Isaiah 1:15; L IX: 2; John LX:31; 1 John 111:20-22). 4. Anticipating Answer (Mark XL: 22-24). Such holding to the faith, or faithfulness of God, as to believe the blessing already received (Rom. VIII:26, 27; Jude 20). 5. Boldness of Approach (1 John V: 14, 15; Heb. LV: 16; John XV: 7; XIV: 16; XVI: 23-26). In the Name of Jesus (Jeremiah XIV: 21; Psalm LXXVIII : 41 ; Matt. XI I I: 58). 6. Individual and Solitary Approach (Matt. VL : 6 ). Secrecy, silence, solitude. Habit of closest communion. "Practice of the Pres- ence of God" (Luke VI: 12). 7. Collective, corporate prayer (Matt. XVIII : 19, 20; 1 Chron. XVII : 1-4; Dan. 11:17, 19; Acts 1:14; 11:1-4; IV: 31; XI I: 5-17; XVI: 25, 26 ; Peut. XXXI I: 30), The relation of Believers to this world-age can be fully seen only by a comparison of at least seven conspicuous passages of Scripture, where different phases of the subject appear: Matthew VI:<*9-34; Worldly avarice and anxiety, foes to faith. John XV: 18-24; XVII, Worldly hatred of our Lord and ;His disciples. Rom. XII : 1, 2, Duty or non-conformity to the world and its standards. Eph. I I: 1-7, The connection of this world with the flesh and the devil. James IV : 4, 5, Ehe friendship of the world enmity toward God. 1 John XI: 15-17; V: 19, The love of the world forbidden as not of God. Revelation XVI-XVIII, The greatness and glory and doom of the world. When these Scriptures are compared,, there will be no mistaking the fact that with singular uniformity, the world is held up as the foe of faith and Godliness. The Old Testament writes large the word separation over the very portals of the hold life, and the New Testa- ment forbids even conformity to the world's standards and methods. Such great themes remind us of Kepler's exclamation when, after eighteen experiments, he found the key that unlocked astronomical problems: "O Almighty God! I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee.", Grattan said of Fox, "You must measure the magnitude of his mind by parallels of latitude"; but, in measuring the infinite mind, all such standards fail us; and, in research into the Scriptures, it is this constant recurrence of infinite ideas and ideals that transcend alike all human expression and conception that convinces us of their Divine originality and authority. The level of the thinking which they suggest is so exalted as to be unapproachable. We have instanced a score of subjects, treated in single passages ; but in many cases for anything like a complete view, various Scrip- tures must be collated and compared, because in no one place are these themes fully presented. Sometimes different writers suggest various aspects of a common theme, or there is a historic development of it. in theh succession of events, or ideas. A few of these may be like- wise cited as examples of hundreds. 1. The Fire of God, represented in thé Shekinah, the miraculous
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