Thus the Saviour indentifies the Spirit with Himself: "I will send you another Comforter who shall abide with you for ever." "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come unto you. I will be with you even to the consummation of the age."
That the Spirit is the power of God, or God manifested in His operation, is equally evident from the words of the angel to Mary: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the POWER of the Highest shall overshadow thee." The more we compare Scripture with Scripture, the more clear will our views be on sacred subjects. We shall truly see in it the light of God; and instead of being perplexed with mysteries, shall perceive the path of heavenly truth before us, and, walking in it, shall view it shining more and, more unto the perfect day.
September Seventeenth.
THE WONDERFUL FRAME OF MAN.
"I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."—Psalm cxxxix. 14.
MAN is, as to his body, a little world, all the wonders of the world of nature being in his body reposited. If the æther and its modifications be contemplated, this will be found reposited in the ears. Whatsoever invisible things flow and act in the air, these are in the organ of smell. Whatsoever invisible thing flows in water or other fluid bodies, this is in the organ of taste. The very changes of state are in the sense of touch throughout. If the life of man were regulated according to the laws of divine order, still
