JANUARY 13TH, 1897

JANUARY 13TH, 1897

MY DEAR —, — ... I trust that the Lord will care for His saints and for His work in —, and that you may have refreshings of heart from Himself. If He is really the Object of our hearts it makes present things look very small — whether they are dark or bright. He can sustain above the trials of this scene, and He can throw its brightest things into the shade by His own excellency. His love is ever active towards us, and is ever seeking to draw us to Himself. If we know Him it does indeed isolate our hearts from the place of His ^[p. 7] rejection, and make us strangers here. While His love known in our hearts is a little bit of heaven before we get there!

Is it not a blessed thing that God delights to be known by us, and that He has made Himself known in the Son of His love, and by the death of the Lord Jesus? And the Holy Spirit also given to us to shed the love of God abroad in our hearts, so that it is God’s will that our hearts should be constantly lighted up with divine love! May we really take it in, and go in for it! It is such a deep joy to the heart of God to find a response to His love.

Give my love to all in the beloved circle at —, and to any others of ours whom you may see. I trust you are all preserved in health, as we are through mercy. Mother is fairly well, but not able to go out in the evenings. She joins me in much love to you all in the Lord.

Yours affectionately in Him,

January 13th, 1897.