metaphor of men passing into some broad land, of which there is much
still to be possessed and explored. Not to-day, nor to-morrow, will
all the truth belong to those whom the Spirit guides; but if they are
true to His guidance, 'to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more
abundant,' and the land will all be traversed at the last. 'He shall
not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear that shall He
speak.' Mark the parallel between the relation of the Spirit-Teacher
to Jesus, and the relation of Jesus to the Father. Of Him, too, it is
said by Himself, 'All things whatsoever I have heard of the Father I
have declared unto you.' The mark of Satan is, 'He speaketh of his
own'; the mark of the divine Teacher is, 'He speaketh not of Himself,
but whatsoever things,' in all their variety, in their continuity, in
their completeness, 'He shall hear,'--where? yonder in the depths of
the Godhead--'whatsoever things He shall hear there,' He shall show
to you, and especially, 'He will show you the things that are to
come.' These Apostles were living in a revolutionary time. Men's
hearts were 'failing them for fear of the things that were coming on
the earth.' Step by step they would be taught the evolving glory of
that kingdom which they were to be the instruments in founding; and
step by step there would be spread out before them the vision of the
future and all the wonder that should be, the world that was to come,
the new constitution which Christ was to establish.

Now, if that be the interpretation, however inadequate, of these
great and wonderful words, there are but two things needful to say
about them. One is that this promise of a complete guidance into
truth applies in a peculiar and unique fashion to the original
hearers of it. I ventured to say that one of the other promises of
the Spirit, which I quoted in my introductory remarks, was the
certificate to us of the inspiration and reliableness of these Four