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THE HOLY SPIRIT (Continued from page 621) H. One who is filled with the Spirit will be full of the truth in testimony. “ I am full of matter; the Spirit within me constraineth me,” so said Elihu to Job. As Elihu was full of matter by the Spirit within him, so shall we be if filled with the Spirit, for the Spirit of God is the Spirit of truth, and the Spirit comes to us through the truth. As the cistern is supplied with water from the reservoir, by the pipes con necting both, so the Spirit comes to fill us through the truth. Many preachers might be called spider-preachers: for, as the spider spins the web out of its own body, so they delight to amuse their audiences with their ideas conceived in their own brains. A popular method just now is to spend Lord’s Day evenings in lecturing on social subjects, and on every conceivable subject but The Subject. These, are not the lines on which the Holy Spirit works. What was the subject matter of the Apostles’ preaching? It was the truth. Right through the Acts of the Apostles there is one word that we find repeated again and again, which runs through the book like the distinguishing piece of cord that runs through the ropes which come out of Her Majesty’s.different dockyards, and that is the word “ Word.” On the day of Pentecost those that gladly received the Word were baptized; when Peter spoke after the lame man had been healed, many that heard the Word believed; after the disciples had been threatened by the council, and forbidden to speak in the name of Jesus, they besought the Lord -.«that with all boldness they might preach the Word,” and the Lord answered their prayer, for "they spake the Word of God with boldness.” The seven deacons were chosen that the Apostles might give themselves continually to prayér and “ the ministry of thé Word;” when thé great persecution arose “ the dis-i ciples went everywhere preaching the Word;” when the Apostles had heard that Samaria had “ received the Word of God,” they determined to send Peter and John to them; and of their visit we read, “They testified and preached the Word of the Lord.” When Philip found the eunuch reading from the prophecy of Isa'iah, “ he began at the same Scrip ture, and preached uiito him Jesus;” when Peter was preach ing in thé house o.f Cornelius, while they heard the Word the Holy Ghost fell upon them; “ the Apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.” Of Paul and Barnabas, when at Salamis, we read:— “ They preached the Word of God;” when Paul was preaching at Antioch we find him saying to the Jews, “ To you is the Word of this Salvation sent.” The next Sabbath Day almost the whole city came together to hear the Word of God. At Iconium Paul and Barnabas gave testimony unto the Word of His grace; at Perga they “ preached the Word.” Peter,; in speaking of his mission before the Apostles and elders at Jerusalem, whèn the matter of circumcision in relation to the Gentiles was under consideration, says.— “ Men and brethren, ye know how that, a good while ago, God made choice among us that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the Word of the Gospel and believe.” In Paul’s second great missionary journey he and Bar nabas “ continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the Word of the Lord’; ” and in referring to the places already visited by the Apostles, “ Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our. brethren in every city where we have
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