THE  great  gift  of  the  Father,  through  whom  He
obtained  salvation  and  brought  it  near  to  us,  is
the  Son.  On  the  other  hand,  the  great  gift  of  the
Son,  whom  He  sends  to  us  from  the  Father,  to  apply
to  us  an  inner  and  effectual  salvation,  is  the  Holy
Spirit.^  As  the  Son  reveals  and  glorifies  the  Father,
so  the  Spirit  reveals  and  glorifies  the  Son.^  The
Spirit  is  in  us  to  transfer  to  us  the  life  and  the  salva-
tion that  are  prepared  in  Jesus,  and  to  make  them
wholly  ours.^  Jesus  who  is  in  heaven  is  made  present
in  us,  dwells  in  us,  by  the  Spirit.  We  have  seen  that
in  order  to  become  partaker  of  Jesus  there  are  always
two  things  necessary  :  the  knowledge  of  the  sin  that
is  in  us,  and  of  the  redemption  that  is  in  Him.  It  is
the  Holy  Spirit  who  continually  promotes  this  double
work  in  believers.  He  reproves  and  comforts.  He
convinces  of  sin  and  He  glorifies  Christ.*
The  Spirit  convinces  of  sin.     He  is  the  light  and

J  John  vii.  38,  xiv.  16,  26  ;  Acts  i.  4,  ii.  33 ;  1  Cor.  iii.  16.
2  John  XV.  26,  xvi.  14,  15  ;  i  Cor.  ii.  8,  12,  xii.  3.
'Job  xiv.  17,  21  ;  Rom.  viii.  2  ;  Kph.  iii.  17,  19.
<  John  xvi.  9,  14.
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The  New  Life.
the  fire  of  God,  through  whom  sin  is  unveiled  and
consumed.  He  is  "the  Spirit  of  judgment  and  of
burning,"  by  whom  God  purifies  His  people.^  To
the  anxious  soul  who  complains  that  he  does  not  feel
his  sin  deeply  enough,  we  must  often  say  that  there
is  no  limit  as  to  how  deep  his  repentance  must  be.
