No doubt ministry is most precious, and we shall have it, in more or less power, where all is ordered aright. So also as to simplicity of worship: we are sure to be simple, and real, and true, when the divine presence is realized, and the sovereignty of the Holy Ghost fully owned and submitted to. And as to love, if we go _looking for it_ we shall surely be thoroughly disappointed: but if we are enabled to _cultivate_ and _manifest it_, we shall be sure to get a great deal more than we expect or deserve. It will generally be found that those persons who are perpetually complaining of want of love in others are utterly failing in love themselves; and, on the other hand, those who are really walking in love will tell you that they receive a thousand times more than they deserve. Let us remember that the best way to get water out of a dry pump is to pour a little water in. You may work at the handle until you are tired, and then go away in fretfulness and impatience, complaining of that horrible pump; whereas, if you would just pour in a little water, you would get in return a gushing stream to satisfy your utmost desire. We have but little conception of what an assembly would be were each one distinctly led by the Holy Ghost, and gathered _only_ to Jesus. We should not then have to complain of dull, heavy, unprofitable, trying meetings. We should have no fear of an unhallowed intrusion of mere nature and its restless doings--no _making_ of prayer--no talking for talking's sake--no hymn-book seized to fill a gap. Each one would know his place in the Lord's immediate presence--each gifted vessel would be filled, fitted, and used by the Master's hand--each eye would be directed to Jesus--each heart occupied with Him. If a chapter were read, it would be the very voice of God. If a word were spoken, it would tell with power upon the heart. If prayer were offered, it would lead the soul into the very presence of God. If a hymn were sung, it would lift the spirit up to God, and be like sweeping the strings of the heavenly harp. We should have no ready-made sermons--no teaching or preaching prayers, as though we would explain doctrines to God, or tell Him a whole host of things about ourselves--no praying _at_ our neighbors, or asking for all manner of graces for them, in which we ourselves are lamentably deficient--no singing for music's sake, or being disturbed if harmony be interfered with. All these evils should be avoided. We should feel ourselves in the very sanctuary of God, and enjoy a foretaste of that time when we shall worship in the courts above, and go no more out.