. God was revealing himself in
marked manm r to this young
which fact at (used their envy (v.
and (4) his rery virtues were a
buke to !iis Mi-minded brothers.
Joseph’s r&diness to obey his
ther ,(v. 13) fend his mission to
brothers (v. jl) are a proper
duction to the lesson. Meeting
opposition (^ 14. 15). Joseph
veals his peiiistent brothers purpose by
lowing his to Dothan
he “found tfajher tksnn.” A like spirit
ated that in Boston,
Kimball, whaled D. L. Moody to
cept Christ ah his Saviour.
Five words will serve to fix this
son in our nUnds: Deprivation,
grace, Deliva.ance, Deceit and
portation, i
I. Deprivatiim v. 23.—Joseph's
was symbolical of regal power and
thority. it was not a mere
work, but a .ong woven garment
bright hues. His dreams, too,
had to do wi;h his exaltation
his brethren. As a matter of policy
psrl
the
Gods
28. JosephV reception was like
of Jesus, Joll 1:11; Matt. 27:28.
II. DisaraJ- .ijpph vv. 24^27.—Stripped
Hie coat, is cast into a
One wonders I* the fact that there
no water there if evidence of
malignity of His nine brothers or
their somewlret tempered wrath.
seph had pursued a long journey
was doubtless’hungry and thirsty,
these men oat outside eating
drinking whil* murder lurked in
hearts vv. 20 25, 26). Joseph
ing, w'as, however, in a better
than these brethren. One
them, Reubsjp, had averted a
edy (v. 22), now God intervenes
sends this Way a company of
ite traders from the land of
(see Judges 8:22-24). Cupidity
both the trailers and the brothers
they made merchandise of
thus avoiding murder (Gen.
“Conscience may steep, but It
dies.” Long years after like a
ter, this day’s doings arose to
these men, see 42:21. This pit
which .Torepti was cast is a type
shadow of the death and burial
Jesus.
Valued Cheaply.
III. Deliverance, v. 28.—Like
Christ was sold by one of his
ones, so Joseph is sold by tile
ones to vh6m of a right he
have looked for love and
and how cheaply he was valued,
ably a little more than $12. His
cries were of no avail (42:21),
this slavery was the road to a
ereignty. He went before
to God’s ulan. that he might
others (50:20). God '•brought it
pass" that these traders should
Dothan at the right moment.
27:16, rzzL out of this
there cam/to Joseph great gain
glory, sue Phil. 2:9-11.
1\'. Deceit vv. 29:35.—These
ers „re an illustration of that
eration of character which
from erii courses. It took place
in a vef*” brief time, pi’obably not
exceed 15 years. Th»ir jealousy
the out* ome of their own evil
The intervention of Judah and
was not entirely above suspicion,
not one of them had any esteem
the truth. They hated Joseph
dreamer because of his superior
gacity. ‘•..The commission of one
always calls forth others in a
endeavor to cover the first.
ready willingness to deceive
aged father, and their scornful
"thy son’s coat." reveal the
of their j characters and their
lute lack of all filial love.
mention is made of Jacob's
though sp suggestion is made of
tears of others. AVUat
they were “who rose up to
Jacob.
V. Deportation, v. 3S.—Ke^bV::.
turning found an empty pit.
h s ha rid the profit of Joseph’s
we are left to infer. His plan
deliverance could not, however,
succeeded, as God had other and
er purposes in store for Joseph.
for Jacob, he had deceived his
Isaac, afrd is compelled to real*
lie had sown. Gal. 6:7. The
coat is used as a means of their
ception. and Joseph becomes a
in th home of the chief sheriff
Egypt —a missionary suggestion.
AIDS LIVESTOCK GROWERS.
Southern Provides Improve Facilities
for Feeding and Resting Stock
at Spencer, N. C.
Spencer, X. C.—To provide improv¬
ed facilities for properly handling
the growing movement of live stock
to Eastern and Virginia markets
from the Southestem states, the
Southern railway is now completing
a modern plant for resting and feed¬
ing stock on property adjoining
Spencer yards.
The plant consists of 33 pens, 20
of which are covered. All pens and
alleys are paved with one foot of cin¬
ders and are located on a gentle
slope, providing natural drainage.
Each pen is provided with water
trough and feed rack, and the entire
plant is electrically lighted. Nine
pens are set apart for cattle from
the quarantined area and are separat¬
ed from the others by a solid board
wall ten feet high. As all cattle are
unloaded at Spencer lor feed and
resi, this convenient plant will prove
aii important facility for stock grow¬
ers.
