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To be near unto God - pagina 513
our consciousness fails us, the nearness of God continues to support the soul, which he has calledunto himself.But however closely these two are allied, they must always be carefully distinguished. Whether God is near unto us, and whether we are near unto God, is not the same. And i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 512
power distantof the world thataims at keeping us farfrom God.The benediction also at the close of public worship might easily be composed by each preacher for himself. That this is not the case, that in the benediction at least a fixed form has been maintained, is a ga ...
To be near unto God - pagina 515
Patmos it was the same. There, too, the seer's eye beheld the holy One, and also the Chenibim who reveal God's majesty, and what is more, from ''the elders," i. e. from the circles of the "Thou, Lord, blest, he heard the hymn of praise :worthy to receive glory and honor and power I" And so ...
To be near unto God - pagina 516
to introduce intermediary persons between our soul and God, to whom to look for help rather than to God. It is plain, therefore, that for the sake of correcting this abuse, safety was sought in sobriety, and that with holy enthusiasm it was undertaken not to allow oneself to be drawn away in his ...
To be near unto God - pagina 519
takes care of himself, because, in case his sin be-came known, it would injure his good name. A third strives against a temptation because indulgence would ruin him financially. A fourth puts a mark against a given sin because in his narrower circle of life it is sharply condemned. Only th ...
To be near unto God - pagina 517
communioii with that world is possible. When the Psalmist would praise God, he calls upon the There angels to praise and bless the Lord (Ps. 103) is an host of the Lord that encampeth round about them that fear God. Not only Satan, the head of .but good angels, too, are in communication wi ...
To be near unto God - pagina 518
natural has come upon you. Not alone, but "With the saints," we will come to the knowledge of our God, and if in eternity it will be the wonderful exaltation of life together with all angels and all saints to glorify God forever, why, then, should we forsake and neglect the glorious power which a ...
To be near unto God - pagina 520
expression of godliness, and at the same time a precious means of cherishing nearness unto God. See it in the life of nations and associations, how waging a common war brings people together, closely unites them, and makes connections for the present and the future. When France at length obtained ...
To be near unto God - pagina 523
nearer unto God, but every time threw you backuponj^ourself.Should we then give up the struggle against the sin that tempts us most, that we might resist the numerous lesser sins? By no means. He who leaves the main entrance to a fortress unprotected merely to repel assaults ...
To be near unto God - pagina 522
Andthus a more serious evil will always cause the struggle against a lesser evil to weaken. And such is also the case with respect to the soul. When the struggle is continued to resist and to repel the particular sin which tempts one the most strongly, a number of other sins have almost fr ...
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