To be near unto God - pagina 388

is

under his holy supervision.

He

revives in us

what is ready to languish. He bends straight in us what threatens to become crooked. And as a mother cares for her babe in outward things, so does our faithful Father provide against every difficulty and every need of our soul. This is a work of God, which began in his council, which was reckoned with in our ancestors, which from the cradle has been accomplished in us, and never ceases all the days and nights of our lives. A work of God upon the soul, which goes on when we are alone, and when we mingle with the multitudes; which does not desist wlule we are at work, and which, with a firm hand, is directed to what God has determined by himself to make of us now and forever. Our own plan regarding our development and the formation of character, as a rule does not extend further than this brief life, but God's supervision of our spirit" extends to all eternities, while it prepares in us here, what will only unfold itself on the other side of the grave. This "oversight of God" is both guardianship *'

training. It is the work of the Supreme Artist, in preparing from the life of your soul an ornament for the house of the Father above. This activity of God upon and in the soul, this Divine oversight of our spirit can be resisted, whereby the Holy Spirit is grieved. But as workers together with God we can do our part. This is the aim of the sacred impulse of childship, ever seeking strength in the humble prayer of Psalm 138:

and

"Forsake not what Thy hand began, O, Source of Life, Grant Thy assistance." S84

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