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project47            ,jesus ,himself4   
,,by   ,,the ,,rev4 ,,andrew ,,murray4  
,author of ,abide in ,christ4           
,,fleming ,h4 ,,revell ,,company4       
,,new ,,york ,,chicago ,,toronto4       
,publishers of ,evangelical ,literature4
     ,,copyright #ahic ,,by   ,,fleming 
,h4 ,,revell ,,company4     ,,preface4  
,the following brief messages comprise a
 revision of two addresses1 which       
originally appeared in the ,south       
,african ,pioneer1 the organ of the     
,cape ,general ,mission 7,rev4 ,andrew  
,murray1 ,pres471 and are published by  
arrangement1 the ,mission participating 
in the proceeds4     ,jesus ,himself4   
,their eyes were opened1 and they knew  
,him4  ,i   ,the words1 from which ,i   
want to present a simple message1 will  
be found in the ,gospel according to    
,st4 ,luke1 the #bdth chapter and the   
#cast verse3 ,and their eyes were       
opened1 and they knew ,him4 ,some time  
since1 ,i preached a sermon with the    

words ,jesus ,himself as the text2 and  
as ,i went home ,i said to those who    
were walking with me3 ,how possible it  
is to have ,jesus ,himself with us and  
never to know it1 and how possible to   
preach of1 and to listen to1 all the    
truth about ,jesus ,himself and yet not 
to know ,him4 ,i cannot say what a deep 
impression was made upon me as ,i       
thought over it4  ,now these disciples  
had spent a most blessed time with      
,jesus1 but if they had gone away before
 ,he revealed ,himself that evening1    
they would never have been sure that it 
was ,jesus1 for their eyes were holden  
that they should not know ,him4 ,that   
is1 alas1 the condition of a great      
multitude in the ,church of ,christ4    
,they know that ,christ has risen from  
the dead4 ,they believe1 and they very  
often have blessed experiences that come
 from the risen ,christ4 ,very often in 
a time of ,convention1 or in time of    
silent ,bible reading1 or in a time of  
the visitation of ,god's grace1 their   

hearts burn2 and yet it can be said of a
 people whose hearts are burning within 
them1 that they did not know it was     
,jesus ,himself4  ,and now if you ask me
 what is to be the great blessing to be 
sought1 my answer is this3 ,not only    
should we think about ,jesus ,himself   
and speak about ,him and believe in     
,him1 but we should come to the point   
that the disciples in the text arrived  
at1 and they knew ,him4 ,everything is  
to be found in that4  ,if ,i read that  
story of the disciples on the way to    
,emmaus1 ,i get from it four stages in  
the ,christian life4 ,just think6 ,how  
did they begin the morning that day8    
,with  ,hearts sad and troubled1        
because they thought ,jesus was dead4   
,they did not know that ,he was alive1  
and that is the state of very many      
,christians4 ,they look to the ,cross1  
and they struggle to trust ,christ1 but 
they have never yet learned the         
blessedness of believing that there is a
 living ,christ to do everything for    

them4 ,oh6 that word of the angel to the
 women6 ,why seek ye the living among   
the dead8 ,what is the difference       
between a dead ,christ1 whom the women  
went to anoint1 and a living ,christ8 ,a
 dead ,christ1 ,i must do everything    
for2 a living ,christ does everything   
for me4  ,the disciples began the       
morning with a sad heart4 ,i fancy very 
possibly they spent a sleepless night4  
,oh6 the terrible disappointment6 ,they 
had hoped that ,christ would be the     
,deliverer of ,israel1 and they had seen
 ,him die an accursed death4 ,on the    
morning of that first day of the week1  
they rose with sad hearts--the bitter   
sadness cannot be expressed4 ,that is   
just the life of many ,christians4 ,they
 try to believe in ,jesus and to trust  
,him1 and to hope in ,him1 but there is 
no joy4 ,why8 ,because they do not know 
that there is a living ,christ to reveal
 ,himself4  ,then there is the second   
stage4 ,what is that8 ,the stage of     
which ,christ speaks3  ,slow of heart to

 believe4  ,they had the message from   
the women4 ,they told the stranger who  
walked with them3 ,certain women have   
astonished us1 telling us they have seen
 an angel1 who says ,he is alive4 ,and  
,christ replied to them3 ,oh6 fools1 and
 slow of heart to believe4 ,yes6 there  
are many ,christians to-day who have    
heard and who know that they must not   
only believe in a crucified ,christ1 but
 in a living ,christ1 and they try to   
grasp it and take it in1 but it does not
 bring them a blessing1 and why8        
,because they want to feel it and not to
 believe it4 ,they want to work for it1 
and with efforts get hold of it1 instead
 of just quietly sinking down and       
believing1 ,christ1 the living ,jesus1  
,he will do everything for us4 ,that is 
the second stage4 ,the first stage is   
that of ignorance1 the second stage is  
that of unbelief--the doubting heart    
that cannot take in the wonderful truth 
that ,jesus lives4  ,then comes the     
third stage--  ,the burning heart4      

,jesus came to the two disciples1 and   
after ,he had reproved them and said3   
,oh6 fools1 and slow of heart to        
believe1 ,he began to open the          
,scriptures to them1 and to tell them of
 all the wonderful things the prophets  
had taught4 ,then their eyes were       
opened1 and they began to understand the
 ,scriptures4 ,they saw that it was true
 that it was prophesied that ,christ    
must rise4 ,as ,he talked1 there came   
out from ,him--the living risen ,one--a 
mighty influence1 and it rested upon    
them1 and they began to feel their      
hearts burn within them with joy and    
gladness4  ,you still say perhaps3 ,that
 is the stage we want to come to4 ,no2  
,god forbid you should stop there4 ,you 
may get in that third stage--the burning
 heart--and yet something is still      
wanting--the revelation of ,christ4 ,the
 disciples had had a blessed experience 
of ,his divine powers1 but ,he had not  
revealed ,himself1 and oh6 how often it 
is that at ,conventions and in churches1

