God's way of acting in all times of blessing, consists in reproducing the glories and the work of the Lord Jesus. The darker the long night of apostasy becomes, the more distinctly the Light of Life is seen. The word for the remnant is, "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts." He is the only center of gathering. Men may make confederacies amongst themselves, having many things for their object, but the communion of saints cannot be known,, unless each line converges towards this living Center. The Holy Ghost does not gather saints around mere views (however true they may be) on what the church is, on what it has been, or may be on the earth, but He always gathers them around this blessed Person who is the same yesterday, to-nay, and forever. " Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matt. 18:20) We may be certain that Satan and the flesh will seek to resist this work and way of the Lord, or to overthrow them. 217