grieved
and vexed, for He is peculiarly jealous and sensitive, and the one sin
never forgiven has to do with His blessed person; therefore let us be
very tender towards Him, walk humbly before Him, wait on Him very
earnestly, and resolve that about us there should be nothing knowingly
continued which should prevent Him dwelling in us, and being with us
henceforth and for, ever. Brethren, peace be unto you and your
spirit!--_Spurgeon_.

WITNESSING IN POWER.

THE subject of witness-bearing in the power of the Holy Ghost is not
sufficiently understood by the Church. Until we have more intelligence
on this point we are laboring under great disadvantage. Now, if you
will take your Bible and turn to the 15th chapter of John and the 26th
verse, you will find these words: "But when the Comforter is come,
whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth,
which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me; and ye also
shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning."
Here we find what the Spirit is going to do, or what Christ said He
would do when He came; namely, that He should testify of Him. And if
you will turn over to the second chapter of Acts you will find that
when Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost, and testified of what
Christ had done, the Holy Spirit came down and bore witness to that
fact, and men were convicted by hundreds and by thousands. So then man
can not preach effectively of himself. He must have the Spirit of God
to give ability, and study God's Word in order to testify according to
the mind of the Spirit.

WHAT IS THE TESTIMONY?

If we keep back the Gospel of Christ and do not bring Christ before
the people, then the Spirit has not the opportunity to work. But the
moment Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost and bore testimony to
this one fact, that Christ died for sin, and that He had been raised
again, and ascended into heaven--the Spirit came down to bear witness
to the Person and Work of Christ.

He came down to bear witness to the fact that Christ was in heaven,
and if it was not for the Holy Ghost bearing witness to the preaching
of the facts of the Gospel, do you think that the Church would have
lived during these last eighteen centuries? Do you believe that
Christ's death, resurrection and ascension would not have been
forgotten as soon as His birth, if it had not been for the fact that
the Holy Spirit had come? Because it is very c