To be near unto God - pagina 494

is in the as in ecclesiastical affairs so it difference beof our own life, in the and lamting tween rising superior to one's sins All this temptation. great too of face in the of circumstances, creates a difference of conditions, of soul; and woe of sensations, of experiences only one string to him who amidst all this, has Our heart has been to the harp of his soul.. turn in life richly strung of God, and for every another string, the heart must be able to play and the comfor the sake of the honor of God

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now meditation, at another in bitter conflict, all times it going out, then coming in, but at be vital, inspiring and strong. himself God's seeking to draw our soul unto as the and to open it for himself, is changeable ^vorklngs seasons in which nature undergoes the And therefore he who spiritually of the sun. knows onlv one season of year, becomes impoverHe who follows after, in the changes ished. child ot which God brings upon him. is the rich the rich Father who is in heaven.

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