JUNE 22ND, 1901

JUNE 22ND, 1901

MY DEAR —, — It was a pleasure to me to have your letter today, and to be reminded of our meeting at — five years ago. I unfeignedly thank God that in His infinite grace He was pleased to speak in blessing to your soul at that time, and I also thank Him for keeping you until this present time with desire of heart to know His grace more fully, and to be better acquainted with that Blessed One in whom it is all set forth. To Him be the praise now and evermore, for not one particle of the credit belongs to us!

It is blessed to think that we have been taken up for the satisfaction of divine love, and that we might be near divine ^[p. 42] Persons in the circle of their own pleasure! To this end God has made Himself known to us as a Saviour-God. He has shown Himself to be “for us” — whether in relation to our sins, our state, or our weaknesses and the enemy’s power. All that He has done and been for us becomes the mighty testimony of His love, and that love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. The effect of knowing God’s love is that we desire to be near Him in the knowledge of all that is in His mind for us. We find that all our springs are in Him; He is the fountain of life for our souls.

But how infinite is the thought that the blessed God would have us holy and without blame before Him in love — as sons before His face — for the rest and satisfaction of His own love!

The Lord direct our hearts into the love of God! And in finding our home in that love may we be preserved from the evil which is in the world!

With much love in the Lord,

Yours affectionately in Him,

June 22nd, 1901.