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THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT

distinguish between the ordinary outpouring which occurs now, and

the extraordinary at Corinth, Caesarea, Samaria, and Jerusalem.

Hence the question stands

as follows

:

If

on the day of Pentecost how do we

the Holy Spirit was poured out once for all and forever,

account for the ordinary and extraordinary outpourings? Allow us once more to recur to our former illustration.

Suppose

that the city above referred to consisted of a lower and an upper part,

both to be supplied from the same reservoir.

pletion of its system the lower city

the upper part receive tended.

Here we

may

Upon

receive the water

the comfirst,

and

only after the system shall have been exnotice two things: the distribution of the water it

took place but once, which was the for7nal opening of the waterworks, and could take place but once while the distribution of the water in the upper city, altho extraordinary, was but an after-effect ;

of the former event.

This

what took place consisted of two parts sharply defined, viz., the Jewish and the Gentile world. Yet both are to constitute one body, one people, one Church both are to live one life in the Holy Ghost. On Pentecost He is poured out into the body, but only to quench the thirst of one part, i.e., the Jewish; the other part is still excluded. But now apostles and evangelists start from Jerusalem and come into contact with the Gentiles, and the hour has come for the stream of the Holy Ghost to pour forth into the Gentile part of the Church, and the whole body is refreshed by the same Holy Spirit. Hence there is an original outpouring in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, ^nd a in the outpouring of the

is

a

Holy

fair illustration of

Spirit.

The Church

;

supple tnentary outpouring in Caesarea for the Gentile part of the

Church; both of the same nature, but each bearing

its

own

special

character.

Besides these there are some isolated outpourings of the Holy attended by the laying on of the apostles' hands, as in the case of Simon Magus. We explain this as follows as from time to time new connections are made between individual houses and Spirit,

:

new

body of Christ were added to the Holy Spirit was poured forth from the body as into new members. It is perfectly natural that in these cases the apostles appear as instruments and that, receiving into the Church persons that come from a part of the world not yet connected with the Church, they extend to them by the city reservoir, so

parts of the

the Church from without, into

whom

;

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