Rev. D. L. Carroll, D.D., Sermons and Addresses, on Various Subjects (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1846), Sermon II, "The Nature and Advantages of Drawing Nigh to God," p. 36

To draw nigh to God pre-supposes an acquaintance with him, and reconciliation to him through the blood of the atonement. The natural estrangement of the heart from God is very appropriately expressed by the metaphor of d…