AUGUST 15.

“He will guide you into all truth” (John xvi. 13).

The Holy Ghost does not come to give us extraordinary manifestations, but

to give its life and light, and the nearer we come to Him, the more simple

will His illumination and leading be. He comes to “guide us into all

truth.” He comes to shed light upon our own hearts, and to show us

ourselves. He comes to reveal Christ, to give, and then to illumine, the

Holy Scriptures, and to make Divine realities vivid and clear to our

spiritual apprehension. He comes as a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in

the knowledge of Christ, to “enlighten the eyes of our understanding, that

we may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the

glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding

greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of

His mighty power.”

Spirit of Power! with heavenly fire,

Our souls endue, our tongues inspire;

Stretch forth Thy mighty Hand,

Thy Pentecostal gifts restore,

The wonders of Thy power once more

Display in every land.

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