{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4258", "width": "2688", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "CHRIST IN GETHSEMANE.\\nFrom painting by Liska.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Deeper Yet\\nMeditations for the Quiet Hour\\nHe clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out\\nJ of the great depths. Ps. 78: 15.\\nO the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of\\nI God 1 Rom. 11: 33.\\nBy Clarence E. Eberman\\nPastor of the Moravian Church, Lancaster, Penn., and\\nPresident of the Pennsylvania Christian\\nEndeavor Union\\nWITH PREFACE BY\\nREV. FLOYD W. TOMKINS, D. D.\\nRector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Philadelphia,\\nPenn.\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor\\nBoston and Chicago", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0007.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": ".i\\nTWO COPIES H EC El V ED.\\nLibrary of\\nOffice of tn,\\nMAV231900\\n^ReglttT Of C.py rights\\nSECOND COPY.\\n62608\\nCopyright, 1900,\\nby the\\nUnited Society of Christian Endeavor", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0008.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "DEDICATION\\nTo the Comrades of the Quiet Hour, who have daily\\nbrought their empty chalices to the Eternal Foun-\\ntain, that they might be filled who have prayed I\\nfor deeper experiences of God s presence,\\nand who have not waited in vain\\nupon the Lord in the early a\\nwatches of the morning\\nThis Message is Affectionately Dedicated\\nwith the prayer that j\\nthe Spirit of Christ may j\\nconstantly lead his disciples into I\\nthe mastery of the deepest truths of\\nthe blessed life.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0009.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0010.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "INVOCATION\\nBy thy holy incarnation and birth,\\nBy thy pure and blameless childhood,\\nBy thy obedience, diligence, and faithfulness,\\nBy t?iy humility, meekness, and patience,\\nBy thy faithfulness in thine earthly calling,\\nBy thy perfect life before God and man.\\nBy thy baptism, fasting, and temptation.\\nBy thy griefs and sorrows.\\nBy thy prayers and tears,\\nBy thy having been despised and rejected,\\nBless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God.\\nBy thy crown of thorns.\\nBy thy cross and passion.\\nBy thy sacred wounds and precious blood.\\nBy thy atoning death.\\nBy thy rest in the grave.\\nBy thy glorious resurrection and ascension.\\nBy thy sitting at the right hand of God,\\nBy thy sending the Holy Ghost,\\nBy thy prevailing intercession.\\nBy the holy sacraments.\\nBy thy divine presence.\\nBy thy coming again to thy church on earth, or our be-\\ning called home to thee.\\nBless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God.\\nBy thy willing sacrifice of thyself even unto death\\nMake known to us the mystery of thy love.\\nFulfil in us thy prayer that all who love thee may be one,\\nas thou art in the Father, and the Father in thee.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Preface.\\nHERE can be no doubt that the\\ngreatest need in this bustling, rush-\\ning, materialistic, money-making\\nage is a deepening of the normal\\nspiritual life, so that religion shall be to men\\nnot merely an acceptance of doctrines, or a\\nconnection with a church, but a conscious\\nknowledge of God s presence.\\nThe practice of the presence of God\\nwas one of the good things of the mediaeval\\nage. The Christian world turned from it\\nwhen the errors of that dark sea were\\nthrown aside, and it is with difficulty that\\nwe can come back to it. We are afraid of\\nemotionalism. We dread a possible asceti-\\ncism which in the strong demands of con-\\ntemplation may make common duties irk-\\nsome. Life is so full of energy that we\\ncannot endure the thought of a Christian\\nshutting himself away from human needs\\nand demands while he dreams of strange\\nspiritual ideals.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8 PREFACE.\\nAnd yet we must recognize that human\\nneeds can be adequately met only when we\\nare fired by a conscious power which, com-\\ning from above, grants to us wisdom and\\nstrength. We find ourselves capable of\\ndoing ordinary things only when we see\\nthem transfigured by the all-pervading love\\nof God.\\nMeditation becomes a necessity to a true\\nman just in proportion to his zeal. If he is\\nto be more than a machine, he must see the\\nmeaning and order which lies back of the\\nmachinery. There must be the living\\ncreature in the wheels. (Ezek. i 21.)\\nThe reason men dislike meditation is\\nlargely because in the past it has been sub-\\njective. To meditate upon one s self is\\nnever productive of much exaltation. The\\nsight of sins and failures calls for self-\\ndespite and mortification of the body, sadly\\nconsidered vile, such as the mediaeval saints\\ntoo frequently indulged in, thinking the\\ndestruction of evil the sure path to holiness.\\nBut true meditation must have a lofty and\\ninfinite object. To look within is to find\\ndespair; to look to God is to find hope.\\nOur modern contemplation, therefore,\\nrests upon God, upon Jesus Christ, upon", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE, 9\\nthe Holy Spirit. Forgetful of himself, the\\nman, like the sick folk in the gospel, fixes\\nhis eyes upon Christ. The love, the kind-\\nness, the watchful power, the wisdom, of\\nGod, these bring the surest destruction to\\nevil, the surest exaltation of God. To re-\\nmember that God is near, a constant, per-\\nsonal Friend; to know that we can com-\\nmune with him unceasingly; to become\\nfar-sighted so that we can detect his\\nruling hand in each event of life to love\\nhim with that simple, normal love of a\\nchild for his father, which neither runs to\\nwild delirium of excitement, nor rests in\\ngloomy silence, but clings with intense\\ntrust,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 these are the great parts of a true,\\nhealthy religion.\\nOne always rejoices, then, when any ef-\\nfort is made to lead men to this practical\\nChristianity. The world has many books\\nwhich have given comfort. A Kempis s\\n^Imitation of Christ, Taylor s Holy Liv-\\ning and Wilson s Sacra Privata have\\nhelped hundreds. Yet they are often mor-\\nbid and abnormal. What is needed is a\\ncheery, bright, hopeful series of meditations,\\nwhich shall inspire and strengthen.\\nThe quiet hour demands helps which", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "10 PREFACE,\\nshall not suffer reaction, but which shall\\nrather create a sweet fragrance to last and\\npermeate all the hours.\\nThis book is designed to meet this de-\\nmand, and experience will doubtless prove\\nits admirable fitness. Its author, a dear\\nfriend and brother, has written, as all true\\nmen must write, from the depths of his\\nown feeling. It is always an uncovering\\nof personal experience when such a book\\ncomes forth; but the revelation, while it\\nenhances the confidence and respect felt for\\nthe author, creates a desire to emulate and\\nto seek a like peace.\\nMay God grant his benediction to this\\nbook, and cause it to refresh and comfort\\nand inspire thousands.\\nFloyd W. Tomkins.\\nHoly Trinity Rectory\\nPhiladelphia, Penn,", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS\\nchaptbb page\\nInvocation 3\\nDedication 5\\nPreface 7\\nI. The Incense of Prayer 13\\nII. Seeing Jesus 17\\nIII. The Glory of Salvation 21\\nIV. The Surrender 25\\nV. Much More 29\\nVI. The Three Crosses 33\\nVII. The Divine Partnership 37\\nVIII. Guidance and Glory 41\\nIX. Love s Rescue 45\\nX. The Vision of God 49\\nXI. Through Knowledge to Trust 53\\nXII. The Higher Life 57\\nXIII. The Stimulus of Defeat 61\\nXIV. Paul s Three Ambitions 65\\nXV. Love Seeking Love 69\\nXVI. The Forgotten Place 73\\nXVII. Through the Fires 77\\nXVIII. God s Property 81\\nXIX. The Divine Pattern 85\\nXX. The Time Factor 89\\nXXI. The Lens of Purity 93\\nXXII. God s Vigilance 97\\n11", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nCONTENTS.\\nCHAPTER PAGE\\nXXIII. In God We Trust loi\\nXXIV. The Lost Chord 105\\nXXV. The Greater Works 109\\nXXVI. A Threefold Ministry 113\\nXXVII. Heart-Hymns 117\\nXXVIII. God s Summits 121\\nXXIX. A Consecration Hymn 125", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "Deeper Yet.\\nThe Incense of Prayer.\\nLet my prayer be set forth before thee as incense\\nand the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice,\\nPs. 141 2.\\nRUE prayer is the Christian s vital\\nbreath. It is also as incense before\\nthe Lord. We narrow the meaning\\nby thinking that in prayer we only\\nask for something. Shall we not express\\nour love Shall we not praise God for his\\nown sake Shall we not sit at the Master s\\nfeet in the school of prayer, and learn of\\nhim?\\nFriends living together are not continually\\nasking favors of one another. More likely,\\nthey are making sacrifices, as truest soul-\\ncommunion expresses itself in unselfish\\nministry.\\nThe prayer life is always larger than our\\nprayer words. As we walk with Jesus, we\\nshall find that his blessed life will inspire\\n13", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14 DEEPER YET,\\nthe spirit of true prayer; yea, his presence\\nwill start the fountains of our love.\\nThe Holy Spirit seeks continually to re-\\nvise our prayers, to enlarge them, to give\\nthem the true bent heavenwards, and also\\nto make the soul responsive to the divine\\nlove.\\nIf the waves of ether will carry earthly\\nmessages to a sensitive receiver, how much\\ntruer it is that the petitions of God s children\\nwill be heard of the Father! But the other\\nside of the truth is supremely important.\\nWe speak to God in prayer. He also speaks\\nto us. Do we hear his voice Are our\\nsouls sensitive enough, and still enough,\\nand pure enough, to receive his messages\\nIs the circuit between our souls and the\\nmercy-seat complete\\nOn one occasion, the Atlantic cable would\\nnot operate. At last, the discovery was\\nmade that a small sea-fish had penetrated\\nthe insulation and had broken the circuit.\\nVery small things have broken our spiritual\\ncontact with the mercy-seat. Trifling ob-\\njects have come between us and God, and\\nhave thwarted the work of grace in our\\nhearts.\\nThe prayer life is the soul living and com-", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE INCENSE OF PBAYEB 15\\nmuning with God. It is fellowship, ex-\\npressed in trust and love. Why do we de-\\nceive ourselves by surrounding the blessing\\nof prayer with uncertainty and mystery\\nIt is our privilege to live with our Father, to\\ntalk with him, to come to him in our weak-\\nness and in our want, and to tell him how\\nmuch we need him. It is not necessary to\\nknow or to understand everything; it is\\nsufficient to love much, and to trust im-\\nplicitly. We can lay our plans before him,\\nand we can express to him our love for\\nhim. We can tell him our failings, our\\npoverty of faith and spirit. We can confess\\nto him the lurking spirit of pride or selfish-\\nness, and ask him to overcome for us. We\\ncan bring to him all our failures and our de-\\nfeats. We can come to him in our glad-\\nness, and share our happiness with him.\\nWe can come to him in our woe; and, as\\nwe mingle our tears with our petitions, be-\\nhold, his love will rainbow a promise on\\nthe storm-clouds, and we shall not go to our\\narduous tasks unblest. Truly our fellow-\\nship is with the Father, and with his Son\\nJesus Christ. Truly, they who trust the\\nLord shall not want.\\nSoul of mine, how dost thou pray What", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "16 DEEPER YET.\\nhast thou brought to thy Heavenly Father\\nto-day, an incense prayer or a complaining\\none, a loving message or a doubting fear\\nIs thy prayer in the language of love, or is\\nit querulous, fault-finding, formal Pray\\nthat thou mayest pray aright. Offer to God\\nthe incense of true prayer before thou canst\\nexpect the incense of grace and blessing in\\nreturn.\\nEvening has come. The day s w^ork is\\ndone or undone. Hast thou lifted up holy\\nhands, or unclean ones, or empty ones, at\\nthy evening sacrifice What! nothing done,\\nnothing v^rought, through the precious mo-\\nments of the day, now gone forever, to\\nglorify thy Lord, to honor his promises, and\\nto extend his kingdom of love His grace\\nis so full and free! Hast thou come empty-\\nhanded O, come closer to thy Father\\nGod, and, hungering for the spirit of his\\nSon, pray that thou mayest be a better\\nworker on the morrow, if the light of earth\\ndawns for thee in the morning.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "Seeing Jesus.\\nSir, we would see Jesus. John 12: 21.\\nT is said that a famous educator, a\\nman of deep piety and earnest faith,\\nhad moments of mental depression.\\nOn one occasion he entered his class-\\nroom very much depressed, and, as was his\\ncustom, he knelt in prayer with his stu-\\ndents. As he arose from his knees, his face\\nbathed in tears, but radiant with a new-\\nfound joy, he exclaimed, Dear young\\ngentlemen, I have just caught a glimpse of\\nJesus.\\nThe nameless Greeks of old came to the\\ndisciples with this intense desire, that they\\nmight see Jesus. The great feast offered\\nthem many interesting sights; but their\\nhearts were restless, because they wanted,\\nabove all things, a glimpse of Jesus.\\nThe vision of Christ is always more im-\\nportant than even the vision of our duty,\\nbecause the best service is that which his\\npresence inspires, and to which his voice\\ncalls. It is absolutely essential for us to\\n17", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "18 DEEPER YET.\\nseek occasions when we may lay aside the\\nendeavors and the objects of our strenuous\\nlife, and thwart the subtle, overreaching\\ntendency of our self-life, in order that we\\nmay simply be conscious of God, of his\\nlife, of his presence, of his love.\\nWe are concerned about our service.\\nWe know the need of deeper consecration.\\nWe seek to inspire one another by our mes-\\nsages. But the blessing comes to us when\\nthe vision of Jesus shapes our service, and\\nwe can say with the disciples, We see no\\nman save Jesus only, who has given us his\\nSpirit.\\nThe Master while here upon earth always\\ndrew his motives from above. The Fa-\\nther s will shaped and moulded his daily\\nministry. He will also constrain us to come\\napart with him, the soul alone with God, in\\norder that our lives may be shaped and in-\\nspired through motives which come from\\nhim. He knows the strain upon the human\\nheart. He knows the subtlety of the human\\nsoul. Life under the impetus of lower mo-\\ntives always converges toward the earth.\\nThe time may come when we think that\\nwe are masters, and not disciples that we are\\nowners of the vineyard, and not God s", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "SEEING JESUS. 19\\nhusbandmen, not his tillage. The secret\\nof power is the soul always dependent upon\\nthe divine strength. When I am weak,\\nthen am 1 strong.\\nAll that we have and are, we have re-\\nceived from above. **Come unto me, and\\nI will give. God alone is the Giver. He\\nis our life, and we are capable of commun-\\nion with him. What we are is largely de-\\ntermined by what our faith sees. *We\\nneed the silence of the divine fellowship, in\\norder that God s life may sink deep into the\\nsoul, and become a part of its inner and\\nessential life. We cannot see the whole\\nof life s way; but we can see Jesus, our\\nGuide, and his blessed face will inspire and\\nstrengthen us for every service.\\nWe need the vision of Jesus to determine\\nthe intensity of our daily living. The vision\\nof faith transfigures believers into disciples.\\nJesus is willing to live with us in our\\nhomes. Let this be the motto\\nJesus, the head of this house,\\nThe unseen guest at every meal,\\nThe silent listener to every conversation.\\nJesus is willing to live with us in our\\nhearts. Open, open to him, and he will", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20 DEEPER YET.\\nabide. How can we go wrong when, look- m\\ning into his blessed face, we are guided by\\nhis presence How can we possibly cher-\\nish sin, and still look into his blessed eyes\\nMy brother, the secret of the Christian\\nlife is not that we see Jesus now and then,\\nbut that we live with him, that we walk\\nwith him, that we hear his voice summon-\\ning us to hourly fellowship and a moment-\\nby-moment discipleship. May the Lord\\nrichly reveal himself to thee in the quiet\\nhour, and send thee forth to bear for him\\nthe burdens of the busy hour.