To be near unto God - pagina 335

God

puts

him

into the smelting-furnace, or adds

finer cuttings to the diamond of the souJ, though his eyes may glisten with tears, he will nobly bear up in the strength of faith; for he knows it is necessary for his good; that it can not be otherwise; and that if it were otherwise, his life would forever be a failure. It is hard to undergo a painful

operation, but the patient willingly submits, and pays large sums of money to the operator, because

he knows this drastic treatment alone could save him. This states the case of God's child before his Father who is in heaven. Not he, but God alone must know, what is indispensable and necessarj'

for

him

this year,

permanent formation

and what in view must bring him.

it

of his

And

appears that this year such a Divine operation is necessary for him, he will not murmur, neither will he complain, but he will submit himself willingly to God, yea, though the waves of sorrow should rise ever so high, he will rejoice in God, knowing that everything God doeth, must needs be done, for the sake of God's honor and his own highest good.

in case

it

61

"PRAISE HIM WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND ORGANS." The Scripture is most urgent in pressing and driving the soul to God. It enjoins the supreme command of sobriety and purity. It urges us not to walk proudly but humbly. It is no less inexorable in its warnings that we guard ourselves in every way against the killing power of money, and that we sanctify our wealth 327

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