3. Everywhere and in everything we see the proofs, in the life and experience of Christians, that this blessing is but little enjoyed in the Church, and, alas! is but little sought for. 4. This blessing is prepared for us and God waits to bestow it. Our faith may expect it with the greatest confidence. 5. The great hindrance in the way is that the self-life, and the world, which it uses for its own service and pleasure, usurp the place that Christ ought to occupy. 6. We cannot be filled with the
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