THE MARKS OF THE LORD BEING WITH HIS PEOPLE
THE MARKS OF THE LORD BEING WITH HIS PEOPLE
Thank the Lord, I am very happy and encouraged. I am assured that He has taught us the right way. I do not deny that we are very feeble in it, but I can say, “The Lord of hosts is with us” (Psalm 46: 7), and that is everything. I have been much interested in seeing the marks of the Lord being with His people. I could hardly explain all to you now. The first- is the actual fact of His presence.
- Such a respect for His presence that every association would be avoided unsuited to His presence; in a word, holiness in discipline.
- Personal separation from all engagements and occupations which would unfit us for His presence.
- His chief interest my chief interest. The church paramount.
- A sense of the ruin around, but in the spirit and fidelity of the remnant adhering to the fundamental principles. The beginning insisted on.
- Truth in all its branches, not limited and curtailed, but gradually expanding into their full dimensions.
- Service according to His pleasure.
I daresay this summary will interest you, though it is very crude and undeveloped.
You ask me to tell you the effects of the glory. You are transformed there. In Philippians 4: 6, 7, you are transformed from depression of one kind or, another into the [p. 55] most inconceivably blessed state — you have the peace of God that passeth all understanding. See Paul in 2 Corinthians 12, how transformed he was — taking pleasure in infirmities which had so greatly distressed him, and for the removal of which he had prayed three times!