e are;
the Holy Spirit, God within us, through whom the Father works,
and the Son is revealed: this is the God who says, I am holy, I
make holy. In the perfect unity of the work of the Three,
holiness is found.
3. No wonder that the love of the Father and the grace of the
Son do not accomplish more, when the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit is little understood or sought or accepted. The Holy
Spirit is the fruit and crown of the Divine Revelation, through
whom the Son and the Father come to us. If you would know God,
if you would be holy, you must be taught and led of the Spirit.
4. As often as you worship the Thrice Holy One, hearken if no
voice be heard: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Let
the answer rise, Here am I, send me, and offer yourself to be
_a messenger of the holiness of God_ to those around you.
5. When in meditation and worship you have sought to take in and
express what God's word has taught, then comes the time for
confessing how you know nothing, and for waiting on God _to
reveal Himself_.
[6] The Divine necessity and meaning of the doctrine of the Trinity
is seen from the counterpart we have of it in nature. In every
living object that exists we distinguish first _the life_, then
_the form_ or _shape_ in which that life manifests itself, then
_the power_ or _effect_ as seen in the result which the life
acting in its form or manifestation produces. And so we have God
as the Unseen One, the Fountain of life; the Son as the Form or
Image of God, the manifestation of the Unseen Life; and the Holy
Spirit as the Power of that life proceeding from the Father and
the Son, and working out the purpose of God's will in the
Church. Applying this thought to God as the Holy One, we shall
understand better the place of the Son and the Spirit as they
bring to us the Holiness of God.
Thirteenth Day.
HOLY IN CHRIST.
Holiness and Humility.
'Thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose
name is _Holy_: I dwell in the High and _Holy_ place, with him
that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of
the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.'--Isa.
lvii. 15.
Very wonderful is the revelation we have in Isaiah of God, the Holy One,
as the Redeemer
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