Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray

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82 LET US S?RA W NIGH
of the dangerous symptoms of backsliding.
They are reminded, not only of the personal
duty of each to be faithful, but also to care for
others, and to exhort one another. For the
exercise and strengthening of the faith and
hope and love, to which we have just been
urged ; for the full development of the life in
the Holiest of All ;
for the helping and comfort*
ing of all who are feeble ; for the cultivation of
the fellowship of
the Spirit and the Word—the
assembling of ourselves together has unspeakable
value. Let us listen to the exhortation, in
connection with our entrance into the Holiest
Not forsaking the assembling" of ourselves tog-ether,
as the custom of some is.
If we would rightly apprehend the import of
this word, let us not forget the link to its
context.
Our section has been teaching us what
life in the Holiest is to be. As those who have
drawn near to God, we are to draw near to our
fellow-men. Meeting God is a thing of infinite
blessedness and peace and power. Meeting our
fellow-men is often accompanied with so much
of weakness, distraction, and failure, that some
have thought it indeed better to forsake the
assembling together.
Let us see how life in the
Holiest of All points to both the duty and the
power of our assemblies.