Street, or a medieval mystic finding inspiration in a small study on the
second floor of a frame house on that vast, flat checker-board of
endless streets

Where cross the crowded ways of life
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed threshold dark with fears,
And paths where hide the lures of greed ...

But even as Dr. Frank Mason North, of New York, says in his immortal
poem, so Mr. Tozer says in this book:

Above the noise of selfish strife
We hear Thy voice, O Son of Man.

My acquaintance with the author is limited to brief visits and loving
fellowship in his church. There I discovered a self-made scholar, an
omnivorous reader with a remarkable library of theological and
devotional books, and one who seemed to burn the midnight oil in pursuit
of God. His book is the result of long meditation and much prayer. It is
not a collection of sermons. It does not deal with the pulpit and the
pew but with the soul athirst for God. The chapters could be summarized
in Moses' prayer, "Show me thy glory," or Paul's exclamation, "O the
depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!" It is
theology not of the head but of the heart.

There is deep insight, sobriety of style, and a catholicity of outlook
that is refreshing. The author has few quotations but he knows the
saints and mystics of the centuries--Augustine, Nicholas of Cusa, Thomas
a Kempis, von Huegel, Finney, Wesley and many more. The ten chapters are
heart searching and the prayers at the close of each are for closet, not
pulpit. _I felt the nearness of God while reading them._

Here is a book for every pastor, missionary, and devout Christian. It
deals with the deep things of God and the riches of His grace. Above
all, it has the keynote of sincerity and humility.

_Samuel M. Zwemer_

New York City

Preface

In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears:
within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found
increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a
growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realities
and will not be put off with words, nor will they be content with
correct "interpretations" of truth. They are athirst for God, and they
will not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain of
Living Water.

This is