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every camp meeting may be a love feast, because God’s presence is
with His people.
All heaven is interested in our salvation. The angels of God,
thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand, are
commissioned to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation.
They guard us against evil and press back the powers of darkness that
are seeking our destruction. Have we not reason to be thankful every
moment, thankful even when there are apparent difficulties in our
pathway?
The Lord Himself is our helper. “Sing, O daughter of Zion;
shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter
of Jerusalem.” “The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He
will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love,
He will joy over thee with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:14, 17
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testimony the Lord desires us to bear to the world. His praise should
continually be in our hearts and upon our lips.
Such a testimony will have an influence upon others. As we seek
to turn men from their self-indulgent efforts to secure happiness, we
must show them that we have something better than that which they
are seeking. When Jesus talked with the Samaritan woman, He did not
reprove her for coming to draw from Jacob’s well, but He presented
something of far greater value. In comparison with Jacob’s well He
presented the fountain of living waters. “If thou knewest the gift of
God,” He said, “and who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou
wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living
water.... Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall
never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.”
John 4:10-14
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The church needs the fresh, living experience of members who
have habitual communion with God. Dry, stale testimonies and prayers,
without the manifestation of Christ in them, are no help to the people.
If everyone who claims to be a child of God were filled with faith and
light and life, what a wonderful witness would be given to those who
come to hear the truth! And how many souls might be won to Christ!