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To be near unto God - pagina 111
and increasein brightness; that the facial color heightens so that it shines through and radiates, and that especially by great mobility the soul reflects itself in the face. This reflection in part Alongside of the noble counis even permanent. tenance of self-sacrificing piety, there is t ...
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are out of the light of God's countenance and are striving to regain it. Even among us a kind face,beaming with sympathy, is irresistable and draws out the light from the face of others, which expresses itselfButthis isfirstof all in a generous smile.much ...
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Thus the light of God's countenance ought to frighten us, and yet it does not. And it can not do this, because it lays bare to us the fulness of grace which is alive in the Father-heart of God. When anyone does not believe in the entire forgiveness of sm, God hides his face from him. Only when fa ...
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point as its source, spread? itt^elf over an everwidening surface across the country below, and at once every object in the track of that light comes out in clear sight. Nothing remains hidden. And so the heart- and soul-searching light from the Allseeing Eye above shines forth into the deepest f ...
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heart as his own idol. There is no reference here to the unconverted. He who here prays knows that he has become God's servant, that he has entered into the service of the Almighty; that he has been with God, and that he has strayed away from him. This is clearly expressed in the image of the she ...
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from wandering to wandering away. And then everything became uncertain, restless and comfortless. Influences from beneath repressed holy influences from above. God seemed far removed from him. The tie of faith in Christ which was once so firmly strung, was weak. It was dark for the soul and in th ...
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themselves, to feel his love; that He regeaerated them, but that conscious faith did not reach the fuller knowledge of his name. This led to the unusual condition that God worked inwardly with his power, but that in spite of it doubt filled the heart and mind. We have all known certain people who ...
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meansof hard and perilous times, which try us to the utmost; by contact with different people who are met by the way; by impressions of angels that hover about us at his command, and by his secret workings in the heart. It is an embroidering which God works upon the soul in all sorts But h ...
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fore to seek fresh air and a healthy atmosphere. In hot and sultry summer days we pant for the And they who are relief which evening brings. in easy reach of the shore revel in the cool invigorating air of the sea. And since we are two-sided, that is to say, since we consist of body and soul, the ...
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of little elevation of character degrades us. Daily intercourse with people of nobler disposition, of more seriousness of thought, and of holier aims in life, spur us on to better things ourselves. good man is like a good genius to us. Pure environments hold us back from things that pull us down. ...
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