SEEK THE SPIRIT'S GUIDANCE.
By A. F. Schaufler
JESUS teaches that it is the work of the Holy Spirit to lead men into all truth. Men are more willing to discuss with each other about truth than they are to ask for the guidance of the Spirit. Ten people discuss theater-going to one who prays about it. There is no trouble about guidance if only we want to be guided. The trouble lies here—that we want to lead, not to be guided. Thus we fall into the ditch, and possibly lead someone else there also. No one need miss the right road for lack of light. But many miss it because they shut their eyes and go ahead. We pity men physically blind, and put out our own spiritual eyes, and refuse the healing touch of the divine Spirit. Let it be understood that God has made abundant provision for our guidance in the smallest matters. Our whole spiritual life and our eternal welfare are utterly dependent on the work of the Holy Spirit. We see then how solemn a thing it is to "grieve" the Holy Spirit of God, whereby we are "sealed," and how suicidal a thing it is to "quench" the Spirit. The world of the lost is filled with spiritual suicides. Were a suicidal mania to affect any town the world would be filled with horror, yet this is exactly what the angels see is happening everywhere. To stop this and to restore life is the work of the Holy Spirit.—A. F. Schaufler.