The Spirit Made Visible in Our Lives
Seeks strength and tenderness from God, asking that peace, truth, and goodness reveal the Spirit’s presence and the promise of heavenly life.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O LORD! lift us up to Thyself, that we may see Thy greatness and gain comfort therefrom. Show us Thy power, that we may safely rest in it. It is the strong hand that can safely and tenderly lead the tottering steps of the weak. Show us Thy mighty strength, that we may lean upon it without fear.
Lord, look with mercy on this strange life of ours, with all its shifting and change, like the changes in a summer sky. In times of rejoicing and mourning be Thou near to us. Lord, we cannot see the real life under the forms of life. We see the flower in its wondrous beauty, but we cannot see the indwelling spirit, the life which is behind its outer life; but in us, Oh let there be the Spirit of God made visible. Let peace come, and we shall know the Spirit of God is come. Show us that, if this life of ours break forth into truth and sweetness, if our life be of a Life not ours, there is Thy Spirit. Grant us the fruits of the Spirit, that we may know it dwells in us; the Earnest of the heavenly Life, that we may know that Thou hast called us.
O Lord! if even now our souls can go out like the spies of old, and bring forth fruits of the better land, shall we not hereafter behold the Master of the vineyard, and be called among His servants? Grant this, O Lord, we beseech Thee, for Christ's sake.—AMEN.