"Come, and let us go up to the mountain
of the Lord."—Isaiah 2:3.
"It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke everything good within us, and we grow fretful, desponding,....
....up yonder, on the mountain,
you find a hardy race, who breathe the clear fresh air as it blows from the virgin snows
of the Alpine summits.
It would be well if the dwellers in the valley could frequently leave their abodes among the marshes and the fever mists, and inhale the bracing element upon the hills.
It is to such an exploit of climbing that I invite you... May the Spirit of God assist us to leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety,
and all the ills which gather in this valley of earth, and to ascend the mountains of anticipated joy and blessedness. .. May God now grant us grace,...."
(Excerpt Evening April 4th Charles Spurgeon)
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