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Subject: Receiving the Spirit.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church,
Hamburg avenue and Weirfield
street, on the above theme, the pas
tor, Rev. I. W. Henderson, took as
his text Jno. 20:22, “Receive ye the
Holy Spirit.”
He said: The reception of the Holy
Spirt in the inner sanctuary of the
human heart is the condition of en
trance into the kingdom of God. The
possibility of the immediate and pres
ent incoming and welcoming of the
Spirit is reason enough for us to be
lieve that the kingdom begins in this
life and at once, if youqvill The fact
that the coming of the Spirit into the
heart is contemporaneous with the
entrance of the individual into the
privileges of divine citizenship is suf
ficient demonstration that spiritual
ity is the key to, and the essence of.
and the first requirement of admis
sion to the kingdom. The one and
only way to participate in the joys
and blessings of the Spirit filled life
is to cease from hardness of heart,
and from intellectual self-glorification
and self-trust, and to become as lit
tle children in humility and receptiv
ity to truth. Spirituality and divine
citizenship are one and the same
thing. Growth in spirituality is the
■ test of efficient citizenship. The man
who has stopped depending upon his
cwn strength, his own wisdom, and
has opened his heart and eyes and
ears and mind to the influences and
manifestations of the Spirit in his
life is ready to receive, and in all
conscience will get, the papers and
rights of a citizen of the kingdom of
the God of Jesus Christ. And that
soul only is being sanctified unto God
likeness and fashioned into the im
age of Jesus Christ who is growing
daily, hourly, momently, in the
gifts and graces of the spiritual life.
To be spiritual is to become child
like. To attain spiritual develop
ment is the aim and the calling of
those who are Christ’s.
The Holy Spirit, the personal, pu
rifying, propelling presence of God
in the life of man, is the means unto
the spiritualizing of human natures
according to the divine decrees. The
entrance of the Spirit snells death to
sin. The yielding of self to the gen
tle ministrations of the Holy Ghost is
the first step toward individual trans
formation. The communion of the
spirit of man with the Spirit of God
brings peace, contentment, rest and
a wisdom and energy which are more
than sufficient to meet the demands
and the opposition of the world. No
mere impersonal, unreal, unattain
ble something is this Spirit which
Christ bade His disciples receive, and
ef which at a later time they received
a fuller measure. It is the real, help
ful, personal presence of God in the
life. The spirit of man is a prey to
all sin save the Spirit of God as a
constructive, controlling force comes
in. The transfusion of the soul with
the vitality of the Spirit fills the dy
ing heart of man with life.
There are three characteristics of
the Holy Spirit to which I wish to di
rect your thought. The Holy Spirit
is a constant presence in the life of
the world, a controlling energy, a
soul satisfying comforter.
The Holy Spirit is a constant pres
ence and factor in the life of the
world. The entire list of graces and
gifts and blessings which are ours at
the hands of our heavenly Father are
constant. The gift of the Spirit is no
exception to the rule. When God
promises to men the presence and
uplift of the Holy Spirit upon the
fulfilment of certain conditions upon
their part He means just what He
says. Our Father is not fickle or
changeable or inconstant. He is the
same to-day, yesterday and forever.
And His Spirit, which is His own
real, personal presence in the hearts
of men, is as constant as is all else
with which He has anything to do.
When we were far away from duty
and were serving sin the Spirit of the
living God was knocking ever at our
hearts. And though we hated our
selves and the depth of our own in
iquity, though the world may have
despised us and forsaken us, though
everything in life may have held us
as ’ unclean” with the leprosy of sin.
still the Spirit of the living, loving
Father of us all stood waiting to re
veal to us the wealth and beauty of
the love of God and to revfve our
dying souls with the fullness of power
unto eternal life. *
The constancy of the Spirit as a
factor in life is nowhere better illus
trated than in the experience of
Christian men who have given them
selves up, in less or greater measure,
to His dominion. What a joy, what
a comfort, what a stay it is to know
that w’henever and wheresoever we
may turn to the Spirit for the portion
cf refreshment that our souls so
sorely need we shall a ways find Him
ready to supply our wants.
