y came and
filled it so that Moses was not able to stand before the presence of
the Lord. I believe firmly, that the moment our hearts are emptied of
pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking, and everything
that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every
corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit, and
ambition and self-seeking, and pleasure and the world, there is no
room for the Spirit of God; and I believe many a man is praying to God
to fill him when he is full already with something else. Before we
pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty
us.

There must be an emptying before there can be a filling; and when the
heart is turned upside down, and everything is turned out that is
contrary to God, then the Spirit will come, just as He did in the
tabernacle, and fill us with His glory. We read in 2d Chronicles, 5th
chapter and 13th verse: "It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and
singers were as one to make one Sound, to be heard in praising and
thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the
trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord,
saying, For He is good; for His mercy endureth forever; that then the
house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord. So that the
priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud, for the
glory of the Lord had filled the house of God."

PRAISING WITH ONE HEART.

We find, the very moment that Solomon completed the Temple, when all
was finished, they were just praising God with one heart--the
choristers and the singers and the ministers were all one; there was
not any discord; they were all praising God, and the glory of God came
and just filled the Temple as the Tabernacle. Now, as you turn over
into the New Testament, you will find, instead of coming to
Tabernacles and Temples, believers are now the Temple of the Holy
Ghost. When, on the day of Pentecost, before Peter preached that
memorable sermon, as they were praying, the Holy Ghost came, and came
in mighty power. We now pray for the Spirit of God to come, and we
sing:

"Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove,
With all thy quickening power;
Kindle a flame of heavenly love
In these cold hearts of ours,"

I believe, if we understand it, it is perfectly right; but if we are
praying for Him to come out of heaven down to earth again, that is
wrong, because He is already her