These three chapters of Habakkuk tell of the presence of the Lord of demonstration now among us, back of the coasts of Gadara, or our unopened faculties, ready now to quicken to life in every part all who believe on His leadership and His nearness, and call upon His revealing Name. "Who hath believed our report?" (see Fifth Study) "That believing, ye might have life through His name." "Call unto me," He saith, "and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not -- and all the nations shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it."

Paul was told to rise up quickly, calling upon this Name, and he knew its ripening value, as the Gnostics of his time knew the gift-giving name Abraxas. "I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus," he said, "and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you."

Many Christians have been "otherwise minded," in their calling, and have had what they called for revealed in full Measure. Carlyle called, "0 Fortune! Thou that givest to each his portion on this dirty planet! Grant me literary distinction!" And he declared that ever since he had been able to frame a wish, the wish of being famous had been foremost.

Eliphaz the Temanite enjoined upon all mankind the practice of the calling principle: "Thou shalt lift up thy face unto God," he said, "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee." Every choice is a call, direct or implied. Carlyle's call was so direct that literary fame was promptly "established unto him." William the Conqueror's call was not direct like Carlyle's,