 and in meetings and in blessed         
fellowship with ,god's saints1 our      
hearts burn within us4 ,these are       
precious experiences of the working of  
,god's grace and ,spirit1 and yet there 
is something wanting4 ,what is that8    
,jesus ,himself has been working upon   
us1 and the power of his risen life has 
touched us1 but we cannot say1 ,i have  
met ,him4 ,he has made ,himself known to
 me4 ,oh1 the difference between a      
burning heart1 which becomes cold after 
a time1 which comes by fits and starts1 
and the blessed revelation of ,jesus    
,himself as my ,saviour1 taking charge  
of me and blessing me and keeping me    
every day6 ,this is the stage of  ,the  
satisfied heart4  ,oh my brother1 my    
sister6 ,it is what ,i ask for you1 and 
it is what ,i am sure you ask for       
yourself4 ,i ask it for myself4 ,lord   
,jesus6 may we know ,thee in thy divine 
glory as the risen ,one1 our ,jesus1 our
 ,beloved and our mighty ,one4 ,oh6 if  
there are any sad ones who cannot take  

this in1 and who say1 ,i have never     
known the joy of religion yet--listen1  
we are going to tell you how you can4   
,all will center round this one thing1  
that just as a little child lives day by
 day in the arms of its mother1 and     
grows up year by year under a mother's  
eye1 it is a possibility that you can   
live every day and hour of your life in 
fellowship with the ,holy ,jesus4  ,he  
will do it for you4  ,come1 and let your
 sad heart begin to hope4 ,will ,he     
reveal ,himself8 ,he did it to the      
disciples and ,he will do it to you4    
,perhaps there are some who have got    
beyond the sad heart and who yet feel1  
,i have not got what ,i want4 ,if you   
throw open your heart and give up       
everything but just believing and       
allowing ,him to do what ,he wants1 it  
will come4 ,god be praised6 it will     
come4  ,jesus will reveal ,himself4     
,perhaps you have arrived at the stage  
of the burning heart1 and can tell of   
many blessed experiences1 but somehow   

there is a worm at the root4 ,the       
experiences do not last1 and the heart  
is so changeable4 ,oh come1 my beloved6 
,follow ,christ4 ,say1 ,jesus1 reveal   
,thyself that we may know ,thee         
,thyself4 ,we ask not only to drink of  
the living water1 we want the fountain4 
,we ask not only to bathe ourselves in  
the light1 we want the ,sun of          
,righteousness within our hearts4 ,we   
ask not only to know ,thee1 who hast    
touched us and warmed our hearts and    
blessed us1 but we want to know that we 
have the unchangeable ,jesus dwelling   
within our hearts and abiding with us   
forevermore4  ,now comes the question   
which ,i really wanted to put1--,what   
are the conditions under which our      
blessed ,lord reveals ,himself8 ,or1 put
 it this way1--,to whom is it that      
,jesus will reveal ,himself8 ,we have   
only to see how he dealt with these     
disciples1 and we get the answer4 ,what 
is the answer8 ,first of all ,i think ,i
 find here that ,christ revealed        

,himself to those disciples  ,who had   
given up everything for ,him4  ,he had  
said to them3 ,forsake all and follow   
,me1 and they had done it4 ,with all    
their feebleness and all their          
unfaithfulness they followed ,christ to 
the end4 ,he said to them3 ,ye have     
continued with ,me in ,my temptations1  
and ,i appoint you a kingdom1 as ,i have
 received a kingdom from ,my ,father4   
,they were not perfect men1 but they    
would have died for ,him4 ,they loved   
,him1 they obeyed ,him1 they followed   
,him4 ,they had left all1 and for three 
years they had been following hard after
 ,christ4 ,you say ,tell me what ,christ
 wants of me1 if ,i am to have his      
wonderful presence4 ,tell me what is the
 character of the man to whom ,christ   
will reveal ,himself in this highest and
 fullest way8 ,i answer3 ,it is the one 
who is ready to forsake all and to      
follow ,him4 ,if ,christ is to give     
,himself wholly to me1 ,he must know    
that ,he has me wholly for ,himself2 and

 ,i trust ,god will give grace that     
these words spoken about the            
consecration and the surrender1 not only
 of all evil1 but of many lawful things1
 and even1 if necessary1 of life itself1
 may lead us to understand what the     
demand is that ,jesus makes upon us4    
,the motto of the ,cape ,general        
,mission is1  ,god first4  ,in one sense
 that is a beautiful motto1 and yet ,i  
am not always satisfied with it1 because
 it is a motto that is often            
misunderstood4 ,god first may mean ,i   
second1 something else third1 and       
something else fourth4 ,god is thus     
first in order1 but still ,god becomes  
one of a series of powers1 and that is  
not the place ,god wants4 ,the meaning  
of the words1 ,god first is really ,god 
all2 ,god everything2 and that is what  
,christ wants4 ,to be willing to give up
 everything1 to submit to ,christ to    
teach him what to say and what to do1 is
 the first mark of the man to whom      
,christ will come4 ,are you not ready to

 take this step and say3 ,jesus6 ,i do  
give up everything2 ,i have given up    
everything2 reveal ,thyself4  ,oh1      
brother6 oh1 sister6 do not hesitate4   
,speak it out in your heart1 and let    
this be the time in which a new         
sacrifice shall be laid at the feet of  
the blessed ,lamb of ,god4  ,there is a 
second thought4 ,there is first the idea
 of having forsaken all to follow ,him2 
of having given up everything in        
obedience to ,him1 and living just a    
life of simple love and obedience4 ,but 
there is a second thing needed in the   
man who is to have this full revelation 
of ,christ4 ,he must be  ,convicted of  
his unbelief4  ,oh6 fools1 and slow of  
heart to believe what the prophets have 
said4 ,oh6 brother1 sister1 if we could 
have a sight of the amount of unbelief  
in the hearts of ,god's children1       
barring the door and closing the heart  
against ,christ1 how we should stand    
astonished and ashamed6 ,when there is  
not unbelief but where there is faith1  

