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l owing communication from the Rev W F . . .

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used for t h e m a i nten a nce of a lectureshi p i n E mory C ol

lege Th e lecturer Sha ll be elected by t h e B o a rd of
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T r u stees upon t h e nom i n a t i on of th e Fa culty th ree ,

n a mes be i ng subm i tted i n nom i n a t i on from a mong th e

m i n i sters of t h e Meth od i st E p i scopal Ch urch es i n th e
U n i ted S t a tes : prov i ded h owever th a t i n c a se thi s f un d
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event u a ll y y i el ds a n i n come of su ffi cient a moun t to secure

t h e serv i ces of a M eth od i st from a n y oth er p a rt of th e
worl d such person s h a ll not be i nelig ibl e by re a son of
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h i s res i den ce Th e lect urer sha ll be a t l iberty t o choose

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h i s own sub ject or sub jects w i t hi n t h e range of apolo

g et i ca l doctr i n a l e x eget i c a l p a stor a l or hi stor i c a l t h e

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ology Upon t h e sub ject th us ch osen h e s ha ll del i ve r a

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course o f l ect u res before t h e Fa culty a n d st u dents of

E mo ry C oll ege a t s u ch t i me a n d pl a ce a s t h e a u th or i t i es
of t h e colle g e m a y des i gn a te Wh en del i vered t h e
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,

m a nuscr i pts of t h e l e ctu r es s h a ll become t h e pr o p er ty o f

E mor y C ollege a n d s u ch pro fi ts a s m a y a r i se f r om t h e
,

p ubl i cat i on o f t h em s h a ll be a dded to thi s f u nd : pro

v i d e d however i f t h e pr i nc i p a l s um o f t hi s f u nd s h a ll
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e ver re a c h s a i d p ro fi ts s ha ll th ere a fte r be a dded

t o t h e ge n e ra l en dowmen t o f t h e col le g e .

3 Thi s I do for t h e glor y of G od a n d a s t h e be gi n

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n i ng of w ha t I h ope i n t i me w i ll grow to l a rge p r o p o r

tions t h rough t h e l iber a l i ty of oth ers des i r i n g to promote

t h e s a me ends w hi ch I h ave i n v i ew ; a n d i n l a y i ng t h e

foundat i on stone i n th i s fund I i nvite benevolentl y dis

posed peopl e to co n s i der th e i mmense good w hi ch h a s
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ford Un i vers ity a n d t h e C unn i ngha m L e ct u res o f t h e
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Fr ee Ch ur ch Co ll e g e i n E d i nb u rgh .

W F QUILLI AN . . .

Th e
trust wa s grate fully accepted by th e B oard
o f Trust ee s and provi sion wa s made to increase
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th e in come from the stock for the fi rst year to

th e s u m o f $ 3 00 B ish op Charles B Galloway
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wa s chosen lectu rer for th e year 1 89 8 an d on ,

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March 22 2 7 delivere d the cou rse on C h ristian
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ity and th e American C ommonwealth B ishop .

E R Hendri x wa s ch osen lecture r f o r 1 90 3 an d

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on April 2 0 2 4 delivered th e course on Th e P e r
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s on a li t y of the Holy Spi ri t .
 C O N T EN T S .

FOR EWO RD
I .

T H E POWER OF PERS ONA LI TY

II .

T H E P ERS O NA L Y
IT OF T H E H OL Y S PIRI T

III .

TH E H OLY S PIRIT TH E AU TH O R OF S A CRED LETTERS . 83

IV .

TH E H OL Y S PIRI T TH E E X E CU TIVE OF T H E GD O H EA D . 1 27

V .

T H E DEI TY OF TH E H OL Y S PIRI T
 FOREWOR D .

TH E me d itations out o f wh ich grew the s ev

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eral chapters o f this book on The P ers o na lit y
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o f th e Holy Spirit were cl osely connecte d w ith
“
a nother great theme namely , ,
Th e Religion of
co m ~
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the Inca rnation . B ecause the God Of all
fort revealed himsel f in the person o f j esus
Christ his only begotten S on our Lord an d only ,

in Christ th e human heart can never be sati s

,

fied w ith any revelation o f Go d that i s le ss than

pers onal I t were mockery for th e S on o f God
.

a fter the ten de r an d close personal relations w ith

his disciples t o have p romised anothe r Com forter
unles s anothe r P erson o f th e H oly T rinity w ere
t o hol d even more intimate an d sacred relation s
w ith men .

Th e graciou s personality o f ou r Lord wa s re

a li ze d humanity man at h is best the veh icl e o f
, ,

the H oly Spirit C h ri st wa s more than a per

.

feet man even t he Etern al S on O f th e Fath er

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an d yet h is incarnation show e d both Go d at hi s

be st an d man at h is best We can neve r h ope
.

for any full er disclo s ure o f Go d than was seen

( x i)
 F o r ew o r d .

in the moral nature of the S on of God any more

than we can ever hope to s e e a more perfect man
than the S on O f Man H i s perfect humanness can
.

only be ex plaine d by the fact that Jesus was th e

m asterpiece of the Holy Spirit by whom h e was
conceived and perfected in h i s human li fe and
characte r H is w onderful disclosures o f what
.

h e wa s in th e bosom o f th e Father be fore the

w orl d wa s created tell o f his eternal divin ity
be fore the Word was made flesh and dwelt
among u s a n d we beheld h is glory glory a s of ,

the only begotten o f the Father full o f grace ,

and truth .

H e wh o came t o b rin g our pe rsonality to i t s

best knew that only an o the r P ersonality w ith
wh om we migh t commune a s h is disciples had
communed with their Lord could ever satis fy
the human min d an d h eart That other Com .

forter must not only be as real and gracious a

P erson but should be free from all those lim
,

i t a t i o n s which marked the Son o f Man since as ,

the Holy Spirit h e should come to abide w ith

us forever I f J esus were real ized humanity
.
,

may we not s a y that the Holy Spirit was real

i ze d Deity against whom blasph emy might be
,

c ome an eternal s in ? W ithout the realized hu

 F o re wo r d .

manity the Holy Spirit coul d never have ha d a

,

perfect vehicle for showing us the Fath er . Nor

w ithout the help o f the Holy Sp irit can either
the perfect humanity o f Jesu s or hi s divin ity b e
fully understood for n o man can call J esus Lord
,

save by the Holy Spirit .

Th e Religion o f th e Inca rnation made its best

gi ft t o men when out o f the perfecte d and glo
ri fi e d manhood o f Jesus th e Holy Spirit wa s
given . A nothe r mighty P ersonality wa s n ow

come wh o alon e coul d e x plain th e personality

O f Chri st an d w ith C hrist at once a s his mas
,

t e rp i e ce
an d theme con form u s to h i s image an d
make u s complete in hi m To deny the person .

ality o f the Holy Spirit i s t o know not whethe r

th ere be a Holy Ghost Th e impersonal becomes
.

vagu e an d shadowy an d unreal Th e pe rsonal .

bears witness with o u r spi rits We are n o more .

consciou s O f ourselves than o f H im in whom w e

, N or can any man
fin d our best sel f ou r t rue sel f .

come to hi msel f w ithout coming to God M an .

fin ds h imsel f only as h e fin ds Go d th e F ather , ,

S on an d Holy S p irit
, .

NORLEDGE PLACE, ! A NS AS CITY, Mo .

TH E P O W E R O F P ERS O NA LI TY .

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I
 T he h ea rt ra n o er
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W i th s i lent worsh ip of t h e grea t of O ld !

T he dead but sceptered sovere i gns , W ho st i ll rule
O u r S p i r i ts from th e i r u rns .

—Ma n fre d , A ct II I , Sc 4
. .

G reat men e i st th t there

x a ma y b e gre a ter m en .

E m ers o n .

S kepticism i s just
the i nertia o f t h e soul which st a n ds
po i sed between contr a ry an d mutuall y destruct i ve t h e
o ri e s
. F rom t h e st a te of i mpotence t h ere i s but o n e
del i verance a n d t hat i s by force t h e force of l i fe em
, ,

bodied in a perso n — H e n ry va n Dy k e .

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o P ers ona li ty .

what i s inc o rruptible helps to make u s i m mo r

tal Our choicest possessions are those of th e
.

spirit : cou rage faith h 0pe gentleness

, ,
Only , .

on e wh o has them can share them One who .

has them is indebted t o a Higher P ower for

them .

We increase o u r power by th e knowledge o f

things beneath us but our goodness by the
,

knowledge of W hat i s ab o ve u s Things an d .

their laws may put u s in the p ossession o f the

secrets whe reby we can govern them ; but per
sons an d their th oughts may S h ow us h o w to
go vern ou rselves and others We are mad e .

holy not by communion W ith rocks and rep

tiles but w ith p rophets an d apostles and mar
,

tyrs an d saints Reverence i s not p o ssible to

.

ward W hat i s soull ess but toward what i s S pi r

,

itua l ; not toward inertia but t oward divine en

,

e rgy . We l ook up t o a man wh o i s superi or

to hi s contemporaries in h i s ability to rise above
the common practice the un iversal custom— the
,

sel f s u ffi ci e n t man W h o l o oks elsewhere than t o

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th e appr o val an d appl ause o f men as h is i n s p i

ration Such a man is bound to have th e planet
.

as hi s field becau se h is soul cannot be boun d

,

by anythin g less than th e will o f God These .

 Th e P ower f
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o P crs on a lzly .

are th e men wh o seem messengers from another

w orld mighty prophets w ith a message from
,

Go d. Some kindred spirit i s waiting for them .

“
N atu re never sends a great man into th e planet
”
W ithout con fi d in g the secret to an o ther soul .

S uch a great personality has been h elped by

s ome other and s o i s capable of helping others
,
.

Th e history o f S pecul ative philosophy S h ow s

on e l ong search o f man after Go d ; the revela
t ion o f the B ible show s on e long s earch o f God
for man . God s first question t o man w ith
’

which begin s th e wonderful story o f hi s con

“
cern for th e race is , Where art th ou Th is
’
s earch w ith man s answering voice make s up
the pathetic narrative th r o ughout th e B ibl e ,

an d humanizes the revelation o f God P hilos .

o p h y sh ow s man seeking but never finding for ,

wh o by searching can fin d out God ? Revela

t ion S hows God seeking an d seeking until he ,

finds man an d fi n di n g him a s Coleridge says

, , ,

at greater depths o f hi s being than anything

else has ever done God n ot only deems man
.

w orth s eeking but when h e fin d s him he pou rs

,

into man s depleted vein s the ve ry l i fe of Go d

’
.

“
Th e glory o f God i s th e l iving man an d th e ,

”
li fe o f man is the vision o f God . Man h im
6 Th e P ower o f P ers on a li ty .

sel f remains unkn own w ithout the study o f rev

elati on a s really as w ithout th e study o f ph i
lo s op h y .

Th e
study of e x ternal natu re i s con fessedly
a thing of yesterday but th e stu dy o f the h u ,

man spirit is as ol d as the li fe o f man and h as ,

been con ducted by men o f th e h igh-est gi fts ,

like P l ato before whom m odern names grow

,

pale . But because revelation leads on e into the

very depth s o f the S pirit n o less than its hei ghts ,

it i s indispensabl e t o on e wh o w ould know e i

the r man o r Go d P hil os o phy withou t it d ri fts
.

t o ward agnosticism an d its attendant despair .

P hil osophy and revelation both n eed each oth

er There i s a p rogressiv e kn o wledge o f each
.

which comes best from the stu dy o f both t o

gether T heology th e queen o f th e sciences
.
, ,

i s s o called because it is th e fruit of th e ph il o

S Op h i c min d reverently st u dying t h e revelation
'

o f God P hilosophy cannot lead int o th e depth s

.

o f the wisdom an d knowledge o f God but S h e ,

can go han d in han d w ith revelation M a n h im .

sel f is a revelation th e revelation o f natu re come

,

t o con sciousness and asking t o know the origin

o f things an d above all th e origin o f the human
,

S pi rit between which an d material nature the re

,
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i s a W ide r gul f than betw een the human sp irit

and the Fa the r o f spi rits . Th e sp irit of man
protests against being e ducated in a recei ve r
w ith all th e vital air o f Christianity p umped
’
out S id e by side w ith man s stu dies o f the
.

w orld about him h e insi sts on th e most favor

able condition s fo r th e study of th e w o rl d w ith
in h im . Th e candle of the Lord i s the spirit
o f man an d i s t o be lighted
, .

A Christian college is the meeting place o f

Opportun ity an d Inspi ration th e pr o viding o f ,

th e material facil ities the plan t w ith its equip

,

ment of buil dings l ibraries apparatus an d the

, , ,

instructors an d stu dents with thei r h elp ful m u ,

tual influence a ffording at once teachers a n d

,

au dience reacting up o n one anoth er Wealth .

aided by intelligence can provi de th e o pp o rt u

n i ty even to the selection of instruct ors as w ell
a s the needed material equipment but th e ,
in
spi ration mu st come from th e ability alike t o
receive an d to impart inspi rati on Th e man i n .

capabl e o i receiving an in spi rati on i s also i n

capabl e of impa rting one . As i ron sh arpen eth
i ron so a man th e countenance of h is frien d
,
.

T here must b e sub stance t o a ffect an d t o be

a ff ected ,
wh ethe r that substance be matt er or
8 The P ower o f P ers ona li ty .

spirit W hich is the real substan ce that which

, ,

underlies all matter an d f o r which matter itself

ex ists Th e very e x istence of matter which has
.

no use f or itsel f an d is perfectly indi ff erent to

th e e x istence o f spirit S h ows t hat spirit must
ex ist to use it Matter s o vast as the material
.

universe S hows the e x istence o f a Spirit great

enough to u se it all Men as spirits are ever
.

seeking in spi rati on from kin dred S pirits If .

th ey cann o t fin d it thus l ike all great poe ts they

,

invoke the help of the mighty dead or th e muses ,

or as w it h M il ton the Ete rnal Spi rit himsel f

, ,
.

A great college becomes a place o f gre at i n s p i

ration both because o f th e living a n d the dead .

Nay in time I w ill s a y a college becomes a place

, ,

of inspirati on even more because O f th e de ad

than o f the living .

“
Society is n ot what i s contemporaneous .

Th e l on ger th e worl d lives th e m ore it i s gov

e rned by the dead It i s th e grasp o f th e
.

great thinker that death fast en s n ot loos en s -

,
.

Aristotl e as an Observer and reason er h a s not

surrend ered h is place to Bacon or Newton .

B lind H o mer has more appreciative as well a s

more nume rous readers to day than when h e -

first sang h i s almost perfect epics Vi rgil .

,
 The P ower of P ers on a li ty .
9

Dante Shakespeare T ennyson w ield an i n fl u

, ,

ence t o day which all living singers dare not

cl a i m We quote th e dead Je ffers on an d Mad i
.

s o n an d Hamilton an d M arshal l as ou r wei ght

i est authorities in underlying principles o f gov

e rn m en t Even w ith all ou r e x cellency o f
.

s pe ech we still stu dy the Atti c orators wh o be

, ,

ing dead yet speak How th e will of many a

.

dead man determines th e Own ersh ip o f p rop

e rt y centuries a fter h is death ! T hi s i s a spe

cies o f immortality wh ich a man may crave

when h i s well earned for t une W isely di rected
-

by his o wn deed or gi ft w hethe r living o r at

,

death may con tinu e t o operate as h i s w ill as

, ,

h i s very sel f th rough the centuri es

, That i s .

what in England i s called a F o un dation s ome ,

en during gi ft which perpetuates at on ce the

name of th e donor an d i s th e e x pression o f h i s
ben e fi cen t w ill t o make h i s own and subsequent
generations W ise r and better T here is i n s p i
.

ration i n a nobl e e x ample o f generosity n o l es s

than in a great thinker o r l ead er among men .

In short that wh ich in the past still d o minates

,

th e pres e nt is its personalities . They are ca

pahl e o f inspiring u s to day becau se they w ere

-

capable of be in g inspi red in the i r own day .

IO Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

Englan d i s celebrating th e fact that a thousand

years ago live d and died a ruler Al fred the ,

Great wh o was great enough for his time an d

,

hence for all time because he met th e necessary

,

condition s and shaped them into a nation by

h i s own wisdom and kingly might o f character .

Dartmouth Coll ege recently cele brated th e on e

hundredth anniversary o f th e graduation o f her
m ost distinguished son Daniel Webster not be , ,

c ause o f h is el oquent tribute in hi s hi stori c ar

“
g u m en t I t i s a small college but there are
, ,

those wh o love it but because o f h is masterly

,

a rguments in the S enate a s th e e x poun der o f

the Con stitution Men like these seem o f n o

.

common clay when they are more influential

a fte r a hundre d or a thousand years than even
when they still lived among men J oseph C ook .

had a group o f such men : Gladstone B ismarck ,

T ennyson B rowning Carlyl e Emers o n Lowell

, , , , ,

W hittier Longfell ow Holmes P ark an d his

’

, , , ,

own father T hese h e called his Jury and with

.
,

their ph otograph s arranged about hi s study ta

ble h e s o ught t o do h is w ork in thei r presence
“

He w ould deman d o f them t o s a y i f hi s argu

ment were satis factory No r w oul d he cease hi s
.

plea for what he deemed truth in m orals or in

1 2 Th e P ower o f P ers ona li ty .

things i s a gradual process be fore i t culminates

in th e highe st personality when nature come s
to consciousness in man Even Aristot le taught
.

’
that women are nature s failures in t h e attempt
to produce men Christianity has done away
.

with al l such views o f God s imper fect work ’

as it teach es that in th e beginning male an d

female created h e them Chri st introduce d a
.

new epoch both in th e d evelopment an d recog

n it io n of human personality Man s nature i s .
’

n o longer de scribed as in th e Greek ch o rus ,

S imply in te rms of hi s e x ternal w orks stem ,

ming the tides taming the h orse o r by h is con

, ,

t ri v a n ce s and arts but rathe r by th e S pirit that

,

i s in man and the inspiration o f the Almighty

’
that giveth understanding Man s re sp onsive
.

ness t o God is th e true glory o f h is being .

“
There fore M r Gladstone well said
. All th e ,

won ders o f Greek civilization h eape d up to

gether are l ess wonder ful than the S ingl e B ook
of P salms . P rogress is n ot th e creature o f
circumstance but of personality M en engen
,
.

de r movements more than mov e ments engen

de r men It i s th e mountains that e x plain th e
.

rivers What though the N il e runs through th e

.

desert it coul d not originate the re Out o f t he

. .
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palpitating heart of Hermon the J ordan rushes

t o the s ea I t i s Harnack wh o says Without
“
.
,

the force o f in divi dual personality noth ing gre at ,

’ ’
no imp rovement comes into being ,
I t i s man s .

capability o f bein g developed that makes possi

’
ble all progress on the earth P rogress i s man s .

powe r o f pe rsonality unveil ed Th e greater the .

personal ity the greater th e ach ievement Th e .

French Revolution faile d fo r l ack o f great lead

e rs wh il e a great leader made possibl e th e Amer
,
‘

ican Revolution .

V i rg i n i a
g a ve u s this i mper i a l m a n
Ca st i n t h e m a ss i ve mol d
O f those hi gh —st a tured a ges ol d
Whi ch i nto gr a nder forms our morta l met a l ra n ;
Moth er o f st a tes a n d und i m i n i s h ed m en ,

Tho u ga vest us a country g i v i ng h i m

, .

There wa s
a man sent from God thu s does
God w rite hist o ry an d make histo ry . Th e many
gaps in th e history of progress are due to th e
ab sence o f men Th e first requis ites o f civil i
.

za t ion are outstanding cha racters to arrest the

dri ft . I t i s a man that shall be as a hiding
place from the wind and a covert from the ,

te mpest : as rivers o f water in a dry place as ,

th e shado w o f a great rock in a W eary land .

1
4 Th e Power of P ers on a li ty .

S uch a m an i s more p recious than fine go l d ,

“
even than th e pu re gol d of Oph ir Th e a d .

vent o f a truly great man is , as it w ere a fresh ,

”
an d w ise r han d upon th e helm o f h istory NO .

pe ople has begun its hist ory by a code of laws ,

but by a mighty leade r In the O rient a great

.

leade r u sually stood alone There could be but

.

on e commanding personality at a time Th e .

king was al l I f another man ar o se w ith the

.

consciousness of unusual powers there wa s su re ,

to be a contest most frequently an assassination

, ,

in orde r that th e su rvivor might rul e al one A .

P haraohtowere d above h is pe o pl e a s th e pyra

mid wh ich began to be bu il ded a s h e b egan
,

h is rei gn t owe red abo ve th e plain an d me asu red

,

the greatn ess O f th e man and o f h is rei gn .

“
When h e asserted I am P haraoh all Egypt ,

t rembled In despotisms there is but one per

.

s o n a li t y
. Barbari sm i s favorabl e to hordes ;
Ch ri stianity to personalities In P e rs ia the .

h ordes w ere measu red in enclosures whi ch

a wakene d th e astonishment o f the Greeks Th e .

scores o f personal ities in Greece account for

“
h e r civilized achievements All h istory re
.

s ol ves itsel f into th e b iography o f a few stout

“
an d earn est s ouls says Emerson
, Th e h is .
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5

tory o f W hat man has accompli she d i s at bot

tom the history O f great men who hav e worked
here says Carlyle
,
.

Abraham stood for monotheism . H e b elieved E d e /t e n e t

p e rs o n a l”
in one God an d became th e hea d a n d father o f
,
n ds
s ta /or e

a mighty people J ohn th e Baptist stoo d for a

.
g re a t t ru t h .

better personal an d civi c l i fe and s o prepared ,

th e way o f the Lord P au l stoo d for th e res .

u rre ct i o n O f h is Lord an d th e rei gn of the s u

,

p e rn a t u ra l
wa s recogn ize d wh ereve r h e w ent .

Luther stoo d for the freedo m o f the conscience ,

and the very veil o f th e templ e was again rent

in twain . M oses stoo d fo r th e immanence o f
God an d ,
so becam e th e mighty Liberator Lead ,

er , Lawgiver ,
Foun de r o f h i s nation . Wesley
bel ieve d in th e witnes s o f th e Spirit and th e ,

kingdom o f God appeared among men as a

kingdom o f righteousness peace an d j oy in , ,

th e Holy Ghost Columb a on I on a an d G i th

.
'

bert on Lin dis farne made each a pulpit f o r the .

world .

Christianity e x al ts pe rsonality C o rn eliu s the . C/zr zs t

'

ev e r

“ h a ve !
Roman centu rion fal ls at th e feet o f an ap os
tl e whose very abode an an gel had revealed ,

an d finds that Ch ri stian ity bids a man stan d

up on h i s feet . Th e highest work of ou r h oly
1 6 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

religion is simply to make us men . Said even

“
Gibbon Th e dign ity o f man was restored by
,

the Christians B uddhism p roposes to destroy

.

’
li fe s l ongings ; Christian ity to satis fy them .

H indooism in the faki r devel o ps the freak ; t he

gl ory o f Christianity i s th e n ormal man T o .

’
be perfect in one s sympathies not to be inca ,

p a ble o f sympathy that i s the aim o f Christian

,

ity Th e h ighest fullest personality i s that O f

.
,

C hrist His personality wa s a divine humanity

.
,

the very essence o f C h ristian ity C hrist ever .

taught that to be perfect it i s absol utely n e ce s

sarv to seek the notice an d aim at th e approval
o f a perfect being Thi s is the one l esson o f.

th e S ermon on th e Mount Only by viewing .

himsel f in th e light o f the Incarnation an d wh at

it implies can man c o me to a deeper conception
o f hi s own natu re an d capacity .

Th e freedom o f th e human S pi rit through

union with God was taught by Christ This .

Luther proclaimed from the house top and

helped t o mak e an epoch in the world deep ,

e n i n g an d digni fying th e whol e sen se o f per

s o n a li t y in man Freedom o f Opinion i s on e

.

con dition of a vigorous intellect Th e fun da .

mental principle o f th e Re formation wa s th e

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right o f the people t o th e truth the whole truth , ,

and access for themsel ves to i t s fountain h ead

in the B ible Th e stress lai d on truth in th e
.

B ible i s specially favorable t o th e mental li fe of

man Ch ristianity by its appeal to the i n t e lle c
.

tual in man frees h im from th e contr o l o f th e

sen sual that dwar fs h is gr o wth .

B ecause the greatest p o wer in shaping human

destiny is man himsel f Ch ri st became a man ,

“
a nd became th e Saviou r o f the race
so Th e .

only soul in h istory that has app reciated th e

’ ”
worth of man i s J esu s Chri s t T hi s h e di d .

by becoming man an d a perfect man H e mad e

, .

faith in goodness easy to other men S uch a .

personality is a s streams o f water in a desert

“
place .B ehol d there i s li fe whithersoever th e
,

”
rive r cometh London is far better gove rned
.

with i t s more than fou r millions than it former

ly wa s w ith only one million . Because C hris
t ia n i ty devel ops th e high er personality it i s th e ,

rel igion o f progress . A great man not only

lifts C hrist s l i fting power i s h is
’
lives but .

measu re .

NO peopl e eve r yet p ossessed a w orthy con

ce p t i o n o f man until a fter it was in p ossession
’
o f a worthy conception of Go d
. C h rist s h uman
2
1 8 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

ity must neither be destroyed nor darkened i f

w e are t o have a w orthy conception of God as ,

God must have a perfect vehicle through which

t o make known hi s ethical perfections Reason .
,

w ill love th e constituent elements o f personal

, ,

ity must be at their best C h rist s hold on the

, .
’

w orl d i s due to hi s powe r t o impress men w ith

h is per fect pe rsonal ity h is sel f renunciation ,
-
,

cou rage superiority t o death forgiveness o f e u

, ,

emi es all culminating in their e x pression through

,

h is
’
sacrificial death an d resurrection M an s .

true greatn ess o n the other hand consists in

, ,

his p ower o f apprehending an d appropriatin g

’
Christ s per fect p e rsonal ity Human develop .

ment i s along the lin e o f recepti o n o rganic as ,

s i m i la ti o n an d e x pansion P rogress i s p ossibl e

,
.

only along the line o f apprehen d i ng Christ and

h is teach ing Nay I might s a y o f apprehen d
.
,

ing C h rist for what ,

is hi s teach ing but him
sel f ?
H e is th e goo d Samaritan He i s th e true .

S hepherd who l ays down h i s li fe for his sh eep .

H e is th e very b read o f li fe H is personality .

i s more than h i s doctrin es institutions sacra , ,

“
ments for he is all in all
, An d a s h e i s s o .
,

”
are we in th e worl d S in c o ul d neve r b e th e
.

same again a fter the S inless humanity o f C h rist .

 Th e Power of P ers on a li ty .

in society I t is the perfect type which finds

.

its ready place side by side with an o ther per

f e ct type to make the perfect printed page It .

i s the perfect citizen whom w e must look to in

making the per fect state B ecause Christianit y
.

d evelops the h ighe r personality it i s the reli

gion of p rogress Christianity shows her g reat
.

Hall o f Fame in the calen dar o f th e saints given

in the Epistle to the H ebrews Th ese are the .

mighty spirits that have helped to make ou r

worl d in which our young men shall see v ision s
an d ou r old men S hall dream dreams when the ,

possibility o f inspi ration i s seen to belong not

to the few but to th e race It i s the men who
.

have looked into the face of their Lord who

have S poken th e words o f true p rogress to thei r
own an d to other generations Th e more per .

f e ct the individual the greater his faith in h u

manit y an d the greater his power in bringing
,

to realization his hopes for the race .

Th e powe r of in dividual initiative wh ich is ,

concede d to be th e notabl e characteristic o f the

Anglo Sa x on race i s due to the co Ordi n a t i o n o f
-
,

h is powers and the su fficiency o f impul se prompt

ing h i s activities Courage and moderation the
.
,

knowin g h ow to endu re and to re frain these ,

 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty
_
.

marked the most perfect man wh o ever lived on

th e earth . T hese give unity stability p o wer
, , to

personal i ty . Many men are weak because they

—
are co sciou s o f a double nature two pe rson s
n

striving W ithin a s it were for d omini on Al l

, ,
.

depends on w ho conquers D r J ekyll or M r , . .

Hyde Sometimes one seems conscious of a

pluri personality like th e man wh o called hi s
-

“
name Legion f o r h e seemed possesse d o f
,

many devils Such cases o f pluri personality

.
-

may be foun d among ou r criminal classes to

day wh os e antecedents have been profoundly

immoral This i s the breeding ground o f a n
.

a rch i s t s the men an d w o men who are physical

,

an d intellectual degenerates whose dis o rdere d ,

personalities are ob j ects al ike o f pity and o f

terror . Hardly less dangerou s t o soc iety are
th e men wh o call evil good an d goo d evil wh o ,

lack fi x ed standard s o f right to w hom policy i s ,

“ ”
more than principl e w ho shout ,
Hosanna on
“ ”
Thursday , C ruci fy him on Friday Th e
an d .

’
stren gth an d unity o f Wash ington s great pe r
s o n a li t y n owhere appeared s o strikingly as dur

ing th e Federal C onvention for th e adoption o f

th e Constitution when lan guage wa s suggeste d
,

that was abhorrent to h is sense o f right Ris .

 The P ower of P ers on a li ty .

“
ing in h i s place he gravely said : I t i s too prob
,

able that no plan w e p ropose w ill be adopted .

P erhaps another dread ful con flict is to be sus

t a in ed
. I f to please the people we O ffer what
, ,

we ourselves disapprove how can w e de fend ,

?
ou r work Let u s raise a standard to wh ich
the wise and honest can repair ; th e event is in
”
th e han d o f God S uch men make nations an d
.

rul e the centuries .

P ersonality only can be inspired Th e great .

er th e personalit y the greater the capacity t o be

inspi red Where th e sen se o f law or duty is
.

supreme man can becom e the mouthpiece o f God .

Without this h is very personality cannot en dure

,

th e mighty pressu re o f th e divine presence Man .

no more needs God t o be at h is best to have the ,

inspiration o f th e Al mighty that giveth under

standing than Go d needs man a s h is organ o f
,

man i festation Freedom o f the w ill is th e very

.

nerve o f personality as th e human sense o f guilt

,

i s the aw ful guardian o f ou r pers o nal i dentity .

We m i g h t have made anothe r ch oice What we .

d id choos e becomes part o f our very sel f I f it .

be w rong it separates u s fr o m God Ou r per

,
.

s o n a li t y stan ds in antagonism t o h is .

“
Savs Fisher : Bel ie f in the personality o f Go d
 The Power of P ers on a li ty . 23

an d belie f in th e pe rsonality o f man stand or fal l

togethe r A glance at th e history of religion
.

w ould suggest that these tw o belie fs are for

some reason inseparable W here faith in th e . B e li e
f i n t /ze
personality o f God is weak or i s altogether ,

wanting the perception which men have of their

,

own personality i s found to be in an equal de ,

gree ind istinct Th e feel ing o f individual ity i s

,
.

d ormant . Th e soul indolently ascribes to itsel f

a merely phenomenal being . I t con ceives o f
itsel f a s appearing fo r a moment like a wavelet ,

on th e ocean t o vanish again in the all ingul f

,
-

ing essence whence it emerged Recent philo .

s oph ical theories which substitute matter or an ,

‘
Unknowable fo r th e sel f—con scious D eity like
,
’
,

w ise dissipate the personality O f man as o r

d i n a rily conceived I f th ey deny that Go d is a
.

Spirit they deny w ith equal emphasis that man

,

is a spirit . Th e pantheisti c and atheisti c schemes

are in th i s re spect con sistent in thei r logic .

O ut o f man s perception o f hi s own personal

’

”
attribute s ari ses th e belie f in a personal Go d .

A noble human personal ity eve r reveal s some

what o f God We not only l ive in him we also
.
,

wi ll in h im .

I f man s personality i s but th e S hadow o f

’
24 The P ower o f P e rs o n a li ty .

God s what must man yet becom in realizing

’

,
.
e

’
God s thought in him ? Nothing can be fully
known save in the light of its en d TO know .

what we are w e n eed to kn ow what w e

, s ha ll be .

