To be near unto God - pagina 35

of our imagination and impart more reality than before to our effort to restore the broken connecAnd thus the finds of science become suption. ports to our piety. They help us to hearken unto God, and our prayer, "0 Lord, give heed to me and hear the voice of my supplication," borrows strength from them in our approach to the throne of grace. 7

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that we have of ourselves differs according to its source. have acquired a part of it ourselves, another part we have received from God. When it is asked in what particular these two parts of self-knowledge differ, call to mind that as a rule we faithfully record the good there is in us, while for the most part we musthave the evil that is in us pointed out to us and brought to our remembrance by God. child can understand this. When praise is^ offered, it is readily accepted. But a child resists' blame. He is not conscious of wrong and lightly passes it by. And he continues in this course until the conscience is awakened and God teaches him to become humble. In later life this goes on more covertly. In reality, however, conditions remain the same. The heart is not carried on the sleeve as in childhood years. Some people succeed in hiding their inner life from the eyes of others. No sooner, however, is the personal life disclosed to the ear of a friend but the same result follows. A part of our selfknowledge we have acquired ourselves. The other

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