Excerpt from Songs of the Spirit: Hymns of Praise and Prayer to God the Holy Ghost
In the Second Charge of the Bishop of New Jersey (A.D. 1865), entitled "The Church's Power in her Controversy with Antichrist," whilst earnestly advocating the, duty and privilege of direct addresses to God the Holy Ghost, as the divine Administrator for Christ of this Dispensation, the following language was employed: -
"We must pray to the Holy Ghost, as to the Father and to the Son, or we do not pray in the fulness of the Evangelical development of the duty. To pray is to address our petition to God; but the God Whom we Christians worship is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Every petition to God simply, in our Liturgy, is a prayer to the Three Persons of the one Divine Nature; but this is not always distinctly before our minds, and I desire to bring it out with emphasis.
"The devotional treasures of the whole Church, and of all holy men who have composed petitions to the Third Person of the adorable Trinity, in Hymns as well as in Prayers, are spread out before us, and we can use them, at our will, in our private, family, and social devotions."
In the above quotation may be found the origin and design of this Collection of Hymns to the Holy Ghost.
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