\\nGaze one moment on the Face whose beauty\\nWakes the world s great hymn\\nFeel it one unutterable moment\\nBent in love o er him.\\nIn that look feel heaven, earth, men, and angels\\nDistant grow and dim.\\nIn that look feel heaven, earth, men, and angels\\nNearer grow through him.\\ni", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "The Glory of Salvation.\\nHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy\\nname and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy\\nname s sake. Ps, 79 9.\\nALVATION is more than the rescue\\nof the human soul. The angels sung\\nthe key-note of salvation on the first\\nChristmas morn, Glory to God in\\nthe highest.* Salvation is a revelation of\\nGod s glory.\\nGod has no pleasure in the death of the\\nwicked. Turn ye, turn ye, why will ye\\ndie There is grief in the Father s heart\\nover every erring child of his who wilfully\\nwanders away from home.\\nSin is an intruder. Like a plague that\\nwithers and devastates, so sin is the enemy\\nof peace and righteousness.\\nThe Son of God came to destroy the\\nworks of the evil one. The solitudes of the\\nwilderness, the deep shades of the olive\\ngarden, the agony of Calvary, tell us the in-\\ntensity and the dreadfulness of the battle.\\nHarbored sin leads to inevitable ruin.\\n21", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "22 DEEPER YET.\\nThou hast destroyed thyself. It is not\\nGod who condemns. He that believeth\\nnot is condemned already. Punishment is\\nthe consequence of sin, not the sentence of\\nthe Father. Thou hast destroyed thyself,\\nsaid the Lord, **but thank God for\\nthat little word, that bids the soul turn from\\nthe dismal picture of sin, and look upon a\\npicture of love and hope but in me is\\nthine help.\\nThe pit of sin is steep and deep. Help\\ncan come only from above, and wondrous\\nhelp has come. God so loved that he gave\\nhis Son. Jesus stooped to the cross, that\\nhe might reach the lowest and the basest\\nand save from the uttermost depths to the\\nuttermost heights.\\nIf there is joy in the presence of the\\nangels over one sinner that repenteth, surely\\nthere is infinite joy in the Father s heart over\\nevery prodigal who returns to him.\\nThe saved soul glorifies his name. If it\\nmeans so much to the human soul to be res-\\ncued, what must it mean to the divine love\\nto save! Deliverance and cleansing are\\ntherefore the pathway of God s glory. The\\nwhole Christian life is thenceforth for his\\nname s sake. Let us never forget that we", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE GLOBY OF SALVATION, 23\\nare saved not simply for ourselves, for our\\ncomfort or welfare, but that God might be\\nglorified.\\nThe glory of this salvation is that we are\\nGod s property, illumined by the spirit of\\nChrist, and extending the kingdom of\\nheaven upon this earth. The Name of\\nnames is written in our hearts, and upon\\nour lives.- A little deeper, and you will\\nfind the emperor, said a wounded French\\nsoldier to the physicians operating upon\\nhim. So throughout our entire beings the\\nglory of God s salvation will permeate until\\nbody, soul, and spirit complete the willing\\nsacrifice. Let us be careful how we hold\\nthe Name before the world. Sin stains our\\nown names, but salvation crowns us with\\nhis name of glory. We are not our own.\\nWe are Christ-men and Christ-women, liv-\\ning his life, and manifesting his holiness.\\nSoul of mine, thou hast felt the sting of sin\\nin thy life. Hast thou also felt the touch of\\nthe scarred Hand of Calvary, that maketh\\nall things whole Hast thou entered into\\nthe fulness of the truth that thy salvation is\\na joy to the Father Thou art forgiven not\\nonly that thou mightest have peace, but\\nthat thou also mightest glorify thy God.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "24 DEEPER YET.\\nBe watchful and faithful in thy sacred\\ntrusts. Take up thy tasks, small or great,\\nwith clean hands and a pure heart. Turn\\nthy face toward the light, and thy darkness\\nshall disappear, even as the night hastens\\naway before the sunrise. Thy name is\\nnothing. His name is all and in all, most\\nsweet, most precious. Come daily for heal-\\ning, for cleansing; for thou art not yet per-\\nfect, and one day, when he shall appear in\\nglory and power, thou shalt be like thy\\nblessed Saviour, for thou shalt see him as\\nhe is, to whom, together with the Father\\nand the Holy Spirit, be power and honor\\nand glory now and forevermore.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "The Surrender.\\nYield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from\\nthe dead. Rom, 6 13.\\nHE Christian life is a life of self-sur-\\nrender, by which we willingly and\\ntrustfully yield our wills in order\\nthat we might do God s will.\\nReason clearly sides with revelation on this\\npoint. Since our thoughts are not God s\\nthoughts, and he is perfect in wisdom and\\nknowledge, while we are ignorant and lim-\\nited, we need God. The child for its own\\ngood must yield itself to the superior wis-\\ndom of the parent or teacher, that it might\\nacquire knowledge and training. Ap-\\nprenticeship alone leads to mastership.\\nWe of older years have never really ceased\\nfrom attending school, and we learn in pro-\\nportion as we yield our ignorance to the\\nwiser powers of others. How infinitely\\ntruer this is in our spiritual life Not inde-\\npendence, but sheer dependence, is our only\\nhope. Christ said, Without me ye can\\ndo nothing. Neither can we be anything.\\n25", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "26 DEEPER YET.\\nNot all the intensest forms nor the most\\nvehement profession can induce spiritual\\npossession or power. The secret of power\\nis absolute yielding to God, as a child yields\\nto the father, as a soldier simply obeys his\\ngeneral.\\nOurs not to make reply.\\nOurs not to reason why.\\nOurs but to do and die,\\nor live, wherever God s voice summons us\\nto serve.\\nNot a single power of the mind or heart is\\neffaced by such yielding. Nay, rather, we\\nonly come to our true selves when God\\ndwells in us, and we have offered to him\\nour whole beings, in which he may will and\\ndo of his good pleasure.\\nThe branch that yields itself to the vine,\\nthat through it the life of the vine may flow\\nto the outermost edge of leaf and twig,\\nbears the rich clusters of fruit, because it\\nabides in the vine, and yields itself to the\\nlife of the vine. I am the vine, ye are the\\nbranches, said Christ.\\nSin is separation from God, a turning\\naway from him, and the soul seeks to reign\\nover its own little realm. The mistakes and", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE SURRENDER, 27\\nfailures in life come from the effort to have\\nour own way, to determine our own stand-\\nards, to use our own strength, to rule our-\\nselves. Ye are not your own. Ye were\\nbought with a price.* Yielding to God is\\nthe fundamental principle of salvation. God\\ncan save only a man who chooses to be\\nsaved. Christ s lament over the Holy City\\nis most pathetic, because the occasion for it\\nis reproduced time and time again. How\\noften would I have gathered thy children\\ntogether and ye would not.\\nYielding is also the essential element of\\nChristian service. We are not masters, but\\ndisciples. We are servants of the Most\\nHigh. Yield yourselves unto God by\\na conscious choice. The margin gives a\\nstriking version, Yield your members\\nas arms or weapons unto God.\\nWe sing the hymn so often,\\nNearer, my God, to thee,\\nNearer to thee.\\nLet us translate that thought into a con-\\nstant fact. Put yourself so close to the\\nhand of God that he can use you wherever\\nand whenever he wills. Let your members\\nbe always God s weapons, which he may", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "28 DEEPER YET,\\nuse in his plans. Offer him clean hands, a\\npure heart, willing feet, consecrated lips, a\\nholy life, and put all of these by a conscious\\nchoice near him. God can do anything\\nwith us and for us if we lie close to his\\nhand of omnipotence. George Neumark\\nuttered a great truth when, speaking of his\\nhymns, he said, I was only the instru-\\nment God swept the keys. The Father\\ncan do little for us if he can do little with\\nus. He will add his deepest blessing as he\\nuses the yielded life. Thus we may sing\\nwith Horatius Bonar:\\nMake use of me, my God,\\nLet me not be forgot,\\nA broken vessel, cast aside,\\nOne whom thou needest not.\\nAll things do serve thee here.\\nAll creatures, great and small\\nMake use of me, of me, my God,\\nThe weakest of them all.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "Much More.\\n51\\nMuch more, they which receive abundance of grace\\nand of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life, by\\none, Jesus Christ. Rom, 5 17.\\nAUL undoubtedly caught the key-\\nnote of this message from the Mas-\\nter, who said, I am come that they\\nmight have hfe, and that they might\\nhave it more abundantly/*\\nTwo small words gather up the thought,\\n**much more. The apostle used this\\nphrase five times in this chapter, to indicate\\nthe great contrast between the life under sin\\nand the life under grace.\\nSin has laid a heavy burden upon the soul.\\nNo wonder the spent life dismally sighs out\\nthe question, Is life worth living Whose\\nfault is it The wilful human heart snapped\\nthe golden link which bound life to God.\\nMade to live with him, it chose to wander\\nfrom him. The soul that sinneth, it shall\\ndie. Sin is powerful, but God s grace is\\nmuch more powerful.\\nA lapidary purchased a very beautiful\\n29", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "30 DEEPER YET.\\nStone, which was marred by a small crack.\\nThe finder thought that this defect destroyed\\nthe value of the jewel. But the artist cut\\nout the defect in making his design for a\\nsignet-ring. So God obliterates the con-\\nscience of sin by transforming it into the\\nconsciousness of forgiveness. The cross\\nof Christ sinks deeper than the sense of\\nguilt. Life kills death. We are saved\\nfrom sin, that we might live the abounding\\nlife.\\nAgain, there is always much more for us\\nin our weakness. As princes of the royal\\nhouse, we have an inexhaustible storehouse\\nupon which we may draw. My God shall\\nsupply all your need according to his riches\\nin glory by Christ Jesus. There is always\\nmore for us than we use, and we need\\nnever grow anxious because conditions\\nseem to demand greater supplies of grace.\\nThey which receive take out of the full and\\nexhaustless hand of God. Blessed are they\\nwho hunger and thirst, for they shall not\\nonly be filled, but they shall be made strong\\nenough to reign.\\nThe regnant life is Christ s conquest of\\nus applied to our circumstances. *Be\\nstrong in the Lord, and in the power of his", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "MUCH MORE. 31\\nmight/ Dependence is the secret of our\\nliberty and our strength. Our moral courage\\nis God s life surging through willing chan-\\nnels in us. Our strength in prayer is con-\\nscious fellowship with the Saviour. Our\\nabundance of faith is the Holy Spirit wit-\\nnessing within us concerning Jesus.\\nThe regnant life is an increasingly obedient\\nlife. Disobedience opposes our plans to\\nGod s. When our way crosses God s, then\\ncome the crosses; for the Father seeks to\\ndraw us back to his side. The assurance\\nof victory is to let God have his perfect\\nway. This is the victory that overcometh\\nthe world, even our faith. We can win\\nregnancy, not because we are strong, but\\nbecause we have put our whole beings into\\nthe hands of our great Captain, who wins\\nthe battles for us, and then hands over the\\nvictory to us.\\nMy soul, hast thou put on the whole\\narmor of God Then fightings within and\\nfears without can have no terrors for thee.\\nArt thou reigning, or art thou cast down\\nbecause of defeat.^ Art thou living at a\\npoor dying rate, or the much more regnant\\nlife It is for thee to say. The Lord has\\noflfered thee the life more abounding. He", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "32 DEEPER YET,\\nhas said that thou mayest reign if thou wilt\\nreceive.\\nWhat dost thou need to-day? More\\ncourage, more patience, more gentleness,\\nmore love Behold, the Father s storehouse\\nis open before thee. Ask in faith, and thou\\ncanst take. The Master will not withhold\\nfrom thee if thou art willing to receive.\\nDost thou need endurance? Why art\\nthou so often defeated Because thou art\\nfighting alone. Art thou pressing forward,\\nor art thou loitering in the rear Be valiant\\nand courageous. Through Christ alone\\ncanst thou conquer. With Christ alone art\\nthou safe. In Christ alone canst thou reign.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "The Three Crosses.\\nGod forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our\\nLord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto\\nme, and I unto the world. Gal. 6 14.\\n\u00e2\u0084\u00a2AUL S one great absorbing passion\\n|J^ was Jesus, the crucified. He could\\nhave boasted of birth, of attain-\\nments and education; but all things\\nwere of little weight since the experience\\nof the Damascus road held before him the\\nvision of Christ. He knew one thing\\nwell. He knew whom he believed. His\\nlife was fixed upon the sacrifice of Calvary.\\nAs the traveller gazes upon the Mount of\\nthe Holy Cross, in our West land, until\\nnature s silent witness to the tragedy of\\nGolgotha becomes photographed upon the\\nmental vision, never to be forgotten, so\\nCalvary stood before Paul, a constant vis-\\nion and inspiration, so that he could sing:\\nglory in the cross of Christ. I am not\\nashamed to throw myself at its foot, and\\nplead for mercy; for he who hung upon\\n33", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "34 DEEPER YET.\\nits crimsoned arms is my Lord and Sav-\\niour.\\nI. The cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.\\nWe cannot fathom the mystery of godli-\\nness. Only this we do know: It was love,\\nwondrous love, that sent Jesus to his cross.\\nSin made the cross necessary. Love ac-\\ncepted the necessity for a sacrifice. Now\\nwe can come to God by the way of the\\ncross.\\nPrincess Alice came into the room where\\nher child was dying of a dread disease.\\nMamma, kiss me. Prudence suggested\\na denial of the request. But mother-love\\nstooped down and kissed the blackened\\nlips. It meant death to the mother, but it also\\nmeant supreme love. Does God love any\\nless? Nay, the Son stooped down from\\nglory, bared his heart for the spear-thrust,\\nstretched out his hands for the nails, that\\nsinners might be loved back to the Father s\\nheart.\\nHis cross, planted in the earth, means\\nthat heaven has touched earth forever.\\nReaching up into the skies, it means that he\\nwill lead man to heaven. Stretching out\\nwith its wide arms, it means that the whole\\nworld may find a shelter in its embrace.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE THREE CROSSES. 35\\nThrough all depths of sin and loss\\nSinks the plummet of the cross.\\nNever yet abyss was found\\nDeeper than that cross could sound.\\n2. By whom the world is crucified\\nunto me. Out of Christ s crucifixion\\ngrows the second cross. Can we say that\\nwith Paul Jesus has put the world where\\nit belongs\u00e2\u0080\u0094 beneath his feet. He drew his\\nmotives from above. His mission upon\\nearth was to glorify the Father.\\nThis must be the motive of the saved soul.\\nThe world cannot furnish us with inspi-\\nration or with aims. It cannot suggest our\\njoys or shape our living.\\nChrist came to save us from this present\\nworld. I pray not that thou shouldest\\ntake them out of the world, but that thou\\nshouldest keep them from the evil, from\\nthe fire of sin. The world, as God sees it,\\nteems with base, ignoble purposes, and is\\nat enmity with him. In Christ the world is\\ncrucified to the Christ-man; its mastery is\\nbroken. As we stand in the shadow of\\nCalvary s cross, we read the definition of\\nthe world; and we say: I will no longer\\nlive for the world, but for Christ. He is all\\nthe world to me.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "36 DEEPER YET.\\n3. am crucified unto the world.\\nPaul chose the ignominy of the cross in\\npreference to all that the world could offer.