Meditation

True meditation, thus proceeding from filial love and sympathy , brings the soul into intercourse and communion with its object . Devout and holy reflection upon God introduces man into the divine presence , in a true and solid sense of these words . Such a soul will know God as the natural man does not , and can not . " Judas said unto him , not Iscariot , Lord , how is that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us , and not unto the world ? Jesus answered and said unto him , if a man love me , he will keep my words : and my Father will love him , and  we will come unto him  and make our abode with him ."In the hour of spiritual and affectionate musing upon the character and  attributes of God - and especially upon their  manifestation in the Person and Work of Christ - their is a positive impression upon the heart , directly from God . In what other mode can we get near to the Invisible One . here on earth , than by some mental act or process? In what other way , than by prayer and meditation  can we approach God ? We cannot see him by the outward eye . We cannot touch him with the hand . We cannot draw nigh to him  with a body of flesh and blood . In no way , here below , can we have intercourse with God but "in Spirit ." He is a pure Spirit , and that part of us which has to do with him is the spirit within us . And in this mode of existence , the only ordinary medium of communication between the divine and the human spirit is thought and prayer . God with all the immensity of his being  , and in all the infinitude of his perfections  , is virtually non- existent for  that man who does not meditate and who never prays . For so long as there is no medium of intercourse , there is no intercourse . The power of thought and of spiritual supplication is all that God has given us in this life whereby we may approach him, and be impressed by his being and attributes . Eye hath not seen him ; the ear cannot hear him . Nothing but the invisible can behold the invisible. Here upon earth , man must meet God in the depths of his soul, in the privacy of his closet , or not at all .

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