Phineas F. Bresee - A Prince In Israel - Media Sabda Org

And when the mighty work is wrought
Receive Thy waiting bride;
Give us in heaven a happy lot
With all the sanctified.
"Lord, we are coming; we know the mansions will be ready, and that Jesus will come and take
us to His own divine abode. Bring us on in triumph, that we may be forever Thine."
He closed with the Lord's prayer.
The following is a transcript of my notes of the prayer offered by Dr. Bresee at the First Church,
Los Angeles, on Sunday morning, March 15, 1914:
"Oh, God, our Heavenly Father, we praise and adore Thy holy name this morning. Praise shall
employ our nobler powers while life and thought and being last, or immortality endure. Glory to Thy
name! Oh, God, we wait with reverential awe before Thy throne. This morning, with uncovered face,
we gaze into Thy glory, and adore and worship Thee.
"Oh, Lord, we thank Thee that we are in Thy house this morning. We would rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. All the week long we
have looked forward to again standing within the gates of Thy sanctuary, and joining with Thy holy
people in songs of praise and thanksgiving. And Thou hast spared us. The dawn of this blessed
Sabbath is upon us, and we once again tread Thine earthly courts. One thing we have desired of the
Lord, and that will we seek after, that we may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of our life,
to see Thy beauty, and to inquire in Thy temple.
"We are here this morning with great thanksgiving. Glory be to God, we are not left in darkness.
We are not left shut up to ourselves. We are not left to struggle on simply with human intuitions, and
human longing and hunger, but Thou hast met us with Thy revelation, with Thy light, with Thy
power, opening our ears and our eyes. Thou hast broken the long night of our senses. Thou hast come
into our being. Thou hast made us new creatures. We know what it is to feel and realize the second
birth. Thank God, that we have come into the divine family, and our whole being, as though
stretched out in flowers, opens its petals to and in the life and light of God.
"Glory be to God, we are at Thy feet. We see no man but Jesus only. We are looking into Thy
face. We are here today for divine manifestation. We have something of form and ceremony, but that
does not amount to anything with us, only as it may help us to see the King this day, to behold Thy
glory, and to be metamorphized into Thine image. and transformed into Thy beauty, that we may
tread Thy courts with great delight, that we may hear Thy voice, that we may be thrilled with Thy
touch, that we may be transformed by Thy presence.
"Lord, we are here for Thee to open upon us the windows of heaven, according to Thy covenant,
and to bind us up in the bundle of Thy everlasting covenant, and to fill us with Thy divine glory.
Thou knowest that we are in harmony with Thy purpose, that we may be transformed before Thee,
and filled today with heavenly light, life, and power. Oh, Lord, not our way, but Thy way. Not