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To be near unto God - pagina 295
And yet, we do it, when imitating the of the world we say of such dead that theypractice.way"peaceably passed away." Not calmly and peacefully, but fighting and conquering in the Savior, should be the dying bed in the Christian family. He who has not the heart for this, but i ...
To be near unto God - pagina 296
All the knowledge of God that has been acquired before concentrates itself in such deathbed worship, and in that moment it is wonderfully illumined, enriched and deepened. Now the dying saint knows God more clearly than he ever did before. He almost sees God face to face.. This worship also bears ...
To be near unto God - pagina 297
64"GIVE YOURSELF TO FASTING AND PRAYER." It is a contradiction in terms, that while members of the churches of the Reformation profess to live according to the precepts of Holy Writ, they do not fast. It is certainly a Scriptural rule of life, not only in the Old, but also in the New Testa ...
To be near unto God - pagina 300
temporary abstinence from food. It aims to put an end to the dominion of the body over the soul, and to restore the soul's dominion over the body. You know yourself that everything that feeds and pleases the body has a tendency to repress the clearness and elasticity of the life of the soul. ...
To be near unto God - pagina 298
ing is almost altogether abandoned. It is still our habit, as it was in the days of Hosea, to say: "Our God, we Israel, know thee" (8:2). But when Scripture shows that the Knowledge of God is greatly advanced by prayer, and prayer by fasting, is there not something lacking, when we, who say that ...
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 299
fasting of the right sort, and declares that it has reward of grace with God. are only safe therefore, when on one hand we oppose dead formalism in fasting, and on the other hand bring into practice the true fasting, which has been appointed of God. And as we look back upon the past, and look aro ...
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 ...
To be near unto God - pagina 304
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, ...
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