OCTOBER 31ST, 1926

OCTOBER 31ST, 1926

BELOVED BROTHER AND SISTER, — ... It has been with much sense of dependence that we have taken up Deuteronomy, and a feeling that we have nearly everything to learn. I have no doubt if we are maintained in this spirit we shall get support from the Lord. One feels that it is a book which requires a certain soul-position to take it up. Perhaps we have not all reached “the plains of Moab”! But in the grace of our God He turns all to profit. Few of us can say that not one city on the side of Jordan eastward has been too strong for us to overcome. This requires man in the Spirit, and according to Spirit, but the Lord would encourage us to see how victoriously we can move and overcome in the power of the Spirit.

I grieve over the much failure which is coming to light here and there. But the hand of the Lord is in these sad exposures, and they will deepen exercise in the godly, and lead to truer self-judgment in us all, I trust, as we see more and more that our safety lies in going on in the positive good, and maintaining self-judgment from that standpoint.

Much love in the Lord to you both,

Yours very affectionately in Him,

October 31st, 1926.