Belief in the Holy Ghost

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Acts 2:1-4

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.…

"I believe in the Holy Ghost," is not with us a mere formal expression; but the utterance of our heartfelt conviction. I have heard of a Church school in which the children were taught the Apostles' Creed, and each child had to say a sentence. One day the clergyman came in, and asked them to repeat it to him. They managed all right for a time, but all of a sudden there was an awkward silence. The clergyman said, "Why don't you go on?" One trembling little voice replied, "Please, sir, the boy that believes in the Holy Ghost isn't here to-day." I fear that is true of many churches, and many pulpits; those who believe in the Holy Ghost are not there! His very name is scarcely heard in some places of worship; and all ascription of glory and honour to Him is lost in the mention of an "influence."

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