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would trust her to hands that will surely wreck her. We need a pilot on
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board now, for we are nearing the harbor. As a people we should be
the light of the world. But how many are foolish virgins, having no oil
in their vessels with their lamps. May the Lord of all grace, abundant
in mercy, full of forgiveness, pity and save us, that we perish not with
the wicked!
In this season of conflict and trial we need all the support and con-
solation we can derive from righteous principles, from fixed religious
convictions, from the abiding assurance of the love of Christ, and from
a rich experience in divine things. We shall attain to the full stature of
men and women in Christ Jesus only as the result of a steady growth
in grace.
Oh, what can I say to open blind eyes, to enlighten the spiritual
understanding! Sin must be crucified. A complete moral renovation
must be wrought by the Holy Spirit. We must have the love of God,
with living, abiding faith. This is the gold tried in the fire. We can
obtain it only of Christ. Every sincere and earnest seeker will become
a partaker of the divine nature. His soul will be filled with intense
longing to know the fullness of that love which passes knowledge;
as he advances in the divine life he will be better able to grasp the
elevated, ennobling truths of the word of God, until by beholding he
becomes changed and is enabled to reflect the likeness of his Redeemer.
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