ANOTHER

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 18, 1900

The King’s Messenger

ONE Person thus speaks of “Another.” The One had been a comforter, a blessing, a healer, a Saviour. It became necessary for Him to go away. His duties required Him in a different sphere. His absence was to be deplored; for His presence was requisite to the safety and well-being of those He loved. He said to them: “It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.” “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter.”

He went, and sent, and the Comforter came, not as an influence or emanation, but as another Person, to take the place of the Person that left.

He has come. We are to receive, and to receive Him in His personality. This is the only way to receive a person. We are not to receive Him as a thing, a blessing, or an experience, but as another Person.

He is God in man. He dwells in human hearts. His throne is in earthly temples. He takes the place of Jesus, the Man of Sorrows, and He is the Comforter divine. He can comfort in no other way only as a Comforter, a personal, abiding lover, comforter, and guide.

He is the Head of the Church militant, and if acknowledged and not overlooked or ignored, will lead on to victory. Another has come to mingle His personality with mine, and make it one—His.