P  •p'apV  B^io  PjK  Ps.lxviii.18.  "  Thou  didst  not  regard  their  former  disobedience,
but  even  although  seeing  them  contradicting,  Thou  didst  continue  to  do  them  good,
until  Thou  madest  them  Thine  Own  Abode"  (6iK-t]Tiipiov\  Theod.  ad  Loc.  Even
the  Chaldee  has,  "  upon  the  rebellious,  who  become  proselytes  and  return  by  re-
pentance, the  Schechinah  of  the  Glory  of  the  Lord  God  dwelleth."


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ments,  and  I "  (as  Man,  He  saith,)  "  will  pray  the  Father,
and  He  shall  give  you  Another  Comforter,  that  He  may
abide  with  you  for  ever.*"  Another?  Then  He  Himself
too  was  a  Comforter,  as  also  our  Advocate.  "  Another  Com-
forter ?  "  Then,  since  His  Presence  is  to  be  like  our  Lord's,
this  Second,  Other,  Blessed  Comforter,  must,  like  Him,  be
ever  with  us,  must  be  close  at  hand  to  counsel,  check,  guide,
tenderly  reprove,  heal,  uplift,  commune  with  us  by  the  way,
kindle  our  hearts,  sustain,  feed,  "  teach  us  to  pray,"  pray
with  us,  for  us,  lift  our  souls  to  God,  "  manifest  to  us  the
Father,"  "  be  with  us,"  "  full  of  Grace  and  Truth."  For
all  this,  and  how  much  besides !  was  our  Loving  Lord  to
those  whom  He  drew  near  to  Himself.  And  yet  He,  This
Other  Comforter,  must  be  all  this,  and  even  more  than  this.
