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The Soul's Communion

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 4, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 5.

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The Soul's Communion.

The nearer the moon draweth into conjunction with the sun, the brighter it shines towards the heavens, and the obscurer it shows towards the earth: so the nearer the soul draws into communion with Jesus Christ, the comelier it is in his eye, and the blacker it appears in the sight of the world. He that is a precious Christian to the Lord is a precise Puritan to the world: he that is glorious to an heavenly saint, is odious to an earthly spirit: it is a sign that thou art an Egyptian, when that cloud which is a light to an Israelite, is darkness to thee. It is a sign that thou movest in a terrestrial orb, when thou seest no lustre in such celestial lights: for my part, if I shine to God, I care not how I show to the world.