Excerpt from The Revelation of the Holy Spirit The class of persons for whom this Essay is strictly intended is not, of course, theologians, but men and women who, without having received a theological education, yet are or may be interested in the results and processes of Theology. It is not, therefore, an exact or elaborate treatise, but it is designed to serve a special purpose. For the danger of the Church to-day is that Theology may cease to occupy her proper place as the queen of the sciences, and may come to seem a study or pursuit in itself, the affair of mere specialists, without relation to the practical issues of modern life. For then, however much the clergy may insist upon doctrine, the intellectual energetic world will hold aloof from it, and will give it no part in their thoughts and affections, or will regard it as something separable from religion. And the only remedy is to bring home to the world that Theology vitally affects the intellectual and moral problems of life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.