The Spirit of Truth

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PARABLE OF THE MINTED COIN 919

Like unto those who are honorable in purpose and honest

in heart, yet who have not yet yielded obedience to the require-

ments of the saving gospel, are the unstamped blanks, good metal

though they be. Their influence is limited, their capacity for ser-

vice narrowly circumscribed. They await the touch, the im-

press that shall commission them to testify and minister in the

name of the King.

To every sterling piece such as tallies with the law of right-

eousness, that touch shall come in the present or the hereafter,

provided only the piece be ready. But how will the metal receive

the imprint? If it be brittle through base alloy, untempered, un-

annealed and unyielding, it may break under the stress, or even

though it hold together it may present but a blurred similitude

of the authoritative stamp.

Oh soul hast thou not yet passed between the dies ? Dost

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thou await the individual ^pnpress of divine commission? And is

thy lack due to unreadiness? Art thou tempered and annealed

to receive the testimony of God's approval?

And thou other soul, bearing the imprint of such testimony,

art thou true to the stamp thou bearest? Unlike the inanimate

coin, thou hast agency and the ability to choose in what service

thou shalt be used. Thou art of divine mintage. Great is thy

power. Fail not

The Spirit of Truth

Spirit of Truth, Thou holy inspiration,

Thou art my

light, my

source of advice!

Rest Thou on me, direct my

life's probation,

My Comforter, my

Pearl of Great Price!

Ever to Thee my

heart-thoughts are turning,

Seeking Thine aid from sin to be free:

Oh! with what love Thou answerest my yearning,

Heaven is near, when thinking of Thee!

Ar isions of glory awaken my reflection,

Fill all my soul when by Thee inspired.

Love then becomes a holier affection,

God and the Savior the friends most desired.

Thoughts most ecstatic, my soul ever thrilling,

Come at the dawn and at evening apace;

Ever from Thee within my heart instilling

Faith unto faith, and grace unto grace!

Till Iam one with God and Thee abiding,

Heaven my home for all eternity,

Lift Thou my soul, while in Thee I'm confiding,

Sanctify all of my bein<? in Thee!

Thou art the Power, above all, independent,

Yet seeking all who answer Thy love

Thou Flame of Glory, immaculate, transcendent,

Gift from the Throne of Heaven above!

PLEASANT, UTAH JOSEPH LoNGKING ToWNSEND