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I think there is great neglect (you will bear the word of exhortation) of the word in regard to private reading. Meetings are of all-importance in their place, but if we live on meetings we shall never be men of God. The meetings augment our growth and aid us to come into the light of the temple in relation to the saints, but you can never make up for intercourse with God, private reading, private meditation, private prayers. The scripture says, “When thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret”. Then as regards the word, if you look into it assiduously, and continually, it increases in beauty and interest, and you get nourishment ...

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 18, p.194)

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