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choose. In its pages he may hold converse with the noblest and best
of the human race, and may listen to the voice of the Eternal as He
speaks with men. As he studies and meditates upon the themes into
which “the angels desire to look” (
1 Peter 1:12
), he may have their
companionship. He may follow the steps of the heavenly Teacher, and
listen to His words as when He taught on mountain and plain and sea.
He may dwell in this world in the atmosphere of heaven, imparting to
earth’s sorrowing and tempted ones thoughts of hope and longings for
holiness; himself coming closer and still closer into fellowship with
the Unseen; like him of old who walked with God, drawing nearer and
nearer the threshold of the eternal world, until the portals shall open,
and he shall enter there. He will find himself no stranger. The voices
that will greet him are the voices of the holy ones, who, unseen, were
on earth his companions—voices that here he learned to distinguish
and to love. He who through the word of God has lived in fellowship
with heaven, will find himself at home in heaven’s companionship.
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