And, oh, the blessing of "exceeding joy," after following in vain—after inquiring of the great men and learning nothing—of the religious men and finding little—to see the star at last resting over the place where "the young child" lies—after groping the way alone, to see the star stand still—to find that religion is a thing far simpler than we thought—that God is near us—that to kneel and adore is the noblest posture of the soul.
No man ever sought Christ with a heart to find Him who did not find Him.
If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
Not till earth, and not till heaven
Pass away.
Take the lost sinner's place, and claim the lost sinner's Saviour.
If you would know Christ at all, you must go to Him as a sinful man, or you are shut out from Him altogether.
When a man goes thirsty to the well, his thirst is not allayed by merely going there. On the contrary, it is increased by every step he goes. It is by what he draws out of the well that his thirst is satisfied. And just so it is not by the mere bodily exercise of waiting upon ordinances that you will ever come to peace, but by tasting of Jesus in the ordinances, whose flesh is meat indeed, and His blood drink indeed.
