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Passing on the Light, July 29
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
.
Those who have an experimental knowledge of the truth are under obli-
gation to God to communicate the precious light.... Some will be convicted
and will heed the words spoken to them in love and tenderness. They will
acknowledge that the truth is the very thing they need to set them free from
the slavery of sin and the bondage of worldly principles. There are opened
before them themes of thought, fields for action, that they had never com-
prehended. In Jesus the Redeemer they discern infinite wisdom, infinite
justice, infinite mercy—depths, heights, lengths and breadths of love which
passeth knowledge. Beholding the perfection of Christ’s character, con-
templating His mission, His love, His grace, His truth, they are charmed;
the great want of the soul is met, and they will say with the psalmist, “I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness” (
Psalm 17:15
). The
divine object of faith and love they see to be Jesus Christ. With them the
love of the world, the worshiping of earthly treasures, have come to an end.
Such a soul appropriates the Word of God to himself. He sees that the
miracles, the self-denial, the self-sacrifice of Christ, His being lifted up on
the cross, were for him. The language of the heart will be, “He died for me.
He triumphed in death that I should not perish but believe in Him as my
personal Saviour, and have that life which measures with the life of God.
In the riches of His grace I am possessed of treasures that are as enduring
as eternity.”
The world is no longer his study and his god. He hungers for a knowl-
edge of the Word which contains for him treasures that are to be constantly
sought and are constantly satisfying—an inexhaustible mine of precious
things to be sought for in faith, to be appropriated and communicated to
others. He has discovered the fountain of living waters, the wells of salva-
tion, from which he may continually draw, and there will be no diminishing
of the supply
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Letter 47, 1894
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