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TRUTH SPEAKS INWARDLY WITHOUT THE SOUND OF WORDS
The Imitation of Christ THE SECOND CHAPTER THE DISCIPLE “SPEAK, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.” “I am Thy servant. Give me understanding that I may know Thine ordinances6 … Incline my heart to Thine ordinances … Let Thy speech distil as the dew.”28 The children of Israel once said to Moses: “Speak thou to us…
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THE PILGRIMAGE OF CHRISTINA
The Pilgrim’s Progress THE SEVENTH STAGE Well, the time grew on that the pilgrims must go on their way; wherefore they prepared for their journey. They sent for their friends; they conferred with them; they had some time set apart therein to commit each other to the protection of their Prince. There were again that…
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INTERNAL CONSOLATION
The Imitation of Christ BOOK THREEThe First Chapter THE INWARD CONVERSATION OF CHRIST WITH THE FAITHFUL SOUL “I WILL hear what the Lord God will speak in me.” Blessed is the soul who hears the Lord speaking within her, who receives the word of consolation from His lips. Blessed are the ears that catch the…
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MORNING & EVENING
It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—“HE careth for me.” Christian! do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You are staggering beneath a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems to you a crushing burden, would be…
