by T. Austin-Sparks
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We are all very conscious of our being in a time of intensified spiritual pressure. No doubt it has a great deal to do with the world situation. I mean that with such a tidal wave of hatred, malice, evil intent, with murderous thoughts unto wholesale destruction, there is bound to be a saturation of the very atmosphere with evil and antagonism and death which will itself be registered very much upon the sensitive spirit of every truly spiritual man and woman, and we are bound, if we are such, to feel the impact of such conditions. But behind all that there is something more. Is it getting easier to maintain your testimony in this world? Are we not all increasingly conscious of this evil thing about, that would destroy us and our testimony? I do feel that the Lord would seek to bring us back to a full position as to the basic testimony of the Lord Jesus to meet the increasingly difficult spiritual conditions at the end.
