This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... catch that most triumphant burst from an elder saint, out of the ashes of utter desolation, ' Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." So, out of the gloom of the garden and the midnight, let a light shine along all our earthly paths, no matter hew darkly shadowed; and ever, in deepest anguish, let that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... catch that most triumphant burst from an elder saint, out of the ashes of utter desolation, ' Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." So, out of the gloom of the garden and the midnight, let a light shine along all our earthly paths, no matter hew darkly shadowed; and ever, in deepest anguish, let that prostrate form teach us, repeating after His quivering lips, to say, " Not as I will, but as Thou wilt!" "Thy Will Be Done!" In devious way The hurrying stream of life may run; Yet still our grateful hearts shall say, "Thy will be done I" "thy Will Be Done!" Tho' shrouded o'er Our path with gloom, one comfort, one Is ours: to breathe, while we adore, "Thy will be done I" NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL. "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."--1 Con. ii. 14. IN this humanity of ours we have two natures, and we live a double life. One is of Sense, the other of Soul. In the one we see and hear and touch and handle with fleshly organs and instruments. The objects with which we thus become conversant are material objects. In the other, the faculties that perceive, inquire, search, and apprehend are spiritual organs, and their objects are qualities, truths, ideas. The two have their distinct and widely-contrasted means of growth and nourishment. One must be fed and clad and warmed and sheltered and comforted as a material being. The other feeds on knowledge, is sheltered by protection from fear and sorrow, warmed by love and sympathy, comforted by hope. Their needs correspond accurately with these natural and spiritual appetencies. Their enjoyments range in the same...
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