“He taught me that for all past sin there is one remedy freely offered by God to all who truly believe: _The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin_ (1 John i. 7). But we need more than to be saved from the punishment of sin; we need to be saved from its power. The heart, the seat of evil, must itself be made pure by the Holy Spirit of God. And this Spirit is promised in answer to prayer. Let us cry, with David in the psalm: _Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me_ (Psalm li. 10). For thus spake the Saviour of mankind: _If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?_” (Luke xi. 13.)