“ ”
A ristotle wel l defined the nature o f a th ing
“
as what a thing i s when it s becoming is com
”
pleted Th e real nature o f man will be kn o wn
.

wh en his becoming has reached the stage o f

completion when h is continual participation in
,

God has made h im divine a very son o f Go d , .

What man i s is best understood by that compl etion

o f hi s natu re wh en Ch rist appeared in th e w orld ,

realizing th e true li fe o f man an d there fore rep ,

resenting man in h is rel ation t o God as a son

of God Only in Chri stianity i s the H oly Spirit
.

revealed as per sonal In h im was li fe an d the

.
,

li fe was the light of men Ch rist i s th e culmi

.

nation O f th e divine sel f mani festation an d sel f

-

impartation to th e worl d T o know man i s to

.

know how much o f God h e can mani fest B ut .

h e mani fests only as h e appreh ends It was only .

as it pl eased God t o mani fest his son in P aul

that h e coul d preach him amon g the Gentiles .

But h ow won derful a mani festation n o less by ,

th e apostle than i n h im .

Heat shows u s what may be d o ne in t rans

 The P ower of P ers ona li ty .

forming and adding new pow er to iron or othe r

substance by its presence until the dull i ron
changes its color an d glow s w ith a beauty and
power unkn own be fore and capabl e of impart
,

ing that subtle fire which has becom e part of

itsel f A piece of water w ith o ut h eat i s s ol id
.

an d brittl e ; gently warm ed it flow s furth er h eat

ed i t m ounts to th e s k y
,
S o t h ere may come
a trans forming p owe r which li fts a h uman per
s on a up t o th e ver y th ron e o f Go d When
li t y .

William B lake th e poet painter wa s asked i f

,
-
,

“
h e s a w the rising s u n he answ ered : No ! No !
,

I s ee a h e a ven ly h ost an d I hear the m chanting

, ,

Holy ! holy ! h oly Lord Go d Almighty heaven ,

”
and earth are ful l of thy glory ! T his i s th e
’
measure o f man s capacity when h e can endure ,

as seeing H im who i s invisible and when light ,

itsel f i s bu t t h e garment o f God S uch a soul .

wa s S avonarola wh o trans forme d th e Flor en

,

tin e republic from moral debauchery t o a t h e o c

racy an d amid t he w il d est enthusiasm had
,

“
Ch rist p roclaime d King of Florence Sacred ’

songs supersede d ribal d ballads in th e streets ,

a n d th e carnival o f dep ravity gave place to fes

“
t i va ls o f religious chast ity Man i s a yonder .

S ided being embodyin g the herea fter and so ,

26 The P ower of P ers on a li ty .

brings things to pass here H is progress is p o s .

sible be cause h e i s capable of being d o minated

by great thinkers until h e h imsel f becomes a
great thinke r It wa s unto a s many as received
.

C hrist that h e gave powe r t o becom e th e s ons o f

Go d .

Now th e great revolution w rought in the

thinking an d in the l iving o f th e first century
of th e Christian e ra an d since i s directly trace
abl e t o th ree c o mmanding pers o nalities : John
th e B aptist J esus C hrist an d th e Holy Spirit
, ,
.

One wa s wholly human but filled w ith th e H o ly

,

Spirit from hi s mother s w o mb ; th e othe r wa s

’

a divine human being the God man whose per

-
,
-
,

feet humanity p ossessed w ithout measu re th e

H oly Spirit wh o se masterpiece it wa s ; an d th e
,

third wa s wholly divine th e Spirit o f Go d but

, ,

also called the Spi rit o f Christ because s o s i g ,

nally dwelling in Ch rist and mad e known

through th e w o nder ful personality o f C h rist .

Th e power o f personality in J o hn the Baptist

an d in Jesus th e Christ helps t o make more real
the mighty personality o f th e Holy Spi ri t I t .

shows a willin gn ess on our part to let C hrist s ’

estimat e stand when w e weigh J ohn th e Bap

t i s t in s o great scales an d in such company .
28 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

attribute succes s in li fe H e was no reed shaken .

by the wind the people s id o l because th e peo

,
’

ple s echo H e owe d nothing of rank to th e

’
.

accident o f b irth as no royal blood required ,

that h e be clothed in s oft raiment or live deli

ca t e ly in kings courts H i s was an imperial
’
.

manhood an d his royal trappings w ere those

,

o f fidelity to truth which inspired in h im the ,

courage be fore which kings quailed What man .

ever stirred the nation in all i t s h istory as did

thi s only s on o f saintl y parents who were fill ed ,

w ith the Holy Ghost no l ess than was their child

wh o was to bea r a name selected for him in
h eaven where h is name i s even better known to
,

d a y than i t is on earth ? It was n ot alone that

h is ministry s vn ch ro n i z e d w ith the Sabbatic
y ear when th e people w ith en force d lei sure
,

turned asi de to s e e this n ew flaming bush in th e

w ilderness to hea r a fter fou r hundred years o f
, ,

S ilence another prophet the Elias that was to

, ,

come despite h is camel s —hai r raiment and leath

,
’

e rn girdl e an d desert fare who was worthy to ,

take his stan d by royal I saiah himsel f wh ose

message h a d foretold h im as no other proph et
had ever been foret o ld It was n ot hi s sh rill .
,

dervish like voi ce as i f consci ous that h is m i s

-
,
 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty . 2
9

sion as a h eral d was a fte r all but that o f a voice

“
crying in the wilderness Repent ye ; fo r the ,

kingdom o f heaven i s at hand that S O a ffected ,

“
th e people as he bade them ,
Make ye ready the
”
way o f the Lord ,
make h is path s straight .

What mul titudes w ere those who flocked to hear

the most sti rring message in thei r national his
“
t o rv an d asked What then must w e do ?
,
There
w ent out unto h im Jeru salem and all J u dea an d ,

”
all th e region roun d about Jordan as well a s ,

from distant Gal il ee P ublicans were there an d

.

rude soldiers who asked that question and went ,

home from their baptism resolved to e x tort no

more unj ust ta x es to e x act nothing w rongfully
, ,

to no longe r use thei r armed stren gth in deed s

o f will ful violence an d even to be content with
,

their wages P rou d P harisees w ere th ere who

.

learned that it was a vain boast to regard Abra

ham as thei r father when God could from these
stones raise up chil dren to Abraham It was .

not what a man s fath er wa s but W hat h e was

’

, ,

“
that counted now when ,
the ax i s lai d unto the
root o f th e trees ; an d every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit is h ewn down an d cast into
th e fi re
. Sadducees were there who claimed
n o t to believe in any future li fe n either in angel ,
30 The P ower o f P ers on a li ty .

nor spirit to hear J oh n suddenly

,
a sk them , Ye
O ffsp ring of vipers wh o hath warned you to ,

“
fl ee from th e wrath to come B ut we d o n ot
bel ieve in any w rath to come they w ould reply ,
.

Th e unheeding voice S imply crie d as i f it w ere

“
the day of j udgment Flee from the wrath to ,

”
com e T here are ti mes when thunderbolts are
.

l ogical False view s are n o t argued up and they

.
,

cannot b e argued down Negations are not ar .

”
g u m en t s and are not t o be met w ith arguments
,
.

”
P reach the prea ching that I bi d thee kept ,

Jonah s feet straight an d h i s h ead steady an d h i s

’

courage true an d all N ineveh believe d God ; an d

,

put o n sackcloth from th e greatest o f them

,

even unto the least Had J onah s t Op pe dl t o

.

argue the first time any one questioned hi s m e s

sage he w o ul d never have gotten to th e public
,

square much less have pierced th e palace gates

,
.

J o hn th e B aptist the mightiest herald wh o m

,

God ever sent n ever forgot that l ike Gabriel h e

,

s tood in the presence o f the Most High God .

M e n might question h is message T hat wa s .

their responsibility H i s duty wa s t o proclaim

.

it as the very S pokesman o f Jehovah .

John the Baptist wa s s o great that he was far

more concerned to proclaim h is message from
 The P ower of P ers on a li ty .
3 1

God than to know what men thought o f it

Keeping h imsel f out o f sight he was a me re ,

voice the veh icle of the Spi rit

,
. Th e foothil l d id
n ot see k to hide th e mountain H e was too .

manly to be willing t o be esteemed for what h e

wa s not o r d id not have S o pro foundly was .

th e national min d impresse d that h e coul d h ave

proclaimed himsel f anyth ing an d men woul d
have believed him When priests an d Levites
.

w ere sent from the very temple t o ask h im ,

“ ”
Who art thou ? h e con fessed an d denied not ,

“
saying I am not th e Ch rist
, What then ? .

” “
Art th o u Eli j ah ? I am not Art thou the .

”
P rophet that Moses declare d shoul d c o me ?
“ ”
No Who art thou ? \V h a t sayest thou o f
thysel f ? that w e may give an swer to them that
” “
s ent us I am the v oice o f one crying in th e
.

wil derness M ake straight the way o f the Lord

, .

a s said I saiah th e proph et Th e messengers o f .

“
t h e P hariseesasked Why baptizest thou the n
, ,

i f thou art not th e Ch rist n eithe r El i j ah nor th e

,

“
prophet I baptize with water : in the mi dst
o f yo u stan deth one wh o m ye kn o w not even
,

h e that cometh a fte r me the latchet ,

of W hose
shoes I am not worthy t o unloose H e . shal l bap
”
t i ze you w ith th e Holy Ghost an d w ith fi re .
32 The P ower f P ers on a li ty
o .

N ot even Christ himsel f had the ear o f the n a

tion more that his heroic an d humble forerun
n er who as t he friend of th e bri degroom could
,

rej oice greatly because o f th e bri degroom s ’

“
voice saying He must increase but I must de
, , ,

” “
c rease S u ff e r i t now f o r thus i t becometh
.
,

’
us to fulfill al l righte o usness sai d Jesus to the ,

only one worthy t o baptize him ; an d the w ork o f

J ohn was no less app roved than th e character of
Jesus a s John
, behel d the d o ve - like movement
of the Spirit o f God as it abode upon him while ,

“
t he voice from Heaven proclaimed T his i s my
,

”
beloved Son in ,
wh o m I am well plea sed Th e .

mighti er personality than John the B aptist had

now appeared to whom J ohn pointed his di s
“
c i ple s,saying : B ehold th e Lamb of Go d that
taketh away the s i n o f the w orl d H e that sent .

m e to baptize w ith water said unto me Upon ,

whomsoever thou shalt s e e the Spirit descen d

ing an d abiding upon h im th e same is h e that ,

baptizeth with th e Holy Spi rit An d I have seen .

”
and borne witness that th is i s th e Son o f God .

Mighty in h is sel f e ff acement the great proph et

-
,

’
o f God foun d h i s j oy fulfilled in Christ s s u c
,

cess as th e peo ple now began t o turn to the M e s

-

siah A s for h imsel f the great S ouled p rophet

.
,
-
 Th e P ower of P ers ona li ty .
33

sa i d ,
A man can recei ve nothing e x ce p t it have ,

’
b ee n given h im from heaven Th e servant s .

’
d estiny was th e Father s w ill M an i s immortal .

till h is work i s done Joh n had s een his own

.

ch ie f disciples n ow becom e the disciples Of Ch rist ,

an d was glad .

John was too great not t o rebuke s in in h igh

places An a dulterous king wh o beheaded him
.

believed in after years that J esus was J ohn th e

B aptist ri sen from th e dead H er o d coul d on ly .

e x pl ain the greater personality by reas o n of the

less . J ohn must indeed hav e risen from the
dead t o do such works as could b e w rou ght only
by o n e whose very ab o d e was the supernatural .

B ut H e al one could baptize w ith t h e H o ly Gh os t

wh o eve r dwelt in Go d an d God in him . Nor was
th e wonde rful personality of J ohn th e B aptist t o
b e ci rcumcise d in its influence eithe r t o his li fe
time o r t o h is o wn country T wenty five years at .
-

l east a fter hi s death w e fin d in far —

O ff Asia M in or

th ose wh o had knowledge o f no o the r bapti sm

than the baptism o f John J ohn w riting hi s gos .

pel at Eph esu s whe re w ere still disciples o f J ohn

,

th e Baptist needed to tell a fresh th e story o f t h e

,

man wh o was sent from God whos e name wa s

“
J ohn He wa s a bu rn i n g an d s o a shinin g
.
34 The P ower f
o P ers on a li ty .

light ; an d y e were w illing for a season to re

”
j oice in h is light H e came for a w itness to
.

bear w itness o f th e light that all might be

,

lie ve th rough him H e wa s not the l ight but

.
,

came that h e might bear w itness of the light .

T hat wa s the tru e Light which lighteth every

man that cometh into th e w orld I t was from .

that source that John the Baptist derive d hi s re

fl e ct e d light wh ich shone as a morning star ,

bu rn ing an d sh ining until th e light mingled

,

w ith th e radiance O f the S un o f righteousness .

B ut th e frien d o f the B ri degroom w ill be a

foremost guest at the marriage supper when th e
B ride hath made hersel f ready Th e universe .

of intelligences w ill then know h is rank with

Go d an d men .

B ut wonderful as was the personality o f John

the Baptist and in a most remarkable de gree
,

fille d w ith th e Holy Spirit yet it was a human

,

personality an d s o imper fect As to Elij ah so

,
.
,

“ ”
to h i s successor the El ias that was to com e
, ,

there came times of weak faith when some

reassuring still smal l voice or loving symp a ,

thetic message was necessary S atan i s eve r

.

watch ful for e x hausted nerves famishe d for ,

lack o f rest an d food or s ome escape from f o ul

3 6 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

a few h orsemen still believe d that Roman valor

,

w ould save the Roman people . It wa s that faith

that led the Roman S enate to come forth t o meet
h im an d to thank h im that he had not despai red
o f th e republic And Varro was right Capua
. .

wa s
’
t o red eem Cann ae an d Hannibal s star de
,

cli n e d from the h ou r when it seemed surely ris

ing to the zen ith R o me coul d never forget th e

.

man whose faith remaine d unshaken P ossibly .

there is nothing for which w e clam o r more than

for men wh o have not l ost faith in human ity .

We shudde r at th e croakings o f ill omen wh e t h ,

“
e r from b irds or men Men wh o impeach all
.

”
mankin d convict only themselves Th e undis .

co u ra Christ i s ou r File Leade r an d Captain

ge d .

“
H e S hall not fail or be discouraged til l he have
s etj udgment in the earth ; an d the i sles S hal l
”
wait for hi s law .

Th e perfect humanness o f Ch ri st has stood

the scrutin izing gaze o f the race wh ich n ow
own s h is leadersh ip the leadership o f a perfect
,

character as well as o f a Divin e S aviou r H e .

bulks more largely a s an h istori c person wh o a p

peals so strongly to men o f al l ages and nati on s
recognizing him a s their great contemp o rary ,

whil e his teach ings h is works h i s e x ample h im

, , ,
 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .
37

sel f fill all literature an d art an d song H e was

,
.

at once th e leader o f men an d the love r of chil

dren the b ravest o f men and the ten derest o f
,

companion s ,
the w o rl d s ’
most public spirited
-

citizen an d th e devoted patri ot w eeping over hi s

doomed city and
'

na t i on , sel f consciou s w ith a

-

consciou sn ess that swept all eternity in its

thought and sel f determin in g w it h a purpose
-

that inwrapped a lost world in its firm embrace ,

th e Wonderful Counselor the M ighty th e H ero , ,

Go d, the P rince of P eace . Only on e being eve r

deserve d an d won such titles fr o m mortal men ,

an d that wa s the S on o f Go d wh o e x changed ,

th e e x istence form o f hi s eternal gl ory an d to o k

-

upon h imsel f th e e x istence —form o f a man an d ,

became obedient unto death even th e death of ,

the cros s Where fore God h a s h ighly e x alted

.

hi m an d given h im a name that i s above every

name that at th e name o f J es us every knee
,

should h o w o f things in heaven an d things on

,

earth an d things unde r th e earth an d that every ,

t ongu e should con fess that Jesu s Ch rist i s Lord ,

t o the gl ory o f Go d th e Father To h i s essen .

tial glory as th e e t e rn a l S on o f th e Father i s

added th e gl ory which come s from h uman grat
i t u d e and ad oration an d w o rsh ip Ou r human .
38 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

ity has been enl arge d an d realized and gl orified

since C hrist w ore it an d has re fuse d ever t o lay it
asi de .

Christ ha s given a n ew meaning t o th e ide a of

personality both the personality o f

, God an d o f
man . H i s wa s the h uman li fe of God when the
finite s eemed scarcely able to ho l d what has
sought t o be revealed o f the Infinite Th e glory .

sh ining through the incarnate form on the

mount o f t ra n s fi gu ra t i o n and then aga in o f the
a scension the voices of attendant angels at hi s
,

bi rt h and resurrection th e br o ke n silence of

,

God wh o must pr o nou nce to the loving t rust ,

“
ing heart T hou art my beloved S on in who-m
,

”—
I am wel l pleased all thes e tell how that the
infinite embraces the finite a s part o f itsel f and ,

that God is not far from every o n e o f us S o .

eager i s God t o catch our ear that a fter speakin g

in times past unto t h e fathers in t h e proph ets he ,

hath in the se last days spoken unto u s in his S on ,

whom he appointed h ei r o f all things th rough ,

whom al so h e made th e w o rl ds ; wh o being the

e ffulgence o f hi s glory a nd th e very image of
his person an d upholding all things by th e wo rd
,

o f hi s p owe r wh en h e had by h imse l f p u rged

,

o u r sins S at down on th e right hand o f t he

,
 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .
39

ma j e sty on h igh . Could he in deed have been

human whose personality so far t ranscen ds any
other ? Th ! Docetists thought to hon o r Christ
by denying h im a human body , bu t the de
yout believer in eve ry age has resented such
mutilation o f the perfect manhood O f J esu s cry ,

“
ing ,
Ye have taken away my Lord an d I know ,

”
n ot where ye have lai d h im .

I f w e had not deemed that ou r hu manity

'

co u ld re ce i v e an d hol d an d S h ow s o much o f

God it wa s because we had forgotten that it

,

W a s for this reason that man w as made in th e

divine image an d a fter the d ivine l iken ess .
Je
sus Ch rist wa s such a be ing in h is pe rfect hu
manity as God had alway s inten de d that man
S houl d be Fo r th is reason th e first Adam was
.

mad e a l iving soul B ut in h is fall h e lost that

.

image th rough weakened intel lect an d de prave d

h eart an d impai red w ill s o that he coul d n eithe r
,

recover it for h imsel f nor transmit it to h i s p os

t e ri t y . Th ere fo re th e S econ d A dam wa s made
kn own to u s as a qu ick en ing spi rit n ot only ,

having thi s divin e likeness but capa bl e ,

o f t ran s
mittin g it I t wa s only on e fille d w ith th e H o lv
.

Spi ri t on e to wh om the S pi rit wa s given w ith

,

out m easure wh o coul d baptize w ith th e H oly

,
40 The P ower of P ers ona li ty .

Spirit .H uman pers o nal ity wa s not only re

stored it wa s enlarged it wa s vitalized it wa s
, , ,

r e alized in Christ Th e forgotten possibil ities o f

.

human nature began to reappear as men received

powe r to become the sons o f God For o f h is
.

fullness hav e we all received and grace for grace

,
.

What a successi o n of graces is best o wed on the

sons o f God as w e are able to receive them the ,

lowe r giving place to th e h igher but non e save

,

a s they come fr o m H im wh o i s full o f grace and

t ruth It i s only by behol ding h im and h i s gl o ry

.

that we a re changed from gl ory into glory It is .

there fore unto H im wh o i s able to do e x ceeding

abundantly abov e all that w e can ask o r th ink
accordin g to th e power that w orketh in u s that
we give glory unto all generations forever and,

eve r.

Christ is become there fore th e quickening

spirit to our race the on e whose chie f cre d en
,

tial is that he baptizeth w ith t he H oly Spirit It .

was only out o f h is per fected and glorified h u

manity that the Holy Spirit could be given to
men It wa s part o f th e mission of C hrist t o re
.

veal both th e personality o f man and o f God .

Now we are apt t o think that there can be no

t ru e personality that i s not l imited and boun ded .
 Th e Power of P ers on a li ty .
4 1

Are we n ot made aware of our own personality

by becoming consci o us o f other beings t han our
selves ? Are w e not made aware O f ou r own
rights bv the resistance wh ich we encount e r an d
by th e claims o f other beings ? Ye s ou r sel f
,

e x istence i s o ften made cleare r t o u s by contrast

w ith someth ing other than ou rselve s b ecau se w e ,

do not contai n in ou rselves the conditions o f our

e x istence Not s o the divin e ex istence I t has
. .

n o such l imitati o ns I t needs neith er th e con

.

s ci o u s n e s s o f e x istence to be b egun or t o b e con

t i n u o u s ly develop ed by s o mething n ot itsel f I t .

has w ithin itsel f all the condition s o f e x istence .

“
T here fore Lotze says : P er fect personality i s in
God only ; to all finit e min ds there i s allotted but
a pal e copy th ereo f ; th e finiteness o f th e fi nite
i s n ot a producin g con dition of this P ers o nal ity ,

”
but a limit an d h ind rance o f its development .

’
Despite o u r Lord s per fect humanity h e free ,

ly con fessed th e limitati o ns ma de n ecessary by

c o ming in hum a n form H e n ee de d t o empty

.

h imsel f o f h is omniscience and o f h i s o mn ip o

tence an d of h is o mnipresen ce until a fter hi s res

u rre ct i o n an d the assumption of h i s S pi ritual
body . And so lon g as w e are waitin g for ou r full
adoption n amely th e redemption o f ou r body we
, , ,
4 2 Th e P ower of P ers on a li ty .

ourselves cannot be made perfect cannot real ,

ize our true personality to the utmost But t h e .

whol e p r o cess o f true li fe in Christ is th e get

ting ready for tha t fuller realization o f our per
s o n a li t y when in S piritualized nature w e shall
be made kings an d priests unto God and the
Father To that en d is given u s the Holy Spir
.

it wh o abode i n J o hn th e Baptist and w ith o ut

measure in Jesu s Ch rist and for wh o s e coming
,

t o abide w ith u s forever ou r divin e Lord said

that it wa s e x pedient that even he h imsel f S hould
go away . This other Com fo rt er this Divin e
,

P araclete comes w ith n o ne of t h e l imitation s

,

which belon g to ou r humanity but with Ch rist

,

as th e highest ex pression of ou r humanity our ,

realized humanity and our Lo rd and Saviou r ,

as h is theme H e com es to take of the things

.

o f C h rist an d to S how them unto us Th e th ird .

great P e rs onal ity in the history of the Chu rch i s

non e oth e r than the Holy Spirit .
 C re tor S p i r i t
a , w h ose aid
, by
T he worl d s foun d a t i ons fi rst were l a i d
’

C ome v i s i t every p i o u s m i nd ;
,

C ome pour t hy joy s on h um a nk i n d ;

,

F rom s i n a n d sorro w se t us free ,

A nd make t h y templ es worthy th ee .

P le n teous o f gr a ce des cen d from hi gh

, ,

R i ch i n t h y seven fol d energy !-

Thou stre n gth of hi s a lm i ghty h a nd ,

Whose power d o es h ea ven a n d ea rt h comma n d ,

P roceed i ng S p i r i t our defense

, ,

Who dost t h e g i ft o f ton gu es d i s p ense ,

A n d cro wn s t t h y g i fts w i th elo quence !

’

( Th is grand hy mn h a s alway s h el d t h e h i gh est r a nk

a mong poems a ddressed to t h e H ol y S p i r i t a n d wa s ,

a ppo i nted to be used at t h e coronat i on o f k i ngs a n d

emperors Its a uth ors h i p i s u nknown a lthough ascr ibed

.
,

both to Ch a rlem a gne a n d to G rego ry th e G re a t ) .

( 44)
 II .

TH E P ERS O N ALI TY OF TH E H O LY
S P IRI T .

TH E p romise o f the O ld T estament wa s of

th e D ivin e Son ; th e p romise of t he N ew Te s
tame nt wa s o f th e Holy Spirit Non e p ro m
'

ised the H oly Spi rit w ith gre ater frequen cy a n d

f o rce than di d t he Son o f God I t wa s i mp os
.

s ib l e fo r t h e H oly S pi rit t o b e give n s ave o ut o f

the perfecte d an d glorified manhoo d of th e S on
o f Go d J esus Ch rist made pers onal the D eity
. .

God wa s n o long e r me re P o w e r or Fo rce or La w

-
,

h e wa s Love a fter Ch rist came to rev ea l h im

,
.

H e wa s a P e rson l o vi n g patien t m erci ful j us t

, , ,
.

Go d so loved that he sen t h is S on a n d wh e n ,

the S on came h e wa s eve r speakin g of th e F a

’
t h e r s love ; and h is own earthly li fe wa s simply

th e human li fe o f Go d As the sun seem s

.

large r when nearest th e horizon so God seemed ,

m o re real as men s a w h i s moral att ributes tested

under th e con diti o n s o f th e incarnation Th e .

li fe of God in terms o f human ity revealed hi m

more cl early as a p e rs o n Th e won der ful per
.

( 45 )
46 The P ers on a li ty of the H oly S p i ri t .

s on a li t yof Christ hel ped to make r e al the per

s o n a li t y alike of the Father and of the H oly

Spirit . Whatever th e hypostatic un ion may

me a n besi des it means for us the blessed fact
,

that God can s o reveal hims e l f through perfect

humanity as that w e are made consci o us of kin
ship w ith him a s w e h ol d communion with him .

Nature comes to con sciousness in man a per ,

s on , capable o f thought a ffection an d will

, ,
.

God cannot be less than a sel f conscious and -

—
sel f de termining P erson unless h e be less than
man . H ow
much m o re h e is as an Infin it e P e r
s on than the largest c o nception that w e have
ever had o f personality awaits o f ou r growing
,

knowledge o f Go d in Christ .

A human person the crown o f creation rep

, ,

resents o r embod ies only a fragment of human

nature N o one man or p erson can be said to
.

embo dy all o f human nature I t takes all men .

,

all human persons to d o that But what for

, .

lack o f a bette r a h igher term t o denote the

,

distinctions in the Godhead w e call a D ivine ,

P erson emb o dies all o f th e divine nature Al l

,
.

the Deity is in the Father all i s in th e Son , ,

and all i s in th e H oly Spirit Each coul d not .

be a divine P erson S ave as h e embodied al l of

 Th e P ers o na li ty o f the H oly S p i ri t .
47

th e d ivine natu re . Yet th e divin e essence may

not be sai d S imply to subsist in three modes .

Th e very mod e which embodies the d ivine e s

s ence d i sclo s e s a P e rs o n s elf co ns ciou s s elf ,
-
,

dete rmining an d s o capable of communing w ith

,

an oth er God i s not a unit but a un ity God

.
,
.

has not dwelt alone a solitary unit from all ,

ete rn ity Th ere are three modes o f one divin e

.

substance o r th ree distincti ons in the I nfinite

,

E ssen ce as revealed by th e very natu re o f God

as sel f contemplating sel f cogn itive s el f com
-
,
-
,
-

muning T here i s th e sub j ect contemplatin g

.
,

th e obj ect contemplated an d th e perception of ,

th e id entity o f bo th P ers on i s not an a t t ri

.

bute of th e essence but a mode o f the essen ce

, ,

“ ”
an e x istence form o f the essence There i s
-
.

but on e d ivin e essence in com mon t o th e th ree

pe rsons A Trinitarian P erson i s th e entire d i
.

vine natu re subsisting in a particul ar manner as

Father S on an d H oly Sp irit
, , .

Th e culminating point o f th e e x altati on Of

C hrist wa s wh en out o f h is per fected an d glo

ri fi e d human ity th rough wh ich was made known
,

the Fathe r was made kn own also an d given to

,

th e worl d of believers th e H ol y Spi rit S o i n .

timate an d sacred wa s the fell owship that each

48 The P ers on a li ty of the Holy S p i ri t .

wa s as it were his o ther s el f

, ,
H e that hath .

’
seen me hath s een t he Fa t h er also Even as .

he p romises the other Com forter wh o S hall

“
ab ide w ith m en forever Christ d eclares I w ill
, ,

not leave y ou des olate : I w il l c o m e unto you .

Th e very Holy Spirit thus proce eding from the

Father an d th e Son i s a t once the Spi rit of God
“
'

an d the Spirit o f Christ I f a man love me

.
,

h e wi ll keep my w ord ; a n d my Fath er w ill love

h im an d we w ill c o me unto him an d make our
,

ab o de w ith h im All that i s done by the H oly

.

Sp irit i s d one in th e unity o f th e Father and

the S on j ust as all that i s done by the Divin e
,

S on i s d on e in th e unity o f the Father an d th e

H oly Spirit Th e Father t oo lives an d acts in
.
, ,

the unity o f t he Son an d o f the H oly Spirit .

S o th a t whe n ou r divine Lor d gave his com

m issi o n to th e d iscipl es it wa s to bap tize in the
name o f the Father an d o f th e Son an d of the
H oly Ghost Th e gradual un f o lding o f the
.

my ste ry of redemption wa s th e gradual un fol d

i n g o f the mystery o f th e T riun e God As th e .

W h ol e G o dhead i s revealed as engaged in the

c reation wh en th e Fath er wh o i s always th e
,

supreme representative of the Godhead said ,

“
Let u s make man in ou r image and after our
 Th e P ers on a li ty o f t h e H oly S p i ri t .
49

likeness ,
so the T riune God i s intere ste d an d
’
engaged in th e work of m a n s redemption . God
an d Father are interchangeabl e t erms . What
belongs to the th ree P ersons o f the H oly T rin ity

alike i s u sual ly assign ed t o th e Fath er t o whom ,

’
prayer is generally o ffered In th e s o ul s s u .

preme need it prays t o th e S o n an d t o th e H oly

Spi rit also .

Th e H oly Spirit th e promise of th e N ew

,

Testament as Ch ri st was o f the O l d T estament ,

is mentioned n early th ree hun d red times in the

New T estament One entire book i s s o given
.

t o t he account of th e coming an d w o rk of th e
Holy Spirit that while it i s known a s the A cts
of th e Apostles it may more fi t ly be kn own as

the Acts o f the H oly Spi rit o r as th e Gos pel ,

of th e H oly Spi rit at least as Luke d en ominates

, ,

“
h i s g o spel of ou r Lord ,
o f what he b egan b oth
t o do and teach Th e f o ur G o sp e l s are t he
.

man i festation o f Ch rist Th e Acts an d t h e .

Epistles are t h e p reaching o f C h rist a fter that

mani festation ha d been compl ete d by h is aseen
sion The s e we re w ritten in a v e ry atmosph e re
.

o f powe r s o supreme was th e consci ousn ess th a t

,

God d welt graciou sly W ithin an d wa s m oving

omnipotently w ithout . Th e mighty m oveme n t
50 Th e P ers on a li ty of th e H oly S p i ri t .

i s felt in every page as th e L o rd of th e harvest

,

had come and wa s s ending out lab o rers into his

harvest an d wa s gathering in the ripened grain
,

as wel l as S owing th e l iving s eed in all the

world S o long as the Church realized his
.

l eadership as the personal representative o f the

,

glorified Lord th e H oly Sp irit inspire d h 0 pe

,

and c o urage and men labored and lived in the

,

po wer o f the S pirit To fail to grasp or to deny

.

the personality o f the othe r Comforter and ,

above al l h is divine pers onality meant th e de ,

nial o f th e divinity of the Son o f God to w h o m

the Holy Sp i rit ever b o re testi mon y An d to .

de ny the divinity o f Christ s p e edily included

th e deni a l o f h is atoning w ork Th e d octrines
.

o f the cross an d o f P entecost are closely con

n e ct e d.Unless Christ came into th e worl d to

save S inners the H o ly Spi ri t h a s n o w or t hy
theme . Th e p ersonality an d divinity o f the
Holy Spirit are reveal ed n o less tha n Go d the
‘

Fathe r revealed h is only begotten Son as the

eternal Son and th e Lamb o f God sl ain from
the fou ndation of the world S o vitally con .

n ect e d are the great teachings o f ou r religion

that W here one great doctrine is assailed the
fracture reaches into th e very T rinity itsel f .
52 The P ers on a li ty of th e H oly S p i ri t .

than that wh ich kills hi m for h e woul d know ,

that he dies and the universe woul d kn ow n oth

,

”
ing of the advantage which it has over him .