There is no sense and no reason in
much of our constant petitions to
God to infill us with His Spirit. Tha
influences of types of thought aud of
prayer are hardly escapable. We
have grown so accustomed to ask
God to fill us with His Spirit of
power. But I submit, would we not
pray better and more to the point
if we thanked our Father for the
favors of His love and acknowledge
to Him in person, what He already
knows, our shortcomings and ouj
lack of appropriation of the gift of 1
His Spirit. The showers of spiritual
blessings are forever falling free, full
ana sumcient upon human souls
everywhere. Our prayers should be
not of petition that God may give us
showers, but rather of thanksgiving
for past, present and future blessings
and of dedication of self, through the
riches of His grace and pow-ers to a
finer and more fruitful life for Him.
The presence and influence of the
Holy Spirit in the life of the world is
a constant gratuity. If you are not
the deeply grounded spiritual man
that you should be the fault lies not
with the Spirit, of whom there is
abundance unto all men’s necessity,
but with you who have refused that
wealth of spiritual power which, mil
der God, might be yours if you would.
Everywhere and continually the Spirit
of the Lord is active. He knocks
ever at the door of the sinner’s heart.
He is forever pouring out the inex
haustible waters of spiritual life
upon the parched souls of men. But
neither God nor His Spirit can fill
an inverted cup. The showers of
blessing can not flood a closed heart.
Then, too, the Holy Spirit is a con
trolling energy in the life of the man
who is susceptible to His influence.
Christ tells us that His Spirit shall
lead us into all truth; that He shall
be our Guide, our Teacher and our
Helper. The catalog of the activities
of the Spirit hi the life of man is
strengthening and sustaining. By
Him we are led into the entirety of
divine self-revelation and of eternal
truth. Under the guidance of the
Spirit of the living God we may
progress from truth to truth as the
wonders of God’s universe are re
vealed to us and the application of
everlasting verities brought home to
our hearts. May no man flinch to
follow the Spirit withersoever He
may direct. As Dante went through
hell and heaven and the intermediate
regions of the world beyond, and told
in allegory and song the wonders that
he witnessed and the sights he saw,
so may we, with the Spirit as our
guide, be given grace to look truth
squarely in the face and portray it
faithfully to the world. And if we
as Dante, or beyond him Christ, shall
be hounded by those who fear the
light of truth we shall yet be certain
that the truth, the truth alone, is
worth men’s fealty and shall make
them free.
The Spirit as the Comforter ap
peals to the heart of every Christian.
Who of us does not joy in the fact
that above ns and within us is this
comforting Spirit of the Lord our
God? The human heart cries out
for comfort when distress and dan
ger and destruction come upon it.
When our hearts are bowed in an
guish and our souls are crushed with
grief, wht-i every human tie is sev
ered and no mortal hand may avail
to dispel our utter darkness, then the
spirit of the loving God strengthens,
sustains, sanctifies the soul. "Save
me, O God, for the waters are come
into my soul,” we cry out with the
Psalmist. In the Judah wilderness
of the world our souls thirst for Him,
our flesh longs tor Him as in a dry
I and thirsty land, where no water is.
Then the Spirit comes, and with His
entrance the live springs of refresh
! ment minister to our couls’ deep
need. The Spirit as the Comforter is
God in His presence ministering to
the humanest of mortal needs. No
man can live happily without Him.
No man can weather the trials of
tribulation and the temptations of
prosperity without Him. Lending
the sorrowing light hearts He keeps
the successful level headed.
The sense of the constant presence
of the Spirit of God in the individual
i and world life is the certain indica
tion of a true religious experience.
No man who lives near to God is
without it. It is elemental in Chris
tian experience. And this conscious
ness of God’s abiding and guiding is
the mainstay of the soul. Without it
progress is impossible in the truest
sense. With it we may fight with
fearlessness, with hope unquench
able, against principalities and pow
ers, against the wickedness of high
places and the sins of mighty : ;en.
