We have sinned with our fathers; . . . and have forgotten" - then put a stiletto in the place where you have gone to sleep. "God is not talking to me just now," but He ought to be. Remember Whose you are and Whom you serve. Provoke yourself by recol ection, and your affection for God wil increase tenfold; your imagination wil not be starved any longer, but wil be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope wil be inexpressibly bright.