It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. on all sides of man, and His hand is upon him to restrain and control. "And can you tell me," said the infidel, "whether your God is a great or a little God?" Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. It is a simple question of time; a simple question whether it shall come here in this world, where the blood of Christ "freely" flows, or in the future world, where "there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin."(W. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. IS THERE AN ALL-SEEING GOD? To Dominicus, Bishop. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. The friends of God are glad in the sure hope of being more and more consciously under His eye. 1, 2. That of a prayerful seeking of the Divine guidance (ver. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. He must be prepared for the Kingdom that has been prepared for him Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSome Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of ClairvauxThat the Ruler Should be Always Chief in Action. OURSELVES. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The answer is a daily walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. The self-knowledge, remember, must come in the one way or the other. 1, 2. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. "Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands." "(Archbishop Temple. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. How priceless the blood of Calvary, in which the saints have "washed their robes and made them white"! (Isa. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. We could never discharge our duties properly if we were to be perpetually distracted by the consciousness of what was around us: and, above all, we might be daunted by the perpetual thought of the presence of God, and so be paralyzed instead of helped. He is in (1)Heaven. Does the Contemplative Life comprise many Acts? The text, however, itself, is its own guard. (4)In the dark as well as the light.3. But in almost every case the dazzling rays of a searchlight frustrated the attempt, and the fugitives' vessel was captured by the Americans. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God, 20th centu ry. 4. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. We could never discharge our duties properly if we were to be perpetually distracted by the consciousness of what was around us: and, above all, we might be daunted by the perpetual thought of the presence of God, and so be paralyzed instead of helped. the fear of man, as in the case of the Patriarch, may not bring a snare. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. Christmas. (Admonition 23.) And this will generally be just when we are tempted to do wrong, or perhaps just when we are actually beginning to do it: some secret sin of which no one knows or dreams perhaps, some self-indulgence, which we dare not deny that God condemns. Is he lacking in power or love? Letter Xliii a Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. This is the communion with Him, and with Christ, which unquestionably helps the struggling, the penitent, the praying, more than anything else. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. Pentecostal. The separate, personal thinking of God toward every one of us.(1)Innumerable.(2)Constant.II. To Dominicus, Bishop. Nor did God create these each by himself, and join them together as alien by birth: but He created the one, Hear my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my petition. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. 7. Chapter i. A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. Whence our expectations of reward for doing right, of punishment for wrong-doing? "Come, and let us return to the Lord: for He hath torn, and He will heal us. v. 22). We do not agree with Momus, neither are we of his mind who desired to have a window in his breast that all men might see his heart. | 28:00 min. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. Psalm 138:8 says "The Lord will perfect that which concerns me." Notice the word PERFECT. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. In short, to live with God is to be perpetually rising above the world; to live without Him is to be perpetually sinking into it, and with it, and below it. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatThe Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. To reveal the supreme interest of human life. Our relation toward such a God should be 1. World English Bible Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. The duties of that Covenant are God's law; and the demands of the law are all made, St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. Try to cherish an abiding sense of God's presence. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. The word, "me," in the text, cannot be appropriated by any man, unless he, in some respects, resembles the character of David, who penned this psalm. 17, 18).2. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? 24).(W. AugustineOf Holy Virginity. "I dwell with him that is of a humble and contrite heart, to revive the heart of the contrite ones."--ISA. able characteristics of a rational being is the power of self-inspection. 7 ad 3m II. This is living with God. That act whereby another being knows my secret thoughts and inmost feelings is most certainly inexplicable.I. xlix. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. [2105] And these without all controversy we take to be humble. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. For it is written, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (Gal. Then I would exhort you to get rid of it. 6. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. Justice, in this reference, is out of the question. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. I receive perfect joy, health, favour and breakthrough in the name of Jesus. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. There is no reason to mourn a son as lost who is a religious, still less to fear for his delicacy of constitution. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. Said Milton, speaking of his travels abroad when a young man: "I again take God to witness that in all places where so many things are considered lawful, I lived sound and untouched from all profligacy and vice, having this thought perpetually with me, that though I might escape the eyes of men, I certainly could not the eyes of God."4. . --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. Rom. So that whenever we are on the point of doing or saying anything cowardly, or mean, or false, or impure, or proud, or conceited, or unkind, the remembrance that God is looking on shall instantly flash across us and help us to beat down our enemy. 