The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 43

—

Ipirst

Cbapter,

INTRODUCTION.

I.

Careful Treatment Required. "

Who

hath also given unto us His Holy

Spirit."

—

I

Thess. iv.

8.

The need of divine guidance is never more deeply felt than when one undertakes to give instruction in the work of the Holy Spirit so unspeakably tender is the subject, touching the inmost secrets of God and the soul's deepest mysteries.

We shield instinctively the intimacies of kindred and friends from intrusive observation, and nothing hurts the sensitive heart more than the rude exposure of that which should not be unveiled, being beautiful only in the retirement of the home circle. Greater delicacy befits our approach to the holy mystery of our soul's inti-

macy with the

living God.

Indeed,

we can

scarcely find words to

touches a domain far below the social

life where formed and usage determines the meaning of words. Glimpses of this life have been revealed, but the greater part has been withheld. It is like the life of Him who did not cry, nor lift up nor cause His voice to be heard in the street. And that which was heard was whispered rather than spoken a soul-breath, soft but voiceless, or rather a radiating of the soul's own blessed warmth. Sometimes the stillness has been broken by a cry or a raptured shout but there has been mainly a silent working, a ministering of stern rebuke or of sweet comfort by that wonderful Being in the Holy Trinity whom with stammering tongue we adore as the Holy Spirit. Spiritual experience can furnish no basis for instruction; for such experience rests on that which took place in our own soul.

express

it,

language

for it

is

—

;

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