Man s pers onal ity ranks with him ab ove a ll na

’

ture w ithout it ne ve r i s ma n so con

. B ut

scious o f his real e x iste nce as a p e rson as

wh en he h a s a vision of God o r r ealizes h is ,

respons ibi lity to God Who da r e s deny the ex

.

i s t e n ce o f a man who h a s violated the laws o f

li fe o r th e sanctity of th e h om e ? H is person
ality s e ems girded w ith fire as he is s ep arated
from all ot hers by h i s defi a n ce of th e law s of
God a n d o f man H is sense o f guilt is the
.

aw ful guardian o f hi s personal i dentity in al l

l ands an d in all worlds P ersonality i s essen
.

t i a lly ethical Th e Holy S p irit dwelling in th e

.

u nity o f the F ather and the S o n s earching an d ,

k nowing the deep things of God i s t h e most ,

vital personality on earth filled w ith a lofty ,

and divine pu rpose that shakes th e pl a n et He .

comes as th e very e x ecutive o f th e G o dhead .

H e is not a me re influence an impersonal po w ,

e r l eaving u s to ask what shall w e do with it

, .

H e comes as very God asking th e question ,

what h e shall do with u s H e i s gi rded with .

d ivine maj est y a s celestial fire attends his com

,
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53

ing a n d the rushing mighty w in d he ralds his

approach as i f all the elements hastened to
,

recognize that S overeign w h o cal led order out

of ch a os as h e brooded over dar k ness and con
“ ”
fusion and sai d ,
Let the re b e l ight . H e who
cl othed himsel f w ith l ight a s w ith a garment
comes now t o assert h i s supremacy alik e over
material and spi ritual natu re In creation th e
.

H oly Spirit first mani fested that gl oriou s pow

e r which i s to appear yet more gl o riou s in the
regenerati on of th e spi rit an d in t h e re s u rre c
tion o f the b o d y Only a divine P erson al ity wa s
.

wo rthy to foll ow th e divine an d gl orified S on

o f God .

Th e H oly Spirit wh ich c a m e to u s out of th e

p er f e cted an d glorified humanity of Christ i s

inseparabl e in ou r thought fr o m Christ Wh at .

ever o i th e incarnate person and w ork o f J esus

bel o ngs t o hi m as th e representative of m a n
’
kin d i s un der th e Spirit s direction ; w hile all
that b el ongs to him as th e rep resentativ e of th e
D eity i s th e act o f h is own Ete rnal Spirit a s the
Son o f Go d .J esus must b e glorified o f th e
Fath er in h is completed resu rrection w hich wa s ,

h i s ascen sion be fore th e Holy Spirit c o ul d glo

,

ri fy h im among men . Th e Holy Spi rit h as a

54 The P ers on a li ty of th e Holy S p i ri t .

sharply defined commission of service in e x clu

s ive relation to th e purpose a n d w ork of Christ .

S ince hi s ascension Christ i s known only through

the Spi rit an d no l onger after the flesh Even
, .

to one wh o a s the bel oved disciple had s o o ft en

leaned upon his bre a st when th e final and glo
,

ri o u s
revelati on o f P atmos is given it was Ch rist ,

r evealing h imsel f through th e Spirit t o one who

wa s in the Spiri t on th e Lord s day Th e H oly

’
.

Spirit is the perpetual an d only su fficient wi t

ne s s of t he Lordship o f Christ an d t he on e ,

witne s s of t h e s o nship of b eli eve rs mediate d

t hrough Ch rist He is the inte rp reter of the
.

m ystery of t h e person o f C h ri st After Ch ri st

.

“ ”
s ai d ,
I t i s fini sh ed t h e application of the atone
,

m ent remain ed f o r th e adm i ni stration of t he

Spirit Th e very ministry of recon ciliati on i s
.

t h e minist ration of the Spi rit w ith o ut wh o se a i d

,

t he worl d could n ever be convinced o f sin in

t h e rej ection o f C h rist or o f righteousness in
,

o u r ascen ded Lord as th e only groun d o f h u

m a n acceptance be fore th e la w and o f j ud g ,

m ent in th e separation o f all wh o bel ong to th e

p rince o f thi s world an d th o se wh o b el ong to

Jesus its right ful Lord As our risen Lord on
.

t h e fi rst day o f h is resurrection breathed on h is

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55

discipl es an d said Receive y e th e Holy Spirit

, ,

h e p repared them by the help of the H oly Sp irit

fo r every revelation an d d uty of the forty days ,

an d for those ten days o f waitin g in faith an d

prayer for th e promise o f the Fathe r when the ,

H oly Sp irit shoul d be given n ot to th e ap ostles,

only but to th e whole body o f bel ieve rs as

,

sembled in th e upper ro om I t w as the gi ft of.

p owe r , i t was the induement for service . It

’
was the Holy Spi rit that had perfecte d Christ s
h umanity now come to per fect ou rs as h e shoul d
take o f the th ings o f Ch rist an d S h ow th em unto
us I t was th e Spirit of Ch rist which dwel t in
.

h i m w ithout measu re .

B ecaus e no impersonal influence c o ul d take

’
the place of Ch ri st s pre sence an d gu idance th e ,

early disciples e x pecte d and w elcomed the Holy

Spirit as an othe r Com forte r or Strengthene r a ,

very P araclete o r Frien d in n e e d su ch as Chri s t ,

-

himsel f had be en to them H e wa s One w ith.

wh om they coul d counsel t o whom they coul d

,

p ray One wh o shoul d guide th em into al l truth

, ,

an d One wh o a s Lord o f the ha rvest S houl d

comman d an d lead So confident were th ey o f
.

all thes e needs being met by the Holy Spi rit a ,

j oint w itness w ith th em o f th e resurrecti on o f

5 6 The P ers on a li ty of the H oly S p i ri t .

Christ that they believed that h e was the real

,

sel f o f the Church th e one Spirit h owev er di

, ,

v erse hi s gi fts W hether o f wisdom or under

,

standing or speech . In their most solemn de

“
li ve ra n ce s they w ere able to sa y, I t seemed
”
goo d to the Holy Spirit and to u s T hey d a red .

n ot d i s obe v h is voice when th e H oly S pirit said ,

“
S eparate M E B arn abas and Saul for t h e w ork
whereunto I have called them An d these cho
.

s e n me ssengers being sent f o rth by the Holy

,

Spirit w ent forth on tha t first great mi ssion

,

ary tou r whi ch the Lord of th e harvest h ad

planned t o be followed by countless others u n
,

t il th e final ingathering of the harvest .

T h e way in which the H oly S pirit was p rom

“
i sed implied h i s p e rsonal ity He wa s the
.

”
p romise o f the Fathe r a s the S o n ,
had al so
been the promise o f th e Fathe r God g a v e the .

Spi rit as God also g a ve h i s S on H e wa s .

“
p romised as an other Com forte r wh ich meant ,

that h e S hould be n o less personal than was the

fi rst All h is acts were to b e personal
. acts as ,

“ “ ” ”
h e was t o S peak to convince t o , , testi fy ,

“ ” “ ” “
to guide t o S h ow things to come
, ,
to glo
ri f y
Ch rist Act s were possible t oward h im
.

which woul d not have been possibl e toward a

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57

mere influence or what was sim ply impersonal .

M en could resist th e H oly Spirit as thei r fathe rs

had don e they coul d li e unto him they could
, ,

even blaspheme him an d s o be guilty o f an

,

ete rnal sin .

Th e coming o f th e Holy S pi rit was attended

w ith supernatural si gns and wonders as really S up e r n a t ura l

si ns
g
a s was th e coming o f the S on o f God Th e
.

pu blicity of hi s coming was as much greate r as

Je rusalem was larger than B ethlehem an d th e ,

crowde d city at P entecost gave more of an audi

ence than the shephe rd s an d w ise men an d ,

mi d day was m ore publ ic than night an d the ,

sun was brighte r than th e sta r o f B ethleh em ,

an d th e ru sh ing mighty w in d was more start

ling than th e swe et strains o f th e Glo ri a i n
E x cels is sung by w orsh iping angel s to attuned
ears There were flames of fire as symbol s o f
.

th e Shek inah : an d gi fts o f tongues an d o f mir

acl es ; o f h ealin g an d o f interp retation ; o f p ro ph
e cy an d o f discerning o f spirits ,
wh ich made
good th e p romi se o f th e departing Lord Great ,

er works than these shall ye d o al so becaus e I ,

go unto my Father A S against the scanty five

’
.

’
hund red di sciples gathe red during ou r Lord s
three years o f publ ic ministry were th ree thou
 58 The P ers on a li ty of the H oly S p i ri t .

san d converts on the day o f P entecos t alon e .

Christ was now li fted up and all men were ,

being drawn unto h im N ot until a f t er th e

.

true Lamb o f Go d was o ffered wa s a single

“
p riest influenced After P entecost a great mul
.

t i t u de o f the priests became obedient u n t o the

faith :
When our Lord gave his divine commission
to go preach and baptize in the name of th e
Father and o f the S on and o f the Holy Spirit ,

Sp i r i t .
bidding h i s apostles to begin at Jerusalem and
in Ju dea in S amaria an d t o go to the ends of
, ,

the earth h e promised a s th e one wh o ba pt i z

, ,

eth w ith th e Holy Spirit to b e w ith them to ,

the en d o f t he earth How glorious th e f u lfill

.

ment of that promi se by the bl essed epiphany

o f th e Spirit in every app ointe d fi e l d o f labor !
At P entecost C hrist baptized with th e Holy
Spirit declaring that this wa s th e fulfillment o f
,

what had be en preached by J o hn the Baptist .

S O wonderful wa s the miracle o f this b aptism

w ith th e H oly Spi rit that P arthians an d Med es
and Elamites an d the dwellers in M esopotamia ,

in Judea and C appadocia in P ontus and Asia , ,

in P hrygia an d P amphyl ia in E gy pt an d the ,

parts o f Libya about C y rene an d soj ourn ers ,

60 Th e P ers on a li ty of the Holy S p iri t .

her own . As J ohn accompanied P ete r to the

S amaria where h e ha d once asked permission
t o call down fi re from heaven t hat h e might

destroy the place that rej ect e d Ch rist he was

-
,

now to learn what manner o f spirit must be

theirs wh om our Lord could u se when he would
bapti z e w ith the Holy S p i rit To the c o nverts
.

o f t h e faith ful min istry o f P hilip there wa s to

be given more than th e baptism o f water wh ich

they received at I i s han d s As P eter and J o hn
.

p r a yed f o r them that they might receive the

H oly S p irit such S peedy answe r wa s given an d
,

such a change w rought upon the n e w disci

ple s that S imon Magus would fain have bou ght
w ith mon ey the powe r which comes alon e from
h eaven. Again th i s display of divine power
op en ed the wa y to many villages o f the Samar
itans where t h e apostles preache d th e gos pel o f
the risen Lord .

While P hilip wa s caugh t away by th e Spi rit

for othe r noble service in t he chariot o f the
treasurer o f Que e n Candace it was not alone
,

tha t he might sen d back to Ethi opia an i n t e lli

gent an d devout convert wh o S h ould plant the
,

true faith where it remain s until this day but ,

under th e quick movemen t s o f t h e Spirit shoul d

 The P ers ona li ty of th e Holy S p i ri t . 61

preach the gospel in all the cities from Az otu s

to Cesarea . And in a lan d s o filled w ith Gen
tiles P h ilip was to b e a forerunne r o f an a p ostl e
wh o i s soo n to come from J o ppa h o w ever re ,

lu ct a n t ly, to p reach to th e h o useh ol d o f Corn e

lius the Roman centurion representative of t h e ,

enti re Gen til e worl d from which h e wa s th e

first c o nvert and to w itness th e same won derful
,

epiphany of the H oly Spirit w ith all the atten d ,

ant mark s o i d ivine energy an d p owe r a s h e h ad

w itnesse d at J erusalem in Ju dea an d in S a
, ,

maria Who ever had a more serious au dience

.

“
than P ete r wh en the nobl e Rom an sai d Th o u ,
-

hast don e w el l that thou art come N o w th ere .

fore we are all h ere present in th e sight o f Go d

t o hear all things that h ave been comman ded
”
thee o f th e Lord ? Th e m i racl e o f t ongue s
wa s repeate d for such h e arers P ete r remem .

bere d again what th e B aptist had declare d con

cerning H i m wh o sh oul d baptize w ith th e Holy
Spi rit an d a s h e recite d th e events to th e apo s
,

tles they held the ir peace from any adver s e

critici sm o f what God had so graciously a p
“
proved an d glorified God saying
, , ,
T hen to th e

Gentiles al so hath Go d granted repentance unt o

Th e last e p iphany o f th e S p i rit op en ed
”
l i fe
.
62 TM P ers on a li ty o f t h e H oly S p i ri t .

alike the Gentile w orld and loo sened th e yet

m o re rusty hinges of the hearts o f the apostles ,

and in that order In fact h a s not this been

.
,

the case since P entecost that the S p irit was '

poured out on al l flesh and that a genuine u p

,

ward movement has taken place since that h o u r

w ithout which the conversion o f h eathen na
tions w ould have been impos sible ? Has there
“ ”
not been more earnest e x pectation among th e
nations that s i t in darkness than of consuming
zeal among those wh o have seen the great l ight ?
N othing short of such epiphanies o f the Holy
Spirit as were given whereve r the apostles w ent
as commissioned by thei r Lord would have
su fficed to take away the veil from thei r eyes ,

a veil never removed finally until w e feel n ot ,

that the Spirit bel ongs to u s but that we be

,

long t o the Spirit of Go d H o w startling it

.

may b e to fin d when the b ooks are Opene d h o w

more responsive to the heavenl y vision has been
many a devout C ornelius than some S imon
P eter calle d to be an apostle ! P ossibly we
woul d find that a man o f Macedonia calls from
every shore i f our hearts were keyed to fuller
sympathy w ith the lost sheep the other sheep ,

which C hrist hath wh ich are not o f our fol d .

 Th e P e rs on a li ty o f t he Holy S p i ri t . 63

The auth ority attached to th e words o f the Th e s a cr e d

H oly Spirit emphasize d the sacred dignity o f

H x s p e rs o n
'
‘
.

his person . N o more was the Ch rist o f God

authenticated by the voice of the Fathe r s a y ,

“
in g T his is my beloved S on than wa s th e
, ,

H oly Spirit authenticated by the voice o f th e

D ivin e S on This was d o ne not only at th e
.

’
last Supp er whe n m o st o f our Lord s d iscou rse
,

wa s about the othe r Com forter th e Spirit o f ,

T ruth , wh o
shoul d come but by th e defin ite ,

assurance that they shoul d not depart from

J erusalem until they shoul d be in due d w ith
p o wer from on high to make them w itn esses
in all th e worl d A s the whole o f th e Acts
.

wa s summed up in that sen ten ce s o th e wh ole ,

o f the Ap o calypse was given in ep it ome as th e

S on o f God s even t imes auth enticate d th e voice
“
o f th e Holy Spi rit by sayin g H e that hath ,

ears let h i m hear what th e Spi rit saith unto

the chu rch es . So f u llv di d t he v oice of th e
Spi rit become the voice o f th e B rid e that they
mingle an d blen d in th ei r call for th e retu rn
o f the B ri degroom as th e Spi rit an d th e B ri de
“ ” “
say ,
Come Yea saith th e S pirit
.
,
i s the ,

delight ful re frain o f th e wh ole book .

B eca u s e Anania s a n d Sapph ir a invaded th e

64 Th e P ers on a li ty o f the H oly S p i ri t .

of the
’
sanctity Holy Spirit s prese nce with a
li e they w ere s mitten dead
,
. P eter
’
s w ords ex

plaine d the tragic scen e as they w ere b orn e out

to burial Th ey had not lied unto men but
.
,

unto God How aw ful the maj esty of h i s per

.

s o n when al l manner of s i n might b e forgiven

men an d yet h e that blasphemed against the

,

Holy Ghost ha d never forgiveness for h is was ,

an eternal sin ! H ow the early Chu rch learn ed

that the immedi ate representative o f Chri st wh o ,

alon e proclaimed and made possible for men to

understan d h is Lordship mus t in all th ings be,

obeye d All the warmth an d gl ow o f a great

.

revival in S amaria could not hol d P hilip from

th e solitary chariot w here the Spirit comman ded
h im P ete r dared n o longer to call common or
.

unclean what God had clean s ed an d with all the ,

prej udices and narrowness o f h i s Jewish and

provincial li fe to overcome h e hast en s to the
Gentil e h ousehol d at Cesarea Th e Chu rch at .

Antioch despite their attachment t o B arnabas

,

’
a nd Saul must h ee d the H oly Spirit s com
,

“
mand wh en h e says Separate m e B a rnabas and
,

Saul for the work whereunto I h ave called

th em .P aul and T imothy are su re o f a great
an d e ff ectual d oo r Opened in p opulous Asia ,
 The P ers ona li ty of th e Holy S p iri t . 65

W here the seven chu rches o f Asia were waiting

f o r t he gos pel ; but t he Spi rit su ffered t hem n o t ,

a n d th e y dared n o t disobey t h e call from M a ce

don ia Th e se ed must b e sown in Greece th e

.
,

gospel must be growing apace in Eu rop e while ,

th e wor k is being done in As ia where they ca n

shortly return Th e Church at J erusal em dared
.

d o non e o ther thing than that which se eme d

good unto th e Holy Sp irit an d unto them Th e .

H oly Spi rit p roceeding fr o m th e Father an d the

S on was th e Etern al Spirit searching an d know
,

ing th e deep things o f God as w ell as the h eart s

O f me n . H e wh o came as th e S pi rit o f T ruth
to gui de men into all truth made unquesti oning
obedience the con dition o f hi s gu i dan ce and
leader s hip Loving an d gentl e fin ding u s in
.
,

greater depth s o f ou r being than we had eve r

kn own ou rse lves helping ou r i n fi rm i t i e s as we
,

know not h o w to pray as we ought we fin d ,

t h e H oly Spi rit h i m se l f making inte rcess ion f o r

u s w ith groan ings that cannot b e uttere d giv ,

ing us spiritual l o ngings even when ou r lan

guage is inadequate t o sh ap e ou r prayers aright .

H o w vital n ot to resist or que nch or grieve or

tempt th e Spi rit o f God wh ereby th ese graciou s
h elps were possible ! It was th e fact o f thei r
66 The P ers on a li ty of the H oly S p i ri t .

yi elding the msel ves t o S a tan i n a cons p ir acy to

tempt the H oly Spiri t to l e a ve the inf a nt Chu rch
forever a fte r such lying a n d hypocrisy that
, ,

made the s in of Ananias and S apphira s o odi

ous . Onl y what wa s p ers o n a l coul d fe e l so

dee ply th is a ff r o nt to pu ri ty and truth . Th e

Holy S p irit as the Sp irit o f T ruth has only
condemn a ti o n for whatsoever loveth and mak
eth a lie W a s it because the o ff ense wa s the
.

’
gr e ater a fter ou r Lord s denunciation of h y
p o cri s y that th e condi gn punishme nt wa s so

sp eedy an d unhesitating ?
By virtue o f the e x alted Offic e s of th e H o ly
Spirit we are assu red o f h is pe rsonal ity He .

must be possessed o f th e h ighest order of i n

t e lli ge n ce and of sensibility an d o f w ill to be

the T eacher Com forter and Admin istrator of

, ,

the C hurch H e is th e sou rce o f intellectual

.

li fe as w e ll a s t h e tea che r a n d guide of th e i n

quiring mind W hile th ere i s a s p i rit in man
.
,

it is th e Spi rit o f the Almighty that giveth un

d e rs t a n d i n g Our very rati o nal nature i s

. h is

gi ft . Whatever t he vari ous intellectual gi fts of

men wh ether for art or administration as with

,

B ezal eel an d J oseph whether for statesmanship

,

or gen eralship a s w ith M oses a n d J oshua ,

68 The P ers on a li ty o f the Holy S p i ri t .

Ca n it be that the unknown God which they

i gn orantly worshiped we can now p r o clai m as
the Light that l ighteth every man that c o me th
into the world ? God giveth n o t hi s Spirit by
measure Th e limitation is nev er in God s u n
.
’

’
w illingness t o be stow bu t in man s incapacity
,

o r indi ff erence to recei ve .

Th e Spi rit o f T ruth is eve r seeking to make

”
son s o f light because they have th e light and
,

believe on th e light To the an x ious questi o n

.

of the only J udas ( n ot I scariot ) capabl e of such

“
spi ritual longings Lord h o w w ilt th o u mani
, ,

”
fest thysel f unto u s an d n o t unto the worl d ?
C h rist taught that obedien ce wa s th e organ of
“
S piritual kn owl e dge I f a man love me he will
.
,

k eep my w o rd ; an d my Fathe r w ill l o ve him ,

an d we will come unto him an d make ou r ab o de

w ith h im He that loveth me n o t keepeth n ot
.

my w ords I t wa s i mmed iately foll o wing th is

.

“
declarati o n that Jesus said B ut the Com forter , ,

e ven th e H oly Spirit whom th e Fathe r will

,

se n d in my name he shall t each you all things

, ,

a n d bring to you r remembrance all that I sai d

u nto you . To the Holy Spi rit we o we the

entire body o f sacred l iterature wh ethe r o f the ,

Ol d o r th e Ne w Testament as h e foun d obe di ,

 The P ers on a li t y of the Holy S p i ri t . 69

cu t an d holy men wh o w ere borne alon g by the

Holy Spirit responsive to h is gui dance and all
, ,

the i r powers consecr a ted to his servi ce H e n ot .

only b rought all things to t he rem emb rance of

th e sacred p emmen wh o w rote th e G o spels thu s
-
,

guaran t eeing th e accu racy of th ei r records but ,

guided into all truth the ap o s tles wh o submitte d

themsel ves t o h is leadership as th e H oly Spi rit
took of th e things of Christ an d sh o w ed th e m
u nto them . Th e intellectual awakening that fol
l owe d th e ascension an d P entec o st when the ,

s up e rnatu ral s e e m e d t o have ent e re d fo reve r

into th e w orl d o f natu re as th e God man bore -

w ith h im in pe rp etual incarnation hi s glorified

b ody an d yet hel d con stan t communication w ith
men by th e H oly Spirit marked an epoch in ,

th e worl d o f mind Th e mighti e st T hink er in

.

th e unive rs e had become the T eache r of men ,

an d h i s unvarying the me wa s th e P erson of t h e

S on o f -Go d in whom were h i d all t h e treasure s
,

of w i sd om an d kn owledge . What p owe r of

i llumina tion had h e in convincing men o f s in ,

what convictions h e w r o ught as to th e righ t

eous Lord from he ave n wh o h ad returned t o
h eaven and what displays o f
, j u dgment o f
the

th e worl d since its right ful Lord ha d come to

70 The P ers on a li ty of th e Holy S p i ri t .

assert h i s supremacy and the prince of t h is

world W ho had s o lon g claime d its h omage wa s
“
e x posed an d cast out as an i mpostor ! Th e

history o f th e w orl d is the j udgment of the

w orl d .

Th e Holy Spirit wh o gui des into al l truth

becomes th e Com forte r o r S trengthene r of men .

He gives com fort as he gives stren gt h the ,

st rength which comes from cl e ar convicti o n ,

ample light th e kn o wledge o f Christ wh o m we

,

“
have b eli eve d We hav e a st ro ng co nsolati on
.

wh o have fled for re fuge to lay h ol d o f th e ho pe

s e t be fore u s ; which we have a s an anch o r of

th e soul a hope both sure an d stead fast a n d

,

ente ring into that wh ich i s with in th e vei l ;

wh ither as a fo rerunner Jesus hath e ntered f o r
”
us . We are com forte d by the light that sh ines
out o f darkness more glorious than that whi ch
,

shone at creation for it n o w shines in o u r

,

hearts to give the l ight o f the kn owle dge o f

the glory o f God in the face o f J esus Christ .

H e com forts u s by the Spirit of love th rough

wh om the love o f Go d i s she d abroad in the
heart by th e Holy Spirit that is given unto us .

Th e kingdom o f God i s righteousness and pea ce

and j oy in the Holy Spirit I t i s thu s that the
.
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7 1

Go d o f hope fill s u s w ith al l jo y an d p eace in

believing that we may ab oun d in h op e in t he
, ,

power o f the H oly Spirit I t i s he who makes

.

possibl e th e communion o f saints wh o are con

scious o f his l ove as a m otive s o that P aul w rit
,

“
ing to the Roman believers s ay s : I b esee ch yo u ,

b reth ren by ou r Lord Jesus Ch rist an d by th e

, ,

l ove of th e Sp irit that ye strive t o gethe r w i t h

,

m e in your p rayers t o God f o r me ; th a t I may

be delivered from the m that are disob edient in
J ud ea an d that my mini stration which I have
-
,

for Je rusalem may b e acceptable to th e saints ;

that I may come unto you in jo y th rough t h e
w ill of God an d together with you fi n d rest
,
.

Th e C om forter wh o bears w itn ess w ith ou r Th e Go d f

o

spirits that we are t h e ch il dren o f Go d i s i n

deed o u r Stren gt hener as he teaches u s t o s a y ,

”
Abba Father, He is th e Go d o f all com fort
.

wh o com fo rt et h u s in al l ou r a flli ct i on that we ,

may be abl e to com fort th em that are in any

a ffliction th r o ugh t he c o mf o rt w he rew ith we
,
'

our s elve s a re c o m for t ed o f Go d Thi s is pre .

emi ne ntly t he c o m munion o r t he commu n i ca tion

o f th e H oly S pirit to u s in hi s o ffi ce o f C om
forter as h e reach es the heart th rou gh th e in
t e lle ct an d enables u s t o give to e very man a
72 Th e P ers ona li t y o f t he H oly S p i ri t .

reason for the faith that is in us T he re fore .

P aul was far more concerned for spiritual state s

than for spiritual gi fts B etter than th e gi ft of
.

ton gu es or o f kn owledge or O f proph ecy was the

spiritual state the abiding state of love as well
,

a s o f fai t h and of ho pe Wha t cou ld n ot on e

.

en dure w ith abiding love that taket h n o account

of evil that rej oiceth w ith the truth as a per
,

manent possessi o n that beareth all things be

, ,

li e ve t h all th ings hopeth al l things endureth al l

, ,

things ? Love n ever faileth Th e fruit of the .

Spirit is love j oy peace l o ng su ff ering good

, , ,
-
,

ness faith fulness meekness moderation P ara

, , ,
.

dise i s restored whe n the boughs of the tre e of

li fe bend with such celestial fruit .

Now th e great Lord of t he harvest as the ,

ex ecutive of th e Godhead is the Administrator ,

of the Church H e has called it int o being

. .

“
The e ccles i a
!
, t he ca lle d out is t he gen eral a s ,

s e m bly who have responde d to his call because

they first respon de d to his teachings and have

known h is pow er t o comfort and to stre ngt hen .

”
Wh ere the Spirit is i s the Church ! ,
As ma n y
as are led by the Spirit o f God these a re the ,

sons o f God For these received not th e spirit

.

of bon dage again unto fear ; but they received

 Th e P ers on a li ty of th e H oly S p i ri t .
73

the spi rit o f adoption Th e Spirit h imsel f who

.

bears W itness w ith ou r spirits that w e a re th e

children of God teaches u s that i f ch ildren we
are hei rs ; hei rs of God and j oint heirs w ith
Ch rist ; i f s o be that we su ffe r w ith h im that
w e be also glorifie d with him In like manner
.

th e Spirit hel peth our i n fi rm i t i e s o f whatever

sort putting into u s hi s cou rage his power that
, , ,

w e may be stren gt hened with might by h is Spirit

in the inner man No w it i s according to th is
.

powe r that worketh in u s that we can give glory

in th e C hu rch an d in Ch rist J esu s unto al l ge n
e ra foreve r an d ever unt o hi m that i s able
t i on s ,

t o do e x ceeding abun dantly above all that w e ask

or think .

Th e mighty Lord of t he harvest kn o w s every

square mile o f thi s planet where he claims do
m inion in the nam e o f th e S on o f God to whom ,

has been p romise d the h eathen for hi s inh erit

ance and th e uttermost part o f th e earth for
his possession . I t i s th rough him that Eth iopia
stretches out her han ds unto God Wh ile we .

think in indivi duals h e thinks in nations In holy .

confidence o f th e certain outcome he has even ,

“
recorded for ou r instruction some o f h is field
notes as he h a s su rveyed th e worl d wh ich i s
74 The P ers on a li ty o f th e H oly S p i ri t .

“
the fiel d Li sten to the recor d : In that day
.

there shall be a highway out of Egypt to As

sy ria and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt
, ,

an d the Egyptian into Assyria ; and th e E g yp

tian s shall worship w ith the Assy rians In that .

day S hall I srael be the third with E gypt an d

with Assyria a blessing in the midst o f the
,

earth : for that the Lord of h osts hath blessed

them saying B lesse d be Egypt my pe o p le an d
, ,

Assyria t h e work o f my han ds a n d I srael mine ,

”
inhe ritance When this triple al liance i s forme d
.
,

the map of th e world shall be changed for the

n e w h eaven s an d the n e w ea rth wh erein dwell

et h righteousness Yet the zeal o f the Lord of

.

hosts will pe rform it .

Th e Lord o f the harvest to whom w e ar e ,

h i dden by our Lord to pray that he may s en d

more lab orers into his harvest show s hi s s ov ,

e re i gn t y o v
e r men not only in opening doors
and b reaking down the wal ls o f hermit nation s ,

S h owing that t he heart s of k in gs a re in h i s

han ds and he turneth them whi thersoever he
wil l like rive rs of water changing dynasties an d
,

overturning kingdoms but he can even over

,

come the selfishness and narrowness o f his mes

s e n g e rs until they th ink only o f thei r mis s i on
76 Th e P ers on a li ty of th e H oly S p i ri t .

e rs filled with the Holy Spirit God man i fests .

h imsel f th rough h is S on but gives his li fe ,

”
th rough h i s S pi rit It i s th e l i fe giving Spirit
.
-
,

imparting repentance faith hope love c o urage , , , , ,

wh o i s the great Admin istrator o f the a ff ai rs o f

th e kingdom Would you realize his work
.
?

“
Think away all th e n ineteen ce nturies an d all
Christendom an d stand face to face with eleven
men and thei r Lord prom ising to guide them
” ’
into all truth Whatever increase Christ s king
.

dom has had sin ce th e beginning has been th rough

the power o f the Holy Spirit and whateve r suc ,

cess it shall have In the future must be through

the same d iv i ne agency an d hi s power o f reach
ing renew ing inspiring and commanding men
, , ,
.

What personality has ever swayed men as has

th e Holy Spirit ? H e fills w ith new recruits the
ranks which death has thinned ; h e m o ve s men
mightily with th e memory o f thei r Lord until
the l ove of Ch rist constrains th em ; he gives them
assurance o f son sh ip an d heirsh ip o f God and
kinship w ith men until h e gathers together the
,

mighty army o f witnesses o f the resurrection o f

Ch rist an d with h imsel f as a co witn ess h e leads
,
-

them forth conquering and to conquer Napo

,
.

’
l eon s presence on th e battlefield was alwa y s
 Th e P ers on a li ty of t h e H oly S p i ri t .
77

counted a s equ ivalent to forty thousan d men ;

but the p resence and leadership o f t h e H oly
Spi rit can be reck one d only in t erm s of divi n e
energy an d not o f human numbers One with
, .

the Holy Spirit always makes a ma j ority as ,

when Athanasius stoo d against the w orl d !

