182 THE JOURNEYMAN. 



It is an unpleasant thing to stand exposed point-blank 

 to the gaze of two or three hundred people, each man 

 more provokingly keen-eyed than the other. Had you 

 seen me standing before the minister this day, as con- 

 spicuous as Saul among the people, my face changing 

 from crimson to pale and from pale to crimson by turns, 

 you must either have pitied my confusion or laughed at 

 it. I will strive to recollect the questions which were 

 asked me and the words with which I answered them. 

 'Who is the Spirit?' 'The Third Person of the 

 Trinity/ ' Is He a person ? ' ' He is termed so/ ' Yes, 

 He is. Do you recollect any particular passages of 

 Scripture which show Him as a distinct person ? ' Here 

 I was silent. ' I thought, from your readiness in an- 

 swering me my two first questions, that you would an- 

 swer me this one too. In what form did the Spirit 

 appear at the baptism of our Saviour ? ' 'In the form 

 of a dove/ ' Yes. The Spirit, then, is a person, not a 

 mere influence proceeding from the Father and Son, as 

 some believe. In what manner were we baptized ? ' 

 ' With water, in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit/ 

 ' Yes. The Holy Ghost is a person. What is the work 

 or province of the Father ? ' 'He created all things, and 

 from Him all things proceed/ ' You speak of Him as 

 the Creator. I desire to know what share He has in 

 the redemption of sinners ? ' 'He sent the Son/ ' Yes. 

 What did the Son do ? ' 'He died for us/ ' And what 

 was the work of the Spirit ? ' 'He applies Christ/ 

 Here he spoke a good deal which I forget, and concluded 

 by desiring me to sit down. I did so most willingly, 

 for my legs were trembling beneath me/ 



He gives a more satisfactory account of himself to 

 his cousin, William Munro, in a letter dated 1st of May. 

 ' I am writing at this moment in the open air, under the 



