The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 561

THE MANIFESTATION OF HOLY LOVE is

Hence

but a moment.

may

it

not be denied that the bond of

union, the intertwining and interlacing that of

God together

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in the divine fire of Love,

must bind the children by the working and

is,

indwelling of the self-same Spirit, a real fact. It is the self-same Holy Spirit who, dwelling in every heart, directs them altogether

one end, who, consecrating every soul to be His tabernacle, in He is God and therefore Love, brings it about that, in and through and with Himself, the Love of God is shed abroad in every

to

that

Think

heart.

of

Him

as banished from their souls,

and the Love of

every grace be concealed God has fled from their hearts but deny the inward grace, appearance outward and slumbering, let the Spirit dwells in our hearts the Holy are assured that so long as we let

;

we may

rest assured that

Holy

Moreover, the

even the Love of God dwells in

us.

Spirit is not a Stranger in our hearts, but

penetrates our deepest selfhood and brings to each of us a

gift,

word, a consolation peculiarly adapted to our individual need. course this is

is

a

not & pieced

much

v^Qx^i

varied work

;

a

Of

but, despite its multiformity, it

without inward connection, but an executing of

the plan of the Father in accordance with the eternal counsel.

Wherefore, however delicate

its

may

nature

be, it is

always aiming

pure and perfect harmony which in God's counsel is prepared not only for every one of the redeemed, but for the whole at that

house of God, and the body of Christ in

As

the selfsame Spirit,

He

all its

proportions.

not only works in

all,

uniting

all,

proceeds from Father and Son, He also arranges and directs His work in one soul with regard to that in another, so that the interlacing and welding together of the souls of the saints must but, since

He

When according to the same glorious plan one Worker works in all, then every wall of separation must fall Love must prevail, and all its sweet and blessed influence be felt not as something that proceeds from ourselves and belongs to us, but as a Love even foreign to us, which coming from God penetrates and refreshes the soul not the mere ideal of enthusiasts, but a divine power that masters and overcomes us not an abstract conception merely charming us, but the Holy Spirit whom we feel and discover in the soul as Love; a warm, full, blessed outpouring of Love that is stronger than death and that many waters can not quench. be the result.

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