26 ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, M.D., ON CHRISTIAN SANITY. 



masses and the mission of the guest chamber, and without entering 

 into any detail, but to arrive at the point, I wish to emphasize that 

 the owner of the ass was " compelled " to recognise the Divine claim 

 as being superior to his own. Likewise in the case of the owner of the 

 guest chamber. These two missions conclusively prove to my mind 

 the safety of allowing the compelling " power of the Holy Spirit 

 to take possession of all control, as in the case of conversion. 



In Luke xiv, when our Lord told before the people assembled 

 in the Pharisee's house the Parable of the Supper, we have the same 

 thought intensified in the fact that not one of the invited guests 

 complied with the Koyal Invitation. There must be more than an 

 in\'itation — God must fill the chairs as well as the table — He must 



force " His guests in as well as fill the board, showing us that man 

 by nature is not amenable to the Divine Will, but his will has to be 

 brought into line with God's Will through the mission of the Holy 

 Spirit, who makes us willing in the day of His power. Had we not 

 had the Lord's mission, there would have been no supper. Had 

 there not been the mission of the Holy Ghost, there would have been 

 no guests to sit down at the supper, consequently these two missions 

 are essential ; the mission of the Son to prepare the feast — the 

 mission of the Holy Ghost to " compel " guests to His table. 



Dr. A. H. Burton, B.A., M.D., remarked : I have been much 

 edified by Dr. Schofield's interesting paper. His trite remark that 

 Keswick has always sought to, first, make natural men spiritual, 

 and, secondly, to make spiritual men natural — this, coupled with 

 what we have just heard from the last two questioners, with regard 

 to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, reminds me of a question once 

 put by a somewhat legally-minded Christian to another, who was 

 the sanest and most level-headed Christian I ever knew. The 

 question was this : "I had been much exercised in mind as to paying 

 -a visit to a certain man whom I desired to help spiritually : I had 

 made it a matter of much prayer. On making my call the man was 

 not at home. Was I really led of God or not ? " 



Quite likely," was the reply, " all the exercise you passed 

 through was good for you, whereas you might have done more harm 

 than good by the visit." 



Professor H. Langhorne Orchard was sure that they would not 

 wish to separate before expressing to the author their hearty thanks 



