Excerpt from The Letters of Jesus Lenten Lectures It is a time for earnest seeking unto the Lord to discover and amend what is defective in our hearts and lives, and for the quickening of our endeavors to be in full accord with the divine requirements. Christians need such seasons. The sensibility of conscience is liable to become dulled. Our real ization Of the need of the Saviour, and our hold of faith upon Him as our only hope, require fre quent deepening and intensifying. We must be times turn aside from our ordinary wavs and indulgences to consider what we are, where we are, and whither we are going. We cannot make progress in the divine life without oft stimulation to the reverence and ardor of our supplications, faith, and resolves. And, though other times and seasons may and should be used for these ends, Lent, with its special services and prayers, is intended to subserve such spiritual purposes, and well answers to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.