1 Chronicles 12:38-40 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel… "I had lived," says the Countess Schimmelmann, "all the spoiled child of the Court; so much so that the Crown Priam (afterwards the Emitter) Frederick introduced me to a stranger as 'the most highly favoured young lady of Germany, and of several other kingdoms besides.' These worldly honours had never satisfied me, and the longing for something higher and better became increasingly stronger. My prayers at that time always culminated in the cry, 'O God, give me but a drop of the love of Christ and a spark of the fire of the Holy Ghost.' A short time after, in response to my prayer that I might love Jesus and Jesus only, I heard the Saviour say to me, 'My child, thy salvation does not depend upon thy love to Me, but upon My love to thee, just as thou art.' Then broke upon my heart a sun of joy, in the beams of which I still rejoice, and whose light will shine upon me eternally."9 Parallel Verses KJV: All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. |
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