Nothing Is More Contrary To A Heavenly

The Soldier Is Summoned To A Life Of Active Duty And So Is The Christian.

Sometimes, Perhaps, Thou Hearest Another Pray With Much Freedom And Fluency, Whilst Thou Canst Hardly Get Out A Few Broken Words. Hence Thou Art Ready To Accuse Thyself And Admire Him, As If The Gilding Of The Key Made It Open The Door The Better.

How Can God Stoop Lower Than To Come And Dwell With A Poor Humble Soul? Which Is More Than If He Had Said, Such A One Should Dwell With Him; For A Beggar To Live At Court Is Not So Much As The King To Dwell With Him In His Cottage.

The Christian In Prayer Comes Up Close To God, With A Humble Boldness Of Faith, And Takes Hold Of Him, Wrestles With Him; Yea, Will Not Let Him Go Without A Blessing... They Are Only A Few Noble-spirited Souls, Who Dare Take Heaven By Force, That Are Fit For This Calling.

Hope Fills The Afflicted Soul With Such Inward Joy And Consolation, That It Can Laugh While Tears Are In The Eye, Sigh And Sing All In A Breath; It Is Called "the Rejoicing Of Hope" (hebrews 3:6).