H H Snell

Take another point. Scripture teaches that those who have remission of sins have the Holy Ghost given unto them; being children of God by faith in Christ Jesus, "God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." (Gal. 3:26; Gal. 4:6.) Now, we ask, is it possible that God the Holy Ghost should take up His abode in us for ever; without producing results both in experience and walk? Without this, could there be a consciousness of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts? (See Rom. 5:5.) Have we no comfort from a power within us beyond what is natural in His leading, guiding, teaching, and taking of the things of Christ, and showing them unto us? Do we know what it is to have One directing our hearts to Him who is glorified, and in whom we possess all things, whilst we are increasingly conscious of having nothing in ourselves? Can we ascribe our joy in the Lord, our hope of His coming, or even the grief, and reproof when walking contrary to the truth of God, to any power short of the Holy Ghost dwelling in us? And how could our thoughts and affections flow in the current of the thoughts and affections of the Father and His Son, but for "the communion of the Holy Ghost?" May, then, both reader and writer be filled with all joy and peace in believing, that we may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost