The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 254

INTRODUCTION

214

And no doubt

there

is

some truth in this. By a dry analysis of minds often rob simple souls of much

soul-refreshing truth, abstract

They discuss spiritual things in the mongrel terms of Anglicized Latin, as tho souls could have no part with Christ unless they be experts in the use of these bastard words. comfort and joy.

Such terrifying of the weak betrays pride and self-exaltation. And it is, for the boasted knowledge is readily acquired by mere effort of the memory. Such externalizing of the a very foolish pride Christian faith

is offensive.

It

substitutes glibness of tongue for

genuine piety, and mental justification for that of of the heart

Christ, Aristotle,

faith.

Thus piety

and instead of the Lord Jesus the master teacher of dialectics, becomes the

moves

to the head,

savior of souls.

from our purpose. "We bedepends solely upon God's work in us, and not upon our testimony and the little child with stammering lips, but wrought upon by the Holy Spirit, will precede these vain scribes Let no one dare impose the yoke of his into the Kingdom of Heaven. own thoughts upon others. Christ's yoke alone fits the souls of men.

To plead

for such a caricature is far

lieve that our salvation

;

And

yet the Gospel does not condone shallowness, neither does

approve mere twaddle. Of course there is a difference. We do not require our children to know the names of all the nerves and muscles of the human body, of the diseases to which it is subject, and of the contents

it

of the pharmacopoeia.

who

It

would be a burden

to the little fellows,

are happiest so long as they are unconscious of the curious

organism they carry with them.

But the physician who is not quite who, careless of de-

certain as to the locality of these vital organs tails, is satisfied

;

with the generalities of his profession

;

who, unable

to diagnose the case correctly, fails to administer the proper remedies, is in.

ple.

promptly dismissed and a more discriminating one

And

to

some extent the same

Well-informed

of the

men should

human body and

nurses should be

still

is

required of

is

called

all intelligent

peo-

not be ignorant of the vital organs

their principal functions;

mothers and

better informed.

The same applies to the life of the Church. The least gifted among the brethren can not understand the distinctions of the spiritual life

alone.

unable to bear strong meat, they should be fed with milk Neither should young children be wearied and blunted ;

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