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“With many other taken months of prayerful study to shall understand all about the baptism
round us,
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<>f being filleh with, the Holy« Spirit-»
unt_u. the people.
Luke iiC18c"And saihts, and the. conviction of sinners ;
and friends,
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I the following poem, read at commencement, And.niany a vacancy rises before ns,. ., ,, -with, numv. other -wtuds did he .testify
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the merriest bosom it sends
and exhort, saying. Save wjirselves did nqt “ cut it short.”
grateful student to her teacher, Free. T. F.
religious world, ami even some of our
The homes that have lost them best know i from this
Campbell, of Christian College, Or. |
untoward generation.”
Own brethren are so much confused
A
professed
follower
of
Christ
says,
of the shadows,
We pour (¿er the pages of art and of
1 Acts ii. 40.
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What a long sermon, I am dreadful and mystified. The Comforter, John
That rest on the household when adeer
science,
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And
ujton
the
first
day
of
tlfcNveek,
ones
depart,
tired. Perhaps .says it to-one whose xiv, xv, xvi, is almost universally mi3- •_
We drink of the nectar that others distill,
Bnt where are the hands that extracted the The gloom and the sadness, the pain and 1 when the .disciples came together to heart is all warmed up with th? truth understood. The Greekword transla
I break bread, Paul preached unto them, presented, and is almost persuaded to ted Comforter , is paraklcto^, and is
the angnish,
sweetness ?
The withering teardrops unbidden that ready to depart on the morrow; and
At rest from their labors and pulseless
be a Christian. And what is the I only found in one other pWiqgc,* 1st-----
start.
and »till.
continued his speech until midnight, reflect-? Perhaps we will never know, John ii. 1, and is there translated ad
Ah ! fall'll are the stars that ones lighted A h pulaos greij feeble; the tired head lan* And there were many lights in the
until the last great day reveals a . lost vocate, and is defined by Liddell and
guished
i_
our planet.
upper chamber, where they were soul, lost because of those impatient, Scott, called to one’s aid, assisting in
And helplessly dropped on the slow
But ray» of their glory yet linger behind,
gathered together. And there sat in careless words. And yet this self a court of justice; .Latin, advocatus,
Leaving breast,
Tea bright are the beams that still linger
a
window a certain young man named same Christian (?) can go to a concert, hence, a legal assistant, advocate, and
A struggle, a quiver, a last look of fond
to guide us.
Eutychus,
being fallen into a deep show or opera, and stay for hours, was given to the Apostles alone, and
ness,
And sacred the echo that floats on the
A
lingering
gasp,
and
the
form
is
at
rest.
sleep;
and
as
Paul wag long preach without the least weariness.
mind.
never applies to Christians in general. ' *
ing,
he
sunk
down
with sleep, and fell
How few are the beams that now light up How heavy the heart, as we look at the
Sometime ago a preacher told me, The comfort and consolation of the
loved one,
down from the third loft, and was that after preaching one of his best Holy ftphit tn all Christians h anoth
onr study,
When lillies are lying upon the cold taken up dead.
And cause tbs sweet picture»to float o’er
Add Paul wCnt sermons, a gay young sister thanked er word, paraklee*ii». Ads ix. 31. ope
eheek,
, . •
the mind,
•Town, and fell on him. and embracing
definition of which is, as abwe, en
That point not to genius that fell from the When clasp we tl^e hand that rotnrna not him said, Trouble not yooraelves ; for him for hi» sermon. He thought
couragement.
Jno. ix. 2(1., *
.He
he had said some word that had
onr greeting,
senith.
his
life
is
in
him.
When
he
then-fore
shall
teach
you.
all
things,
(will
He
And
press
the
pale
lip
that
refuses
to
touched her heart; and he was thank
To cast its bright arrows oblique on
was eome up again, and had broken ful, but site added, it was so short
speak.
teach ns all things as He did them ?),
mankind.
bread, and eaten, and talked a long
\V e can scarcely sing a hymn with and bring all things to your remem
We measure with angles the orbs of the The songs of the morning will fail to
while, even till break of day, so he out leaving out some verses, if there brance, (will He do that for us ?)
awaken.
heavens.
