heart, and it leads the reader to a religious contemplation of the great facts of the Spirit’s
working. May it bring to all, into whose hands it finds its way in this fresh vehicle of a new
language, an abiding and happy sense of rest on and in God the Holy Ghost, the Author
and Lord of all life, to whom in our heart of hearts we may pray:
“Veni, Creator Spiritus,
Spiritus recreator,
Tu deus, tu datus cœlitus,
Tu donum, tu donator."Princeton Theological Seminary,
April 23, 1900.Introductory Note