For file abiding Spirit of the living
God is the controlling energy in the
life of humanity. P.ad men may de
feat Him temporarily; evil polici s
may i-ustrate His purposes and*hurl
themselves against His plans; but the
Spirit of God is unconquerable. He
is the controlling, the overruling en
ergy in the worll. In this Spirit we
should find our strength. From Him
we should derive the comfort of our
souls.
Let not your heart be troubled.
Come what may. be the storms of life
what they will, God will not leave us
comfortless. He will not leave us
orphans. He is with us. He will
abide with every soul who bids Him
enter. He will constantly refresh us
all. He will give us courage and be
our strength. He will suffuse us.
He will comfort us. And He does.
The Great Lesson of Life.
What a vast proportion of our lives
is spent in anxio is and useless fore
bodings concerning the future—eith
er our own or those of our dear
ones. Present joys, present bless
ings slip by and we miss half their
favor, and adl for want of faith in
Him who provides for the tiniest
sunbeam. •
Oh, when shall we learn the sweet
trust in God that nur little children
show us every day by their confiding
faith in us? We. who are so muta
ble, so faulty, so irritable, so unjust;
and He who is so watchful, so piti
ful, so loving, so forgiving? Why
can not we. slipping our hand into
His every day, walk trustingly over
that day’s appointed path, thorny or
flowery, crooked or straight, know
ing that evening will bring us sleep,
peace and home? —Phillips Brooks.
Pawnbrokers are able to see the s’.l
er lining of your c ouds.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR AUG. 11 BY THE
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Subject: The Sin of Nadab and
Abihu, Lev. 10:1-11 —Golden
Text, Prov. -0: 1 Memory
Verse, 8.
Nadab and Abihu furnish the
groundwork for the temperance les
son of the day. Evidently they were
drunk when they went to perform
their usual duties before the altar.
At least it would so appear since
immediately following the recital of
their foolish actions and grievous dis
obedience to the commands of God
we have the record that the Lord
specifically commanded Aaron and
his other sons that they should re
frain from following after strong
drink.
What God expected of Aaron as a
priest He etpects of every one of us
as His children, especially of those
of us who are sealed to Him in the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. For. as the
Proverb says, “wine is a mocker.”
It is a sign not of a man’s sense but
of his lack of it when he fools with
liquor. It not only makes fools of
men but it makes beasts of them.
It not only makes monkeys of them,
but it also makes raging, vicious
brutes of them. It is a delusion and
a snare.
If it was a good thing for Aaron
and his sons to let the sort of wine
they used in their day alone, it is
certainly wise that we should let the
stuff that is sold to-day alone. If
the wine of Israel could make idiots
of the priests of the tabernacle no
man can accurately predict what the
alcoholic drinks of to-day will do
with men. For the likelihood is that
the wine of that primitive time as
used by the priesthood was as good
as can be procured. But the vile
stuff that is sold to-day is generally
as had as can he procured. The aver
age man to-day when he does buy
wine, or beer, or liquors of any sort
cannot even he certain that he is
purchasing what he wants. Much of
the alcoholic drinks that are served
to the public to-day is poison flaunt
ing itself under the black flag of sub
terfuge.
But whether they be pure or pois
onous alcoholic beverages had best
be left alone. No man can afford to
fool with them. We see daily in
stances of the folly of even strong,
intelligent, moral men tampering
with liquor. It is as sensible to tam
per with liquor as it is to tease a rat
tlesnake. Statistics wi’l never record
the number of the bright, indus
trious, brainy, useful men who tam
pered with liquor and met defeat.
God alone knows the awful list cf
those who have gone down into the
drunkard’s grave because they felt,
competent to curb and control about
as fierce a monster as ever mastered
man. Alcohol as a beverage is a
fraud. It is even questionable
whether it is useful as a medicine.
For its chief medicinal value is as a
preservative and solvent. Its nutri
tive value is so negligible as to be
easily dispensed with, and as easily
replaced. As a stimulant it is a
sham. For its retroactive properties
are too thoroughly pronounced.