The -construction of this plant is
in lin f - with tne southern railway
company's policy of making every
possible effort to aid the live stock
industry in the territory along its
lines, in accordance with which it
has provided special train service
for live stock from points where suf¬
ficient business is offered and through
its lave Stock Department is endeav¬
oring to interest farmers, to dissemin¬
ate helpful information, and to con¬
tribute in every proper manner to
the upbuilding of the industry.
NEWSY ITEMS.
Steeple hats are to be worn this
spring. )
Railroad trains should never forget
that it is their prime duty to stay
on the track.
Professional oyster openers never
find a pearl, but it is a cold day when
amateurs do not.
Now that 'another aermau warship
has been launched Britain will have
to hurry and launch two.
It is easy to select immortals that
are dead, but to select 40 that are
living is a task that no one covets.
Enlightened women believe the de¬
cision that “woman’s work is never
done” to be u nconstitutional.
Everybody must have noticed that
the weather began to moderate as
soon as Arizona came into the Un¬
ion.
A scientist says a man should
walk on all fours. So lie does when
he is searching for the elusive collar
button.
A gasoline motor boat is in opera¬
tion on the Dead Sea. Next we may
hear that there is a moving picture
show witli a phonograph orchestra
two doors from the postoffice on the
main street of Jerusalem.
They are going to establish a school
for umpires in Boston. Exactly what
the instruction will*be is not plain, feon
bill lit "will tprofeablw be'mort
bleachers vincing than that conveyed fjrom the
by objurgations and pop
bottles.
Wolves and bears kill very lew peo¬
ple in this country nowadays, but the
deadly railroad frog gathers them in
right along.
A Los Angeles society host Is going
to give a submarine ball. Of course,
the queen of the occasion will be a
diving belle.
A hen near Tarrytown, N. Y., laid
an egg in a snowdrift. She probably
knew that the cold storage men would
get it, anyway.
A Philadelphia man claims that he
knows how to live on one dollar a
week. Only weaklings will wish to dis¬
cover liis secret.
Several University of Minnesota
students are taking lessons in the
lumber trade. They are ambitious to
become lumberjacks.
A calamity howler tells us that
woman is twice as expensive now as
she was seven years ago, but prob¬
ably she is worth it.
It is calculated by Prof. John Bosler
that the world is at least 700,000,000
years old. That is long enough for its
debts to be outlawed.
A man who. died of pneumonia xvas
found to have a silver spoon in his
stomach, although he was not born
with one in his mouth.
Burglars stole $26 worth of perfum¬
ery and $60 worth of candy. No
wonder Prof. Shailer Matthews says
the oivrld is being feminized.
Now a society for promoting effi¬
ciency has been launched. One of the
■ways of doing it would be to waste
less time on forming fool organiza¬
tions.
An eminent physician tells us that
the automobile is a sure cure for ca¬
tarrh. The automobile will cure
any disease if the chauffeur takes good
aim.
By correcting the calendar, China
misses a new year this time, but it is
happy in having a new birthday.
A burglar in New York has invent¬
ed a burglar alarm, which seems a
very unprofessional thing to do.
A scientist tells us that the smoke
from one cigar will kill 500 germs.
Some men will go to almost any length
to find an excuse for smoking in the
house.
One of the government’s weather
sharks says that ocean currents do
not influence the weather. Perhaps,
however, he will permit us to continue
to believe that the moon and the
tide are affinities.
Manchu princes saved their pen¬
sions, but not their faces.
A waiter lias stopped a woman from
smoking in public. Gave her a tip,
probably.
Those Manchurian princes do not
make any pretenses to tlie effect that
they stepped out of power in order
to devote more time to the uplift.
An Italian scientist has found that
there is radium in dew. We can't
beHeve tiier" is much radium in the
dew we are having these mornings.
The tailors propose to put their di¬
ems in gray dinner coats to distin
sut ' then, from waiters. Suppose a
wealthy waiter wants to buy a coat?
We ufo informed that the price of
straw li.ts will be raised next sum¬
mer, but viiat's the use of borrowing
rouble?
\
The Holy
>irit
By REV. JAMES M. GRAY. D. D.
Deu of the Moody Bibb Latuuio
Chicago
TEXT—"Have ye received the Holy
Ghost since ye believed?” Acts XIX, 2.
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thing to ’’receive the Holy Ghost.”
This brings up the whole question as
to the relation of the Holy Spirit to
the disciple, or the believer in
Christ
1. The personality of the Holy
Spirit We should keep in mind that
the Holy Spirit is a divine person.
