A Pilgrim Path

In the meantime, we are walking the sands of the desert. We are still down here on earth, and while we are here we have our trials, our sicknesses, our sufferings, and our sorrows to endure, but that loving heart of His feels for every one of His people in their trials and griefs, and presents the incense of His own constant intercession there in the presence of God on our behalf. We may well say:
“O God, we come with singing,
Because Thy great High Priest
Our names to Thee is bringing,
Nor e’er forgets the least.
For us He wears the mitre,
Where ‘Holiness’ shines bright;
For us His robes are whiter
Than heaven’s unsullied light.”

In spirit we are invited, yea, we are urgently commanded, to enter into the Holiest of All as purged worshipers. Where do you worship? If somebody were to ask you this question what would your answer be? Would you say, “In Moody Church?” That is a poor place in which to worship. How could you worship in the Moody Church, or any other church, if the veil were not rent?
Oh, dear Christian, do understand that they who worship the Father “must worship him in spirit and in truth.” As we do this, where is the place of our worship? Not in any sanctuary made with hands, no matter how beautiful, how glorious, how grand, but only inside the veil. Your body may occupy a seat in some building, but if in spirit you come to God through the rent veil, the death of Jesus, and bow before Him in adoration, in love, in thanksgiving, in the name of His blessed Son, that is worship.
“The veil is rent; — our souls draw near
Unto a throne of grace;
The merits of the Lord appear,
They fill the holy place.
“His precious blood has spoken there,
Before and on the throne;
And His own wounds in heaven declare,
Th’ atoning work is done.
“‘Tis finished! here our souls have rest,
His work can never fail:
By Him, our Sacrifice and Priest,
We pass within the veil.
“Within the Holiest of All,
Cleansed by His precious blood,
Before the throne we prostrate fall,
And worship Thee, O God!
“Boldly the heart and voice we raise,
His blood, His name, our plea;
Assured our prayers and songs of praise
Ascend, by Christ, to Thee.”