Pe rhaps in n oth ing is the personality of the
H oly Spirit more apparent than in h is p o wer o f
reproductiveness H e gives li fe because he i s
.

li fe and power because h e is p o wer an d love

, ,

be cause h e i s love a n d truth because h e i s truth

,
.

Th e Christ h e preaches h e is ever repr o ducing

in h uman lives H e eliminates selfishness and
.
,

s o strengthens personality P e rs onality i s not

.

an evil and a h indrance as B u ddha taught ; n or

is p rogress possibl e only w ith th e gradual e va cu
ation o f con sciou sness of desire and o f person
, ,

ality With Ch rist com e s a full personal con

.

scious li fe through which a man realizes h is own

“
soul an d its salvation as h e e x claims For me ,

”
to li ve i s Ch rist ! As the supreme qual ity of
th e divin e pe rsonality i s love the human soul
,

real izes that love shed abroad in th e h eart by

the H oly Spirit that is given unto it and kn o ws ,

itsel f a son o f God With c o nscious s o nship

.

comes c on scious power o f service largeness o f ,

78 Th e P ers on a li ty of t he H oly S p i ri t .

vision a sense o f t h e Lordship o f Christ a n ew

, ,

realization of th e divin e resources a consuming ,

zeal an un faltering faith a love that never fail

, ,

“
e th ,and then th e w ord of triumph I can do ,

all things th r o ugh Ch rist that stren gthens me .

Th e consciou snes s o f powe r comes w ith the

anointing of th e Spirit whether for I saiah or ,

“
Jesus whe t h e r f o r Stephen or P aul : Th e Spirit
,

o f the Lord is upon me f o r h e h ath anointed ,

”
me t o p reach It i s th is that makes the gospel
.

t o be t h e p o wer o f God unto salvation both in ,

them that speak and in those wh o hear .

An early C h ri stian poe t had a vision that all

the citi es of the earth sh ould o ffer th e Lord ,

when h e comes to j u dge the relics of the mar ,

tyrs wh o S l ept in them an d not one city in all

,

t he w orl d wou ld fail in the gi ft Th e wind .

bl oweth where it listeth a n d thou hearest the ,

sound th ereof but cannot tell when ce it com eth

, ,

and whither it goeth ; s o i s every one that i s

”
born of the Spiri t Th e Spirit b orn tell o f the
.
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’
Spirit s powe r and vet wh o can reckon th e num
,

be r o f th e son s of God the tran s f o rmed lives , ,

t he saintly soul s who are born and are led o f

th e S p i rit o f God ? Th e influences o f the Spirit

have been o fte n invisibl e ; w e could not tel l
 Th e P ers on a li ty o f th e H oly S p i ri t .
79

whence th ey came or whithe r the y w ent ne x t on

thei r mission o f power but w e have w ith u s th e ,

results in holy live s It was thi s that so deeply

.

“
impressed P ro fessor S ee ley when he w rote Ecce
” “
Homo Amon g all th e men o f the an ci ent
.

he athen worl d th ere were scarcely on e o r two

to whom w e might ventu re to apply th e e p ith et
‘ ’
holy In othe r words there w ere not more
.
,

than one or two i f any wh o besi d es be ing vi r

, ,

tu ons in thei r action s were possesse d w ith an

una ff e cte d enthusiasm o f goodness an d besi des ,

abstaining from vice regarded even a vicious

thought with horror P robably n o one will .

deny that in Christian countries this h igh er

t oned goo dne s s wh ich w e call holiness has e x
, ,

i sted . Few w il l maintain that it has be en e x

c e e d i n gly rare P erhaps th e truth i s that there
.
,

h a s scarcely been a town in any Ch ristian coun

t ry since the time o f Ch rist where a century
has passed w ithout e x h ibiting a character o f
such el evation that h is mere pres ence h a s shamed
th e bad an d made the goo d better an d has been ,

felt at times like the presence o f God hims el f .

And i f th is b e so ha s C h rist fail ed ? o r can

,

”
Ch ristianity die ? Th e savage groping a fte r
Go d call s h im th e Great Spi rit an d worsh ip s ,
80 The P ers on a li ty of t he H oly S p i ri t .

powe r To th e Christian he is kn own as the

.

Holy Spirit wh o alone can make saints

,
.

Th e great w ork of the Holy Spirit at P ente

co s t was the enabling the saints for a totally
new energy o f testimony to Christ It was the .

flaming tongue that told o f the he art of fire .

Th e rushing mighty win d might have passed

and God not have been in the win d s o far as ,

any results to the race went B ut God was in .

t h e still small v o ice o f glowing t estimony to a

risen Lord The Holy Spirit created n ot o nly

.

a cle a n heart but renewed a stead fast spirit

,

within men Few there are who i f they have

.

not kn own Go d themselves but are acquainted

with s o me one who has known h im Separated .

thus by but one remove from God they have ,

seen his presence an d power in tran s formed lives .

“
Th e glory o f God i s th e living man an d the ,

”
li fe o f man is the w i sdom of God Whence .

came this kn o wledge of God in Christ ? T h e

Holy Spirit does not testi fy o f himsel f but he ,

takes o f th e things o f Christ an d shows them

unto u s His con stant theme is hi s mast er piec e
.
,

the perfect humanness of Christ as the vehicle

o f h is d ivinity and s o t h e pe rpetual Incarnati on
, .

Human genius , t oo , h a s sought in painting an d

 Th e P ers on a li ty f
o the Holy S p i ri t .
81

sculptu re in epic an d song in oratori o an d a n

, ,

them a s well as in s erm on a n d b ook to give an

, ,

adequate portrait o f C h rist a human rep ro du c

,

tion o f this great masterpiece Angelo neve r .

t ouched h is h a n d to his bru sh until h e h a d steeped

h is inm o st soul in p rayer Th e auth or o f th e
.

P a ra clet e wh o n o w has h is open vision strik

, ,

“
i n g ly says : It woul d seem in deed as i f one or
t wo C h rists ha d actually be en painte d under
the di rect ins p iration o f th e H oly Spirit a n d yet ,

a s i f th e h an d of the painter had f a iled the In

spirer h imsel f An d as i f th e pain t er too had
.

reel ed j u st as h e wa s abou t t o add t h e touch

that w ould have sh own divinity There is a .

bette r Ch rist in every b roken h eart than can b e

foun d amongst t he a rtistic tre asu res of men —a ,

C hri st ful l o f sympathy very piti ful and gra

,

ci o u s
, stoo ping w ith infinite condescension and ,

counting n o service mean Wh o w o uld have o nly

.

a p o rt rait of Christ when h e can have in h i s h e art

”
the S on of Go d h imsel f ? I t i s this Ch ri st who ,

we know n ot a fte r the flesh but a fte r th e spi rit ,

whom the Holy Spirit al one ca n reveal ; a n d in

show ing u s th e S on we s e e th e Father also
,
.

The grace of th e Lord Jesu s Ch rist and the ,

love o f God and th e communion o f the Holy

,

Spirit c w ith you all

2
.
 I see th a t the B ibl e fi ts i nto every fol d and crevice
of th e hum a n h e a rt I a m a ma n a n d I bel i eve tha t thi s
.
,

i s G od s book bec a u se i t i s m a n s boo k —H a llo w

’ ’
.

H e tha t t a keth a w a y re a so n t o m a ke wa y fo r Revel a

t i on puts ou t t h e l i gh t o f bot h —J o h n Lo ck e
.

Tha t i s not a n a ct of rel i gi on th a t i s not a n a ct of

t h e underst a n d i ng ; for tha t i s not a rel i g i ous a ct th a t

i s not h um a n .T h ey are gre a tl y m i st a ken wh o i n rel i

g i on oppose po i nts of re a son a n d matters of fa i th : a s i f
n a ture went o n e wa y a n d t h e a utho r of f a i th a noth e r .

W h i ch co te .

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8
 III .

TH E H OLY S P IRI T TH E AU T HO R O F
S ACRED LE TT ERS .

G od wh spake unto t h f th ers

o e a i n the proph ets h a th
spoken unto us in his Son .
” —R ev is e d V e rs i o n .

P E RH A P S the most n o tabl e proo f o f th e pe r

s on a li t y o f th e Holy Spirit i s h i s contributi o n
t o th e literatu re of the world H e wa s th e .

’
author o f l ette rs and th e earl iest of the w orl d s
,

literature as ce rtainly th e most influential was

, ,

’
that wh ich came to u s from th e w orld s fi rst
an d greate s t T hinker H is fi rst th eme wa s what
.

we might e x pect— t h e p o em of creation as h e ,

sings o f what non e othe r can more than i magine ,

but of what h e wa s w itness Like much o f the .

choicest an d most permanent literature o f the

world it is autobiographical
, As th e human .

h e art i s be st depicte d wh en th e w rite r dips h i s

pe n in h is own bloo d s o n o on e knoweth th e
,

th ings o f God o r can reveal them save the

, ,

Spirit o f God God reveal s them unt o us by

.

h i s S pi rit : for the Spi rit search eth all things ,

yea the deep things o f Go d Thu s wh ile the .

8
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86 The H oly S p i ri t

Spirit is giving the account o f creation h e i s ,

also revealing th e Creator It i s th e story o f

.

Re a son giving orde rly form an d sequence to

event s of Spirit ruling ove r matter o f God cre
, ,

atin g alike the home an d the soul o f man and ,

bestowing upon man th e gi ft o f reason whereby ,

God an d man together were henceforth to take

the raw ma te rial o f a world and shape it into
its p resent habitable conditions w ith d rained ,

swamps and navigable rivers a n d fell ed forest s

, , ,

driving away th e wild beasts t o yet more re

mote hiding places while m a n sh ould tame and
,

d om esticate the rest for his own u se S o soo n .

as man emerges as an eth ical being all interest ,

centers in him whom God p ronou nces very

good an d with wh o m h is Maker delights to walk
and talk in the coo l o f the day H is struggl es .

against evil his fall from original uprightn ess

, ,

h is hiding fro m God w ith wh om he had be en

-

on terms o f holy intimacy the loving search

,

for the l ost s on as the Fathe r calls Adam , ,

”
where art th ou ? tell of a God wh o never ceased
speakin g in terms of a ff ection even when he
announces the consequences o f sin Th e gospel .

o f creation o f man made in God s image p re

,
’

cedes the go spel o f redemption the promise that ,

88 The H oly S p i ri t

el ati on o f God T hey tran scri be what is fi rst

.

written on their own hearts They tremble w ith .

t he d eep emotions which are vital even until ,

now in the i r w ritings Their s obs and p rayers

, .
,

thei r sins an d r epentance thei r mis givings an d

,

tears th eir growing faith in the supernatu ral

,

u ntil it becomes trust in a P erson all appear in ,

th e sacred w ritings because they first ex iste d in

hum a n l ives selected lives i f you w ill th at
, , ,

th rough them God might reveal himsel f For .

“
t here is what Canon Li ddon called t h e inspira
”
tion o f selecti on th e speci a l calling out and
,

development of certain men an d nation s that in ,

th em a ll th e nations of the earth sh o ul d be

blessed With God th ere is n o respec t of pe r
.

son s save a s relates to the general go od o f all

, .

H is el ect are the servants o f all .

H ea ven doth w i th us as we with torch es do ,

No t l i gh t th em for t h emselves ; for if our v i rt u es

D i d not go forth of us twere a ll a l i ke
’
,

A s i f we h a d th em not S p i r i ts a re not fi nely to uche d

.
,

B u t to fi ne i ssues .

It i s n o great str a in on ou r fa ith in the super

natural to be asked to b e lieve that during a pe
ri od o f s ome si x teen hun dred years ab o ut th irty

s ix men belon ging to a peculiarly rel igi ou s pe o

,
 Th e A u tho r o f S a cred L etters . 89

ple as compared with thei r contemporaries gave ,

to th e world of l etters si x ty s i x books which -

,

because o f a most remarkable un ity are called ,

one B ook th e B ook th e B ible These books

, ,
.

they claim to be th ei r e x periences o r th e ex p e

ri en ce s of others th e story o f th e human spirit
,

in relation to God the Father o f S pirits S ome

,
.

o f th e w riters claim to have had a message

direct from God and tell the very language in
,

wh ich th ey received it Th e word o f th e Lord

.

’
came unto me With some th is message awoke
.

such a sense o f responsibility that they speak o f

“
it as th e bu rden o f the Lord Th ey themsel ves
.

were first inspire d by a sense o f the divine pres

ence an d authority be fore others bowed be fore
th ei r words as coming from God They were .

good men — nay holy men — an d we re bo rn e

,

along by th e Holy Spi rit whose , p en m em

- th ey
were to record at once thei r own e x peri en ces
,

an d the t ruth s whi ch bu rned as fire in thei r

bones S ometimes the y con fess that they were
.

unwilling m essenge rs wh o w oul d fain have e s

caped th e responsibility o f being spokesmen fo r
Go d. They record t h eir o wn humil iation as
God having lai d h an ds on th em a fresh and dis
,

ci pli ne d them for such service sent th em to ,

90 Th e Holy S p i ri t
some remote N ineveh w ith a message that first
burned in thei r own h earts and set a vast city
on fire They spoke wi t h such conviction that
.

God had sent th em as that kings were awe d by

thei r words and whole nations we re bowe d in
sackcloth Wh ether they w ere pr o phets to oth
.

e rs or to us they were at l east to those wh o

,

he ard them Men might disregard their mes

.

sage and yet con fess their authority S ucces s .

in influencing to right action was not a n e ces

“
sary credential o f such messengers And they .
,

whether they will hear or w hethe r they w ill

,

forbear ( for th ey are a rebellious hou s e ) yet ,

shal l know that there hath been a prophet among

them . Th e good seed are ever the childr e n o f
the kingdom as the Lord himsel f declared
, .

In one notabl e instance th e prop het J eremiah

,

was inspire d for hi s heroic w ork by th e assu r

ance that be fore his birth God had chosen h im
“ ” “
to b e a prophet unto the nati o ns B ehold .
,

I ha ve put my words in thy mouth : s ee I have ,

th is day s et th ee over th e nati ons a n d over th e

kingd o ms to pluck up and t o break down an d
, ,

to destroy an d to overth row ; to build an d to

”
plant. The spokesman o f J ehovah was first
“
empowered by Jeh ovah Thou there fore gi rd
.
 The H oly S p i ri t

Th e Spirit o f the Lord i s upon me for h e hath

,

”
anoin t ed me to preach . Th e messag e itsel f
points to th e auth ority on which it i s spoken I t .

is not inspi ration which is p roof to u s o f the

e x cellence of the message but the message a n d
,

the messenger are th e proo f of th e inspiration .

Th e Author o f S acred Letters is first of all

the Author o f I nspired M en o f that elevation
,

of spirit that makes possible its e x alted u s e as

the candle of th e Lord There can be n o i n
.

spi red book w ithout inspired lives The strings

.

must be attuned be fore the divine harmony can

b e heard There must be holy men i f there be
.

a Holy Book Th e B ible i s largely th e story

.

o f th e development o f the se holy men the pen ,

men o f the Holy Spirit We b elieve more an d

.

more in th e B o o k because we believe in them ,

and especial ly of H im t o wh om they testi fy .

Th e men whose lives are keyed t o th e supe r

natural authenticate thei r o wn message even ,

“
though they may understand it not searching ,

what time or what manner o f time th e Spirit o f

Christ which was in them di d p oint unto wh en
it testified be forehan d th e su ff erings o f Ch ri st
”
a nd the glories that shoul d foll ow th em It .

i s th e Spirit of C hrist in t h em that auth enticates

 Th e A u thor f
o S a cred L etters .
93

th e m e s sage o f holy men in all ages . Fo r though

the notes of that voi ce may seem far an d dim at
times yet th ey are eve r in harmony for the t es
, ,

t i m o n y o f J esu s i s th e spirit o f prophe cy Th e .

testimony o f the men whom Christ h elp e d is th e

testi mony of men l ike M oses wh o r e j oiced to ,

“
s e e hi s day an d s a w it an d w e re glad B ut .

fo r my daily ran ge among th e fields o f holy w rit ,

I might des pair sai d T ennyson Insp ire d l ives

, .

still in s pi re a n d w ill
, .

Th e Word of G od i s th e sa cred an d inspired

re cord o f God s sel f ma ni festation to chos en
’
-

leaders whether b efore Ch rist o r foll owing

,

C h rist an d ab o ve a ll in C hrist an d through

,

Ch ri st We have bol dness t o enter into th e h oly

.

pl ace by th e blo o d o f J esus by th e wa y which ,

h e dedicated for u s a n ew an d living wa y , ,

th rough the veil that i s t o s a y h i s flesh D i

, ,
.

re ctn e s s of inte rc o urse w ith th e supe rn atu ral by

mean s of thi s n e w a n d l iving wa y o f th e I n ca r

nation marks th e C h ri stian religi o n Th e re .

li gi ou sfaculty in man fin ds its tru e environ

men t in th e atmosphere o f revelation as the W o r d
becomes flesh an d dwell s among u s and we be
h old h is glo ry t h e gl ory as o f th e only begotten
'

o f the Father full o f grace a n d t ruth B ut this

, .
 94 Th e H oly S p i ri t

cul minatin g disclosure th rough a perfect man

fo llows c o untl ess discl osu res t h rough imp e rfect
men For God wh o in sundry times an d in di
.

vers man ners spake in times past un to t h e f a

t h e rs in th e prophets hath in th e last days spoken

un to u s in h i s S on It i s perfectly l egitimate
.

to interpre t the words of th e pr o phets by the

help of the words o f the Son of God to whom
they testified for it wa s the Spirit o f Ch rist in
,

them that spoke They sought t o show u s th e

.

Fathe r n o less than di d th e Son of God and ,

God sought t o prep are them to speak as h e

p repare d Ch rist who th ough he w ere a S o n
, , ,

yet learned h e obedien ce by the things wh ich

h e su ff ered Each li fe incarnated what wa s
.

p ossible of God for us but the ful lest an d only

,

compl ete inca rnation wa s possible only to th e

on e p erfect l i fe an d in it B ut the Captain o f
.

ou r salvati on wh o sh o ul d bring many sons unto

glory wa s himsel f made per fect th rough su ffer
ing Each revelation o f God to men i s th rough
.

some trembling or rej oicing soul Only thos e .

wh o have first h eard th e voice of Go d can repe at

I n s u la t e d it t o men B ut it takes insulated souls to re
.

ce i ve an d deliver th e divine message T h e des

.

e rt an d mou ntain top by the river Chebar in

,
9 6 Th e Holy S p iri t
he coul d also say to the lonely watchers on H er
mon wh o s a w the disappearing forms of Moses
an d Elias an d beheld hence forth no man save
,

“
J esu s only H ear hi m
,
God hath in these last .

days continu ed to speak unto u s in his S on ,

whos e inspire d l i fe ever inte rp rets h is inspi red

words S o supreme an d final are his words that
.

“
Amiel ventu res to s a y About J esus we must be
,

lieve no on e but h ims e l f When the s un has .

ri sen the stars fade into hi s larger light

,
.

’
M en s living w orking faith in God i s mea s
,

u re d by thei r faith in a God wh o h as incarn ate d

hi msel f in goo d men It is the living epistle .

that i s t h e best credential of th e w ritten bo o k .

The charm and gl o ry o f t h e Sacred Literatu re

are its h oly l ives : Go d is eve r speaking to u s
th rough them S t Athanasius descri bed the
. .

“
J ews as a sacred sch oo l for all th e w orl d of
th e knowledge o f Go d an d o f t h e s pi rit u al li fe ”
.

Th e worl d is be tter an d homes are safer when

“
a Joseph cri es H o w can I do th is gre at w ick
,

”
e dn e s s and sin against Go d ? M en an d women
are braver when a Daniel s o lives that n o fault
can be found against him unle ss it be his daily ,

habit of p rayer to th e Go d o f his fa t hers Fear .

less Eli j a h wh o talks s o much with God that

,
 Th e A u th or o f S a cred Let ters .
97

h e carries th e key o f h eaven at h is gi rdle leaves ,

s even th ousan d disciples wh o have not b o w ed

th e knee to Baal despite th e royal patronage

,

of i dolatrou s worsh ip J ohn t h e B aptist fears

.

Go d t oo much to fear any one el s e an d th o u gh ,

b eheaded by H er o d for h is rebuke o f his adul ter

ous l i fe e ven in hi s death the king feared h im
,

more than in h is li fe an d suppose d that J esu s

,

h imsel f must s urely be J ohn the B aptist who

ha d been beheaded an d wh o had b e en raised
from the dea d It i s thu s that Go d speaks
.

th r o ugh human liv es even more than th rou gh

human words Th e Hol y S criptures a re fi rs t
.

of all the record s o f h o w God made the holy

men wh o late r w r o te a s they we re m o ved by
th e H o ly Spirit We are ready to accept th e
.

w ritings of Mos e s a fter we have seen the s el f

mas t ery o f the man ch o o sing rathe r t o su ff er
,

a fflicti on with th e p e opl e of God th an to en j oy

th e pl easure s o f sin for a season : acc o unting
th e reproach of Ch rist greater riches than the
treasu re s o f Egypt ; for h e looked unto th e rec
o m p en s e of th e reward By faith he fors oo k
.

Egypt n ot fearing the w rath of th e kin g ; for

,

”
h e endu red as seeing h i m wh o i s invisible .

W ho w ould not w a n t to read th e story of th e

9 8 The Holy S p i ri t
inner li fe of a man wh o with all the allure ,

ments of a li fe o f sen se loo ke d n ot u po n the,

things which are seen and temporal but upo n ,

the things which are uns ee n a n d eternal Says .

“
B unsen Histo ry be gan the night that M oses
,

led I srael out o f Egypt M en have ne ver .

questioned the hist orical character o f M o ses ,

wh o did s o much toward b o th mak ing his t ory

an d writing it B ut he wa s n ot more l earn e d
.

in all the l earn ing o f t he E gy ptians and thus ,

fitted on the human side than h e wa s schooled ,

in th e things o f God Th e history whi ch he

.

wa s gives value to the h istory that h e w rote .

S uch a li fe woul d make a n y literatu re sacred

whereve r it wa s found .

Th e Hal l o f Fame given in the el eventh chap

ter of Hebrews forever establishes the B ible as
a sacred book B ut j ust such portraits are fo und
.

in every book of the si x ty — s ix and all t h e se ,

si x ty s i x boo ks like so many pieces o f rare mo

-
,

saic make the matchless portrait of Christ ; f o r

,

all th ese saintly men and women en dured as s ee

ing him wh o i s invisible Th ey all rej oiced to
.

s e e Ch rist s day and saw it and were gl ad It

’
.
,

wa s the Ch rist o f their e x perien ce wh o beca m e

th e Ch rist o f p ro p hecy a n d of son g .
 Th e H oly S p i ri t

is n otth e rel i gi o n of a book l ike th e Kor a n i n ,

cap able o f a translation into an y other l an gu age

than the Arabic without losing its sacred char
acte r a book t hat makes fa natics and n o t saints
, .

O urs i s t he religi o n of a li fe of a P erson whose

,

promis ed coming lit up t h e w orl d like a m o rn

ing sta r as kings came to th e brightness o f his
“
rising Th e w ise men o f the East cam e to h i s
.

cra dl e an d t he wise men o f th e West started

,

’
fr o m his cross Holy me n o f ol d w rote in
.

syllables an d letters a s they w ere able to give

utt e ran ce to the li fe of Go d in th e soul of m a n ,

often search ing what th e Spirit o f Christ in them

di d signi fy B ut when Ch rist came the ir B ible
.

wa s hi s B ible an d the divine w o rds spo ken to

,

com fort a n d empowe r these holy m en of ol d

were th e words which h e pressed to hi s own
heart as in the temptation in t h e wilderness
,

h e th ri ce d r o ve back the temp ter by a fl a ming -

sword from hi s div i ne arsenal as h e declared ,

“
It i s w ritt en I f in t h e days o f his humilia
.
’

tion when our Lord poured out strong cries

,

an d tears h e found that th rough patience and

,

co m fo rt o f th e S criptures h e m ight have hope ,

we do well to use the very words which made

I srael strong in th e w ildern ess an d e ven t h e
 Th e A u t ho r o f S a cred Letters .

Son o f God invulnerable in th e temptation . Is

rael tempted to a l i fe o f fl e s h ly desire heard
“
God s a y Man shall not live by bread alone
, ,

but by every w ord that proceedeth from the

” ’
mouth o f G od . It is God s word s that have
been tested in human lives that are spi rit an d
are l i fe What once made saints w ill ever make
.

saints an d thi s is the very end of the gospel

, .

of C hrist Th e t ru e and final test o f C h ris

.

t i a n i t y i s what sort o f men can it make C h rist .

stake d everything on what h e could do w ith a

dozen men H a d he fail ed C hristianity w ould
.
,

have no saints a n d hence n o inspire d books Th e .

gospel that can n ot save is a gospel that is not

w orth w riting or w orth p reach in g Let it ever .

be remembered that there are holy boo ks be

caus e there w ere first holy men It i s th e Spi rit .

wh o inspi red them that can inspire u s alike by

th eir l ives and th ei r w ords .

Unless God be heard in the soul h e will n ot ,

be heard in the Word Th e Holy Spirit speaks .

to man through men and th ose best hear as , ,

those best speak wh o are most possessed of

,

Go d. Revelation is th e mode or form whether R l t i ,

ev e a on

” mam“ as
it be word character or institution in which
, , ,
i p i ti ns ra on .

man embod i es what h e has rece i ved Insp i ra .

 Th e H oly S p iri t

tion creates what revelation tran smits an d pre

serves i n hist o rical form Th e essential fun c
.

t ion of inspiration is the creation o f p ersonal

ities Th e Holy Spirit i s a quickening Spiri t
.
,

awakening an d V ital izing the mind g iving spir,

i t u a l elevation to every facu lty of th e soul God .

wh o i s Spirit must ever seek commun i o n w ith

what is spirit and hence a measure o f h is Spirit
,

i s given t o every man to profit withal O ft h e .

has sou ght l ike N oa h s dove a resting place

,
’
,

and foun d noth ing but a waste o f waters men ,

submerged under visibl e and temporal things ,

w ith no ears for the wooing voice that pleads

for an ent rance N o wonder the c edential fo r
.
r

which J ohn waited wa s One upon whom th e

Spirit o f God shoul d come an d abi de That is .

what we seek in all lands an d literatures—th e

,

credential o f the true prophet o f God .

According to the quantity o f th e inspiration

w ill b e the quality of th e revelation and its a u
t h o ri t y
. I f one ch osen peopl e a re found to be
the custod ians o f what i s conceded t o be the
great body o f reveal e d t ruth ever given to man
truth wh ich i s sel f—veri fying t ruth wh ich a p
, ,

pealing t o th e intell ect no less than t o the heart ,

h a s made th e Christian rel igion th e reli gi on o f

 The H oly S p i ri t

t le declares that we n eed him to help ou r in

fi rm i t y for with o ut his aid we kn ow n ot how to
,

pray as we ought Th e Spi ri t th a t b roo ded

.

over cha o s to the end that he might b ring out

,

of it order a n d light b roods over the enti re

,

w orld of mind that h e may light ev e ry m a n that

’
cometh into the world Th e m easu re o f man s
.

responsivene ss to that light is the m e asu re of

hi s inspiration as the measu re o f his inspiration
,

i s t h e m easure o f the revel ation which h e i s able

to tran smit .

He wh o kn ows only one rel igion kn o ws n o ne ,

j ust a s he wh o k n ow s only on e lan guage knows

n one . Kn o wledge i s largely a thing o f com
parison We kn ow ou r langua ge by kn owing
.

the material that h a s come t o it from other

langu a es an d i t s words have a li fe a n d h is
g
,

tory of thei r own a s well as a meaning which

comes to them from di ff e rent ages an d ot h
e r l ands Rel igion lives wh ile religion s die
. .

'

Man s religi o us need s are n ot de te rmine d by

hi s sacred book s whethe r his can o n be tha t o f
,

th e H ebre w o r the Hindoo wh ethe r the New ,

T estament o r the Koran be his g uide In th e.

kn ow ledge which we have o f dead or moribun d

religion s as they are th e religion s o f dead or
,
 Th e A u thor o f S a cre d Let ters . 1 05

moribun d nation s we learn more o f t h e nature

,

o f the true religion an d of H i m wh o came to

give men li fe and that more abun dantly There .

“ ”
wa s a Cou rt o f the Gentiles attached t o the
holy t emple i tsel f a s i f eve r t o remin d men
,

that God made of o n e bl o o d a ll nation s o f me n

to dwell on all th e face o f the eart h Th e Gen .

t iles may approach th e temple even though th ey

,

be not yet ready to enter it They may hear

.

th e sacre d songs even though th ey are t he s o ngs

,

o f Z i o n wh ich the i r tongues have n eve r sun g .

A glorious revelation w ill bu r s t from th e cross

o f C h ri st which w ill show th e veil o f th e tem
p l e rent in twain and th e song wh ich we will
,

s i n g w ill be on e j oined in by th ose r e deeme d

fr o m every nation an d t ongu e unde r heaven .

Th ough it be n ot on e of the matchl ess songs

of Z ion that we hear in th e Vedas or th e Z en d
Avesta wh erever it is th e language of aspira
,

tion of p en itence or of hope wh o d o ubts the

, ,

h elp o f the sa m e Spirit wh o h elpeth ou r i n

fi rm i t y ? N on e but he cou l d have inspir e d such
a prayer as we fin d in the Vedas : I f I go “

along trembl ing like a clou d d riven by th e win d

, ,

have mercy Almighty have mercy

, ,
N on e but
.

h e coul d have taught C on fucius th e golden rule

1 06 The H oly S p i ri t

o f the M ongolian race : What you do not like

when done to yoursel f do not to others It , .

was t h e P ersian Cyrus a disciple o f Z oroaster ,

who never followed the star of B ethlehem to ,

whom I saiah speaks in the name o f h is Lord !

“
Thus saith the Lord to hi s anointed to Cyr u s ,

whose right han d I have holden t o subdue na ,

tions be fore h i m For J acob my se rv

.

’
a nt s sake an d I srael my ch osen I have called
, ,

th ee by thy name : I have surnamed thee though ,

thou hast not known me I am th e Lord a n d .

,

there i s none else ; beside me th ere is n o God :

I w il l gird th ee though th o u hast not known
,

me : that they may know fr o m th e rising o f the

s un and from the w est t hat there is non e be
, ,

si de m e ’
Non e can doubt when ce P lato got
.

his prayer
A sked d un sked t hy bl essings g i ve 0
an a , , Lo r d !
Th e ev i l though we k i t from w r d
, as , us a .