There is nothing whatever to be
gained by the use cf alcohol as a
beverage. First of all it i 3 an un
natural acquirement. Water is the
natural beverage. W’ater slakes and
satisfies the thirst. Alcohol in
tensifies and excites the thirst. It
creates an abnormal desire. It is un
satisfying. Secondly, alcohol is ex
pensive. None of us though he have
the riches of Rockefeller is rich
enough to spend a dollar on alcohol
ic drinks. And the poorer we are the
more we need the money for valid
necessities. The man who has money
to spend on drinks had better spend
the money on his family, charity, or
himself. For practically ail the
money spent on liquor is an econom
ic loss. Alcohol as a beverage takes
the money of the drinker without af
fording society commensurate re
turn. In the measure that its return
is incommensurate it is an economic
loss. Thirdly, alcohol as a beverage
is dangerous. It is the hand maiden
of hell. It is the devil’s hangman.
The strange thing is that, while
the Church of Jesus Christ and the
courts of the land recognize that the
beverage liquor traffic is at the
source of the vilest and most hope
less miseries of this country tc-day,
the church takes no more decided
and defiant and aggressive attitude
against it than she does and the
courts of the land permit it to exist
in open defiance of the unconstitu
tional guarantees to the public at
large of undisturbed and equal op
portunity to pursue a peaceful exis
tence in liberty and happiness before
the law. The strange thing is that
it is so unpopular even in the church
to arraign the citizenship that pal
liates and endorses and permits the
saloon to exist for a consideration —
even the Christian citizenship of
America. The strange thing is that
the courts permit such a business to
exist. For every child of a drunken
father is denied the elemental oppor
tunity for wholesome life, liberty and
happiness that makes us equal be
fore the law. Every child born cut
of drunken wedlock is handicapped
inevitably in the race of life. Every
weak willed sot is aided on towards
misery and sorrow by the consent of
the State. Every mother in a half
furnished home, deprived of the nec
essaries of life, is a standing argu
ment for the intervention of the
church and State. You can’t make
men moral by law, to be sure. But
you can remove the legalized invita
tion and suggestion to immorality
by law. That is a duty of the church
and of the State.
HORROR IN GOTHAM
Over Mysterious Murder of Two Young
Women and Little Girl By Un
known “Strangler."
The “Graveyard,” as the foreign pop
ulated neighborhood on First avenue
between Thirteenth aud Fourteenth
stretts, is known in New York, gave
up Thursday a fresh crime, rivaling
the notorious and mysterious butcher
ies of last week. The latest discov
ered victim, Katie Pritchler, eight
year-old girl, and, like the two young
women, she had been shockingly mis
treated before death and badly muti
lated when life was extinct.
The *hrfe murders are strikingly
similar. Thurdsay night a week ago, a
woman was -strangled in a boarding
house; the next morning the body of
another unidentified woman who had
been choked to death, was found in an
ariaway. Katie Pritchler, daughter of
a restaurant waiter, was killed that
night. A nbbon placed about the throat
and drawn so tightly that it cut the
flesh, shows how she died.
Tbe girl lef; home at 340 East Thir
teenth street Thursday night to play
in the street. When she failed to re-’
turn the father notified the police and
a general alarm was sent out. The
body was discovered just a week later
within a block of her home and scarce
1y a hundred yards from the location
of a placard, placed by her father
calling attention to the fact that the
child was lost. How the body could
have remained undiscovered for a
week is not txplained.
The girl’s body was stumbled upon
by a woman who vigi ed the base
ment of the house at 203 First ave
nue. It lay upon a berry crate, with
seemingly no effort at concealment.
If the brutalities of the murders can
be qualified, that of the Pritchler girl
ranks first. She was assault'd, mur
dered and her lifeless form was hor
ribly mutilated.
LODZ AGAIN IN TURMOIL
Bloodshed, Violence and Disorder Rampant
in Russian Poland City.
Lodz, Russ.an Poland, is again thv>
scene of a strike movement, accompa
nied by violence, disorder and death.
