Monday, September 14, 2009

Interpreter

"The Christian Pilgrim seeking and obtaining light, and knowledge, and instruction, from the source of all Christian teaching—the Holy Spirit. It is the office of the Holy Spirit to reveal God’s mind and will, and to explain and interpret the will and mind of God to men: 'He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you' (John 16:14). The house of the INTERPRETER is the treasure-house of experience, where are stored up all God’s provisions, and providences, and dealings with men. Out of this store-house the Spirit bestows—according to our wants, our asking, and our use of supplies already given—'grace for grace.' It is the shedding of Divine light, and the pouring of Divine love, and the communication of Divine knowledge, into our hearts. God was once revealed to man in the person of his Son; he is now revealed to our hearts in the power of his Spirit."[1]

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Sources

1. Rev. Robert Maguire, Notes. The Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1863.
2. John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress.

Illlustrations

Artists:
1. Henry Courtney Selous (1803 - 1890).
2. M. Paolo Priolo.

Engravers:
1. William James Linton (1812 - 1897).
2. Léon Louis Chapon (1836 - 1918).