"A gracious soul cannot but draw near to God, because of the intimate relationship between God and him. God is a Father, Isa. 64:8: 'Doubt-
less You are our Father.' Does not the child delight to draw near to his father? There is no father like God for love; His children shall never want; He has land enough to give to all His heirs. God loves His chil-
dren so entirely, that He will never disinherit them. How then can be-
lievers keep away from their Father? They do not know how to be long out of His presence.
"A gracious soul cannot but draw near to God, because he has found so much sweetness and contentment in it. While he has drawn near to God, he has drawn virtue from Him. Never did Jonathan taste so much sweetness when he dipped his rod in the honey-comb, (1 Sam. 14:27)
--as the soul finds in communion with God. In drawing near to God a Christian's heart has been warmed and melted; the Lord has kindled His sacrifice from Heaven. In his approaches to God, he has had the blessings of the Spirit, the incomes of God's love, the previews of glory: God has given him a 'bunch of grapes' by the way; he has 'tasted that the Lord is good.' No wonder then he is so frequent in his ap-
proaches to the divine majesty; he has found the comfort of drawing near to God."