The troops encountered the strikers
in the c ( nUr of the town Thursday
night and thirty men were killed or
wounded. Business is a: a standstill.
Tbe strike would appear to be the
beginning of a big labor war, and the
workmen’s unions are prepared for a
long straggle. The immediate cause
of Thursday’s outbreak was the course
pursued by the police during the last
eight days in making a large number
of arrests in attempts to break up
the unions. The principal socialist
leaders have been thrown Into jail.
A general strike has been dec’ared,
and the social democrats and the Po
lish socialists ha\e called out 22,000
men.
JOHNSTON NAMED IN CAUCUS.
Alabama Legislature Will Elect Him as
Successor to Senator Pettus.
For the second time dining the 1907
session the Alabama legislature nom
inated for eleciion to the Uni:ed
States senate, Thursday, a man to
succeed a dead senator, that honor
falling to Joseph F. Johns.on, who will
follow for the long and short terms of
Senator Peitus, covering the time to
1915. Though the nomination was by
democratic caucus it amounts lo elec
tion, as there are only two o her than
democrats in the entire ass mbly.
Governor Johnston made a speech,
in which be poiniej out that he is in
liDe with Governor Glenn of North
Carolina and Governor Comer of Ala
bama, in the belief that the s ates
should control without regard to the
federal courts.
WAITING FOR AN ARREST.
Case of Revocation of Southern’s License
in Alabama at Standstill.
Things are in sla u quo so far as
the situation between Alabama and
tbe Soutebrn railway is concern d.
Tbe railway is doing business in
tbe state withoiK license, arid th 9
state is quietly waling for some of
ficer of the law, as he has a right
tc> do under the act, to efltct an ar
rest
This may happen at ary time, as
tbe violation lock place on July 30.
R. O. JACKSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
mcdoxough, ga.
Office over Star Store.
E. M. S/lITH,
Attorney at Law,
Me Donottgh, Ga.
Office over Star Store, south side square.
All work carefully and promptly attended
to. Am premared to negotiate loans
on real estate. Terms easy.
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TO WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
Wo earnest ly request all younc pemons, no matt**
how limited their mean* or education, who wish t*
obtain a thorouKh business trainin* and good posi
tion, to write by first mail for our great half-rat*
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are guaranteed. Don’t delay. Write today.
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WINSTON NO
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JAMESTOWN
Ter-Csntennial Exposition April t
November, ISO 7.
Exceedingly low rates have hee’t
authorized by the Southern Railway
to Norfolk, Va., and return, account
Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi
tion.
Stopovers will be allowed on se*-
son, sixty day and fifteen day tickets,
same as granted on summer tourist
tickets. Tickets will be sold daily
commencing April 19th, to and incut
ding November 30th, 1907.
The Southern Railway is taking a
very great interest, in this exposition
and doing everything within their
power to promote its welfare for the
reason that It is located on historic
and southern grounds, and has evi
dence of being one of the most import
ant and attractive affairs of this kind
that has ever been held.
Through train service and sleeping
err service to Norfolk during the ex
position has not yet been announced,
but it is expected that most excel
lent schedules will be put in effect
30 as to make the trip comfortable
and satisfactory in every way.
Fuil and complete information will
bo cheerfully furnished upon applica
tion to any ticket agent of the South
ern Railway company. if
SCHEMING FOR A DISPENSARY.
Whisky People of Augusta, Ga., Plaa
Booze Joint Across the River.
It is generally reported In Augusta,
Ga., that secret arraneexen s are be
ing mad* 1 to estab ish a in
North Augusta, just acios sthe river,
in South Carolina, from the city of
Augus.a. which will be '‘dry” when
prohibition goes into effect on Jan. 1.
ARKANSAS THROTTLED BY JUDGE.
State is Restrained From Forfeiting Li
cense of Rock It.aod Road.
Judge Vandeventer, in the federal
circ.-it court, at St. Paul Monday, is
sue* a temporary r s .al .ing order
prohibiting the secret ry ot state of
Arkansas from forfeiting the light of
! the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
j railroad to do busings in the state.
