ed before their very eyes in visible and
practical form before they will believe. And to reach these crowds,
God wants men and women to walk about the world so that those
around, believers and unbelievers alike, shall see the form and
hear the voice of the living God; people who shall be so like Him
in spirit, and life, and character as to make the crowds feel as
though the very shadow of God had crossed their path. Will you be a
shadow of God?
"God wants you to be holy, in order that you may know what His mind
is about the world, and about your work in it.
"He entertains certain opinions and feelings with respect to it. He
has His own plan for saving it. He wants to reveal to you what
those opinions and feelings are, and to do this so far as it will
be good for you and those about you. He wants you to know how you
can best fight devils, convict sinners, save souls, and bless the
world.
"You can have this wonderful knowledge. Paul had it. He said 'We,'
that is, I, 'have the mind of Christ.' God is no respecter of
persons. He is as willing to reveal His mind to you, so far as you
need it, as He was to reveal it to Paul.
"But to possess this knowledge you must be holy. Sin darkens the
understanding, and hinders the perception of truth. A grain of sand
in the eye will prevent you seeing the most beautiful landscape in
the universe, or the dearest friends you have. It is with the heart
that men see divine things, and an atom of sin will darken the
brightest vision that can come before you. With a pure heart you
can not only see God's truth, but God Himself. Oh, God wants to
reveal Himself to you. Will you let Him? But if He is to do so, you
must have a clean heart.
"It is God's will that you should be holy, because He wants you to
be men and women of courage.
"Courage is the most valuable quality in this War. There are few
gifts of greater importance. Only think what it has enabled the
Prophets, the Apostles, and the Salvation leaders of modern times
to accomplish! How it covered Moses, and Joshua, and David, and
Daniel, and Paul, and a crowd of others with glory, and enabled
them to conquer men, and devils, and difficulties of all kinds. I
shall have something more to say about this before I have done.
"Courage and Holine
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