शुं *** 呕斑, מלכי нихъ кудачувлича коч фвелъ Him 1 Can this wish ever arise in the mind of any who really deserves the appellation of man. Evon if one be polluted by sin or be immersed in impurity, can his soul for all that be so callous as to dosire that God be far from Him and he far from God? Can man be reduced to such a miserable state * to have his desue for God totally extinguished in his Soul He who sees God in His fierce asp. et, who shrinks with foal at seeing Him in his terrible mood hundy to launch his thundet bolt against him, may, for a time, wish that God be fu from Him and he far fioln God, but does uot a soleiun voice say to his soul, “Whole else will thou flee Flom whoe clse wilt th, n get dolivemance v Depro v d ol liis protection whose -b 1ter wult thou ecky” Ar vou frightened by sau 7 t ast vourself under his protection, wish to be saved from it, weep before Him. What will it avail you if you 1en, un bepal vted from lium ? Fveo the sinful soul car.uot ne main far fem H, in W het even she sinnt r en ty go, t , tho noon of It 1v (, to the fore t or to the ort.nl he , , t , fly away from his Kingdom Ho cauu be fit from inmost fear without asting himself under his protection. Wherusore coun suting siu do mot go far from God, but play ‘o Him wish an anxious heart aud with « l e itent soul. Say, “I havt laade uny . lf , il ! , tu n : ccept me My soul is shrorted by ukn as Thou al the Ll sh” of hoht, d , ti, t. t al e Iue ti om dai kue , i ) light. lutliet apon nie tłubus vad punisiunients, lain ready to bear ibim, but slee me from erooked sin and reveal to me Thy gracious face.” If you play for divine mercy in this penitent and in Kious in od, the water of his grace will suit ly full upon you, and he will cool thy burnov; soul, Those suicides who after conmuutting sin, do no place theinselvos under tłu plute ction vf Gor!, but thınl: yt would be gool if there were no God and future world, and accordingly arrive at that falso conclusion, wish that God be far from them and they far from God. Overpowered bỷ foar and worldly infatuation how many crooked doubts they give place to in their minds f How Lui-0166 is their condition How worthy of commuteraliva are they Their soul is by no
- ns willing to say, “There is uo God" but still they would choose to remain blind to
驗 that truth. They see that God who wituesses virtue and sin is wide awake, but they would affect not to see Him. Fear of the Lord 1. present in their breasts, , but they would affect not to fear the Punisher of sius. The Great Father is calling them unto Him, but they are deaf to hho call. Đo 滥 shrirk ın fear of the punishments he will inflict upon you? Never do so. All his punishments are medicine to you. From this moment place yourselves under his shelter and you will be flee from all fear and reusorse. Your soul will again be illuminuated with the light of holiness. Your minds will be attracted by the voice of the Lord, and you will become worthy of the company of that Being who is holiness itself. When the day of death would coine, that day when you will stand before God, what will be the state of your mind Some will think, “Once wuen being far fi om God I wandered through Crooked paths, and had no hope of 8 ilvation, God took compassion uit nie , through his krice I had come to him What would have been my fate, had thns boou not tho case ?* Others will think, “What will be my fate now: * I un by no to ans bear this burdon of Liter and suffering. Whither Jam going what will be loy fade : Oh I looked not in the least at the kind of hf. I le d Flow tnany opportunities ÖÖÖነገY - 1 l w lieu I could have betaken luvself to the light path, but I had slighted them. I sow many a time had the Lord warned use, but I tunned a do of eal to his words What shall be my fate now " Do not think that the day of death is distant. We are not certain about any thing. Do not say ; “Let me now enjoy sensual pleasures. When old age comes I shall practise virtue and turn muy mind lo God." Wbat y ou can do today, do not deler till to-inten tuw. Th. tlemons gather btrength with time. If yo 1 un overcome somo temptation and conquer soine perverse desire to-day, do not sav, Le me satisfy my desires to-day I shall nev again yield to thêm,” This desire clearì shows that your mind has not yet becotal frue trom worldly infatuation, and that pel verse feelings have not been banished from i ('au howlić has the least hatred of sin, les without being free from it Can he at place for an hour in the inidst of impuity Løt himn then who wishes to bo ti ee tiúm siîı who wishes to let foiled virtue become tuumphant, stand up before the Lord at once TAt him shed toars before him with a լ-աւ tent heart, and his mind will be free from suf feting, sin will have ao attı.action toi him and glief will lose its keenness. Then he will not wish to be far from God. Then he will deeply repent thụ íọr a tumo he was far flou Him, that for a time he had not main talued the deep relationship hat exists be tween hiu, and his God... “How uslu lv atel ಟ್ತಣ್ಣy fife then” he would , , on 蠶 now through" his I see hun on? of compāssion for mö he has revealed hını ı 體 to me.” Then he knows by experience that ան,