\\nHe willingly gave up all things for the ex-\\ncellency of the gospel. He did not wist-\\nfully look back and sigh for the old life be-\\ncause of the hardships of the present one.\\nHe chose to be a comrade with Jesus, of\\nthe despised cross, and that choice was\\nfinal. Henceforth he bore the marks of the\\nsufferings of Jesus.\\nA Christian had this dream He seemed\\nto be dead; and the angels, bending over\\nhim, said, He is dead. They felt his\\nheart, and whispered, It does not throb.\\nAt last one came, and, lifting his hand,\\nsaid: Nay, what is this? A nail-print in\\nhis palm. This man is not dead; he has\\nbeen crucified with Christ, and lives with\\nhim.\\nBlessed Father, we thank thee for the\\ngift of thy love, thy dear Son, our Saviour.\\nGive us grace, that not only the angels but\\nthe world may see that we live with Jesus\\na new life divine. Accept anew the glad\\ndedication of body, soul, and spirit, that\\nwe may be true comrades of the cross, with\\nJesus Christ, our Saviour.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "The Divine Partnership.\\nIf ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do.-\\nJohn 14: 14.\\nUR Saviour s farev^ell words to his\\ndisciples v^ere meant to be sun-\\nbeams, lifting the mists of a dark\\nsummer foreboding.\\nA cloud of trouble w^as rising before them\\nbut, Let not your heart be troubled, the\\nMaster said. I am going aw^ay, and yet\\nnot from you. I w^ill not only prepare a\\nplace for you, but I v^ill be v^ith you alway.\\nYou may not understand all this now, but\\nafterward you will know. The old\\npromise was again about to be fulfilled,\\nWeeping may endure in the evening, but\\nsinging cometh in the morning.\\nTenderly and lovingly the Saviour sought\\nto draw his disciples away from the con-\\ntemplation of parting into the blessed truth\\nof spiritual fellowship.\\nThe Christian need never be alone. Jesus\\nhas promised, I am with you alway. In\\nhis utter solitude, when even the world may\\n37", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "38 DEEPER YET.\\nforsake, the disciple may be sure that the\\nheavenly Father will never leave or forsake\\nhis child. The dying Wesley said, v^ith\\nalmost his last breath, The best of all is,\\nGod is WWh us.\\nWhen Samuel Rutherford w^as in the\\nAberdeen prison, he wrote thus to a friend\\nThe Lord is with me; I care not what man\\ncan do. I burden no man, and I want noth-\\ning. No person is provided for better than\\nI am. My chains are even gilded with gold.\\nNo pen, no words, nothing, can express the\\nbeauty of Christ. Every stone in my cell\\nshines like rubies, because he is with me.\\nBut Christ is not only with us; he is also\\nworking with us. What an omnipotent\\npromise! If ye shall ask anything in my\\nname, I will do. Mark the fact that the\\nlittle word, it, found in the Authorized\\nVersion, is not in the original. The promise\\nsimply stands, will do. Jesus is the\\nDoer. We are the petitioners. The union\\nof Master and disciples constitutes the divine\\npartnership. If ye shall ask anything, in\\nmy name, I will be the Doer, I will be the\\nanswer to your prayers. I will see to it that\\nall things work together for the good of my\\ndisciples. What an incentive this promise", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE DIVINE FABTNERSHIP. 39\\nis, to work and pray as we have never done\\nbefore!\\nWhat makes us more than conquerors,\\nbut this? Our great Captain obtains the\\nvictory for us, and then hands the triumph\\nover to us. What does the promise mean,\\nWithout me ye can do nothing, but this\\nOur weakness is linked with God s almighti-\\nness. The blessing of fellowship is involved\\nin the divine partnership. We are God s\\nworkmanship, but we are also workers to-\\ngether with him. Thus the promise of the\\nNew Testament clasps hands with that of\\nthe Old, Commit thy way unto me, and I\\nwill bring it to pass.\\nMy soul, hast thou heard f dost thou be-\\nlieve Hast thou been misled by that little\\nword, it, into thinking that the Father\\nwill only answer thy little requests, and will\\nhelp thee only in the small things of thy\\npilgrimage God can do all things. Do\\nnot limit the Father s love or power. Spend\\nthe promises lavishly. Bring large petitions,\\nfor thou art asking favors of the King of\\nkings.\\nWilt thou be made whole, that thou\\nmayest do better service He will cleanse\\nthee until thy heart is washed whiter than", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "40 DEEPER YET.\\nsnow, and he will heal thee until thy strength\\nis wholly his; and then he can use thee.\\nWilt thou have victory over temptations,\\nover a quick temper, over an overbearing\\npassion, over a hot impatience Ask him\\nfor his partnership, and he will do. His\\ngrace is always sufficient, if thou wilt only\\nlet him do with thee and for thee all that he\\ndesires.\\nFirst let God work in thee to will and to\\ndo of his good pleasure, and then he will\\nlift thee into the exalted place of working\\nwith him; and thou wilt realize more and\\nmore the great joy of the divine fellowship\\nin service.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Guidance and Glory.\\nThou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward\\nreceive me to glory. Ps. 73 24.\\nHE initial need of the human soul is\\nsheer recovery from the penalty and\\nthe power of sin. Not by the power\\nof the mind, nor by the might of\\nthe will, can man release himself from the\\nthraldom of sin. God, infinite in mercy\\nand love, has provided a release through the\\nmerits of his Son, upon whose innocent\\nshoulders the storm spent itself, so that the\\nsoul might have a hiding-place from the\\nwinds and a covert from the tempest. After\\ncleansing comes counsel, for the same Lord\\nwho said, I am the Lord that healeth thee,\\nalso said, I will guide thee. Faith sees\\nthe Saviour. Trust follows the Shepherd.\\nDaily must we come to him for counsel.\\nLet us say, the first thing in the morning:\\nBlessed Lord, undertake for me. I do not\\nknow what is before me, but I know that\\nthou art my Guide. Lead me, lest I stray\\naway.\\n41", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "42 DEEPER YET,\\nWhat an invincible Guide we have! An\\nAlpine guide led a tourist party up the steep\\nmountain, and came to a difficult pass. He\\nsteadied them, one by one, past the danger,\\nholding out his hand as a support. One\\ntrembled as he faced the danger. The guide\\nreplied: Do not fear. Only lean upon me.\\nThis hand never lost a traveller. Ah, that\\ngreater Hand held out in blessing to human-\\nity, at last scarred on Calvary, never lost a\\nsoul intrusted to him. No power can pluck\\nthe soul out of his hand.\\nHow do we receive his counsel? By-\\nprayer we commune with God. By our\\nstudy of his Word he speaks to us. The\\nSpirit enlightens the conscience and inter-\\nprets the message. Religion is not an end-\\nless search after the truth. Here, in the\\nWord, is the record of God s truth. Jesus\\nsaid, *The Spirit will guide you into all\\ntruth. Accept the message. Study and\\ndig deep. Compare duty with its com-\\nmands. Square the life with the law.\\nMatch the work of the soul with the word\\nof the Saviour. As the pillar of cloud by\\nday and of fire by night guided the children\\nof Israel through the wilderness, so the child\\nof God is daily guided by the divine counsel.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "GUIDANCE AND GLOBY. 43\\nAnd what then So intimate and close\\nbecomes the relation between the Guide and\\nthe guided that the pathway of glory shines\\nout, and brightens the whole outlook of the\\nsoul. The pilgrim can sing: 1 am contin-\\nually with thee; thou hast holden me by\\nmy right hand. Thou shalt guide me with\\nthy counsel, and afterward receive me to\\nglory. First comes training, then glory;\\nfirst the work of discipline, then the finished\\njourney; first the cutting of the jewel, then\\nthe sparkling of the gem; first the climbing,\\nthen the goal.\\nChrist s way, often rugged and thorn-\\nstrewn and difficult, always leads to the\\nshining city of the skies. We cannot lose\\nour way if we are with him; for he has\\nsaid, M am the way. Pilgrims travelling\\nheavenward have their faces toward the\\nlight. Yonder at the pearly gates stands\\nOne ready to receive us, to welcome us, to\\nmake us feel at home, to say to us: Thou\\ndidst have some dark days, but this glory\\nwas awaiting thee. Thy earthly pathway\\nwas ofttimes shadowed by cloud and storm.\\nNow all trial is past. Here is neither sickness\\nnor sorrow nor night nor tears. Enter, my\\nchild, into the glory and the joy of thy Lord.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "44 DEEPER YET.\\nAfterward! We do not know all now,\\nbut ye shall know hereafter. Afterward!\\nHeaven s great surprise will be a perfect ex-\\nplanation. Afterward We shall know\\neven as also we are known. Afterward!\\nIt will be well with the soul. Afterward!\\nWe may not know all the way now; but\\nwe know our Guide, and then **we shall\\nbe like him, for we shall see him as he is.\\nO tired soul, burdened with grief and trial,\\nshadowed by sorrow, and perplexed by\\nmany unexplained chastenings, trust thy\\nFather God for the now and the afterward.\\nGod is his own interpreter,\\nAnd he will make it plain.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Love s Rescue.\\nBehold, on my peace came great bitterness, but thou\\nhast loved my soul from the pit of corruption. Isa. 38\\n17. (Margin.)\\nOW graphic and vivid a picture of\\nthe soul s rescue from the thraldom\\nof sin Tv/o things came to the\\nsoul the pain of bitterness, and the\\nblessing of rescue. The first is the result of\\nsin the second is the work of love.\\nMan longs for peace, and never willingly\\ngives up the thought of securing it. Though\\nthe world s false apples turn to ashes, yet\\nthe heart hopes. Sin is a heedless guide.\\nIt first digs a pit, and then leads the soul\\ninto the snare. It promises happiness, but\\ngives bitterness. It whispers, Your heart\\nwill be happy. It means, Your heart\\nwill be bitter. It smiles the soul onward,\\nand then gloats over its poor victim, a pris-\\noner in the deep pit. It breaks the heart,\\nand then chains it to the staple of despair in\\nthe prison-house of gloom.\\nWhat then 1 The soul has no power of\\n45", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "46 DEEPER YET.\\nits own to scale the walls, or to break the\\nchains. What a mockery to say, What\\ncannot be cured must be endured 1\\nWhat a crime to say, Make yourself as\\ncomfortable as possible, and by and by you\\nwill develop out of this dreadful condi-\\ntion Nay when lust hath^conceived, it\\nbringeth forth sin and sin, when it is fin-\\nished, bringeth forth death. This is the\\nevolution of sin. Is there no hope, no help\\nThank God for the supremacy of love. The\\nonly help can come from above. The poor\\nprisoner of Chillon cut grooves in the slimy\\nwalls, that he might get a little nearer to the\\nlight but he could not escape. Thank God\\nfor the blessed word of hope. Behold, I\\nhave anointed my Son to bind up the\\nbroken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the\\ncaptives, and the opening of the prison to\\nthem that are bound. Jesus came to save\\nfrom the uttermost to the uttermost. He\\nstands at the opening of the pit. His very\\npresence brings light and hope. Already\\nthere is a strange stirring of the heart as it\\nlooks up and sees love. The Master has\\ncome, whose very face inspires confidence.\\nAs he looks into the face of the prisoner, he\\nsays, I am able and willing to save thee", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "LOVE S EESCVE, 47\\nart thou willing that I should Only be-\\nlieve, poor sinner for he has come to lift\\nup thy despairing heart and to save thee.\\nThere is always a strange shrinking of\\nsin before the presence of Christ, just as\\ndarkness gathers up its robes of gloom and\\ndeparts when the glory-beams of the sun\\nclimb up the golden stairway of the morn-\\ning dawn. The stifling atmosphere clears,\\nand even the pit, boasting so often of its\\npower, now feels that it is face to face with\\nits Master.\\nPower linked itself with love, might and\\nmercy joined hands, when Jesus stood at\\nthe tomb of Lazarus, his friend. Love cried\\nout, through a rainbow of tears, Lazarus,\\ncome forth. The tomb felt the power of\\nthe Conqueror, and even death knew its\\nLord.\\nSo love stands at the dark pit of sin, and\\nlifts the willing soul out of its lowest\\ndepths, shatters the chains that bind hand\\nand foot, breaks the spell that binds the\\nheart, and exclaims, **Now thou art free.\\nBlessed Saviour, thou hast loved my soul\\nout of the pit. Thy love has conquered.\\nThou hast led me from darkness into the\\nlight, from despair into hope, from weak-", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "48 DEEPER YET.\\nness into strength, from death unto life,\\nfrom the thraldom of Satan into the king-\\ndom of thy love.\\nWhat shall I do now Shall I continue\\nin sin, that grace may abound Shall my\\nlife be a constant falling and rescue God\\nforbid. I lived unto sin once nov^ help\\nme to live wholly unto thee. O, t was\\nlove, t was wondrous love, that saved me,\\nand every fibre of my being thrills with\\ngratitude unto thee. May I never wander\\nfrom the spell of thy love over me. Thou\\nhast freed me; give me grace to use this\\nfreedom wholly for thee, in thy service, go-\\ning out and coming in, as the bond-servant\\nof thy love. My soul, lift up thy hymn of\\npraise to thy Redeemer.\\nHe brought me up also out of an horrible pit,\\nOut of the miry clay.\\nHe set my feet upon a rock,\\nAnd established my goings.\\nHe hath put a new song in my mouth,\\nEven praise unto our God.\\nPs.40;2, 3.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "The Vision of God.\\nThis is none other but the house of God, and this is\\nthe gate of heaven. Gen, 28: 17.\\nHE religious nature is the deepest\\nelement in life, but that element\\nmay lie neglected in the human soul.\\nJacob of old is the striking example\\nof this thought. Destined for a high place\\nin the plans of God, he sought to gain this\\nsupremacy by deceitful methods, and thus\\nhis plans were turned into defeat. In his\\nextremity the Lord appeared to him in the\\nlonely solitude of the plains, and aroused in\\nhim the capacity to see the divine. The\\nbackground was his own failure and his\\nexile. With a stone as his pillow, the open\\nheavens as his covering, he lay down in\\nutter helplessness and despair. Then the\\nheavens opened to him so that he saw\\nsomewhat of the glory, and he beheld the\\ndescending and the ascending angels. The\\nsoul, far removed from the deceits of the\\nworld, conscious of its own failure, faced\\nheavenward, and thought on God.\\n49", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "50 DEEPER YET.\\nNo wonder that Jacob upon awaking felt\\nthe power of God stirring within him. He\\nhad seen something of God. The aspect\\nof his life from henceforth would in some\\nmeasure be changed. After that vision he\\ncould not be the same man as before.\\nMark the fact that the place had not\\nchanged. The same silence reigned. The\\nsame barren stretch of plain extended before\\nhim. The same bowlders lay at his feet.\\nThe stone pillow had not been transformed\\ninto jasper or pearl, but he had changed.\\nHe had seen the vision of the divine. Heaven\\nhad opened to him, with all its pure and up-\\nlifting influences the consciousness of God s\\npresence had penetrated his inmost soul.\\nThis was the real beginning of that trans-\\nformation which changed Jacob into Israel\\nas a prince who had prevailed with God.\\nThat is the deep lesson for us. True religion\\nmeans more than interest in history, or the\\nmastery of ethics and moral philosophy.\\nWe need a meeting-place where the soul\\ncan stand face to face with God and receive\\nfrom him the vision of what life means, of\\nthe forces of life that strengthen the soul, of\\nthe power that links the possibilities of life\\nwith the armies and the chariots of heaven.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE VISION OF GOD, 51\\nOur souls need such experience as Jacob\\nhad, to clarify our vision of eternity, and to\\nmake them conscious of God s presence.\\nPrayer is much more than speaking words.\\nIt is the soul breathing the very life of God.