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Show Sl'lHlTUAL rASTlNO. "IF 80 BC VE HAVE TASTED THAT THE LOUD IS CF1ACI0US" H.t. K Na !! Tlial Hill lit, Ura a tlil.lUn -p.tlnr.-l atk Jlu.l Mat, llli Una, IJth Mail llaallia r.r lllnrall-TIi llMlm of IK. II.., I. The term Uate, nacd aa n noun or a rerb la In the lllblo emfloyM to iln-acrllio iln-acrllio rellglnua ctucilence, an I for thli prpiiae it la a very eiprclire an 1 alg. nlflant term If a mw hat an orange In lih lun 1 he cannot tell whether It U aw . t or tint by limply looking at It or bjrhi tilling IU llamnttnctnalltnite r li an I thrti Hie moiling aeniAtlon Will Mill the qntallnn of quiHty Prc-ci- ly h.j la II Willi religion riperlrm-e burn exi Henot U only truly giliicl I y lirHoallytAallngcfHlBluu Then the experience will come, not na a theory, not aa enrirtlilng merely conorlreJ of, but aa A heartfelt fact The Pulniht, for exam) la, aaya, "How awett are thy worda to my toatel jea, meeter than honey to my 11100111" (IVitim nil, 103). Thla languap! rep. rcwnU the fplrltttnl delight nml Joy, tha cmif it an I hoi, of which let la con aLlnni when In thoughtful contact with tho wortl of 01 na contain,! In It, Holy Scrlptun Soch Mj actnally tailea the wonl of (lod, an 1 knowa Ha qiulltlce an 1 relatlona to feeling by tailing tail-ing aa no one can iwbly kuow them wilhont tbe taatltig j nv. The dlllerenM on thla.oliject bet wren tha Hieerlng anl acofUng Infl 11 who mllyknan a nothing About ehathala inn ring at, an 1 the hollaring anl de-rout de-rout Undent of the Uible, It beaten wile The litter acttully taitra of tha power an 1 lb anlng of that liook, an 1 feela the power and bleating In hit own heart, anl know what they are by a happy an 1 glorlon experience, an 1 li hi nco a Jo Ige of tho lllblo aa tho fanner It not an 1 cannot 1 no long na lie main-lalna main-lalna tho atlltu la of A acolter. No, alto, tlie 1'ialulil aaya agnln, "0 tatta and roo that tha Iyjnl 1 goods bhtvil la llw man that tnuleth in him" (luluit ixitr, ). The Lonl la nlwaya gol an 1 lilt ten ler inerdea are orrr all hit workt, whether wo laiti or noti jet hi gondnca hcromea a fcalltnl fact In onr exii.rlcnce and a aource of comfort anl J iy to the hi art only at wo tplrltn ally taato of It. Tho alnnrr who It over, whelmed with tho burden uf contclod tin, nn I fearful of coming anl uraervvt wrath, when lie cuuiim to Clod liy jienl tenco and faith and atk to bq forgtren, an I through Cliritt It forglren, and then haa the aeiiM of rdoneU aln tmp.rte.1 to hit aoul anl the hope of llury tolc ttltnte.1 for hla fmr and anxletlea taatra an I ee nn 1 fi-olj an 1 knowt that tin Lord ft good. Ho ha a Ming on Ida llpt rctpoiitlrii to the 1 rniara of hi heart. Forglreii tin are In hit experience, anl tha light of Owl a countenance thine all thromth Unit txperienoe Tho felling of hi heart it that Oodltljlt Men 1, and that he will nit fall to make goal to hint the gotptl 1 rnmlia of tal ratlim. The iweel.t. jrarett and niott nloit compaiiionihlp of hit eartldy life It that which lie flult In OolhlmMif. He haa no wca.l m for alhiltm or any form of InflMlly a tho antllote of fiar. lie ran belle re In tho whole dof trine of the lllblo Clod, nnd yet be liope-fnlaalliajpy. liope-fnlaalliajpy. He haa lotted that the Lord It kiL ' If ao le," raid P. tcr, "ye hare tottM that Dm Lord It gradon"(l lvter II, .1). The context ahowa that ly the term IorJ, a here tiled, tho apoatls meant Cliritt that Cliritt to whom lie nferrel when he aal 1, ' horn luring not aecn re lorei In whom, thongh now ye aoe him not, yet belleruig )e njolce with joy nntpeakable and full of glor" (I I I'eterl.b). HrreltAtattlngbfthogoeiirl of ChrUt tint only thuae who do the tatting can un lerttuud. The aocret of tho Lord In thlt mit la coutlned to thoao wlio lullare In hlin and lore Mm Thouitbtlcat, carileaa, ChrlatlaM ulndt, fluVd to the Irlm with tho folllea, ian ltlet, tcniulltlra and alna of thlt worl I yea, what da inch tnlole luowBUout the Hod man of tin gotja 1 narratlre, Or about tlw graco of aalratlon at It comet from I im? They luio uottr Uitod that tho Lorl la graolout " The dialect of Chilttlan aalntihlplt to thtiu an nnknown tongue Ihey hare no experience tliat corretpou la to tatting! u to long a they remain In inch mental attltule, liny can Iuho none, 1 he melody of ChrMlan piety la no melody to them. Home of thrin wonl 1 fluj more mnilo and more pkoa-cro pkoa-cro In the cbaienUlr an 1 iirufanltlca of A grog ahop, or the brutality of a dog light. Thla matter of aptritnal totting It al. waya iwraonaU No one can do It for another, or transfer hi own tatting to another. Anl no one can tell exaitly what the tatllru It until he dure It for klinxlr, llcllgloua tattenco It nlwnjt an affair f experience, and thoto who eo llro at not tu ham It are of nocemlty TrryTK.rJulgrtiofit They my aharp-lycrillrlMUirratlana aharp-lycrillrlMUirratlana In their way, jit they nallyknow rcry little about Cliritt-Unity, Cliritt-Unity, and expert mcntallyuQthlugabout ftIndepeudont. |