This little book is offered to the Christian public without any apology. The subject is a very important one. If errors and defects shall be discovered in my manner of treating it, I shall not be surprised nor disappointed. The responsibility, both of the matter and the manner, rests solely with myself.

I have here discussed the Offices of the Holy Spirit in His relations (1) to the unconverted world, (2) to the individual believer, (3) to the visible Church. The treatise is by no means an exhaustive one; but it has been my aim to give, in small compass and in simple language, a clear, definite, and scriptural account of the Holy Spirit’s work. How far I have succeeded in this object, the reader will decide.

If the sentiments expressed in the following pages are true, they must result in good. If they are false, God can overrule them to prevent evil.

The book is sent forth with earnest prayers that it may prove a blessing to very many souls, and promote, so far as its influence extends, the glorious cause of Christ.

D. C.

Worcester, England

1878