Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
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ALONE WITH GOD.


My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fairness; and my mouth
shall praise Thee with joyful lips.
When | remember Thee upon my bed,
and mediate on Thee in the night
Watches.-Ps xiii, So
Alone with God-that is an expert
ence which ought to be realized by
every Christian believer, by every
man for that matter, every day of his
life. We all are conscious that this is
a bustling, hurrying, rushing age.
The pressure upon life is enormous.
Material things bulk large on the at
tention The voices that we hear are
strldent, The tendency is to glorlfy
the material and the external, to
tmagnify the visible forces until there
is danger of not making sufficient &C
count of those that are less obtru-
sive. This rush and stir is exhilarat-
ing. 1t means progress. The material
advance can be made an aid in secur-
ing the triumph of Gods kingdom.
Let us turn this gem of truth about
and get a new sparkle from each
facet. Think, then, of the joy of be-
ing alone with God. If it is a joy
to be alone with a dear earthly friend,
how much more with the Friend. It
is joy to have to do with the best
things in the world-the best in arr,
i'll architecture, in furniture, in equip
age. Most OF us have to con lent ouI
selves with things that are far le1
than best. But here no one of us Is
so humble or so insignificant but that
he may come into the company of the
very best.
When one thus is alone with God,
purity shames the soul. There is 40
place where man will so feel his sin
as when confronting his Maker. Here
more than anywhere else the prayer
will break from his heart: God be
merciful to me, the sinner!" Joy here?
Yes, because when one really feels
his sin he feels also the divine readi-
ness to pardon, the divine yearning to
lift him out of sin and transform him
into the divine likeness.
The purity of God shames and aweS
us, but at the same time it beCkons
us. The divine purity is alluring, not
forbidding The vision of the Holy
One incites us to better things. And
when alone with God we see most
clearly that there is nothing so worthy
as His service, nothing so appealing
or so rewarding as to be a co-worker
with the Almighty, engaging in that
service whose results are sure and
eternal.
So it is that as the believer is alone
with God he finds power. 1t is spir-
itual power that is needed more than
anything else in the world. Organiza'
ton is good, is necessary in its place.
The machine is of value, but the ma
chine without power is mass of
mere metal. When one is alone with
God he draws strength from the foun-
tain head. He is in the power house,
not somewhere out along the trans
mission line where the voltage is low
He gets all the power he can hold.
In getting this personal development
he gets at the same time power for
service, for work for others. When
the power is obtained the methods of
using it will be easily found and ad-
justed. How much time should one
spend alone with God? That depends.
One cannot answer the question for
another. The principle is absolute
Be alone with God at least once as
every days sun sweeps its circle. So
find Joy, restraint, stimulus, power!