| › Introduction - Here is a masterly study of the inner life by a heart thirsting after God, eager to grasp at least the outskirts of His ways, the abyss of His love fo ...read |
| › Preface - In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing n ...read |
| › Chapter 1: Following Hard after God - My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.-Psa. 63:8
Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which brie ...read |
| › Chapter 2: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kindgom of heaven. - Matt. 5:3
Before the Lord God made man upon the earth He first prepared fo ...read |
| › Chapter 3: Removing the Veil - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. - Heb. 10:19
Among the famous sayings of the Church fathers ...read |
| › Chapter 4: Apprehending God - O taste and see.-Psa. 34:8
It was Canon Holmes, of India, who more than twentyfive years ago called attention to the inferential character of the ...read |
| › Chapter 5: The Universal Presence - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?-Psa. 139:7
In all Christian teaching certain basic truths are foun ...read |
| › Chapter 6: The Speaking Voice - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.-John 1:1
An intelligent plain man, untaught in the truths of Chri ...read |
| › Chapter 7: The Gaze of the Soul - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.-Heb. 12:2
Let us think of our intelligent plain man mentioned in cnapter six coming for ...read |
| › Chapter 8: Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation - Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.-Psa. 57:5
It is a truism to say that order in nature depends upo ...read |
| › Chapter 9: Meekness and Rest - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.-Matt. 5:5
A fairly accurate description of the human race might be furnished one unacquai ...read |
| › Chapter 10: The Sacrament of Living - Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31
One of the greatest hindrances to internal peac ...read |
