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statement in the Talmud (Jer., Sukkah v., also Tosefta Sukkah iv.). " Why is it called Bet-ha-ShtfebJuih ? (the joy of drawing or pouring). Because of the pouring of the Holy Spirit, according to what is said : WitJi joy sJiall ye draiv ivater out of the wells of salvation " Now, in a limited though very blessed degree, this has already been fulfilled, for it was in reference to this ceremonial of the pouring of water that our Lord Jesus " on the last day the great day of the feast " stood and cried, saying, " If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of His belly shall flow rivers of living- water : and this He spake of the Spirit which they that believed were about to receive " ; in accordance with which, when once Jesus was glorified, on being raised from the dead and taken up to the right hand of God, the Spirit came down from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and the Church of this dispensation was formed, every living member of which knows experiment ally of the indwelling of this blessed heavenly Paraclete.

In its fulness, however, such a prophecy as Isa. xii. and the wonderful prediction of Joel "And it shall come to pass afterward tJtat I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh " will only be realised subsequent to Israel s great national Day of Atonement. Then " the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads ; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away " (Isa. xxxv. 10). Then shall Israel nationally experience the truth of Christ s word, " But the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into eternal life " ; and then also " shall living waters go out from Jerusalem " for the quickening and refreshing of the whole world (Zech. xiv. 6).

2. Another feature in the Temple service of the Feast of Tabernacles also deserves mention, because of its rich symbolic import.

At the conclusion of the first day of the feast the worshippers congregated in the Court of the Women, where