Is it possible to experience “face to face” fellowship with God? Using Moses as an example, Mrs. Penn-Lewis shows how you and I can become a “friend of God” and enjoy spiritual communion with him anywhere at any moment and hear his voice in our hearts speaking to us across the blood-sprinkled mercy seat. She declares that this is the birthright of every child of God and should be the hallmark of every “quiet time” alone with him. “As we wait before our God,” she writes, “let us cry ‘Thy face, Lord, will I seek.’ So will he cause his face to shine upon us, and we shall walk habitually in the light of his countenance, see his glory, and speak of him.”
Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) was a Welsh evangelical speaker and the author of a number of Christian evangelical works. Her religious work also took her to Russia, Scandinavia, Canada, the United States, and India.