,christ cannot help coming in4 ,he      
cannot help coming where there is a     
living faith1 a full faith4 ,the heart  
is opened1 the heart is prepared2 and as
 naturally as water runs into a hollow  
place1 so naturally ,christ must come   
into a heart that is full of faith4     
,what is the hindrance with some earnest
 souls1 who say3 ,i have given myself up
 to the ,lord ,jesus4 ,i have done it   
often1 and by ,his grace ,i am doing it 
every day1 and ,god knows how earnestly 
and really ,i am doing it1 and ,i have  
the sanction of ,god upon it1 ,i know   
,god has blessed me8 ,they have not been
 convicted of their unbelief4 ,oh6      
fools1 and slow of heart to believe4 ,do
 you know what ,christ said about a man 
calling his brother a fool8 ,yet here   
the loving ,son of ,god could find no   
other word to speak to ,his beloved     
disciples3 ,oh6 fools1 and slow of heart
 to believe4 ,you want the ,lord ,jesus 
to give you this full revelation of     
,himself8 ,are you willing to           

acknowledge that you are a fool for     
never having believed in ,him8 ,lord    
,jesus1 it is my own fault4 ,there ,thou
 art1 longing to have possession of me4 
,there ,thou hast been with ,thy        
faithful promises waiting to reveal     
,thyself4  ,did you ever hear of a man  
loving another and not longing to reveal
 himself8 ,christ longs to reveal       
,himself1 but ,he cannot on account of  
our unbelief4 ,may ,god convict us of   
our unbelief that we may get utterly    
ashamed and broken down1 and cry1 ,oh1  
my ,god1 what is this1 this heart of    
unbelief actually throwing a barrier    
across the door that ,christ cannot step
 in1 blinding my eyes that ,i cannot see
 ,jesus1 though he is so near8 ,here ,he
 has been for ten or twenty years1 from 
time to time giving me the burning      
heart1 enjoying the experience of a     
little of ,his love and grace1 and yet  
,i have not had the revelation of ,him1 
taking possession of my heart and       
dwelling with me in unbroken continuity4

 ,oh6 may ,god convict us of unbelief4  
,do let us believe because all things   
are possible to him that believes4 ,that
 is ,god's word1 and this blessing1     
receiving the revelation of ,jesus1 can 
come only to those who learn to believe 
and to trust him4  ,there is another    
mark of those to whom this special      
revelation of ,christ will come1 and    
that is1  ,they do not rest until they  
obtain it4  ,you know the story4 ,their 
hearts were burning as they drew nigh to
 the place they were going to1 and      
,christ made as if ,he were going       
farther4 ,he put them to the test1 and  
if they had allowed ,him quietly to go  
on1 if they had been content with the   
experience of the burning heart1 they   
would have lost something infinitely    
better4 ,but they were not content with 
it4 ,they were not content to go home to
 the disciples that night and say1 ,oh1 
what a blessed afternoon we have had6   
,what wonderful teaching we have had6   
,no6 ,the burning heart and the blessed 

experience just made them say1 ,lord1   
abide with us1 and they compelled ,him  
to come in4 ,they constrained ,him to   
come in4  ,it always reminds me of the  
story of ,jacob1 ,i will not let ,thee  
go1 except ,thou bless me4 ,that is the 
spirit that prepares us for the         
revelation of ,jesus4 ,oh6 my dear      
friend1 has this been the spirit in     
which we have looked upon the wonderful 
blessing that we have sometimes heard   
of8 ,oh6 my ,lord ,jesus1 though ,i do  
not understand it1 though ,i cannot     
grasp it1 though my struggles avail     
nothing1 ,i am not going to let ,thee   
go4 ,if it is possible for a sinner on  
earth to have ,jesus every day1 every   
hour1 and every moment in resurrection  
power dwelling in his heart1 shining    
within him1 filling him with love and   
joy1--if that is possible1 ,i want it4  
,is that your language8  ,oh6 come then 
and say3 ,lord ,jesus1 ,i cannot let    
,thee go except ,thou bless me4 ,the    
question is asked so often3 ,what is the

 cause of the feeble life of so many    
,christians8 ,what is really the matter8
 ,what is actually the want8  ,how      
little the ,church responds to ,christ's
 call6 how little the ,church is what   
,christ would have her to be6 ,what is  
the cause of all the trouble8 ,various  
answers may be given1 but there is one  
answer which includes all the other     
answers1 and that is1 each believer     
wants the personal  ,full revelation of 
a personal ,christ  as an indwelling    
,lord1 as a satisfying portion4 ,when   
the ,lord ,jesus was here upon earth1   
what was it that distinguished ,his     
disciples from other people8 ,he took   
them away from their fish-nets1 and from
 their homes1 and ,he gathered them     
about ,himself1 and they knew ,jesus4   
,he was their ,master1 and guarded them1
 and they followed ,him4 ,and what is to
 make a difference between ,christ's    
disciples--not those who are just hoping
 to get to heaven1 but ,christ's        
whole-hearted disciples--what is to make

 a difference between them and other    
people8 ,it is this1 to be in fellowship
 with ,jesus--every hour of the day2 and
 just as ,christ upon earth was able to 
keep those people with ,him for three   
years1 day by day1 so  ,christ is able  
in heaven now to do what ,he could not  
do when ,he was on earth--to keep in the
 closest fellowship with every believer 
throughout the whole world4 ,glory be to
 ,god6 ,you know that text in           
,ephesians3 ,he that descended is the   
same also that ascended1 that ,he might 
fill all things4 ,why was my ,lord      
,jesus taken up to heaven away from the 
life of earth8 ,because the life of     
earth is a life confined to localities1 
but the life in heaven is a life in     
which there is no limit and no bound and
 no locality1 and ,christ was taken up  
to heaven1 that1 in the power of ,god1  
of the omnipresent ,god1 ,he might be   
able to fill every individual here and  
be with every individual believer4      
,that is what my heart wants to realize 

by faith2 that is a possibility1 that is
 a promise1 that is my birthright1 and  
,i want to have it1 and ,i want by the  
grace of ,god to say1 ,jesus1 ,i will   
not rest until ,thou hast revealed      
,thyself fully to my soul4  ,there are  
often very blessed experiences in the   
,christian life in what ,i call the     
third stage--the stage of the burning   
heart4 ,do you know what another great  
mark of that stage is8 ,delight in      
,god's word4 ,how did the disciples get 
their burning hearts8 ,by that strange  
opening of the ,scripture to them4 ,he  
made it all look different1--new1--and  
they saw what they had never seen       
before4 ,they could not help feeling1   
,how wonderful1  how heavenly was that  
teaching4 ,oh6 there are many           
,christians who find the best time of   
the day is the time when they can get   
with their ,bibles1 and who love nothing
 so much as to get a new thought2 and as
 a diamond digger rejoices when he has  
found a diamond1 or a gold digger when  

