June 11

God hath rebealed them unto us by his Spirit.

1 COR. ii. 10.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.—JOHN XVI. 13, 14.

WHEN Jesus went back to heaven, he sent another divine Person, the Spirit of truth, to take his place, carry forward his work, and to abide with his followers. On the day of Pentecost that Spirit came from heaven in mighty power and filled the disciples, and has been here ever since as a teacher and a guide. Unless he reveals them unto us, we cannot understand the things of God. Every believer needs to be taught by him out of the Scriptures. With the words of Christ in our hands and this Spirit in our hearts, we are led into true and blessed knowledge of God, which is life eternal. The weakest believer thus taught may know far more of God than the wisest man of this world.

This divine Teacher reveals to the believer the glories of Christ Jesus as they shine in the written Word. He is the Advocate of an absent Christ and pleads his cause. He enables us to see the matchless beauty of the character and life of our Redeemer, and makes him glorious in the eyes of all them that believe. If we open wide our hearts to this blessed person and do not grieve him by our sins, he will guide us into the fulness of the knowledge and joy of our Lord.

A. W. Peters.

He teaches us the Father's grace, Reveals to us the Saviour's face, And doth to all our hearts declare The glory it is ours to share.

MRS M. J. WALKER.