A reading of Anglican priest Robert Hawker’s (1753\u20131827) morning devotional writings from “The Poor Man’s Morning and Evening Portion” for February 4th<\/p>\n
The music for this reading is \u201cGreat Egret<\/a>\u201d by Chad Crouch<\/a> and was adapted for length under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0)<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The Comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me.”\u2014Lam. 1:16<\/span><\/p>\n Whence is it, my soul, that those distressing thoughts arise? Pause, and inquire. Is the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, indeed withdrawn, when Jesus, thy Jesus, sweetly and graciously promised that he should abide for ever! This cannot be. Is the righteousness of Jesus less; or hath his blood to atone and cleanse, lost its efficacy? Oh no! Jesus\u2019 righteousness, and Jesus\u2019 all-atoning propitiation, like the Almighty Author of both, must be eternally and everlastingly the same; \u201cyesterday, and to-day, and for ever.\u201d Hath God thy Father forgotten to be gracious? Oh no! God thy Father proclaimed from heaven that he is well pleased for his dear Son\u2019s righteousness\u2019 sake; and never, never, shall a word gone out of the Lord\u2019s mouth be altered. From whence then, my soul, is thy leanness, thy fears, and despondency? Canst thou not discover? Oh yes! It is all in thyself, and thy unbelieving frame; thou art looking to thyself, and not to all-precious Jesus! Thou wantest to feel some new frame of thy own; some melting of heart, or the like; and if thou couldest be gratified in this, then thou wouldst go to Jesus with confidence, and then plead as thou thinkest, Jesus\u2019 name, and blood, and righteousness for acceptance.\u00a0 And doth the Want of these feelings keep thee back? Oh, fie! my soul, is this thy love, thy kindness to thy friend? Can any thing be more plain, than that thou art making a part saviour of thy feelings, and not a whole Saviour of thy Jesus? No wonder thou criest out, \u201cthe Comforter is far from me;\u201d for the Holy Ghost will teach thee, that all comfort is only in Jesus. And mark this, my soul, for all future 0ccasions.\u2014If thou wilt seek comfort in any thing out of Jesus, though it be in the sweetest frames, as thou mayest think of thine, Jesus, in mercy and love, will put thy comforts out of thy reach. Oh then, come to Jesus, poor and needy, with or without frames. 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