he has found a nugget1 they delight when
 they get from the ,bible some new      
thought1 and they feed upon it4 ,yet    
with all that interest in ,god's word1  
and with all that stirring of the heart 
with joy1 when they go into business or 
attend to their daily duties1 there is  
still something wanting4  ,we must come 
away from all the manifold and          
multifarious blessings that ,jesus can  
bestow from time to time1 to the blessed
 unity of that one--that ,jesus makes   
,himself known1 ,jesus ,himself is      
willing to make ,himself known4 ,oh6 if 
,i were to ask1 ,is not this just what  
you and ,i want1 and what many of us    
have been longing for8 ,i am sure you   
would answer1  ,that is what ,i want4   
,think what the blessedness will be that
 comes from it4 ,you often sing3--      
,oh6 the peace my ,saviour gives6       
,peace ,i never knew before1   ,and my  
way has brighter grown1   ,since ,i've  
learnt to trust ,him more4  ,i recently 
had a letter from some one in the ,free 

,state saying what a wonderful comfort  
and strength that little verse was in   
the midst of difficulties and troubles4 
,yes2 but how can that peace be kept8   
,it was the presence of ,christ that    
brought the peace4 ,when the storm was  
threatening to swallow up the disciples1
 it was the presence of ,christ ,himself
 that gave the peace4  ,oh6 ,christian1 
do you want peace and rest8 ,you must   
have ,jesus ,himself4 ,you talk of      
purity1 you talk of cleansing1 you talk 
of deliverance from sin4 ,praise ,god1  
here is the deliverance and the         
cleansing1 when the living ,jesus comes 
and gives power4 ,then we have this     
resurrection of ,christ1 this heavenly  
,christ upon the throne1 making ,himself
 known to us4 ,surely that will be the  
secret of purity and the secret of      
strength4  ,where does the strength of  
so many come from8 ,from the joy of a   
personal friendship with ,jesus4 ,those 
disciples1 if they had gone away with   
their burning hearts to the other       

disciples1 could have told them         
wonderful things of a man who had       
explained to them the ,scriptures and   
the promises1 but they could not have   
said1 ,we have seen ,jesus4 ,they might 
have said1 ,jesus is alive4 ,we are sure
 of that1 but that would not have       
satisfied the others4 ,but they could   
now go and say1  ,we have seen ,himself4
  ,he has revealed ,himself to us4 ,we  
are all glad to work for ,christ1 but   
there is a complaint throughout the     
,church of ,christ1 from the ministers  
in the pulpit down to the feeblest      
worker1 of lack of joy and lack of      
blessedness4 ,let us try and find out   
whether this is not the place where the 
secret will be discovered--that the     
,lord ,jesus comes and shows ,himself to
 us as our ,master and speaks to us4    
,when we have ,jesus with us1 and when  
we go every footstep with the thought   
that it is ,jesus wants us to go1 it is 
,jesus who sends us and is helping us1  
then there will be brightness in our    

testimony1 and it will help other       
believers1 and they will begin to       
understand2 ,i see why ,i have failed4  
,i took the word1 ,i took the blessing1 
and ,i took1 as ,i thought1 the life1   
but ,i was without the living ,jesus4   
,and if you now ask1 ,how will this     
revelation come8 ,brother1 sister1 that 
is the secret that no man may tell1 that
 ,jesus keeps to ,himself4 ,it is  ,in  
the power of the ,holy ,ghost2  ,christ1
 the risen ,one1 entered into a new     
life4 ,his resurrection life is entirely
 different from ,his life before ,his   
death4 ,you know what we read3 ,they    
knew ,him4 ,he revealed ,himself1 and   
then ,he passed away4 ,and was that     
vision of ,christ worth so much8 ,it was
 lost in a moment4 ,it was worth heaven1
 eternity1 everything4 ,why8 ,because   
henceforth ,christ was no longer to be  
known after the flesh4 ,christ was      
henceforth in the power of the ,spirit1 
which fills ,heaven2 in the power of the
 ,spirit which is the power of the      

,godhead2 in the power of the ,spirit1  
which fills our hearts4 ,christ was     
henceforth to live in the life of       
,heaven4  ,thank ,god1 ,christ can by   
the power of the ,holy ,ghost reveal    
,himself to each one of us2 but oh6     
brother1 it is a secret thing between   
,christ and yourself4 ,take this        
assurance1 ,their eyes were opened and  
they knew ,him1 and believe that it is  
written for you4  ,you say1 ,i have     
known the other three stages2 the stage 
of the sad heart1 mourning that ,i knew 
no living ,christ2 ,i have known the    
stage of the slow heart to believe1 when
 ,i struggled with my unbelief2 and ,i  
know the stage of the burning heart1    
when there are great times of joy and   
blessedness4 ,you say that8 ,oh come    
then and know the fourth stage of  ,the 
satisfied heart1  of the heart made glad
 for eternity1 of the heart that cannot 
keep its joy in1 but goes away back to  
,jerusalem1 and says1 ,it is true4      
,jesus has revealed ,himself4 ,i know   

it1 ,i feel it4 ,oh6 brother1 oh6       
sister1 how will this revelation come8  
,jesus will tell you4 ,just come to the 
,lord ,jesus and breathe up before ,him 
a simple child-like prayer1 and ,i1 ,his
 servant1 will come and take you by the 
hand and say3 ,come1 now1 my work is    
done4 ,i have pointed to the ,lamb of   
,god1 to the risen ,one4 ,my work is    
done4  ,let us enter into the ,holy     
,presence and begin1 if you have never  
yet sought it before1 begin to plead3   
,oh6 ,saviour1 that ,i might have this  
blessedness every moment present with   
me--,jesus ,himself1 my portion forever4
     ,jesus ,himself4  ,lo1 ,i am with  
you alway4  ,,ii   ,when ,i think of all
 the struggles and difficulties and     
failures of which many complain1 and    
know that many are trying to make a new 
effort to begin a holy life1 their      
hearts fearing all the time that they   
would fail again1 owing to so many      
difficulties and temptations and the    
natural weakness of their character1 my 