\\nIt is joining the deepest reality of the spir-\\nitual life v^ith the common, every-day duties\\nof living. The soul v^ould be at a serious\\nloss if it only had an abstract principle upon\\nwhich to base the exercise of prayer. God s\\nWord frequently connects prayer with a\\nplace. Jesus associated prayer with place\\nwhen he sought the solitude of the moun-\\ntain or the deep shades of an olive grove in\\norder to be removed from the noises of the\\nworld and to enter into the solemn hush of\\nthe Father s presence. How earnestly he\\nurged upon the disciples the need of enter-\\ning into the closet, *and when thou hast\\nshut thy door, pray to thy Father which is\\nin secret. Did not Jesus mean that we\\nwere to have a place in our lives which\\nshould be filled with the most sacred associ-\\nations, and be surrounded by holy influences\\nand hallowed experiences\\nMy soul, hast thou a holy of holies in the\\ndaily life; a place where thou canst retire,\\nand meet thy Father God, and commune", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "52 DEEPER YET,\\nwith him Thou dost enter into the spirit\\nof public worship and prayer; canst thou\\nalso rejoice in the presence of God when\\nthou art alone with him Canst thou hold\\nthyself still enough so that the world is far\\nremoved, and thou dost not wander in\\nthought or grow weary in waiting? Dost\\nthou give only a few hurried moments in\\nthe morning, or a few wearied moments in\\nthe evening, for such a privilege of meeting\\nwith thy Father? How canst thou work\\nwell if thou dost pray so poorly Remem-\\nber that the disciples of old went from the\\nupper room to the harvest of souls. O, seek\\noften thy closet, and open wide thy door,\\nthat the heavenly Guest may enter; and then\\nshut thy door to all the world, and verily\\nthou shalt see God, and thou canst then live\\nthe transfigured life of thy Lord.\\n1", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Through Knowledge to Trust.\\nThey that know thy name will put their trust in thee.\\nFs. 9 lo.\\nOLY Spirit, teach us a deeper lesson\\nconcerning this simple, every-day\\nprivilege of trust. Help us to fill\\nour empty chalices at the fountain\\nof eternal waters, that our souls thirst\\nmight be quenched.\\nFaith is more than the apprehension of a\\ndoctrinal truth. Its truest expression is love\\nfor a person. We may say reverently that\\nGod always respects the powers of the\\nmind and the heart with which he has en-\\ndowed us. Jesus asked his disciples to be-\\nlieve the message which he brought, be-\\ncause confidence in and love for him had\\nbeen awakened.\\nWe so often speak of the basis of faith.\\nWhat is the nature of that basis We are\\ncontinually demanding proof when we\\nreally need knowledge. Think for a mo-\\nment of earthly relations. Faith rests much\\nmore on our confidence in trustworthy men\\n53", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "54 DEEPER YET.\\nthan on sheer evidence which we receive\\nthrough the senses. We know the man,\\nand we then trust his word. Life grasps life\\nby coming to know and to love it. They that\\nknow will trust. We rejoice in the pre-\\ncious message that God knows us. The\\nLord knoweth them that are his. We re-\\njoice in his perfect knowledge of us. The\\ngood shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.\\nI know my sheep.\\nBut this is the other side of the truth.\\nThey who learn to know God will come to\\ntrust him, and the more they know him,\\nthe more will they trust. But mark this\\ndistinction between two kinds of knowl-\\nedge. The one demands a perfect explana-\\ntion before it can accept a message; the\\nother asks for a closer fellowship with the\\none who reveals the message. The one\\nwants proof; the other seeks love. Science\\nis what we know by proof; religion is what\\nwe accept through confidence in God.\\nWhat folly it is to hold God at arm s\\nlength, and say, Mwill not come closer\\nuntil I know thee better In our friend-\\nships do we say: I should like to have\\nmore confidence in you, and trust you\\nmore; but I must hold aloof from you until", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TO TRUST, 55\\nI find you trustworthy We associate\\nwith friends, and live with them; and, as\\nwe learn to know them, we also learn to\\ntrust them. Without fellowship, trust such\\nas God expects cannot exist. You might\\nas well try to compel a little child to follow\\na total stranger as to make your heart trust\\nGod without living with him and loving\\nhim.\\nFaith Cometh by knowledge, by hear-\\ning God s Word, the hearing of obedience.\\nHe that hath my commandments, and\\nkeepeth them, he it is that loveth me.\\nReligion is the response of the inner to\\nthe outer. It is the human heart answer-\\ning its divine Lord. Come to the Word\\nwith a candid mind, a receptive soul, a\\nwilling heart, saying, Dear Lord, reveal\\nthy Word to me, and manifest thyself\\nthrough thy Word. The Bible interprets\\nGod; but much more, God will interpret\\nthe Bible to us.\\nThrough knowledge to trust was the\\nshining pathway which St. Paul trod with\\nso much joy and triumph. Not even the\\ndarkness and the gloom of the Mamertine\\nprison could shake his deep faith, for we\\ncan hear the triumph of victory in his very", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "56 DEEPER YET,\\nwords, I know whom I have believed,\\nand am persuaded that he is able to keep\\nthat which I have committed unto him\\nagainst that day.*\\nBlessed Father, forgive me for being so\\nslow to learn the privilege of trust. Thou\\nhast revealed thyself through thy Son, that\\nI might know thee, and that, knowing thee,\\nI might implicitly trust thee.\\nGive me the still hour, the quiet heart,\\nthat I may be conscious of thy presence.\\nCalm the turbulency of my anxious heart\\nwith thy gentle grace. Dispel my misgiv-\\nings by revealing thy Word to me. Help\\nme to study the Bible with the calm con-\\nsciousness that thou art speaking to me\\nthrough it. Thou knowest the trials of my\\nfaith. Forgive me if I walk slowly, for* I\\nam as a little child before thee. Thou art\\nmy Lord. I will trust thee. I will obey\\nthee. Sanctify the time allotted to me for\\nmy earthly life so that I may live wholly\\nfor thy glory and love.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "The Higher Life.\\nSeek the Lord, and ye shall live. Amos 5 6.\\nHERE is life and life. The evidence\\nof physical existence is our breath\\nand our activity. We live and move\\nand have our being, because God\\nis our Creator. In the beginning God\\nWe live because he lives and wills and loves.\\nBut there is a higher life, which controls\\nand shapes the physical, and manifests the\\nimage of God in us, though that image has\\nbeen blurred and stained by the sins of our\\nhearts.\\nThe command to seek the Lord presup-\\nposes the power to seek, to think, to love.\\nThe dead cannot see. The lifeless cannot\\nseek. God founds the possibility of seek-\\ning him upon the powers that he himself\\nhas given to man. We must have belonged\\nsomewhere if ever we were lost; and sal-\\nvation means that the Son of God brings\\nus back again to the Father to whose heart\\nand home we originally belonged, and from\\nwhich we wandered. Seek, and ye shall\\n57", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "58 DEEPER YET,\\nfind. There is no mystery; for, as we open\\nthe heart, God will come in with the wealth\\nof his love and his life.\\nGod is love, and we shall find love in\\nhim. God is mercy, and he enters the\\nhuman heart, and makes us conscious of\\nforgiveness because of the sacrifice on\\nCalvary. God is truth, and the Holy Spirit\\nabides at the centre of our being to testify\\nof Jesus.\\nWe seek God, but infinitely more God\\nseeks us, that he may live in us and rule\\nand reign over us. That is the higher life.\\nFaith apprehends and trust appropriates.\\nLove finds. A man has not truly begun to\\nlive until Christ lives in him. Paul said,\\nTo me to live is Christ. He had made\\nthe supreme search and the supreme sur-\\nrender. I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth\\nin me.\\nThe child born blind lived, but could not\\nsee. When in after years sight was restored,\\nshe saw beauty all around, and she ex-\\nclaimed: How beautiful! Mother, why\\ndid you not tell me how lovely everything\\nwas\\nMy child, I tried to tell you, but you\\ncould not understand it.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TEE HIGHER LIFE. 59\\nYe must be born again/ is the message\\nwhich leads to the true life. We cannot\\nsee, we cannot live as God counts life, un-\\nless we have sought and found God, by the\\nobedience of our faith and our acceptance\\nof Jesus as the Lamb slain for us.\\nSeek the Lord, not merely to know some-\\nthing about him, not to be interested in his\\nprovidences; but seek him for his sake,\\nwith an energy of trust, until you have\\npassed the borders of the promised land and\\nare in his presence. Then comes the true\\nlife, the life more abounding.\\n**Thou shalt live. That surely does not\\nmean that these bodies will go on breath-\\ning; for we see all around us men who re-\\nfuse to seek the Lord, who are indifferent\\nto every plea of love and offer of mercy;\\nyet they live. But eternity determines the\\ncharacter of life. God means that the soul,\\nseeking and finding him, shall know the\\npower of an endless life, and shall not come\\ninto condemnation, but shall, now and for-\\never, pass from death unto life.\\nMy soul, hast thou heard? Seek the\\nLord, and thou shalt live. Thy very life is\\nat stake. Thou mayest be dying before thy\\nbody decays. Thou art meant for a nobler", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "60 DEEPER YET.\\npurpose than simply to breathe. God s life\\nis held out to thee. Seek that first. Thou\\nwilt have no rest until thou findest thy rest\\nin him. Dost thou thirst for the living\\nGod Thank God that thou art thirsty, for\\nthen thou wilt seek the eternal fountain, and\\ndrink. Art thou hungry Thank God, for\\nthen thou wilt press into the banquet of\\nlove, and thou wilt be satisfied, and wilt re-\\nceive of his fulness.\\nThou shalt truly live only as thou art\\nbound up in the bundle of life with thy\\nLord. In the secret of his presence, like\\nMoses of old, thou mayest lift up thy weak\\nhand, and, laying it in the hand of Omnipo-\\ntence, thou wilt feel the thrill of the eternal\\nlife within thee; and thou canst sing in the\\nvery hour of dying and in the presence of\\ndeath: **I live, I live forever. Thanks be\\nunto God, who giveth me the victory\\nthrough my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "The Stimulus of Defeat.\\nAs for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee\\nso to do. DeuU i8: 14.\\nHERE are certain providences of\\nGod with which we are not so\\nfamiliar because we are not always\\nsure that they are blessings, although\\nfaith ought to accept God s Word implicitly.\\nMercies in disguise are not very popular\\nwith us, because we cannot clearly see\\nwhether they are friend or foe, nor can we\\nalways make out their meaning.\\nIs there any comfort in the thought that\\nit is much better for us in many instances\\nnot to have certain things Next to getting,\\ncontentment is the cheerful willingness to\\ndo without many things. This experience\\nis so often beyond our understanding that\\nit makes us unhappy and discontented.\\nGod s wisdom, which wrought so lov-\\ningly for the children of Israel, is still at\\nwork among those who put their trust in\\nhim. God leads, and he withholds. The\\nLord provides, and he denies. The Lord\\n61", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "62 DEEPER YET.\\nhas suffered us to do, and then he has not\\nsuffered us to do. We thank God for giv-\\ning. Shall we not also thank him for not\\ngiving If v^e only knev/ all, if vs^e could\\nonly enter into all the complicated needs of\\ncharacter-building, and v^hat it means to\\nguard human life, we could then under-\\nstand why God finds it necessary to with-\\nhold as well as to give, since his thoughts\\nare not our thoughts, nor are his ways our\\nways.\\nIf the thin veil of the material could be\\ndrawn aside, we might mark the dangers\\nthat pressed so near us, and threatened us\\nwith dire peril but the hand omnipotent\\nwas stretched out in our defence, and the\\ndanger was thrust aside, and we never knew\\nof it at all. In many ways unknown to us,\\nGod s providences are alert sentinels for our\\nsafety. We shield our children from harm\\nand danger by interfering with their de-\\nsires. The child does not know the parent\\ndoes and therefore the child s ignorance is\\nprotected by the parent s knowledge. The\\nHeavenly Father will not permit us to enter\\nupon what his supreme wisdom knows will\\ninjure us or mar our souls.\\nHave we not found another reason why", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE STIMULUS OF DEFEAT. 63\\nthe law of the Kingdom is, Not our wills,\\nbut God s will, be done We do not know\\nvery much. We are limited on all sides.\\nBut God knows and understands. Let him\\nhave his perfect way. Jesus in his earthly\\nministry set himself to the serious task of\\nmoulding common material into serious dis-\\ncipleship. He gave his followers much,\\nbut he also denied them much. The Master\\nMoulder works upon the characters of his\\ndisciples of all ages. **What I do thou\\nknowest not now, but thou shalt know\\nhereafter. It is not necessary to know the\\nwhole process it is sufficient to know that\\nwe are safe in his blessed hands. There is\\nstimulus in defeat when trust can say, in\\nthe face of some denial, *Thou knowest\\nbest. If the Father withholds, we can be\\nsure that he has something better to give.\\nIf he takes away, we can be sure that it will\\nwork for our good. Let his providence\\nspur us on to deeper faithfulness.\\nAn agonizing father knelt at the bedside\\nof his only son, who was dying.\\nI cannot give you up, my son.\\nThe child replied, Papa, find some other\\nboys to take care of and to help.\\nA university founded and endowed by", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "64 DEEPER YET.\\nthe parents, where needy boys might re-\\nceive an education, was the result of the\\ndeath of an only son, who in dying gave a\\nnew life-motto to his parents.\\nMay we read many messages concerning\\nour life-work in the mellow or shaded light\\nof our losses and our defeats. Let us\\npatiently set our hearts to the most difficult\\ntasks, because the Lord, who gives and\\nwithholds, always knows what we need\\nand, though we may not now be able to\\nfathom the plans of divine providence in\\nour lives, or find a present key for each\\nmystery, let us trust God, and be willing,\\nobedient children, content to believe that\\nhe doeth all things well.\\nAnd, when through patient toil we reach the land\\nWhere tired feet with sandals loose may rest,\\nWhen we shall clearly see and understand,\\nI think that we will say, God knew the best.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "Paul s Three Ambitions.\\nFor me to live is Christ. Phil, i 21.\\nHE whole life of the great apostle\\nwas intensified by this one thought,\\nthat Christ might reign supreme in\\nhim, and that the spirit of Christ\\nmight freely work through him.\\nZinzendorf, the ardent missionary of the\\nlast century, manifested the same intense\\npurpose, when he said, **I have only one\\npassion; that is he, only he.\\nIt is wrong not to be ambitious when\\nsuch ambition means that the life is wholly\\ngiven over to the life divine to do with it as\\nGod pleases. Dr. A. J. Gordon, of sainted\\nmemory, called special attention to the fol-\\nlowing three ambitions, which throbbed in\\nPaul s consecrated life.\\nI. Be ambitious to be quiet. i Thess.\\n4: II. Its primary reference was to a very\\npractical duty, but its application to the\\nspiritual life is obvious. In quietness is\\nyour strength. Fellowship with God can\\nbe conserved only as our souls are still\\n65", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "66 DEEPER YET,\\nenough before him so that we can hear his\\nvoice and be conscious of his presence.\\nWe are prone to live noisy lives. We are\\nfond of activity and outw^ard striving. We\\noften mistake a stirring nature for deep liv-\\ning. The measure of our v^illingness to\\nwait upon God will determine the measure\\nof our spiritual strength. Deep lives are\\nthose that know the quietness of God s\\npresence. We come to the mercy-seat\\non an errand of real life. God will hear\\nus if we will hear God. There is too much\\nhurry in our lives, too little desire to be\\nalone with God. We are fitted for our\\nmost arduous tasks only by being con-\\nscious of God s presence in our quiet mo-\\nments. If we would know how to work\\nmore, let us learn how to pray better.