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sense-the contention being that the Holy
Spirit pours everywhere and more abundan;
faithful, SO that without human intervention
He teaches and guides them by some hidden
instinct of His own. Yet 1t Is the sign OF
no small overconidence to desire to measure
and determine the mode of the Divine com,
mand to mankind, since 1t wholly depends
upon His own good pleasure. and He is II
most generous dispenser OF His own gifts.
THE Spirit breatheth whereso He Ihsteth. >
John If. s.
And to each one OF us grace is given &C
cording to the measure to giving of Christ. .
And shall any one realize the story OF
the apostles. the faith of nacent church, the
trials and deaths of the martyrs-and, above
all, those olden times so fruitful in saints
dare to measure our age with those, or af-
f1rmed that they received less of the divine
outpuring of the Spirit OF holinee? Not to
dwell on this point. there Is no one who
calls in question the truth that the Holy
Spirit does work by secret manner into
the souls and He stirs them alike by warn
ings and impulses. since unless this were the
casa all outward defense and authority would
be unavaling.
For II anyone persuades himself that he
can give assent to savina-that Is to gospel
truth when so claimed. without any illumin-
atoms of the Holy Spirit, who gives to a.!
sweetness both to assent and 10 hold. such
an one is deceived by heretical spirit. Prom
the second council of Orange, Canon 7.
Moreover experience shows these mont
lions and impulses OF the Holy Spirit are for
the mcst Fart felt through the medium of the
and light of an external teaching authority.
To quote st. ASustine, He (the Holy Spirit
cooperates 10 the fruit gathered from the &c Cd
trees, since he externally waters and Guilt
Yates them by the outward ministry of men,
and yet of Himself bestows the inward in
crease. DE Gratia Christi. chapter NIX.
This indeed. belongs to the ordinary law
of Gods loving providence, that He has
decreed that men. for the most part, shall
be saved by the ministry also of men. SC
hos 10 xr.;-1, bod H. IL, H.
higher planes of holiness should be led
thereto by men. hence St. Chrysostem de-
clares are taught of God through the
fundamentally of men.-Homly I. Inscrib-
Altar.
OF this striking example is given lis
in the fist days OF the church. Fer though
Saul intent upon blood and slaughter. had
heard the voice of our Lord Himself and
had asked. What doest Thou wish me to
do?" Yet was he hidden to enter Damas-
Gus and search for Ananias. Acts ": En-
ter the city and it shall be there told to thee
what thou must do
FAITHFUL NEED SUPPORT.
Nor can we leave out of consideration the
truth that those who are striving after per-
lection, since by that fact they walk in nc
liable to stray, and hence have greater need
than others OF a teacher and guide. Such
guidance has ever obtained In the church;
it has been the universal teaching of those
VINO throughout the ages have been eminent
for wisdom and sanct1ty-and hence to re-
ject it would be to commit ones self to a
path at once resh and dangerous.
Although consideration of this point, in
the supposition that no exterior guide is
granted such souls. will make us see the
difficulty of locating determining the di-
rection and application of that more abun-
dant influx Of the Holy Spirit, SO greatly
extoiled by innovatoTs. To practice virtue
there is absolute need of the assistance OF
the Holy Spirit; vet we find those who are
fond of novelty giving an unwarrar ted i'm
portance to the natural virtues, as though
they better responded to the customs and
necessities Of the times, and that having