Five Letters to Members of the Wessels Family in South Africa
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without par-
tiality, and without hypocrisy and the fruit of righteousness is sown in
peace of them that make peace.”...
Oh, why are the human agents so ready to yield to temptation? So
irresolute in purpose, so weak to practise the word of God? Why are
they so feeble in action? Why is the glory of Jesus so dimly seen?
Why is His preciousness so little realized, His love so imperfectly
experienced? Let this be your prayer, “Lord, show me thy glory.”—
Letter 63, 1893
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Letter E
“Sunnyside”
Cooranbong, N.S.W.
March 8, 1897
If we could only realize that Christ crucified is the great object of
our faith. Had Christ lived, He could not have been our Redeemer. Our
faith must lay hold of the sacrificial offering of His life as a ransom for
the world. His holiness of life, the tender compassion, the sympathy
He manifested for all human woe, would not have saved us had it
stopped there. It was not until, when dying upon the cross, He cried
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in agony, “It is finished,” that the work was accomplished. Not until
He had descended to the lowest depths of humiliation, until He could
go no farther, was the tyranny of Satan broken. It was the death of
Christ that satisfied divine justice. This was the price our ransom cost.
Nothing is wanting now but for the will of man to bow, self to be
crucified, and Christ to live in the heart. The soul temple must be
dedicated to Him.
Every part of man is the Lord’s property. Our time, our talents, our
influence, must be devoted to Him. Our money is only lent us on trust,
to be used in the service of God. It has not been given us in order that
we might enhance our own honour, but as faithful stewards we must
keep ever in view the honour and glory of God. The Lord requires the
whole heart, the undivided affections. We are not to withhold anything
from Him, for all are His purchased possession.