hands of God. “I would fill my mouth with arguments,” as if nothing were to be had from God except by hard and importunate pleading. “Fill your mouth with arguments?” What need is there for that? Go to Him and call Him “Father”—that is all the argument you need. Brethren, we receive not, because sometimes we ask amiss. The old book says that according to our faith it shall be done unto us. We have received little, because our faith has been so little. We have treated God as if He were close, economical,
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