Even though H ome r may have taught him who ,

taught th e blind ol d bard to pray ? Th e early

’
Christians would claim Virgil s voice as that of
a forerunne r of Christ an d Dante ch oo ses him ,

among all his predecessors as t h e on e to guide

him to the nether worl d and t o instruct him
the re Th e Holy Spi rit has sought penmen in
.
1 08 Th e Holy S p i ri t

A mi d all that ca n b e found in all th e world

“
o f letters that tells what Cicero taught that no ,

”
on e wa s ever great w ith out divine inspiration ,

a n d that the H oly Spiri t has in sun d ry times

an d in divers m a nners sp oken n o t on ly unto the

fa the rs in th e proph ets but that scattered voices
,

are h ea rd in E gypt and P ersia in India a n d ,

China yet the pr o of i s overwhelming that the

,

ch osen vehicle s o f divin e truth a re found mostly

in on e nation and t hose were h oly men as it

, ,

were s el ected lives first e x periencing th e truth

, ,

wh ich wi th wondering h ea rts they han ded down

, ,

t o p osterity . P hillips B roo ks wh ose own noble

,

“
li fe be st illustrated his words declared tha t every
,

m an s power is hi s idea multiplied by an d p ro

’

”
j e ct e d through h i s p ersonal ity What must h a ve
.

been at once th e idea an d th e personality o f some

o f th ose gr ea t prophets of God in the Old T esta

men t whos e vo ice is gon e out into al l the w orld ,

a n d wh o s e w ords to th e en d of th e ea rth ! N;
“
w on der Coleridge said In this B ook there is
,

more tha t fi n ds me tha n I have e x perienced in

”
a ll oth er b o oks put together Th e human .

agents th rough wh om w e re given th ese great

t ruth s w hich s ear ch human hearts in all a ges
and lands were si gn ally prepared for thei r wo rk .
 Th e A u thor o f S a cred L etters . 10
9

Th e Spi rit of the Lo rd doe s n ot en ter th e soul

as s ometh in g foreign a n d ex tra n eous to it but ,

”
a s th e p rinci pl e o f its t ru e li fe Th e Spi rit .

s eeks a n intell igent ob j ect w i t h wh ich to converse

an d to sha re his though t s H e i s evermore fill.

ing m en t hat h e may en large th em a n d en la r gi ng ,

th em t hat he may fill them Th e pagan nations .

imagined th e i r go d s to b e j ealous o f th e intel

lectu a l an d material ach ievements of men ; th e
Ch ri stian nation s grate f u l ly recogn iz e th e em
w
po erin g o f men from above for great ach ieve
m ents a n d that for thi s en d men a re created
,

anew receive a n ew intellectual a waken ing a

, ,

new hea rt ca pable of resp onding t o th e h ol iest

.

an d st rongest m otives while the will i t e s elf i s

,

str en gthen ed a n d ev en free d from sin ful h ab its

, ,

’
that we may bec ome Go d s fell ow w ork ers .

C hrist n o more shared our hu man i t y than h e

p romised that we shoul d behol d and share h i s
gl ory B ut only th os e can sha re h i s gl ory wh o
.

are abl e to be hold it Elisha coul d never have

.
‘

worn th e m a ntle o f Eli j ah had h e n ot dared

to gaze upon th e supe rnatu ral an d into it as th e
ascen ding chariot b o re away th e mighty pr o phet
o f God th e very chariot o f I srael and horse
,

men thereo f M oses could n ever have given u s

.
 Th e Holy S p i ri t

the sacred book s which we attribute to him

had he not sought first to behol d the divine gl o
ry. Th e men who have the ear o f the world
are the prophets fresh from an audience w ith
Go d .

O ne w h i sper of th e H ol y G host
Thi s heedless worl d ha s never lost .

Grant then a H oly Spirit the Spirit of T ruth

, , , ,

able to guide us into all truth all n o w depen ds ,

on o u r ab i lity to receive and a ssimila t e the truth

as it comes fr o m God . Grant , t oo , that our

powers of assimilation are weak that a s the re ,

sult of sin the whole he ad i s weak an d the heart

faint— thes e are al l we have and unless they ,

can be toned up and stren gthened w e are w ith ,

out hop e Th e wireless message from heaven

.

must be rece ived fro m h eaven an d tran smitted

-

by some attune d instrument When wisdom and.

knowledge are wedded to goodness an d love we ,

fin d the culmination o f personal p o wer What .

ever dul ls th e inte llectu al faculties or dims the

spiritual perception diminishes power and l imits
influence Even be fore a man i s wholly rel i
.

gions God i s with him in every regret for an

evil li fe in every fight against w rong in every
, ,

desi re to recover his true sel f in character . De

 The H oly S p i ri t

solemnized by his sense o f nearn ess t o Go d ,

ev e ry power quickene d to hear th e divine voice .

O ut from t h h ea rt of nature rolled

e

Th e burdens of t h e B ible ol d ;
Th e l i t a n i es of nat i ons came
L i ke th e volc a no s tongue of fl a me
’

Up from t h e burning core below ,

Th e cant i cles of love an d woe .

A sure test th ere fore o f th e inspi ration ,

sa y
of the P salms i s to th row onesel f into the cu r
,

re nt o f the th ought an d aspiration an d then ,

s ee h o w strongly that cu rrent sets toward God .

Not that inspiration i s con fined to these aids to

devotion so that we should use n o other in ou r
w orship for the Spirit hath spoken un to u s
,

through othe r h oly men in all ages whose l ofty

strains also li ft u s Go -dwa rd B ut the P salms.

have stood the test alike o f the Jewish and Chri s ~

tian faiths serving as common hymnal for both

,

T es taments and th rough many centuries an d on ,

thei r bosom multipli ed mill ion s o f our race h ave

ever foun d t h e cu rrent setting toward Go d M r . .

“
Gladstone says : J ohn B righ t h a s tol d me that
he woul d be conte nt to stake upon th e Boo k of
P salms as it stands the great qu estion whether
, ,

th e r e i s or is n ot a D ivine Revelation . It was

 The A uthor o f S a cre d Let t ers .
1 1
3

n ot t o him conceivabl e how a w ork so wi dely

seve red from all th e known p roduction s o f a n
t i qu i t y an d standing upon a lev el s o much high
,

e r coul d be accounted for e x cept by a special and

,

e x traordinar y aid calculated to p roduce special

and e x traordinary re sults ; fo r it is reasonabl e ,

nay need ful t o p resume a due correspondence

,

”
between the cau se an d th e e ff ect No w what .

'

are th e P salms but echoes to th e divine v oice ,

h uman respon ses t o th e d ivine law an d th e di

vin e promises the h ea rt o f man th rilling in
,

every fibe r becaus e touched by th e finge r of

?
God For true prayers a re n o less utte rances
from Go d than t o God When we kn ow n o t.

what t o pray for th e Spi rit helpeth ou r i n fi rm i

,

t y an d s o b rood s over us a s to make i n t e rce s

,

sion s for u s that w e cannot utte r w ith o ut hi s

ai d I f it b e a condition o f being a poe t that
.

’
the man s li fe first b e a poe m what l ives must ,

have been theirs wh o p raye d an d then w rote

the P salms ! Men are ri ght in the deman d that
th e li fe sh oul d be like th e B o ok Dr Gri ffith . .

J ohn tol d some years ago o f a devout C hina

man wh o se C hristian li fe wa s such that the p e o
“
ple sai d o f him living an d dead The re is no
, ,

”
d i ff eren ce between h im an d th e B oo k S uch .

8
1 1
4 Th e H oly S p i ri t

holy men and such a lone mad e th e Holy B ook

, ,
.

Inspiration spiritualize s e x alts suggests e m , , ,

powers T hat al on e can kindle whi ch i s it s el f

.

on fire The H oly Spirit s greatest boo k is a

.
’

li fe It i s the h o lv lives in th is B ook that make

.

it a living B oo k an d s o vital that it vitalizes all

wh o devoutly read it Th ere fore our Lord sai d
.
,

“
S earc h th e S criptures for in th em y e think
,

ye li a ve e t e rnal li fe an d these are they which

,

”
bear witn ess o f me I t i s th e Spi rit that
.

quickeneth . Th e words that I h ave s p o

”
ken unto you are S pirit a n d are li fe B ecause .

o f all the son s o f men th e S on o f man o ff ered

the holiest l i fe the Spirit gave through Ch rist

,

h i s fullest an d loftiest utterance H is very .

words are S pirit because the Spi rit o f the Lo rd

,

rested an d abode upon him and ever S p o ke

th rough him ; an d h i s words are li fe indeed
ete rnal li fe .

You can get ri d o f inspiration a n d it s fruit ,

which i s revelati on as you can get ri d o f re

,

li gi on only by aboli shing b o th God and man S o .

long as there i s a spi rit in man the inspiration of

the Almighty giveth understan ding Th e h ighest .

inspi ration S how s itsel f in th e highest understand

ing Th e men wh o S how u s most of God are th e
.
1 1 6 Th e Holy S p i ri t

h i s visions and songs are the riche s t mine o f

intellectual and s pi ritual wealth to s o m e of th e
greatest men of lett e rs in all ages it i s because ,

his nature re spon ded s o f u llv to the Spi rit o f

God wh o gave it both comp re he n sion and utter
ance Th e eff e ct of the Spirit on spe ech shows
.

hi s influence on the reason of man of which

speec h i s the organ The re wo uld ne ve r h a ve
.

be en tongues o f fire at P en tecost ha d th ere not

first b een t h e illuminati on o f t h e Spirit w ith i n .

I f Isaiah has inspired P aul a n d Luth e r a n d Ten

n ys o n and B rowni ng as B rainerd inspi re d Hen ry
,

Martyn an d Martyn i nspired P atteson wh o can ,

deny to th e H oly Spirit the greatest T hinker

,

in th e uni v erse th e p ow er to ins pi re M o s e s a n d

,

I saiah and J ob I f prepare d m en ca n be i h

» .

spi red by prepared men much m o re can th e ,

Spirit o f God bo th p repare a n d i n spi re men

m a de in t he image o f God .

No w no t on ly i s the g re ate st boo k o f t he

Holy Spi rit a li fe but hi s e ve ry b o ok i s a li fe
,
.

Wha t i s Gene sis but pr e eminen tly the li fe o f

Ab ra h a m t he fi rst o f the He bre ws whom Go d
, ,

calls from far o ff Ur of th e Cha l de es to a lan d

-

of p rom i s e only becau s e he d e ems tha t Ab ra

ha m wi ll b ea r trans p lanting I f Adam fell .
 Th e Au thor f
o S a cred L etters . 1 1 7

from n ot believing t he word o f God A b r a ha m

,

stand s as t he fat h er of t he faithful be ca us e Go d

ca lled him forth an d develop ed h im by a wo rd .

Abra h a m was trained unto greatness by a p rom

i se o f God a pr o mi se t hat se e m ed impo s sible o f
,

ful fillmen t b eca use apparently con tr a ry to na

,

tu re Y et w hen I saa c was born lon g a ft e r he

.

might n atu rally e x pe ct a s on in hi s ol d age a n d ,

Abraham had hea rd God d ec lar e to hi m that in

I saa c shall thy see d be called an d in hi m S ha ll
,

al l the na ti on s o f t he earth b e ble ssed a di vin e ,

com man d th r e aten e d t o bl ot ou t all hope B ut .

Abr ah am believed God a n d it was c o un ted to

,

him f or righteousn e ss be caus e ( a s it t o ok th e

N ew T estam en t to t e ll us ) he be lie ve d tha t Go d
coul d from t he ve rv s t one s of tha t r u d e alta r
w h e re I s aa c wa s ab out to be o ff e re d raise u p
Isaac from th e dee d whence in fact h e a ls o re
,

ce i ve d him in a fi gu re It wa s thu s th a t Go d
.

p r epare d hi s p rop h et for h is large place in t h e

H oly B ook by fi rst calling him to a h oly li fe as ,

“
he d eclared unto A b rah am : I am th e Lord God
Almighty ; wa lk be fore me and be thou per fect .

And I wi ll make my cov ena nt bet ween me a n d

”
th e e an d will multiply th e e e x ceedingly
,
It .

was n ot until God wa s sure o f hi s man that h e

1 1 8 The H oly S p i ri t

made him a chann el o f revelation to all the

“
worl d For I have known Abrah a m th a t he
.
,

w ill command his childr en an d his hous ehold

a fte r him that they ma y k ee p t he way of the
,

”
Lord to do j ustice an d j udgment
, From tha t .

time fort h God was kn own as the Go d of

Ab raham t h e God that Ab raham trusted and
,

the Go d who trusted Abraham His chil dren .

f or gen erations n ever k n ew any bette r pray er

“ ”
t han ,O God o f my fath er Abraham ! Th e
t est o f inspiration i s found in the book that re

cords thi s l i fe which bears us on its stron g cur

rent towa rd God Th e powe r of th e keys is
.

al ways personal rath er th a n official Abrah am .

ha d th em lon g before P e t er or John an d he l ed ,

a multitude into the kingdom of God .

S o the boo ks t hat record for u s th e l eadersh ip

of Moses an d o f Samuel are lives prepare d lives , ,

b orn in an atmosphere of pra y er an d in answer

to prayer to e x hale an atm osphere of prayer in
,

wh ich a nation might b e brought nearer to Go d .

What an honor to the j udiciary of any pe ople

are su ch j ust j udges an d what a rebuke to
,

selfish an d ambitious rulers these two kings in

J eshurun whose very graves w ere in danger o f
,

being disturbed by rulers wh o fel t that thei r

1 20 Th e Holy S p i ri t

heaven an d before the e an d a m n o m ore wo rthy

,

to be calle d thy s on .

“
An d what shall I more say ? For the time
would fail me to tell of Gi de on an d B arak S am ,

s o n and Jephth a h ; o f Davi d also an d Samuel and

the prophets : w ho through faith subdued king

doms w rought righteousn ess obtaine d promi ses
, , ,

stopped the mouths o f lion s quench ed the power,

o f fire e scaped the edge of the sword from

, ,

w eakn ess were made str o ng wa x ed mighty in ,

”
war turned t o flight ar mies o f aliens
, Oh in .
,

what divers manne rs d id God speak unto the

fathe rs an d unto us in t h e p roph e ts wh ose i n
“
spi red lives stood such tests an d more ! For
they had trials of mockings and scourgings yea , ,

moreover o f bonds an d imprisonment : the y were

stoned they were sawn asunde r the y we re
, ,

tempted the y w ere slain w ith the sw ord : th e y

,

went about ( on thei r itinerant min istry ) in sheep

skins i n goatskins : being destitute a fflicted
, , ,

ev il entreate d ( of wh om the w orld was not wor

-

thy ) , wan dering in deserts and mountains an d

”
caves and th e holes o f th e earth
, No w onder .

these all had w itness born e to the m through thei r

-

faith an d hence have had such powe r t o create

,

an d strength en faith in others Th e hero will a l .

 Th e A u tho r o f S a cred L et ters .

way s have a hearing ! When the voice o f the mob

w ould have hushe d th e voice o f the mere orat o r
in Athens the brother of ZE s ch ylu s d ropped h is
,

mantle a n d hel d up t he stump o f h is arm a n d ,

they beheld one o f t he h eroes of M arath on and

o f Salamis and they listen e d for th e sak e of
,

hi s s ca rs S o w e l isten to these holy men who

.

have the right to S peak an d w e liste n too be , , ,

cau s e o f t h ei r scars Th ey wh o su ffered being

.

te mpted may tel l us how to escape wh en w e are

tempted The y wh o c o me o ff m ore than con
.

qu e ro rs can point us to One able t o save unto

th e utte rmost B ecause w e bel ieve that the H o lv
.

Spirit first spake to the m an d st ren gthened th em .

we bel ieve that whateve r they w rote a fo retime -

wa s w ritte n for ou r lea rn ing that we th rough

patience an d com fort o f t h e S criptu res might
have h Op e Th e Ol d Testament that contains
.

such inspire d lives w ill never los e its place as

a n inspired boo k Reverent criticism hand s u s
.

back the books that live w ith such l ives that are ,

vital w ith such praye rs an d s ongs an d w et w i t h ,

such t ears an d bloo d decl aring that questi on s

,

o f dates cannot affect th e e ssential quest i on o f

h oly lives th rou gh which th e H oly Spi rit s peaks
t o men l iv e s still so full of po wer t hat the very
,
 Th e Holy S p i ri t

record inspires m en to follow the m a s th ey f ol

lowe d Ch rist T hat alon e can in spire which i s
.

itself inspired A Holy B oo k me an s holy l ives

.
-

an d the Holy Sp irit inspi ring both . It takes a

holy man to give t he story of a holy li fe even ,

th ough it be that o f anothe r w hi le ,

t h e a nnals

of h is own li fe may be those o f struggle o f ,

sin s o f bitter te ars a n d of hope a s h e prays

, , , ,

“
Lead me to the Rock that i s higher than I ”
.

The ch a ra ct er o f Job makes on e b o ok inspire d

regardles s o f i t s subl ime reache s o f tho u ght .

Without inspiration no o n e could ha ve l ived a

li fe li k e Job s o r have w ritten it
’

, .

It wa s such in spi r e d l ives in which Go d spake

unto the fathers in the proph ets Th ey made .

th e B ible o f Jesus Ch rist wh en o n earth He .

fe d hi s min d an d h eart on wha t was done in

a n d by such h eroic l ives o f whom th e w orld

wa s not worthy They w e re men who wrought

.

w ith th e sw o rd in on e ha nd a n d the tro wel in

th e oth e r Their tears mingl e d with the i r ink
.

as they w rote w ith s ca rred han ds th e s t o rv of

the d ivin e sel f m an i festa t ion The i r voices w e re
-
.

chok ed w ith deep emotion as th ey were l i fte d

u p in th e psalms o f the e x ile It was in th ese
.

psalm s that Jesu s pou red out h is own s o ul as h e

1 2
4 Th e H oly S p i ri t

that his missi on and w o rk were th e

ce p t i o n

myst e ry h id in God from th e f o undation o f the

’
world Vvh o could have invented Christ ? Who
.

can appre hen d him even now save by the H oly

, ,

Spirit ? N o huma n w riter can create a char

a ct e r g rea te r than himse l f even in fiction or ,

app r eciate to t he fulles t a character greater than

himsel f even in h ist o ry The matchl ess port rait
.

o f Chri st given u s in the Gos pels wa s pos sible

o nly by the h elp o f the Holy Spirit who con

ce i v e d him wh o fash ione d h is body wh o fil led
, ,

h im with t he spirit o f w isdom an d understan d

ing t h e spirit o f cou nsel an d might the s pirit
, ,

o f kn ow ledge an d o f reverence until Ch ri st drew

,

h is very breath in t he fear o f th e Lord On e .

thus filled with the s even fold gi fts o f the Spi rit
-

s o far transcende d what man coul d invent that

the H o ly Spirit mu st inte rpret h i s own master

piece H e needed to quicken th e memory of
.

th e apo stle s an d evangel ists t o bring be f o re th em

a fre s h t he l iving Christ an d then as interpreter
,

h e n e ed ed t o guid e the m into all truth Thus .

from the quickened intell ectual an d S pi ritual li fe

o f th ese penmen was given us anew th e li fe o f
C h rist in th e Gospel s a n d th e mean i ng of th os e
,

germs o f truth a s they first appeared in the GOS

 The A u th or f
o S a cred L etters . 1 2 5

pels but under t h e help o f t he Spirit of

,
T ruth are
un fol ded in the Epistles All th is too .
, , wa s don e
w ithout hin dering or restri cting t h e in divid u al
ity of t h e inspi red w riters I n fact t he H o ly .
,

Spi rit rathe r developed individuality as be quick

en ed th e intellectual an d spi ritual l i fe P ete r .

and John were far more al ike when as two fi s h

e rmen th ey d re w in t h eir ne ts togeth e r than a ft e r
th ree years o f c o mpan ion ship w i t h Ch rist T h e .

more t h ey w e re filled w ith t he Spi ri t th e more

marked th e pe rson al ity of e a ch as a t h ink e r a n d
w riter while thei r person al in t imacy grew cl os e r
,

a n d each b ecame m o re like hi s L o rd .

I t i s such l ives first inspire d by him a n d a fter

,
. Th e H o ly
Sp i r i t ’
s p la ce
w a rds written by h i s aid t hat fix e s t he pl a ce of
,
ed a s t he
fix
th e H oly Spi rit as the Author o f S acred Letters .
A zi t /t o r of
Sa cr e d
I t i s these that m a ke t h e B ible a livin g B oo k .

L e t t e rs .

H uman faculti es at thei r best unde r t he v i t a li z

ing p owe r of th e H oly Spi rit min d a n d heart ,

according w ell to cl a ri fy th e m en tal vision m a ke ,

th e gala x y of wri t e rs so me fr o m ga t h ering fi gs

,

and s ome from ten ding she ep ,

s o m e from th e
th resh ing flo o r an d som e from the receipt o f
cu s t om patriarchs prin ces p ro phets an d bel o ve d
, , ,
'

physicians in whom the H o ly Spi rit speaks a s

, ,

non e oth e r ever s p o ke in , t he World of Let te r s .

T he harp at Nature s advent strung
’

Has never ce a sed to play ;

Th e song the stars o f morn i ng sung
H a s n ever d i ed away .

5 0 Nature keeps the reverent fr a m e

W i th w hi ch h er y ea rs bega n ,

A nd a ll h e r s igh s a n d vo i ces sh a me
Th e p r a y erless h e a rt of m a n
— W h i t t i er
.

Ma ke us e t e rnal tru th r ece i ve ,

A n d pr a ct i ce a ll tha t we bel i eve ;

G i ve us thy sel f th at we m a y see
Th e Fa th er a n d t h e S o n by thee .

— V en i , Cre a t or, S pi ri t u s .
 IV .

TH E HO LY S P IR I T T H E E XE C U T IVE
O F T H E GO DH EAD .

TH E Spirit of God ha s always b een th e D i

vine presence an d powe r w orkin g in th e w orld ,

that by wh ich Go d is immanen t in nature an d

in man ; an d th rough th e Incarnati on an d w ork
o f C h rist tha t Spirit come s t o u s in its h i ghest
form of mani festat ion w ith redemptive and pe r
’
f ect i n g
-
power In this luminous sentence a
.
,

write r wh o has thought h is wa y reverently

through many perp l e x ing qu estion s resp ecting
the T rinity states hi s p ro fou nd est convi ction
as he retu rn s to hi s faith in C h rist , the et e rnal
Son o f the Fath er . God as th e etern a l S on goe s
out from himsel f in f ree respon se an d o bedience
to h is own divine natu re . Th e H o ly Spi rit goe s
forth from God but fi rst , all i s in God th e of ,

ver y de epest principl e and li fe o f both th e F a

t h e rh oo d an d S on ship C rea tion i s medi ate by
.

th e Son an d i m mediate by th e Spi rit th rough

whom t h e S on make s all things From t he F a .

ther an d the S on the Spirit goes fo rth into crea

9
( 1 2
9)
1 30 Th e H oly S p i ri t

tion becoming increasingly immanent both in

,

nature an d in man ; a n d then through the S on ,

incarnate the Holy Spirit passes in full me asu re

,

into th e w orld o f men as the power o f re d emp

t ion and o f the divin e li fe o f son ship Coming .

t o us from the Father th rough t he S on the H oly ,

Spi rit is both d ivine and eternal and unites us

d irectly to Go d enabling u s to realize the un ity
,

o f t h e Father an d th e Son an d th e Holy Spirit ,

a n d to worship God as Father as S on an d as , ,

H oly Spirit Th e Holy Spi rit is God a s he has

.

realized h is l i fe in human form in J esus Ch ri st ,

and is Ch rist in who m that divine li fe has been

realized H e brings w ith him all the divine na
.

ture even the actual personal pres ence o f Ch rist

,

and of God in him in divine human form He -

.

is at once therefor e as the Holy Spirit th e Spirit

-

o f God and o f Christ the Spirit proceeding from

,

both th e Father and the Son T his i s what we .

mean when we speak o f him as a person He i s .

not simply a mani festation of Go d he is a m ode ,

of the divine subsistence He i s s o related to

.

t he Godhead that all the divine nature i s in h im ,

and not merely a fractional part Without the .

Spi rit God woul d not be Go d any more than

,

without the S on the Fat h er could be the Fa t her .

1 32 Th e H o ly S p i r i t

consi dering t h e relative size of th e two books ,

t o W here it occu rs ele ven time s in the N ew T es

tamen t In the Old T estament th e Spi rit o f
.

God is the e x ecutive o f t he God h ead in creating

“
t h e material worl d an d in giving li fe to all By .

the word o f th e Lord we re t he h eaven s made ,

and all t h e host o f them by th e b reath of his

“
mouth .In t he beginning God cr e ated the
heavens and th e earth and the Spirit of God ,

” “
moved on the face o f the waters By hi s .

Spirit h e hath garnished the h e a vens I t was .

young Elihu in J ob s time wh o e x pres sed t h e

’

popul ar and tru e c o nception when h e said Th e ,

Spirit o f God hath made me and the breath o f

”
th e Almighty give th m e li fe So t oo when h e .
, ,

d eclared The re is a spirit in m a n an d th e

, ,

breath or Spi rit o f the Almighty giveth them

”
u n derstanding It wa s this breath o f God th is
.
,

’
Spirit o f God which was b reathe d into man s
,

n ostril s at t he beginning when man became a

l iving soul In sh o rt th e Spi rit o f God i s rep
.
,

resente d in th e Scripture s as the indwelling cause

ope rating in the mate rial w o rld according to h i s
own methods which we call natural l aw and ,

t he indwell ing cau se operating in t h e S pi ritual

worl d and called grace

,
.
 Th e E x ecu t i ve o f t h e Godh e a d . 1 33

Some o f th e s e v en fold o r perfect gi fts o f t h e

-

Sp irit w ere bestowed up o n J oseph to make h im

w i s e as a statesman and upon J osh ua and G id
,

eon the t wo great mi litary leaders t o mak e them

, ,

strong an d cou rageou s Bezaleel wa s equip pe d

.

for h is work as a n a rt i fi ce r by t h e same Spi rit

be stow ed on I saiah as a proph et What El isha .

’
s o cove ted an elder son s p o rtion o f the Spirit
,

t hat rested on Elij a h was th e same Sp irit with

,

which both Jeremiah an d Ezekiel we re filled for

th e i r di fficult w ork John th e B aptist was fill ed
.

’
with th e H oly Spi rit from h i s mother s womb .

an d so became great in sight of God an d o f

the

man th rough th e development o f h i s S pi ritual na

tu re wh i ch was equally quick to catch an d to
,

e x p ress th e mind of God On One alone did .

th e Spi rit o f God abid e wi t h out any h o u rs o f

d iscou rageme nt su ch as came t o John t he Bap
t i s t in prison When I srael was lik e a decaying
.

tree its glory d ep arted an d only th e stump re

,

mainin g a fter it had been h ewn down by t h e

battle a x es o f th e As syrian the w ords o f I saiah
,

“
alon e in spired h ope : And th ere shall com e for t h
a shoo t out o f th e stock o f Jesse an d a br a nch ,

out o f hi s roots shall bear fru it ; an d the Spi rit

of th e Lord sh all rest upon h im , th e spirit o f
1 34 Th e H o ly S p iri t

w isdom and understa nd ing the spirit o f coun ,

s e l an d might the spirit o f knowledge and of

,

reverence ; and he sha l l draw h is b reath in the

”
fear o f t h e Lord Th e generous ch rism o f the
.

seven fold gi fts was like th e anointing oil poure d

-

up o n the head o f t h e high p ri e st that ra n d o wn

even to the b o rders of his garme nts S o it was .

fou n d by th e a fflict ed w oman wh o but t ouch ed

th e bord er o f th e s e aml e ss robe of Christ to find
he rsel f made whole S o filled wa s Ch rist with
.

the Holy Spi rit th a t h e could baptize with th e

Holy Spirit It is h is disciples in wh os e h eart s
.

th e love o f God i s she d ab road by the H oly

Spirit given unto them wh o prea ch the go spel
in all th e w orl d th e Spirit himsel f h elping their
,

infirmity wheth e r o f thought o r sp eech He is

,
.

th e mighty Lord o f th e ha rv est th rusting out ,

h is labo rers into the harves t im p elling me n to ,

heroic tasks even t o achievements that are sub

,

lime when t h e seeming impossi bility a n d alm o st

,

insuperabl e di fficulty are weighe d F o r the me a s .

u re o f p owe r i s th e resistance to be overcome .

What things are impossible w ith m en are possi

ble with Go d Ma t erial ob stacl e s are as n oth
.

ing compare d wi th th e Opposition an d h ate o f

men an d h uman inertia i s o ften more f o rm ida
,
I 36 Th e H oly S p i ri t

which h e has wonderfully fashion ed ? He

so

whose ord erly movements in natu re have marke d

the w orld s li fe since th e Spirit b reathed upon
’

chaos ever attends and delights the thoughtful

seeker a fter truth Even th e atheist draw s back
.

from any scientific s ea rch where he cannot fin d

th e foot p rints of God Unless God h a s gon e that
.

way be f o re h im with signs o f chart and com

pass signs o i reason an d order an d law a s e x
,

pressing al ik e th e pre sence an d th e min d o f God ,

the search i s aban doned a s useless Al l human .

science i s simply see king out an d f o rmulating

in human speech the thoughts a n d moveme nts of
God T he re are tim e s when the foo tprints o f
.

God seem s o fresh as that we are tempted to

h op e that the Fathe r o f spi rits is waiting for us
t o overtake h i m ! Who dare s a v that God shall
n ot again walk a n d talk w ith the man th a t he
ha s made ? A devout min d like Keple r does n ot
need to s e e w ith naked e ve th e un speakable glory
as on bended kn e e dedicating to th e Almighty
,

h is great b o ok on the Law s of P lanetary Mo

”
t ion ,
he h e ars th e whis pe r of t he Great C om
panion Finding e ve rywhere the S p irit of God
.

still w orking in th e law o f gravitation w e know ,

th a t ou r Father worketh until now an d we w o rk

,
 Th e E x ecu t i v e o f t h e God he a d . 1 37
“
in the blesse d sen s e of h is compani o nship If .

I s a y S urely th e darkn es s shall overwhelm me

, ,

an d th e l igh t about me shall be night : even the

darkness hideth n ot from th ee but th e n ight sh in ,

eth as the day : th e darkness an d light are bot h

alike to th e e .Th e Spirit wh o fash ion ed thi s
world know s n o n ight wh en h e cannot w ork but ,

i s still at w o rk u p on it and in it an d w e h ea r h is
,

voice calling u s to be God s fellow —workers ’

.

B ut eve n a fresh e r foot p rint o f God than that

which N ewton discovered in the eightee nt h cen

tu ry ha s been found of late Only a l ittl e more.

th a n fi fty yea rs ago men discovere d the la w of

C on servation o f Ener gy Thi s grea test an d most
.

comprehensive law of mod ern physics sh owed

t hat the total ener gy o f a n y m terial sy stem i s
a
a quantity that can neithe r be increased nor di
minished by any action between parts o f th e sys
tem I t might be tran s formed into other f o rms
.

of en e rgy but th e original force or en er gy coul d

,

n ot even be diminishe d much less destroyed .

N or ca n man n o w a n y m o re than at any stage

,

in h i s h i s t o rv create a single particle o f ener gy

,
.

Then ,
wh o did cr e ate it ? T he origin o f en e rgy
and o f matter an d o f li fe i s supe rnatu ral . Each
i s due to a highe r sph ere . Th e B ibl e alon e re
1 38 Th e H oly S p i ri t

veals what man only con fes s es hi s i gnorance of

when h e say s energy and li fe must be eternal
since thei r origin cannot be accounted for It .

i s revealed to u s by the very Auth or o f Letters ,

the Spirit o f God h imsel f that t he energy in ,

nature wa s communicate d to it from th e invisi

ble world even by th e operation of th e Spirit of
God M an h a s slowly discovered what in the
.

begi nning God revealed What God alon e could

.

create o f energy man ca n n either incr ease nor

destroy I f there i s ever to be an increase o f
.

the force n o w i n th e world it must c o me whence

, ,

the original came from the celestial w orld Th e

,
.

H oly Spirit which gave the beginning must give

the increas e I t wa s thus that the Son o f God
.

w rought miracle s by the p o we r o f the Hol y

Spirit ; and e v eh when by some miraculous i n
t e rch a n g e o f en ergy between heaven a n d e a rth ,

a s the Lord praye d be fore he w rought the won

d e rf u l mi racle o f multiplying th e loaves and
fi shes a s ca n t v dinner for one became an ample
,

feast for thousands an d divine energy appeared

,

unknown to men save when prayer and faith

are given in e x change even then th e Lord guard
,

e d the sacred increase o f en ergy by charging hi s

“
d isciples Gath er up the fragments that n oth
, ,
1
40 Th e H oly S p iri t

the ai r rushing into a vacuum I t is God who

.

i s Spi rit se eking to worship him th ose wh o w or

ship him in spirit and in truth Th e s u n i s no
.

more pouring forth constantly h i s rich stores o f

l ight a n d heat giving o f h is en ergy to the n ee dy
,

earth than are all f o rms o f matter that are rich

,

in ene rgy giving out thei r force to th ose less

richly suppl ied that a re fit to receive it Th ere .

must be an a ffinity an a ffection between d i ffer

,

ent forms of matter when instantly rich s u p

,

plies o f en ergy p ass to th o se able t o receive

them S ome substances like radium are s o rich
.

in energy t hat th e rare metal i s at on ce th e

w onder and terror o f the laboratory so that P ro
,

f e s s o r William Crooks savs o f th e electr o n s that

“
it emits with such fright ful velocity that o n e
gram is en ough to li ft the whole B ritish fleet to
the t o p o f B en N evis ; an d I am not quite cer
tain that we coul d not th row in th e French fleet
”
as well D id th e Spi rit wh ich stored this metal
.

w ith such terrific power impoverish h i msel f ?

