To be near unto God - pagina 47

when

a

beloved

member

of

the

household

is

and we approach the bedside and call the beloved by name, in a whisper first, and then louder, till we find that the patient does not

seriously

ill

hear us.

To

trenches,

m

cases It is overwhelming mines or with a landslide in digging

get no hearing

of accident in

!

when victims

are,

as

it

were,

buried

and calls again, and listens with bated breath for some sound or answering sign of life, and silence continues unbroken. To get no hearing! It caused such an^dous forebodings when, not many years ago, Martinique was overturned by an earthquake and telegrams alive,

and one

calls

were sent to the place of disaster to enquire after conditions signal

of

things

there

and no

telegraphic

was returned.

The prophets of Baal experienced this tense anxiety on Mount Carmel when, "from morning even until noon" they cried: 0, Baal, hear us. And they leaped upon the Altar * * * and cut* themselves * * * with knives and lancets * * but lo there was no voice, nor any that answered. And greater anxiety still filled the (I. Ki. 18:26). hearts of the prophets of Baal when Elijah, from Lord, hear me," ''Hear me, his side, cried out: and obtained the coveted answer, and "the fire of the Lord consumed the sacrifice." But the saints of God in the earth have not Read the comalwaj's been similarlv favored. "0, God, keep not plaint of Asaph in Psalm 83: thou silence; hold not thy peace— as one deaf— God." Or consider David's and be not still, "Unto thee distress which he voices in Psalm 28: Lord my rock; be not silent^ or as will I cry, !

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