To be near unto God - pagina 462

and during sleep it maintains itself and acts. The knowledge of this imparls rest, as one undergoes an anaesthetic, and no less that peaceful feeling with which at night we lose ourselves in sleep. "Let

me

sleeping wait for thee; Lord, then sleep

I peacefully," as it

was sung

in Hernhutt.

And

who can doubt but

that the strength-imparting and strength-renewing operations with which our Father who is in heaven favors his children, are

yet more manifold and effective in sleep than by The third part of our life, that binds us day. to our couch, by no means serves the needs of the body alone. It meets a higher end. Particularly by night God builds his temple in our hearts. This detracts nothing from the fact that, "To be near unto God" only obtains its highest significance, when with our clear consciousness of day we hold blessed fellowship with God. When we perceive, observe and know, that the soul is near to God and God near to the soul; when, humanly speaking, there is an exchange of perceptions between God and us; when we, speaking reverently, with the telephone call up God in prayer, and far from on high the answer comes. But consider well, that this calling and answering are not exhausted by the words you stammer and the ideas which thereby operate in you. A mother has tender, affectionate communion with the little one at her breast, apart from any word and outside of any intellectual understanding. That which operates in this fellowship and maintains it, is life itself, the drawings of the blood, 468

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