The Pursuit of God – Preface

In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual...

Chapter 1: “Following Hard after God”

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. – Psalm 63:8 Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man. Before a sinful man can...

Chapter 3: “Removing the Veil”

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. – Heb. 10:19 Among the famous sayings of the Church fathers none is better known than Augustine’s, “Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless...

Chapter 4: “Apprehending God”

O taste and see. – Psalm 34:8 It was Canon Holmes, of India, who more than twenty five years ago called attention to the inferential character of the average man’s faith in God. To most people God is an inference, not a reality. He is a deduction from...