His presence imparts power such as no spiritual enemy can resist.  How different were the Apostles before and after they had received the gift of the Spirit!  One of them who, before, denied Christ when challenged by a maid, afterwards proclaimed boldly in the presence of the hostile Jewish council, “We ought to obey God rather than men."[183] Those who, when He was apprehended, had forsaken Him and fled, gathered courage to brave kings and rulers as they preached salvation through Him.  The disciples, who, in accordance with Christ’s injunction, awaited the descent of the Spirit, were on the day of Pentecost clothed with power before which bigotry and selfishness passed into faith and charity and self-surrender; and there was won on that day for the Church a triumph such as the might of God alone could have secured—­a triumph which the ministry of the Spirit, whenever it is recognised and accepted, is always powerful to repeat and to surpass.

All good comes to man through the Spirit.  Every inspiration of every individual is from Him, the Lord and Giver of light, and life, and understanding.  Every good thought that rises within us, every unselfish motive that stimulates us, every desire to be holy, every resolve to do what is right, what is brave, or noble, or self-sacrificing, comes to man from the Holy Ghost.  He is instructing and directing us not only on special occasions, as when we read the Bible or meet for worship, but always, if we will listen for His voice.  His personal indwelling in man, as Counsellor and Guide, is the fulfilment of the promise—­“I will dwell in them, and walk in them.”  “He will guide you into all truth” is an assurance of counsel and victory that is ever receiving fulfilment, and that cannot be broken.[184]

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ARTICLE 9

The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints

SECTION 1.—­THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH

In the clause of the Creed which expresses belief in Jesus Christ, He is called our Lord “And in Jesus Christ our Lord.”  That He is their Lord is declared by believers, when they term the society of which they are members “the Church.”  This word is derived from the Greek kurios, Lord, in the adjectival form kuriakos, of or belonging to the Lord—­the Scottish word “kirk” being therefore a form nearer the original than the equivalent term Church.  The Greek word translated “church” occurs only three times in the Gospels.  In English the word is used in different senses, all of them, however, pointing to the Lord Jesus as their source and sanction.  By “church,” we sometimes mean a building set apart for Christian worship.  The Jew had his Tabernacle in the Wilderness, his Temple at Jerusalem, and his Synagogue in the Provinces; the Mohammedan has his Mosque, and the Brahmin his Pagoda; but the