heart longs to be able to tell them in  
words so simple that a little child     
could understand1  ,what the secret is  
of the ,christian life4  ,and then the  
thought comes to me1 ,can ,i venture to 
hope that it will be given to me to take
 that glorious1 heavenly1 divine ,lord  
,jesus and to show ,him to these souls1 
so that they can see ,him in ,his glory8
 ,and can it be given to me to open     
their eyes to see that there is a       
,divine1 ,almighty ,christ1 who does    
actually come into the heart and who    
faithfully promises1 ,i will come and   
dwell with you1 and ,i will never leave 
you8 ,no2 my words cannot do that4 ,but 
then ,i thought1 my ,lord ,jesus can use
 me as a simple servant to take such    
feeble ones by the hand and encourage   
and help them2 to say1 ,oh1 come1 come1 
come1 into the presence of ,jesus and   
wait on ,him1 and ,he will reveal       
,himself to thee4 ,i pray ,god that ,he 
may use ,his precious ,word4 ,it is     
simply  ,the presence of the ,lord      

,jesus4  ,that is the secret of the     
,christian's strength and joy4 ,you know
 that when ,he was upon earth1 ,he was  
present in bodily form with his         
disciples4 ,they walked about together  
all day1 and at night they went into the
 same house1 and sometimes slept        
together and ate and drank together4    
,they were continually together4 ,it was
 the presence of ,jesus that was the    
training school of ,his disciples4 ,they
 were bound to ,him by that wonderful   
intercourse of love during three long   
years1 and in that intercourse they     
learned to know ,christ1 and ,christ    
instructed and corrected them1 and      
prepared them for what they were        
afterward to receive4 ,and now when ,he 
is going away1 ,he says to them3 ,lo1   
behold1 ,i am with you always--all the  
days--even unto the end of the world4   
,what a promise6 ,and just as really as 
,christ was with ,peter in the boat1    
just as ,christ sat with ,john at the   
table1 as really can ,i have ,christ    

with me4 ,and more really1 for they had 
their ,christ in the body and ,he was to
 them a man1 an individual separate from
 them1 but ,i may have glorified ,christ
 in the power of the throne of ,god1 the
 omnipotent ,christ1 the omnipresent    
,christ4  ,what a promise6 ,you ask me1 
,how can that be8 ,and my answer is1    
,because ,christ is ,god1 and because   
,christ after having been made man1 went
 up into the throne and the ,life of    
,god4 ,and now that blessed ,christ     
,jesus1 with ,his loving1 pierced heart2
 that blessed ,jesus ,christ1 who lived 
upon earth2 that same ,christ glorified 
into the glory of ,god1 can be in me and
  ,can be with me all the days4  ,you   
say1 ,is it really possible for a man in
 business1 for a woman in the midst of a
 large and difficult household1 for a   
poor man full of care2 is it possible8  
,can ,i always be thinking of ,jesus8   
,thank ,god1 you need not always be     
thinking of ,him4 ,you may be the       
manager of a bank1 and your whole       

attention may be required to carry out  
the business that you have to do4 ,but  
thank ,god1 while ,i have to think of my
 business1 ,jesus will think of me1 and 
,he will come in and will take charge of
 me4 ,that little child1 three months   
old1 as it sleeps in its mother's arms1 
lies helplessly there2 it hardly knows  
its mother1 it does not think of her1   
but the mother thinks of the child4 ,and
 this is the blessed mystery of love1   
that ,jesus the ,god-man waits to come  
in to me in the greatness of ,his love2 
and as ,he gets possession of my heart1 
,he embraces me in those divine arms and
 tells me1 ,my child1 ,i the ,faithful  
,one1 ,i the ,mighty ,one will abide    
with thee1 will watch over thee and keep
 thee all the days4 ,he tells me ,he    
will come into my heart1 so that ,i can 
be a happy ,christian1 a holy           
,christian1 and a useful ,christian4    
,you say1 ,oh6 if ,i could only believe 
that1 if ,i could think that it is      
possible to have ,christ always1 every  

hour1 every moment with me1  ,taking and
 keeping charge of me6  ,my brother1 my 
sister1 it is just literally this that  
is my message to you4 ,when ,jesus said 
to ,his disciples1 ,lo1 ,i am with you  
always1 ,he meant it in the fullness of 
the divine ,omnipresence1 in the        
fullness of the divine love1 and he     
longs to-night to reveal ,himself to you
 and to me as we have never seen ,him   
before4  ,and now just think a moment   
what a blessed life that must be--the   
presence of ,jesus always abiding4 ,is  
not that the secret of peace and        
happiness8 ,if ,i could just attain     
7that is what each heart says7 to that  
blessed state in which every day and all
 the day ,i felt ,jesus to be watching  
and ever keeping me1 oh1 what peace ,i  
would have in the thought1 ,i have no   
care if ,he cares for me1 and ,i have no
 fear if ,he provides for me4 ,your     
heart says that this is too good to be  
true1 and that it is too glorious to be 
for you4 ,still you acknowledge it must 

be most blessed4 ,fearful one1 erring   
one1 anxious one1 ,i bring you ,god's   
promise1 it is for me and for you4      
,jesus will do it2 as ,god1 ,he is able1
 and ,jesus is willing and longing as   
the ,crucified ,one to keep you in      
perfect peace4 ,this is a wonderful     
fact1 and it is the secret of joy       
unspeakable4  ,and this is also  ,the   
secret of ,holiness4  ,instead of       
indwelling sin1 an indwelling ,christ   
conquering it2 instead of indwelling    
sin1 the indwelling life and light and  
love of the blessed ,son of ,god4 ,he is
 the secret of holiness4 ,christ is made
 unto us sanctification4 ,remember that 
it is ,christ ,himself who is made unto 
us sanctification4 ,christ coming into  
me1 taking charge of my whole being2 my 
nature and my thoughts and my affections
 and my will2 ruling all things4 ,it is 
this that will make me holy4 ,we talk   
about holiness1 but do you know what    
holiness is8 ,you have as much holiness 
as you have of ,christ1 for it is       

