Evening star., 1919-04-26
BY REV. HUGH +. STEVENSON.

Christ provided for the greatest need
of humanity when He promised 20
send unto men the Holy Spirit. The
great teacher was about to leave the
disciples when He assured them that
he would send them another COM
forter" whose presence would be
compensation to them for the personal
absence of the Lord. In His erest
commission the Master had promised
that He would always be with them.
In the spirit OF truth, the gift of the
Father. provision was made 10 sup
ply the universal cry of mankind for
the presence of God with them. I'M
manuel, God with us. did not ceas~
with the departure Of Christ. for "a
the presence of the Holy Spirit He *
present in the world.
In a recent and illuminating study
Prof. Bacon Of Yale has pointed out
the two-fold signfcance of the terui.
paraclete, that is not Adequately
translated comforter. II means. ac-
cording to Vincent. "a helper. particu-
larly legal helper. an advocate or
counselor in q court Of Justice" The
to the friend from court. who inter
prets and illuminates." Prof Bacon
endeavors to show how this double
use Of ''paraclets" to designate the
the spirit of truth-our friend from
court forms the substance of the
sublime eighth cf tpter of the
Epistle to the Romans In this
double use of the term advocate il,
reference both to the Lord Jesus and
see how both the presence and work
Of the risen Savior is being continued
and carried on by the comforter. who
completes and crowns the Masters
The coming of the Holy Spirit de
pended upon the going OF the Christ.
The Masters assurance that another
comforter would come to carry on His
work at His departure Is the first ex
plicit revelation Of the personality Of
the Holy Spirit. Many Christian has
failed to attain the full joy of worship
and pleasure Of service because Of
their unscriptural views of the per-
sonality and deity Of the Spirit. When
our views Of the Holy Spirit are cor
rect We will be seeking constantly To
be controlled and used by the unseen
Helper. who came at Pentecost to
abide with men.
The ministry Of the Holy Spirit was
to convict the world concerning ,siE.
the glories of the Lord Jesus. So that
men could be- converted from thet"
sinful life and be created an " r
Christ. conformed to the chari-eis
controlled by the Holy Spirit. Til"
work performed by the Advocate is
such that a student of the Bible has
claimed that the Holy Spirit IL the
greatest worker known to. man.
Thirty-six different names are used
in the Scriptures in an effor; to Graz
acterize his manifold activities:
which are the outstanding facts OF
Christian history.
Pentecost marks the commencement
of the history of the Church of the
Living God SO that the story OF Chris
tianity Is the record of the work of the
Holy Spirit The beginning of every
Christian life is due to the activity
OF the Holy Spirit, Who makes all
who seek salvation realize their SIM
fulness and need OF the Savior. and Who
plan of. salvation through the gift OF
Gods only begotten Son. The liter
aturer of the Christian faith came
into being as the Holy Spirit inspired
men to write the messages of God To
men contained in the Bible. He re-
yealed to Peter at Pentecost the sig
nificance of the coming of the power
preach with such convincing power
that 5000 We're converted and added
to the church upon the day the Spirit
of God came to dwell with men.
Comforter has another meaning.
which emphasizes the manner IN
which He reinforces the lives 81
Christ's followers. comfort comes
from the same root as 70, 20 hsnd AM,
aim Of the Spirit. He came not oni!
to console the early Disciples In their
troubIe. but also to fill them with
mower for service The advance OF
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