Personality consists iu self-conscious¬
ness and free will, and that the Holy
Spirit possesses personality in this
sense is evident from three things:
(a) He has the attributes of person¬
ality; (b) He does the works of a per¬
sonality; (c) He has the names of
a personality. Speaking of his at¬
tributes, there is one which, more
than any other, helps to a realization
of his personality. His attribute of
love, which is referred to only in
Romans 15:30. Do you know that the
Holy Spirit loves you, as a believer in
Christ, with a love in some' sense dis¬
tinct from that either of the Father
or the Son? How marvelously near
that brings him to our hearts! The
Father"* love manifested itself in the
giving of bis Sou; the Son’s love in
the offering of himself upon the cross,
and the Holy Spirit’s love in taking up
his abode in us.
2. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit
This brings us to the second thought,
viz., the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
That Indwelling was promised in John
14:16-17. He had dwelt “with” the dis¬
ciples therefore, but he was to dwell
“in them” by and by. He had been
as a power acting on them from with¬
out, but thereafter he was to influ¬
ence them from within. The prom¬
ise was renewed again in Acts
1:4-5, where the indwelling was
spoken of as the “baptism” of the
Holy Spirit. The realization came on
the day of Pentecost, when the dis¬
ciples were indwelt, baptized and in
filludt with-the ffMly Spirit at (ine-aAd
tie same time. <
This transaction, however, as far
as the first two terms are concern¬
ed, was not limited to the church as¬
sembled on that day, but applies to
the whole church since. Such would
seem to be suggested by I. Corin¬
thians, 12:12-14, where 20 years after
Pentecost we are taught that as be¬
lievers “we were all baptized by one
Spirit into one body.” What "body”
Is means if not the body of Christ, the
church? And what “baptism” if not
that “one baptism" on the day of Pen¬
tecost? Is It not in consideration of
this fast that Paul is able to say to
this same church, in another place,
“What? Know ye not that your bod¬
ies are the temples of the Holy
Ghost?”
3. The filing of the Holy Spirit.
But while the first two terms of that
transaction on the day of Pentecost,
the indwelling and the baptism (which
are one) were for the whole church
potentially, and for all time, yet the
same does not apply to tile third, the
filling of the Holy Spirit- There is
but one indwelling, but many fillings.
We gather this froin Acts 5:31, where
the same persons who were “filled”
on the day of Pentecost were re¬
filled on a subsequent occasion. And
Again, in Acts 6, when men are to
be choeen to the office of deacon it
must be by those who are “full of
the Holy Spirit,” as If some were thus
spiritually equipped while others were
not. It is something corresponding
to this, therefore, which Paul has in
mind in our text, when he said: “Have
ye received the Holy Ghost since ye
believed?” The reception of the Holy
Ghost on their part resulted in an en
duement of power, but in other places
of the Acts, notably the fourth chap¬
ter, it is seen to have resulted not
only in the spirit of power, but of
unity and love. It is this that we min¬
isters, evangelists and Christian work¬
ers need and that the whole church
needs in order to accomplish her mis¬
sion for Jesus Christ on earth.
How may the fillings of the Holy
Spirit be received by tbe believer on
the Lord Jesus Christ? Prayer, obe¬
dience and faith seem to be the only
conditions, if they may be called con¬
ditions. Speaking ot faith, there is a
sense in which the gift of the Holy
Spirit, i. e., the filling ot the Holy
Spirit, should be received by as defi¬
nite an act on our part as that
by which we laid hold of salvation
through Jesus Christ; but this faith
is not likely to be experienced where
obedience is not present “God giveth
the Holy Ghost to them that obey
him,” Pter says (Acts V.), and this
agrees perfectly with the teach ing of
the Old Testament in Proverbs I.:
“Turn ye at my reproof, behold, I will
pour out my spirit unto you.” Nor is
this obedience merely occasional with
some great thing, but it is to be usual
and common in the little things. The
Christian whose habit it is to please
God after the examples of his well
beloved Son. is one to whom the Holy
Spirit is not given by measure. May
God in his grace teach us this les¬
son.
Be always doing something service¬
able to mankind, and let this constant
generosity be your only pleasure.—
Marcus Aurelius.
Paul met cer¬
tain disciples in
Ephesus whom at
first he supposed
to be Christian
disciples, but in
whose testimony
there wae that
which led to the
inquiry, “Have ye
received the Holy
Ghost since ye
believed?” It is
evident, therefore,
from these words
and from the se¬
quel that it is one
thing to be a dis¬
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