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To be near unto God - pagina 398
But there have always been others who have persevered, who would not give up, who did not abandon hope, and who by great pov/er of will reached the point, where they could breathe again, and opposition seemed broken. And thanks to the practice acquired in the struggle, they put forth a final, gia ...
To be near unto God - pagina 400
to life in Paradise, and when sin came in, Paradise was gone, and the curse overtook our earthlyexistence. Not as though deadly monotony prevailed in Paradise, or that in heaven the absence of all change about God's throne would occasion a somber pall to darken the life of the blessed. Without en ...
To be near unto God - pagina 401
Here on earth sin characterizes all of life. It does this by no means merely in the sense, that sin is continuously committed night and day, and that sin occasions ruin, but rather in this sense that sin breaks human life, constantly removes its supports and makes them change, and makes the way o ...
To be near unto God - pagina 403
milling, so that rejuvenated and renewed in strength of life you feel by the grace of God that you have been, as it were, given back to yourself, in order, as though nothing had ever been the matter with you, in full realization of Divine grace, with renewed courage to take up the battle of life ...
To be near unto God - pagina 404
thisabundant refreshing overtakes usspiritually.only overtakes him who exists spiritually, who inwardly leads a spiritual life and who can thirst after God as the hart thirsts after the water brooks. The many thousands who live in unconcern, without ever missing fellowship wi ...
To be near unto God - pagina 402
and shall one day show itself to be our real human existence, even as it is this already for God's angels. But it does follow from this that our earthly life must be continuouslyhigher, true,tossed and shaken and move ever up and down; and that it becomes richer, more interesting an ...
To be near unto God - pagina 406
learning to walk, until at last it succeeds when the ankles have become stronger. And so the growth goes on until full maturity is reached; and then there is strength for a hard run, the bold jump, the climb of a steep rock, the defiance of weariness and fatigue. All this is material. The growth ...
To be near unto God - pagina 405
ness are ended, and light shines forth again, and God returns to reveal himself to you in the fullness of his grace, then for you also there is abundant refreshing. And then you perceive and confess that had not God led you through this depth of forsakenness, you would never have experienced such ...
To be near unto God - pagina 407
observe by the side of sense and love of truth the rise of hatred against falsehood. To become ever more deeply conscious of the sense of justice, to see the seriousness of life increase. 0, it all presents the beautiful image of a going from strength to strength in the inner personality. In body ...
To be near unto God - pagina 408
With old people not infrequently there is shrinking and diminution. With the artist also there is a moment in hia life when he has reached his zenith, and the fullness and richness of his expression of art rather decreases than gains. In the intellectual domain there may be a few whose minds at 7 ...
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