written1 ,both he that sanctifieth and  
they who are sanctified are all of one2 
and ,christ sanctifies by bringing      
,god's life into me4  ,we read in       
,judges1 ,the ,spirit of the ,lord      
clothed ,gideon4 ,but you know that     
there is in the ,new ,testament an      
equally wonderful text1 where we read1  
,put on the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that  
is1 clothe yourself with ,christ ,jesus4
 ,and what does that mean8 ,it does not 
only mean1 by imputation of             
righteousness outside of me1 but to     
clothe myself with the living character 
of the living ,christ1 with the living  
love of the living ,christ4  ,put on the
 ,lord ,jesus4  ,oh6 what a work4 ,i    
cannot do it unless ,i believe and      
understand that ,he whom ,i have to put 
on is as a garment covering my whole    
being4 ,i have to put on a living       
,christ who has said1 ,lo1 ,i am with   
you all the days4 ,just draw the folds  
closer round you1 of that robe of light 
with which ,christ would array you4     

,just come and acknowledge that ,christ 
is with you1 on you1 in you4 ,oh1 put   
,him on6 ,and when you look at one      
characteristic of ,his after another2   
and you hear ,god's word1 ,let this mind
 be in you which was also in ,jesus     
,christ1 and it tells you ,he was       
obedient unto the death2 and then you   
answer1 ,christ the obedient one1       
,christ whose whole life was obedience1 
it is that ,christ whom ,i have received
 and put on4 ,he becomes my life and    
,his obedience rests upon me1 until ,i  
learn to whisper as ,jesus did1 ,my     
,father1 ,thy will be done2 lo1 ,i come 
to do ,thy will4  ,this1 too1 is the    
secret of influence in witness and work4
 ,how comes it that it is so  ,difficult
 to be obedient1  and how comes it that 
,i so often sin8 ,people sing1 ,oh1 to  
be wholly ,thine1 and sing it from their
 hearts4 ,how comes it then that they   
are disobedient again8 ,where does the  
disobedience come from8 ,and the answer 
comes1 ,it is because ,i am trying to   

obey a distant ,christ1 and thus ,his   
commands do not come with power4 ,look  
what ,i find in ,god's ,word4 ,when ,god
 wanted to send any man upon ,his       
service1 ,he first met him and talked   
with him and cheered him time after     
time4 ,god appeared to ,abraham seven or
 eight times1 and gave to him one       
command after another2 and so ,abraham  
learned to obey ,him perfectly4 ,god    
appeared to ,joshua and to ,gideon1 and 
they obeyed4 ,and why are we not        
obedient8 ,because we have so little of 
this near intercourse with ,jesus4 ,but1
 oh1 if we knew  ,this blessed1 heavenly
 secret  of having the presence of      
,christ with us every day1 every hour1  
every minute1 what a joy it would be to 
obey6 ,we could not walk in this        
consciousness1--,my ,lord ,jesus is with
 me and around me1--and not obey ,him6  
,oh1 do you not begin to long and say1  
,this is what ,i must have1 the         
ever-abiding presence of ,jesus6 ,there 
are some ,christians who try not to be  

disobedient1 who come to their ,sunday  
and week-day duties most faithfully1 and
 pray for grace and a blessing1 and they
 complain of so little blessing and     
power1 so little power6 ,and why8       
,because there is not enough of the     
living ,jesus in their hearts4 ,i       
sometimes think of this as a most solemn
 truth4 ,there is a great diversity of  
gifts amongst ministers and others who  
speak2 but ,i am sure of this1 that a   
man's gifts are not the measure of his  
real power4 ,i am sure of this1 that    
,god can see what neither you nor ,i can
 see4 ,sometimes people feel something  
of it2 but in proportion as a man has in
 reality1 not as a sentiment or an      
aspiration1 or a thought1 but in        
reality1 the very spirit and presence of
 ,jesus upon him1 there comes out from  
him an unseen silent influence4 ,that   
secret influence is the  ,holy presence 
of ,jesus4  ,lo1 ,i am with you always4 
,and now1 if what ,i have said has      
sufficed just to indicate what a        

desirable thing it is1 what a blessed   
thing it is to live for1 then let me now
 give you an answer to the question that
 arises in more than one heart4 ,i can  
hear some one say1 ,tell me how ,i can  
get this blessed abiding presence of    
,jesus2 and when ,i have got it1 how ,i 
can ever keep it4 ,i think if ,i have   
this1 ,i have all4 ,the ,lord ,jesus has
 come very near to me4 ,i have tried to 
turn away from everything that can      
hinder1 and have had my ,lord very near4
 ,but how can ,i know that ,he will be  
with me always8 ,if you were to ask the 
,lord1 ,oh1 my blessed ,lord ,christ1   
what must ,i do1 how can ,i enjoy ,thy  
never-failing presence8 ,his first      
answer would be1 ,only believe4 ,i have 
said it often1 and you only partly      
understood it1 but ,i will say it       
again--  ,my child1 only believe4  ,it  
is by faith4 ,we sometimes speak of     
faith as trust1 and it is a very helpful
 thing to tell men that faith is trust3 
but when people say1 as they sometimes  

do1 that it is nothing else but trust1  
that is not the case4 ,it is a far wider
 word than trust4 ,it is by faith that  
,i learn to know the invisible ,one1 the
 invisible ,god1 and that ,i see ,him4  
,faith is my spiritual eye-sight for the
 unseen and heavenly4 ,you often try    
hard to trust ,god1 and you fail4 ,why8 
,because you have not taken time first  
to see ,god4 ,how can you trust ,god    
fully until you have met ,him and known 
,him8 ,you ask1 ,where ought ,i to      
begin8 ,you ought to begin with first   
believing2 with presenting yourself     
before this ,god in the attitude of     
silent worship1 and asking ,him to let a
 sense of ,his greatness and ,his       
presence come upon you4 ,you must ask   
,him to let your heart be covered over  
with his holy presence4 ,you must seek  
to realize in your heart the presence of
 an ,almighty and all-loving ,god1 an   
unspeakably loving ,god4 ,take time to  
worship ,him as the omnipotent ,god1 to 
feel that the very power that created   

