APRIL 23RD, 1892

APRIL 23RD, 1892

I am glad to send you a line in regard to my short visit to the north. I think I may say it turned out happily and I trust for mutual good. On the Saturday and Sunday at 5 — we had readings on Romans 5 and Romans 8, which seemed to be much appreciated and helped, I think, in some measure out of old grooves of thought.. .. On the Monday we had the largest gathering. I tried to show from 1 Corinthians 3 the importance of recognising the temple of God (where the living oracles are), and that saints are stones in it, and that the result of so doing is that we get light on the word. I showed how it was led up to in chapters 1 and 2 — that Christ was all for God — wisdom and power, and man nothing, and that for the apprehension of the wisdom of God we need to be in touch with a new scene (perfect) and characterised by a power beyond and outside of man’s mind (to be spiritual).. .. In the evening I took up the place of hope and faith with a christian.