Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-25
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ALONE WITH GOD.
Rev. O. s. Kingsbury.

Rev. o, S. Kingsbury.
My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness and my mouth
shall praise Thee with joyful lips.
When l remember Thee upon my bed,
and mediate on Thee in the night
watches.-Ps. xiii, 5-6.
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
strident. The tendency is to glorify
the material and the external to
magnify 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 secu'-
ing the triumph of Gods kingdom.
Let us turn this gem of truth about
and get 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
things in the world-the best in art,
in architecture, in furniture, in equip
age. Most of us have to content our
selves with things that are far less
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,
the divine holiness awes, the divine
purity shames the soul. There is 10
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 sinneri' 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
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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 it's place.
The machine is of value, but the ma
chine without power is a 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
EMISSION 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 adj
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
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