The Holy Ghost, Teacher of Truth
By H. Clay Trumbull
The Holy Ghost is, and always has been, the great teacher of spiritual truths. He it was who directed in the preparation of every type and symbol of Christ under the old dispensation. He it was who inspired the prophets to foresee and foretell the glory of the coming Messiah. He it was who gave power and wisdom to the apostles and evangelists of the early Christian church. He it is who alone can make clear to you and to me the teachings of the Old Testament and the New concerning Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever. "When he, the Spirit of truth, is come," said that same Jesus, "he will guide you into all truth. . . . He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you." When we would know the meaning of a Bible lesson, we must look to the Holy Spirit to make its meaning clear to us. We ought to expect and to get more help in the explaining of the types and figures and the dark sayings of Scriptures from the Holy Ghost than from all the commentaries and lesson-helps together; for he who dictated the writing and directed the typifying can best tell what was signified thereby.—H. Clay Trumbull.