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THE PERSON AND POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT
By PASTOR WILLIAM FETLER of I’hiladelphia.
THERE are two things of which I could speak to you. I could give
you information about Russia; but I am not just now inclined to
do that, because the chairman suggests that this hour should be
more for inspiration than for information. Therefore there comes to my
mind a passage which the Lord has taught me to love in a special
way: "But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come
upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and in
all Judea and in Samaria and" (in China and in Japan and in India
and in Russia) "unto the uttermost part of the earth." On another
occasion this week, I will be able to speak more on this subject, but I
want just to touch upon it this afternoon. I do not know of a subject,
apart from the precious blood of Jesus Christ which has cleansed me
from all sin, which I would like so much to speak of as the Person of
the Holy Spirit. I do not claim to be expert in this matter. As a
matter of fact, I am not, but I simply consider myself in the A B C of
this study. I am just trying to learn a few little lessons about the Holy
Spirit. I would rather get the A B C about the Holy Spirit than the
X Y Z about all other matters.
There are very few who know of the secret workings of God the
Holy Spirit in this present age of the Christian church. They know
less of this than anything else, and it touches my heart. If you would
come up to me in private and say: "Brother Fetler, what is it that
you as a Christian minister, would like to learn about more than any-
thing else for the rest of your lifetime?" I would come back quickly
and say: "I would like to learn more about the Holy Spirit." I want
to know more, and when I come to the Bible, and try to learn, I want
to find out the workings of the Holy Spirit. I can simply reiterate
some of the things wliich you know already.
Expedient for You
Now there was up to the time of Jesus, the age of the Father, the
Creator, the Jehovah of the Old Testament. Then came the manifesta-
tion of the life of Christ upon this earth. Then later He said: "It is
expedient for you that I go away, because if I go not away, the Para-
clete, the Holy Spirit, cannot come. It is better that the Comforter
whom the world does not know, and whom the world cannot receive,
it is better that He does come." But then Christ said: "But ye know
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