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Hidden Life; Memorials of John Whitmore Winslow
Hidden Life Memorials of John Whitmore Winslow Author:Octavius Winslow General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Original Publisher: John F. Shaw Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can se... more »lect from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. The Divine Glory in concealing -- Second year at Trinity -- Letters to his cousins -- Journal -- Influence of the Scriptures -- Prayer and Study -- Examples: Watts, Milton, Bacon, Johnson, Payson, Whitmore Winslow- Honours in Logic -- " Dublin University Prayer Union " -- Appeal for missionaries -- Henry Martyn -- " Undergraduates' Philosophical Society " -- Service in Wicklow mountains -- His views of dancing -- Sympathy with students -- Rev. Charles Simeon -- Sermon to young men -- Kev. John Gregg's class -- Close of Journal. It has been remarked that it is difficult to say whether the glory of God appears more in what He displays or in what He conceals of His operations and designs. Perhaps, with our present limited knowledge, it would be impossible to speak with exactness; but of this we may be assured, that, whatever He does is worthy of Himself -- that, whether the moving pillar that guides our journeyings turns to us a bright or a cloudy aspect, it is conducting us truly and safely onward, and will certainly bring us to our Father's house -- the heavenly Canaan of our eternal rest. Were the personal experiences of God's people compared, it would, perhaps, be found that it was neither day nor night, but the skilful and harmonious blendingSECOND YEAR AT TRINITY. 135 of light and shade -- the combination of discovery and concealment -- which traced each path along which a covenant God was leading them. And yet, how often are we compelled to pause in our journey and exclaim -- not in rebellion, but in awful astonishment, -- " Verily, Thou art a God tha...« less