3. H a man mounted on wings, not those of the sun (Malachi 4:2), nor of the wind (Psalm 18:10), but of the dawn, and pursued the farthest flight westward, if he should fly with the same swiftness as the first rays of the morning shoot from one end of the heavens to the other, still he would not get beyond the Divine presence. III. Hence Paul Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the GreatSense in Which, and End for which all Things were Delivered to the Incarnate Son. Now do all of you who are just beginning life put yourselves and all your circumstances into God's hand and there leave them. II. God has made us so. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. Those who are always hearing pure and high principles set forth as the guides of life learn to value and to know them even faster than they can learn to live by them. 23, 24). The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon Him; He also will hear their cry, and will help them.--Psalm cxlv. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . But he knows it and bows in reverence before the sublime truth. S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. If you look at it, you will see that there is in its bowels a full description of a true Christian. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple St. 15. In my trouble I will call upon the Lord, and complain unto my God; so shall He hear my voice out of His holy temple, and my complaint shall come before Him; it shall enter even into His ears.--Ps. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. 1. Human inspection is very limited. Our personal salvation depends on our answer to that question and our commitment to that answer. S. Augustine, Of the Perfection of Human Righteousness, viii. 17, 18).2. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. One of these, borrowed from the Spanish theologian Francisco de Vitoria,48 was based on the universal right conferred by the 'law of nations' (ius gentium) to freedom of trade and communication. Those who live much in a court acquire courtly manners. Does the Contemplative Life consist solely in the Contemplation of God, or in the Consideration St. That of welcoming the Divine searching (vers. The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought for the day, Nov 1, 2017 - YouTube 0:00 2:01 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me (Psalm 138:8) Thought. 1, 2. 12), while the devil was exulting against us;--then God, in His loving-kindness, not willing man made in His own image to perish, said, Whom shall I send, and who will go?' Do we not begin at the Cross, and when we have climbed ever so high, is it not at the Cross that we end? But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. ( Psalm 138:8) "God will perfect everything that concerns you." ( Psalm 138:8, NKJV) I have heard my wife use King David's phrase many times in her public prayers. TRY TO LEARN HIS SECRET. He will revive us."--HOS. Hilary of PoitiersThe Life and Writings of St. Hilary of PoitiersPsalmsThe piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. Today, the LORD will perfect that which concerns me and my family. Therefore the first natural bond of human society is man and wife. 23, 24). xviii. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. For he who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exhibit the highest things. ", 2. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. 100:4-5) When Moses boldly pleaded with God, "Please, show me Your glory," he was asking to see God for who He really is. David praises God for the truth of his word4. For those that are at variance are to be admonished to know most certainly that, in whatever virtues they may abound, they can by no means become spiritual if they neglect becoming united to their neighbours by concord. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. (Psa. But yet there is another, not less powerful than any, which deserves special mention. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great, The Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS. Rom. I will ask you three questions suggested by the words themselves, and according to your answer to these three questions, shall be Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859Question of the Contemplative LifeI. Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever: forsake not the works of Your own hands." Psalm 138:8 I HAVE selected this text, or, rather, it has been given to me to furnish a motto for the whole year to all the believing family of God now present. The ruler should always be chief in action, that by his living he may point out the way of life to those that are put under him, and that the flock, which follows the voice and manners of the shepherd, may learn how to walk better through example than through words. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. God has made us so. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. He will revive us."--HOS. Hoyt, D. D.)God's knowledge of manW. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. Play Audio! He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou wilt revive me: Thy right hand shall save me."--PS. IV. The strophe closes with a frank confession of the writer's impotence and awe. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. God knows us, not relatively, but personally. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. 23, 24). He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. 8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. His discourse, the first which He delivered to His disciples at greater length, began from this. The brilliant searchlight sweeping the broad ocean and revealing even the smallest craft on its surface is but a faint type of the Eternal Light from which no sinner can hide his sin. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! Even in its most rudimental form, invisible to any other ken, it is still open to His eyes, and He determines all its subsequent development, recording in His book the days to come, i.e. A man takes his money into the bank and leaves it. