The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-12-26
81 love in solitude 10 81 ,d
The nenitential tear:
Ard all His promises 10 plead
When none but God can hear

Nhcn none but Tod can hear.
There is something about the word
shadow that always interests. for there
never has been shadow without the
light; thus the Secret place" must be n
place OF brightness. IL is place where
God is, for the nearest of all things 10 me
as ] Journey IN the sunlight is my shadow.
and he who walks in my shadow or rests
in IL must be very near TO me: so that
when ! am in the shadow Of God. | can
reach forth my hand and touch Him:
can lift up mine eyes and see Him face
TO face. i know there is n sense IN which
God is always near us. He IN in all things,
and He is everywhere. But there is some.
thing about the secret of His presence"
20 which every one is a stranger until
he has dwelt there.
In the 10th Psalm the psamist seems
IN the first part 10 be writing Of the
presence OF God in a general sort Of way
A another mas said. Gle had been beat.
ing out the golden ore of thought through
successive paragraphs Of marvellous power
and beauty. when suddenly in the fifty.
first verse he seems 90 have become con
scious that He Of whom he bad been
speak Dg had drawn near and was bending
over him. The sense of the presence of
God was borne IN upon his inner con
sciousness, and lifting up n face on which
reverence and ecstacy met and mingled
he cried: Thou art near, q Lordn" II
we could only attain unto this how strong
how happy, how useful we should be. II is
possible as well for those Of us who are
in the very midst OF perpiexing cares as
for the priest or the saint; for since the
Master bids us all 90 abide in Him, and
does not limit either HE meaning or the
number Of people who may obey, ! am
absolutely certain that N rests with me
and with you 20 determine whether we
shall take advantage Of our high privil.
eye.
The typical reference must be 10 the
holy place Of the tabernacle, which the
priests were privileged % enter; but Peter
assures as that we have become in this
new dispensation "a holy priesthood,' -
10 that It Is possible for us 20 enter on
that ground. IL this Interpretation IL al.
lowed, then IL ~ something, too won.
defful almost to describe, 10 which we
are bidden, for in the tabernacle just be.
yond the veil was the glory cloud, and
all the magnificence that could be wrought
an gold and silver, purple and fine linen.
But ! ar persuaded that even that was
a. nothing when compared 20 that which
awaIt us when we enter the secret place
Of God The writer TO the Hebrews tells
US Just how we may enter. Having,
therefore, brethren. bodness 10 enter into
the hottest by the blood Of Jesus. by n
new and living way, which lie hath conse-
Grated for us, through the veil, that ~
90 say, His flesh" how easy 70 all seems
when we look, at u IN this way A
Christian "a all wrong according 20 the
text II be thinks that al the life here be.
low must be turmoil and strife, for there
% an abiding even here, and a sweet
4ndisturbed communion even in TIE midst
Of the tempest A dwelling place is
home. not temporary shelter 90 which
one may run for momentary relief, az the
I'D 10 - q -.
in the midst Of the storm and then leave
again when the storm has passed. u b.
the idea of a home What can be more
restful and comfortable, The Hebrew for
the expression Shall ABIDE is Shall
pass the night" j. 10 not a won.
deriul thing that the experiences that
have seemed % us % be Heaven be-
the shadows sweeping tbe hillside, may be
with us al the time What place h. 90
restiul as your home, ] know there j.
rest that cOncs % one the moment he
accepts the pardon that is offered by the
Redeener aud the burden Of SIN IL gone.
Come unto Nc. aud VII give you ret"
This is He promise. and lie never has
failed bot immediately following that cx.
preston D. this. Take Ny yoke upon
you, and learn Of Ne. Tor ! am meek and
lowly IN heart, and ye shall find rest unto
your souls"
j suppose one might secure the former
and never come % the latter. u not that
the rest that comes % us when Ne are
near enough 10 learn u Him, which is
only another way Of speaking Of the ZEE
cret plscey"
What place ~ % comfortable a. the |
horney There We are free from the an
nOyances Of the world. there we have !
that which seems 90 soothe and 20 ouiet |
Could there be anything more expressive |
than the words We find in the fourth |
verse Of the slgt Palm: lie shall cover |
nost a saerilegs for one 10 Use the words