The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-10
them as briefly as Christ Himself reveals
them in His promise

them in His promise.
II. AT that day Il. e., the day when the
Comforter comes) We shall know that |
am III the Father, and We in Me, and in
you" That is to say the coming of the
Holy Spirit will give reality, yividness
and intense consciousness to our union
with Jesus Christ. We will not be so
conscious that we have received the Spirit,
as that Jesus is dwelling in our hearts
and bringing the Father with Him. We
shall not believe or hope, but we shall
intensely know by the deepest spiritual
coGnition and consciousness, by an intui-
ton deeper and more emotional impres
sion or feeling that ''IIe is in us, and we
in Him." and our life is part of His,
and His life is part of ours forever. Do
we not long for this? Does not Jesus
sometimes seem far away? Is it not diff
cult for You to conceive and grasp His
personal reality? Does your heart not
hunger for II keen, sweet, constant sense
of His substantial reality? OH Will
you not Cry for the Holy Ghost to MAKE
you know that He is in the Father and
you in Him, and He in you.n 1t is His
own promise. Hold Him to it, and claim
it Of Him this day in all His fullness.
This Is the deepest need OF your spiritual
life. to know Jesus us abiding in you, to
understand the secret, which is ''Christ
in yon the hope of glory to have no
doubt OF 1t, no vague reaching out for it,
but deep abiding rest III His abiding love
Beloved, claim your privilege. Blessed
Holy Ghost, make Jesus real to us. and
let us know that we are in Him, and that
He Is in us, as never before, in the deep
eternal rest, faith, fellowship and love.
Il. The baptism of the Spirit will bring
you instruction and light: for ''He shall
oh x-,,in ,fl Iii
to be instructed, as well us our spirits
united to Christ. Our thought needs
to be directed i'll the fullness OF d-
vine truth. Our understanding needs 30
be illuminated in the knowledge of God
and His Word. Our Bible needs to be
made plain and living to us; and all this
the Spirit does. How in Il moment He
lights up passage with IL strange vivid
ness. which we had often read, and which
we had intellectually understood, but
had never felt the power of! How plain
lie makes the subject of sanctification ky
single touch of heavenly light. How
easy 1t seems to us to claim Him as Il
Healer when the truth is brought home
to the heart by the Holy Ghost, not as
theory, but as a living light from heaven
for our suffering life, Not only does He
teach, but He.continues to teach; and He
repeats His teachings for He will 'bring
all things to your remembrance whatso-
ever have said unto you.' In moment
of perpleXity.He will suggest to us with
strange appropriateness the very thought
and word that will bring us direction
In the hour OF temptation He will bring
to our remembrance the promise that will
deliver and overcome the adversary, "the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word OF
God. In the dark night sof sorrow He
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and the star of promise will shine with
II brightness we could not see by day. In
the time of service He will bring TO our
remembrance the truth that we need to
speak. lie will Walicn our ear morning
by morning to hear rs. the learned, that
we may Know how to speak II word in
season To him that is weary and it shall
he given you in that same hour what We
shall say, and what We shall speak"
As we kneel by the side of the inquirer
and the penitent lie will give to us the
appropriate message. AS we meet the
assaults and keen criticisms of man, He
will enable to know what we ought to
answer every one, and will let orr speech
he always with grace, seasoned with
salt. And we will often wonder at the
strange simplicity and sweetness with
which intuitively our thoughts come to
us, and some one seems TO be thinking
IN us without trying. Oh, the blessed
help of the Holy Ghost suggestive min
istry., Beloved, do you want this inward
monitor, this continual guide, this sweet
voice, this whispering presence, this ten
der mother, and guide and friend: Oh!
come to Jesus, who baptizeth with the
Holy Ghost, and receive His richest gift
this day.
c. He will not only teach, bu; lie will
guide us into all truth This is more
than teaching; this is the direction OF our
steps, the leading of our fees into the
paths of His holy will Wisdom is more
than knowledge, and guidance more than
instruction. Wisdom is that which
shows us where we are and pught to 30,
and keeps us from error and mistake:
and this is the blessed Spirits special
ministry-to guide the trusting and obcd-
lent heart and let il make no mistake,
For He is able to keep us from stumb-
ling, and to present us fau!tless before
the presence of His glory with exceeding
JOY. lie Will show us the way in which
we ought to go 'lTe will lead us in u
straight way, wherein we shall not stun.
ble.H On, how often have we erred. and
now sad the consequences of our mis-
takes. How our feet have been wounded
by the thorns, and our hearts have been
pierced by the stings that have followed
our disobediencc, when we knew not why
we stumbled But the blessed Spirit
will give It's light and keep us right If we
Will but trust Him and follow Him, and
receive Him in lis fulness.
Il. lie will give us success in our work
for Him. For after that He is come, lie
will convict the world of sin, of righteous
ness, ami of Judgment We cannot con-
Wet men of sin. We may pierce them
with II thousand accusings, we may sting
them with orr rcproaches, we may warn
them with our most solemn messages, we
may plead with thca with the utmost
nnthOs and tendcrncsS but we l.nnnnt