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To be near unto God - pagina 261
dressing the Highest Being. It betrays the tendency to show how intimately the man who prays holds converse with his God. And while this is done at the expense of reverence towards God, itleads to sin.Both what is exalted and what is ordinary have very naturally a certain trait in c ...
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out far and high above our earthly, human hfe. Nature gives us an impression of it in the firmament that arches high above us, in the sky that hastens upwards, and in the mighty thunder that rolls through the dark hosts of clouds. In a heavy thunder-storm, in the hurricane that rages upon the gre ...
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poor are frequently treated with far more consideration by those of assured position, than by those When a subject apof lower social standing. proaches his king, as a rule he is surprised by the kind treatment which he receives. And since the Lord God is highly exalted above every one of us, it i ...
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down to us. soul to him.The secondis, that we lift up our with the first. The second follows. In Paradise after the fall God comes down to Adam, and this condescension on the part of God goes on thoughout all Revelation. This coming down is made perfect in the manger At of Bethlehem ...
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Reverence before the Almighty has always proved itself most deep and most true with those who stand nearest to the Lord. While on the other hand thej' who have never entered into secret fellowship with God, have become more and more devoid of all salutary fear, awe and reverence before the Lord o ...
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monent, that there is a God with whom we have to do. But as soon as the danger is past, it takes but a little while for the faint impression to wear away. After a deliverance from pestilence, for instance, unblushing worldliness has frequently shown itself more godless than before. Everything was ...
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even then conversion is effected by the work of Divine grace in the soul, and suffering in connection with this is merely an accidental means of aid. As Job sat among the ashes his wife did not hesitate to say to him; "Curse God, and die," And it is only the soul, which like that of the Psalmist, ...
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the nation became decadent. The mighty world-empire of Rome fared the same way. Sobriety and restraint made it great, until luxury and love of pleasure began from within, what barbaric invasions from without brought to a finish. Even of South Africa it may be asked, if the gold from its mines whi ...
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not at fault, for there was wealth in and there is nothing but wealth in the Fatherhouse above, but that sin in our heart poisons our wealth, and creates a power that is itselfisParadise,hostile to God. In this way God becomes more spiritual to him, and in God, who is a spiri ...
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about God. we worship him, and his spiritual power is felt in the inner Hfe of the soul. But is an altogether different matter when the it power of God is seen in the material, outward life. For it is in this that affliction makes a breach. It breaks it, and you see and feel and handle the power, ...
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