and the glory which the Holy Spirit imparts to
us in Rom. viii. 16, 17, "The Spirit Himself beareth witness with our
spirit, that we are children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of
God and joint-heirs with Christ; _if so be that we suffer with_ Him, that
we may _be also glorified with Him_." The Holy Spirit is the administrator
of glory as well as of grace, or rather of the grace that culminates in
glory.

XXIV. _The Eternal Spirit._

The Holy Spirit is called "the eternal Spirit" in Heb. ix. 14, "How much
more shall the blood of Christ, who through _the eternal Spirit_ offered
Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God." The eternity and the Deity and infinite majesty of
the Holy Spirit are brought out by this name.

XXV. _The Comforter._

The Holy Spirit is called "the Comforter" over and over again in the
Scriptures. For example in John xiv. 26, we read, "But _the Comforter_
which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall
teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever
I have said unto you." And in John xv. 26, "But when _the Comforter_ is
come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,
which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me." (See also John
xvi. 27.) The word translated "Comforter" in these passages means that,
but it means much more beside. It is a word difficult of adequate
translation into any one word in English. The translators of the Revised
Version found difficulty in deciding with what word to render the Greek
word so translated. They have suggested in the margin of the Revised
Version "advocate" "helper" and a simple transference of the Greek word
into English, "Paraclete." The word translated "Comforter" means
literally, "one called to another's side," the idea being, one right at
hand to take another's part. It is the same word that is translated
"advocate" in 1 John ii. 1, "My little children, these things write I unto
you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have _an advocate_ with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." But "advocate," as we now understand
it, does not give the full force of the Greek word so rendered.
Etymologically "advocate" means nearly the same thing. Advocate is Latin
("advocatus") and it means "one called to another to take his part," but
in our modern usage, the word has acquired a restricted meaning. The Greek
word