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To be near unto God - pagina 51
communion. A headache may depress us and prevent the mind from free utterance, or lessen our sensitiveness. This also may act as a spur to give the body rest and calm in behalf of fellowship with God. At times, hovv'ever, the failure of obtaining a Divine hearing can not be explained from one cau ...
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cametoknowand there;"nwself,"or, ''Iwas converted then"Then andthere I gave myself to Christ;" "In this wa}' or in that I found my Savior." And in whatever way it was expressed, it always meant the narrative of personal religious experience. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 53
God includes a spiritual reality which far exceeds mere intellectual acumen, and which merely employs the abstractions of dogma and doctrine as means by which to clarify impressions that are received and to explain sensations of soul and inner experiences. And this has gradually been forgotten. K ...
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Thereis language in nature and in the animal But human language is altogether different and far richer, even though no word is spoken.world.The countenance facial expression,speaks; it speaks through the but particularly through and byThrough the eye, as a windo ...
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This can not be taken in a material sense. Temptation leads to this and the Divine Father has been pictured in the form of an old man. Even Moses went astray in this direction when he prayed for a sight of God's face. It was a bold prayer. It brought this answer: "Thou canst not see my face, for ...
To be near unto God - pagina 56
;established between the Living God and our soul. Scripture expresses this mystical knowledge of God in various ways. It speaks of the ''secret walk with God," of ''dwelling in the House of the Lord," of "walking with God." And the Gospel develops this into the rich and glorious thought th ...
To be near unto God - pagina 57
the case of the httle child, who, on being left alone, first becomes frightened and then begins to cry. If less striking, with adults as a rule, courting solitude or shunning it is marked with sufficient clearness to suggest something of their character. Some embrace every opportunity to escape f ...
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Solitude, moreover, It lures therun-downisloved bymenof study.aged more than people of midlife.Inweakened nerves, people shrink from excitement. But this springs from accidental causes and is no index of charastate of health, with ...
To be near unto God - pagina 59
away with disease. But there is something more in you, something that is hidden in your inner being; and that hidden something For in death is your soul, which you must love. you must return it in all honor and holiness to God who gave it. From this the sense is developed that the soul There is m ...
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the inner solitariness can never be broken. And Either one of two things is bound to happen: the soul may be left too solitary or its solitariness may not be sufiBciently appreciated. The soul is too solitary when we are bereft of our means of support and of the sweet companionship of life. This ...
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