\\n2. Wherefore we labor, that, whether\\npresent or absent, we may be accepted of\\nhim. 2 Cor. 5: 9.\\nPaul s great desire was to please God.\\nHe worked and toiled under the eye of the\\nFather. He cared not what the world\\nthought. He did care what God thought\\nconcerning his daily life. It is so hard for\\nus to realize that God sees us. Thou God\\nseest me in all the details of my living.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "PAUL S THREE A3IBITI0NS. 67\\nWe are in this world, not to please it,\\nbut to please God. May we hate all sham\\nand hypocrisy, and cease forever from be-\\ning time-servers, and be out-and-out God-\\nservers. Let us, in all places and at all\\ntimes, be ambitious to please him.\\n3. Yea, so have I strived to preach\\nthe gospel, not where Christ was named,\\nlest I should build upon another man s\\nfoundation. Rom. 15:20.\\nNext to Christ, Paul s great passion was\\nfor souls. He yearned to carry the gospel\\nto those who had not heard the name of\\nJesus. He wanted to be the herald to the\\nmost forlorn hope, an under-shepherd, fol-\\nlowing his Master out on the bleak and\\nbarren mountain slopes, hunting lost sheep.\\nWe are called to be workers for souls.\\nEvery member of Christ s church is a mis-\\nsionary, a pastor. Christ meant that when\\nhe said, *Go ye. The school of prayer,\\nthe quiet hour, the duty of pleasing him,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nall this leads to the wholesome passion for\\nsouls.\\nIt is a mistake to think that the church\\nexists only for the comfort of its members.\\nIt is a sheepfold, with a great many stray-\\ning sheep on the outside. Bring them", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "68 DEEPER YET.\\nin/ said Jesus. Out yonder, men and\\nwomen are sinning, suffering, dying. Here\\nare Christ s men and Christ s women, who\\nhave been rescued and are saved. If Christ\\nwere here, what would he do He would\\nfirst seek and save the lost. But Christ is\\nhere in the person of every disciple who\\nhas received the Spirit. He has also given\\nhis commission. Go ye and disciple lost\\nsouls in my name. Live a pioneer life for\\nme. Go forth to the conquest of souls for\\nmy sake. Lovest thou me, then feed my\\nsheep. Make it your supreme passion to\\nrescue human life at every life-saving\\nstation because of love for me. I am going\\nto the uttermost parts of the earth. Whither\\ngo ye Are you ambitious to go with me\\nWhat answer shall we give? O, there\\ncan be only one answer as Christ is trans-\\nfigured before us, and we read our most\\nsacred obligations in the light of his love\\nand life. Yes,\\nI 11 go where you want me to go, dear Lord,\\nOver mountain or plain or sea\\nI 11 say what you want me to say, dear Lord\\nI 11 be what you want me to be,", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "Love Seeking Love.\\nLovest thou me more than these John 21 15.\\nHE Master met the defeated disciple,\\nand forgave the denial by testing\\nPeter s love. He does not say,\\nPeter, why didst thou deny me\\nbut, Lovest thou me Have repentance\\nand sorrow clarified thy heart, until the\\ndross has been swept away, and thou art\\nconscious of thy love for me Peter was\\nnot ready to serve until he was ready to\\nlove. Has Christ ever met us along the\\nshore of life s sea, and has he put the same\\nquestion to us, Tell me, dost thou really\\nlove me What answer have we given\\nWe are in danger of magnifying the tan-\\ngible and the practical, and of losing sight\\nof the heart-life, without which all service\\nis vain and perfunctory. We often say\\nwith a sigh, We must do this or that in\\nour service for God. I wonder what the\\nFather thinks of that word, must. Com-\\npulsion stifles love. Cold duty is a heart-\\nless service. Christ s love constrains us,\\n69", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "70 DEEPER YET.\\nbut it will never compel us. Let us love\\nGod for his own sake. May we never grow\\nso formal, so absorbed in our work, that\\nwe never say, Dear Father, I love thee.\\nThe little child comes to its father, and stirs\\nhis heart by saying, Dear papa, I just love\\nyou. Are we not the children of God, and\\nhas he not said, I have loved thee with an\\neverlasting love\\nAn aged Scotch wife lay dying. The\\nsorrowing husband sat at her side, and, see-\\ning that she was soon to leave him, he\\nbroke through his lifelong reserve, and\\nsaid, Jane, if ever a woman was loved, I\\nlove you. The weary eyelids were raised,\\na radiant smile illumined her face, as she\\nreplied, I kenned it, John, but O to hear\\nyou say it!\\nHow much we lose by not giving expres-\\nsion to our love! Why should we not often\\nand often tell out our love to the one be-\\nloved Why should we not be childlike\\nenough to tell God of our love for him, and\\nto answer his blessed love with our intense\\naffection\\nWhen the Master sought to teach the\\ndeepest lesson of the life of his kingdom,\\nhe placed a little child before the disciples.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "LOVE SEEKING LOVE. 71\\nNo matter how many years crown our\\nheads, the heart must remain childlike, if\\nwe would live with our Father God.\\nThe great core and sweetness of Christly\\nfellowship is the Master s question and\\nPeter s answer. Lovest thou me Yea,\\nLord, thou kno west that I love thee. But,\\nPeter, lovest thou me more than thou lovest\\nany one or anything else Am I first in thy\\nheart What is our answer\\nThe Psalmist s heartstrings thrilled with a\\npulse divine when he sang those words:\\nWhom have I in heaven but thee? and\\nthere is none on earth that I desire beside\\nthee.\\nLove sends the loving heart out into the\\nworld to carry its message to other lives.\\nThat is the test of sincerity.\\nMy soul, dost thou love much or little.^\\nRemember her of old of whom the Saviour\\nsaid she loved much because much had been\\nforgiven her. Hast thou met thy Lord in\\nthe way Perhaps yesterday thou didst\\ndeny him. Shame upon thy weakness.\\nDo not shun him. Stand face to face with\\nhim to-day. Listen; he is speaking to thee.\\nMy child, lovest thou me? Gather up\\nall thy energy, thy power of faith and love,", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "72 DEEPER YET,\\nand let thy heart speak. Thrust the world\\naside, that thou mayest see only him.\\nDost thou really love me? Canst thou\\nsay Blessed Lord, thou kno west all things.\\nThou knowest that deep down in my heart\\nlove for thee reigns and abides. Help me to\\nexpress it to thee, to live in thy great love\\nfor me. Listen for the next answer. My\\nchild, the best way to show thy love for\\nme is to love my other children enough to\\nfeed them and unselfishly serve them. Tell\\nto others the story of thy Jesus and his\\nlove. Let this be the motto on thy shield,\\nas thou dost go forth in the name of the\\nKing of love, love; therefore I serve.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "The Forgotten Place.\\nMy people\\nJer, 50 6.\\nhave forgotten their resting-place.\\nOW often the Christian longs for\\nrest, and then does not really seek\\nfor it! We sing about it, we pray\\nfor it, we meditate upon it, as a sort\\nof poetical fancy, but we are slow to take\\nthis rest from the outstretched hand of God.\\nWhat is the true rest which God is so\\nwilling to give us It is surely not inaction.\\nThe most restless, joyless life is the indolent\\none. It cannot be a life of untroubled\\nease, for Jesus said that one of the marks of\\ndiscipleship would be tribulation. It can-\\nnot be rest from burdens, or cessation from\\ndiificult service; for the rest of God can be\\nappreciated only by those who actually bear\\nthe heat and the burden of the day. The\\ninvitation is to those who are weary and\\nheavy laden. Those who are not will not\\ncare to come.\\nNot rest from, but rest amid, the tasks of\\nlife; the rest of weakness which feels be-\\n73", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "74 DEEPER YET,\\nhind it the strength of Omnipotence; the\\nrest of faith, which knows God s sustain-\\ning grace, this is the rest which the Father\\noffers. Scientists tell us that rest is abso-\\nlutely essential for the body, in order to\\nsupply the waste tissues, and to build up\\nthat which energy has used up. That law\\nis just as true for the soul. We need spiritual\\nstrength daily. We have not an innate or\\nlatent supply. God alone is the reservoir of\\nour power. We may build our own reser-\\nvoirs, but they are only like those which\\nJeremiah saw, scarring the hill-slopes,\\nbroken cisterns.\\nGod knows our inmost and utmost need.\\nHe is our very present help. God is the\\nhome of the soul. He is the resting-place\\nof the heart. His secret place is secure\\nfrom all invasion. We may live outwardly\\nin the midst of uncertainty and change,\\nclose by strain and stress; but the Lord\\nchanges not, and in his presence there is al-\\nways serenity and peace. He will lift the\\nlife above every danger-point. The Lord is\\nmy fortress, the rock of my salvation. The\\neternal God is my refuge, and underneath\\nare the everlasting arms.\\nBut God has a warning word for us.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "THE FORGOTTEN PLACE. 75\\nMy people have forgotten their resting-\\nplace. What poor memories we do have!\\nWe forget and forget, until we almost think\\nthat forgetting is a sufficient excuse. In\\nGod s sight it is a grievous sin to forget\\nwhen it means lack of earnest faith and of\\nthoughtful obedience.\\nWe forget when the energy of the self-\\nlife seeks to usurp the mastery of the Christ-\\nlife. How often we ask for mercies, and\\nare never long enough at the mercy-seat to\\nreceive them\\nWe forget our resting-place when the\\nmeans become ends instead of pathways up\\nto God. We forget when we resist the\\nHoly Spirit, and follow our own desires.\\nWe are so engrossed in our duties that we\\nlose the consciousness of God s presence.\\nIn returning and rest shall ye be saved; in\\nquietness and in confidence shall be your\\nstrength.\\nMy people have forgotten, not their\\nmarket-place, but their resting-place.\\nWhat help is the fountain when we turn\\naway and stoop to the pool What bless-\\nings can the still waters bring if we are\\nwholly in the turbulent streams of life?\\nCome back to God as the heart s resting-", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "76 DEEPER YET,\\nplace. Rest on the eternal foundations.\\nSteady the soul upon the Rock of Ages.\\nThe hand clasped in God s omnipotent, lov-\\ning hold will no longer grasp at mere earthly\\nthings. Everything will be sacred. Every-\\nthing will be God s.\\nO my soul, never forget thy resting-place,\\nforget not that thy place of power is also\\nthy place of rest; for, as thou dost serve,\\nthou mayest also lean upon the everlasting\\narms.\\nBlessed Father, we need thy constant\\npresence. We want to know thee better.\\nGive us wisdom to esteem above all else the\\nblessing of resting upon thee. Thou wilt\\nforgive our sins, but thou dost never forget\\nus. Forgive us for forgetting, and help us\\nto be more thoughtful, more responsive to\\nthy life and love. Draw us closer to thy\\nstrong and warm heart, so that we may\\nnever forget that thou art the true home of\\nthe soul.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "Through the Fires.\\nFor he is like a refiner s fire. And he shall sit as a\\nrefiner and purifier of silver. MaL 3 2, 3.\\nHE Lord speaks to us in words which\\nwe can understand. The Lord is\\nlike and then follows some human\\nrelation which pictures a daily scene\\nor a common occurrence, translating his wise\\nplans.\\nHe is like a refiner, nay, like the refiner s\\nfire itself, worker and implement combined.\\nHe will not leave the precious work of re-\\nfining a human soul to circumstances or to\\nabstract, soulless things. He works, he\\nmoulds, he refines. He comes with the\\nfire. His hand holds the instrument. In\\nhis control are the fires which cleanse and\\npurify.\\nHow this precious truth lifts the whole\\nthought of pain and sorrow and bitter ex-\\nperience out of the mystery of the unknown\\ninto the realm of the Father s doings and\\nof our faith and trust\\nWe are the ore, holding within our sen-\\n77", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "78 DEEPER YET.\\ntient beings much that is precious and also\\nmuch that is base and ignoble. The two\\ncannot lie together and form godly charac-\\nter. Man has tried for ages to discover\\nsome human alchemy by which the heart\\nmight be purified and the soul washed of\\nits sin. Centuries of ingenuity have been\\nexpended in the vain search. The world\\nhas been challenged to bring forth its sub-\\ntlest plans, its wisest theories, its deepest\\nphilosophies. Who can forgive sin What\\npower can bring golden conduct out of\\nleaden thought All has been in vain, save\\nas human life has listened to the words and\\nthe voice of God. Come and let us rea-\\nson together, not about the fact of sin.\\nThat needs no argument. But this, God is\\nwilling to do, if we are willing that he shall\\ndo it for us: Though your sins be as\\nscarlet, they shall be white as snow.\\nThe type and symbol of salvation found\\nits perfect fulfilment in the cross, and upon\\nthat cross hung the bleeding Son of God,\\nwho for the joy that was set before him de-\\nspised the shame, that he might save the\\nsouls of men. He passed through the fires,\\nthat we might be spared the bitterness of\\nthe ordeal and, now that a perfect recon-", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "THROUGH THE FIBES. 79\\nciliation has been made, he is ever seeking\\nto crown human life with the glory of the\\nFather. Jesus Christ is the refiner and the\\nfire. He is the power and the wisdom of\\nGod, who cleanses the heart, and out of the\\npoor, powerless material brings forth the\\nspotless character and the shining soul.\\nHis fire of love burns out the dross and\\npurifies the life.\\nThis is certainly true in the sanctification\\nof the soul. We have not as yet attained,\\nnor are we yet perfect. Much needs yet to\\nbe done before we walk in white in the\\ncity beyond the skies. Jesus is seeking to\\nput upon us the sterling stamp of perfect\\nworkmanship.\\nFor this reason we pass through the re-\\nfining fires of disappointments, which are\\nreally his appointments. Sorrow and pain\\ncome with their heavy burdens, not to crush\\nus, but to take out of our lives the things\\nthat are useless and debasing. Let Jesus do\\nhis perfect work in us. He desires to see\\nin us the divine image, for a refiner sits\\nat his work, and is sure that the fire has\\nburned out all the dross only when he can\\nsee his own image reflected in the molten\\nmass. Until the Lord sees in us his re-", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "80 DEEPER YET,\\nfleeted image the furnace experience must\\nbe ours.\\nBlessed are the pure in heart, for they\\nshall see God. Shall we shrink from the\\nordeal when we know the divine purpose\\nShall the ore say, Not now: I fear the\\nfire; I dread the pain Nay, welcome\\nthe chastening which makes the divine im-\\nage brighter in us. It may seem grievous\\nnow, but afterward it yieldeth the peace-\\nable fruit of righteousness.\\nWelcome the wound which has such a\\ngreat Physician to heal it, who promises\\nperfect health. Welcome the discipline of\\nthe one hand when with the other hand he\\ndraws us closer to him. Welcome the fire\\nand the refiner s toil of love when the pre-\\ncious treasure of the Lord is separated from\\nall that tarnishes and debases, and the shin-\\ning soul is the finished work.\\nWho would not have pain like mine\\nTo be consoled like me", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "God s Property.\\nI have called thee by thy name thou art mine. Isa,\\n435 I-\\nT is very important for us to have\\npositive thoughts concerning God.\\nWe ought to be familiar with his\\nWord, but much more we ought to\\nknow God. Eliphaz said, Acquaint now\\nthyself with him, and be at peace. To\\nknow God brings peace. To be a stranger\\nto him means unrest and orphaned Hfe,\\nand at last eternal separation.\\nThe knowledge of God is the aim of the\\nWord. Jesus came to reveal the Father.\\nPaul cries out, That I might know him.