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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.
Goethe says, that before a reader complains of obscurity in an
author, he should examine whether he himself is "clear within; in
the twilight a very plain writing is illegible." "The natural man
receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know
them because they are spiritually discerned." No amount of light on
the pages will compensate for a blind eye. "If the light that is in
thee be darkness, how great is that darkness " The Bible should be
taken up with the prayer, "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may beheld
wondrous things out of Thy law."
The genesis of this book is very simple. Having occasion to prepare
a special address on "Prayer," it occurred to me to collate and
compare all the words spoken by our Lord himself upon the great
theme, as it had often been found that His teachings upon any given
subject, when so combined, constitute a consistent and harmonious
whole-a body of doctrine, singularly comprehensive, and
symmetrically complete.
This little book, the substance of which has, in part, appeared
previously, and in other forms, often fragmentary, is an attempt to
supply a felt need and answer these inquiries. Herein we briefly
trace the story of the whole movement and of the so- called
"Keswick Convention" in England, from its beginnings, through the
more than quarter of a century of its annual recurrence, and seek
to show what are the truths, principles, and practices for which
"Keswick' stands. A. T. P.
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