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Timothy Fetler9 JPft.ll. Professor of Philosophy, Bible Institute of Los Angeles True Hum ility
when saintly men of God, not sub jected to many of our modem me chanistic distractions, lived lives of glowing inward faith and were able to leave us some of the great devo tional literature in the Christian tra dition. Such are, for example, the Confessions of St. Augustine, the Im i tations of Christ by Thomas a Kempis and the Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. We rejoice with them as we consider the reality of their experience and are inspired to follow Christ in His call for a totally surrendered life. We note the strong emphasis made on Christian humility. Today, possibly because of the strong effects of modem individu alism, true humility is a rare flower indeed. “ Love to be unknown,” writes Thomas a Kempis, and again “ It doth no hurt -to thee to set thyself lower than all men, but it hurteth thee ex ceedingly if thou set thyself before even one man! Continual peace is with the humble.” A bit of poetry by Eric Crozibr from the “ Saint Nicolas cantata,” beautifully set to music by the bril liant young English composer Ben jamin Britten, expresess with rare in sight the delight of the Lord in find ing true humility: Heartsick, in.hope to mask The twisted face of poverty I sold my lands to feed the poor. I gave my goods to charity But Love demanded more. Heartsick, I cast away A ll things that could dis tract my mind From full devotion to His will. I thrust my happiness behind But Love desired more still. Heartsick, I called on God To purge my angry soul, to be My only Master, friend and guide. . • I begged for sweet humility And Love was satisfied.
ulture-historians like to refer to contemporary American life as rep resentative of a practical business civilization. We are living in a ma chine age, and it is no wonder that pragmatism, the philosophy of prac ticality, originated in and is a product of the American way of life. Some Christians are often unaware of the extent to which their spiritual life is influenced and colored by purely pragmatic and mechanistic considera tions. . Activity being such a basic factor in a business civilization, it has be come easy to confuse activity with spirituality. In our evangelistic drives, money raising campaigns, church activities and missionary pro jects, there is always the danger that these activities may become more im portant than the spiritual factor in volved. It is not always realized that the emphasis is of primary impor tance. For if theoretically spirituality is the main emphasis but in practice activity, then it will be difficult, if not impossible, for the Spirit of God to fulfill His all-important mission. And it is still as true today as in times past, that only by first going inward can we become effective out wardly. In this age of mechanical progress in which technology has cut man away from simple, organic ex istence, the Christian should not ven ture out on spiritual missions with out subjecting himsèlf first to a 'thorough self-examination. As he stands before God in his basic lone liness, he is then stripped of every thing external. Only in this way will he be able to correctly understand the extent to which he has been relying on human agencies, organizations or his own potential, instead of on God alone. Only by dying to every earthly hope, every human reliance, every aspect of self-sufficiency will he be able to approach God in His holy of holies and become truly effective spiritually. It is well to pause once in a while and look back to less hectic times,
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