The inner chamber and the inner life Author:Andrew Murray Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE OPEN DOOR—THE OPEN REWARD " When thou fastest anoint thine head, and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast, but to thy Father which seeth in... more » secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."—Matt. vi. 17. " When they saw the boldness of Peter and John they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."—Acts iv. '3- " And it came to pass when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, that he wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with them. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh to him. And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil upon his face."—Exod. xxxiv. 29-33. The transition from the fellowship with God in the morning hour to the intercourse with our fellowmen is often difficult. If we have met God, we long to maintain the sense of His presence, and our surrender to Him. We go out to the breakfast table, where, perhaps in the bosom of our own family, the atmosphere is all at once changed, and as the presence of men and the visible asserts itself, we begin to lose what we had found. Many a youngChristian has been perplexed with the question how to keep his heart filled with that of which he does not feel at liberty, or has not the opportunity, to speak. Even in religious circles it is not always easy to have free intercourse, through lack of fervour or boldness, on that which would give the greatest profit and pleasure. Let us strive to learn how our intercourse with men, may be, instead of a hindrance, a help to the maintenance of a life of continual fellowship with God. The lessons which the story of Moses with the veil on his face teach, are very suggestive. Close and continued fellowship with God wil...« less