6. Wilt thou not revive us again? Hope
here grows almost confident. We are dead or dying, faint and feeble; God alone
can revive us; he has in other times refreshed his people; he is still the
same; he will repeat his love. We appeal to him: Wilt thou not? That thy people may rejoice in thee. Thou lovest to see thy children happy with that
best of happiness which centers in thyself; therefore revive us, for revival
will bring us the utmost joy. Gratitude has an eye to the giver, even beyond
the gift—thy people may rejoice in thee. Those who were
revived would rejoice not only in the new life but in the Lord who was the
author of it. Joy in the Lord is the ripest fruit of grace; all revivals and
renewals lead up to it. By our possession of it we may estimate our spiritual
condition. A genuine revival without joy in the Lord is as impossible as spring
without flowers, or daydawn without light.
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