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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 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 8
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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
TO BE NEAR UNTO GOD 1"IT ISGOOD FOR ME TO BE NEAR UNTO GOD.""I When in holy ecstacy the Psalmist sings:voice my love the Lord, because He hath heard whole and my supplication," he pours out his be anasoul in his song, but the love can not different and a lized. To have love f ...
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 10
sonified. Then God becomes the Shepherd wh* leads us, the Father who spiritually begat us the covenant-God to whom we sustain the covenant relation, the Friend who oifers us friendship the Lord whom we serve, the God of qui trust, who is no longer merely God, but our Godtoy many years we m ...
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 ...
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