and cries, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee!” Equally does a firm trust “draw near to God,” for it clings to Him. So often as we read the promise written in Holy Scripture, and are enabled to receive it and rest upon it as the very word of a covenant God, we do really “draw near” to Him. Nevertheless, prayer is the best used means of drawing near to God. You will excuse me, then, if, in considering my text this morning, I confine myself entirely
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