call gives life to the dead, and holiness to those whom He has made
alive. He calls us to listen as He speaks of His Holiness, and of our
holiness like His. He calls us to Himself, to study, to fear, to love,
to claim His Holiness. He calls us to Christ, in whom Divine Holiness
became human Holiness, to see and admire, to desire and accept what is
all for us. He calls us to the indwelling and the teaching of the
Spirit of Holiness, to yield ourselves that He may bring home to us and
breathe within us what is ours in Christ. Christian! listen to God
calling thee to Holiness. Come and learn what His Holiness is, and what
thine is and must be.

Yes, be very silent and listen. When God called Abraham, he answered,
Here am I. When God called Moses from the bush, he answered, Here am I,
and he hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. God is calling
thee to Holiness, to Himself the Holy One, that He may make thee holy.
Let thy whole soul answer, Here am I, Lord! Speak, Lord! Show Thyself,
Lord! Here am I. As you listen, the voice will sound ever deeper and
ever stiller: Be holy, _as_ I am holy. Be holy, _for_ I am holy. You
will hear a voice coming out of the great eternity, from the
council-chamber of redemption, and as you catch its distant whisper, it
will be, Be holy, I am holy. You will hear a voice from Paradise, the
Creator making the seventh day holy for man whom He had created, and
saying, Be holy. You will hear the voice from Sinai, amid thunderings
and lightnings, and still it is, Be holy, as I am holy. You will hear a
voice from Calvary, and there above all it is, Be holy, for I am holy.

Child of God, have you ever realized it, our Father is calling us to
Himself, to be holy as He is holy? Must we not confess that happiness
has been to us more than holiness, salvation than sanctification? Oh! it
is not too late to redeem the error. Let us now band ourselves together
to listen to the voice that calls, to draw nigh, and find out and know
what Holiness is, or rather, find out and know Himself the Holy One. And
if the first approach to Him fill us with shame and confusion, make us
fear and shrink back, let us still listen to the Voice and the Call, 'Be
holy, as I am holy.' 'Faithful is He which _calleth_, who also _will do
it_.' All our fears and questions will be met by the Holy One who has
revealed His Holiness, with this one purpose in view, that we might
share it with Him. As we yield ourselves in deep st