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To be near unto God - pagina 311
we crave personal of soulHuman nature consists only fully satisfied whenpresence.and body, andisfellowship of soul with soul is accompanied by physical presence. In the realm of glory, communion with God's saints will only be made perfect by the sight of one ano ...
To be near unto God - pagina 312
are never separated from God. We can Qot be anywhere and God not be near. He besets us behind and before. Whither shall we go from his Spirit, whither shall we flee from his presence. We can not escape the presence of God. "If I make my bed in hell," sings David, Ps. 139. ''behold Thou art there. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 313
He is sovereign to grant liis Let to the soul or to withhold it. him who received it, therefore, take thought, granted a privilege thereby he was that above all other privileges, a royal, heavenly and Divine grace of highest worth. And that we take this blessedness at this high worth will be evid ...
To be near unto God - pagina 314
For though, provided applied with utmost care, such losing of oneself in spiritual vision of the Infinite, as result of private prayer, can have a value of its own. It is not what continually being ''near unto God" implies. It can not mean this because in holy, mj'stical meditation the other oper ...
To be near unto God - pagina 315
into every interest of life, so we should allow the thought of God, the lifting up of the soul to God, the faith on, and the love for, God unceaThis singly to operate in and with everything. prevents estrangement, and straying away, and accustoms the soul to be continually "near unto God." This i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 316
the waters in the flood of destruction that came rise, without waiting for an answer to their cry, they should have sought refuge with God. The people did not do this. They trusted in their own strength and underestimated the danger. And then instead of the people calling upon God, God called upo ...
To be near unto God - pagina 317
soul in truth the call of confidence goes forth: "I hide me Loid. with thee." (Ps. 143:9 marg. reading). Hiding with God is not dwelling in his tent, or knowing the secret grace of the hidden walk. Hiding never indicates a fixed condition, but always something transient. seek shelter from a thund ...
To be near unto God - pagina 318
connected with the hour of teiTor;when the water has risen to the hps, when dark dread has suddenly overtaken the soul, when there is no way of escape, when dark night settles onwhen faith no longer trusts itself. there is an heroic taking hold of self, and as in the moment of danger the c ...
To be near unto God - pagina 319
God the battle is no longer one between the world, but between the world and God. He who hides with God commits his cause to God. He withdraws himself from it. All his support and hope is the righteousness of his And only when this has openly been Lord. shown, he comes out from his hiding again i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 320
les, the hope of eternal life dawns on the soul of the believer, and he also seeks to do away-but bj^ expecting nothing more from strength and powers, and by resigning everything into the hand of God. Even as he who is incurably ill, suffers dreadfully, is no more able to endure it, and ex ...
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