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thousand millions of living souls? There are a few mighty ones who feel, and must feel, that they are great in the world. Think of a Napoleon, or But, there is nothing of this in of a Bismarck. the ordinary man who prays, whose name is scarcely known outside of his village or town. The mighty one ...
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mysticism. At first we face the distance. First the soul must Hft itself to higher things. Not here below but above is the altar of the prayers of the saints, which burns with incense before his face. No more here below, but in heaven our Savior is seated at the right hand of God, and prays for u ...
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human way, to know, to perceive, to that we, too, come to our turn, and that for us also there comes a moment of hearing that is what he who prays means, when he gives jubilant thanks, that God has also inclined the ear to his prayer. Of course, this is not so with God. He does nothing in turn. H ...
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pronounces blessed. Then of itself and unconsciously the second round is reached, the entering upon the secret walk with God. Not that the light of God's countenance shines on us all, but in this way, that the soul has become a mirror, light is reflected. That God and that the soul shines out tow ...
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82"TAKE NOT THY HOLY SPIRITFROMThe HolyME."Scripture speaks of a seeking of God's"Blessed is the people that know the joyface. ful sound: they shall walk, Lord, in the light of thy countenance" (Ps. 89:15). But the Scripture speaks also of something more ...
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It is the Holy Ghost himwho, entering into the heart of God's child, sets the seal upon it of this Triune Mystery. But for this reason fellowship with the Holystillness of solitude. selfSpirit in us is exceedingly sensitive and tender. Nothing must come in between, or it is gone. It ...
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no words for it. Our conception here fails of all analysis. can believe, we can undergo sensations, we can enjoy, but here on earth, at least, and in our state of sin the deep mystery of the Triune Being of God can not be unveiled to us. v/orship Almighty God as our Father who is in heaven. worsh ...
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And then the joy of salvation returns; the meeting again between the soul that had deeply grieved the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit who rather than let go the soul of God's child, had allowed himself to be grieved. It is well with him who has experienced this with regard to his own sin. He alo ...
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And evenin such moments, faith that is not continues to shine through. After his deep fall David felt the anxious estrangement. He realized that as long as God looked upon his sin, no restoration of fellowship was possible, and ''Hide thy face from my therefore he prayed: sins, and blot ou ...
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had not yet taken up his abode in the church permanently, because, only after his ascension, Jesus would send the Comforter from the Father to the church.And so it must be understood when the Apostles speak of the church as of a "Temple of God" and as a "dwelling place of God in the Spirit ...
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