To be near unto God - pagina 38

so that the quiet collecting of the soul before God is ever less frequent. And it is chiefly because of this that in these, our days, the secret walk with God suffers loss. But for this very reason the new Inventions of communication and interchange of thought provide a counterpoise. For they come to the help of our imagination and impart more reality than before to our effort to restore the broken connection. And thus the finds of science become supports to our piety. They help us to hearken unto God, and our prayer, "0 Lord, give heed to me and hear the voice of my supplication," bor-

rows strength from them

in our

approach to the

throne of grace. 7

"THAT WHICH

I

SEE NOT, TEACH

THOU

ME."

The knowledge that we have

of ourselves differs according to its source. have acquired a part of it ourselves, another part we have received from God. When it is asked in what particular these two parts of self-knowledge differ, call to mind that as a rule we faithfully record the good there is in us, while for the most part we must have the evil that is in us pointed

We

out to us and brought to our remembrance by God. A child can understand this. When praise is offered, it is readily accepted. But a child resists blame. He is not conscious of wrong and lightly passes it by. And he continues in this course until the conscience is awakened and God teaches him to become humble. In later life this goes on more covertly. In reality, however, conditions remain the same. 30

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