A SPARK OF HOLY FIRE by H. A. St. John

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 26, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 42.

A SPARK OF HOLY FIRE.

By H. A. St. John

BY H. A. ST. JOHN.

To every converted person the Lord imparts at least a spark of holy fire. Reader, have you received that spark? If so, is it still only a spark? How easily, oftentimes, is a spark of fire extinguished. Your only safety, if this holy fire in you is only a spark, consists in drawing near to God in earnest prayer, asking Him to kindle it with a sacred flame.

In this time every one of God's sacramental host, whether young or old, small or great, should arise and shine, like John the Baptist, as burning and shining lights. In no other way can the whole earth be lighted with the glory of the Gospel of the kingdom. The Gospel of the kingdom must be vividly illustrated by the shining of the subjects of the kingdom. And there can be no question but the gifts and graces of the Spirit of God illuminating the hearts and lives of the remnant church of Christ, will shine forth with such astonishing luster as to attract the attention of the whole world; and for a brief time their power and message will be either the astonishment or admiration of all people, kings, Gentiles; thousands will come with eager haste to the brightness of their rising. The Lord is well pleased to make each one of His children a flame of fire.

Lamps gone out, lamps dimly burning and going out, should be trimmed at once. Reader, you must do the trimming, you must put your lamp in order; the Lord will furnish the oil and set the lamp to burning brightly, when you have done your part, and ask Him for fellowship with Him in whom there is no darkness at all. The Lord wants to fill our mortal bodies with light. He would make us all light in the Lord, children of the light and of the day. Then with His radiance splendid shall our light be blended, when He comes in unsurpassing brightness to redeem His own, and take them to the inheritance of light prepared in glory above, for the purchase of His love. Let the constant prayer of every soul be:—

"Refining fire go through my heart, Illuminate my soul, Scatter new life through every part, And sanctify the whole."