For when the Holy Spirit is heeded and honoured, the night
passes, the shadows flee away, the day dawns, "the Sun of
Righteousness arises with healing in His wings," and, saved and
sanctified, men walk in His light in safety and joy. Doctrines
which before were repellent to the carnal mind, and but
foolishness, or a stumbling-block to the heart of unbelief, now
become precious and satisfying to the soul; and truths which
before were hid in impenetrable darkness, or seen only as through
dense gloom and fog, are now seen clearly as in the light of
broad day.
"Hold thou the faith that Christ is Lord,
God over all, who died and rose;
And everlasting life bestows
On all who hear the living word.
For thee His life-blood He out-poured,
His Spirit sets thy spirit free;
Hold thou the faith--He dwells in thee,
And thou in Him, and Christ is Lord!"
"HAVE YE RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST SINCE YE BELIEVED?"
XV.
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT.
"Ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you."
An important work of the Holy Spirit is to teach us how to pray,
instruct us what to pray for, and inspire us to pray earnestly,
without ceasing, and in faith, for the things we desire and the
things that are dear to the heart of the Lord.
In a familiar verse, the poet Montgomery says:
"Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of the eye,
When none but God is near.
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