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Evening, October 12 Scripture: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost.”(John 14:26) This age is peculiarly the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, in which Jesus cheers us, not by his personal presence, as he shall do by-and-by, but by the indwelling and constant abiding of the Holy Ghost, who is evermore the Comforter of the […] Evening, October 11 Scripture: “Whom he did predestinate, them he also called.”(Romans 8:30) In the second epistle to Timothy, first chapter, and ninth verse, are these words－“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.” Now, here is a touchstone by which we may try our calling. It is “an holy calling, not […] Evening, October 10 Scripture: “And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.”(Jeremiah 15:21) Note the glorious personality of the promise. I will, I will. The Lord Jehovah himself interposes to deliver and redeem his people. He pledges himself personally […] Evening, October 9 Scripture: “But he answered her not a word.”(Matthew 15:23) Genuine seekers who as yet have not obtained the blessing, may take comfort from the story before us. The Saviour did not at once bestow the blessing, even though the woman had great faith in him. He intended to give it, but he […] Evening, October 8 Scripture: “Praying in the Holy Ghost.”(Jude 20) Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer－“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to him. That desire which he writes […] |
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