How to Live Holy

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KEEP THE ROOTS WATERED

KEEP THE ROOTS WATERED How often you admire a tree for the loveliness of its green foliage and the profusion of its luscious fruit. You speak to your friend of the beauty of the tree and of the goodness of God in bestowing such a gift to men; but perhaps you do not speak nor even think of the coarse, unsightly roots hidden deep in the ground. But that tree owes its beauty and its life to roots. The foliage is bright and fresh and green because the roots are burrowing deep in a rich and well-watered soil. The flavoring of the fruit is generated by the roots down in the dark and silent chamber of the earth. Perhaps there comes to your mind now some whose faces you always see lit up with a radiant glory. You can not fail to admire them. Their words contain a secret power and seem to awaken in you all that is noble. They seem to lift you into a higher life. From their words, their actions, and their countenances flows an influence that causes you to forget the things of earth and makes you feel as if you had joined the society of angels. Such ones have a secret hidden root-life that generates this peculiar charm in their visible life. Down in a closet is a secret laboratory where the fragrance and beauty and glory that flow out of their lives are compounded. There the roots of their inner life take hold upon the riches of heaven's grace and drink in of the waters that flow. In their oft and silent communion with God they take root downward, and then they go forth into life and bear fruit upward. While others are talking with their friends about the things of earth, they meet with God in the garden of graces, where the sweet spices flow out and the frankincense and myrrh scent the air, and there they become laden with a profusion of fruits and impregnated with a sweet odor, which they bear out into the world. They are like the tree planted by the rivers of water, whose leaf does not wither. O beloved pilgrim, see that the roots of your inner being are well watered. Let them drink in the sparkling waters of life. Remember, effectual work for God consists more in being than in doing. Do not go about in your labor with an empty basket. It is only when you go out from deep and silent communion with God that your labor will be effectual. Never think that you have so much to do that you have not much time for prayer. An hour's work done in the quiet, secret power of the Spirit is worth more than a day of your own efforts. Keep the roots watered.

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SOME SCRIPTURES FOR DAILY PRACTISE

20min
pages 101-109

A VALUABLE LEGACY

2min
pages 99-100

LIVE BY FAITH

2min
page 98

THE WARFARE OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE

2min
page 97

TIMELINESS IN DOING GOOD

4min
pages 94-96

HOW TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL

3min
pages 86-87

THE GOLDEN RULE OF LIFE

2min
page 93

A VIEW OF JESUS

1min
page 88

DEVOTION TO GOD

9min
pages 89-92

THE LATEST IMPROVED

23min
pages 72-80

LUKEWARMNESS

5min
pages 81-83

STEADFASTNESS

4min
pages 84-85

THE CHRISTIAN'S WALK A WALK WITH GOD

1min
page 71

THE CHRISTIAN IS TO WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY

5min
pages 69-70

TENDERNESS

8min
pages 65-67

GENTLENESS

4min
pages 63-64

THE CHRISTIAN WALK

1min
page 68

CONSIDER THE LILIES

2min
pages 57-58

SORROWFUL YET ALWAYS REJOICING

9min
pages 59-62

HE CARETH FOR THEE

6min
pages 54-56

PRAYERFUL REMEMBRANCE

1min
page 53

ALONE WITH GOD

1min
page 52

SHUT THE DOOR

1min
page 51

KEEP THE ROOTS WATERED

2min
page 48

UNDER THE FIG-TREE

4min
pages 49-50

SOMETHING TO DO

8min
pages 39-42

SPIRITUAL DRYNESS

5min
pages 43-45

GODLY LIVING

4min
pages 37-38

SOME USE TO JESUS

1min
pages 35-36

MAN THE VEHICLE FOR EXHIBITING GOD'S PERFECTIONS

10min
pages 31-34

THE CHRISTIAN AN EPISTLE OF CHRIST

2min
page 28

HOW TO KEEP THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HEART

1min
page 30

KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS A TEST OF LOVE

2min
page 24

THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH CHRIST THROUGH OBEDIENCE

1min
page 26

HOW WE MAY LIVE AS THE BIBLE READS

2min
page 29

THE BLESSEDNESS OF OBEYING GOD'S WORD

2min
page 25

OUR LIFE IS TO ADORN THE GOSPEL

2min
page 27

WHO ARE THE WISE?

1min
page 23

THE BIBLE WAY

4min
pages 16-17

THE WAY THE SAIL IS SET

6min
pages 11-13

THE HEAVENLY WAY

1min
page 18

INTRODUCTION

5min
pages 9-10

HOW TO LIVE THE CHRIST-LIFE

2min
pages 14-15

BE DOERS OF THE WORD

2min
page 22

DEVOTIONAL READING

2min
page 7

PREFACE

1min
page 8
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