HIMSELF, HOLINESS AND HEAVEN

HIMSELF, HOLINESS AND HEAVEN

It is happy to remember that every divine link we have with one another will be maintained in power for ever. I spoke from Luke 14: 15, 16, the superiority of our present portion while on the earth over anything that ever has been or will be from the earth; and secondly, that in the worst state here, as in chapter 17 you can be more prosperous here (see chapter 18) through dependence and surrender. Some are like birds on a sunshiny day when the snow covers the ground. They see that there is something shrouding the green thing, and they are like the birds unprepared for it, and are evidently in search of some of ^[p. 204] the old or former enjoyments; they have not learned to look up and to receive manna from heaven, and still less to go there and feed on the corn of the land. That is the great difference between the manna and the corn of the land; the one came down to this place; for the other we have to go up to get it.

Here they are satisfied with the three ‘G’s’ — gospel, good conduct, good works. I say I want besides these the three ‘H’s’ — Himself, holiness, and heaven! What I feel most is the lack of earnestness, so little desire to advance. Thank the Lord He would have us to pray always and not to faint.