To be near unto God - pagina 26

are we so far his superior that the thoughts which arise in us were foreign to him? has ever outlined God's omnipresence and omniscience in terms of finer poetic imagery than he? Are not the expressions in which we clothe our prayers for the most part borrowed from his writing? Did not

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he propound the question: "Shall he who planted the ear, not hear?" And did not he confess in Ps. 139: "There is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me it is high, I can not attain unto it." The Psalmist has described the Divine virtues in behalf of the saints of all ages, and the mysteries of the Divine Being are nowhere more clearly set forth than in the language of his songs. ;

And when this eminently-saintly man frequently speaks of God also with reference to this matter of prayer in this simple, human way, what can it mean, save that the confidential terms of intimate human fellowship have the same significance in the secret walk with God. And that there are moments when God disregards our prayers, but which, praise his name, are succeeded by other moments in which He does regard them?

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believe in Christ.

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believe that his

saying is true: "He that hath seen Me, has seen the Father; and how saj^est thou then, Show us as the Father?" On bended knee j^ou cum ess your Lord and your God. But what is the incarnation of the word except that God became man? And what profit can this be to j^ou, unless you realize that in Christ God has come close to j^ou in a human way?

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