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To be near unto God - pagina 301
and that therefore we have to serve God as much in the midst of the world, and in the enjoyment of his blessings in our families and surroundings, as in our practice of ''fasting and prayer." For it can not be denied, that it is helpful and beneficial, purposely, from time to time, to break away ...
To be near unto God - pagina 302
means alone the depriving of the body of food and drink, but the withdrawal of self by generosity from the dominion of money, by sobriety and simplicity of life to liberate oneself from the power of self-indulgence, and certainly also by seclusion to escape the mastery of environment. This is wha ...
To be near unto God - pagina 303
prayers, and in those of others, there is more speaking in the air, than prayer and address to the living God. Can it be denied that in extemporary prayer before others, and even in public worship, there is more argumentation and reasoning, than real appeal to the most High, who is clothed with M ...
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exile,they prayed with their faces toward Zion.As anafter effect of this habit we still find in countries, that people do not pray at home,manybut in churches. Such churches are open all day, and in the solemn stillness of such stately edifices one kneels down, ...
To be near unto God - pagina 305
Gcxl's child always prays in Jesus' name. He must do this, because irreconciled and unredeemed, he would find no listening ear with God. But even prayer in Jesus' name becomes a word withoutmeaning, when one does not first place himself before the face of the Holy One, and feels that of hi ...
To be near unto God - pagina 306
spirit and in truth. But he who knows as his Father who is in heaven, also knows that in prayer he has no deaUngs with a force that extends and spreads itself everywhere, but with his covenant God, his Lord and King, and that he can not rest content until, in order to pray, he has resumed his sec ...
To be near unto God - pagina 307
is broken, so he who prays stands at the gate of heaven, and calls upon God for a hearing, and seeks connection of fellowship, but gets no sign of life in return. This but shows, that real prayer can not begin until a hearing is obtained, and connection has been established, and we know that God ...
To be near unto God - pagina 308
&6"TOWHOMSOEVER THE SONWILL REVEAL HIM" When weRomans 1 :20 that "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the thingsread inthat are made," and in Matthew 11:27 that "no one knoweth the Father, save the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 309
pulse from which it proceeds, is never anything mistaken interpretation of the else, then the speech of God in nature and in the conscience. This is the seed of religion of which Calvin bore witness, the increated knowledge of God and the given knowledge of God, which was ever confessed by our fa ...
To be near unto God - pagina 310
trembles. The knowledge of the Father maketh rich, gives peace and eternal rest. The knowledge which Satan has of God makes him tremble. This is the difference between Satan and a great sinner on earth. While the criminal can take a sleeping draught to quiet his conscience and to forget God, Sata ...
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