the world1 the very power that raised   
,jesus from the dead1 is at this moment 
working in your heart4 ,we do not       
experience it because we do not believe4
 ,we must take time to believe4 ,jesus  
says1 ,oh1 my child1 shut your eyes to  
the world1 and shut out of your heart   
all these thoughts about religion1 and  
begin to believe in ,god ,himself4 ,that
 is the first article of the ,creed--,i 
believe in ,god4  ,by believing ,i open 
my heart1  to receive this glorious     
,god1 and ,i bow and worship4 ,and then 
as ,i believe this1 ,i look up and ,i   
see the ,lamb upon the ,throne1 and ,i  
believe that the ,almighty power of ,god
 is in ,jesus for the very purpose of   
revealing ,his presence to my heart4    
,why are there two upon the ,throne8 ,is
 not ,god enough8 ,the ,lamb of ,god is 
upon the ,throne in your interest and in
 mine2 the ,lamb upon the ,throne is    
,christ ,himself1 with power as ,god to 
take possession of me4 ,oh1 do not think
 you cannot get that realization4 ,and  

do not think of it as now only within   
your reach2 but cultivate the habit of  
faith4 ,jesus1 ,i believe in ,thy glory2
 ,i believe in ,thine omnipotence2 ,i   
believe in ,thy power working within me4
 ,i believe in ,thy living1 loving      
presence with me1 revealing itself in   
,divine power4  ,do not be occupied with
 feelings or experiences4 ,you will find
 it far simpler and easier just to trust
 and say1 ,i am sure ,he is all for me4 
,get rid of yourself for the time2 don't
 think or speak about yourself2 but     
,think what ,jesus is4  ,and then       
remember it is believe always4 ,i       
sometimes feel that ,i cannot find words
 to tell how ,god wants ,his people to  
believe from morning till night4 ,every 
breath ought to be just believing4 ,yes1
 it is indeed true2 the ,lord ,jesus    
loves us to be just believing from      
morning to evening1 and you must begin  
to make that the chief thing in life4   
,in the morning when you wake1 let your 
heart go forth with a large faith in    

this2 and in the watches of the night   
let this thought be present with you--my
 ,saviour ,jesus is round me and near   
me1 and you can look up and say1 ,i want
 to trust ,thee always4 ,you know what  
trust is4 ,it is so sweet to trust4 ,and
 now cannot you trust ,jesus2 this      
presence1 this keeping presence8 ,he    
lives for you in ,heaven4 ,you are      
marked with ,his blood1 and he loves    
you2 and cannot you say1 ,my ,king1 my  
,king1 ,he is with me all the days8 ,oh1
 trust ,jesus to fulfill ,his own       
promises4  ,there is a second answer    
that ,i think ,christ would give if we  
come to ,him believing1 and say1 ,is    
there anything more1 my blessed ,master8
 ,i think ,i can hear ,his answer3  ,my 
child1 always obey4  ,do not fail to    
understand the lesson contained in this 
one word4 ,you must distinctly and      
definitely take that word ,,obey and    
obedience1 and learn to say for         
yourselves3 ,now ,i have to obey1 and by
 the grace of ,god ,i am going to obey  

in everything4 ,at our recent exhibition
 at the ,cape1 ,mr4 ,rhodes1 our ,prime 
,minister1 went to the gate1 thinking he
 had got the fee in his pocket4 ,when he
 got to the gate1 however1 he found he  
had not enough money1 and said to the   
door-keeper1 ,i am ,mr4 ,rhodes2 let me 
in and ,i will take care you do not     
suffer4 ,but the man said1 ,i cannot    
help that1 sir1 ,i have my orders1 and  
he refused to let ,mr4 ,rhodes in4 ,he  
had to borrow from a friend1 and pay    
before he could pass the gate4 ,at a    
dinner afterward ,mr4 ,rhodes spoke     
about it1 and said it was a real joy to 
see a man stick to his order like that4 
,that is it4 ,the man had his orders1   
and that was enough to him1 and whoever 
came to the gate had to pay his fee     
before he could enter4 ,god's children  
ought to be like soldiers1 and be       
,ready to say1 ,i must obey4  ,oh6 to   
have that thought in our hearts--,jesus1
 ,i love to obey ,thee4 ,there must be  
personal intercourse with the ,saviour1 

and then comes the joy of personal      
service and allegiance4 ,are you ready  
to obey in all feebleness and weakness  
and fear8 ,can you say1 ,yes1 ,lord     
,jesus1 ,i will obey8 ,if so1 then give 
yourself up absolutely4 ,then your      
feeling will be1 ,i am not going to     
speak one word if ,i think that ,jesus  
would not like to hear it4 ,i am not    
going to have an opinion of my own1 but 
my whole life is to be covered with the 
purity of ,his obedience to the ,father 
and ,his self-sacrificing love to me4 ,i
 want ,christ to have my whole life1 my 
whole heart1 my whole character4 ,i want
 to be like ,christ and to obey4 ,give  
yourself up to this loving obedience4   
,the third thought is this3 ,if ,i say1 
,my ,master1 blessed ,saviour1 tell me  
all1 ,i will believe1 ,i do obey1 and ,i
 will obey4 ,is there anything more ,i  
need to secure the enjoyment of ,thine  
abiding presence8 ,and ,i catch this    
answer3  ,my child1 close intercourse   
with me every day4  ,ah1 there is the   

fault of many who try to obey and try to
 believe2 they do it in their own       
strength1 and they do not know that if  
the ,lord ,jesus is to reign in their   
hearts1 they must have close communion  
with ,him every day4 ,you cannot do all 
,he desires1 but ,jesus will do it for  
you4 ,there are many ,christians who    
fail here1 and on that account do not   
understand what it is to have fellowship
 with ,jesus4 ,do let me try and impress
 this upon you3 ,god has given you a    
loving1 living ,saviour1 and how can ,he
 bless if you do not meet ,him8 ,the joy
 of friendship is found in intercourse2 
and ,jesus asks for this every day1 that
 he may have time to influence me1 to   
tell me of ,himself1 to teach me1 to    
breathe ,his ,spirit unto me1 to give me
 new life and joy and strength4 ,and    
remember1 intercourse with ,jesus  ,does
 not mean half-an-hour  or an hour in   
your closet4 ,a man may study his ,bible
 or his commentary carefully2 he may    
look up all the parallel passages in the

