Holy Spirit

For the Candid and Thoughtful

Mark 12:34

… May the Holy Spirit instruct and impress us while, first, we consider the COMMENDATION EXPRESSED:’THOU art not far from the kingdom of God.’ I am not going …

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… Delight yourselves in the Holy Spirit, in all his various dealings with men’s minds. Delight in Pentecost, and in Pentecosts that are yet to come. And— but …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… heart sins, sins against the Father, sins against the Son, sins against the Holy Ghost, sins of all shapes, all laid upon him; can you get the thought …

None But Jesus

John 3:18

… Some, too, make the mistake of looking to the work of God the Holy Spirit. They look within to see if they have certain feelings, and if they …

The Lord,—the Liberator

Psalm 146:7

… let multitudes rejoice in the liberty wherewith thou makest free; and unto Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Israel's one Redeemer, be glory for ever and ever! Amen.

A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion

Matthew 21:28-32

… You have never felt that conviction of sin, which the Holy Spirit has wrought in some of us; if you had felt it, you would soon have been …

Christ is Glorious—Let Us Make Him Known

Micah 5:4

… Ask me “Where is the Church?” and I can find her at any and every period from the day when first in the upper room the Holy Ghost …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… But, my brethren, if it should ever come to be a matter which casts doubts upon the divinity of Christ, or the personality of the Holy Ghost, if …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… When by the Holy Spirit our poor eyes have been anointed with eye-salve, we have sometimes caught a sufficient glimpse of Christ to know him by it …

'Bought with a Price'

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

… He tells us that the body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and therefore ought not to be profaned; he declares that bodily unchastity is a sacrilegious …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… We implore for him a yet fuller measure of the Holy Spirit, and enlarged success in all the many labours to which he has set his hand; and …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… the heart of a single sinner; it must be the work of the Holy Spirit. I also read, in the same newspaper, of a calamitous shipwreck, caused through …

Importance of Small Things in Religion

… In the first place, the absence of the Holy Spirit in a great measure from us. But if you come to the root of it to know the …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… the heart of a single sinner; it must be the work of the Holy Spirit. I also read in the same newspaper of a calamitous shipwreck caused through …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… and to "cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord, "must begin at our own hearts as his sanctuary, the temple of the Holy Ghost …

'Let Us Pray'

Psalm 73:23

… I will not bid thee cease from thy form; but I do beseech thee by the living God, either cease from it, or else beg the Holy Spirit …

Psalm 113

Psalm 113

… Let Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, all be praised as the one, only, living, and true God. The close following of the words, "Hallelujah, Hallelu, Hallelu, "must have …

Psalm 5

Psalm 5

… of the Holy Spirit, but he works by means. God made man, but he used the dust of the earth as a material: the Holy Ghost is the …

Psalm 6

Psalm 6

… O Holy Spirit, beget in us the true repentance which needeth not to be repented of. The title of this Psalm is "To the chief Musician on Neginoth …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… to quench the sacred beam; purely and only by his own illumination, the Holy Ghost lights up the dark recesses of our heart's ungodliness. Vain are they …

The New “Helensburgh House,” Nightingale Lane

… as when Ananias and Sapphira were slain because of their lying unto the Holy Ghost: ‘Great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard …

Psalm 2

Psalm 2

… This may be rendered a very comforting subject, if the Holy Spirit direct the mind of the preacher. True religion, a compound of many virtues and emotions. Verse …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… Praise is the glory of all other uses to which the tongue is employed; and the tongue is, in the body, that "temple of the Holy Ghost, "what …

Strength in Weakness

… Would to God that the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth in us, found nothing within to impede Him, and nothing to restrain His influences! Oh, that the full Godhead …

Psalm 46

Psalm 46

… The influences of the Holy Spirit. 3. The doctrines and promises of the gospel. 4. The ordinances of religion. 5. All the means of grace. W. Jay. Verse …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… The fount of inspiration is not now within the Book, and with the Holy Spirit, but within the man’s own intelligence. We have no longer, “Thus saith …

Diary, April to June, 1850

… O great and unsearchable God, who knowest my heart, and triest all my ways; with a humble dependence upon the support of Thy Holy Spirit, I yield up …

The Great Change.—Conversion

… When I was in the hand of the Holy Spirit, under conviction of sin, I had a clear and sharp sense of the justice of God. Sin, whatever …

Psalm 86

Psalm 86

… A man untaught of the Holy Ghost may long to know a moral, he can never desire to know a spiritual Being.— John Hyatt, 1767-1826. Verse 11 …

The Minister in These Times

… Now, if your gospel has not the power of the Holy Ghost in it, you cannot preach it with confidence, and you are tempted to have a performance …

Psalm 87

Psalm 87

… so they are the house and temple of Christ, `the temple of the Holy Ghost, the body of Christ, the spouse of Christ.' They are God's delight …

Psalm 9

Psalm 9

… Let us celebrate the conquests of the Redeemer as we read this Psalm, and it cannot but be a delightful task if the Holy Ghost be with us …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… The Holy Ghost hath been pleased to vary the phrase here, and to call men of high degree not "vanity, " but a lie; because the poor, men of …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… these, like Simeon, have the Holy Ghost upon them, and like Anna they depart not from the temple; they are the courtiers of the Great King, the valiant …

Psalm 127

Psalm 127

… By these, under the power of the Holy Ghost, the city of the church is both built up and watched, and the Lord has the glory of it …

Meeting in the Unfinished Tabernacle

… Unto Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be glory for the gracious success which has been with us even unto this day, and may it please our Covenant God …

Building “Our Holy and Beautiful House”

… So did the Holy Ghost accompany the preaching of the gospel with Divine power, that almost every sermon proved the means of awakening and regeneration to some who …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… Ambrose observes, that in former Psalms we have seen a prophecy of Christ's passion, resurrection, and ascension and of the coming of the Holy Ghost, and that …

Psalm 85

Psalm 85

… Those who would enjoy communion with God must be jealous of themselves, and avoid all that would grieve the Holy Spirit; not only the grosser sins, but even …

Psalm 146

Psalm 146

… The Holy Spirit, whose name is the Comforter, will not omit and leave off his own act or office in the great needs of death. Hence good Hilarion …