350 The Fundamentals I should, of course, be wholly at a loss to interpret this experience but for the Scriptures; and thereby the Divine authorship of these is further confirmed. In the light of the Scriptures it is easy to see that what had occurred was an inwrought conviction produced by the Holy Spirit, the One now ministering in the world, testifying of a risen, ascended and glorified Christ, at the right hand of God, and convicting of sin, of righteousness and of judgment. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee” (Isa. 26:3). Another marked result of believing “the witness of God which He hath testified of His Son” (1 John 5:9) has been the com plete deliverance from the spells of mental depression, which were rapidly developing into a state of settled melancholia, or what is called “nervous prostration,” from which so many are suffering in these times of high pressure, and concerning the cause of which they are totally ignorant. The mind cannot be kept in perfect peace that is “stayed” upon material and perishing things. I t is manifestly a satisfactory and sufficient explanation of peace of mind that it is “stayed” upon the unchangeable God. This deliverance from mental depression was not immediate, for I did not learn at once to stay my mind on Him; but the change began immediately and pro gressed until settled peace became the normal mental con dition. I have learned, in a word, that the redemption that is in Christ Jesus covers and meets all the consequences of sin whether manifested in soul, or mind, or body. Our salvation is of the Lord and is for the whole man, “spirit, soul and body.” “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:31). Within two months from the event related above, (which, by the way, through timidity and fear of comment and ridicule I tried to keep as much as possible to myself) I was put in a position where I was com-
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