To be near unto God - pagina 415

In the heart self the point. in battle array against the impiu*ities that proceed from the heart. the distinction is ignored between the self that believes, and the inequalities that prevail in the heart, you

This alone

is

must stand pure

When

For then you identify yourself with are lost. these impurities. Then you sink away in the evil waters of your own heart and are drowned in your

sinful inclinations.

on the other hand, in the inner chambers of your heart you are bold', heroic and determined in your stand of bitter hatred against your sinful inclinations, as against your mortal enemy, the heart may remain full of impurities until death, but you are pure of heart, and by God's grace you triumph again and again over the sin that attacks you in the heart. Then Satan is not your tempter, but God is your confederate. Then the struggle which is never given up brings you the closer to God, and in the midst of battle there are moments when with the vision of the eye of the soul, you see, as it were, your God. If,

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"IN

THE NIGHT I COMMUNED WITH MINE OWN HEART."

Sleep and prayer have this in common that both he who prays and he who sleeps closes his eyes, and retires from light into darkness. But they are not the same. He who prays will close his eyes, in order not to be distracted by what is seen around him. If possible he would stop his ears in order not to be distracted by noises from without. There is also prayer with others to which other considerations apply. But by itself

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