Show ILIFF PENTECOSTAL SERVICE Opening Meeting of the Series is to bo Held by Rev Dr Kent The opening service of a weeks pen tecoatal meetings by Rev Dr C B Kent begun yeatculny at the Illff church at 11 a m The sermon wiis based on what the doctor called the pail of Jesuss intercessory prayer John xvll 17 Sanctify them through thy truth The doctor said In part I This prayer has never ended Millions I Mil-lions unborn will come under Its scope lIe said siinctlfy them not forgive nor convert them While they had been converted hey I did nol comprehend the provisions made for them That which he docs and will do for his people he meant more for himself Thoro was no obligation for our Lord to come to this world It was purely voluntary Through each assumed and I voluntary act he made himself holy Christs consecration covcis the whole relation of ourselves to God Why fear purity Fear comes from Ignorance Sanctifying truth leads to repentance and on to purity It helps us to the Saviors full blessings The Holy Spirit loads the soul to God Great danger comes from not following fol-lowing divine guidance The only people peo-ple who can commit the sin against the Holy Spirit or the unpardonable sin are professed Christians Denying the power of the spirit Is the sin of sins Many Christians are liko politicians at election times happy ono moment cast down the next It la what an old lady called an up and bun experience So many church members aro gadding gad-ding after thy world and worldly things that 8L olng them out It is a hard tiling to tell who are church members and who are noL At Chjcugo today at the great general gen-eral conference a hundred preachers among the thousands attending this legislation aic busy In studying how they can have dancing card playing and theatergoing left out of the discipline dis-cipline What are wo coming to The doctor closed his sermon with a strong plea for greater consecration upon the part of professed Christians lie urged that the meetings that will be held each afternoon and night the I coming week be a time for his hearers to Inquire into and look after personal devotemeni to God for the best Quality I of future service |