"Hold me up--and I shall be safe!"

But how shall we attain 

this humble frame of spirit?

(Letters of John Newton)

To be humble, and like a little child, 

afraid of taking a step alone, and so 

conscious of snares and dangers 

around us, as to cry to HIM continually 

to hold us up that we may be safe--

is the sure, the infallible, the only 

secret of walking closely with GOD.

But how shall we attain 

this humble frame of spirit? 

It must be from a real and sensible 

conviction of our weakness and vileness, 

which we cannot learn (at least I have 

not been able to learn it) merely from 

books or preachers.

"Hold me up--
and I shall be safe!" Psalm 119:117

 
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