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Rh of your sins for Christ’s sake, for the help of his Spirit to keep his whole law; thus you will be led to accept in faith, these precious promises of the Lord of life and glory. “He, the Spirit of Truth, dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” “If a man love me he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.” “When he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” The Apostle Paul saith: “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” “Hereby,” saith the apostle John, “we know that Jesus Christ is in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”

Look steadfastly unto him as the light of the world and the life of men. Fervently desire that he may be your Shepherd to guide you, your Bishop to watch over you, your High Priest to present you unto God. Earnestly pray that he may be pleased to baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire—that he may, by the power of his grace, cleanse your hearts from all impurity, and by the fire of his judgments burn up all within you that is contrary to his divine nature, thus purifying the soul, and rendering it meet to partake of the blessedness of those who shall see God. In the progress of this work many are the conflicts which are passed through, many are the humiliations which are experienced; but