to this man will I look, even to him that is POOR AND OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT, AND TREMBLETH AT MY WORD.” Let us enter the closet, and set ourselves to pray, with a heart that humbly waits to hear God speak; in the Word we read; we shall indeed hear the Voice of One speaking to us. The highest blessedness of prayer will be our ceasing to pray, to let God speak. Prayer and the Word are inseparably linked together: power in the use of either depends upon the presence of the other. The Word gives me matter
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