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Oh, sacred union with the Perfect Mind,
Transcendent bliss which Thou alone canst give;
How blest are they this Peerless One who find,
And, dead to earth, have learned in Thee to live.
Transcendent bliss which Thou alone canst give;
How blest are they this Peerless One who find,
And, dead to earth, have learned in Thee to live.
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Thus in Thine arms of love, O Christ, I live,
Lost, and forever lost to all but Thee.
My happy soul, since it hath learned to die,
Hath found new life in Thine Infinity.
Lost, and forever lost to all but Thee.
My happy soul, since it hath learned to die,
Hath found new life in Thine Infinity.
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Go, then, and learn this lesson of the Cross,
And tread the way that saints and prophets trod:
Who, counting life and self and all things loss,
Have found in inward death the life of God.
And tread the way that saints and prophets trod:
Who, counting life and self and all things loss,
Have found in inward death the life of God.
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The perfect mind is a mind that is full of Christ, the perfect emotion is an emotion that is full of Christ, and the perfect will is a will that is full of Christ. Hence, the parts of our vessel can be made perfect only by Christ. Christ Himself is the perfection of our mind, emotion, and will. The heart that is full of Christ is a perfect heart. If it is without Christ, our heart—though it may be pure, clean, right, and good—is short of Christ and is thus empty and not perfect.
My burden is not to give you much doctrine. My burden is to help you realize that Christ is our completeness, perfection, and that we are made full in Him. If you are short of Christ in any part, you are not complete. Your entire inner being—the inward parts and the hidden part—have to be filled with Christ in order for you to be made complete. You only need Christ. You must forget about all other things.
The Practical Way to Live in the Mingling of God with Man
Chapter 5 Our Need to Be Filled with Christ
CWWL, 1963, (LSM)
Irving, TX, United States
Blessed are those who count all things lost as the apostle Paul did in Philippians 3 verse 8: "But moreover I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ." Those who count all things lost will surely experience this transcendent bliss in their daily life.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Lord may we learn in Thee to live