Deeper yet; meditations for the quiet hour .. . The Lost Chord. Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people mayrejoice in thee ?—Ps. 85 : 6. Come Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,With all thy quickening powers;Kindle a flame of sacred loveIn these cold hearts of ours. HAT is our utmost and pressingneed to-day ? It is not materialcomforts, not greater prosperity,not opportunity to serve, notmore forms in which to express our wor-ship. We have all the appointments. ButGod is Spirit, and they who worship himmust worship in spirit and in truth. Deepdown in the Christian heart there is an in-tense lon
Deeper yet; meditations for the quiet hour .. . The Lost Chord. Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people mayrejoice in thee ?—Ps. 85 : 6. Come Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,With all thy quickening powers;Kindle a flame of sacred loveIn these cold hearts of ours. HAT is our utmost and pressingneed to-day ? It is not materialcomforts, not greater prosperity,not opportunity to serve, notmore forms in which to express our wor-ship. We have all the appointments. ButGod is Spirit, and they who worship himmust worship in spirit and in truth. Deepdown in the Christian heart there is an in-tense longing for something more perma-nent and enduring, an intuition which risesabove the material, and hungers for is always danger that the materialmay usurp .the place of the spiritual in thelife. It can never take its place, but it canhem it in and stifle its expression. Thepsalmist felt this. Surrounded by royalty 105 106 DEEPER YET. and wealth, he cried out, O Lord, reviveme, lest these things overwhelm my are always in dang
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