Chapter 13—The Manifest Working of the Holy
Spirit at Battle Creek College
“Then Jesus said unto them, yet a little while is the light with you.
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.” 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
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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.” 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 the teachers to influence
the students to give their attention to the things of God, but God had
a Watcher in the school, and though his presence was unseen, yet his
influence was discernible. Again and again there have been manifest
tokens of the presence of the holy Watchman in the school. Again and
again the voice of Jesus has spoken to the students, saying, “Behold, I
stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the
door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
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 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 his
all-sufficient sacrifice, our lips are tuned to the highest, loftiest themes
of praise. When the students thus beheld Jesus, the suspension of their
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