GOD'S CHIEF INTEREST

GOD’S CHIEF INTEREST

You are quite welcome to anything I have written or any part of it, only that in this latter case you should give the whole paragraph, and if it would not be troublesome to you I should like to see the proof when it is on any important subject. If we are always learning we must be prepared for seeing divine things clearer every day.

The Lord give you a really prosperous time in America. In 2 Timothy 3 we see that Paul’s teaching and the knowledge of the scriptures combined is the only remedy in the difficult times, and yet in Christendom there is no subject so little known or studied as Paul’s teaching. Take up any book you like or periodical; neither the gospel according to Paul nor the church as the mystery is treated of. You will be the pioneer of a great work in America if you seek to bring Paul’s teaching before the saints there. You begin with Paul’s gospel — Christ in glory, and you will soon lead on to the church. The mystery and the scriptures will then come in new and living power to you, assuring your heart that God always had a chief object — from the call of Abram to this day; and that as any one was set for His object he was supported in a very marked way.

I am thankful that ————,has decided for the Lord. I do not see that it is possible for any one to apprehend the Lord’s mind who is not in some measure in His confidence. It is very encouraging to know that as we are attached to Him, like Mary Magdalene, He opens His mind to us. But surely no one understands any of His mind clearly who is not interested in His chief interest.

The Lord bless you much.