Mourning After An Absent God Is An

Every Unfulfilled Aspiration Of Humanity In The Past; All Partial Representation Of Perfect Character; All Sacrifices, Nay, Even Those Of Idolatry, Point To The Fulfillment Of What Want, The Answer To Every Longing--the Type Of Perfect Humanity, The Lord Jesus Christ.

To Grieve Over Sin Is One Thing, To Repent Is Another.

Earth Has Not A Spectacle More Glorious Or More Fair To Show Than This Love Tolerating Intolerance; Charity Covering, As With A Vail, Even The Sin Of The Lack Of Charity.

It Is Not The Number Of Books You Read; Nor The Variety Of Sermons Which You Hear; Nor The Amount Of Religious Conversation In Which You Mix: But It Is The Frequency And The Earnestness With Which You Meditate On These Things, Till The Truth Which May Be In Them Becomes Your Own, And Part Of Your Own Being, That Ensures Your Spiritual Growth.

The Question Is, Whether, Like The Divine Child In The Temple, We Are Turning Knowledge Into Wisdom, And Whether, Understanding More Of The Mysteries Of Life, We Are Feeling More Of Its Sacred Law; And Whether, Having Left Behind The Priests And The Scribes And The Doctors And The Fathers, We Are About Our Father's Business, And Becoming Wise To God.