'LORD, GRANT ME DIVINE COMMUNION'
‘LORD, GRANT ME DIVINE COMMUNION’ "Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before ….. " (Ezekiel 33:22) In the matter of judgment this may be the case, and if so, let me consider the reason for such a visitation and accept it as from His hand. I am not the only one who is chastened in the night season; let me cheerfully submit to the affliction and carefully endeavor to profit by it. But the hand of the Lord may also be felt in another manner, strengthening the soul and lifting the spirit upward toward eternal things. O that I may in this sense feel the Lord dealing with me! A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears the soul toward heaven as upon the wings of eagles. At such times we are full to the brim with spiritual joy, and forget the cares and sorrows of earth; the invisible is near, and the visible loses its power over us. My servant-body waits at the foot of the hill, and my master-spirit worships upon the summit in the presence ...