\\nAnd then, when the closing days came, he\\nexclaimed in triumph, I know whom 1\\nhave believed. It is most blessed to know\\nGod, for Jesus taught us to say, Our\\nFather. We are his children, the mem-\\nbers of his family.\\nIt is our privilege to realize what the\\nFather thinks of us, what he is willing to\\ndo for his children. He knows us. He\\n81", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "82 DEEPER YET.\\nloves US. He remembers our names. The\\nGood Shepherd said, know my sheep.\\nHe calls them by name. He cares for them\\nand protects them.\\nAs a child is reassured in the dark by a\\nfather s voice, so we can hear the voice of\\nthe Father bidding us, Fear not, for I have\\nredeemed thee. Salvation is a family\\nblessing. As God s children, we are saved\\nfrom sin and temptation, and kept from\\ndanger, all along life s journey. The\\nFather s roof over us, the Father s hand\\ngrasping ours, the Father s love round about\\nus, as the mountains are round about Jeru-\\nsalem, this is the great privilege of the\\nFather s children.\\nHow tender his love is in the speaking of\\nthese words! **I have called thee by thy\\nname, thou art mine! We bear the name\\nof Christ, and are known as Christ s men\\nand Christ s women. His name is our in-\\nspiration for service and our plea in prayer.\\nThe native African convert, desiring to\\nwork for his Lord, came to the missionary,\\nand said, I am now a Jesus Christ man.\\nBut mark the meaning of the message.\\n*I have called thee hy thy name, Amid\\nall the numberless creations in the universe", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "GOD S PROPERTY. 83\\nGod can single out his children and call them\\nby name.\\nImagine the thrill of joy when in a strange\\nplace and amid a multitude of foreign peo-\\nple we should hear our names mentioned,\\nand recognize a familiar voice. What a\\nblessed truth! The Father calls us by\\nname. He whispers it to us amid our afflic-\\ntions and trials. **I know you and love\\nyou. He speaks to us, when temptation\\nsurges in upon us. I am watching over\\nyou.\\nNow are we the sons of God. We\\nbelong to a family, the Father of which in-\\ntimately knows all the children. Let us not\\nbe misled or deceived into thinking that\\nGod does not care for us in all the details of\\nliving or in the smallest affairs of our life.\\nHe knows, he loves, he cares. Take him at\\nhis word. Accept his promises, and then\\nwith eager love and faith spend them\\nlavishly. Use these promises, as love s\\nprovision, for every emergency, and press\\nthem into their fullest meaning and purpose.\\nThe Master is come, and calleth for\\nthee. As a father, by simply calling, can\\nindicate his wishes to a child, so the\\nHeavenly Father expects us to be in such", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "84 DEEPER YET.\\nclose fellowship with him, faith so willing,\\nconscience so sensitive, heart so pure, that\\nwe can respond and obey.\\nMy soul, thy Lord calleth thee by name.\\nLet not any worldly thing influence thee or\\ndull thy ear so that thou canst not hear and\\nanswer. Remember whose thou art and\\nwhom thou servest. Be sensitive to God s\\nvoice. Live so near to the gate of heaven\\nthat its life may flood thy life, and stand so\\nnear to the Lord s throne that he may send\\nthee instantly upon his errands. See to it\\nthat thy name is untarnished and unstained,\\nthat, when he desires to call thee, he may\\nnot find it impossible to speak thy name\\nbecause it is impure and spotted.\\nMay thy God put his seal of favor and de-\\nlight upon thy life, so that the world may\\nread this message, though it may not un-\\nderstand thy source of power: This life\\nbelongs wholly to God.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "The Divine Pattern.\\nSee that thou make all things according to the pattern\\nshewed to thee in the mount. Heb. 8 5.\\nHE greatness of our God is revealed\\nin his control of the details of life\\nwith the same concern and regard\\nv^hich he manifests in ruling the\\nv^hole universe.\\nThe first tabernacle, erected among the\\nchildren of Israel, and standing for the pres-\\nence and the worship of God, was not\\nplanned by Moses or any other earthly archi-\\ntect. Human ingenuity and wisdom were\\nillumined from above. Before Moses built\\nit, he saw the whole plan and pattern of it,\\nin prophetic vision. In some secluded spot,\\non Sinai s heights, the tabernacle stood be-\\nfore him, woven out of sunbeams; and\\nthen he descended to the mountain-foot to\\nrepeat the vision in actual curtains, gold,\\nand wood.\\nGod is in his holy temple, because he first\\ndesigned it, and then as owner he occupies\\nhis rightful place.\\n85", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "86 DEEPER YET,\\nKnow ye not that ye are the temple of\\nthe Holy Ghost We are the tabernacles\\nof God, and he is ever seeking souls who\\nwill build temples according to his plan\\nand purpose.\\nJesus came to tell us what it meant to be\\na temple of the living God. He came to\\ndwell with men, that he might teach men\\nto dwell with God. His name is Emman-\\nuel, God with us, in order that he might\\nreveal to us the supreme privilege of offer-\\ning to the Father a dwelling-place.\\nWhat a radiant thought! God pleads\\nwith us to be spiritual builders, and to make\\nall things according to the pattern of his\\nSon, that he might come in and abide with\\nus.\\nAs means of grace this spiritual temple\\nhas three rooms. First, the Scripture-room.\\nGod has spoken to us in words that we\\nmay hear and understand. The Bible is his\\nWord. We cannot build without consult-\\ning his plan. Search the Book. Study the\\nWord. How can the Holy Spirit testify of\\nJesus to us if we have little knowledge of\\nhim\\nSecond, the throne-room. Christ must\\nbe the Lord of the life. The obedience of", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE DIVINE PATTERN. 87\\nfaith crowns him King of kings. He must\\nbe the sole owner of the soul. Each heart\\nmust have a coronation service in which\\nJesus becomes the all and in all. I live,\\nyet not I, but Christ liveth in me. I live,\\nbut Christ sits upon the throne, and reigns\\nover me. Live in the throne-room, until\\nyou enter into the fulness of that word,\\nmy Lord. Put Jesus on the throne, hand\\nover everything to him, and let him reign\\nand rule with the sceptre of his power.\\nThird, the holy of holies, the prayer-\\nroom. The purpose of temple-building is\\nto glorify God, to witness for Christ.\\nThere I will meet with thee, and I will\\ncommune with thee.* The whole visible\\ntabernacle was this centre, the mercy-seat,\\nand everything else was built around it.\\nThe Christian who neglects to live in the\\nprayer-room cannot hope to grow in grace.\\nWe cannot be true disciples and refuse to\\nseek the mercy-seat.\\nJesus was the great master of prayer.\\nThe quiet hour, alone with his Father, on\\nthe mountain-slope or beside the inland\\nsea, meant everything to him.\\nWhen Moses finished all the preliminary\\nwork, the glory of the Lord came down", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "88 DEEPER YET,\\nand filled the temple by day and by night.\\nAs we live with God, and cease from all\\nour human plans and human strivings,\\nGod s fulness will come in upon us, and\\nhis glory will be shed abroad in our hearts.\\nAre these three rooms our living-rooms\\nin our Christian life, or have we closed\\nthem or neglected them, and are we living\\nsomewhere on the outside? The Word,\\nthe throne, the prayer, how much do they\\nmean in our lives May we truly say:\\ncannot live my Christian life without abid-\\ning in these sanctuaries of the temple.\\nThey are my living-rooms. O Father, in-\\nterpret thy word to me in the Scripture-\\nroom. O Saviour, reign entirely over me,\\nin my throne-room, for thou art my King.\\nO Sanctifier, lead me into the presence of\\nmy God, so that my prayer-room may open\\nout before the divine mercy-seat.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "The Time Factor.\\nRemember how short my time is. Ps, 89 47.\\nCIENCE or philosophy may explain\\nsomething about life, but God alone\\ncan reveal its plan and destiny.\\nWe are in contact with the tangible,\\nbut we are also surrounded by the invisible.\\nTo-day is linked with the eternal. Mark\\nthe passing of time. David recalls the\\nbrevity of his allotted moments. Paul\\nspeaks of the fact, **Time is short. John\\nin the beginning of Revelation points to the\\nimportance of his message, for the time\\nis at hand. In the progress of the vision\\nthe angel bears this solemn message, Time\\nno longer. Thus the history of the soul\\non this earth may be expressed in the terms\\nof time. Even though we reach seventy\\nyears, fifteen years of childhood and twenty\\nyears of unconscious sleep take up half of\\nit, and days of sickness and sorrow draw\\nheavily upon the other half. What does\\nour dower of time mean God s Word\\nspeaks plainly. Here you fix your eternal\\n89", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "90 DEEPER YET.\\ndestiny. Here you determine your heaven\\nor hell. Here settles there. Here are you\\nbuilding for eternity.\\nAre we redeeming the time Are we\\nearnestly buying up every opportunity for\\nsoul-culture and for God s glory How\\nare these golden hours slipping by,\\nfreighted with the fruits of consecrated liv-\\ning, or are they only vain, empty, idle air-\\nbubbles\\nA condemned man was told that his\\nsupply of water would measure the time of\\nhis reprieve. Do you blame him for scru-\\npulously saving every drop or using it as if\\nit were liquid gold\\nAre we thoughtful concerning time,\\nreckoning only upon the present moment as\\nours The next one may find us in the\\npresence of God. The apostles repeatedly\\nurge time s shortness as an argument for\\ninstant decision or immediate obedience.\\nJesus had ever before him the end of his\\nearthly mission, and his motto was, I\\nmust work the works of him that sent me;\\nthe night cometh, when no man can work.\\nTo the faithful toiler the coming of the\\nnight will not mean gloom or darkness, but\\nthe rest which cometh after work. Paul", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE TIME FACTOR, 91\\ncould say, *M have finished my course.\\nBut that was only an echo of the Master s\\ntriumphant words, **1 have finished the\\nwork which thou gavest me to do. But\\nwhat a night it will be for those who have\\nsquandered time, and have idled away their\\nmoments! The man without a wedding-\\ngarment simply neglected to do what he\\nought to have done when he had the time.\\nThen it was too late.\\nTime, next to character, is the most valu-\\nable element in life, for it is our portion of\\neternity, loaned to us, in which we are to\\nprepare for all eternity. God s great now\\nis ringing in our ears. Every impulse to a\\nbetter, more faithful life, every stirring\\nwithin us toward God and eternity, is the\\nHoly Spirit drawing us away from the en-\\ntanglements of earth into the reality of\\neternity. In the quiet hour, when we are\\nconscious of unseen realities, when we are\\nthoughtful, we can best learn the value of\\ntime. What does all this indifference mean\\nSimply that men do not believe God s\\nWord. They are not much interested in\\nthe building of characters which shall out-\\nlast the stars. The only inevitable outcome\\nof a Christless here is a Christless eternity.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "92 DEEPER YET.\\nSome day, in the hushed and waiting cham-\\nber, the world will seem very small, and\\neternity very near. The hour-glass will\\nhold but a few grains of the golden sand.\\nWhat then An infidel cried out at such a\\ntime, **I am about to take a leap into the\\ndark.\\nBut listen to David s song, Though I\\nwalk through the valley of the shadow of\\ndeath, thou art with me. Listen to Paul,\\nI have a desire to depart, and to be with\\nChrist. But, best of all, hear the words\\nof the blessed Saviour, If a man keep my\\nsaying, he shall never see death. Like the\\nabsent son, away from home for a long\\ntime, who comes back again, and has eyes\\nonly for the loved ones, so the disciple,\\nlooking to Jesus, will pass the shadows and\\nstand upon the eternal shores of glory.\\nSo shall he ever be with his Lord, and the\\nwork of grace and time shall outshine the\\nages. Blessed Father, teach me so to num-\\nber my days that I may apply my heart\\nunto wisdom.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "The Lens of Purity.\\nBlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.\\n---Matt. 5 8.\\nHERE is a legend that the angels ring\\na sweet-toned bell at twilight, but\\nonly those whose hearts are free\\nfrom sin and passion can hear it.\\nBlessed are the pure in heart, for they shall\\nhear the music of heaven.\\nSo there is also a vision of heaven which\\ncomes only to the pure-hearted. The vision\\nof God is gathering around us just as the\\nchariots and armies of heaven encamped\\nupon Dothan s plains and hills.\\nGod can be seen in life s sunshine and\\nshadow. His presence is felt amid the\\ntoils and respites of service. His dear hand\\ncan be recognized, leading to still waters or\\nacross turbulent waves. He comes in the\\nearly morning hour, and blesses the begin-\\nning of the day. He abides with us at\\nevening, and watches over us through the\\nnight.\\nBut who can see The natural man can-\\n93", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "94 DEEPER YET,\\nnot know the things of God, because they\\nare spiritually discerned. He who would\\nsee the things of God must be in the Spirit.\\nIf you would meet God, you must first meet\\nhis conditions for seeing. Jesus was not\\nseen by the multitudes after his resurrec-\\ntion because henceforth the spiritual king-\\ndom could be only spiritually discerned.\\nIntellect is a mighty power. It can har-\\nness the material forces. It can make wind\\nand wave do its bidding. It sends its mes-\\nsages by the flash of the lightning. It can\\ntrack the stars and mark the pathway of\\nthe planets. But it cannot find or see God.\\nThe finest microscope or the longest tele-\\nscope cannot discover him. What is denied\\nto imperial intellect is given to simple faith,\\nbut simple faith must look through a pure\\nheart.\\nBlind unbelief is sure to err\\nAnd scan his work in vain\\nGod is his own interpreter,\\nAnd he will make it plain.\\nThe heart burdened with unforgiven sin,\\nor tarnished with the world s life, or ob-\\nscured by unbelief, cannot see the heavenly\\nvision. God can do nothing for an impure", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE LENS OF PURITY, 95\\nheart unless he first cleanse it. The power\\nthat cleanses also removes the blindness.\\nOnce I was blind now I can see.\\nThe blessing of the pure heart is the be-\\nginning of fellowship with the pure and\\nholy God. Faith and purity offer to God a\\nlife in which he can dwell.\\nNear, so very near to God,\\nNearer I cannot be.\\nFor in the person of his Son\\nI am as near as he.\\nAs the gospel, which came from above,\\nis first pure, then peaceable, so our hearts\\nmust first be pure before we can have the\\npeace of God s presence. O- that we might\\nlong more and more to be children of the\\npure heart and open vision, hating sin and\\nstriving to live clean, holy lives, and to keep\\nourselves unspotted from the world! We\\ncan see God only as the lenses of faith are\\ncleansed and kept clean by obedience.\\nBlessed are the pure-hearted, for they shall\\ndiscern the Lord, until at last they shall see\\nhim eye to eye and face to face.\\nMy soul, hast thou heard the voice of\\nGod, and yet thou canst not see him The\\nfault lies wholly with thee. Thou canst not", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "96 DEEPER YET,\\nsee, because thou art wilful, impure, dis-\\nobedient, and the vision is withheld. Offer\\nup thy prayer, Lord, cleanse me that I\\nmay see. Keep thyself pure, and thou\\nshalt see.\\nAnd dost thou ask, How may I retain\\nthe vision of God Thou canst not hold\\nit by a dreamy, serviceless life. He that\\nhath seen me hath seen the Father,*^ said\\nJesus. If thou wouldst retain the vision,\\nthou must obey his word and do his will.\\nOnly those who work with him can walk\\nwith him. The burning heart will manifest\\nthe fellowship of Christ as thou dost go\\nforth in his name to tell to others the bless-\\ning and the gospel of the pure heart. Make\\nhaste and do his bidding, and verily on the\\nKing s highway thou shalt see the King in\\nall his beauty.