Filled with the Spirit

And we are His witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.-ACTS V, 32.

FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT

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HE awful result of the football game-Grandi

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son's death-cast a gloom over the whole college for many days; but that was not all. The days of mourning passed, and things did not go on as they had gone; there was a change. Men are often moved to make promises when their friends die, because their mortality is impressed upon them, for the time; but after the funeral, promises having been forgotten, they move on at the same old pace. But Grandison had not lived unto himself, neither did he die unto himself; hence it was not to be wondered at that, as a result of the combined influence of his life and death, some began to live a new life in Christ.

In the two years since the great revival a number of the men here had been growing and letting their light shine till it was inspiring to watch them. It seemed as if they were all luminous within; as if God were sending great streams of incandescent light down from himself into their 311

hearts, and that they had simply pulled away the shades and let it shine out. They were like lighthouses whose powerful lanterns and polished lenses are provided with shades for protection, but when the time comes to send the light out over the sea, the shades are dropped, and the radiance goes forth on its mission of salvation. It was evident that the path of some of these men was indeed as the path of the just, that shines brighter and brighter till the dawning of the perfect day.

The junior year was passing rapidly away. Since the tragedy of the "gridiron field" the "charmed circle" had gradually vanished till little remained but happy recollections. Miss Holmes, who had been the life and center of it, had lost heart, and her courage and strength were not sufficient for the task; and Scott was always "sorry he could n't go," for he avoided Miss Holmes socially, whenever he could do so naturally and without causing remark, for his own sake. His was a constant conflict, and he did not deem it manly to make it more difficult than necessity demanded. Hence it was that the junior year was tame, socially, to our especial group of friends. But there were compensations: the gymnasium was more in demand; the long walks were more frequently indulged in; and perhaps the college work was more perfectly accomplished. Another result of the change in social relations is especially worthy of mention, and that was a new appreciation of the college library. More books were taken out and read; reference works were more