“
Lo the s e are but parts o f hi s ways ; an d how
,

small a wh ispe r do we hear of him ? B ut t h e

?”
thunder o f h i s power who can un de rstan d
B ut th ese are simply the finge r tips o f th e Spi rit
wh ich w e see in material natu re ; wh o knowet h
 Th e E x ecu t iv e o f th e Godhea d .
1
4 1

the strength o f his mighty arm wh ich is onl y

“
displayed for the sons o f God ? Ey e hath
not seen ear hath not heard nor has it entered
, ,

into the heart o f man to conce ive th e things that

Go d hath prepare d for them that love h im B ut .

”
God hath reveale d them unto us by h is Spirit .

“
I f y e then being evil kn ow how to give good
, ,

gi fts unto you r chil dren how much more shall

,

you r heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to

them that ask him ?”

What though the Spi rit o f God be invi sible ,

is not also the ether invi sible that v e hicle through ,

which th e Spirit sen ds energy into all th e worl d ?

And yet though invisible the ethe r surround s
, ,

and touches eve ry particl e o f matter ready to ,

convey the subtle ener gy whereve r there i s the

required a ffinity between sub st an ces S o the .

Holy Spirit wh o fashioned the human heart i s

not far from every one o f u s — nay touches an d ,

embraces every spirit that th rough this veh icl e

,

of d ivine energy as th rough th e human body

,

o f Jesus a s the veh icl e o f divinity w e might ,

know the th ings that are freely given u s o f God .

Wh ich things also w e speak not in words that ,

’
man s w isdom teacheth but wh ich th e Spi rit
,

teacheth ; comparing spiritual things w ith S pi r

1
42 Th e H oly S p i ri t

i tu a l . No w natural ma n receiveth not th e

the

things o f the Spirit o f God : for they are f o ol

i s h n e s s unto him because they are spiritually
,

”
d iscerned N o more can scientific things the
.
,

substances an d law s and f o rces of nature be i n ,

nly to scientific men men r e ady to

t e rp re t e d o ,

receive these disclosures because prep ared for

t h em as the result o f p revious study than ca n ,

spiritual things be inte rp reted on ly to spiritual

men We have found the germs of th e greatest
.

stateme nts o f science revealed as the Op e ration s

o f the Spirit o f God embod ied in the ve ry strue
,

ture and ongoing o f th e universe a n d yet wait ,

ing thousan ds o f y ea rs for man to re alize th at

God was seeking to reveal them unto us by h is
Spirit even in th e written w ord H o w much
, .

earlie r might man gain the mastery of the great

p rinciples by which th e worl d i s governed were ,

h e more mind fu l o f the things o f t h e Spirit !

Men have ever hel d down a n d hel d back th e
truth in un righteousness or as the result of that
,

unrighteousness that dulled the ear and dimmed

the eye until th e whol e head became sick a n d
,

“
the whole heart faint an d w e have gone out ,

”
o f our way despite th e Word that was given
u s as a lamp unto ou r feet and a light unto
1
44 Th e H oly S p i ri t

li fe H e with out whose notice n ot even a spar

.
,

row falls t o the ground s e t its tiny heart to

,

beating a s th e little eggs in th e mother s nest ’

foun d w ings and beak an d breast an d began to

flutter and fly away H e hears the Young ra
.

vens when they cry .

Mo s t sign ificant i s it that when John had h is

wonderful vision on P atmos o f the representa
t i ve s o f redeeme d humanity be fore the th rone

there w ere four living creatures which seemed

to j oin with reverence humil ity and obedience
, ,

as w ith twain of thei r wings they covered their

face an d w ith twain they covere d their feet
, ,

and w ith twain they d id fly T hey were four .

in numbe r as th e seasons are fou r in numbe r ,

and the elements are fou r in number and there ,

are fou r cardinal points o f the compass telling

o f the fou r quarters o f the earth T hese living .

creatures represent animated natu re an d are the ,

four wh ich hol d p rimacy in it : man among cre ,

ated beings of th e high est rank ; th e eagle among ,

bi rds ; th e o x among cattle ; an d the lion amon g

, ,

untamed an imal s As John saw them they

.

seemed full o f eyes be fore a nd beh ind as i f to ,

declare that th e powe r o f natu re i s n o bl ind

force but all over it is th e stamp of divine i h
,
 Th e E x ecu t i v e o f th e Godh ea d . 1
45

as it is employe d in the service o f

t e lli g e n ce

God s providence Even the se an imate an d i n

’
.

animate forces o f natu re contribute t o the intel

li g e n t worsh ip o f God as they rest n ot day an d ,

“
night saying Holy holy holy Lord God A l
, , , , ,

”
mighty which was an d is an d i s t o c o me
, I t is .

when spiritual vision behol ds th e w o rship of all

creation that the voice o f redeemed human ity i s
heard : Thou art w orthy O L o rd t o receive , ,

glory hono r an d power : fo r thou has t created

, ,

all things an d for thy pleasure they a re an d

,

”
w ere created S urely God has not left h im
.

s el f w ithout w itn ess for the invisible th ings o f

,

h im since the creati on of the world are clearly

seen be ing pe rceived th rough th e things that are
,

mad e even h i s everlasting power an d divinity

, .

I t i s not panth eism wh ich feels the breath of God

in th e w in d wh ich bloweth where it listeth an d
hears his voice in th e music o f th e spheres ; it
i s Theism f o r Theism finds all these symbol s
,

and evi dence o f the omnipresent Spirit revealed

in the Hol y S criptu res Th e Spirit can cloth e .

h imsel f with the win d an d fire at P entecost no

les s than at creation H e hath e ven founded .

th e w orld upon th e seas an d established it on

the floods H is path too i s in the s e a Even th e
.
, ,
.

10
1
46 Th e H oly S p i ri t

s ea is his ; for h e made it and whatsoe ve r pass

eth th rough the paths of the sea Happy th e .

devout soul who real izes the Spirit s presence ’

n ow as at the beginning even upon the great

,

“
waste o f waters I f I take the wings o f the
.

morning an d dwell in the uttermos t parts o f

the s ea even there shall thy han d lead me and
, ,

”
thy right hand shall hol d me .

I f th e Holy Spirit be thus immanent in na

tu re how much m o re in man ! I t m eant much
,

to tempted and perple x ed Elij ah to know that

God was nearer than i f he w ere in the wh irl
win d or tempest that caused the mountain to
shake and brake in pieces the rocks about him ;
or than in the earthquake that made the ve ry
earth tremble on which h e stoo d ; o r in the fire
that l it up the wh o le mountain with its e le ct ri
cal gl o ries as t he tongues o f flame were all
about th e man o f God After all had passed
.
,

a still smal l voice was heard like a mother s lul

’

“
l aby ; for as one whom his mothe r com forteth ,

”
s o will I com fort you saith t he Lo rd
,
Never .

d id t roubled heart m o re n eed to kn ow that God

has a still voice for man a voice whose whisper
,

can be heard by the l istening soul There a re .

times when cloud s and darkness are round about

1
48 The H oly S p i ri t

of creation but that man is lost wh o 1 8 lost to

,

h is right uses Th e p rodigal s on was lost to

.

his fath er th rou gh hi s l ost a ff ecti on his l ost ,

companion ship h is lost se rvice to which th e f a

,

ther wa s entitled Whe n he came to hi m sel f he

.

came to a new sens e o f obligation T his is what .

the Holy Spi rit i s ever doing fo r lost men re ,

minding t h em w hose the y are to whom they ,

owe love and companion sh ip and service He .

restoret h their s ouls when all re lati on s hip s are

con fu sed He brin gs men t o themselves by
.

showing the m thei r true relations to the ir fell ow

men and to God He does this by causing them
.

to think Man a l on e has this p ower a n d it is

.
,

h is shame when he doe s n ot e x erci s e it Thus .

wh en th e Holy Spirit spe aking th rou gh Isai a h , ,

w ould arouse a sin ful beca use a thoughtless na

tion he cries : Hea r O heavens and give e a r
, , , ,

O ear t h for th e Lord hath spoken : I have nour

,

i s h e d and b rought up chil d ren an d th e y have ,

rebelled again st me Th e o x kn oweth h is own

.

’
e r and the ass his master s crib ; but I srael doth
”
not know mv people d oth not consider
, Un .

less th e H oly Spirit ca n s et man t o th inking

a ndthus using hi s h ighe r natu re nothing ,
ca n

be done to rec o ver him It is when men . un

 Th e E x ecu ti ve o f t he Godh ea d . 1
49

d e rs t a n d n otthe word that Satan com eth and

s n a t ch e t h it away Th e Holy S pirit th e great
.
,

est Thinker i n the un iverse must set man to ,

thinking . He wh o i s to teach u s all things must

fi rst catch ou r ear H e wh o i s to guide us into
.

’
all truth must first tak e ou r han d in h i s M an s .

intelligence cann ot be ign o red it must b e hon ,

ored and conqu e red Only mi n d ca n con que r.

min d I t i s th e word of th e Lord which must

.

“
reach the reason of ma n For the wor d of Go d .

i s living an d active an d sharp er t han any t wo

,

edged sw ord an d pi ercing even t o the dividing

,

of sou l an d spi rit o f both j o ints an d marrow

, ,

an d quick to d iscern the thoughts a n d intents

”
o f the heart It is min ds thu s conquered that
.

th e Sp irit uses in sub duing oth e rs to th e t ruth .

M an never th inks as when th e Spirit of God

holds h im w ith some great truth When th e .

H o ly Spirit convicts a man of s i n a p owe r of ,

thought i s awakened of which th e man had nev

er been con scious H is te ars become hi s meat
.

day an d n ight an d his m o istu re is tu rned into

,

the drought o f summer an d his very b on es wa x ,

ol d as God s ha n d i s heavy up on h im There is

’
.

i ll uminating power in a grea t crime when a

crimi n al sees h imsel f in the l ight o f t he my riad
1
50 Th e H oly S p i ri t

eyes o f the public ; but what is that to seeing

o nesel f as God sees him a view that th e Spirit
,

o f God alone can give ? That first illumination

h a s driven men to suici de to get out o f the
,

reach o f the public eye Th e remorse that i s

.

unt o de ath as the man c o nvicted o f sin re fuses

the gi ft o f repentance unto li fe leads the awak
“
en ed soul to cry ,
Rocks and mountains fall ,

upon me and h ide me from th e face of H im that

”
sitteth on the throne ! Conviction o f sin me an s
s eeing ourselves as God sees u s I t i s the Spirit
.

s earch ing u s an d kn owing us an d trying us and

proving us to s e e i f there be any evil way in us
that will not y ield to t h e voice of God Th e .

Revi sed Version u ses the w ord convict in

speaking o f th e illuminating work o f the Holy
Spi rit as i f th e human s o ul were brought to th e
,

bar of its own j udgme nt an d afte r full trial was

p ronounced guilty Such indee d i s th e case
. .

Sentence itsel f i s passed upon such a soul for ,

h e that believeth not i s con demned already Th e .

man sees h imsel f in the l ight o f an awakened

con science a reinvigorated m emory as h is s in
, ,

i s ever before him but most o f all in th e search

,

l ight o f God s unmet claim which demands truth

’

in the inward parts . Now th e Spirit c o nvicts

 The H oly S p i ri t

Th e Spi rit convinces through facts an d e x pe

ri en ce s, w riting conviction in lines of fire on
the very soul In striking contrast w ith ma ns
.
’

s i n in t he rej ection o f th e Saviou r is th e right

eo u s n e s s of Christ a s shown in his being a c

ce p t e d o f th e Father as h e retu rn s to the bosom

of God Man rej ects ; God receives Ou r choice

. .

i s ou r character We choose that for which we

.

have th e greatest a ffinity Th e m ob eve r wants

.

a Barabbas Jesu s n ot th e Jesus that i s called

,

C h rist ; and has its wa y S in i s th e worl d s

.
’

state as it is ; righteousness as it ought t o b e,

.

What it ought to be helps to reveal it as it i s .

Th e men o f l eaden instincts sink t o th e earth ;

the S on o f God rises t o heaven an d that t oo ,

w ithout even th e help o f a chariot o f fire such

as wa s sent for Elij ah Th e ascen sion o f J esus
.

i s th e consummate p roof o f th e righteousness o f

h is li fe . Th ere wa s but one place where h e
coul d go an d that wa s t o th e pure bosom of th e
,

Fath er whence h e came Go d uttere d all h is

.

min d on th e cro s s in tenderest love ; s in utte red

a ll its mind on th e cross in malign an t hate Evil .

s ought t o overcome goo d and banish i t fr o m the

ea rt h forever It needed n ot th e twel ve l egions
.

o f an gels t o declare wh o C hrist wa s ; hi s b ro

 The E x ecu t i ve o f t he Godhea d . 1 53

ken heart did that . Having love d hi s o wn , he

loved them unto the en d I t was m o re than .

innoc en ce that wa s tran s fi x ed on the cross ; it

wa s infinite love N othing could avail a fter that
.

to h ide from men th e righteou sne ss of Ch rist

not t he spear th rust nor th e seal ed an d guarded
-

tomb Already h e wa s on hi s way back to the

.

Fathe r H is cross was one o f th e altitu des where

.

“
his pierced feet t o u ch ed as they ascended And .

I i f I be li fted up w ill draw all men unto me

, ,
.

Th e ascension wa s only th e completi o n of the

“ ”
cruci fi x i on H e was receive d up in glory not
.
,

“
into glory ; for even the glory of h is coron a
ti on did n ot e x cee d th e glory the sublime cour ,

age faith a n d love o f h is passion

, , , .

A new rei gn of righteou sness began w ith th e

glori fi cation of C hrist What a theme th e Holy.

“
Spi rit had : B ecause I go unto my Father .

Afte r s u ch a li fe and such a death th e worl d is ,

no more convinced o f the fact o f gravitation

than it i s of th e moral pu rity o f J esu s Christ
th e Righteou s C hrist correspon ds t o th e i deal
.

o f human natu re that we all instinctively have .

H e i s man as man ought to be H e sh ow s com .

p let e con formity to t he standard o f God s law

’
.

an d remind s u s o f such a stan dard f o r all .

1 54 Th e H oly S p i ri t

H i s perfect ethical nature wa s in such a ffin ity

w ith th e mind o f God that those who saw him
sa w the Father also . Th e world ha s made i m
men se progress in many things since then and ,

in n othing more than in ethics ; an d yet it has

never overtaken J esus of Nazareth That very .

pr o gress is due to the H oly S pirit convincing

t h e worl d of righteous n ess by a l ife so pe rfect

that it ascen ded of its own p o we r of spiritual

aspirati on an d attraction and in asc ending has
,

drawn all men unto him Thus w ith light and

.

shade d o es th e H o ly Spirit s e t forth s in and

“
righteou sness showing that the damning s i n
,

i s to be in the presence of goodne ss an d not

”
to l o v e it T o turn away fro m C h rist is to
.
-

turn away fr o m absolute go od n ess i s to rej ect ,

’
God s per fect gi ft to man An d when man .

fin ally w ill not reverence but rej ects even the

S on the Fat h er receives h i m into hi s o wn bo
,

s om . T his added p roo f of t h e righte o usness of

Christ th e Spi rit uses to convince the wor ld o f
s in . Men even put C h rist to de ath as a de
ce i v e r thus seeking to deny th e pos sibility o f
,

“
a li fe o f perfect righteou sness Ye denied the
.

Holy One and the Just an d d e sired a mu rderer

,

t o be granted unto you an d killed the

,
P rince of
1
5 6 Th e H oly S p i ri t

such devoti on was inspi red in the he a rts o r t he

disciple s to J esus that their will ingn e ss t o die
for hi m wa s accounted as t h e very spi rit o f sui
ci de a n d the wearied e x ecuti o ners an d per s e
,

“
cu t o rs cried to the early Christi a n s Ye miser
,

able men ! i f ye de sire t o di e have ye n ot r ope s

,

an d p recipices H e was j udged th en as now

“
w henever a triumphan t faith c o ul d cry O grave , ,

wh ere is thy victo ry ? O death wh ere is th y

,

sting ? Thanks be unto Go d wh o giveth u s the

vi ctory th rough ou r L o rd J esus C h ri st .

Only a divine Advocate coul d ever h a ve won

th e case of Ch ristian ity against t h e prou d a n d
sel f s a t i s fi e d Roman em p ire w i t h its P a n t he on
-
.

“
Th e h ist o ry o f the w orl d i s t h e j u dgmen t of
”
the world . It was wh en human ingen uity had
ex ha usted itsel f in inven ting n e w vic e s w h en
,

w om en smil ed as th ey p a ssed by th e statu e of

C hastity as i f any one l onger b elieved in such
a thing wh en n ot only P ilat e but t h e lo west
,

“
o f th e populace scorn fully asked What is
truth a n d wh en J uvenal de clared postler
”
ity will ad d noth ing to our immortalit y that,

t h e prince of thi s w orl d in his seeming triumph

in a pe rpetual carn ival o f vice was being j udged .

M en had gotten a gl impse o f righteousness an d

 Th e E x ecu t i ve o f the Godh ea d . 1
57

believe din it There had come int o the world

.

a P o wer that made for righteousness an d new ,

code s of et hics were adopted b ecause a mighty

Saviou r wa s pr oc lai m ed even in Rom e itsel f as
the p o we r o f God un to salvation t o every one
t h at beli eve t h Th is w as th e vi ct o ry that over
.

came the Roman world even our faith Where

, .

S ata n seem e d most int rench e d t he firs t great

vict ories o f the cros s w ere won ; an d there re
mains no opp osition h ow ever formi dabl e no hate ,

h owever mali gnan t n o super s tition h o wever

,

hoa ry ,
a nd no S atanic f oe how ever cunning in ,

any part of the w o rld ,

whos e complete ov er
th ro w i s n ot al ready assu re d in th e abs o lu t e tri
umph over the early en emies of Ch ri s t i a n i t v
Th e H oly Spi rit a rrays the stupen d o us facts o f
history as th e j u dgment o f th e p rin ce o f this
world H ow sharpe r than any tw o—
. edged sword
i s th e sw ord of th e Sp i ri t whe n wi elded by
himsel f ! Who dares li ft it w ithou t h is aid ?
When that p romi sed ai d i s given t he word i s ,

sp o ken in de monstration of t h e Sp i rit and o f

p ow er Th e Spirit d e mon strate s h is own ex
.

i s te n ce
an d p resence th r o ugh th e p res en tation o f
th e truth as it i s i n J esus Th e prom ise d P ara
.

clete as Champion an d Advocate o f th e in fant

,
1
5 8 Th e H oly S p i ri t

C hurch h a s prove d himsel f the very e x ecutive

,

o f t h e Godhe ad Th e closing b o ok o f t h e B ible

.

tells h o w complete i s h is victory over th e prince

“
of this world in th e universal acclaim Th e L o rd ,

”
Go d omnipotent rei gn eth ! Th e enemies o f
C h rist feared a n d charge d a con spiracy so l o ng
as he wa s alive Th e prin ce o f this world i s
.

j udge d in that after t h e death o f J esu s th e

Church gained her greatest triumph s under the
leadersh ip of the H oly S p i rit who spoke n ot o f
,

himsel f but wh o took o f the th ings o f Christ

,

a n d sh o we d them unto men Th e Spirit o f

.

T ruth tr iumph ed by th e truth H eaven an d .

earth shall soon er pass away than on e j ot or

on e tittle o f what C hrist sai d sh all fail .

Th e p ower of Christianity l ies in th e ete rn al

li fe o f its author S o long as Jesus C hrist the
.

Righteous lives th e Holy Spirit wh o wa s first

, ,

given to man at P entecost out of the p erfected

and glorified manhood o f Jesus th e pledge an d ,

assu rance of h is gl o rification w ill continue to

,

b e given a s in a generous anointing or bapti sm .

In the ascen sion o f the Lo rd as ou r forerunner

and in the indwell ing o f th e Holy Spi rit as ou r
Com forte r ou r othe r Com forter we have the
, ,

doubl e assuran ce o f ou r gl orificati on Ou r Lord .

1 60 Th e H oly S p i ri t

the Word of Go d as the incarnate S on i s called

the Word An d t he e ntire valu e o f the w ord
.

which the Spirit inspires i s in its testi m on y to

J esus f o r th e t e stimony of J esus wa s the spi rit
,

o f prophecy Th e Spirit s sphere o f activity is

.
’

l inked to God s h istoric action in th e re d e m p

’

t i o n of mankin d th r o ugh C hrist Th e S pi rit s .

’

O perati ons belon g to the same sph ere an d con

te mplate t h e same en ds C hrist c on tinu es h i s
.

ve ry work in the worl d a s h e baptiz es w ith the

H oly Spirit Th e gospel o f the Spirit follows
.

the gos p el o f th e S on o f Go d ; a n d they are not

two go spe ls but one
, I t i s a standing proo f
.

o f the reality o f t h e miracle o f P entecost that

”
th e first age of t h e Church shoul d have pro
d u ce d a se ries o f writings wh ich in th e eleva ,

tion of thei r S piritual tone a n d th e fruitfulness

”
of their teachings remain absolutely alone
,
.

B ut the se w ritings declare but on e gospel and

one spiritual l i fe and that li fe i s in the S on
,
.

’
Only he wh o hath th e S on hath li fe O f Christ s .

resurrecti on th e H oly Spi rit is the chie f an d the

p erpetual w itness an d all th e w ork o f the Spi rit
,

’
is done in C hrist s name and i s built on his re
d e m pt i ve work .

B elie f in th e Holy Spiri t rescued the li fe o f

 Th e E x ecut i ve o f th e Godhea d 1 61

C hrist from simply an histori c wa y o f look ing

at it Ch ristian ity is not a past event but a
.
,
Ch ri s t i a n i

p resent li fe— a li fe fi rst man i feste d in C hrist pa s t

n ot a

ev e n t , bu t a

an d now perpetuated in h is C hurch by th e Holy I)

Sp irit Th e Holy Spirit thus become s known

.

as the S p irit o f C hrist becaus e h e i s t h e min

’
ister o f Christ s supe rsen suous presence H e .

becomes th e very li fe o f C hrist in the soul a s

C hri st i s forme d w ithin th e hope o f glo ry .

P au l s p raye r that according t o th e riche s of

’

hisglory the F athe r woul d strengthen u s w ith

powe r th rough hi s Spi rit in th e inner man be ,

comes on e w ith th e petition that C hrist may

dwell i n ou r h earts th rough faith Th e H oly .

Spirit has n o theme an d n o mi ssi on aside from

th e person an d w ork o f Christ H i s ministry .

i s t h e ministry o f reconciliation t h rough C h rist .

H is fru its a re thos e which are born e only th rough

vital connecti o n w ith th e tru e V in e Love j oy .
, ,

p eace l ong su ff ering kindness , go odness faith

,
-
, ,

ful ness meekness sel f control are celestial clus

, ,
-
,

ters wh ich grow from above n ot from beneath ,

.

T h e roots of th e t ru e Vine are in th e eternal

Godhead .

Th e supreme w ork o f th e Holy Spirit in th e

C hurch i s to teac h an d t o stren g then t o gu i de
,

1 1
1 62 Th e H oly S p i ri t

into all truth an d to empower for service to ,

S h ow u s ou r e x alted privileges as the son s of

God h imsel f w itnessing w ith our spirits ou r
,

adoption and to impart the n eeded fa i th an d

,

courage fo r every good word a n d w ork Son .

ship is h i s great theme Christ s s o nship an d,

’

ours ; an d the privilege and p o wer of son s and ,

their gl orious inhe ritance far beyond what eye

hat h seen or ear hath h eard or bey o n d what it ,

hath entered into the h eart of ma n to conceive

w ithout the Spirit s h e lp but God hath rev ea led
’

them unto us by his Spirit As the H oly S pirit .

testifies o f C hrist he glo ri fie s Christ for it is ,

the truth that glo rifi e s N o ma n can cal l Jesus

.

L o rd save by t h e Holy Spirit for only the Holy ,

Spirit can reveal t h e length and b readth a n d

depth and h eight an d make kn o wn the l ove o f
God that passeth knowledge Only th e Ete rnal .

Spirit can declare the Eternal S on Only by .

the Spirit di d Chri st l ive the h uman l i fe o f

God and only by the Spirit can that li fe be
,

understood Th e Holy Spi rit wh o fash ioned

.
,

th e human body o f Jesu s anointed h im at h is ,

bapti sm enabled hi m to cast out devils an d do

,

othe r w on derful work s empowered him with all

,

h is seven fol d -
g i fts for h i s li fe an d minist ry ,
1 64 Th e H oly S p i ri t

into all truth Ch rist yearned to te ll h is disci

.

“
ple s many things but said Ye canno t bea r them
, ,

”
now Th e H oly Spirit unites h i s ministry with
.

the min i s try of the Holy Son to make p os sibl e

the li fe of God in th e soul o f man a n d to de ,

clare that a s many a s are led by th e Spirit o f

Go d th ey are the s on s of Go d .

B ut t he Spirit not on ly t each e s h e e mp o w -

,

ers H e stren gthens t h e will th rough t h e heart

.

as well as th e head H e not only gene rates

.

l i fe h e organize s li fe H is agency is on e
, .

the love o f God that passeth knowledge Lov e .

n o t only be gets love rears l o ve n ou rishe s an d

, ,

“
e difi e s into man hood until we all come in the
’

un ity o f th e faith an d o f the knowle dge of the

S on o f Go d unto a p erfect man unto the m eas ,

”
u re o f th e statu re of the fullne ss o f Christ .

N o won de r that P aul insists on ou r claimin g

“
ou r inheritance : There fore being j ustified by
faith let u s h a ve p e ace w ith God th rough our
,

”
Lord J esus Christ It i s the consciousness of
.

l ove that make s pos sible en du ran ce and even th e

power of rej oicing in tribulation s as P aul re ,

jo i ce d at Lystra wh en h is ene mies suppo s ed th at

“
t h ey had st o ned him to d e ath kno wing that ,

tribulation w orketh p a tien ce ; a n d patien ce e x ,

 Th e E x ecu ti v e o f t he Godh ea d . 1 65

p e ri en ce ; and e x perie nce h ope : and h ope put

,

teth n ot to shame ; because th e love o f God has

been shed abroad in our h earts by th e H oly
Spi rit wh ich was given unto u s I t is the .

Spi rit which speaketh the truth in love th at help s

us to speak it in love . I t i s th e love o f C hrist
that con straineth us . Th e d ivine li fe in man
con sists in holy l ove . All gi fts even though ,

th ey be gi fts o f th e Spi rit are not comparable ,

t o spi ritual states P rophecy shal l fail ton gues

.
,

shall pass away even though they be the tongu es

,

o f men an d o f angel s comb ine d kn owledge shall ,

cease but n ow remain the se th ree fai t h h Op e

, , , ,

love ; and th e greatest of th ese is love Covet .

earnestly th e best gi fts for service but follow ,

a fter love ne ve r lose sight o f her obey h e r e v

, ,

ery comman d for Go d i s love It i s because

, .

C hrist dw ells in you r h earts by faith that ye are

roote d an d grounde d in l ove Wh en love goes .
,

C h rist has gon e .

C hrist ha s not only com e t o save u s but , ,

th rough h is Holy Spirit to make u s wo rth sav ,

ing I t i s not cha ff that w ill be gathered into

.

th e ga m e r ,
but wh eat , ripened an d matu red
wh eat that has in it reproductive powe r yield
, ,

ing seed a fte r its kin d on th e earth The H o lv .

 1 66 Th e H oly S p i ri t

Spirit seeks to form within us the mind that

was in Ch ri st J esus who came n ot t o be min
,

i s t e re d unto but to minister

, ,
an d to give h is
li fe a ran som for many . He organizes be lie v
ers into a kingdom wh ose del igh t i s n ot me at
an d drink or as the Revi s e d Version puts it
, ,

“ ”
more strongly n ot eating a n d drinking but
, ,

righteou sness an d peace an d j oy in th e H oly

“
Spi rit .For h e that h erein serveth Christ i s
”
well pleasing to God an d approved o f me n ,
.

Men know by the flavor of th e fruit wh et her it

be of the eart h earthy or wh ether the Lord from
h eaven i s th e husbandman wh o purge th t h e
b ran ches that they may bring forth mo re fruit ,

and better Christianity means u n s elfis h n e s s

.
,

’
looking not at on e s own things but upon th e ,

things o f others Th e S pirit o f Ch rist eve r

.

teach es u s wh eth er by pr o phet or apostle

, ,

whethe r under the ol d coven a nt or the new that ,

H e never fi nds wh o seeks h i s own ,

Th a t soul i s lost tha t s s a ved a lone

’
.

Th e H o ly But th e Holy Spirit who will not save u s by

oursel ves w ill not save u s without ourselves .

H o w mon strou s the man wh o hates h is own

fl esh ! H o w vile th e deed s don e in th e body
1 68 Th e H oly S p iri t

head un d ertakes n othing in us and for u s that

,

h e has not already fully realized in the per

f e ct e d humanity of our Lord an d he comes to
,

us out of that gl orifie d humanity to assu re us

o f what w e shall be when we shall s e e him as
h e i s H e that garnishe d the h eavens w ill make
.

the n e w h eaven s and th e new ea rth H e that .

b reathed into man s n o strils the breath o f l i fe

’

and gave him reason and intelligence is the

qui ckening Spirit that shall rai se h im when
dead in trespasses an d sins and shal l not only
,

illumine h i s min d but renew hi s heart and shall ,

quicken his mortal body into newn ess of li fe

even with t he pow er o f an endless li fe T h e .

Lord of th e harvest s hall gathe r in th e harves t

o f a perfected hum a nity F o r this al l natu re
.

waits an d th e mighty Spirit o f Go d wh o i s i m

,

manent in natu re as well as in man will make

“
all things new against that day For the ear
.

n est e x pectation o f th e creation waiteth for the

”
reveal ing o f the sons o f God . T h e Spirit like

wi se i s helping ou r i n fi rm i t i e s and teaches us

,

that all things work together for good t o them

that love God ; an d thi s h e teaches u s as Lord
o f nature n o less than ou r blessed Com forter
wh o abi des w ith u s forever . He shal l bring it
 Th e E x ecu t iv e o f th e Godhea d . 1 69

to pass I f God is for us wh o then can be

.
,

against u s ? H e wh o gave u s hi s Son has given

“
u s h is Spi rit also H e that spare d n ot hi s own
.

Son bu t delivered h im up for u s all n ot even

, ,

w ithholding h im from prison an d from j udg

ment from the cross and from th e grave h ow
, ,

shall he n ot also w ith h im freely give u s all

things ?” “
I f ye then being evil kn ow how to, ,

give good gi fts unto you r ch ildren h ow much ,

more shall you r h eavenly Fathe r give th e H oly

”
Spi rit to th em that ask h im ? Th at was what
Ch ri st said when h e sp o k e o f the coming o f th e
H o ly Spirit an d o f th e glory that should follow .

No t on one f a vored foreh e a d fell

O f o ld t h e fi re tongued m i r a cl e
-
,

B u t fl a med o e r a ll t h e throng i ng h ost

’

T h e b a pt i sm o f t h e H ol y Ghost .

