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lit' will treat ln'i' as a fatlici- would tii'at an 

 iifiiii: I'liiUi: and if lit' is iint a prDfcssiiig 

 ( hiistiaii. wt' Impc li(» will luivo iiianiioi)d 

 «ii(iu<;ii al)oiit liiiii to do tlif same. 



Xiiw. if any of you afc I'vci- ttMiiptcd to think 

 tliort' ari' soint' tjood things even ahont Satan, 

 let lis <jn a little further. Suppose Satan gels a 

 foottiold. and eriininal relations slowly develop 

 between some man and woman. The woman 

 is deluded into a belief that there f-K/i l)i' scune- 

 tiiing honorable and manly about sin-li a man. 



• iiiil tKruW'^ liitrcitlf !iv\''ii' f<ii' lti< c*il.*it S\lir> 



SOMK KIND WORDS, NOT ONLY TO A. I. ROOT 



ALONK, BUT TO THE WHOLE WIDE 



WORLD, FOR THAT MATTER. 



Dear Brother A. I. Root:— In perusing your 

 Notes of Travel, page 2'y2, my attention was ar- 

 rested when I read. '" When we pray for the in- 

 Huenees of the Holy Spirit in our hearts." I 

 stopped and mused over the sentence. I thought 

 to myself. " And is that all— only an injiuencef' 

 I thought, •■ Well, however great a blessing 

 even that would be, onr real blessed privilege is 

 incalculably greater. We are encouraged to 

 ask, with the sweet assurance that our prayers 

 will be answered, for the real personal Holy 

 .Spirit, the Comforter, to comi; and dwell in us." 

 A few passages will. I think, make all clear. 

 See Luke 11:13: "If ye then, being evil, know- 

 how to give good gifts to your children, how 

 much more shall your heavenly Father give the 

 Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" Now turn 

 to Romans 8:9: " Hut ye are not in the flesh, 

 but in the Spirit, if so be that the S|)irit of God 

 dwell in you." Verse 11: " P>iit if the Spirit of 

 him that raised ujj.Iesus from the dead dwell in 

 you. he that raised up Christ from the dead 

 shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his 

 Spirit that dwelleth in you."' See I. .John 3: 24: 

 " And hereby we know that he abideth in us by 

 the Spirit wiiich he hath given us." What a 

 stupendous thought — (Jod the Holy (Ihost is 

 Deity communicated to us 1 



If you will bear with me I will give a few 

 more verses on the same subject. Look at I. 

 Cor. 3: Hi: " Know ye not that ye are the tem- 

 ple of (Jod. and that the Spirit of (yod dwelleth 

 in you?" Read tlie 17th verse also. Now turn 

 to II. Coi-. <>: Ki: " For ye are the tem[)le of the 

 living God: as (iod hath said. I will dwell in 

 them and walk in them." Ephesians .5: 8: "Be 

 not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be 

 filled with the Spirit." I will now give a few 

 quotations to show that the power of the Chris- 

 tian to ri.se above the little perplexities of eve- 

 ry-day life, as well as to rejoice in peace and 

 joy that he has continually, is through the in- 

 working of the Spirit — the ])ower of the Holy 

 (ihost. and not a mere " influence." Turn to 

 Romans 1.5: 13: "Now the God of hope fill you 

 with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 

 abound in hope through the power of the Holy 

 Spirit." Colossians 1:8: " Who also declare un- 

 to us your love in the Spirit." Now look at I. 



Thessalonians l:i'i: " Having received the woid 

 in much aflliction will: joy of ihe Holy (Ihost." 

 Fphesians ;i: HI: •■ Thai he would grant you ac- 

 cording to the riches of his glory to be strength- 

 ened with might by his Spirit in the inner 

 man." Hut. u'y brother. I feel sure that we are 

 not far a[)ait in thi^se glorious truths. It ap- 

 pears to me that you were just a little at)sent- 

 ininded when you used the term ■■influences." 

 You have more than an iulluenci^ in your heart 

 to eiialile you to wri te so sw eet ly as you do in 

 those Home i'apers. I always feel ti'oubled 

 when I s(>e a long bitter article containing a lot 

 of unkind taunting words, written by t)ne who 

 claims to be a true believer, evidently meant to 

 wound some one in the keenest fashion in the 

 wi-iter"s i)ower. To one who lias the lov<! of 

 God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost 

 which is given us. the (iii(>stion will come up. 

 Does the writer know that, by his professions of 

 Christianity, li<^ claims to br>'the templt^ of the 

 living God'? If ye have not the Spiritof Christ, 

 ye are none of his. Th<' fruit of the Spirit is 

 love. joy. etc.. not bitterness. S. T. Pettit. 

 Belmont. Out., Can., April 13, 18<.t'. 



[ Dear friend I'., I am very glad of your kind 

 criticism. No doubt you are right, biit perhaps 

 an explanation may make it plainer why I 

 should use the word " influences." In praying 

 for our unconverted friends we usually pray 

 that the Holy Spirit may strive with them, al- 

 ways recognizing that every sane Individual is a 

 free agent, and can yield to the Holy Spirit or 

 not. as he chooses ; therefore I have, perhaps, 

 been in the habit of using the term ■■ influences 

 of the Holy Spirit," for these influences are 

 round about us all, urging us toward justice 

 and right, while the luince of darkness is as 

 constantly endeavoring to turn us to evil. Your 

 selections from (Jod's holy word are all precious 

 promises, and it makes iiuite a little Bible- 

 reading to take them in the oi"der in which you 

 have arranged Xhem. Your concluding thought 

 ought to inspire us all with a more earnest de- 

 termination to live up to our profession. I, like 

 yourself, have often wondered how earnest 

 Christians could let such words go into print. 

 If, before sending them to the publisher, they 

 would pray over the matter, and wait for some 

 indication of the Holy Spirit as to whether 

 what was written was right and proper, in line 

 with what I recently told you in the Home 

 Papers, I think many of them would be greatly 

 modifled or would not go into print at all, and I 

 think that editors need a great deal of exhorta- 

 tion on this v(!ry f)oint. We have many times 

 regretted hitting things go into print before 

 suggesting to the writer that he might make 

 all his points, and do it in a gentler and kinder 

 way. Now, friend P.. you and I both have 

 committed ourselves — yes, pnblicly committed 

 ourselves; and may this same Holy Spirit give 

 us grace to carry out our resolution. Is there 

 another brother who feels a desire to join in 

 with US'? There is never any exclusion, you 

 know, in such a brotherhood as this.] 



A SPONTANEOUS OUTBlIiST FROM DR. MILI,ER. 



Mjj Oe(tr old Friend .--Vve just finished read- 

 ing (JlI'Ianings, and feel like writing a few 

 words to you more than any thing else in the 

 world just now. It's a quarter of six. and a 

 nice morning after the big rain and hail we had 

 last night. It's the nicest world I was ever in. 

 I'm sitting at the typewriter, with only a pair 

 of overalls on me, and a vest, undershirt, shoes, 

 stockings, and a pair of glasses. I'm so thank- 

 ful that I'm not living in some city where I 

 must be all dressed ui). sweltering under the 

 heat, sighing to get out into the country, in 

 God's pure air and sunlight I Before I write 



