Standards of Life and Service

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all seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart'. I like this word, because it turns our minds to the true and only source of light and life a

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o live the life and do the work which Full Salvation implies. To realize this Divine union is as essential as to experience the forgiveness of sin. We must know God as well as worship H

laim, 'All Thy works praise Thee'; 'The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork'. The mind also by reflection and deduction may clothe the Creator with attributes or qualities of ch

and occasional prayers, these revelations do not come. It is w

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; He alone can save after the fashion that they need a Saviour; He alone, ha

of heart which the prophet's words imply. In a sense they want the blessing, but I fear they

o their way'. Now, may I not reasonably apply these words to some who regularly attend our Meetings, but do not obtain the blessing? You are holding on to things about which it requires no stretch of im

oubtful pursuits, questionable friendships or conduct. Do you care enough about God and Holiness to drop all such? Some have not don

ing of our various topics may be put thus, 'Holiness, and what comes out of it'. Not simply spiritual blessings as an inward experience, but a gift to be liv

me the explanation she had given him: 'Well, Colonel, I have changed my mind; I have left The Army and become a Christian'. That seems a strange putting of the position; but I fear that it was with her, as with some of you who have sought to dodge the cross, escape

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-keeps at it, not giving up at the first disappointment. Observe also the effect upon herself when her search is successful. Full of satisfaction she calls in her neighbours and friends-'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost'. Loud in her testimony, she delights in making

sity of desire. There are blessings that come like God's rain and sunshine, sought or unsought; but no man ever got a clean heart who did no

s 'believing that ye receive'. The Psalmist's words are equally fitting-'As the hart panteth after the water brooks'-as the hunted deer longs for the stream-'so panteth my soul after Thee, O God'. That means more than a co

sanctifying blessing'; all this counts for much. People speak of their desires and hopes, but how slow they are to make up their minds that, at all costs, they will seek and find a Saviour, by whose power they shall be fully delivere

Sanctification have often been stated, but may be repeated once more: a turning from all things known to be evil or doubtful;

terms, but as the Holy Spirit reveals them to each one personally. To one it is, 'Do this', to another 'Do that'; 'Give up this', or 'Give up that'; 'Trust Me for this', 'Trust Me for that'. But all who