To be near unto God - pagina 522

natural has come upon you. Not alone, but "With the saints," we will come to the knowledge of our God, and if in eternity it will be the wonderful exaltation of life together with all angels and all saints to glorify God forever, why, then, should we forsake and neglect the glorious power which already here on earth can unfold in our prayer, if by anticipation we live already here in the blessed communion, which awaits us up yonder. With all God's saints we are one body in Christ, as our head, but on earth we taste little of the fellowship of the whole body of the Lord. On the other hand, communion with saints and God's angels is continually open to us. Blessed is he who not only enjoys this in his own soul, but also knows how to inspire thereby the nearness of his God. all

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"STRIVING AGAINST

SIN."

One who

in mature years, and in his right mind, does not strive from time to time against some The sin or other, can scarcely be im..gined. human heart is an impenetrable riddle. Even

with sneak thieves and drunkards we are often at a coy tenderness that shows disgust with one or more sins, which in better circles are altogether too frequently given free passage. But repres§ion of some striking sin, in the case of oneself or of others, is by no means always yet what the apostle calls the struggle against sin. Everything here depends on what occasions the struggle One will resist such a against this or that sin. sin from concern about his health. This ia often preponderant with respect to sensual sin. Another

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