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O, could I find, from day to day, A nearness to my God, Then would my hours glide sweet away, While leaning on His word.

Expressing a desire for daily closeness to God and trust in His word. This is a poetic quotation expressing personal spiritual devotion and desire for fellowship with God.

Lord, I desire with Thee to live Anew from day to day, In joys the world can never give, Nor ever take away.

Desiring a daily life centered in God and experiencing spiritual joys. This is a devotional poem stanza expressing spiritual desires and divine joy.

Blest Jesus, come, and rule my heart, And make me wholly Thine, That I may nevermore depart, Nor grieve Thy love divine. —Benjamin Cleveland.

Inviting Christ to rule the heart and maintain lifelong faithfulness. This paragraph is a stanza of Christian verse focused on consecration and surrender to Christ.

Men and women in need of physical and spiritual healing are to be thus brought into contact with those whose words and acts will draw them to Christ. They are to be brought under the influence of the great Medical Missionary, who can heal both soul and body. They are to hear the story of the Saviour's love, of the pardon freely provided for all who come to Him confessing their sins.

Bringing those in need of healing into contact with compassionate influences that point to Christ. The text outlines a ministry approach connecting physical and spiritual healing efforts with spiritual guidance.

Under such influences as these, many suffering ones will be guided into the way of life. Angels of heaven co-operate with human instrumentalities in bringing encouragement and hope and joy and peace to the hearts of the sick and suffering. Under such conditions the sick are doubly blessed, and many find health. The feeble step recovers its elasticity. The eye regains its brightness. The hopeless become hopeful. The once despondent countenance wears an expression of joy. The complaining tones of the voice give place to tones of cheerfulness and content.

Spiritual encouragement and hopeful environments can coincide with physical improvements in the sick. The paragraph combines spiritual ministry and divine agency with observable descriptions of renewed physical vigor in the sick.

As physical health is regained, men and women are better able to exercise that faith in Christ which secures the health of the soul. In the consciousness of sins forgiven there is inexpressible peace and joy and rest. The clouded hope of the Christian is brightened. The words express the belief, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.” “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.” Psalm 46:1 ; 23:4 ; Isaiah 40:29 .

The recovery of physical health aids spiritual engagement, and forgiveness of sins brings inner peace. This paragraph discusses the theological relationship between bodily health, mental focus, and spiritual faith.