"The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." James 5:11. He waits with unwearied love to hear the confessions of the wayward and to accept their penitence. He watches for some return of gratitude from us, as the mother watches for the smile of recognition from her beloved child. He would have us understand how earnestly and tenderly His heart yearns over us. He invites us to take our trials to His sympathy, our 85 sorrows to His love, our wounds to His healing, our weakness to His strength, our emptiness to His fullness. Never has one been disappointed who came unto Him. "They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed." Psalm 34:5.

De, der søger Gud i løndom og taler til Herren om deres trang og beder om hjælp, beder ikke for gæves. »Din Fader, som ser i løndom, skal betale dig« åbenbart. Idet vi gør Kristus til vor daglige ledsager, vil vi føle os helt omsluttet af en usynlig verdens kræfter, og ved at se hen til Jesus indoptages vi i hans billede. Vi forvandles ved beskuelse. karakteren mildnes, renses og forædles for det himmelske rige. Den sikre følge af vor omgang og forbindelse med Herren vil blive en tiltagende gudsfrygt, renhed og inderlighed. Vore bønner vil blive mere og mere forstandige. Vi får en guddommelig opdragelse, hvilket giver sig til kende ved et liv i flid og nidkærhed.