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Our Daily Homily - Volume 2
Devotional: November 3rd

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Song of Solomon 3:1—I sought Him, but I found Him not.

God lets us seek, hiding Himself to draw us after Him. How much our race owes to his hidings! He has hidden pearls in the ocean, jewels in the rocks, coal in the earth, fish in the deep. By all these methods He has drawn men forth from lethargy and inaction, to strenuous and vigorous lives; so that the gains of their toil have consisted not only in the treasures they have obtained, but in the developed faculties which have come to them in the course of their search.

Is it not so in the spiritual life? Our Lord withdraws Himself, not in anger or disappointment, but that we may be sensible of not having attained, of not being already perfect, and that we may follow on to know the Lord, and to apprehend something more of that for which we were apprehended. Do not be disappointed, O Christian soul, if some time you should cease to feel the familiar delight in certain hymns, services, books, or teachers. Thy Master has withdrawn Himself from these; but thou wilt find Him further on. Never rest till you have discovered Him in some deeper revelation. The watchmen that go about the city, and who are probably messengers of Divine truths, may not help you in your quest; but the Holy Spirit waits to lead you into all truth. Open your heart to Him. It is but a little time, and as you pass from all human teachers you will find Him whom you love, or perhaps be found of Him. Then hold Him, or better, be held by Him. It is a sweet motto, "Teneo et tensor"—"I hold, and am held."

"And not by eastern windows only,

When daylight comes, comes in the light;

In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly,

But westward, look, the land is bright."

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