To be near unto God - pagina 215

Have you become aware God in your inmost self?

of any such lov^e for If so, do you under-

stand what it means to love God in your inmost self with all your soul? Not whether there are times when this is so, but whether it has become the fixed habit of your life. Not whether you surrender yourself to the love of God with a part of your soul, with a part of yourself, to the end that you might be saved, and be forever happy, but whether you give j'ourself to it, to the end that you might glorify God forever. It is not the division of the soul between yourself and God which is required, in order that you may commit continual robbery in the soul, and withhold from God part of your desires, part of your of your self-consciousness. The terribly great. It is all comprehensive: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul. It means that there shall be no single utterance of life in you except such as springs from your love for God. To do this, it may be said, we should be angels and not men. And this is true, provided we say: Not sinful men. But for this you have your Savior who, as man, has fulfilled this perfect love for God in your behalf. And if b}' a true faith you fly to him for refuge, in spite of your lack of love, you will have peace in your soul.

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"WITH ALL THY MIND." It is singular that the first and great commandment includes the claim: to love God with all the

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Jesus holds the high ideal before 207

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