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To be near unto God - pagina 20
times for the things that wean the soul from and must needs impoverish it."INGodTHE COVERT OF THY WINGS."The profoundest question that governs true piety relates to personal fellowship with God. In the Psalms, which are the most beautiful utterances of a devout mind, t ...
To be near unto God - pagina 6
But when the heart can say: I love the Lord, the idea of the Eternal becomes personified. Then God becomes the Shepherd who leads us, the Father who spiritually begat us, the covenant-God to whom we sustain the covenant relation, the Friend who offers us friendship, the Lord whom we serve, the Go ...
To be near unto God - pagina 30
from the depths of the heart. Prayers which fully harmonize with our own desires and inclinations. Prayers in which not merely a passing thought, but the whole person expresses himself. Prayers in which the soul truly pours itself out risebefore the Holy One.God once.allows u ...
To be near unto God - pagina 7
never be told in words. We then come near unto God, and this comprises all the blessedness of believing.He whohas not learned this secret may say It is good for me to hold me fast by God (Ps. 73:27 Prayer-Book version), but he can not grasp it. So he passes it by as though it meant ...
To be near unto God - pagina 22
~Life can only be fully developed by our dwelling together under one roof tree. The family home is the nursery of love. It is the outward encircling with the tie of the closer fellowship of life. Thus we see that in Scripture the house or tent is given us as an aid, by which fellowship wit ...
To be near unto God - pagina 8
this line. Though be, we understandwas not right, and never can what went on in the heart of those who sought escape from the world, in cell or hermitage, for the sake of unbroken fellowship with God. It might have been efficacious, if in withdrawing from the world they had been able to le ...
To be near unto God - pagina 9
wound, when thefig tree does not blossom, and the vine will yield no fruit, then with Habakkuk to rejoice in the Lord, because His blessed presence is more enjoyed in adversity than in seasons of material prosperity, this is the lesson of history in all ages. But the ways of the world are ...
To be near unto God - pagina 32
that there are no distances with God; and that he can speak to us and can hsten to our voice, even though heaven is his throne and we kneel here on earth. ,Yea, even when we whisper our prayer under breath, so that he who stands by our side can not hear it. And faith had no other explanation for ...
To be near unto God - pagina 31
invented, communications were carried by letters. All this, however, is changed. By this time it is understood that the throat has no sound of its own, but merely enables us to occasion vibrations And that these vibrations find an in the air. artistic instrument in the listening ear to receive T\ ...
To be near unto God - pagina 23
mThis means worship withoutward forms, directly spiritually, from heart to heart. If then we are in sympathy with David's ardent longing to dwell in the house of the Lord, we must no longer apply For this to an earthly house or visible church. this only brings us back to the dispensation o ...
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