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Manifest Working of the Holy Spirit
“Yet a little while is the light with you,” Jesus said. “Walk while
ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh
in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light,
believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.”
John 12:35,
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Some men in the Battle Creek College have a false idea as to
what constitutes duty. The Lord God of heaven has caused His Holy
Spirit from time to time to move upon the students in the school,
that they might acknowledge Him in all their ways so that He might
direct their paths. At times the manifestation of the Holy Spirit has
been so decided that studies were forgotten, and the greatest Teacher
the world ever knew made His voice heard, saying, “Come unto Me,
all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take
My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy,
and My burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30
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The Lord knocked at the door of hearts, and I saw that angels
of God were present. There seemed to be no special effort on the
part of teachers to influence the students to give their attention to the
things of God; but God had a Watcher in the school, who, though
His presence was unseen, made His influence felt....
The Lord has been waiting long to impart the greatest, truest joys
to the heart. All those who look to Him with undivided hearts, He
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will greatly bless. Those who have thus looked to Him have caught
more distinct views of Jesus as their sin bearer, their all-sufficient
sacrifice, and have been hid in the cleft of the Rock, to behold the
Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world. When we have
a sense of Christ’s sacrifice in our behalf, our lips are tuned to the
highest, loftiest themes of praise.
When the students thus beheld Jesus, the suspension of their
studies was counted as no loss. They were catching glimpses of Him
who is invisible. They earnestly sought the living God, and the live
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