Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-27
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The lcsscn for April 30 is."The Com
fortsr Promisedf' the roexr oNYwhSeh a
found af John 14;N 1b-27.s So ss.sL3s /,
The lesson Is continuation offhe con
versation which we etudied Ia tie East
lesson. What could he more naturai> when
Jesus was about to leave his disciples,
than for him to tell them OF the one whs
was to follow him in the world, thes Holy
Spirit the Paraclete, OF. Advocate. He
had reminded them that his coming de-
parture was no cause for mourning or de-
SPAR. because he was soon to be reunited
with them. Now he adds that in the in
teryal there will be q helper with them, a
teacher, comforter, to help and to adj
monish them The lesson is good one to
use for consideration Of the whole Ques-
tion Of the Holy Spirit. There is little
definite teaching on this subject in our
Sunday schools, which accounts fer much
Of the vagueness of adult Christians con-
corning 1t. Probably the reason for this
absence Of instruction In some cases is
that the teacher is uncertain what to
teach, in view OF the variety of special
doctrines now afioat. Each evangelist,
and inEsome cases each pastor, has some
Interpretation of the Spirits work, the
second blessing" the endowment with
pOwer,' etc., which seems to him to be
the only correct one, while all others are
false and mischievous. Only by following
his guidance and his understanding Of
scripture pun can CHRISTIAN people arrive at
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explanatory. fAa
'Tf We love me-: how swift is the turn
from the gentle consolation OF the proceed
ing passage to the more strenuous exhor-
tation. Love for the Master must not
stop with mere feeling. 1t must show
itself In obedience. This Is a truism,
spoken a score of times every year by
every preacher in the country. Yet how
very few Of us really do believe it-that
our religion Is worth Just what it pro-
duces in character and conduct, and no
more. The word translated "keep" is ito
guard" Some of us are very anxious to
guard the words Of inspired writer's and of
Christ himself from mutilation by hostile
critics-and that is well. But Just as
much danger threatens the holy oracles
of God from those who refuse to obey
them as from those who attack their au-
thority.
"He shall give you another comforter:
this word is almost inevitably misunder-
stood by English readers. For in old Eng
iisn TO comfort was TO strengthen, 10 pre-
pare Tor service, rather than to console or
to pity. Dr. Wm- B. Wright says OF the
word: tf.o
Inc word mere rendered 'comforted'i IS
USED throughout the ',New Testament TO
SIGNIFY strengthened. shiyering man
may DC wrapped Ia blankets, Drought TO
tine hre, ana so warmed Tor time. mat
Is our conception Oh comforting. his
vital FORCES may DC STIMULATED and IN
creased uii tney drrve away the chill ana
conquer the coia. lnat is the New les
lament idea Oh comforting. Few words
IN the bipie nave peen more misunder-
STOOD tnan this.i by it we mean sooth-
ing one 10 wnom the language OF the
New Iestament was mother tongue
would mean py IL the opposite or sooth-
ing. 10 us the WORD suggests lullabies;
70 MIN IL wouid suggest war cries. Thus
Peter wrote, i exhort tliterally comforo
you feed the mock OF God Il Pet. D: !, y.
so on the day OF l'entecost the Holy
Spirit comforted the disciples, by making
them strong, courageous and wise. Help
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