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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 ...
To be near unto God - pagina 10
unto him. But in that case, satisfaction with half measures must not be tolerated. If we do, vague love for a far-away God will riiore than ever failThe free and untrammeled life, that joj'fully proclaims: I love the Lord, alone can save. For it does not remain standing afar off, but seeks ...
To be near unto God - pagina 11
undervalue better works from other hands. This evident in mother-joy, which revels in play with its own child, such as is impossible in play with Self-delusion and selfishness a neighbor's child. may at times be too evident in this joy of the mother heart, but history and folklore in all lands an ...
To be near unto God - pagina 24
who stand before the Lord. God's house will afford the opportunity for fellowship with him, but in it we will look for God himself. One must live with a person in his house in order to enjoy his company to the full. But the house without him is nothing. He himself angels and the saints,the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 12
can allow her just anger with the child of her to work itself out to the end, just so little can God's wrath with a soul fully exhaust itself, because He has made it. As a Father pitiethown bosomhis children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear (Ps. 103). "Though a mother may forget ...
To be near unto God - pagina 33
one and the same time among and with all the redeemed of the Lord. But even then it will all be the expression and the working out of the fact of our- creation after the Divine image. It will not be just in the sameway in which God communes with us, but be communion in a similar way. That ...
To be near unto God - pagina 13
soul that has gone astray, because He has made it. The beautiful parables of the lost penny, the lost sheep and the lost son sprang in the mind of Christ from the thought that God can not let go the works of his hands. Therefore He does not leave the souls of sinners indifferently as prey to corr ...
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