Jesus said, "This is life eternal, that preaching centres, he spent the time in study and meditation.
Then we think of Mary Slessor, whose life on the Calabar Coast bears such eloquent testimony to her knowledge of God and her constant communion with Him. She found the secret when, before her mission days began, she worked at the looms in her native town. She had a Bible on the frame and studied a verse as it passed along, then another. Livingstone used the same method; and so one might go on.
I would premise that if we did but work half as hard at our religion as we do in our business or pleasure, we would get results that would astound us. We should be We cannot hope to find God until we are filled with an overwhelming desire to be free from all impurity. Then let us no longer be content to worship an unknown God, for this is most sure and certain,—an earnest search for God, sufficient time given to the search, and a real desire and an honest effort after purity in deed and motive, shall not fail of their reward. We shall find Him; we shall attain to that knowledge of God which is peace and joy and power, mot only here and now, but that carries with it the assurance of eternal lite.
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