To be near unto God - pagina 315

we crave personal presence. Human nature consists of soul and body, and is only fully satisfied when fellowship of soul with soul is accompanied by physical presence. In the realm of glory, communion with God's saints will only be made perfect by the sight of one another in the glorified body. Fellowship among the redeemed in the Fatherhouse above, bears a provisional character until the resurrection, and awaits perfection in the return of Jesus. But however deeply significant personal presence and sight may be, presence of soul with soul does not depend on it. As God created us we are able, though separated in the body, to have close fellowship one with the other, either by writing, telephone or telegraphy, and also apart from all this, in a purely spiritual way in feeling, perceptions, thoughts and imaginaPersonal presence alone does not afford tion. human fellowship; for this is always fellowship of spirit with spirit, of soul with sc^l, of heart, with heart. And the question whether we live near by a person or far away from him is not answered by distance or proximity but only and alone by spiritual nearness or estrangement. When parting from a loved one for a long term of years, even also at the last farewell before dying, we can assure

him: ''I shall continually be with you." And many a mother wdth reference to her child, and many a widow with reference to her late husband, have The child, the husband were literally fulfilled it. gone from the earth, but fellowship continued, unseen, awaiting the re-union. When Asaph sings in Ps. 73:23 "Nevertheless I am continuallly with Thee" it can only be taken Locally in the sense of this spiritual fellowship. 307

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