A New Impulse, A Nobler Bent
By Hannah Moore

The Holy Spirit operates on the human character to produce a new heart and a new life. By this operation, the affections and faculties of the man receive a new impulse. His dark understanding is illuminated. His rebellious will is subdued. His irregular desires are rectified. His judgment is informed. His imagination is chastened. His inclinations are sanctified. His hopes and fears are directed to their true and adequate end.

Heaven becomes the object of his hopes, and eternal separation from God becomes the object of his fears. His love of the world is transformed into the love of God. The lower faculties are pressed into the new service. The senses have a higher direction. The whole internal frame and constitution receive a nobler bent. His intents and purposes receive a more sublime aim. His aspirations receive a nobler flight. His vacillating desires find a fixed object. His vagrant purposes find a settled home. His disappointed heart finds a certain refuge.

That heart, no longer the worshipper of the world, begins struggling to conquer the world.

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