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To be near unto God - pagina 91
rise of wind more noticeable, the sound of the wind has always as of itself spoken of higherthings.Natural philosophy had not yet made a study As the gale arose of atmospheric currents. with dark clouds in the sky, and by its rumblings made the forests to tremble, it was interpreted ...
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And bythe side of this is the symbol of the Softly the wind of day enters Paradise. At first it is not. It arises unobserved, but always from without. It comes to man who does not at once perceive It. At first there is separation and duality. The symbol of the wind represents man as apart ...
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Majesty of God. And only when both of these operate purely, each within its own domain, there is the most exalted worship of God's majesty, together with the most blessed enjoyment of his eternal Love. of theThus the pendulum of the inner life of the moves ever to and fro. When we have giv ...
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world, and loses even the exhilarating freshness of this piety. With a healthful state of heart this change is steady and regular. There is the constant and earnest application to our work,with God above us, fromwhom comesourstrength, and in whom stands our help. And t ...
To be near unto God - pagina 95
which the voice of God passes by us in the wind of the day, but leaves us unmoved and indifferent. While blessed in turn is each day in which in "the wind of the day" God comes so near to the soul that the approach turns into communion, in the intimacy and tenderness of which with fresh draughts ...
To be near unto God - pagina 96
refresh itself." On the one hand intense longing for the joy of the presence of God, and on the other hand the cry of agony for deliverance from God's presence. Does it not seem, at first, that the one is a malediction against the other ? This bitter wail of David does not stand alone. In the boo ...
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In ordinary life we are sufficient unto ourWe extricate ourselves from our little difficulties. We have the means at command to provide against special needs. We know how to rise above simple adversities. And when they are overcome, the triumph deepens the sense of our self-sufficiency. selves. ...
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proach, that they have so long ignored him, adds to the terror of their fears.But this apprehension of dread affects the godly man most strongly when faith fails him, and God momentarily lets him go. Then it seems that God loosens his hold on the soul and at the same time tightens his hold ...
To be near unto God - pagina 99
way by those who all their life have been deeply impressed by God's power. For there is a two-fold sense of God's presence. Now in blessed fellowship with God. And again in the awful consciousness of God's terrible presence in the fears that assail us. And if we were dealt with after our sins and ...
To be near unto God - pagina 100
munion with God in Christ can be enjoyed. But if momentarily faith fails us, and the shield of Christ is taken away from before us, and in the midst of afflictions we feel ourselves suddenly face to face again with the naked majesty of God in his anger, the agony of soul in God's otherwise devote ...
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