My Aspirations

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ... reveals the howj it leaves that for sight to do. Faith points on to the end of the process; it is for reason to show the means. My soul, thou shalt never learn the hidden strength of tomorrow until thou hast used the strength of today. It is only by going out without knowing the whither that the whither itself shall be revealed to thee. There is a reserve power sleeping in thy heart and waiting for the moment of need. Go out to meet the moment and the power shall come! Go out in faith, believing in the unseen door that shall unbar at thy approach to let thee through! Go out undaunted by the coming vision of Mount Moriah's sacrifice! Verily, when thou reachest it thou shalt find what now thou seest not--that God Himself hath provided for thy sacrificial hour! LVIII. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."--John xii. 32. Yes, it is Thy dying which hath vanquished all hearts. Only Thy cross of death could prove Thy love universal. The crosses of Thy life bore the burdens of special sufferers; we have not all special sufferings, but we must all die. Thou hast borne in Thy dying the common penalty of our nature, sinless Thou hast reaped the wages of sin, Thou hast touched the one sad chord that makes the world akin. Therefore, Thou Crucified One, we cling to Thee in Thy crucifixion. Thou art here the meeting-place of our united souls. We gather together to meet Thee in the dolorous way. We load Thee with our burdens, and Thou earnest them alone into the valley, and on the other side we see Thee come out unburdened, and we know that we are free. Thou hast done more by what Thou hast borne than by what Thou hast wrought. All our human frailty weighted Thee at that hour, all our load of sin weighed down Thy spotless...