There is no knowledge whose pursuit brings such rich returns as the "knowledge of God." "Let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah," said the prophet of God to a sinful, distracted people; and he added the promise: "He will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth"--cooling, refreshing, abounding in fertility. (Hos. 6:3.) "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart." (Jer. 29:13.) "He is the rewarder of them that seek after him." (Heb. 11:6.) And what is the reward of this search? Here is some of it: "Grace and peace multiplied;" "all things that pertain unto life and godliness;" "his precious and exceeding great promises;" and through these we are made partakers of the divine nature;" and in sum, "This is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ." (2 Pet. 1:1-4; John 17:3.) Come now, and hear and learn and obey, and "taste and see that Jehovah is good." Find him the God of peace, and peace like a river shall be your lot; find him the God of hope, and it will drive all the dark clouds from your skies; find him "the God of all comfort," and you will rejoice in tribulations also; find him a Father, and he will lift your cares and make you a happy, confident, light-hearted child again. Go and find that he is a Rock and a Sun and a Shield, a Refuge in time of storm, a Shelter from the withering heat. Go taste and see that God is love. Then you will be [185] helped and made able to help others. There is much in God for us that we have never received or known. He is like a precious mine of which we have but barely touched the surface.

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