The New Life

Searcliincr the Scriptures.
out more and mfir'.c them, until your mind is filled with the
thoughts about the word, which the Spirit of God desires to
give you.
Read with great thoughtfulness the words of that man of faith,
George Miiller. H'j says "
; The power of our spiritual life will be
according to the measure of the room that the word of God takes up
in our life and in our thoughts. After an experience of fifty- four
years, I can solemnly declare this. For three years after my
conversion I used the word little. Since that time I searched it
with diligence, and the blessing was wonderful. From that
time, I have read the Bible through a hundred times in order,
and at every time with increasing joy. Whenever I start afresh
with it, it appears to me as a new book. I cannot express how
great the blessing is of faithful, daily, regular searching of the
Bible. The day is lost for me, on which I have used no rounded
time for enjoying the word of God.
"Friends sometimes say: I have so much to do, that I can
find no time for regular Bible study. I believe that there are
few that have to work harder than I have. Yet it remains a
rule with me never to begin my work until I have had real
sweet fellowship with God. After that I give myself heartily to
the business of the day, that is, to God's work, with only intervals
for some minutes for prayer." (See also the very remarkable
words of his, quoted in " The School of Prayer," pp.
256-263.)