The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 609

THE SUFFERING OF LOVE evidence of his sonship in the love of his

own

fickle heart.

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were of man, it would perish at last. But it is not. It is of the Holy Spirit, shed abroad and fanned by Him continually. Hence it is never quenched, but however near perishing, it is reanimated, and, burning anew with a bright flame, it reenters the if this love

conflict.

History offers the evidence. There were times when the early Church was nearly exterminated when the Waldensians were nearly blotted out from the face of the earth when our fathers consecrated and sacrificed their lives on this blood-drenched soil, in order not F'or among these martyrs there were to deny the Lord their God. men and women to whom it seemed impossible to give their lives for Christ who often thought " When it comes to me, I will surely fail." And yet when it did come, the Holy Spirit so graciously and ;

;

;

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extraordinarily steeled these souls that the cripple at once leaped

and they who did not think it possible to yield their His Name's sake. Then it was shown that in God's child the love of Christ is an eternal love, which, being born of His sacrifice, is stronger than death yea, fearless in the presence of torture and martyrdom. like a hart,

goods, sacrificed their lives for

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