\\nBlessed Father, I crave the precious vision\\nof thyself, that my restless life might be\\nquieted in thy presence. Sanctify my heart,\\nand make me pure, that I may see thee and\\nrejoice in thy fellowship. Deepen my pure\\nlife, that I may see the highest vision.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "God s Vigilance.\\nHe that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.\\nZech, 2 8.\\n|Myfg [[HAT God has said concerning his\\nmmm i applies to every\\nIk 1^ member of Zion. It is wonder-\\nl ful how patiently God seeks to\\nimpress upon our reluctant minds the min-\\nistry of his love, which he extends to his\\nchildren in all the details of hfe. Here he\\nuses the eye as the object-lesson to teach us\\nthe lesson of his loving providence. He\\nthat toucheth you toucheth the apple of his\\neye.\\nHow marvellous an organ the eye is, per-\\nfect in its mechanism, in its protection, and\\nin its sensitiveness! It is so finely set that\\nits use comes to us almost unconsciously.\\nIt is so delicate that God has placed the\\nmost sensitive and alert sentinels to watch\\nover its safety and welfare. The slightest\\ninterference with its functions, the smallest\\nforeign particle, is at once felt and known.\\n97", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "98 DEEPER YET,\\nTouch the apple of the eye, and the whole\\nphysical organism is aware of it.\\nThis is the object-lesson to teach us the\\nvigilance of God in our behalf. In this\\nworld we are lifted into fellowship with\\nGod through faith in his Son. But evil\\nforces are constantly around us. We can-\\nnot hope to escape the enmity of the world\\nor the temptations of the evil one. If we\\nare the friends of God, the enmity of the\\nworld will increase. Nor are we able,\\nsingle-handed, to cope with the powers of\\nevil. This is our sure defence. These hos-\\ntile forces may surge upon us up to a certain\\nlimit, and our fears may perhaps see the\\nplains filled with enemies. But our divine\\nProtector stands between us and the danger,\\nand challenges the enemy: Go no farther.\\nHe that toucheth one of the least of these\\ntoucheth the apple of mine eye. These are\\nmy children, and I throw around them the\\nprotection of my omnipotence. Above\\nand around the armies of the plains are the\\nchariots and the legions of heaven. When\\nGod is on our side, alert, vigilant, almighty,\\nwho can prevail against us\\nThis object-lesson also suggests our union\\nwith God. Sin separates from God. Evil", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "GOD S VIGILANCE. 99\\ndrives us into the wilderness of temptation.\\nBut God loves, and his love has searched us\\nout; for we are as dear to him as the apple\\nof his eye. He brings us back again to his\\nheart, and we are no longer prodigals, but\\nchildren of his household. He that is\\njoined unto the Lord is one spirit. We\\nare bound up in the same bundle of life with\\nour Lord.\\nThis also suggests the value which God\\nputs upon his children. We are precious in\\nhis sight. He is concerned about our wel-\\nfare. He loves to guard us and protect us.\\nThis also suggests his loving care. God\\nwill take care of you; be not afraid. He\\nwill not permit sorrow to crush you.\\nThough the waters of affliction come over\\nyou, they shall not overwhelm you. David\\nprayed very earnestly, **Keep me as the\\napple of the eye, and afterward, out of the\\nexperience of fulfilled promises, he could\\nhave sung, He kept me, he kept me as the\\napple of his eye.\\nThis also suggests divine sympathy. As\\nthe eye is intensely sensitive, and responds\\nto the slightest touch, so God not only thinks\\nof us, but he answers our faintest cry; he\\nknows our frame, and he will respond to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2FC^.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "100 DEEPER YET.\\nthe cry of danger and need. He identifies\\nthe humblest soul with his infinite wisdom,\\nI am with you, saith the Lord/\\nBlessed Father, thou hast put thy infinite\\nvalue upon our poor human lives. Thou\\ndost say to all adverse forces, He that\\ntoucheth this child of mine toucheth the\\napple of mine eye. We thank thee for thy\\ngreat vigilance. Help us to live so close to\\nthee that thy eye may not only guard us,\\nbut also guide us. Give us grace to reach\\nup more and more into the eternal security\\nof thy omnipotent vigilance. Help us to be\\nso sensitive to thy voice and will that we\\nmay respond to every word of thine. Keep\\nus, for we cannot keep ourselves, and de-\\nliver us from all evil, until at last, with shin-\\ning soul and perfect heart, we shall live\\nwith thee in the bright mansions beyond the\\nskies.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "In God We Trust.\\nBlessed are all they that put their trust in him. Fs.\\n2 I 12.\\nAVID S confidence expressed itself\\nin this triumphant confession: *0\\nmy God, I trust in thee. Job in-\\ndicated the depth of his trust by\\nexclaiming, Though he slay me, yet will\\nI trust in him. Trust is the genuine cur-\\nrency in the kingdom of heaven.\\nOur life is in God. In him we move and\\nhave our being. In him we may also trust.\\nAs the mountains encircled the Holy City,\\nso his presence is round about us, and our\\neyes of faith may see him.\\nFaith opens the door of the heart; love\\nwelcomes the Lord, and crowns him King;\\nand trust bids him remain as the abiding\\nguest of the life. His presence is real to us,\\nbecause we are his children and he has given\\nus the Spirit of his Son, who teaches us to\\nsay, Abba, Father.\\nA little child was walking with a grown\\nfriend. As she wandered along, she plucked\\n101", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "102 DEEPER YET,\\na beautiful flower. She gazed into its face\\nwith such wistfulness that he asked, My\\ndear, what does it look like? She raised\\nher sweet face until the light of it caught\\nhis eye, and then she said so reverently,\\nWhy, it looks like God. There was in\\nher heart, in some measure, the conscious-\\nness of God s presence.\\nIt is not God s almightiness that brings\\nthe peace of trust, but his fatherliness that\\ninspires love and confidence. We go to the\\nhumblest home blessed with love, and we\\nsee in the father-love or the mother-love the\\nprecious counterpart of God s love for us.\\nWe are not asked to fathom its infinity\\nor to understand its eternity. Surely a child\\ncan receive and return love without under-\\nstanding it. Trust, then, is the placing of\\nourselves so near God that we may love\\nhim more and more, and share in his plans\\nfor us as children take some part in the\\nplans of their parents. Obedience is the\\ndoor that opens into privilege. If we obey,\\nall things are possible. If we disobey, we\\nshall lose many things.\\nPerhaps some weary soul, battling with\\ndoubt, conscious of only uttering self, is\\nsaying: I wish that I could know just", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "IN GOD WE TRUST, 103\\nwhat to do, to trust more. I am like a\\nchild, who knows a few rudiments, and re-\\npeats them over and over again without\\ngetting any farther.\\nbeing in the way, the Lord led me.\\nWith open heart and candid mind, come to\\nthe Word, receive its message as you would\\na pressing invitation from your dearest\\nfriend, by believing what the Word has\\nsaid. Then trust God because he has\\nspoken to you, and you will grow in your\\ntrust as you grow in your love for him.\\nAn artist long sought a piece of fine\\nsandalwood out of which to carve a Ma-\\ndonna. He was about to give up his search,\\nwhen in a dream he was bidden to carve\\nhis masterpiece out of a block of common\\noak wood destined for the fire. Many of us\\nare waiting for some great experience,\\nwhich shall lift us into greater trust. The\\ntrue method is simply to believe what God\\nhas spoken and take him at his word.\\nDear Father, thou knowest all about me.\\nDraw me by the cords of love so close to\\nthee that in thy presence 1 might grow in\\ntrust. Forgive me for doubting thee, and\\ndisclose thyself to me, that my little faith\\nmay increase to implicit confidence.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "104 DEEPER YET,\\nI thank thee that my soul is opening more\\nand more to the Spirit s indwelling. Sweep\\nthy light into every corner of my heart, that\\nI might see my life as thou seest it, and\\nmark the shining way before it.\\nNot with the eye of sense, but with the\\nobedience of trust, may I faithfully follow\\nmy Jesus wherever he leads and whenever\\nhis dear voice calls. My faith looks up to\\nthee, my blessed Father. I am thy property,\\nthy child. 1 do trust thee.\\n**Take my lips, and speak through them.\\nTake my mind, and think through it. Take\\nmy heart, and set it on fire with love s sa-\\ncred flame.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "The Lost Chord.\\nWilt thou not revive us again that thy people may\\nrejoice in thee Ps. 85 6.\\nCome Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,\\nWith all thy quickening powers;\\nKindle a flame of sacred love\\nIn these cold hearts of ours.\\nHAT is our utmost and pressing\\nneed to-day It is not material\\ncomforts, not greater prosperity,\\nnot opportunity to serve, not\\nmore forms in which to express our wor-\\nship. We have all the appointments. But\\nGod is Spirit, and they who worship him\\nmust worship in spirit and in truth. Deep\\ndown in the Christian heart there is an in-\\ntense longing for something more perma-\\nnent and enduring, an intuition which rises\\nabove the material, and hungers for God.\\nThere is always danger that the material\\nmay usurp .the place of the spiritual in the\\nlife. It can never take its place, but it can\\nhem it in and stifle its expression. The\\npsalmist felt this. Surrounded by royalty\\n105", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "106 DEEPER YET.\\nand wealth, he cried out, O Lord, revive\\nme, lest these things overwhelm my soul.\\nWe are always in danger of becoming like\\nthe earth-clods at our feet. The ear be-\\ncomes dull, the light of faith is dimmed, the\\nsoul becomes sordid. O Lord, send thy\\nlife into my poor spasmodic living. Send\\nthy light into my flickering dimness.\\nWhy can we not be constant and firm in\\nour religious life Why cannot the waters\\nof salvation run through the channels with\\nsteady flow Simply because we are spas-\\nmodic in our obedience. How much we\\nare like our local rivers, now almost dry,\\nand then overflowing their banks, hurrying\\nto the sea, only to meet the ebb and the\\nflow of the ocean.\\nBut this is not God s plan for our lives.\\nO that we might be constant and willing in\\nthe day of his power! You remember the\\nstory of the lost chord. A musician sat at\\nthe organ, wearied with life s problems.\\nHis fingers, wandering over the keys, sud-\\ndenly struck a chord of music that thrilled\\nhim. It was like the sound of heaven s\\ngreat *Amen. The discord of his life\\ngave way to the celestial harmony. And\\nthen the sound died away, and the old pain", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "THE LOST CHORD. 107\\ncame back. He sought in vain for that\\nchord, and at last, almost in despair, he said,\\nIt may be that only in heaven 1 shall hear\\nthat grand Amen.\\nIs this to be the history of our soul-life\\nMust w^e v^ait until then to get our hearts in\\ntune with the Infinite The blessed Father\\nis v^illing to-day to tune our hearts to his\\nharmony if v^e v^ill be willing instruments\\nin his hand. The soul surrendered to him\\nwill find its truest harmony in doing the\\ndivine will.\\nA poor invalid sitting in the gloaming\\nsaid, O, I wish that some master musician\\nwould play this pain out of my tired life.\\nA stranger was passing the window, and\\nheard the complaint. He quietly entered\\nthe room, and sat down at the open piano.\\nThe stars were lighting the pathway of the\\nskies, and the full round moon cast its silver\\nbeams athwart the room. The stranger be-\\ngan to play. The music was entrancing,\\nas if the melody of heaven had fallen upon\\nthe earth, and the sweet strains carried\\naway the pain and the discontent from out\\nthe heart of the invalid. It was Beethoven\\nimprovising his marvellously sweet Moon-\\nlight Sonata.", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "108 DEEPER YET,\\nMy soul, why art thou not rejoicing in\\nthe joy of thy salvation Art thou shut in\\nwithin narrow limits, or racked with care\\nand pain, saying, O that some master\\nhand would put music into my heart in\\nplace of this world s jangle and discord!\\nArt thou sighing for the joy which thou\\ndidst have, but which thou hast lost?\\nThere is only One who can and will revive\\nthee until thou canst rejoice. He stands\\nknocking at thy door. He wants to come\\nin. He wants to pour the music of heaven\\ninto thy life. Unbar the door. Open it\\nwide. Make room for him. Gather up the\\nenergy of thy faith, and say: Blessed\\nMaster, sweep the keys of my heart, and\\nturn all this discord into thy blest harmony.\\nTune the harp of my soul. Make me con-\\nstant in my praise, so that I may daily sing\\nmy hymn of joy. Help me to live a steadied\\nlife of trust. Always forward, never back-\\nward, help me to keep up with thee in life s\\ndaily walk and fellowship with thee.\\nMy burdens, Lord, I bring to thee\\nO change them into songs for me.\\nNo other place heart-strength affords,\\nMy King of kings, my Lord of lords.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "The Greater Works.\\nHe that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he\\ndo also and greater works than these shall he do, be-\\ncause I go unto my Father. John 12.\\nESUS CHRIST speaks with authority.\\nThe people who heard him were\\nmoved by the power of his spoken\\nword. Peter was right Lord, to\\nwhom shall we go Thou hast the words\\nof eternal life.\\nHe is more than a teacher of truth. He\\nis the reservoir and the fountain. 1 speak\\nthat which 1 do know, and testify that\\nwhich I have seen. His words were\\nomnipotent. He spoke, and the storm\\nhushed itself to sleep. He spoke, and deaf,\\ndull ears heard with gladness. He spoke,\\nand sightless eyes turned, lighted with love,\\nto meet his face. He spoke, and the sepul-\\nchred dead arose to meet the Lord of life.\\nHis works were also omnipotent. His\\nmiracles were the works of God. He com-\\nmanded the winds to be still. He walked\\nupon the waters, and turned water into\\n109", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "110 DEEPER YET.\\nwine. He touched leprosy and it fled. He\\nfed the hungry thousands, and brought re-\\nturning health to unnumbered sick folk.\\n*The works that I do shall ye do also.\\nThe early disciples, receiving the Holy\\nSpirit, did perform these works. Peter and\\nJohn met the cripple at the Beautiful Gate,\\nand commanded him to rise. The sick and\\nthe afflicted came to the disciples as they\\ndid to the Master, and in the name of Jesus\\nmighty deeds were performed.\\nBut the time came when the kingdom of\\nthe greater works was ushered in, for Jesus\\nalso said, Greater works than these shall\\nye do. The time came when the King-\\ndom was lifted out of the tangible and seen\\ninto the unseen kingdom of spiritual ideals\\nand of faith unaided by the physical eye.\\nTo-day we are in the midst of the greater\\nworks. Greater than the opening of blind\\neyes is it to open spiritual eyes, for the\\neyes of sense must sooner or later be closed\\nin the darkness of death. It was great to\\nfeed five thousand with the bread that mul-\\ntiplied in the Saviour s hand, but infinitely\\ngreater is it to feed hungry souls with the\\nbread of life so that they shall hunger no\\nmore. It was great to walk on the water,", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "TEE GREATER WORKS. Ill\\nbut it is much greater to lead faltering foot-\\nsteps to the feet of Jesus. It was great to\\nraise the dead, but it is infinitely greater to\\nlead the soul to Jesus, who said, If a man\\nkeep my saying, he shall never see death.\\nThis is the meaning of the greater works.