No r bound n o r cl i me no r creed th ou k n o w s t
, ,
’
,

W i de a s ou r n eed t hy favors fa ll ,

Th e w h i te wings o f t h e H ol y G host
S toop seen or u nseen o er t h e h e a ds of a ll
’
, , .
 A n ivers
u w hi ch a ll t h e p ower wa s on t h e s i de o f
e in
the cre a tor an d a ll t h e mor a l i ty on the side of cre a
,

tion woul d be one comp a red w it h which t h e universe

,

of mater i a l i sm woul d sh i ne out as a par a d i se indeed .

—B a lfou r .

Y et, in th em a dden i n g m a ze of th i ngs ,

A nd t ossed by storm a n d fl ood ,

T o one fi x ed st a ke m y sp i r i t cl i ngs ;
I know tha t G od i s good !
No t m i n e t o l ook w h ere ch erub i m
An d ser a p h s m a y n o t s ee ,

B u t nothi ng ca n be good i n H i m
Whi ch ev i l i s i n me
—W h i t t i
.

er
.

O S ou r e c r at e d l i gh t
o f un c e ,

T he Fa th er s prom i sed Pa ra clete !

’

Th r i ce h ol y Fount th r i ce h ol y F i re
, ,

O ur h e a rts w i th h ea venly love i nsp i re !

C ome a n d th y s a cred un ct i on br i ng
, ,

An d s a nc ti fy u s w h i le we s i ng .

—V e n i, Crea t o r, S pi ri t u s .
 V .

TH E D EI T Y O F
'
TH E H O LY S P I R I T .

“
I B E LI EV E i ii th e H oly Gh o s t a s I b eli ev e
”

i n Go d t h e Fath e r Al mighty an d a s I b eli ev e i n

,

Jesus Christ hi s only be got te n Son our Lo rd , ,

wh o wa s co nceive d b y th e H oly Spi rit Th e .

o th e r a rti cle s of t h e cre e d I b el ieve b ut I d o no t

,

b eliev e i n I a ccept t h e m b ut I d o no t trust

.
,

t h e m a s I d o ea ch of th e a do rab l e P ers o ns of
t h e H oly Trinity T hey ar e t h e e x p re s s io n o f
.

my int e llectual appreh ensi on o f th e great t ruth s

s u ch a s th e fo rgiven e s s o f s ins t h e r esu rre cti o n
,

o f t h e b ody and ev erla stin g life afte r d eat h ; b ut

,

t h ey d o n ot call fo rt h my t ru st whi ch can b e ,

’
give n o nly t o a p ers on Fa it h i s t h e s oul s re
.

cu mb e n ce o n a p e rs o n ,
i t s ad he si o n t o a p e r
s on .
T h e H o ly Spirit i s n ot o nly a P e rs o n b ut ,

a D ivi ne P e rs o n and s o co mm and s o u r faith

,

a s a n obj ect o f o ur w o rs hip ; and if ou r faith ,

t h e n al s o o u r l o ve and ou r o b edi enc e Whil e .

t h e d o ctri ne of t h e Trinity could n ot b e c o rre ct

ly fo rmulat ed o r known until aft e r th e incarna
t io n o f t h e S o n of Go d it h elp ed t o e x plain t h e
,

c o m mand o f Go d wh en he b a d e Aa r on and hi s
( 73 )
1
1 74 Th e D e i ty o f t h e H oly S p i ri t .

s ons always t o b l e s s th e childre n of I srael with

a b les sing i n t h e na m e of t he T riune Go d s a y ,

“
ing : Th e Lord b le ss t he e and ke ep the e : Th e ,

Lo rd mak e hi s fa ce t o s hine upo n th e e and b e ,

gracious unto the e : Th e Lord li ft up h is coun t e

n ance up o n t h e e and gi ve t h e e pea ce S o shall

,
.

t h e v Pu t my na m e up o n t h e children of I s ra el ;
’
and I will b le s s th e m T hu s a s i n th e ve ry
.
,

“
lan gu a ge o f t he Creat o r wh e n h e said Le t ,

u s mak e man i n ou r i mage and aft e r our lik e

’
n es s wa s Go d m ad e known n ot a s a unit b ut
, ,

a s a unity S o in t h e w o rship of th e P salm s t h e

.

divin e na m e i s oft e n th ri ce repe at ed a s in t h e ,

“
refrain fo r H e is h oly,
I n th e e cstat i c visi on .
’

o f th e proph et s t h ey a re ab l e t o cat ch th e re
frai n of th e wors hip of angels a s t h ey cry ,

“ ”
H oly h oly h oly Lo rd Go d Almi ghty
, , ,
It i s .

t h e T riun e Go d that ou r L ord reveal s wh en h e

p rays t o t h e Fat he r an d at t h e sam e t i m e p r om

i s e s t h e H oly Spirit a s anoth e r C o mfort e r no ,

l es s than wh e n h e b id s hi s di scipl e s t o baptiz e

i n th e na m e o f th e Fath e r and t h e So n and th e
H oly Spi ri t S o wa s t h e divin e nam e once m ore
.

p u t u pon t he ch ildren o f God It i s n ot st ran ge .

t h e refo re that wh en t h e apos tl e s gave t heir

“
b l es sing i t wa s Th e grac e of th e L ord J e su s
,
1
76 Th e D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t .

man fe e l hi s kins h ip wit h Go d through th e

H oly Spirit wh o e nab le s u s t o call J e sus Lord .

Whe n th e nam e of th e Triune Go d i s put u po n

u s i n h oly baptis m thi s pe rs o nal kinship is pro
,

clai m e d t o all m en Fro m that h ou r one i s not

.

’
o nly c ons e crat e d to Go d s s e rvi ce h e i s clai m e d ,

’
fo r G o d s s e rvi ce Th e H oly Spirit claim s
.

’
ma n s v ery b ody fo r hi s t e mpl e and t ak e s u p ,

hi s ab od e as a si gn of his owner ship Th e .

unio n b etwe e n man and Go d i s s o c omplet e that

h e that i s j oined unt o th e L o rd i s o n e Spirit .

Go d s S pirit and ou rs mingl e lik e two at mo s

’

p h e re s wh en Go d b e com es immanent i n a go o d
“
man . H e i s th e Go d t hat wo rk eth fo r hi m that
”
waiteth for him ( I saiah l x iv H e that be .

li e v e t h shall not mak e hast e awaiting t h e guid

,

anc e of t h e H o ly Spirit fo r a s many a s are led

,

b y th e Spiri t o f Go d th ey a re th e s ons of God .

Th e p e rfe cti o n of hu manity is u nattainab le u n

l e s s Go d dwell in u s Th is wa s s o eve n with
.

’
Chri st s hu manity I t wa s th e Spi rit of Go d
.

that b e ca m e th e S pirit o f Chri st s o c o mplet ely ,

d i d th e H o ly Spirit fill h i m and dwell i n hi m

a nd lead hi m an d e mpower him T hu s m an be .

co m e s t h e tru e S hekinah th e divin e gl o ry shin

,

ing i n t h e fa ce o f a man d e clari ng hi m t o b e t h e

,
 Th e D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t . 1 77

S on o f G o d s o that h e hi m s elf h a s powe r t o

,

mak e u s s ons o f Go d All thin gs a re o ur s if .

’
Ch ri st i s ou rs a nd we a re C h ri st s .

Go d i s t h e Fath e r only i n t h e S o n Th e H o l y .
T/ I/ ! y

S p i ri t ca me
Spi rit th e refo re p ro ce ed s fro m th e Fat he r a s h e
f ro m t he F a

reveals him s e lf i n t h e So n a n d fr o m t h e S o n as ,
t h e r t h r o ug h

t he S o n
th e r evelatio n of t h e Fat h e r T h e S o n i s t hu s .
.

’
th e Way t o th e Fath e r a s well a s t he Fath e r s
W a y t o u s T h e Spi rit co m e s fro m t h e Fath e r
.

th rou gh t h e So n and t hrou gh t h e S o n a s t h e

,

S o n of t he Fat he r Th e So n ca n d o n oth ing of

.

hi ms elf b ut w hat h e s e eth t h e Fath e r d o b ut ,

whatsoeve r t he Fathe r doe t h the se the S on doe t h

’
in lik e manne r Thu s th e S o n s w o rk s a re t h e
.

’
Fath er s w o rk s and t h e Spirit o f J e su s i s t h e
,

Spi rit of Go d Th e Spi rit ent e re d into all that

.

C hri st wa s h ere and i n h e ave n Th ro ugh t h e .

Spirit i nt e rpenet rat in g and e mb ra cing t h e F a ~

t h e r and th e So n t he re i s mutual co inh e re n c e

a nd e t e rnal fellows hip b etwe e n t h e d ivine p e r
sons , say s Milliga n B e caus e t h e East e rn
.

Ch u rch faile d t o appre h end t h e life of t h e S o n

through th e Spirit it failed t o realize the Spirit s ’

full mis si o n t o sh o w u s t h e S o n a s t h e S o n ca m e
t o sh ow u s th e Fat he r I t i s mor e t han t h e .

mere abs ence of the fili o qu e fr o m the creed ; it

12
 1 78 Th e D e i ty f
o t he H oly S p i ri t .

i s th e ab sence of a p rope r appre hensi o n of t h e

Divin e S on who pr o mised the H oly Spirit a n d ,

s o of a worship that e x pe ct s t h e H oly Spirit a s

an indu e m ent of p owe r lik e rive rs of wat er T h e .

co m muni o n o f t he H oly Spirit whil e a part of

th eir cre ed is not a vital e x peri ence i n t h eir life .

Th ere ar e no su ch hymns t o th e H oly Spiri t a s

a re found in th e We st ern Church and n o such ,

life i n th e Spiri t a s wh e re hi s wo rship vitalize s

the bo dy o f Ch ri st Th e Holy Spi rit is the sum
.

o f all gi fts and influ ence s n e ede d t o pe rfe ct t h e

d ivin e — human life in t h e s oul of man God i s .

Spirit o r h e co uld no t b e Go d We ar e spi rit

,
.
,

o r w e c ould no t wo rship Th e H oly Spirit m e

.

d i a t e d throu gh th e S o n s o blend s with ours as

t o mak e po s sib le a cceptabl e wo rs hip .

Th e Spirit wh o thu s h elps our infirmity i s th e

o mnis cient Spirit wh o s earch et h and kn oweth

th e d e ep things of Go d no l e s s than t h e o m n i p o
,

t ent Spirit wh o creat e d th e wo rld and still gov~

erns it . T hou s end e st fo rt h thy Spi rit and

th ey are creat ed a nd th o u renewe st th e face of

,

t h e g r o u nd T h es e wait all upo n t he e that

.
,

th o u maye st gi ve th e m th ei r meat in du e s e a
s on . T hat th o u give st unt o th e m t hey gat he r ;

t h ou op ene st t hy hand th ey are satisfi ed with

,
1 80 Th e D ei ty o f the Holy S p i ri t .

wh e reunt o I have calle d t h e m ; a nd s o they b e

ing s ent fo rth by t he H oly Spirit went d own t o
Seleu ci a t o tak e ship for th e fi rst great m i s
s i o n a ry j ourney planne d by th e Lo rd of th e
harve st Th e H oly Spirit will have n othing le s s
.

t ha n o u r p erfe ct ob edi ence whi ch i s p e rfe ct ,

wo rship I f we att e mpt t o d eceive hi m with l e s s

.

t han ou r all w e li e n ot u nt o m en b ut unt o Go d

,
.

H oline s s i s a ne ce s sary attrib ut e o f th e D eity .

Chri st may lay a s id e o mnip ot ence and o m n i s

ci e n c e and o mnipre s enc e b ut h e could not lay
,

a sid e h oline s s and still b e God even th ou gh ,

Go d manife st i n th e fl esh Th e Spi rit t hat dwelt

.

i n Christ without me a su re wa s th e H o ly Spi rit .

H e coul d not be the Spiri t o f T ru t h proceeding

fro m th e Fat h er a nd th e S on o r t hrou gh th e ,

S on w ithout he was the Spirit o f H oliness or

,

th e H oly Spi rit Unl e s s he we re divine h e

.

could n ot b e t h e autho r of o ur r e gene rati o n o r

of ou r ulti mat e h olines s H i s great wo rk i s that
.

of t h e Spirit of T ruth th e inward T ea ch e r a nd

,

Strength e ne r of ou r m o ral p owe rs H e prove s .

hi ms elf divine b oth by what h e i s and b y what

,

h e d o e s H i s p e rs o n i s h oly as hi s t ea chings
.
,

a re h oly H i s ve ry o mnip ot ence i s th e o m n i p o

.

t ence of h oliness and o f l ove O nly t he Spirit .

 Th e D ei ty o f the Holy S p i ri t . 1 81

b o rn and t he Spirit led a re o wne d a s th e s ons

-

o f Go d , t o wh o m t h e Spi rit him s elf b earet h wit

ne s s . That whi ch i s b o rn of th e Spi rit i s spirit ,

and e x c ept a ma n b e b o rn o f th e Spi rit h e can

n ot e nte r int o t h e k ingd o m of Go d Th e wo r .

ship o f t h e H oly S p irit i s th e w orship al s o o f t h e

H oly Fath e r a nd o f th e H oly S on .

I worshi p t h ee O H ol y Gh ost
“
, ,

I l ove to worsh ip th ee ;
My r i sen L o rd f o r a y e w ere lost
B ut for t h y compan y .

I worshi p thee O H ol y Ghost

, ,

I love to wors h i p t h ee
W i th th ee e a ch da y i s P entecost ,

E a ch n i gh t Na t i v i t y .

No w t h e k no wl ed g e whi ch th e H o ly Spi rit

giv e s in co m muni o n i s t h e privil e ge of se eing
t h e F ath e r and t h e So n a s t h ey s e e u s b eh o ld ,

i n g u s wit h i nfinit e l ove a nd b e st owin g up on u s

i nfinit e grace T o kn o w Go d i s t o e x peri en ce
.

Go d i s t o po s s e s s Chri st i s t o b e ab l e t o say
, , ,

“ ”
Abb a Fath e r
, H e t h e Spi rit of all t rut h
.
,
.

s h ows u s th e t ruth a s it i s i n J es u s H e rev eal s .

t h e myst e ry h id fr om th e foun dati o n o f th e

wo rld that Go d wa s i n C hri st re co nci lin g th e
world unt o h i m s elf Th e v e ry p r o ce s s e s of re
.
1 82 The D ei ty of t he Holy S p i ri t .

d e mptio n b e co m e revelati o ns o f t h e Godh ead .

Th e individual o r th e Church ha s o nly s o mu ch

of t h e t rut h of Go d a s t h ey hav e o f th e Spirit of
G od N o man can call J e s us Lo rd save b y t h e
.

H oly Spi rit . Wh e n h e t ak e s of th e things of

Chri st and sh ow s th e m unt o u s we a re t h e n ,

t aught of Go d O nly t hu s can we all co m e i n

.

t h e unity of th e fait h and o f th e k nowledge of

t he S o n o f Go d u nt o a p erfe ct man u nt o t h e ,

m ea sure of t h e statu re of th e fulln es s o f Ch ri st .

H e wh o i s t h e ete rnal b on d of love in th e Trin

ity als o and h e alo ne b ind s man b ack t o Go d
, , .

T h e l ove of t h e Spirit i s b o th l ov e awak ened b y

t h e Spiri t t o h i ms elf a s divine and a s h oly love

i n th e soul t h e l ove t hat c o nst rains t o s e rvi ce

,
.

Thi s i s t h e love of Go d sh e d ab road i n t h e h eart

“

by th e H o ly Spirit that i s given unt o u s Thi s .

i s only o ne of t h e fruit s of th e Spirit but a fi rst ,

fruit Th e fruit o f th e Spi rit i s l ove j oy pea ce

.
, , ,

lo ng su ff e ring kindn es s go o dn e s s faithfulne s s

-
, , , ,

m e eknes s s elf c ontrol All th e s e co m e fro m

,
-
.

t h e vi sio n o f Go d a s h e i s reve al e d i n Chri st by

t h e H oly Spirit We lo ve b e cau s e h e fi rst l ove d
.
,

and all th es e ot he r fruit s of t h e Spirit a re b o rn

o f that l ove .

Th e H oly Spi rit p rove s h ims elf divin e not

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fro and ca rri ed ab o u t w i t h e v e r y win d of d oc

t rin e b v t h e s l e igh t o f m e n i n craft i n e s s a ft e r
, , ,

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.
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'

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.

t h e Spir i t w hi ch co n t ra di ct s t h e e vi de n t m ea n
i n g of t hat w o rd a lr ea d y gi v e n i s n o r o f Go d .

Sat a n hi m s e lf ha s b e e n k o wn t o e n t er a b a d n

ma n a s s u m e t h e p roph e t s rOle Th e v e rv
a nd .

S p a n i s h I n q u i siti on w a s alw a y s o pe n e d wi t h
“
p ra y e r ad dr e s s e d t o t h e H ol y Spiri t a n d H o li ,

n e s s t o th e L o rd i s i n s c rib e d o v er t h e p o rt a ls
o f t h e M o rm o n T e m p le wi t h a ll i t s s ale p ra e,

ti c e s Try p rov e t h e sp i ri t s w h et h e r t h ey b e
.
,

of Go d Th e ap o st l e wh o u r ge d Qu e n ch n o t
.
,
“

” “
t h e Spir it was h e wh o u rge d als o H ol d fa s t
, ,

t ha t whi ch i s go o d ; ab s t a i n fr o m e v e ry fo rm of
e vil.
”
“h at s u re r wa y t o o fi e n d a n d qu e n c h
t

t h e Sp i rit th e S p i ri t of h oli n e ss tha n bv ab h or

, ,

ri n g n ot e vi l ? W e ar e n ev er t o d o evil i n t h e
na m e of t h e L o rd t hat go o d m a v co m e I t i s .

ev er Sat a n th ou gh t ra n sfo rm ed i n t o a n a n gel

,

o f li ght wh o s u gge st s it Th e Spir i t t ea ch e s

,
.

no thi n g s av e t hat w hi ch h e h ea rs fo r h e s p 5 ,
'

n o t of h i m sel f Go d d o e s n o t s a v o n e t hi n g i n
.

h i s S o n a n d an oth er i n h is Spi ri t Th e d i s p e n .

sa t i o n o f t h e H ol y Spi rit c an n o t co n tra v e n e t h e

1 86 Th e D ei ty f
o t he H oly S p i ri t .

disp ensati o n of th e D ivin e S o n . Th e kingdo m

of heaven i s righteousness pe ace an d j oy in , ,

the H oly Gh ost I f w e o r an angel from heaven

.

p reach any oth e r go spel let hi m b e anath e ma

, .

Th e H o ly Spi rit s a n ct i fi e s by th e truth not by ,

th e p erv e rs i o n of t h e t ruth .

Th e p owe r which att end s th e H o ly Spiri t s

’

p re s ence ha s eve r t e mpt e d b ad me n since th e

days of Si mo n Magu s I t i s p owe r whi ch give s
.

influ en ce s e cu re s favo r b rings h o no r P owe r

, , .

i s always a t e mpt ati on wh eth e r t o go o d men

,

or bad It was the very powe r to w ork mi racles

.

t hat wa s a s ou rce of t e mptati on t o ou r L o rd

wh en constantly as sailed b y th e t empt e r with
th e su gge sti o n t o u s e it fo r hi m s elf and t o r e mit
s o m ewhat of h is ab s olut e d ep endenc e o n God .

B ad m en al ways stand re ady lik e Si mo n M a gu s

t o b uy p o we r wit h m oney and would even b ar ,

t e r fo r t h e gift which t h e ap o stl e s dare d n ot u se

fo r th e m selve s If m oney canno t b uy it ba d
.
,

m e n s e ek t o s i mulat e it It n e ed s n ot an apo s
.

tl e t o t ell u s that su ch me n are i n t h e gall of

b itt erne s s and i n the b on d of iniquity Let Mo .

h a mme d s followers seek the loa ves a n d fi shes

’
,

if t h e Fals e P ro ph et d e clare s that human natu re

i s weak and n ot much i s t o b e e x pe ct ed of it ,
1 88 The D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t .

sh ip H e wh o p o ss e ss e s all th e divin e a t t ri
.

b ut e s i s b ot h p ers onal and divine and inspire s ,

wo rs hip i n spirit and i n trut h Th e H oly Spirit .

e nab le s th e o nly t ru e w o rship Th e D eity b e .

co m e s thu s self wi tne ss ing

-
.

Th e app e al whi ch t h e H oly Spirit mak e s t o

o u r spi rit o nly vitaliz es it and mak e s it co n
s ci ous o f b ein g m o re than a p art of natu re s i m
ply t o r e ce ive h e re t h e full satisfa ction of it s
l ongi ngs O ur spirit co ns ci ou sly p ers onal d e
.

mand s a p e rs o nal ob j e ct a kn owab l e ob je ct an

, ,

’
infinit e obj ect M an s very powe r o f th ou ght i s
.

t h e b a sis of hi s capacity fo r reli gi o n I t i s th e .

man wh o ca n b e mad e t o t hink wh o k eep eth

t h e w o rd t h e g o o d s e e d i n a go od and h o n e s t
,
'

h e art and wh o can b e e x pe cted t o b rin g fo rth

,

fruit Whe n one un ders t a n d et h not the word

.
,

t h en co met h S atan an d s n a t ch e t h it away Th e .

th ou ghtfu l are u sually th e t hankful Th os e .

wh o give thou ght ar e t h o se wh o gi ve t hank s .

Th e spe cial wo rk of th e H oly Spirit i s t hus t o

call forth wo rship by fi rst co nvincing th e m i nd
and s etting m en t o t hinking Th e co mmunio n .

of th e H oly Spi rit th e mi ghty thinker s ets m en

, ,

t o thinking on t h e gr eat th e m e s of th e gospel .

W hat s o eve r things are tru e what s o eve r t hings ,

 Th e D ei ty o f t he Holy S p iri t . 1 89

are hon ora bl e whats o ever t h ings are j ust what

, ,

s oeve r t hings a re pur e what s o eve r t hings ar e

,

love ly what s o eve r things ar e o f go o d r ep o rt ;

,

and if th e r e b e any v irtue a nd if t he re b e any

prai s e we are b i dde n t o t hink o n t h e s e t hings
,
.

T hus t h e Go d of p ea ce shall b e wit h u s His .

dwellin g plac e i s t h e spi rit of a go od m an H e .

re st o ret h o u r s o ul t o it s ri ghtful u s e a nd mak e s

eve n ou r b od ie s t emple s of th e H oly S p irit a s ,

s e rt ing t hat s over ei gnty whi ch i s t h e right o v e r

b o th o u r m oral and p hy sica l natu re s .

I t is no t th e p etty o ff e n se s whi ch ve x t h e
S pir i t o r ev e n t h e great e r o ne s whi ch p ro
vo k e h i m a s di d o u r fat h e rs in t h e wi ld e rne s s
, ,

against whi ch we n e e d t o gu ard a s m o st pe ri l

“ ”
o u s H e m ay b e gri eve d a s wa s Christ in
.

Get hs e mane b e cau se w e s l e ep wh e n w e sh o ul d

,

wat ch and s o fail t o i nvi go rat e ou r fl e s h b y th e

st r o n g pu rpo s e and life of t h e spirit for th e
”
ti m e s of great co nflict H e may b e gri eve d
.

even wit h th o s e wh o hav e th e zeal which s hall

abid e u nti l th e day of re d e mpt i o n a s wa s o u r
,

L o rd wit h h i s ch o s en thre e wh o c ould n ot

wat ch wit h hi m o ne h o u r B ut it i s wh e n w e
.

h ard e n o u r h ea rt s a gainst hi m re s isti n g h i s

,

gra cio u s i nflu e nce s and ab s olut ely i gn o ring hi s

1
9 0 Th e D ei ty f
o th e H oly S p i ri t .

v oi ce al lowing ou r minds t o b e pre o ccupie d

,

a gainst hi m wh o alo ne i s able t o k e ep u s fro m

falling and t o pre s ent u s faultle s s b efo re t h e
pre s en ce o f h i s glo ry with e x ce eding j oy tha t ,

o ur s i n i s in dange r o f b eco ming an e te rnal s i n .

“
A man that hath s e t at nau ght M o s e s la w ’

! e spe cially agai nst blasph e my ! di et h with out

c o mpass i o n o n th e wo rd of t wo o r t hre e wit
n e s s e s : of how mu ch s o re r punish ment t hink ,

y e shall h e b e j udge d wo rthy wh o hath t ro d

, ,

d e n und e r fo o t th e S o n o f God and h ath cou nt ,

e d t h e b lo od o i t h e c ov enant whe rewith h e wa s

s anct ifi e d an u nh o ly thing and hat h d on e d e
,

”
spit e t o t he S pirit of grace ? I t i s b e cau s e th e
Spirit dwelling withi n wo uld t hu s s e ek o ur fi rst
t ho u ght s fo r spiritual things t hat t o b e d e spis e d
,

a n d s e t at nau ght hi s pr e s en ce and h elp i g

,

n o re d no t o n ly o ffend s hi m b ut lik e t h e s i n
, , ,

o f Sapphira eve n t e m pt s hi m Ca n we w onde r

,
.

if Go d s Spirit d o es not always s trive with m an ?

’

’
Th e m ount ai n of t h e Lo rd s pre s ence i s a gain
girde d with fire a s i n th e wil derne s s an d we
, ,

“
d are no t t rifl e save at ou r p e ril Fo r a s t ou ch .

i ng t ho s e wh o we re once enli ghtene d and tast ed

o f the heavenly gi ft an d we re made pa rtak ers
,

o f th e H oly Gh os t and tast ed t h e go o d wo rd

,
1
9 2 Th e D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t .

age fo rtitude wisd o m sh ows t h e c o ntinu ous

, , ,

life of the H oly Spirit i n man Hi s re s ource s .

a r e b oundles s his e x ch equ e r can neve r b e e x

,

hanst ed H e ma ke s no all o wan ce fo r any

.

b reaking point in man fo r no t emptati o n can ,

o vert ak e b ut t hat wi th t h e t e mptation i s pro

v i d e d a wa y of e scap e Even granit e may b e
.

c rus h ed an d i r o n and st e e l can b e b rok en M e n

, .

kno w t h ei r b reaking p oint a nd j ust h o w much ,

t h e granit e can b ear and th e i ro n and ste el can

carry Th ey do not dare fi re even a canno n

.

aft e r it h a s live d i t s appo int e d life of a fi x ed num

b e r o f s h o t s whi ch may have t est e d t o the ful l
t h e p o s sibl e a rrange m ent and rea rrange m ent of

it s mo le cular p arti cle s B ut th er e i s o n e finit e

.

b eing who may partak e of t h e life of t he infinit e ,

a nd he nc e t he H oly Spirit m ak e s n o allowance

fo r any b reakin g p o i nt i n man what eve r hi s t rial ,

a nd h oweve r great his t e mptati on Th e finit e .

spi rit b e co me s co ns ci ou s of a life of G od i n th e

s oul a nd e ndure s a s s e eing h i m who i s invi s i
,

ble .Co urage is no t physi cal it i s m o ral ,

.

Wo me n calmly face d eath i n a n impe ril e d ship

wh e re m e n t ak e t o int o x i c a nt s M en are n ot .

b rave st wh e n th ey are fi gh t i n g— th ey may s i m

ply b e infuriat e d t h en lik e even d o m e sti c ani
,
 Th e D ei ty o f the H oly S p i ri t . 1
93

mals — b ut i n endu ring H aving do ne all t o .

stand i s t h e triu mph of cou ra ge b e cau s e c ou r ,

a ge i s th e p owe r o f b e ing d o minate d b y a great

pri nciple whi ch mak es m e n i nd i ff e re nt t o dan
ge r a n d pain I t has it s h o m e i n t h e s oul a nd
.

pa rtak e s of it s ve ry i m m o rtality I t is h e wh o .

b eli eve s that s hall n o t mak e hast e a nd t his i s ,

th e vi cto ry that n ot o nly ove rco m eth t h e wo rld

b ut can ove rco m e in a ny w o rld eve n o ur faith ,
.

W it h all hi s glowin g t rib ut e t o J o h n t h e B ap

t i s t that am o ng t h e m t hat we re b o rn of w o m en
,

t h e re h a d n o t ris en a great e r what di d J e s u s,

m e an wh e n h e sai d y et h e that is l east in t h e

kingdom o f he aven i s greater tha n h e ? Wh o
da re s a y t hat with all t h e spi ritual gift s o f t h e
proph ets th ey eve r re ach e d su ch spi ritual st at e s
a s t ho s e d e s crib ed b y P aul an d sha re d by t h e
ap o st le s ? I t wa s th en that th e w o rd s we r e ful
“
fille d I will put my laws int-o th e i r m ind an d
, ,

in th ei r h eart al s o will I writ e t h e m Moses .

’

falt e rs even a s h e co m e s d own fro m hi s au di enc e

wit h J eh ovah and cast s th e tab l e s of t h e law
,

fro m hi s hand and b reak s th e m in utt e r de spai r

o f savin g e ven hi s o wn k ins m e n a cc o rdin g t o
th e fl e sh Elijah ha s d oubts ab o ut hi s own spi r
.

i t ua l child re n th e s ev en t ho u sand wh o have n ot

,

1
3
1
94 The D ei ty o f t he H o ly S p i ri t .

b owe d th e kne e t o B aal and e x pects t h e m t o

,

b e untru e lik e th e rest J o hn t he B apti st eve n

.
,

aft e r having b o rn e witne s s t o C h ri st a s th e O ne

mightie r t han I wh o co m eth aft e r m e and wh o ,

shall b aptize wi th th e H oly Spirit a nd fire ,

s end s me s s en ge rs wh o have b e en wat ching out

“
sid e h i s pri s o n cell t o a s k of Jesu s Art th ou ,

”
h e that sho uld co m e o r l o o k we fo r anothe r ?
,

B ut we l o o k i n vain fo r a ny s u ch fai nt h eart e d -

“
n e ss in P aul . Non e of t h es e things m ove m e ,

” “
n eith e r c ount I my life d ea r unt o m e Fo r t h e
.

whi ch caus e I su ff e r als o th e s e things : y et I am

n ot a sham e d ; fo r I know wh o m I have b eli eved ,

and I a m pe rsua de d t hat h e i s able t o guard

t hat which I have co m mitte d t o hi m a gains t
” ’
t hat day . Li st en t o th e snat ch o f th e ma rtyr s
s o ng t hat h e hu ms t o hi ms elf even b efo re hi s
“
day o f e x e cuti o n : Fo r if we di e with hi m we ,

shall also live w ith him : i f w e endur e we s h a ll ,

als o rei gn with him : if we shall d eny hi m h e ,

al s o will d eny u s : if we a re fa ithle s s h e ab id eth

faithful ; fo r h e cannot d eny hi ms elf D a re we
.

list e n l onge r ? Y e s th e not e s grow fulle r and

,

th e so ng mo re t riumphant a s h e s eize s th e stylu s

o nce mo re : Fo r I a m already b eing offe red
“
,

and th e t i m e o f my d e p artu re i s co me I have .

1
9 6 Th e D ei ty o f th e H oly S p i ri t .

childre n of I s ra el Ch rist s b eat itude s b efo re

.
’

P aul s wer e spiritual stat e s a l ov e t hat hopet h

’
,

all things endureth all things that n eve r fail

, ,

eth H i s gift a s h e b re at hed up o n h is apo stl e s

.

wa s P ea ce My p eace give I unt o you ; no t a s

.

t h e wo rld giveth give I unt o y ou It is the .

p ea ce of Go d which pa ss eth all understanding

t hat k e eps o u r minds and hearts i n t h e k nowl
e dge and lov e of Go d and of hi s S o n Je su s Chri s t ,

ou r Lo rd Th e H o ly Spirit which h e b reath e d

.

upo n th e m aft e r h i s r e surre ctio n and e sp e cially ,

aft e r h i s asce nsion wa s th e b reat h of life t o

,

Chri s t b oth phys ically and spiritually ; and s o it

b e cam e t o hi s di s cipl e s s o that J ohn wa s a b l e ,

t o s a y We hav e an anoi nt ing fro m t h e H oly

,

O n e H e t hat s oweth u nt o th e Spi rit s hall o f

.

