Moses, when he came down from the mountain, “wist not” that his face
shone. So in much of our spiritual life, we are unconscious of the fact
of growth. As a writer upon life in the fields likening the spiritual
life to that of the seed says:
But all the winter through, tho it was hidden by frost and
snow, the seed was growing beneath the earth; the difference
is that now we can see it. And so it is with the growth of the
soul. The soul is growing, tho we do not know it, in its winter
weather, when all is dead and cold and dark; when the Spirit has
convinced us of sin and we say, “I seem to have no part and lot
with the saints, no joy nor peace; I only feel the burden of my
iniquities; I question whether I am a living soul.” Ah, but the
seed sown by the hand of God is growing through all those wintry
days; if a man can feel and lament his weakness, his deadness,
his barrenness, he is a living soul. (Text.)
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=Growths, Undesirable=--See BARRIERS.
=Guardian Friends=--See PLEDGE-KEEPING.