[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1108":3},"NOVEMBER 8\r\nHe took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray, and as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered,\r\nand his raiment was white and glistering ... they saw his glory (Luke 9.29, 32).\r\nIf I have found grace in thy sight, show me thy glory (Exod. 33:13).\r\nWhen Jesus took these three disciples up into that high mountain\r\napart He brought them into close communion with Himself. They saw no man but Jesus only; and it was good to be there. Heaven is not\r\nfar from those who tarry on the mount with their Lord.\r\nWho has not in moments of meditation and prayer caught a glimpse of opening gates? Who has not in the secret place of holy communion\r\nfelt the rush of some white surging wave of emotion-a foretaste of the joy of the blessed?\r\nThe Master had times and places for quiet converse with His\r\ndisciples, once on the peak of Hermon, but oftener on the sacred sloped of Olivet. Every Christian should have his Olivet. Most of\r\nus, especially in the cities and towns, live at high pressure. From    early morning until bedtime we are exposed to the whirl. Amid all   this maelstrom how little chance for quiet thought, for God's Word, for prayer and heart fellowship!\r\nDaniel needed to have an Olivet in his chamber amid Babylon's roar\r\n& idolatries. Peter found his on a housetop in Joppa; & Martin\r\nLuther found his in the \"upper room\" at Wittenberg, which is still held sacred.\r\nDr. Joseph Parker once said: \"If we do not get back to visions,\r\npeeps into heaven, consciousness of the higher glory and the larger life, we shall lose our religion; our altar will become a bare\r\nstone, unblessed by visitant from Heaven.\" Here is the world's need today--men who have seen their Lord. --The Lost Art of Meditation.\r\nCome close to Him! He may take you today up into the mountain top, for where He took Peter with his blundering, and James and John,\r\nthose sons of thunder who again and again so utterly misunderstood their Master and His mission, there is no reason why He should not\r\ntake you. So don't shut yourself out of it and say, \"Ah, these wonderful visions and revelations of the Lord are for choice  spirits!\" They may be for you! --John McNeill.",1783499794014]