The Congregational Review, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Congregational Review, Vol. 1: In Which Are Incorporated the Congregationalist and British Quarterly Review We often hear the question put, How is this spiritual life to be deepened The way in which it is asked is often not very intelligent, and the answer given extremely unsatisfactory. Sometimes it seems to be suggested that there is some miraculous process by which this result may be secured. Apparently there is an idea that the deepening of spiritual life is something different than a growing in knowledge, in faith, in love, and in obedience to Jesus Christ. The question is asked as though holiness were some special privilege belonging to a select circle of Christ's followers, and not a great blessing within the reach of all who seek it in sincerity and faith. And it is asked, finally, as though it was a thing given, in a sense in which forgive ness of sin is bestowed, and in the attainment of which the individual himself had no part. Holiness is doubtless the gift of the grace of God, but it is bestowed on those who work their own salvation with fear and trembling, because it is God which worketh in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.