and now dear Jesus the presence of the holy spirit is so wonderful in this place of worship we’re here because we love you there isn’t one person in this assembly this morning who does not love you I pray that you’ll just speak to our hearts not one young person here seen Catherine kman not one but please we’re so hungry we’re hungry for more there’s so much more if only we knew how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit you have so much for each of us if we only knew how to cooperate with

the Holy Ghost teach us today for Jesus sake amen I shall try very hard to stay within the time limit I promise you because I know that that you you have to get back to [Music] classes and I I I’ll do my best but I want to talk to you just from my heart remember I’m not bringing you a sermon this morning know that and do not look upon me as a minister as I speak to you you

see I can only give you my own personal experience no one can give to anyone else any more than they’ve experienced themselves always remember that and just in a very simple way I’ll give you my own personal experience regarding the Holy Spirit my first my very first association with the Holy Spirit was in a little Methodist Church in Concordia Missour if only you could know from whence I’ve come Concordia I don’t think is on the map it’s so small not more than 1200 population mama was Methodist Papa was Baptist neither one worked too hard at

it and one Sunday morning and it says real to me this was my very first cont with the Holy Spirit and I didn’t realize it one Sunday morning sitting with Mama in that little Methodist Church I don’t think the church holds any more than a hundred people we was sitting there it was time for the Lost song and I was holding the oldfashioned Methodist him whether anyone has ever been converted in that church before or since I’ll never know but when the last song was being sung and I was holding that oldfashioned Methodist Himel in my hand I was only 14

years of age something happened to me I cannot tell you one word the preacher said and not one but I only know that in that moment the Holy Spirit came upon me I did not recognize I did not even know there was such a thing as the Holy Spirit and I began to shake I began to tremble so much so I had to lay the Himel down in the Pew and I knew I had to do something I saw my myself as I really was a sinner in the sight of God and I did something I laid that Himel down and I did the only thing that I knew what to do I’d seen them Tak in church members