![]() And its application, in his thought, was to the return of the exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem. ![]() Halsey.There was a real climax in the prophet's statement. To walk and not faint is sometimes more difficult than to run and not be weary. Still, there is room for heroism here, and for gracious communion with God and contentment with his will. We have hills to climb and waters to ford, and what we call the commonplaces of life to attend to. "They shall walk, and not faint" For we cannot always be in the enjoyment of swift progress. "They shall run, and not be weary." Progress is made. The nearer we get to Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness, the more we feel this light and heat. "They shall mount up with wings as eagles." True, there is a higher realm into which as we rise we are surprised that the cares and worries of this lower world should have such power to harass and overcome us. They that wait upon the Lord, in every age, whether in the patriarchy, the theocracy, or the Christian age, have renewed their strength. As the Bible is its own best evidence concerning its inspiration, so is prayer its own best argument. No philosophy of prayer may be possible to us, save that best of all philosophies, the philosophy of experience. So attest the men of old, like Daniel and Nehemiah, who had each religious work to do in pagan courts. Written in the book of inspiration? Yes and embodied in the experience of a great multitude of souls. God restores unto us the joy of his anointed. We are thus "changed men," for the Hebrew word here, "to renew," means "to change." Experiences like these alter alike character and countenance. Here we have revealed to us the secret of the soul's renewed energy. The Inexhaustibleness of the Divine Power God's Moment the Perfect Miniature of His Everlasting Day The Attributes of God: a Reply to Unbelief The Strength of Believers, and the Renewing of It The Source and Design of Spiritual Strength The Privileges of Those Who Wait Upon God The Highest Strength Derived from the Highest Service Strength of Soul Made Perfect by Hope in God God's Grace Sufficient for All Life's Stages Exhaustion and Renewal, in Nature and in Grace ![]()
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