. The Anglican pulpit library, [sermons, outlines and illustrations for Sundays and Holy Days]. as been, from all ages, the great quickeningpower in Gods universe. At the Creation, when the 4 earth was without form, and void, theSpirit of God brooded upon the face of the waters, and from chaos,and out of wild confusion, came order, light, and life. At Pentecost, into the yet lifeless frame of the Church, the Spiritdescended. And immediately the Church was alive. From thatmoment her supernatural life began. The Apostles, before that daytimid, shrinking men, meeting together with closed doors, f
. The Anglican pulpit library, [sermons, outlines and illustrations for Sundays and Holy Days]. as been, from all ages, the great quickeningpower in Gods universe. At the Creation, when the 4 earth was without form, and void, theSpirit of God brooded upon the face of the waters, and from chaos,and out of wild confusion, came order, light, and life. At Pentecost, into the yet lifeless frame of the Church, the Spiritdescended. And immediately the Church was alive. From thatmoment her supernatural life began. The Apostles, before that daytimid, shrinking men, meeting together with closed doors, for fear ofthe Jews, from that hour out of weakness were made strong; waxedvaliant in fight; rejoicing in bonds, and tribulation, and death. Peter,shrinking on the eve of the Crucifixion from the faintest breath ofsuspicion, now stands up the champion of the faith, and wins threethousand to the Lord. II. And the Spirit not only gives life, but sustains it also. Hecame not to abide with His Church for ever. Hence her wondrouslife in Him. She has seemed sometimes to go down, as though never 45. WHITSUNDAY to rise again, under the storm billows of bitter persecution. Worsethan this, she has sunk, at other times, into the cold tomb of in-difference, and the degeneracy of what is holiest. But she has come forth again out of the great depths with renewedstrength; she has cast off her grave-clothes, and put forth fresh lifeand marvellous energy. Quietly, secretly, without observation, the Holy Spirit of God hasbeen working within us. In prayer now, now in Holy Communion,now by increased sensitiveness of conscience, at one time by fears, atanother time by sorrow, He has made His Presence known and He is ever working within us. We are constantly receiving,as Faber so beautifully says, what we ordinarily call is hardly ever a complete silence in our souls. God is whisper-ing to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the worlddie out in the soul, or si
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