I became a free man. x\nd since that time, I thank God, I have been kept in the enjoyment of singu- larly uniform peace, trusting in the Lord. In avowing this I do not exalt myself, but the faithful- ness of a covenant keeping God and Saviour. The same way is open to you; and my heart's desire and • prayer to God is, that you and all the brethren may possess the peace that passeth understanding, and may run with patience the race that is set before us, looking into Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. THE HOLY SPIRIT. I. The indwelling of the Spirit. " What, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you which ye have of God?" " Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" " For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said. I will dwell in them and walk in them." " In whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord ; in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit." " The Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead shall dwell in you." " And hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit wdiich he hath given to us." The great truth here taught is obvi- ous: The Holy Spirit dwelleth in every believer,