DECEMBER 14TH, 1934

DECEMBER 14TH, 1934

MY DEAR —, — It is very good of you to think of my birthday, and to send me such kind gifts. The — has arrived, and been put into use, and I shall value it as your gift. But remember what I told you, that after 70 people do not send presents, but just write comforting letters that cheer and refresh more than material things can, for they breathe the atmosphere of that world that knows no passing years, and bring a fragrance that can be carried over into it. One would like to know more what it is to be quickened in one’s affections for the present enjoyment of resurrection life, and even of what belongs to the place where Christ is as ascended! The Spirit’s power has, indeed, opened the heavenly door, but we need “the wings of a dove” to carry us through that open door, and they, too, are available for seeking hearts....

If assembly sorrows do not enlarge, they almost inevitably tend to narrow and straiten us. They either bring out the best or the worst that is in us! We want it to be the former here....

Yours very affectionately in the Lord,

December 14th, 1934.