That type of Christianity which happens now to be the vogue knows this Presence only in theory. It fails to stress the Christian s privilege of present realization. According to its teaching we are in the presence of God positionally, and nothing is said about the need to experience that Presence actually. The fiery urge that drove men like McCheyne is wholly missing. And the present generation of Christians measures itself by this imperfect rule.
Ignoble contentment takes the place of burning zeal.
We are satisfied to rest in our judicial possessions and, for the most part, we bother ourselves very little about the absence of personal experience.