_The Spirit of God at Work To-Day_. Says one, "Is not the Spirit
actively at work in the world to-day?" Of course he is. It is not a
question of _what_ he is doing but _how_ he is doing it. The religious
world is pretty generally agreed that the Spirit is pleading with the
world of the unsaved through the motives and inducements of the gospel,
the moral truth which appeals to the intellect and heart of the
unconverted to turn to God and be saved; that all the saving power of
God is found in Christ and the gospel which reveals him; that God will
not go beyond the cross of Christ to save any man. It is Christ "who was
made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and
redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord." All that is necessary for wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification and redemption--and that is all we need--is found in
Christ. This being so, we need no other power but gospel power in our
attempts to become children of God or to live as children of God. We get
into confusion when we try to obtain some other and more direct power.
We are led into a dependence upon our feelings, which are unreliable.

Bishop J.H. Vincent, than whom stands no higher in the Northern M.E.
Church, aptly states the whole matter thus: "There are people who put
stress on sentiment and emotion in religion. If they 'feel good,' they
have no doubt as to their present security and their acceptance with
God. These people covet moods and states of feeling. They revel in songs
and prayers and hallelujahs. The thrill of sentiment and the warm
currents of emotion are 'the all and in all' of religion. Such saints
forget that mere mental exhilaration and good feeling may coexist with
carnal hearts, selfish aims, and utter worldliness of temper." His
brethren will scarcely accuse the Bishop of not believing in "heartfelt
religion," and yet they used to strongly accuse us of denying it,
because we plead for the testimony of the Book rather than the testimony