ERMAN preached by the Rev.
E. J. Ottewell in the Bubbling Well Chapel, on Whitsunday:—First it may be of interest to enquire into the historical meaning of Whitsuntide.
As the name Pentecost indicates, this second of the great Jewish Festivals was observed on the fiftieth day or seven weeks from the Paschal Feast, and in the Old Testament it was called the Feast of Weeks. It is but once mentioned in the historical books of the Old Testament, and that is in the Second Book of the Chronicles, chapter 1025 1145 Light orasi. Selections 8, from which reference it is plain that the people in Solomon's day were perfectly familiar with it.
The general character of the Festival was that of a Harvest Home celebration.
The central 130 Peter Adams German Programme feature of the day was the presentation of two loaves of leavened, morain salted bread unto the Lord. So much for the Old Testament. (2) More Pertetuo, op. i1. Paganini The old Jewish Festival obtained a to the creation story, we read that new significance for the Christian Church by the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which we find in John 16, 7-15. The incidents of that memorable day in the history of the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters.
In Isaiah we are told that the spirit was poured out and the fields became fruitful, Later in the book of the Judges, it is said that the Spirit of Jehovah came upon work I had occasion 99 jones py prof. Wei Cases lly vivid and dramatic way in the Christianity are told in a marvellous-over Mr, Groodin's figures ese Hungarian Acts of the Apostles. The Holy 730 The Volte O oyekin Yago. Plicit promise of the glorified Lord, 7.00 Indian Spirit descended in answer to the ex-and the disciples had been prayerfully waiting for its fulfilment, God, the Holy Spirit, the third Person in the Blessed Trinity proved on Pentecost his personal existence, and the 9,00 (News in English followed by B.B.C. intellects. the hearts and the lives of
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