Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-06-04

truth. unuer the guidance OF the
Spirit of the living God we may pro-
gress from truth to truth as the won
ders of Gods universe are revealed
to US and the application of everlast-
ing verities brought home to our
hearts. May no man finch to follow
the Spirit whithersoever He may al.
rect AS Dante went through hell
and heaven and the intermediate re-
gions of the world beyond, and told
in allegory and song the wonders that
he witnessed and the sights he saw.
so may we, with the Spirit as our
Guide, be given grace to look truth
suuafely in the face and portray 1t
faithfully to the world. And II we.
as Dante, orbeyond him Christ, shall
be bounded by those who fear the
light of truth we shall yet be certain
that the truth, the truth alone, is
worth mems fealty and shall make
them free.
The Spirit as the Comforter APP
peals to the heart of every Christian.
Who of us does not joy in the fact
that above us and within us is this
comforting Spirit of the Lord our
God? The human heart cries out for
comfort when distress and danger and
destruction come upon it. When our
hearts are bowed in anguish and our
souls are crushed with grief, when
every human tie Is severed and no
mortal hand may avail to dispel our
utter darkness, then the Spirit OF
the loving Father strengthens, sus-
tains, sanctifies the soul. Save me,
o God, for the waters are come into
my SOUL" we cry out with the
Psalmist. In the Judah wilderness
of the world our souls thirst for Him,
our flesh longs for Him as IN dry
and thirsty land, where no water Is.
Then the Spirit comes, and with His
entrance the live springs of refresh
ment minister to our souls deep need.
The Spirit as the Comforter is God
in His presence ministering to the
humanest of mortal needs. No man
can live happily without Him. NO
man can weather the trials of tribula-
tion and the temptations of prosper
ity without Him. Lending the sor-
rowing light hearts He keeps the sue
cessful level headed.
The sense of the constant presence
of the Spirit of God in the individual
and world life is the certain indica-
ton of true religious experience.
No man who lives near to God Is with
out it. 1t Is elemental in Christian
experience. . And this consciousness
of Gods abiding and guiding Is the
mainstay of the soul. Without 1t
progress is impossible in the truest
sense. With it we may fight with fear
lessness, with hope unQuenchable,
against principalities and powers,
against the weaknesses Of high
places and the sins Of mighty men.
For the abiding Spirit of the living
God is the controlling energy In the
life of humanity. Bad men may de-
feat Him temporarily; evil policies
may Illustrate His purposes and hurl
themselves against His plans; but the
Spirit of God is unconquerable. He
is the controlling, the overruling en-
ergy of the world. In this Spirit we
should find our strength. From Him
we should derive the comfort Of our
souls.
Let not your heart be troubled.
Come what may, be the storms of life
what they will, God will not leave us
comfortless. He will not leave us
orphans. He is with us. He will
abide with every soul who bids Him
enter. He will constantly refresh us
all. He will give us courage and be
our strength. He will suffuse us. He
will comfort us. And He does.