 chapter2 when he comes out of his      
closet he may be able to tell you all   
about it1 and yet he has never met      
,jesus that morning at all4 ,you have   
prayed for five or ten minutes1 and you 
have never met ,jesus4 ,and so we must  
remember that though the ,bible is most 
precious1 and the reading of it most    
blessed and needful2 yet prayer and     
,bible reading are not fellowship with  
,jesus4 ,what we need every morning is  
to meet ,jesus1 and to say1 ,lord1 here 
is the day again1 and ,i am just as weak
 in myself as ever ,i was2 do ,thou come
 and feed me this morning with ,thyself 
and speak to my soul4 ,oh1 friends1 it  
is not your faith that will keep you    
standing1 but it is a living ,jesus1 met
  ,every day in fellowship  and worship 
and love4 ,wait in ,his presence1       
however cold and faithless you feel4    
,wait before ,him and say3 ,lord1       
helpless as ,i am1 ,i believe and rest  
in the blessed assurance that what ,thou
 hast promised ,thou wilt do for me4  ,i

 ask my ,master once again1 ,lord       
,jesus1 is that all8 ,and his answer is3
 ,no1 my child2 ,i have one thing more4 
,and what is that8 ,thou hast told me to
 believe1 and to obey1 and to abide near
 to ,thee3 what wouldst ,thou have more8
  ,work for me my child4  ,remember1 ,i 
have redeemed thee for ,my service2 ,i  
have redeemed thee to have a witness to 
go out into the world confessing ,me    
before men4 ,oh1 do not hide your       
treasure1 or think that if ,jesus is    
with you1 you can hide it4 ,one of two  
things will happen--either you must give
 all up1 or it must come out4 ,you have 
perhaps heard of the little girl1 who1  
after one of ,mr4 ,moody's meetings1 was
 found to be singing some of the hymns  
we all know4 ,the child's parents were  
in a good position in society1 and while
 singing those hymns in the drawing-room
 her mother forbade her4 ,one day she   
was singing the hymn ,oh1 ,i'm so glad  
that ,jesus loves me1 when her mother   
said1 ,my child1 how is it that you sing

 this when ,i have forbidden it8 ,she   
replied1 ,oh1 mother1 ,i cannot help it2
 it comes out of itself4 ,if ,jesus     
,christ be in the heart1 ,he must come  
out4 ,remember1 it is not only our duty 
to confess ,him2 it is that1 but it is  
something more4 ,if you do not do it1 it
 is just an indication that you have not
 given yourself up to ,jesus2 your      
character1 your reputation1 your all4   
,you are holding back from ,him4 ,you   
must confess ,jesus in the world1 in    
your home2 and in fact everywhere4 ,you 
know the ,lord's command1 ,go ye into   
all the world1 and preach the ,gospel to
 every creature2 and1 lo1 ,i am with    
you1 meaning1 ,any one may work for ,me1
 and ,i will be with him4 ,it is true of
 the minister1 the missionary1 and every
 believer who works for ,jesus4 ,the    
presence of ,jesus is intimately        
connected with work for ,him4 ,you say1 
,i have never thought of that before4 ,i
 have my ,sunday work1 but during the   
week ,i am not doing work for ,him4 ,you

 cannot have the presence of ,jesus1 and
 let this continue to be the case4 ,i do
 not believe you could have the presence
 of ,jesus all the week and yet do      
nothing for ,him2 therefore my advice   
is1 work for ,him who is worthy1 ,his   
blessing and ,his presence will be found
 in the work4 ,it is  ,a blessed        
privilege to work for ,christ  in this  
perishing world4 ,oh1 why is it that our
 hearts often feel so cold and closed   
up1 and so many of us say1 ,i do not    
feel called to ,christ's work8 ,be      
willing to yield yourself for the       
,lord's service1 and ,he will reveal    
,himself to you4  ,christ comes with    
,his wondrous promise1 and what ,he     
says1 ,he says to all believers3 ,lo1 ,i
 am with you always2 that is ,my        
promise2 this is what ,i in ,my power   
can do2 this is what ,i faithfully      
engage to perform2 will you have it8  ,i
 give ,myself to thee1 ,o soul4  ,to    
each of those who have come to ,him1    
,christ says1 ,i give ,myself to thee1  

to be absolutely and wholly thine every 
hour of every day2 to be with thee and  
in thee every moment1 to bless thee and 
sustain thee1 and to give thee each     
moment the consciousness of ,my         
presence2 ,i will be wholly1 wholly1    
wholly thine4  ,and now1 what is the    
other side8 ,he wants me to be wholly   
,his4 ,are you ready to take this as    
your motto now1  ,wholly for ,god8  ,o  
,god1 breathe ,thou ,thy presence in my 
heart that ,thou mayest shine forth from
 my life4 ,wholly for ,god1 let this be 
our motto4 ,come let us cast ourselves  
on our faces before ,his feet4 ,our     
missionary from ,nyassaland says he has 
often been touched by seeing how the    
native ,christians1 when they are       
brought to ,jesus1 do not stand in      
prayer2 they do not kneel2 but they cast
 themselves upon the earth with their   
foreheads to the ground1 and there they 
lie1 and with loud voices cry unto ,god4
 ,i sometimes feel that ,i wish we could
 do that ourselves2 but we need not do  

it literally4 ,let us do it in spirit1  
for the everlasting ,son of ,god has    
come into our hearts4 ,are you going to 
take ,him and to keep ,him there1 to    
give ,him glory and let ,him have ,his  
way8 ,come now and say1 ,i will seek    
,thee with my whole heart2 ,i am wholly 
,thine4 ,yield yourself entirely to ,him
 to have complete possession4 ,he will  
take and keep possession4 ,come now4    
,jesus delights in the worship of ,his  
,saints4 ,our whole life can become one 
continuous act of worship and work of   
love and joy1 if we only remember and   
value this1 that ,jesus has said1 ,lo1  
,i am with you all the days1 even unto  
the end of the world4