The Potter and the ClayWinnington Ingram, Arthur F. (Arthur Foley)
Religion
The Potter and the Clay
Winnington Ingram, Arthur F. (Arthur Foley)
Church of England -- Sermons; Sermons, English -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Sermons
Well now, those girls were starting their religious life; but when
I go down now I find what I started as a little, tiny thing grown
and grown and grown; those people whom I spoke to first are now
grown women. It all goes on if you once make a good start. Therefore
do take up, if you have never taken up before, this process of
interceding. I am organising all the children in London this year in
intercession for the war, and when we pour in a million children's
prayers, is it not going to be a power which is going to bring down
the blessing of Heaven on our cause?
4. Then we come to the fourth task of the priest.
The fourth work of a priest is to consecrate or _dedicate himself
every day_. I do ask you to realise, as every day comes, what
possibility there is in a day. There was a young Bishop who was
consecrated the other day; I think he was the youngest Bishop
consecrated. I knew him very well, and I had just one minute to
write a note, and I wrote this, and he told me afterwards it had
been more help to him than anything that had been sent to him.
Therefore I pass it on to you: "Take one day at a time," I said,
"and trust the HOLY SPIRIT to see you through." Now I believe that
that is the real secret of spiritual life. Take one day at a time.
Don't worry. Don't be thinking of all kinds of difficulties in
future. Take one day at a time, and trust the HOLY SPIRIT to see
you through. Dedicate every day and consecrate every day. Think
over those whom you are going to meet during the day. Be prepared
beforehand for the special temptations and difficulties of that
particular day; remember that no day will ever come again, and that
every day has to be lived out as a young priest of GOD. If every
girl in Nottingham dedicated or consecrated herself every day like
that--taking one day at a time, and trusting the HOLY SPIRIT to see
her through--why, there would be a power of strength in this city
which would astonish the world.
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