And grasp we the truths the astronomer The ear that is cold and the heart that ia departed.” Acta Xx. 7— 11.
are more than two in it. If we would whatsover I have said unto you, (hae
still,
gave,
There is a growing tendency in the come to the house of the Lord early, He ever said anything to us, as He
The words of the kindred are spoken religious world, to cht short all relig
Dnt sightless the eye that oft followed the
and sing several hymns, and get said it to them ?) Jno. xvi. 13. * *
unheeded,
planets,
ious services. We. as a chosen gener warmed up with the love of the He will guide you into all truth, (does
And
naught
that's
of
earth
ean
the
The stars have long watched o’er Coperni
ation, a royal priesthood, a holy na Savior, we would be so full of prayer He guide us now as He guided them
pulses ere thrill.
cus’ grave.
tion, a peculiar people, should use all that we would not know whether the then ?) for He shall not speak (in or
We wandering follow the steps of a Homer Alas on our pathway is death with her
our
influence, against the growth of minister’s prayer was too long or not. by them) of Himself, but whatsoever
saber.
As bold to the heights of Olympus he
such
an evil among us; for, it seems Then we would be so intent on learn He shall hear that shall He speak,
Each year as we gather to sing in oar
went.
halls.
And striking his hasp to the tune of im
that it can result only in evil. We ing our duty, and on the saving of and He will show you things to-come,
We mis» from our number some voice have our duty plainly laid down in
mortals.
souls, that we would not think of the (does He show us things to come as
that enchanted.
The gods of his oonntry on errands he
the New Testament, but nowhere, as length of the sermon, but “ that ye, He showed them ?) John xv. 26, 27.
And sigh for the dear one that memory
sent.
I can find, have we the idea expressed being rr>oted and grounded in love, * * ye also shall bear witness, (do
calls.
Sot short was the season be sung on the
by precept, example, or influence, that may lie able to comprehend with all we bear witness as they •lid ») * ♦
Our Music is that of the swan by the river.
mountain,
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we must cut all our exercises short; saints what is the breadth, and He shall testify of me, * * (does.
The song of the wild-bird that sings ere
His genius no life-giving patron could
but rather to the contrary, as you see length, and depth, and height, and to the Spirit testify of Christ now as He
it dies,.
bring,
fh
e
voice
of
the
spring
time
that's
gone
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by the long text
For low in the land of the muses and
i know the love of Christ, which did then ?).
-
sages,
'4,-\
ere the summer,
For what do we go to church ! To : passeth 'knowledge, that ye might be In all this we see the Spirit's advoca-
The song of the Zephyr that sings as it I “giveuy'o the Ixud the glory <lue
> He sleeps neath the spray of Helicon
I cy of Christ and His cause, and its ai<l
filled with all the fulness of God.”
flies.
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spring, i
naw ” to “ worship the
unto I /name,;
If the church is in earnest and in- I and assistance given to the Apostles,
Fright Sapho enraptured the hearts of the The voice that now spgaks of the dear the j Lord in tile
the 1 beauty of holiness;” to 1|erested. sinners will scon be. It is j In John xiv, xv, xvi, we have the
departed,
people.
learn from our Lord Jesus Christ, forf the careless, faultfinding, tired Chris- Holy Spirit an assistant, or advocate,
Ere long shall be hushed in the stillness J
As Wntb-tnuse of Athens, bnt short was
i.
he
says, “Take-my yoke upon you, ! | tians
of night,
her reign,
that make’ so many unbelievers j given, sent, testifying; in Luke xxiv.
And sad was the fate of the heart-stricken When life’s star has sunk ’neath the and learn of me; for 1 am meek and ■ ¿nd careless sinners.