”
t h e Spirit r eap life Th e Chu rch i s t he ve ry
.

’
s eat of Ch ri st s powe r t h e ve ry c ent e r o f hi s ,

enlightening qui ck ening c o mfo rting gra ce

, ,
.

’
Wh e n Chri st s life i s ou rs th e H oly Spi ri t ,

dwell s in u s with out ceasing B ut it i s o nly a s .

'

we a r e st re ngth ened wit h mi ght t hrou gh hi s

Spirit i n t h e inner man that Ch ri st dwells i n ou r
h ea rt s th rough faith Acco rding t o th e p owe r .

t hat wo rket h i n u s Chri st i s ab le t o d o e x ce ed

ing ab undantly ab ove all t hat we a s k o r t h ink .
 Th e D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t . 1
97

Th e Sp irit o f J e su s i s th e S pirit of th e all c on -

qu e ri ng Chri st wh o pe rmi tt ed
,
no antago ni s m
“
b e t we e n hi s b ody and Spi rit a s h e sai d , ,
A
b o dy ha s t t h ou prepare d m e ,
”
and “
Lo ,
I come
”
to do t hy will O Go d
, . We mu st p re s ent o u r
b o die s a living sac ri fice if we wo uld k n ow and
prove th e go od and a cceptab le a nd pe rfe ct will
of Go d . How mu ch m o re Sa ms o n mi ght h ave
be en and Jephtha h an d Rahab an d Bal a am ha d
, ,

t h ey n ot b e e n co nfo rm e d t o t hi s w o rl d in pla c e
o f b eing t ransfo rm ed b y t h e r en ewin g o f t h ei r
mi nd s b o t h t o kno w and d o Go d s p e rfe ct wi ll ’
.

O u r Lo rd tau ght that th e o nly p erfect life

wa s o ne live d in th e p re s en ce of a p e rfe ct b ei ng
and whi c h ev e r s ought hi s appr oval Wit h t h e .

H o ly Spi rit d wellin g within h ow pure w e sh ou ld ,

b e in all manne r of co nve rsat io n b rin gin g e ve rv ,

t hou ght int o captivity t o t h e ob e di en ce of

Christ a s well a s castin g d own i magi nat i o n s
, ,

and eve ry hi gh t hing that i s e x alt e d a gainst

Go d Sata n want s no b et te r s eat t han i n th e
.

i ma gi nat ion I t wa s thu s t hat P a radi s e wa s

.

l o st I t wa s wh e n Ch rist d rove Satan eve n fro m

.

t h e do or o f h i s i ma gi nati o n t hat ou r P a radis e

wa s re gained Spiri t s a re n ot finely t ou ch e d
.

b u t t o fi ne is su e s Th e Ch ri st ian i s t h e spi r
.
1
98 Th e D e i ty o f the H oly S p i ri t .

itua l man b e cau s e filled t aught

, , ,
l ed ,
and
stren gthene d by th e Spirit of God .

Th e Chri stian i s far m o re c once rne d ab out

th e a scent of man than t h e d e s cent of man . Th e
qu est i o n i s not h ow did man eve r fall int o s o
d e e p a pit s o far fro m o ri gi nal ri ght e ou sn e ss
, ,

b ut ca n we ever get th e pro di gal b a ck h o m e ,

or h a s he even a home to go to and i s t h e re ,

ho p e of hi s permanent re form T o lose faith .

i n me n unde r Go d i s t o l o s e faith i n Go d over

m en I t i s b ecau se Go d i s ou r Fath e r an d th e
.

So n of God i s ou r Savi ou r and th e b ody and ,

s o ul surviv e t h e grave in a gl orio u s re s u rre c

“
t io n that P aul cri e s Wh erefore my b elov e d
, , ,

b rethren b e y e st eadfast unm ovabl e always

, , ,

ab ounding in t h e wo rk o f th e Lo rd fo ra s mu ch ,

a s y e k no w t hat y ou r lab or i s not i n vain in t he

L ord Wh en ou r L o rd a scend ed t o p repare u s
.

a plac e h e s ent fo rth th e H oly Spirit t o p repar e

u s fo r th e pla ce H e i s e x pe ct ing u s and h e
.
,

wi ll co m e a gain i n j oyful confid ence t o re ceive

u s unt o hi mself To th e lonely wat ch er on P a t
.

’
m o s wh il e in t he Spirit o n t h e Lo rd s day th e
who l e vis i o n of t hat welco m e wa s reveal ed .

“ ”
To hi m t hat ove rco m eth and h e wh o suff ere d
,

b ein g t e mpt ed i s abl e t o d elive r all wh o are

20 0 Th e D ei ty o f th e H oly S p i ri t .

a nd h e wh o s e e s t h e i nvi sib le se e s th e et ernal .

Th e y wh o have stoo d t h e t e st s and stra ins o f

’

earth wi th out b reakin g shall b e u s ed a s th e

ma rb l e and porphyry and granit e of t h e ski e s ,

fo r t o h i m that ove rco m et h will I gi ve t o b e a

pilla r in t h e t e mple o f my God and h e shall go ,

n o m o re out O u r co nqu ering Lo rd wh o ha s

.
,

enab l e d u s t o conqu e r by his Spirit which h e

ha s gi ven u s will da re t o re st t h e very do m e o f
,

he ave n u pon hi s re de e med Nay h e that ove r .

,

co m et h s h a lLs i t d own with m e o n my th ron e a s

I hav e o verco m e and a m s et down with my F a
t he r o n hi s th ro ne Thu s shall it b e do ne u nt o
.

hi m w ho m t h e King d elight eth t o h ono r B e .

t h ou faithful unt o death a nd I shall give th e e ,

a crown o f life H e t hat hath ears t o h ea r

.

l et hi m h ea r what t h e Spirit saith unt o th e

chu rche s .

Th e Spirit of Go d wh o thu s dwells wit hin t o

st rengt he n and t o sanctify by th e t rut h i s not
o urs u nl e ss we fi rst b e his Th e qu e stio n i s n o t .

what shall we d o with t h e Spi rit b ut what shall ,

t h e H oly Spirit d o with u s P aul s mono gram .

’

“
was I n C hri st H e wa s noth ing apart fr o m
.

— “ ”
C h rist th e min d tha t wa s in Ch ri st th e li fe ,

“
that was in Ch rist the consuming love t hat wa s
,
 Th e D ei ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t . 20 1

in Ch ri st th e powe r o f Chri st s re su rre cti o n

,
’

fo r who s e knowled ge h e wo uld willi ngly have

co unt ed all t h ings a s lo ss N o w P aul c ould .

n eve r have called Jesus Lord much less have ,

“ ”
d e cla red Fo r m e t o liv e i s Chri st sav e by t h e ,

H o ly Sp i rit Th e sa m e H oly Spi rit wh o for m e d

.

’
t h e b ody o f J e su s i n th e V i rgin s wo mb fo rm s
Ch ri st within u s t h e h op e of gl o ry whil e h e ,

h im s elf d wells within u s a s t h e v ery Spi rit of

J e su s repeat ing if we will t h e life of Chri st i n
, , ,

u s b y gi vin g u s t h e an oi ntin g t h e h oly ch ri s m , ,

t hat mak e s u s C h ri st s t o t h e wo rld B u t if .

C hri st dwell i n u s b y hi s Spi rit eve ry th o ught ,

mu st b e b rou ght i nt o captivi t y t o th e ob e di en c e

of C hri st Chri st r ed e e m e d t h e w orld ; w e a re
.

c o m mand e d t o evangelize it I ndi ff e ren ce t o .

hi s will a nd c o m mand b reak s b oth tabl e s o f t h e

la w at o nce N e ith e r d o e s t h e l ove o f Christ
.

co nstrain n o r t h e well b eing of o u r n eighb o r-

m ov e u s if we refu s e t o ob ey ou r Lo rd s co m
,
’

mand Th e Lo rd of t h e ha rve st i s t h e H oly

.

’
Spi rit s na me H e wh o rule s within u s a s th e
.

H oly Spirit t e st s eve ry gra ce by his c o mmand

“
a s Lo rd of th e harv est . No w h e t h at stab li sh
eth u s with you in Chri st an d anoi nte d u s i s , ,

God ; wh o also se al ed u s a n d gav e u s t h e ear ,

20 2 Th e D ei ty o f t he Holy S p iri t .

n est of t h e Spirit in o u r h eart s T hat s e al.

“ ”
d oub tl e ss b ears th e m o n ogram I N C H R IS T ,
.

Th e k ey of t h e Apo calyps e i s t h e Ch u rch car

ryi n g fo rward t h e life o f Ch ri st in th e world .

We can n o m o re put away ou r natural life and

live t han put away t h e H oly Spi rit and have
S piritual life N or can th ere b e any life i n th e
.

Sp irit with o ut ob edie nce t o t h e Spirit Th e k ey .

“
w o rd of o u r Lo rd s last di s cours e wa s Ob ey
’
.

“
I f ye k e ep my co m mand m ent s ye s hall ab ide
’
i n my love eve n a s I have k ept my Fath er s
,

“ 7,
co m mand m ent s and ab id e i n his l ove Ye a re .

not in the flesh but in the Spirit i f s o be that ,

t h e Spi rit of G o d dwellet h in you B ut if any .

man hat h not th e Spirit of Chri st h e i s n one of

”
h is. Th e Spi ri t o f Ch rist i s t h e H oly Spirit
fo r whi ch h e b ad e hi s di s ciple s wait t hat t hey
mi ght receive p owe r t o go int o all t h e w o rld a s
witne s s e s o f his r e surre cti o n We dare not dis
.

ob ey hi s la st co mmand fo r t o eve ry c o m mand

,

“
o f Ch rist we h ea r an answe ring voic e Yea , ,

”
saith t he Spirit . T o s e ek t h e p owe r of t h e
H oly Spirit and n ot ob ey th e voi ce o f t h e Spirit
wo uld b e t o re ceive th e co nde mn ati on of Si mo n
Magus wh o would pu rcha s e t h e gift of powe r
wit h gold Th e o nly coi n t hat i s current in
.
 20
4 Th e D e i ty o f t he H oly S p i ri t .

ch annel s t o t h e s ea w h e n t hat whi ch ca m e

,

”
fr o m out t h e b o undle s s d e ep tu rn s again h o m e .

Th e va p o r n o m o re go e s b a ck t o t h e b o s o m of
t h e o cean o nly t o sta rt again o n it s e ndle ss ci r
,

cuit t han d o all th e plans o f Go d stand r eveale d

,

i n th e unity of hi s p urp o se H e ha s n ot fo r .

g o tt en hi s o th e r s h e e p whi ch are no t o f t hi s
” “
fold Listen to h is muster roll hi s census re
.
,

“
turns I w ill make m e ntion o f Rahab and ,

B abylo n i s a m o n g t h e m that kno w m e : b eh ol d

P hilistia an d Tyr e wi th E t hio pia ; t hi s on e wa s
'

, ,

”
b o rn t h ere . Th e Lo rd s hall cou nt wh en h e
writ et h up hi s p e op l es thi s o n e wa s b o rn th er e
,
.

T h e wi ses t o f u ninspire d m e n lik e P lat o have

d eclare d it i mp o s s ib l e fo r a co m mo n reli gi o n
e ve r t o pr evail in t h e w orld s o great are t h e ,

divers iti e s o f m e n and o f nati o ns ; b ut t h ey hav e

la ck e d t h e m ental e nlarge m ent and th e spiritual
visi o n tha t b elo n g t o t h e s ons o f Go d t h o s e wh o ,

s hall b e mad e kings a nd pri e st s u nt o Go d I t .

i s t h es e sub li m e ta s ks t o which h e subj ect s o u r

faith and ob e die nce h e r e t o fit u s t o b e rul e rs
o ve r many citie s th er e Fo o lish s ci enti st s p rat e
.

“ ”
ab out mind stu ff and thu s minimiz e man and
,

b ring hi m d own t o at o mi c dim ensi o ns ; whil e

Go d ma gnifi e s man by sharin g with hi m hi s
 Th e D ei ty o f t he Holy S p i ri t . 20
5

gre at e s t t h o u ght s and t hu s fi t s hi m fo r t h ro ne s

,

of int ell e ctua l and sp iritual n o l e s s t h an of phys

i cal mi ght h ere a nd h e reaft e r L et t h o s e wh o
,
.

will find t he ir an ce st o rs i n t h e fo re st ; I fi nd m in e
i n h eave n i n th e b l e ss e d T ri nity th e Go d wh o ,

cr eat e d u s th e Ch ri st wh o r e d e e m e d u s a nd t h e
, ,

H o ly Spi rit wh o l e d u s int o t h e t rut h a nd e m

powe re d u s fo r s ervi ce wh eth e r o n ea rt h o r i n
h eaven .

Th e u nity of natu re lik e t h e u nity of man and

,

t h e unity of Go d i s po s sib l e o nly t o lo ve and

, ,

t o a Go d wh o i s l ov e Th e D ivi ne S on wh o
.

pro m is e d th e H oly Spi rit i n that h ou r p ray e d

fo r hi s di scipl e s : N eith e r fo r t h e s e only d o I
p ra y b u t fo r t h e m al s o t hat b eli ev e o n m e
,

t h ro u gh t h ei r wo rd ; th at th ey all m ay b e one ;
eve n a s th o u Fath e r art in m e an d I in th e e
, , , ,

t hat t h ey als o m ay b e o n e in u s : t hat t h e w o rl d

m a y b eli eve that th ou d id st s end m e . An d th e
glo ry whi ch th o u ha s t gi ven unt o m e I hav e
give n u nt o t h e m ; t hat t h ey may b e o n e eve n a s ,

we are o n e I i n th e m and t ho u in m e t hat t h ey

, ,

may b e p e rfe ct e d int o o n e that t h e w o rl d may

kno w that tho u di dst s e nd m e and l ove ds t t h e m
, ,

eve n a s t h o u l ov ed st m e Th e H o ly Trinity i s
.

rev eal ed i n t h e et e rnal co mpani o ns hip of th e life

20 6 The D ei ty o f t he Holy S p i ri t .

of t h e D eity a s t h e p erfe ct patt ern of human

life Th e l ov e of Go d t o man is t o b e sha red t o
.

t h e full by man i n hi s love t o Go d With th e .

sa m e l ove fo r t he sa m e sa crifice by th e sa m e
, ,

r ede mption t h e wo rl d alo n e can k now t hat

,

Je su s i s t he Christ of God Th e unity of man .

i s mad e known through t h e u nity of Go d and

by t h e lov e that i s Go d fo r Go d i s l ove ; and s o
,

t h e H oly T rinity i s et e rnal b e caus e l ove has

n ever b e en wanting in t he Eternal Fath e r and
t h e Ete rnal S o n th rough the Et e rnal Spirit pro
c e e d i n g fro m t h e Fath e r and t h e S o n an et e rnal ,

p roce s si o n whi ch pro ce ed ed toward man e re yet

h e wa s b o rn wh en t h e La mb of Go d was slain
fro m th e fo undati o n of t h e wo rld an ete rnal ,

ato ne m ent .

Th e H oly Spi rit wh o wa s t h e auth o r of na

,

tu re and t h e provid e nce which rul es i n nature ,

i s t o sh o w t h e unity of nature n ot in its elf and

for its elf s o m eth ing that si mply sh ows o ne
,

cr eat ive and go ve rning mind a s if create d fo r

it s own plea su re and t he n t o b e ca st o ut int o th e
vo id Creati on i s t o b e fo und proj e ct e d o n re
.

d e m p t i v e line s What share s ou r su ffering is

.

“
t o share ou r glo ry Fo r I re ck on that th e suf
.

fe ri n gs of thi s pre s e nt ti m e are not worthy t o

20 8 Th e D e i ty o f the H oly S p i ri t .

in th e mat erial and spiritual w o rld wh ethe r his ,

mo d e o f wo rking b e called nature o r grace .

M an i s b ette r abl e t o u nderstand hi ms elf as h e

s e e s hi s fl owe rs and hi ms elf warm ed by th e s am e
s u n and that t h e flowe rs know t heir s eas o ns n o

les s t han he
“
Flower i n t h e cr a nn i ed w a ll ,

I pluck y o u out of t h e crann i es

H ol d y o u h ere root and all i n m y hand
, , ,

L i ttle fl o we r—but i f I c ou l d underst a n d

Wha t y ou a re root a n d a ll a n d a ll in a ll
, , ,

I sho u l d know w h a t G od i s a n d m a n i s .

I t i s t hi s b road er vi ew which sh ows t h e Fa

t he r wo rkin g even until now and also the S o n ,

and th e H oly Spirit Whittier perplex ed about

.
,

t h e Trinity ho w Thre e c oul d b e O ne and O ne

,

co uld b e Th re e walk s o ut t o s e e God s rain fall

,
’

ing o n th e e vil and t h e g o o d followe d b y th e ,

s u n shinin g o n t h e ju st and t h e unj u st He .

al s o s e e s a Chri st ian w oman s e eking t o s a v e a

fallen si st e r o nly t o b e repelled b y h er H e re .

tu rns t o hi s h o m e and a s h e think s o ve r t h e

,

eve nt s o f t h e day comfo rt ed b y t h e th ought s

,

’ ’
of Go d s m ercy and man s l ove a swe et peace ,

fi lls h is soul and a voice seems t o plead

,

D ost th ou st i ll a sk ? Wh en lo thi s da y ,

Th e H ol y Three h a ve p assed thi s wa y .

 Th e D ei ty f
o th e Holy S p i rit .

Th e e qu a l Fa th er i n r a i n a n d s un ,

H i s Chr i st i n th e good to ev i l don e ,

H i s vo i ce i n t h y so u l a n d t h e Th ree a re One .

Fath e r of spirit s in who m w e live and

Th e ,

m ove and have o ur b eing i s n ot far fr o m eve ry ,

o ne o f u s .

D a rk i s t h e
worl d to thee : t hy sel f a rt t h e r e a s on why
“

Fo r i s H e n o t a ll but th ou tha t ha st p o we r t o feel I

,
‘

am I ?
’

S pe a kto H i m th o u for h e he a rs a n d S pir i t w i th S pirit

, ,

can meet
C loser i s H e th an brea thi ng a n d n ea rer than ha nds an d
,

fe e t f
’
 21 2 I n d ex .

C ic ero Marc us T ull iu 8

, ead th e worl d rul ed by s, 10 . D ,

C oll ege t h C hristian a

e ,
the 8 , , .

plac e of i nspiration and D eity of th e H ol y S pirit ,

opportunity 7 8 the 1 1 —
7 209 . , .

, ,

C ol e ridg e S am uel Tay lor D ivi ne reso urc es th e n ew

, ,
,

5 1 08
, .
knowl edge of the 191 , ,

C ol umba S aint 1 5 19
3 , , .
.

C omforter t h e othe r 4 2 48 D ivinit y of the,

S pirit how , ,
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6 6 68
proved 1 83 , .

50 , 55, 5
0 1 s 3! 1 7 ) 7 ;

E AS T R N C hurch th e
E , , 1 77 .

C om m unication of the S pir E lih u , 1 32 .

it 1 3 9 1 46
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E li jah ,
2 7 , 2 8,
3 1 , 3 4, 3 5 , 9 6,
C onfessors an d marty rs 1 9 9 , .
1 09 , 1 2 3 , 1 3 3, 1
46 , 1 47 , 1 5 2,
C onfuci us th e golde n rul e , 1 93 .

of 1 0 5 , . E m erson ,
R alph W aldo , 3,
C onviction by th e S pirit , 1 0, 1
4 .

E mpow erin g and teachin g ,

C ook J os eph , ,
10 .

C ornel i us 5 6 , 1 ,
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6 2, 1 03 . E ner gy inseparabl e from ,

C reation and re -
c reation , S pirit 1 3 1 1 3 2 ; conse rva , ,

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7 1 49 » I S9 tion of 1 3 7 1 3 9 ; origin , ,

C reator S pirit ( hy m n ), , 44 . of 1 3 7 ; distribution of

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C rooks Prof W i l liam,

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, 1 40 . 1 —
3 9 1 46 .

C uthbert S aint 5 , ,
1 . E noch 1 47 , .

C y rus t h P ersian 6
, e , 10 . E piphani es of th e Hol y
S pirit 5 8—
60 , .

D AN m L, 96 . E thics of C hrist 1 5 3 1 5 4 , , .

Dante 9 1 0 6 , , . E ecutive of th e Godhead

x ,

Dartmouth C oll eg e 1 0 ,
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7 2,
73 , 1 27 —1 69 .

David 2 7 6 7 1 1 9 1 20
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. Ez ekiel ,
1 33 .
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FA T I H of H annibal 3 5 3 6
the m easure , , .

m en 8 96 —9 8 , H arnack Adolf 1 3 .
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F i el d notes 73 74 Harvest t h e L ord of th e

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F i elds of t h e S pirit natural 7 2—75 ,

and supernatural 1 3 5—1 3 7 H e g e l G eor g W F 1 1 ,

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F ish e r George Park 22

, H e rod 3 3 9 7 , .

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F ootpri nts of God th e fresh H eroes th e high est ty pe of , ,

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1 3 7—1 3 9
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F oundation m an ing of H indooism 1 6

, e , 9 .

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F e e d o m 0 f th e h uman spi r
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H isto ry how made and ,

it 1 6 ; o i opinion 1 6 ; of th e w ritte n b God 1 t h

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w il l 22 ,
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greatest m n i n 2 7 e

F ruits of the S pi rit 1 8 2 1 83 Holm es 0 W 1 0

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H ol y S pirit th e pe rsonal ity ,

G E N T I L E S C ourt of t h e 1 0 5 of th e 45—8 1 ; th e promis e

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Gibbo n E d ward 1 6 , of th e N e w T estam ent 4 5 ;, .

Gideon 1 20 1 3 3 , th e gosp el of 49—

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51 ; th e
.

Gifts of th e S pirit 1 3 3 —1 3 5 m asterpi ec e of 5 3 —55 ; , ,

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1 39 .
epiphani es of 5 8— 60 ; bap ,

Gladston e W E 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 t i s m w ith 5 8 —6 2 ; o f c es
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Gospel of th e Hol y S pirit of 66—68 comforts by p er ,

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49 5 1 so nal love 70 72 ; E e c u - x
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G ravitation th e l aw of 1 3 5 ti ve of t h e Godhead 7 2
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73 1 2 7 1 69 20 3 ; L ord of
1 3 6 1 39 ,
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Grieving th e S pirit 1 89 1 9 1 th e harve st 7 2—7 5 20 1 ; , , .

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reproductiv e powe r of ,

H A LL of F am e C h ristian i —
75 7 8 ; i n fl ue nc e of on
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t y s 20 9 8 99
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l i ves of the saints 78—8 1 ;
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Hal lam H e n ry 84 ,
th e A utho r of S ac red L et
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Ham ilton Al e ande r 9 ,t e rs 8 5 1 25 1 3 8 ; s p eaks

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to m an thro ugh m en 1 0 1 ; , onl y true worship 1 8 8 ,

a q uicke ning S pi rit 1 0 2 ; , when h e i s gri eved “

,

n o respecte r of pe rsons ,
1 89 , 1 91 .

1 0 3 ; i nspires al l accepta Hom e r 8 1 0 6 , , .

bl e worship 1 0 3 ; pri nci ,

H uman desti ny man the ,

p l of our true and e alt

e x greatest powe r i n shap
e d l ife 1 09 ; his ever
, y book
ing 1 7 , .

a life 1 1 6—1 20 ; i mman ent

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H umanity C hrist s p erfect ,
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in nature an d man 1 29 ,
ed 3 6 40 4 1 ; th e S pi rit s
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131 1 6
4 , 1 47 ; s eve n fol d
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- assu rance f our 1 68 1 69 o , , .

gifts of 3 3 — 3 5 ; both cre

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1 1
H y postatic union 46 , ;

ates and re cr eates 1 47 -

, ILL U M I NA T I O N of th e S pirit ,

1 49 ; t h e gr eat T hi n ker —
, 1
49 1 5 1 .

1 48, 1 49 , I m manenc e of the H ol y

1 88 , 1 89 ; i llu m i
natio n o f th e 1 49 —1 5 ; S pirit i n nature and i n ,
1

c on victio n by 1 5 2 1 5 3 ; man 1 29 1 3 1 1 46 1 47
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ju d g m e n t b y 1 55 1 5 6 ; e m Impersonal low ran k of th e

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pow e rs and teach es 1 64 I I , , .

1 65 ; s av e s both sou l a d Impersonality no s ubstitut e n

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bod y 1 66 1 67 ; c laims
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man s ve ry body for his Incarnation man i n the light

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templ e 1 76 ; cam e from of th e 1 6

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th e F athe r through th e I n e rtia th e S pi ri t ov e r ,

So 1 77
n, 1 7 8 ; divin e a t ,
com es 74 7 5 ; form idabl e , ,

tributes o f th e 1 78—1 8 ; n ess of 1 3 4 1 3 5 ,

1 , , .

worship of th e 1 8 1 ; ena Initiati ve the powe r of i ndi

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bl es us to se e God as h e vid ual 20 , .

is 1 8 1 1 8 2 ; fruits of th e I q i i t i o t h e S panish 1 8 5
, , ,
n u s n, , .

1 8 2 ; provi n g himself d i Inspi red book and life 1 1 6 ,

vin e 1 8 2 1 83 ; e nabl es th e
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of h o w ju d ge d 24 ; a y o n
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N A OL O N
P E I .
, 76 .

d er sid ed being 2 5 ; th e
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N atu re ,
animate a n d i nani
i nspi red 9 0 — 9 2 ; his full e r
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mate contributing to wor
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m essag e 1 1 0 — 1 1 2 ; c ontin ,
ship 1 44—1 46 ; unity in not
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u o s life of the S pirit i n

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for itself 20 6—208 , .

N e wton S i I saac 8 1 3 7
1 9 2 ; i mpo rtance of th e as ,
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N in eveh 3 0 7 5 9 0
c ent o f 1 9 8—200 , .
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Madison J am es 9
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Marshall J ohn 9 .
OB E IE CE to the S pirit ,
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Marty n H enry 1 6 1

c e s of t h e S pirit 66—68
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Maste rpi ec e of th e Hol y , .

O n en ess of t h e S pi rit 208

S pirit 5 3 —55
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209 .

Materialism denials clai ms , , ,

O racl es of God hol y m e n
and refutation of 5 1 —53
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i n tru s ted w ith 1 0 2—1 04

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Matte r e altation of by
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spi rit 2 5
PAR! DR E A 1 0
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M essage t h e man l ost i n,

Pascal Blaise 5 1 , , .

the 3 1 90 9 3 ; th e hol y
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Patteson Bishop J C 1 1 6 .

man and his 1 0 8 1 1 0 —1 1 2

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Patmos th e revelatio n of , ,

M ill igan W i l liam 1 77 , , .

M ilton J ohn 8 , , .
Paul ,
th e apostl e , 1 5 , 5 1 , 64,
Mind th e stud y of 6 7
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6 7! 7 2! 78 7 9 5 1 99 , 1 0 7, 1 1 6;
M o h a m m e d th e F als e , 1 4 7, 1 6 1 , 1 6 4, 1 9 3 , 1 9 4, 1 9 8,
Prophet 1 86 ,
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200 .

Monogram Paul s 200 20 1 ,

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Mormon T empl e the 1 8 5 , , .

MOS CS , I S, 2 7, 3 1 , 3 5 , 66) 9 3 » Pete r m i racl es and m inistry

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9 6 , 9 8, 1 09 , 1 1 5, 1 1 8, 1 19, of 59 6 2 64 9 x 9 9 1 1 8
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1 93 .
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Pe rfect life th e onl y 1 9 7 ,
spi ration of th e 1 1 2 1 1 4 ; ,
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Pe rson d i fi e r e betwe e n
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worship of th e 1 74
enc ,
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a h u man and a divin e P ubl icans 29 , ,

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46 47 ; sac re d dignity of
,

C hrist s 63 ’
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QU I C ! E N I N G S pi rit th e 3 9
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0 1 0 2 1 3 5 1 68
P e r s o n a l i ti e s th e thre e 4 ,
7 , 9
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com manding 26 , .

Personality pow e r of 3 ; R
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E AS O N the S pi rit author ,
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of and app eals to 1 84— 1 86

h elpful n ess of 4 5 ; e alt , ,
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ed by C hrist 1 5 1 8 ; can
— R edemption natu
,
re to shar e ,

alon e be inspi red 2 2 ; b e with man i n th e g lo r y

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of ,

20 3 —20 5
l i f i h u man and divi n e
e n
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R
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eformation fundam enta l

i nseparabl e 2 3 ; a n ew ,
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principl e of th e 1 6 1 7
m eanin g of 3 8 ; p erfect i n
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R el igion of a P erson ours

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God on l y 4 1 ; es s e ntiall y ,
the 1 0 0 1 0 1 ; how w e be s t , ,
ethical 5 2
kno w o u r 1 0 4—1 0 7 ; gotte n
.
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Pharaoh 1 4 ,
ri d of onl y by abolishin g
.

Pharise es 29 3 1 ,
God an d man 1 1 4 1 1 6
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Phi lip th e forerunn e r 60 R eprod uction th e S pirit s

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pow e r of 7 5 78 ,
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Plato 6 1 06 204
, , R ev elatio n presuppos es i n
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Pow er of C hri s tianity 1 58 spi ration 1 0 1 1 0 2 ; th e ,

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1 60 .
s um m ing up of 1 75 1 76 , , .

Proce s sion o f the S pirit 1 77 R e vol ution th e F re nch 1 3 ; , , , ,

1 78 . th e A m erican 1 3 , .

Prodigal son th e 1 48 , , .

Progress c haracte r and his S ACR E D L e tter s th e H ol y

, ,

tory of 1 2—1 5 ,
S pirit the Autho r of 8 5
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Psalms testimon y t o th e i n
, 9 2 9 3 1 25 t 38 . . ,
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Sadd uce es 29 , . S oul an d body salvation of , ,

S aints th e S pirit s in fl u enc e

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on th e l ives of 78 8 1 ,
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S pirit of C hrist th e , , 47 49 ,
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S am son 1 1 0 1 20 1 9 7 , , ,
. 9 2 , 9 4, 1 00 , 1 76 .

S am uel 27 6 7 1 1 8 1 20 1 23
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S piritual gifts and states ,

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S atan perverti n g th e truth 93 1 9 5
1 '

18 8 8 8 his s eat i
S tatesm en C h ristian 1 99 , , .

4 1, 5 1 ; ,
n

S upernatural directn ess of

t h e i ma g ination 1 9 7
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i ntercour e with th e 9 3
S aved and worth savin g by
s , ,

9 4~
C hrist 1 65 1 66 , , .

S avonarola 2 5 , . T NN S O N AL R D
E Y ,
F E , 9, 1 0,

S cars m e n h eard for th eir

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T hink r great 1 48
e ,
th e , ,
1
49 ;

S ci e ntist des p ai r of the 1 43

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vital i es ou r m indsz ,
1 8 8,

S ci en tists fool ish 20 4 1 89 .

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S e el ey Professor J R 79
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T rinity doctrin e of the , , 1 73 ,
1 74, 20 5 —209
S el e ction the i nspiration of
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T ruth th e S pirit of 65 66 ;
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8 8 90
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S elf, m e n m ust b e empty of th e gr eat hink er of th e

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to be fi lled with th e S pirit u ni vers e 68—70 1 6 ; tri , ,

1
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1 95
u mph of 1 5 8 ; guid ing i n ,
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1 97
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t o al l truth 1 63
S igns supernatural 5 7
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S imon Magus th e t e m p t a ,
U N T of nature man and
I Y
tion of 1 86 1 87 ; c o n d e m , ,

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God possibl e onl y to love ,
nation o f 20 2 , .

S hakespear e 9 ,
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S hekinah the tru e 1 76 , , . V AN D Y ! E H E N RY 2 , , .

S on ship th e S pi rit s great V arro th e nobl est R oman

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the m e 1 62 1 64 ,
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