Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray

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LET US DRA W NIGH
Blessed King works out His will and final
triumph.
Jesus ! our great High Priest, let this be
our life
1. "One thing have / desired of the Lord, that will I seek after
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in His temple."
Here this prayer is fulfilled.
2. "Did not Jesus say, ' I am the door of the sheepfold ' ? What
to us is the sheepfold, dear children ? It is the heart of the Father,
whereunto Christ is the gate that is called Beautiful. children,
how sweetly and how gladly has He opened that door into the
Father's heart, into the treasure-chamber of God! And there
within He unfolds to us the hidden riches, the nearness and the
sweetness of companic.iship with Himself."— TAULER.
3. We have read of a man's father or friends purchasing and
furnishing a house for a birthday or a wedding gift. They bring
him there, and, handing the keys, say to him :
" This is now your
home." Child of God ! the father opens unto thee the Holiest of
All, and says : " Let this now be thy home." What shall our answer