S[)irit of trutli, to abide with his people, to guide them into the knowledge of the truth, and to convince tlie world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come. He charged the Apostles to remain at Jerusalem until they had received this power from on hio-h. And in explanation of the events of the day of Pentecost, the Apostle Peter said, " This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear." (Acts ii. 32, 33.)
6. The old dispensation was temporary and preparatoiy ; the new is permanent and final. In sending forth his disciples to preach the gospel, and in promising them the gift of the Spirit, He assured them that He would be Avith them in that work unto the end of the world. This dispensation is, therefore, the last before the restoration of all things ; the last, that is, designed for the conversion of men and the ingathering of the elect. Afterwards comes the end ; the resurrection and the final judgment. In the Old Testament there are frequent intimations of another and a better economy, to which the Mosaic institutions were merely preparatory. But we have no intimation in Scripture that the dispensation of the Spirit is to give way for a new and better dispensation for the conversion of the nations. When the gospel is fully preached, then comes the end.