General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1837 Original Publisher: John F. Shaw Subjects: Devotional literature Religion / Christian Life / Devotional Religion / Devotional Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE BELIEVER THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST. This house is set apart for the purposes of edification; but, my God! how much is requisite for this purpose! It is first of all requisite, that we possess hearts desirous of edification, and seriously seek to acquire them from the Lord our God. Next, that we be powerfully convinced, that no individual can teach and edify another, without the grace of God and the co-operation of his Spirit. Let us therefore turn at this time to the Lord Jesus, our dearest Saviour, and mighty prophet, and most humbly entreat him to enter into our midst, instruct us, enlighten and warm our hearts, and establish us in his truth. PRAYER. O Lord Jesus Christ, thou Son of the Most High God ! we thank thee, that through thy gracious condescension, we may venture to approach unto thee. O may it be in spirit and in truth ! O Jesu ! Jesu ! thou most lovely name! thou name, in which the delight of our souls, the consolation of our hearts, and their beauty and excellency is alone to be found! Thou name, which angels reverence and adore, before which, at this very moment, the choirs and hosts in glory above, are prostrating themselves. 0 touch our hearts by thy Holy Spirit, that in our inmost souls we may know thee as great and adorable, and that our hearts, with all the blest above, may bow themselves in thee, thou saving name! 0 Lord Jesus Christ, we have to thank thee alone, that we still exist, and that we have been spared and preserved unto the present h...