Power From On High

POWER FROM ON HIGH Please permit me through your columns to correct a misapprehension of some of the members of the late Council at Oberlin of the brief remarks that I made to them, first on Saturday morning and afterwards on the Lord’s Day. In my first remarks to them, I called attention to the mission of the Church to disciple all nations, as recorded by Matthew and Luke, and stated that this commission was given by Christ to the whole Church and that every member of the Church is under obligation to make it his life's work to convert the world. I then raised two inquiries: What do we need to secure success in this great work? How can we obtain it? Answer: 1. We need the enduement of power from on high. Christ had previously informed the disciples that without Him they could do nothing. When He gave them the commission to convert the world, He added, “But tarry ye in Jerusalem till ye be endued with power from on high. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Lo, I send upon you the promise of My Father.” This baptism of the Holy Ghost, this thing promised by the Father, this enduement of power from on high, Christ has expressly informed...