There is precious EXPERIENCE and there is vile experience. A PRECIOUS experience springs out of the teaching of God in the soul and the work of the Holy Spirit upon the heart. Every conviction of sin that springs from the Spirit's inward convincing operations is precious as being the handiwork of God. Every sigh, every cry, every groan, every tear, every honest, humble confession before God of what we have been and are, is precious, because it is wrought by a divine power in the soul and the result of it is salvation. Every sweet manifestation of the Son of God to the soul- every glimpse, glance, gleam, or view of his glorious Person by faith- every shining in of the light of his countenance, application of his word with power, whisper of his heavenly love, drawing of his divine grace, application of his precious truth to the heart is precious- it comes from God, it leads to God, it is the work of the Holy Spirit, it prepares the soul for eternity, it is a jewel of God's own gift.