Ch. XII: "All Men Have A Special Vocation", p. 458.

There is hardly ever a complete silence in our souls. God is whispering to us wellnigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. This is so invariable that we come to believe he is always whispering to us, only that we do not always hear, because of the hurry, noise, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.

— Frederick William Faber

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There is hardly ever a complete silence in our souls. God is whispering to us wellnigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. This is so invariable that we come to believe he is always whispering to us, only that we do not always hear, because of the hurry, noise, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on." in the context of "Ch. XII: "All Men Have A Special Vocation", p. 458." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Frederick William Faber

About Frederick William Faber

Frederick William Faber (June 28, 1814 – September 26, 1863) was an English hymn writer and theologian.