EFFECTS OF THE LORD'S PRESENCE

EFFECTS OF THE LORD’S PRESENCE

I was speaking last evening on the Lord’s chief interest, and I think many of them felt that there is now something worth living for.

It sometimes comes over me that I may not be long here, I mean in this world, and I say to myself at times — Suppose you were never allowed to speak on this subject again in this room.

It seems to me there is such a lack of men who count not their lives dear unto themselves. When J.N.D. was ^[p. 268] a young man, and exposing the defects of others, his father said to him: ‘I say, John, improve the world by one man.’ This is just what you and I have to do with regard to the church.

It is instructive to mark where the servant is himself in his speaking. I see it in a very marked way in ————, so occupied with the work of Christ on the cross, while ———— is more taken up with Christ’s work in himself. Practice must follow from the latter. I spoke on the effects of the Lord’s presence. First, in unclouded light. Second, you are heavenly, because He comes in altogether in heavenly order. I enjoyed this much. Third, is ecstasy. Fourth, worship. Fifth, edification. If I add — in the Spirit and relationship there would be seven. I hope in future to give myself more to the servants or to the places where the servants are.