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To be near unto God - pagina 71
by his Creation. His purpose is not merely to be great, but to be known, to be praised and And, therefore, God creto be loved as such. ated man after his Image and after his Likeness. 13"NONE OF ME." The new paganism, whichisbroadly on theincrease, differs from that ag ...
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The modern pagan movement, on the other is driven by an entirely impersonal object. It has no thought of setting up idolatroushand,images. It scorns idolatry proper which is still perpetuated in India, China and Japan. But it is negatively impelled by the denial of a living, persona ...
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has resulted in the fact that they who in other respects are faithful Christians have abandoned far too greatly the personal element in the living God, and in turn dote on the beautiful ideas of mercy and love, of peace and the higher good. But personal communion with the personal God is no longe ...
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St. Thomas puts his hand on the wound-print in Jesus* side, sinks to his knees and exclaims: "My Lord and my God," all the power of personal worship of God in Christ reveals itself. And by this alone the church of Christ has be-come whatit is.also lost to us. First, this powe ...
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stint, but they hold themselves aloof from every personal touch. No trace of affection for us can be discovered in their heart. No sympathy for us can be observed in anything they do. They show no desire to have personal knowledge of The reason for this, no doubt, in many us. cases, is to be foun ...
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apostacy on the part of the world of spirits which diverts the heart from the living God. But this must be resisted. The struggle must be begun against our own heart first, that it may be restored to personal communion with the living God. This struggle must be extended across the entire range of ...
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them that walk uprightly(Ps. 84:11). It raises grateful echoes in the heart. But, alas, they are not original with us. Among rich and poor we speak of a sunshine in the house. But who volunteers to confess from long experience: The Lord has been a Sun unto me all my days, and will be till ...
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worship of images or of spirits, but the calm and reverent adoration of the wandering Bedouin, as beneath such wondrous skies he beheld the stars by night and the glory of the sun by day until at length, swayed by ecstacy, he imagined that this dazzling, majestic, all-pervading and governing sun ...
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He imparts power to the soil, where hidden from human eyes, it makes the seed germinate and sprout. And such is the case with God, both as to operations and antithesis. His throne is high above us in the heavens. By His omnipresence God is close by and all around us. He has access to the heart. H ...
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Lord, is the fountain of life," or "In Thy light shall we see light," or "The Lord is the Sun of soul," it all means: With God the soul hasmyThe source of all it is dead. power is God. Everything, in brief, that makes the sun unspeakably precious in the world of nature God is to the ...
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