January 16
Companions of the Way (Morning)He that hath this hope purifieth himself.
THE foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth, and is known by, them that are His. But we must not expect that “religious difficulties” will ever cease. Every truth that we know is but the husk of a deeper truth; and it may be that the Holy Spirit has still many things to say to us which we cannot bear now. Each generation and each individual has his own problem, which has never been set in exactly the same form before: we must all work out our own salvation, for it is God who worketh in us. If we have realised the meaning of these words of St. Paul . . . we cannot doubt that, though we now see through a glass darkly, and know only in part, we shall one day behold our Eternal Father face to face, and know Him even as we are known.
WILLIAM RALPH INGE
THE VISION