49. it is the promise, the power ; in
goddess,
western horizon.
lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest I ' “ I therefore, the prisoner of the ¡Acts, i. 4, and.8, it is the promise,
And gdes of the evening have shut out 'unto vour souls.” To “exhort one
And dismal her grave io the caves of the
I|.ord, beseech you that ye walk the baptism, the power; in Acts ii. 4,
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tiie light.
main.
another, and edify -one another ; to Worthv of the vocation wherewith ve 17, 33. it is filled, pour, shed; Acts
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We drink with delight the sweet songs of Ah soon shall I launch upon death’s 1 M let the word of Christ dwell -in you
are called, with_jill lowliness and viii. 15. 19, it is fall, receive, give,
a Horace,
dreary scean,
richly in all wisdom; teaching and meekness, with longsdffering,
fer- power; Acts x 44, 4". and xi. 15. 17.
And fondly we muse on hie rural retreat,
But hope »bull illumine my bark o'er
admonishing one another in psalms bearing one another in |(lVe;
the tide,
Where nature surrounded tbe-bome of her
en- .is —, pbiir, give, baptwni. *
poet.
Tho fond hope of meeting the forms that and hymns ami spiritual song«,’ sing deavouring to keep the unity of the i Acts xix. 2 6,'reeeiVerOwnl, showing
are waiting,
i ing
_ with grape in your hearts to the j spirit in the bond of pence.”
And learned and great were accustomed
that in these texts, as in many others
to meet.
And watching my ¡bark from the heavenly Lord, And whatsoever ye do io word
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ister
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1.
that ¿night be nuofced, these termg, as *
side.
or deed, do all in the name of the *
But gone are the guests from his beautiful
Salem, June 8, 1877.
applied
to the Holy Spirit, are used
mansion.
Oh who shall first greet me beyond the Lord Jeans, giving thanks to God and
intereliangably,
anti mean the riame '
His garden has withered, the flowers are
dark waters,
The Holy Spirit.
the Father by him.”
thing
—
the
Spirit
in power. God
dead,
’
When first I shall touch the gold sands
To commemorate the deatlrAor rrs operation , influence , baftism AND spoke by His Holy Spirit, and confirm
on the shore,
The friends that could gladden the heart
indwelling .
of the poet.
What hands shall I clas{> when I leave the Christ: "For I have received oZAhc
ed, demonstrated, and gaverjruch assur
Lord
that
which
also
I
delivered
unto
For many a year in the grave have been
dark shadows,
ance of the truth spoken, by the pow-’
laid.
To meet the sweet morning just rising you, that the Lord Jesus. thC' same
er of the Spirit.
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before.
night in which he was betrayed, took
AM Pyrrah no longer binds back her gold
The Spirit in word—Gtxl’s voice—be
tresses,
bread ; and when he hail given thanks
I shall not argue whether we are gan in the garden of Eden, and the
Richard Cecil once said, “ The peo-
.And fastens the gate of bar lover’s dark
brake it, and said, take, Cat; this is literally baptized in, with, wby liter-' baptism of the Spirit, the Spirit shed,
pie look at a minister out of the pul-
•yes.
For down by ths deep sea in Italy’s valley, pit to see if he means what he says my body, which is b.oken for you; al Spirit; whether we are di terally fili sent, given, etc., not, indeed, under
In movideriug ruin her beauty now lies. when he is in it.” In other words, he this do in remembrance of me. After al with literal Spirit, whether literal these figures of speech, but the thing
Jkixi Horace no longer wfll sing of her must live religion as well as preach it the same manner also he td&k the Spirit literally fall, upon u»; whether itself, afterward represented by these
cup, when he had supped, saying literal Spirit ia literally shed upon uh ; figures; the power of God to conSina
beauty,•
if he would give to his preaching any
Thi« cup ia the New Testament in my whether literal Sprit is literally pour
The lyre is broken its melodies, still,
and make sure what was spoken; i»»
value or effect
>-
,
The hands that could touch the sweet*
blood; this do ye, as oft as ye drink ed out whether we literally receive
the cherubim-and a*flaming hWonp
corda of emotion,
The miner is happirat when his it, in remembrance of me. For as literal Spirit; whether literal Spirit
this same prfwer is seen io Enoch, in
Are folded in death
Esquiline " triumphs are ore;”
often as ye eat thia bread, and drink, ¡iterally cornea to, or upon ns, or wheth-
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