When
John the Baptist was proclaiming himself as "the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight," there were certain solders who came to him asking what they should do in order to bring forth "fruits meet for repentance.
How
often do the Scriptures remind us of the reliance which the Hebrews of old placed on God! All through the Old Testament examples are to be found of it.
How often have men contemplated the healings reported in the New Testament, and wondered how the Master and the disciples brought them about! The healings they have not doubted; but how were they performed?
The
prophet Isaiah was possessed of a profound assurance that God is a God at hand and not afar off, and that full-hearted trust in Him is rewarded with many blessings, including divine protection.
The
cursory student of the Bible would no doubt be astonished, were he to search the Scriptures deeply enough, to discover how frequently the mandatory, "It is written," precedes the divine decrees set forth therein.
The
regeneration of consciousness which results from its Christianization eliminates all that is unlike spiritual truth; it destroys everything unlike good, all materiality.
