[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1002":3},"OCTOBER 2\r\nAnd he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place\r\n\r\n(Luke 9:10).\r\nIn order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in I  society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet\r\nhour of prayer it will often make more progress than in days of company with others. It is in the desert that the dew falls\r\nfreshest and the air is purest. --Andrew Bonar.\r\nCome ye yourselves apart and rest awhile,\r\nWeary, I know it, of the press and throng,\r\nWipe from your brow the sweat and dust of toil, And in My quiet strength again be strong.\r\nCome ye aside from all the world holds dear,\r\nFor converse which the world has never known,\r\nAlone with Me, and with My Father here, With Me and with My Father not alone.\r\nCome, tell Me all that ye have said and done, Your victories and failures, hopes and fears.\r\nI know how hardly souls are wooed and won;\r\nMy choicest wreaths are always wet with tears.\r\nCome ye and rest; the journey is too great, And ye will faint beside the way and sink;    The bread of life is here for you to eat,\r\nAnd here for you the wine of love to drink.\r\nThen fresh from converse with your Lord return, And work till daylight softens into even:\r\nThe brief hours are not lost in which ye learn More of your Master and His rest in Heaven.",1783499793907]