To be near unto God - pagina 55

strengthens and deepens the appreciation of fellowship with God as the temporary want of When for long times the soul has had no it. hearing, and when at length an answer comes from God, there enters into this secret communion a still deeper blessedness, and the soul bathes itself in the fulness of the love of God. 10

"SEEK YE MY FACE" It was common at one time for Christian people to speak of their conversion with joyous pride. It was said: "At such and such a time I came to know the Lord." Afterward this was changed. Then it was said: "In such and such a way I came to know myself," or, "I was converted then and there;" or, "Then and there I gave myself to Christ;" "In this way or in And in whatever that I found my Savior." way it was expressed it always meant the narrative of personal religious experience. Every form of expression has its own value. It can scarcely be denied, however, that the older way of saying, "I have come to know the Lord," is in nowise less accurate, profound and fervent than the later ones. Jesus him"And this is life eternal, that self declared: they might know Thee (John 17:3), and in saying this he confirmed the complaint of Hosea (4:1) that "there is no knowledge of God in the land." It must be granted, however, that with the lapse of time the saying, "I have learned to know the Lord," has not proved satisfactory, because it has come to mean intellectual and doctrinal knowledge of God, apart from its 47

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