human
Impossible even to the longest-sighted person; it is more than fifty miles away ; and yet, as you may see in the Philosophical Transactions for 1798, the coast of France was so visible, without a telescope, from Calais to St. Vallery, with the fishing-boats, and the colour of the houses clearly perceived. When you hear this, you say,
gpt
Well, if it is in the Philosophical Transactions, it must be true, and if it happened once, it may happen again. Good enough reasoning; and the Scriptures are the Spiritual Transactions, the record of God's dealings with and revealings to men of old time. If they are true, He has unveiled the hidden mysteries not once or twice to waiting souls; and what He has done, He not only may do again, but will do, wherever He finds a truly humble heart in which to work and rest. If He stood by Paul, saying,
human
Fear not, just as really and maybe as evidently will He stand by you: If He guided him in his work, restraining him from preaching here, and calling him to service there, He will give you also leadings just as certain and maybe as distinct. But, do you say,
gpt
Are we then to seek for signs and wonders, to fast and pray, ardently longing for the Divine revelation, until the vision dawns?