It takes special insight to write something that’s still relevant 130 years later. William Longstaff demonstrated that insight when he wrote:
“Take time to be holy,
the world rushes on;
spend much time in secret
with Jesus alone.”
Surely the world rushed more slowly in the 1880’s. And the need to spend secret time with Jesus is greater now than ever.
Used to be, I didn’t much like this hymn. I thought it was corny and boring. Actually, I was short-sighted and quick-tempered. It was (and is) Rock-solid advice.
