Then secondly, we must come "Diligently," for God is the rewarde: of them that diligently seek Him'. I have been thinking over some of the stories of Israel's national returning t3 God. Again and again the same intensity of purpose is manifested la such words as—'They sought the Lord with all their heart. and with all their soul. Or again—They set themselves to seek the Lord'. The force of the Hebrew word translated set' is simply to give'. So we might read—'They gave themselves to seek the Lord'; they gave themselves up to the one purpose of seeking the Lord. Sometimes faced with overwhelming odds, sometimes from the very bitterness of their oppressed condition, the ery of diligent determination to seek God's face, was wrung from Israels lips. We, too, must be prepared to give ourselves, before we can expect God to give us that which we desire. The Archbishop of York, in a recent broadcast address, sounds this same note of diligent purpose. "In this day of judgment" says Dr. Temple, "when men's neglect of God and His laws has led to calamity beyond words to express, and to anxiety that wrings the heart, we need dedication complete and absolute. Even now, the war has not profoundly affected the y lives of multitudes. We need a more searching self-discipline than we have as yet accepted". God rewarder to those who come
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