Desires of the Soul by L. E. Millne

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 29, 1869

Desires of the Soul.

By L. E. Millne

FELLOW-TRAVELER TO THE KINGDOM: What are the desires now springing up in thine heart? Is it to be more like Jesus? Are all your aspirations high and holy, seeking to know more perfectly God's will concerning thee? Is this the prayer of thine heart?

"Emptied of earth, I fain would be, Of sin, of self, of all but Thee, Reserved for Christ that bled and died, Surrendered to the Crucified."

Do you find these desires growing stronger and stronger in your heart? Then thank God and take courage; for the Lord has promised to give us the desire of our heart. "Delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall give thee the desire of thy heart." Ps. xxxvii, 4. The Lord will be attentive to the prayer of those who fear his name. Daniel desired mercies of the God of Heaven concerning the king's secret, and it was revealed unto him. O my soul, be this ever thy desire, to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and hight, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. "One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after. . . . For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me." Ps. xxvii, 4, 5. Our Saviour says, "What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark xi, 24. Oh, the glorious mystery of the gospel! Even the angels desire to look into it, and shall we neglect this great salvation? Shall we refuse offered mercy, and at last have to take up with the sad lamentation, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved?" L. E. MILLNE.