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main standing afaroff,but seeks access to the in personal contactimmediate presence of God, of soul with the Eternal. 2"THE SOULS WHICHIHAVE MADE."There is a peculiar charm about the thing which we have made. Not because of any intrinsic value it ...
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thought in hand. The plummet goes far deeper. The saving and uplifting power of this confession is only felt when each morning is begun anew with the vivid realization of the inspiring thought that the soul in us is a work of art, made by the High and Holy One, on which his Honor hangs, over whic ...
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taken to improve financial conditions.Onlythink of how much there is at stake in this matter, as regards the education of the young, our own moral and spiritual development, and the cause of God's kingdom in the earth. Money is a great power, and in times of pressing needs the lack ...
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the two kinds of riches in contrast with each other; riches in money and riches in God. Not that one excludes the other. If we are rich in God, it is nothing against us to be rich in worldly goods. For then we will be well aware of the fact that we are but stewards of the Almighty, and money will ...
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what have I; what is there of me? Does my money impart to me my worth as a man, or am I something myself? Are there treasures stored up in my heart? Apart from all material interests has my personal self any significance worthy of mark in God's sight, or am actually nothing? Let us not deceive ou ...
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these are not fellowship with the Eternal. He fears the Lord does not rest until he has entered into such conscious fellowship with Him that there is mutual knowledge between the two. Even the clear sense that God knows him and that he knows God. What we call friendly intercourse among men, intim ...
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In addition to all this, according to the Scripture, there is the inheritance of the saints in light.Thedifferencebetween these twoisde-termined by the difference between the innerand the outward life. The riches in God have already to do with the ...
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ly given help to make clear to us the things which we observe and feel or only dimly sense in the mystic depths of our heart? But even the broad creation fell short of material along this line. Wherefore the Lord has put still another figure before us by which to Ulustrate this intimate fellowshi ...
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of fine sharp tools by themselves, they are utterly useless. Thus the heart can only speak of possessions, when such powers and capacities have been so trained that they will permit admittance into heaven, will make us feel at home there, and will enable us to exert heavenly influences there. ...
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Temple were a pattern of what actually in the heavens. And in connectionexistswith this, the deep longing constantly expressed to be privileged to dwell in the Tabernacle of the Lord. Rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than dwell in the palaces of the ungodly. "One thing hav ...