To be near unto God - pagina 75

The sun is high above us in the heavens, eyes. and close at hand as well, and around us on every feel his presence and seek protection side. exclude him from our from it in the shade. chambers bv closing blinds. He is a power far oft

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close by.

hidden from inate

He imparts power to the soil, where human eyes, it makes the seed germ-

and sprout.

And such

is

the case with God, both as to opera-

tions and antithesis. His throne is high above us close in the heavens. By His omnipresence God is by and all around us. He has access to the heart. He searches its most hidden parts and there

Whenever a holy operates with secret power. seed germinates within, or a virtue blossoms on the stem of the soul, it is God, our Sun, whose mighty power performs it. Think for a moment that the sun were blotted out from the skies and the whole earth would soon resemble conditions of the North Pole. Every plant and herb would die. Every color w^ould pale. Snow and ice would cover the ground now, as with a shroud. That such is not the case and that everything pulsates with bounding life exhibits color and sheen, that food springs from the ground, and lilies adorn the field, and all nature exliales the sweet breath of life is because the sun radiates light and heat and as by magic brings life out of death and turns barren wilder,

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nesses into fruitful fields. j r>. And what the sun is to mother earth God is to of the human heart. If the soul were abandoned God and deprived of his gracious inshimng and inworking, life would soon perish from the heart, ,

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warmth and deathly

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