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THE KING’S BUSINESS
Take myself, and I will be, Ever, only, all for Thee.”
you.” He has also shown us the only way in which this power can come into life. He comes only through lives that are ready to obey. This is not an arbitrary condition but the revelation of a fundamental law. If we obey Him He shall come—there can be no question about that fact. It has been proven again and again in the history of the Church. Are we, the men of the 20 th century, willing to pay the price of power ? If we can honestly say:
the power can be ours. No man since the day of Pentecost has ever honest ly taken that attitude towards God that was not filled with the Holy Spirit. God is anxious to pour out His Spi rit upon us, but we lock the door against Him. There is only one way in which the door can be opened—we must open it through surrender to God. Are we willing to give God a chance to show His power ?
“Take my life—my Lord I pour At Thy feet its treasure store.
God is Love “All I feel, and hear, and see, God of love, is full ofThee.’* E ARTH, with her ten thousand flowers; Ocean’s infinite expanse; Air, with all its beams and showers; Heaven’s resplendent countenance— All around, and all above, Hath this record: God is love. Sounds among the vales and hills, In the woods, and by the rills, Of the breeze, and of the bird, By the gentle murmur stirred— All these songs, beneath, above, Have this burden: God is love. All the hopes and fears that start From the fountain of the heart;
All the quiet bliss that lies, All our human sympathies— These are voices from above, Sweetly whispering: God is love.
—A nonymous .
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