...motives of our conduct. We are thus prevented from seeing what is our actual state in the eyes of Him ' to whom ' all hearts are open, all desires known, ' and from whom no secrets are hid." We may, like the Stoics, be ready to adore him as the God of Nature and of Providence,...

...good and evil which* we here behold, as to forget that these things are viewed very differently by Him to whom " all " hearts are open, all desires known, and from " whom no secrets are hid." Yet there is no posi . tiun more fully established in the Gospel than that the...

...placed under his guidance. I will only remind you of one most familiar passage, wherein we pray to him " to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid," to " cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of his Holy Spirit."...

...I fear," replied Ellen, unheeding the bitter sarcasm of Lady Cleveland's words ; " but there is one to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid. We may deceive the world until we have even learned to deceive ourselves ; but...

...which he knows to be forbidden, O what will become of him, when he has to appear before a Being, " to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid!" If we read of men who are so overcome by the sentence of an earthly judge, as...

...over in silence, on the day of reckoning ; or that he shall escape the observation of the Judge, " to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ff ." To avoid making our appearance before him, will be as impracticable as it...

...Being, almighty in power, and of infinite purity, and of unerring justice, is for ever with us; a Being to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, how careful should we be to set him always before us. The presence of the meanest...

...is lengthened out, may I seek for mercy to pardon, and grace to help in time of need. O thou before whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secret can be hidden ! may I never deceive myself with unfounded expectations, or entertain a delusive hope...

...the rich — for the purity and sincerity of his heart, I might with reverence appeal to that Being to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; and if such a man was not fit to be a Christian Bishop, I will no longer insist...

...the rich — for the purity and since. rity of his heart, I might with reverence appeal to that Being to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid ; and if such a man was not fit to be a Christian Bishop, I will no longer insist...