Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
AWAKE O ZION!
As I considered all that God was doing, and all the selfsacrifice,
meekness, and love for Christ — the nobility of it
swept over me and I was supremely grateful for Zion;
Once we expected ne’er to see
This kingdom glory here on earth;
Or such a heaven here below
Or such a home for pilgrim faith.
Yet here we taste, and here we feel
A foretaste of Christ’s final rule!
Two more brothers, Steve and Dave, moved in, and the five
of us grew to appreciate one another. Vision for holiness and
revival inspired us, and the subject of entire sanctification
even appeared at the breakfast table!
Ian was gaining spiritual perception. He wrote in his diary:
I was painting at home, and could hear the sisters working. I
was amazed at their natural holiness. To find sisters like Pat
just serving and serving with a contented heart when once she
was a self-made women — it’s just amazing! I doubt if there are
many places around where there’s such unity, caring and concern.
As for Steve, he seems always willing to go the lowest way,
not as some high flyer desperately trying to get on. He has silently
followed the Lord with no real thought of self and is gaining
the immeasurable quality of a heart that delights in God...
When I ponder on the inward foundations of Zion, I feel a
warm delight. It seems as though in all those who are growing
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