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THE LOVE OF GOD AND ITS SIGNS
meet with fears which are unknown to others.[1] There is the fear of being disregarded. There is fear of the veil being drawn down. There is the fear of their being turned away. When the Sura Hud was revealed, in which the awful doom of the wicked nations is narrated,: "Away with Samood, away with Midian," the Prophet heaved a sigh and said: "This Sura has turned me into an old man." He who loves His nearness will feel acutely the fear of being way from Him. There is another fear of remaining at a particular stage and not rising higher, for the ascend-
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"Let knowledge grow from more to more,But more of reverence in us dwell;That mind and soul, according well,May make one music as before,But vaster. We are fools and slight ;We mock thee when we do not fear;But help Thy foolish ones to bearHelp Thy vain worlds to bear, thy light.Tennyson.
