The Holy Spirit

In chapter 11, Hawthorne observes all that some of the Puritan fathers “lacked was the gift that descended upon the chosen disciples, at Pentecost, in tongues of flame…” ACTS 2:1-4 records “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues [languages]…”