THE KINGDOM WITHIN.

How far from here to heaven?

Not very far, my friend;

A single hearty step

Will all thy journey end.

Hold there! where runnest thou?

Know heaven is in thee!

Seekest thou for God elsewhere?

His face thou 'It never see.

ANGELUS SILESIUS.

MADE for Thyself, O God!

Made for Thy love, Thy service, Thy delight:
Made to show forth Thy wisdom, grace, and might;
Made for Thy praise, whom veiled archangels laud!
O strange and glorious thought, that we may be

THE KINGDOM WITHIN.

I

"Know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand."

LUKE xxi. 31.

HAVE a power in my soul which enables

me to perceive God: I am as certain as that I live that nothing is so near to me as God. He is nearer to me than I am to myself. It is part of His very essence that He should be nigh and present to me. ... And a man is

more blessed or less blessed in the same measure as he is aware of the presence of God.

Often, when I meditate on the Kingdom of God, I cannot speak for the greatness thereof. For the Kingdom of God,-what is it but God Himself with all His riches? When the Kingdom of God is manifested in a soul, and she knows it, you need not to preach or to