The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-12-25

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cat.r. Ih:> viii col-c 10 us likewise when
We dwell in The secret p.aec." In J..
Chronicles we read. i'll the fourth chapter
and twen,y-,hi@d verse. OF certain men
rh0 dHc!t with IL" king for his work. .
There can be no effective service that IS
no. the outcome OF communion. Oar
Lords day prccedcs tie week OF work,
and this IS Away TIC. pan OF God. That
wonder fu fifteenth chapter OF John is
founded on that idea We must abide
first. and after thai we can not help
but bear fruit Oh. that we might be so
near TO Him that we should be magnet
izcd and charged with spiritual fo"ce
that the world Gould neither gainsay nor
rCEIsi.
T have LETT to the very last the most
practical question OF all. ard that is:
}low may | entcr into this secret place.
Cannot Something be said that will make
Tire way plain? 1t may all be summed up
in this answer. None can know the
Father but the Son. and he to whom
the Son will reveal Him 1t is impos-
sible or any one to enter into the secret
rlace" Of the Most High except through
Jesus Christ. lie said II am the way. |
am the door, ny Ne. ii any man viii, he
shall enter IN
1t is jus, what Paul meant when he said,
But now in Christ Jesus We who some
times were afar off are made nigh by the
blood OF Christ
There ere some places in the Bible
where the way seems plain. ''He that
cafcth My flesh and drinketh NJ blood
Gwcl'eth ~ Ne. and l in him. And
whatever else is meant by tins feeding
on Christ. this certainly is true we are
20 set apart daily periods OF time Wien
We may have communion with the Sa-
viour. l. it not because we are too
hurried that or vision OF Christ is Blurred
and indiStinct: 1t Is only when the water
iS >lill that YOU can see the peAb!y beach
ha,ow You could not 60 alone with
Christ hall al hoar each day. or even .
lr,S time and si,ting still. look nm into
MS face. b. faith talk to Him and let Him
taili 10 You. without feeling that for a
litt,c part OF The day You had been IN
heaven. whrD in fact it was only the
..sccrcr 3lace' OF .he Most High. Christ
you'd be in yon and You would Oe in
Christ. even as in tn" southern sea the
Snorccs may be seen beneath the waves,
the .pongc in the sea and the sen IN the
>ronEc. Then we could say with Paul:
4 live. and vet not /. bit Christ li"cth
in me-" Again I have read in the Bible
these words: He that Erepth His COM
mandments dwciicth in Him. and He in
him And l have found that l have
only TO 90 the way I think Christ wants
me to go and TO do the things | think
He wants me to do TO be able to stand on
the very mountain top OF Christian eX-
ppricnce: and that is only another way
o! >ncaking OF the secret place. You
could not go where Christ has hidden yon
without meeting Him, and you conld
with the meeting.
After all this has been known, I have
been told that the vision still tarries.
Sometimes that is to try our faith; but
He will come if You wait. for He has
promised If. however, after long waiting
still He should tarry, take up this old
Book. trrn its pages with prayer that
God might open vour ewes so that You
might see Him. This is the garden where
He walks: press on. you will meet Him
face to face. This is the temple where
He dwells: stand knocking at the door.
even while you wait it may swing noise.
lessly on its hinges. and He will lead you
Himself into the "secret place"