That Heavenly Teacher'

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We do not learn that we are sinners merely
by reading it in the Bible. It must be wrought—
I might say, burnt into us. 

Nor will anyone sincerely and spiritually cry for 
mercy—until sin is spiritually felt and known . . .
in its misery,
in its dominion,
in its guilt,
in its entanglements,
in its wiles and allurements,
in its filth and pollution, and
in its condemnation. 

Where the Holy Spirit works, He kindles . . .
sighs,
groans,
supplications,
wrestling's, and  pleadings 
to know Christ, feel His love, taste the efficacy 
of His atoning blood, and embrace Him as all 
our salvation and all our desire. 

And though there may, and doubtless will be, 
much barrenness, hardness, deadness, and 
apparent carelessness often felt—still that 
heavenly Teacher will revive His work—though 
often by painful methods—nor will He let the 
quickened soul rest short of a personal and 
experimental enjoyment of Christ and His 
glorious salvation.