What purifying of the affections! What reviving of the faith! And what renewing of the hope! “Exceeding great” indeed, and “precious” are the “promises” of God! They are soul-refreshing streams, alike unexhausted and inexhaustible! Oh what still and refreshing waters does the believer enjoy in communion with his God! How blessed are the hours of secret prayer! We feel that we are alone with God as a child with a father! We believe that we are accepted before him in the righteousness of our Elder