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『祂又領我到寬闊之處，祂救拔我，因祂喜悅我。』（詩十八篇十九節）
這『寬闊之處』究竟是甚麼呢？這不是別的，乃是神自己，是一切生命河流的歸宿。神實在是一個寬闊之處。大衛被領到寬闊之處，是先經過羞恥和侮辱的。－凱恩夫人（Madame Guyon）
『我如鷹將你們背在翅膀上，帶來歸我。』（出十九章四節）
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"He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me." (Psa. 18:19.)
AND what is this "large place?" What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humiliation, through abasement, through nothingness that David was brought into it. --- Madame Guyon.
"I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself."(Exod. 19:4.)
Fearing to launch on "full surrender's" tide.
I asked the Lord where would its waters glide
My little bark, "To troubled seas I dread?"
"Unto Myself," He said.
Weeping beside an open grave I stood,
In bitterness of soul I cried to God:
"Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?"
"Unto Myself," He said.
Striving for souls, I loved the work too well;
Then disappointments came; I could not tell
The reason, till He said, "I am thine all;
Unto Myself I call."
Unto Himself! No earthly tongue can tell
The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;
The things that charmed me once seen all as naught;
Unto Himself I'm brought.
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