Article December 4, 1926 Issue

The Silent Place

JESSIE T. CODDINGTON

In the struggle of the day, midst the turmoil of the world, there are many lessons to be learned, lessons of patience, self-sacrifice, service, love, and joy; but in the silent place we sometimes seem to come more easily into communion with God, and find strength and inspiration more readily. Here we learn lessons of humility and obedience, and gain a higher understanding of God and man, the real man of God's creating, spiritual and perfect.

Many a time when the Master had been absorbed in his work among men, we read that he withdrew into the desert place and prayed silently—communed with God, the source of his power; and mighty were the works he did after these seasons of prayer. If we would do the works he did, we too must at times retire from the rush and the roar of the world, and listen for the "still small voice."

It is in the quiet hour of communion with our Father that we gain a larger sense of the great realities of Life. Many a perplexing problem is thus solved, many a heavy burden thus lifted; and we come forth from the secret recess with faces aglow and hearts overflowing with gratitude for the revelations of Truth. What joy and comfort to know that we may go with all our cares to God, and be assured that He will meet our every need!

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