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. There is a sweetness and a power in the very monosyllable, "Thy mercy"; because it is peculiar to God, it is His own property, it distinguishes Him. "O Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years."--HAB. But while all held their peace, the Son [441] said, AthanasiusSelect Works and Letters or AthanasiusCovenant Duties. From the just we learn justice; from the charitable we catch an infection of charity; from the generous we receive the instinct of generosity. 12), while the devil was exulting against us;--then God, in His loving-kindness, not willing man made in His own image to perish, said, Whom shall I send, and who will go?' - the power of the Holy Spirit, which worketh in me now; the promises, so many, so great, and precious, contained in the Holy Scriptures; and my own experience thus far, and that of many others; - all encourage and establish my faith that ' the Lord will perfect that,' etc. If God makes your son His son also, what do you lose or what does he himself lose? (2)Unseen world.(3)Everywhere. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest to my mind, I proceed to mention, from out the teaching of Christ concerning humility, such as perhaps may be enough for my purpose. If we had such a window we should pray for shutters, and should keep them closed.God omniscientWeekly Pulpit. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said, A Consolatory Letter to the Parents of Geoffrey. PowerPoint Sermons. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. Some are too small and some too distant. Like the air we breathe, like the light we see, it involves a mystery that no man has ever solved. (Isa. The worst has been seen, and that too by the holiest of beings, and yet eternal glory is offered to us! Thomas AquinasOn Prayer and The Contemplative LifeEpistle Xlvii. Let the path I daily walk in not be a crooked, corrupt and perverse path. Rom. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. 2019 Ted Fund Donors S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. Before the Searcher of hearts all mankind must appeal to mere and sovereign mercy. "(Archbishop Temple. v. 22). : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. 19-22).3. 15. )God all-seeing:In the mythology of the heathen, Momus, the god of fault-finding, is represented as blaming Vulcan, because in the human form, which he had made of clay, he had not placed a window in the breast, by which whatever was done or thought there might easily be brought to light. In the day when I cried Charles KingsleyOut of the DeepWherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My Mind32. He then that has no care to keep peace refuses to bear the fruit of the Spirit. He compasseth man's path, and his lying down, and is acquainted with all his ways. S. Augustine, Of the City of God, xix. The daily prayer in the closet, the endeavour to keep the attention fixed when praying with others, either in our regular services or in family worship. v. 14), the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, Paradise shut, Heaven offended, man, lastly, corrupted and brutalised (cf. The simple question, then, which meets us is, Wilt thou know thyself here, and now, that thou mayest accept and feel God's pity; or wilt thou keep within the screen, and not know thyself until beyond the grave, and then feel God's judicial wrath? We have received with the utmost gratification the letters of your Fraternity, which have reached us somewhat late by the hands of Donatus and Quodvultdeus, our most reverend brethren and fellow-bishops, and also Victor the deacon with Agilegius the notary. Chapter i. 2. 23, 24). S. Thomas, On the Beatific Vision, I., xii. And when I wake up, you are still with me!" The proposals of that Covenant include its promises and its duties. Gregory to Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage [1454] . I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! This is one of the most famous statements in the Old Testament, and rightly so because it expresses the heart of a great spiritual leader at the end of his life. He will revive us."--HOS. 6. The Lord Will Perfect All That Concerns Me Is a Declaration of Faith. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. OURSELVES. He may be an uncommonly thoughtful person, and little of what is done within his soul may escape his notice; nay, we will make the extreme supposition that he arrests every thought as it rises, and looks at it; that he analyzes every sentiment as it swells his heart; that he scrutinizes every purpose as it determines his will; even if he should have such a thorough and profound self-knowledge as this, God knows him equally profoundly and equally thoroughly. Take heed unto me and hear me; how I mourn in my prayer and am vexed.--Psalm iv. The faith of that Centurion He on this account chiefly praised, and said St. : The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and our conduct, neither exaggerating nor omitting, but applying absolute justice; this truth is one of those which lose force from their very universality. In a sermon preached before the Virginia Company in 1610 William Crashaw advanced a range of arguments to justify the Virginia enterprise. We do not agree with Momus, neither are we of his mind who desired to have a window in his breast that all men might see his heart. the regular habit of reading the Bible at a fixed time, the occasional reminders of ourselves that God is looking on, these are our chief means of learning to remember His presence. Being rich he becomes richer; being already high born, of still nobler lineage; being illustrious, he gains greater renown; and--what is more than all--once a sinner he is now a saint. The former are made and fulfilled by its glorious Originator; the latter are enjoined and obligatory on man. 19-22).3. And lest the presence of God should be too much for us, Christ has taken human nature on Him, and has provided that He will be always with us as long as the world shall last. Do the Moral Virtues pertain to the Contemplative Life? He prophesies that the kings of the earth shall praise God7. 13-16).4. And though we thought that we had suffered loss from the tardiness of their coming, yet we find gain from their more abundant charity; seeing that from this delay in point Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the GreatThe Coming Revival"Wilt Thou not revive us again: that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?"--PS.

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