The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 47

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CAREFUL TREATMENT REQUIRED Manger and

But do they ever speak of the Holy upon them. The holily sensitive that naturally He withdraws from

of the Cross.

They can of God is so

Spirit? Spirit

7

not; the subject has no hold

the irreverent gaze of the uninitiated. It was the love and divine Christ has fully revealed Himself. compassion of the Son. But the Holy Spirit has not done so. It is His saving faithfulness to meet us only in the secret place of His

love.

This causes another

difficulty.

Because of His unrevealed char-

Spirit's work much and has attained much less clearness in its theoWe might say, since He gave the Word and logical discussion. illuminated the Church, He spoke much more of the Father and the Son than of Himself; not as tho it had been selfish to speak more of Himself for sinful selfishness is inconceivable in regard to Him but He must reveal the Father and the Son before He could lead us

acter the Church has taught

and studied the

less than Christ's,

—

into the

This

more intimate fellowship with Himself. is

is so little preaching on the subject Theology rarely treat it separately of the Holy Spirit) appeals to the churches

the reason that there

that text-books on Systematic

that Pentecost (the feast

and animates them much happily

many

less

than Christmas or Easter, that un-

ministers, otherwise faithful, advance

neous view^s upon this subject churches seem unconscious.

—a

fact of

many

erro-

which they and the

Hence special discussion of the theme deserves attention. That it requires great caution and delicate treatment need not be

said.

care

It is

our prayer that the discussion

and caution as

is

may

evince such great

required, and that our Christian readers

receive our feeble efforts with that love which suffereth long.

may

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