\\nYe are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I\\ncom.mand you. The clear call of the Mas-\\nter to his service commissions us to enter\\nupon this largest field of the spiritual king-\\ndom. We are the representatives of Christ\\nupon this earth. Through us the messages\\nof God are conveyed to the souls of men\\nand women. How responsible a position\\nwe occupy! We ought to accept every\\nopportunity for the strengthening of soul\\nand spirit in order that we may resolutely\\nmeet the demands of the Kingdom. Are\\nwe consecrated to the holy task We can\\ndo these greater works, because Jesus has\\nascended to the supreme place of power,\\nand has sent to us the Spirit, who will give\\nus our special ordination for service. Be-\\ncause ye are sons, God hath sent forth the\\nSpirit of his Son into our hearts and lives,\\nthat we might continue the service of the\\ngreater Son upon this earth.\\nBlessed Father, teach us ever to remember", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "112 DEEPER YET,\\nthat thou wilt fill our empty chalices to the\\nbrim only as we hold them still and quiet\\nbefore thee. Prepare our hearts in the quiet\\nhour for the practical and urgent duties of\\nthe busy hour. Deeper yet may thy Spirit\\npress into our souls the enduement of thy\\ngreat power.\\nWe are such ready hearers and such tardy\\ndoers of thy Word! Thou dost work so\\npatiently with us, in order that thou might-\\nest lead us into active partnership with the\\ngreat mission of thy Son. We long for thy\\nglory, but we are reluctant to tread the\\nrugged pathway of sincere and unfailing\\nservice which leads up to it. Forgive us\\nfor being timid, and fill us with a holy am-\\nbition to grasp firm hold of thy great plans,\\nthat we might truly and courageously live\\nthe life more abundant, and be faithful dis-\\nciples of the greater works.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "A Threefold Ministry.\\nBut thou, O Lord, art a shield about me my glory,\\nand the lifter up of mine head. Ps. 3 3.\\nAVID S song grew out of the expe-\\nrience of his soul in the hour of his\\nperil, when the rebellion of his son\\nmenaced him with disaster. His\\ntrust in God found expression in this hymn,\\nin which he praises God for a threefold\\nministry.\\nI. Thou art a shield about me. Jeho-\\nvah said to Abram, Fear not, I am thy\\nshield. What an omnipotent weapon of\\ndefence, which the enemy s dart cannot\\npenetrate God is our fortress behind which\\nwe may hide. But here he is our shield be-\\nhind which we may fight. The shield is an\\nalert weapon in warfare. Little do we\\nknow concerning the unseen forces of evil\\nwhich oppose us, but God himself is the\\nshield round about us, which can instantly\\nbe turned toward the point of attack.\\nMy soul, make much of thy shield. Fight\\nthe good fight of faith, and fear not, for the\\n113", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "114 DEEPER YET.\\npowers for thee are much greater than those\\nagainst thee. But thou must fight if thou\\nwouldst obtain the victory. Thou must\\nlink thy little strength with the omnipotence\\nof thy shield.\\n2. My glory. The glory of earth s\\nhonor is empty and vain. The glory of\\nGod is everlasting. The Holy One that in-\\nhabits eternity is also willing to dwell in the\\nhumblest human heart. The world may\\nsay, Who are you? what have you done\\nto deserve so great honor that God dwells\\nwith you We may safely reply, I am\\nnothing, I have done nothing, I deserve\\nnothing; but God loves me and dwells with\\nme because I am a child of his and he is my\\nglory. As a sunbeam is only an infinitesi-\\nmal gleam of the sun, yet it can reflect the\\nglory of the king of day; so the humblest\\nlife may receive and reflect God s glory.\\nAs a dewdrop lying unseen on a rose s\\npetal may be small, yet in its crystal face it\\ncan retain and reflect the colors of the rain-\\nbow, and carry to the heart of the rose the\\nglory of the skies, so the humblest life may\\ncatch the gleams of God s glory and be an\\nangel of light to other lives.\\nMy soul, be of good courage. The world", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "A THREEFOLD MINISTRY. 115\\nmay not honor thee, but God will crown\\nthee with his mercy. The fashion of the\\nworld passeth away, but God will enrich\\nthee forever. As the flowers abide in the\\nsunshine, so keep in the sunshine of God s\\nlove, and thou wilt surely behold and share\\nin the glory of the Father.\\n3. *The lifter up of mine head. God\\nsheds the light of his face upon us. But\\nhere he will lift up the face. What does it\\nmean He will lift up the head under the\\nweight of trials, so that we shall not be dis-\\ncouraged. He will take from us the sense\\nof guilt for past offences, and restore to us\\nthe joy of salvation. The child who has\\nbeen disobedient is conscious of his guilt.\\nHe withdraws to a corner, where he may\\nsomehow hide the shame written on his\\nface. The father has heard the confession\\nof the child s wrongdoing, and has said,\\nMy child, I forgive you. But the child\\nhangs his head. Something more is needed\\nto bring back the sunshine. The father\\ndraws near, and with his loving hand he\\nlifts up the guilt-stricken face into the light\\nand the love of his own smiling face and\\nfavor, and kisses the troubled brow. The\\nrestoration is complete. So God deals with", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "116 DEEPER YET,\\nUS. Disobedience sends us into the shad-\\nows of conscious guilt. We have lost the\\njoy, the light of his presence. He forgives\\nus, and he restores our souls by lifting up\\nthe face into the light of his blessed counte-\\nnance; and, as we look up, we catch the\\nmessage of love beaming in his eye.\\nMy soul, why art thou cast down Why\\ndost thou hide thy face in the shadows\\nThou canst not look up, because thou hast\\ngrieved the Father-heart with thy disobedi-\\nence and wilfulness. Confess thy wrong-\\ndoing. God is so willing to forgive. The\\nshadow still clings to thee. See, the blessed\\nHand is stretched out. Love divine lifts thy\\nface out of the clouds into the glory of\\nGod s presence, until it catches the light of\\nan eternal sunrise. Now thou canst sing\\nwith all thine heart,\\nWhen Jesus shows his smiling face,\\nThere is sunshine in my soul.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "Heart-Hymns.\\nThe Lord was ready to save me therefore we will\\nsing my songs. Isa. 38 20.\\njjOD heard Hezekiah s pra3^er, and\\ngave him back his health again.\\njffl i ^y^g did not rebel against\\nProvidence in his sickness unto\\ndeath, but he did pray most fervently for\\nrestoration, and God was ready to heal him.\\nThe heart which feels the touch of infinite\\npower is also awakened to a sense of grati-\\ntude and rejoicing. Hezekiah expressed his\\njoy over answered prayer in this hymn of\\npraise.\\nThe Lord was ready to save me,\\nTherefore we will sing my songs,\\nTo the stringed instruments,\\nAll the days of our life,\\nIn the house of the Lord.\\nLet us heartily thank God for a gospel\\nthat can be sung, the very music of which,\\nexpressed in glad tidings, stirs the heart.\\nThe ministry of hymns has been a great\\nblessing in the progress of God s kingdom.\\n117", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "118 DEEPER YET,\\nThe history of the Christian life can be\\nwritten in the songs of Zion. The apostle\\nspeaks of singing in the heart and making\\nmelody unto the Lord. The true hymn is\\nthe language of the heart.\\nNext to hiding God s Word in the heart,\\nthese precious hymns, committed to\\nmemory, have been a sweet and tender\\nblessing to the Christian pilgrim. Many an\\naged saint has been comforted and helped\\nby such ministry of hymn and music.\\nThe hymns learned in youth come back\\nagain in old age laden with precious mem-\\nories and deep experiences. Thank God\\nfor a gospel that sings itself into our daily\\nlives, and that bids us sing away sorrow\\nand care. Sin has no hymns. Evil does\\nnot care to sing. A man steeped in iniquity\\nhas little heart to sing the songs of home;\\nyet how often the memory of a mother s\\nhymn has touched the prodigal s heart, and\\nbrought the tears of sorrow and repentance!\\nDavid thanked God for hymns which he\\ncould sing in the night. Instead of spend-\\ning sleepless nights of anxiety and worri-\\nment, he made the dark hours bright with\\nmusic and with song, recalling God s good-\\nness and mercy to him. No matter how", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "HEAET-HYMNS. 119\\ndark our experiences may be, no matter how\\ndeep the night may sink into our lives, we\\ncan sing our hymn and rejoice in the Lord.\\nMy mouth shall praise thee with joyful\\nlips, when I remember thee. There are\\ntimes when we cannot help singing, for\\nGod s sunshine is so bright. O happy\\nday that fixed my choice! Or we are per-\\nhaps burdened with a great load of care, and\\nour hearts are wounded. Earth has no\\nsorrows that heaven cannot heal. We are\\nin the storms of life. Jesus, Lover of my\\nsoul.\\nPerhaps we are harassed by a multitude\\nof trials or changes, and we wonder what\\nit all means. Thou who changest not,\\nabide with me.\\nWe may be standing at the rim of a new-\\nmade grave, and we are thinking of buried\\nhopes and emptied hearts. Nearer, my\\nGod, to thee.\\nThus, if our hearts are in tune with the\\nInfinite, the hymns of Zion will minister\\nbalm and comfort to our souls.\\nSome one has said that the sweetest\\nmusic which he ever heard came from the\\nlips and the heart of an old slave. He was\\ntravelling through the pine groves of the", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "120 DEEPER YET.\\nSouth. At a little distance from him he saw\\na poor hut, and before it a woman at her\\nwork was singing this heart-hymn:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nNobody knows the joys I have; nobody knows but\\nJesus.\\nThere was triumph and gladness in every\\ntone of her voice.\\nThen there was a pause, and in a minor\\nkey she put her sorrow in every word.\\nNobody knows the sorrows I have; no-\\nbody knows but Jesus.\\nYes, blessed Saviour, thou dost know all.\\nWhether our hearts are happy or sad, we\\nlove to sing of thee and to thee. We re-\\njoice that thou art so near us that even in\\nour singing thou canst hear our prayers or\\nour vows. Help us to translate our hymns\\ninto experience, and to be sincere singers.\\nWe receive courage and comfort from the\\nhymns of Zion because thou dost put thy\\nmelody into our souls. Thou dost set our\\nlives to the music of thy love. Thou dost\\ntranspose our trials and weariness into songs\\nand hymns.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "God s Summits.\\nCome up hither, and I will shew thee things which\\nmust be hereafter. Rev, 4:1.\\nE who would see the spiritual king-\\ndom must himself be Spirit-filled.\\nJohn looked into the opened heaven,\\nand saw the vision of the unseen,\\nbecause he lived so near its gates. Mystery\\nunfolds itself, the nearer we approach it, in\\nspiritual attainment. What John saw, he\\nknew that he would reach some day. God\\ncan never do anything for a man who is\\nspiritually blind, unless he open his eyes.\\nGod will reveal nothing to a man who\\nwants to be blind.\\nThe scope of the vision is in proportion\\nto the outreach of the soul. The place is\\nnot a barrier. Christ can make a desert\\nglow as a morning sunrise, when he comes\\nand reveals himself. Picture John s lonely\\nexile life on Patmos. There was nothing\\nhelpful or pleasing on the cold, bleak shores\\nof that barren island. But heaven touched\\nit, and there was glory everywhere. The\\n121", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "122 DEEPER YET.\\nlife, not the place, determines the vision.\\nWherever you are, if it is a God-appointed\\nplace, you may see the vision which will\\ntransfigure the lowliest toil and service.\\nGod s glory will lift the life above its ma-\\nterial environment, and lead the soul up into\\nthe divine altitude.\\nJohn immediately responded to the com-\\ning of the Spirit. The power that exalts\\nthe vision also fills the soul. The nearer\\nwe get to the pure summits of God, the\\ndeeper we shall breathe in the inspiration\\nof his presence. Mountaineers are always\\nfreemen. *If the Son shall make you\\nfree, ye shall be free indeed. If we are\\nrisen with Christ, we can also ascend with\\nhim to the summit privileges of God s chil-\\ndren. May we be among his true freemen,\\nlonging to live the higher life, because we\\nare deeply rooted and grounded in the life\\nand the love of God.\\nHawthorne s allegory of the Stone Face\\nhas a helpful message. The young man\\ninto whose soul the prophecy entered so\\ndeeply gazed upon the great Stone Face,\\nand longed for the coming of the pure and\\nnoble man. In a quiet way he translated\\nhis ideals into humble and unselfish service", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "QOD S SUMMITS, 123\\nuntil at last he himself became the fulfilment\\nof the local prophecy.\\nThank God, we have not a stone face,\\ninto whose lustreless eyes we must gaze.\\nThank God, we can see Jesus, in whose\\nblessed face shines the glory light of God.\\nAs we look into his face, and as we serve\\nhim unselfishly and unswervingly, we shall\\nnot only reflect his image, but we shall be\\nmore and more conformed to his likeness.\\nHow much we need the vision of the face\\ndivine, in the midst of our daily toils We\\nneed the transfiguration glory of the sum-\\nmit to keep us true and faithful amid the\\narduous tasks in the valley. We need the\\natmosphere of the exalted altitude to help\\nus breathe as we labor in the stifling regions\\nof misery and sin.\\nThe summit vision will transfigure the\\nwhole life. The soul s horizon is com-\\npletely changed when it accepts God s invi-\\ntation, Come up and live with me.\\nDannecker, the great sculptor, carved his\\nvision of Christ into Carrara marble. The\\nemperor ordered a statue of Venus for the\\nLouvre. Dannecker replied: Sire, I can-\\nnot. A man who has seen Christ would\\ncommit sacrilege if he should employ his", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "124 DEEPER YET.\\nart in the carving of a pagan goddess. My\\nart is henceforth a consecrated thing.\\nMy soul, hast thou seen Christ f Alone\\nwith thy God, hast thou heard his voice,\\nCome up and live with me, and I will\\nshow you things which must be hereafter\\nArt thou pressing toward the summits of\\nGod Remember that he will keep thee on\\nthe heights if thou art wholly consecrated\\nto him. Living or dying, art thou the\\nLord s? Then thou canst also say: I\\nhave pledged myself to the Lord. Hence-\\nforth my life is a consecrated living with\\nmy God. As Moses lifted up his eyes\\nfrom Pisgah s summit, and saw the prom-\\nised land before him, so mayest thou, from\\nGod s great summit, see the King in his\\nbeauty and behold the land of far distance.\\nSo the purer life grows nigher every year.\\nAnd its morning star climbs higher every year.\\nAnd earth s hold on us grows slighter,\\nAnd the heavy burdens lighter,\\nAnd the dawn immortal brighter every year.", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "A Consecration Hymn.\\nJesus, my King, with thorn-crowned brow,\\nO let thy Spirit fill me now.\\nIn faith I kneel before thy cross\\nAll earthly things I count but dross.\\nYes, Lord, I hear thy voice of love\\nThat draws my soul to thee above.\\nFor strength I ask, to follow thee\\nWhere er by faith thy hand I see.\\nI give myself, my time, my all\\nIn worship at thy feet I fall.\\nThen bid me rise to service new,\\nWhate er there is for me to do.\\nI will obey thy voice divine,\\nAnd calmly place my hand in thine\\nI ll follow thee with joyful heart,\\nWhere er I can thy Word impart.\\nMy burdens. Lord, I bring to thee\\nO, change them into songs for me.\\nNo other place heart-strength affords,\\nMy King of kings, my Lord of lords.\\n125", "height": "4108", "width": "2434", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4117", "width": "2565", "jp2-path": "deeperyetmeditat00eber_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "Our WORKER S Library.\\nCloth binding: S5 cents each postpaid.\\nTHE MISSIONARY MANUAL. By Amos R. W\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ablls.\\nThe most complete hand-book of methods for missionary\\nwork in young people s societies ever published. 134 pages.\\nFUEL FOR MISSIONARY FIRES. By Belle M. Brain.\\n115 pages of practical plans for missionary committees.\\nEverything tried and proved.\\nPRAYER-MEETING METHODS. By Amos R. Wells.\\nThis book contains by far the most comprehensive collec-\\ntion of prayer-meeting plans ever made.\\nSOCIAL EVENINGS. By Am 05 R. Wells. 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