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Title: The Ministry of the Spirit

Author: A. J. Gordon

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THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT

by

A. J. GORDON, D.D.

With an Introduction by Rev. F. B. Meyer
Minister at Christ Church, London

Philadelphia
American Baptist Publication Society
1420 Chestnut Street
1894

Copyright 1894 by the
American Baptist Publication Society

To the

INHERITORS OF THE SPIRIT

{vii}

PREFACE

It is not claimed that in this little volume all has been said that
might be said upon the subject treated. On the contrary, the writer
has proceeded upon the belief that the doctrine of the Holy Spirit can
be better understood by limiting the sphere of discussion, rather than
by extending it to the largest bounds. For finite beings, at least,
presence is more intelligible than omnipresence. So, though the
subject of this book is in itself profoundly mysterious, we have sought
to simplify it by dwelling upon the time-ministry of the Holy Ghost
without ent