of the service, the dear pastor stood up and said, “In the light of this splendid address, let us sing, ‘Holy Spirit, faithful Guide, ever near the Christian’s side,’ ” and I felt my heart sink as I thought, “After I have spent forty minutes trying to show them that the Holy Spirit is not merely at our side, but dwells in us, they haven’t got it yet.” Then they came to that last gloomy verse, and I said, “Please don’t sing such words as these: “ ‘When our days of toil shall cease, Waiting still for
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