In the Power of the Spirit (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... VIII. IT SHALL BE MINE. A MINISTER'S wife heard one day, for the first time in her life, of the baptism of the Holy Ghost as an experience distinct from conversion. It was presented from the scriptural standpoint, and illustrated from life. And immediately she exclaimed in her heart, "By the grace of God, it shall be mine." This was in a meeting, and she went home to work it out. She went to the Bible and to her knees, trembling* with fear begotten of hope, for God was working in her both to will and to do of His good pleasure. That night she unwittingly followed the Apostle's exhortation to fear, t lest a promise being left of entering into rest, she should come short of it, and to labour to enter into that rest, lest she should fail through unbelief. She strove J to enter in at the strait gate, for she saw that many were seeking to enter in by the wide gate, the common way, which she had so long tried in vain, and were not able, but remained as she had done year after year, still in unrestful bondage to their own infirmities and sins. She was in real earnest; as much so as she had been when she sought the Saviour and found Him in the first in * Philippians ii. 12. t Hebrews iv. 1 and 11. J Luke xiii. 24. stance. Indeed, in seeking the baptism of the Holy Spirit now, it was precisely as it had been with her in seeking the baptism of remission of sins at that time; her whole heart was engaged in the work. How happened it? The minister himself--her husband--had recently come into a new experience of union with Jesus that puzzled both him and his wife. The puzzle was, whether she was in the same experience before him or not. He knew that she had been in advance of him; but whether she was in the large place into which he had now come, was...