The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 572

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XXII.

Love and the Comforter. *'

By the Holy feigned."

The

is, "

question

In

what sense

Ghost, by love un-

— 2 Cor.

vi. 6.

the pouring out of Love an

is

ever-continued, never-finished work?

Love

here taken in its highest, purest sense. Love which goods to the poor and its body to be burned is out of the St. Paul declares that one may do these things and still question. be nothing more than a sounding brass, utterly devoid of the least spark of the true and real Love. In 2 Cor, vi. 6 the apostle mentions the motives of his zeal for the cause of Christ; and it is remarkable that among them he mengives

is

its

By goodness, by the Holy Goodness indicates general benevolence

tions these three, in the following order Ghost,

by

love unfeigned."

"

:

and readiness to sacrifice of these we find among worldly men many examples that make us ashamed. Then comes the stimulating and animating influences of the Holy Spirit lastly, Love unfeigned which is the true, real, and divine Love. In his hymn of eternal Love the apostle gives us an exquisite delineation of this " Love unfeigned," which shall not cease to command the admiration of the saints on earth as long as taste for heavenly melodies shall dwell in their hearts "Love suffereth long and is kind; Love envieth not; Love vaunted not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own; is not easily provoked; thinketh no ;

;

evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, all

but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth

things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all

darkly

For now we see in a mirror, now I know in part, but then I shall am known. And now abideth faith, hope, and

Love never

things. ;

faileth.

but then face to face

know even

as also

I

.

.

.

;

love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love."

This teaches

how

the Holy Spirit performs His work of Love.

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