MAY 8TH, 1888

MAY 8TH, 1888

Mr. Bradstock.

My Dear Brother, — I am glad to reply to your note. I believe that eternal life belongs by the voice of the Son of God to every real christian (as redemption and sonship) and that he is privileged to live in what the disciples saw manifested in the Son (as Man), viz., blessed nearness to the Father and consciousness of the Father’s love and joy and delight — where sin and power of death cannot intrude. More than this that the believer has in him the Holy Spirit — the Spirit of life — as the divinely given capacity to live in this blessing. Hence it is not conditional, or an object of hope only. The apprehension or enjoyment may of course be another thing.

Believe me,
Your affectionate brother,
F. E. Raven.