To be near unto God - pagina 365

spent with God increase, and the moments of separation from God decrease. To cleave unto the Lord with all the heart and soul and consciousness is then at first a heavenly joy which may be tasted only once in a whole month. Gradually it becomes a communion of soul without which no week passes. By degrees it becomes an elevation of soul which repeats itself almost daily. Going on this way, this happy joy in God returns several times a day, so that even by night, upon waking, the nearness of the Lord is consciously felt. And though even so, the highest still remains beyond our reach, cleaving unto God begins to occupy ever wider room in our lives. And not intimacy with God in solitude, but intimacy with God in the mddst of our busy lives becomes the booty of the soul. Then it is no more a singing after Asaph: ''It is good for me to be near unto God," but it becomes a singing like Asaph from blessed experilife

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"SAMUEL DID NOT YET

KNOW THE

LORD."

When it is asked of a person whether we know him, the meaning can be twofold. Casually, it may mean whether we would know him

if we With respect to his character it may mean whether we understand him. He, who on

met him.

the eve of your departure for Java, entrusts an important document to your care, for some one living there, merely intends by the question whether you know him, to prevent your handing the same to the wrong person. When, however, 357

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